The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-06-08
NJ nEorEsr OF 1Apr.

III = 4 9Dpd many fetfs s,hce sTstf-
inaue n,thiiip. Eas made by the Wasting
tiniAn uioseIiiehs 10 siScair lhe dHnksrd' .
Well. it has sueceeeed to miraclvl He is
ticvsfed II his oGn opinion AZ least. until
he Is SCARCELY a criminal any longer; but the
"heiahf an tandsrd fgh,s"-in all which
hoaesep he happened 10 be beaten-but no
mAlter. Rss'nl he been drunk-slept in the
Ratler--gollcn his eyes blackened and his
nuse blooIicd more times than be has 6n-
pz aud tnes-hasn't he been portray ed
and hoaelised and and paragraphed on pa
paper, and isn't he a hero?
ffezinfrnt-that would be good enough
for \ aeeent man is quite beneath his accep-
staBcc An Industrious, honest man, who
tolls all day for has loved ones at home. may
icxPeet 10 pu. up with or soolhe away some
frowns aad angry words occasionally
expect 20 End his wii.' mortal woman, and
his ehillrvn like otherpe piles; but the hero.
drunkard must be joined 10 an angel--uoth-
ing sut seEaphie smiles and eherubic gra-
ees must await his eomiag This kind
of tWndale has reiterated until the animals
.ioak upon such considerations as their right,
and very we'll most Of them know how to de-
mand, exact and presume upon every par
tcle Of sympathy or forbarance that was
ut FIRST awarded as free grace? They are
entirely out OF their places as well as out of
their right minds--that is granting they ey-
er had any right minJs--and we would
have them brou 5ht to their senses by direct
appeals to the only feelings they have
c0wardicc and selhshness. Thrash them
Ike spaniels! Phev are the very fellows to
lick the hand that gives the blows, provided
it gives enough Of them Every time they
get drunk, horsewhip or dip them in duck
pond until they groY sober Ii they are
too far gone TO be thus reformed, shut them
up in a States prison and put them to work
in a cell.
Let it be vel understood law that self
Indulgence is to bring immediate punish
nient--such punishment as they can feel.
and such mast be bodily. No use talking
about stinss OF conscience Conscience
might as well try to sting the head of a bass
drum, as a heart preserved in alcohol The
beautiful lectures and apostrophies, and nice
little sentimental stories with which our
language a5ounds and which makes such
an ado over 'noble hearts--the generons
souls, and lau,entable infatuaions which
overcome them and wiring their affeclionate
hosoms with remorse. are simply all fudge.
The ''heart ren2ng" pictures about their
love for their wives and children, and sober
sorrow for drunken transgressions, together
with the eommendable examples OF angel
wives, who have presented them with
pledges Of affection" year after year, to be
murdered by inches, or more promptly soul
and body day after day just make US sick
We never read an account of patient wife
tniling to support her ''poor, erring" lord
and mastor-mettins his bruilaity ana a
buse with loving caresses and winning sm es,
but we felt as though we had swallowed a
few grains of epecac We never could pa
tiently see lady kiss ldpdog; and we are
sure it would not be very nice to see one
take a hundred and fifty pound porker in
her arms while she kisSd his long snout,
ard dear, lille twnkling, black eyes, IL is
well enough to pat a dogs head and stroke
q horses main; butte live sn terms of lev
:ng equality with a btase. we must consider
decidedly brutalizing. Drunkenness should
be u legal urGmess for the marriage relation
No I.runkard is fit to be a husband or father
He has no right to entail curses upon pos.
terity--ro right TO burlen the commonwealth
with paupers and criminals, and the woman
who becomes the wife Of the drunkard,
knowing him To be such, or continues the
relation when she is fully aware of the fact
IS herself criminal; and all the sentimental
tale writer's in erection never can convert
her crime into virtue. They may so des-
ignate It. and thus become partakers in
her guilt; but this is all they can do. One
Of our first duties in life is to preserve our
own life and health. Few drunkard's wives
can do this Al most important duty OF ey-
cry parent is to train up their children in the
way they should go. This is impossible, if
p they are trained in drurkard's home 1t is
q amothers special duty to cherish, teau;ify
ae and happily the ii!e she gives her children;
~ and this she cannot do if she keeps them
~ subject to the brutal violence ofa drunkqrd.
But any one with moments reflection can
~ see a woman cannot perform, her duty TO
20 herself, her children, society and her God,
~ and remain the bosom companion of a com
Y mon drunkrad. and the tenacity with which
y thousands stick to their post is a kind Of
sts mono mania, or eftener cowardice and indie
gol cision. They are afraid to go, or do moi
WY know how to get away. There are very
few incidences Of the sublime resolution,
n loving endurance, or enduring loyeliness
= we read about. 1t is cowardice or stupid
Indifference weakness or unworthiness of
some kind which keeps nine hundred and
ninety-Dine Of every thousand drunkard's
wives in their position. When women get
the use Of the ballat-box, they will soon 30 G
themselves freedom from such angelic du-
ties, and leave the hero -drunkards 10 90 10
npper REGIONS and wed with angels indeed,
who will be the very kind Of helpmeets re-
formers think they require, and mortal wo-
men viii be couteut to live single or mary
common men =
So says Mrs. Swishelm. How every
wife and mother should 5less the honest in
dependence Of opinion here expressed--it is
10 such spirits Is hers tha: society owes its
onward and upward progress The world
has too long paid fulsome homage to that
sckly sentimental class Of women who faint
at the sight ofa spider, weep over the "Sor
rows Of Werler" and believe That refor-
med rake makes the best husband.
The wonlan who 4nar,ies under the ru-
spantic idea Of reforming husband is fool.
No man that wilt be reformed would embark
the fortunes Of d woman he loved in 50 un-
certain d venture for he who feels It's ne |