Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-09-06


this county.
"pay as you 60" is correct p,nci.
pie for the County, as we'll as for inli.
yiduals. We ansiou,iy lock for re.
form in his matter, anl We are anxious
% see the people moving in the matter
Of public works. We 10 no. ptetcni TO
cen,Urc the board Of commissioners,
for our bad roads and bridges, and for
The low state Of the County finances,
any more than ourselves, anl the COM
munily that have so long and patiently
tolerated these evils.
We hope however, that the people at
the coming election will select for com.
missioner II competent business man
who is an able Gnancicr, anil who will
exert himself to ramod" the evils Of
which we in common with the commu
nifty complain.
We notice in the last REGISTER Il
communication from lady Of this place
containing some valuable suggestions as
to the true system of moral REFORM
And notwithstanding many who take
the "Times" will have read it blfo.c re.
cciyirg this, lest 1t might be overlooked
| BY some, we extract the principal scnti.
mcnts expressed, as they are in accor.
dance with our views upon the subject.
Ironton, August, 1853.
Mr.. Siimson: There has been a
great deal said AMI done in behalf OF
temperance in our town; one Of our
ministers, Learn, has even left his desk
10 60 abou, to awaken the people 10 the
urgency OF passing law similar to that
of Maine; the papers are full of projects
for supprcssns Liquor shops; but in all
the parade that is made about the one
great evil, (and a terrible one i, s) they
are nc-lccting another, equally as de-
muralizing to community as intoXica.
tin. liquor Itself. lmean, breaking the
Sabbath The children here do not
seem TO have ever heard their father OF
mother pronounce the worls OF Tho
r sacral scripture, "R4mcmbcr the Sab
bath day to keep it holy" ! am iIraij
the liquor dealers Lave all ecrminatec
in this way. TIE warning ."Train u,
il chill in the way he should go, anC
when he is old he will not depart from
i."--secms an old fashionel sort Of say
ing, quite olt Of use at this particuia
period.
We have no,icel, during our brie
experience that almost the entire nun
Der of criminals making confession o
their crimes, date the commencement o
their downward course with the profa
nation Of the sabbath day. If chiIIrc,
are allowed TO crow up without throw
ing the proper restraints around thc
uncu';ivaiel appcttes AMI passions, es
peciaIly where thcy have abundant ex
amplcs to lead them astray, it is moral
impossible to hope that any consilora
number of them IN their mature year
! will clorm the vices they have nurlur
G Il in their YOUTH Why is it that W
see SO many examples Of the evil effect
: Of inherjing fortune from parents, f
the ruin and disgrace of the children
2 1t is principally traceablc 10 the neg
} icct of the culture Of the cxpanlin
mind Of the child. The parents min
is almost, or quite, wholly occupie
with the preservation and increase c
, his possessions, and If he ever does Gn
, time from his plans and aspirations t
devote few leisure moments to III
, performance Of religious duties, and cS
:, crcises, the quick perception Of III
/ child balances the whole tenor of hi
conversation, and discovers that his dc
voiions are a matter Of form aud tha h
heart is in his plans for worldly success
The consequence is, that virtue is mad
" GppNdl w tNtIii IT. Il y iuHt, anu III
! practice of her pfeccpts as an oncrou
r burthen-an oppressive hardship; Will
on the other hand there is not lackin
: abundance Of instances where the c,
omp!os Of pious parents, accompanie
by the proper restraint from vice, an
vicious tendencies, instillcl into II
ri first few years Of life, have carried Chi
r drcn through the world surrounded Wi
all the ills of poverty, and bcsct by a
the wiles Of temptation, laihcrlcss an
mo,hcrless, untarniSheI by crime,
9 positions far in advance Of those wi
have been favored by fortune. Il
scripture truth has more abundan, pro
" than ths--'.Train up a child in the W;
y, he should 60, and when he is old !
will no! depart from it. Again:
" "Ifthey could be taught tha, there
" a Col, aud His will must be obcycI,
j. necessity for such strict laws, as it
n proper to have now, would not exist.
4 Society would become moro refine
! and a taste FOR .rowdyins AMI dsinkir
would be among the things that were-
If parents and every person that has
= regard for the Sabbath will take hol