The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-07-29
From the Ironton Spiris Of The Times.
TEMPERANCE.

never exceed in our sensaiions--th6 en-
Of nature to preserve us-it is the model
alton Of our passions. Mos, unquestior
ably the principal branch Of Temperate
is sobriety, which s efiectually prescribe
by the uneuing law of nature, that ca
never be eMded nor cheated out Of an,
Of its dues; because tina. law has a. q
times sufficien, vitality to vindicate itsel
The man who subdues his passion
and always conforms his conduct TO III,
law, which prescribes self preservation
will fulfil the duties of domestic and 80
cisl life, his house will be a place Of a,
traction to his friends, his business vii
be conducted with intelligence and jus
tice, and his old sge be exempt from in
trinity.
"He will not spend his money in rem
edieS, but will enjoy in mirih and glad
ness the wealth which Providence and
his own industry have furnished him."
Drunkenness and glu,tony are the
vices directly opposed 10 sobrie,y. The
drunken man first loses his reason, the
Divine principle Of his nature, his body
becomes overpowered by the action o.
s,imulants upon his nervous system, he
thus loses control over his limbs, and
being unoble TO guide his feet he STUN.
bles III the broad way. and pros,ra'es
himself upon the ground. He fills the
hearts Of his friends with bitterness, and
his own home with desola,ion and
mourning.
The evil effects Of gluttony are not so
prominently observed as those Of drunk
enness, but they are equally certain in
the work of moral degradation. Over
loading the stomach with rich food, and
thus absorbing the nervous power Of the
system in the process Of digestion, as
completely s,upe6es the mind as strong
drink. A man given to gluttony, says
Volney is very liable to abandon himself
TO The disorderly impulse Of Lust and
anger; his body becomes bloated, heavy,
and un6, for labor; bo suffers with goul
and other painful and expensive distem-
pers, he seldom lives 10 be old, and bis
age is replete with indrmities and
sorrow.
Intemperance in some form or other,
has in all ages been one Of the greatest
evils with which society has been af-
flic,ed--,he holy prophet Of God-the
wise S,a,esman--ihe mental philosopher
and the atheist, as we'll as ell Of the
grea. mass Of the common people every
where unile in general execrstion Of
intemperance, and vet drunkenness has
been in all past ages, and now is, one Of
the most common ofvices. Even drunken
mon themselves are q, heart in favor Of
sobriety.
Hear the testimony Of Charles Lamb,
who was no. "reformed drunkard," but
one who drank on and continued to
drink, until the lime OF his death. 1t is
known TO some Of our readers that Chas.
Lsmb, was one Of the most elegant and
able writer's in that constellation Of lite>
rary worthless, composed Of Shelly, Coll
eridge, Haslit', and Keats; but mark
what he says on the subjec. Of reforming
his own will
"Tbe waters have gone over me. But
out Of the black depths, could ! he heard
| would cry out 20 all those who have
but sci a foo, in the perilous flood
Could the youth, 10 whom the davor Of
his first wine is delicious as the opening
scenes Of life, or the entering upon some
newly discovered paradise, look into my
desola,ion, and be made TO understand
what dreary thing it is when q mar
shall feel himself going down precipice
with open eyes and passiUe soill, 10 see
his destruction, and have no power Il
stop il; and yet to feel il all the way
en- ana,ing from himself, TO perceive all
goodness emp,ied out Of him, and not be
able TO forge. time when il was other
wise; to bear abou. the piteous spectacle
Of his own self ruin. Could he see my
feyered eye, feyerish with last nights
drinking. and feveriSlly looking iol
this nights repetition Of the folly, could
he feel the body Of this death out Of
which cry hourly with feebler, and
feebler out-cry to b" delivered-is were
enough 10 make him dash the sparkling
beverage TO the earth in all the pride Of
its desolaling temptation"
Such is the testimony Of the truly
gifted Charles Lamb, ON the subject Of
drinking. He tried every method 10
cure his passion for strong drink, bu.
found no remedy. When we see minds
like his, and reflect the. Lord Brougham,
Daniel Webster, Silas Wright, and many
others possessing powerful inlellecis
were excessively given TO the use Of
liquor, we are led TO believe that no
man is in q safe position who permits
himself to indulge st all.
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