Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-03-10
Whole Number 81.


of pleasure that look upon this youth
full band Of CO. aberers in this noble cause.
the cause of God and all mankind. In
point Of merit, | think both Sons and
Daughters must yield the palm to the
Cadets in few particulars which VIII
briefly notice.
Their pledge is more comprehensive
than either of the kindred orders-pro-
hlbiting the use of the filthy weed to-
bacco. This is as it should be. The dis.
gushing habit of using tobacco in any form
once acquired, is hard to overcome, and
frequently leads young men from the So
ciety Of the refined and delicate, to min
gle with those who are coarse IN their
manners, and dissolu:e in their morals: j
hardly know how 10 reconcile the use OF
tobacco with Strict temperance principles.
In Art. 6. Sec. 4. E&d that In order 10
obtain or retain standing in this Asso-
catioa, the candidate must be decorous
in his manners. chaste in his converse
ton, and free from the crime Of gam bling,
sin that is running its thousands in our
land; intern pera nee almost invariably fol-
lows in its wake, and thus the poor VIC
tim is doubly wretched doubly guilty.
How beautiful, how lovely the sight
TO behold the young trained up IN the
way they should SO. 1t has been happi-
Is Said. that the minds Of the youth are
like wax 10 receive. bat like iron 20 re-
tain impressions. How necessary then
that they should De rightly Instructed.
educated got only mentally, but morally.
reigiously. And here the field of labor
which before glanced al again opens up
before me. TIC whom is this moral and
religious training almost exclusively en-
trusted? The answer hangs on every lip
TO woman. She bends The twig, and as
the twig is bent. the tree is inclined.
Oh woman. great is thy responsibility.
Then while the power is yours. TO make
these youth what you would wish 10 see
them when they are men, exert it-bc-
gin with the first dawning OF inquiry to
direct their minds to the pure and holy
teach them by ecept and example to
shun the company of those who would
lead them from the path Of rectitude. bring
them into this Sc ction of Cadets, and I'M
der every influence that will stamp upon
their tender minds an adherence OF vice
of every form. especially that OF intempe-
rance. Who will be our Legislators. our
Congressman and Senators. our Judges.
Justices and Jurors. thirty, forty. or fif-
tv years hence? The answer is ready:
the children of the present day-the
infant now hushed Oil its mothers
breast. "pleassd with a rattle. tickled with
a straw The whining schoolko7 trudt-
ing unwilingly to school, scarcely reali-
zing that thc.. universe contains being WI
ser or more powerful than his mother.I say
then while you have such almost unbound
ed influence. use it. and use it cffectaaly,
that when these children, these lads,
these Cadets come TO be rulers, they may
rule wisely-live temporarily, die hap
py. and in the day for which all other
DAYS were made they may rise upand
call you blessed. What tongue Can tell
the misery and suffering, the ignorance
and degradation that incompetence is
pouring out upon famiies-upon commu-
mites. upon nations. Well were 1t for US
! if we fully appreciated that this is mat
ter in which we are every one interested.
and with which cur happiness is some
where interviewer. and that effects US
either in our own houses. or through our
friends, or our neighbors; and the public
weal-the prosperity OF our own happy
country. with her villages and cities. her
schools and colieges--her enterprise and
commerce, is no small item TO be taken
into the account. If there is any form
of government devised by man that bove
all Others demands that all its citizens
should be educated and enlightened, that
government is our own. Our whole sue
cess and happiness as nation. and the
perpetuity of cur institutions depend up
on the state of general knowledge and
the moral character Of the whole people.
Monarches and arstocracies are ground
ed in ignorance and superstition. but our
beloved Republic derives its vitality
| from the intelligence and the Integrity of
the many. Let us then. actuated by
lore to our fellow man. with purity of
purpose, discharge with fidelity those du-
ties we owe not only TO ourselves. and 10
Him from whom we derive our existence.
but to society and TO our country, aud
may our efforts to advance the cause of
"Truih. Virtue and Temperance" soon
sher in that day when it shall no longer be
said that
MANS inhunanity to man,
| Makes countless thousands mourn"