The Delaware herald., 1854-04-19

are trying to become savors think SO still--.arf
may God send us thousand such fo assiet j.
breaking the fetters which bind and degrade 1s
lou say, yous" have read the tbirtv-tb irf
chapter Of Ezekiel, and feel glad of the opnor.
tuflty Of warning us wicked teetotallers Of om
sinful ways" No doubt that vou think that ON,
i ways are sinful, and mine in partculsr.--be
: cause have ever refused to bow down 10 tbe
"golden calf" and worship it--becauseI / reoarf
man as man, and nothing more--because / ac.
knowledge no superior except those who exec
IN their qualities of mind and heart, and refuse
TO pay obesance to the conventional usapes q
society but treat knave as knaye. Whetbe,
decked IN fashionable habiliments and fancifill
costume, or covered with rags and squalid filth
-6ecause have kept an " independent tongue
ana pen for the advocacy of Temperance. truth
ana right. need not tell you, Sephus, that
WI! never DOW down and worship these things
winch my soul detests, for you know that
never will
The ways of temperance men are sinful to
your view, because you now msee thronrb y
glass dmly, ly,"-because you fail to see, or refuse
10 acknowledge the philanthropic PRINCIPLES nv
which they are urged onward to the rescue Of
thousands who are perishing from the lacI, Of
PfaCtIcaI knowledge, and from the free use OF
IhlS beverage which cXcItes their missions. but
eherVates and destroys the native energy of the
hteHecL ana which "dlms the sOul-born bean
| W OF those who use it-while it leads to tho
neglect OF mental culture and to the omen vio-
latlon OF Gods holy law, the consequences oi
winch are lgnominy and shame, and ruin for.
ever!
! AS an eHempilication of thedcleterious nrin-
clples held and advocated by the opponents of
prohibition, let us take cursory survey of tho
political, social, moral and intellectual condition
ot those countries which indulge in the habi,uoI
use OF the intoxicating beverage, and co,nparc
them with those that practice temperance and
morality
Turn your attention for a moment TO the
condition Of Ireland. This is large island in
the N. Atlantic, west of Great Britain: tIc
area ol winch is estimated at 2S.aOO so,l,.rc
miles. The Population, according 20 the cen
s"S OF lo+l, was S,l7J,213; in 1851, it WAS
reduced to 6,5l1,794. 1t formerly had Pan.
lament OF IFS own, which was subordinate f,
mat OF Great Britain, but, since IS0O. the t,,o
have ho@n united under the title os the b,,.c-
r,HI Parliament u Great Britain a,,d IreI,,nj
The climate is hcllthful and the sol fertile ami
productive, ana 1T IS, i'll truth, al island f.,
winch nature has been lavish in the bestown,cni
o. hcr laNors. Bat look at her miserable social
ana motal condition, and make Yourself re-
qualntAd with the bent and dispos ton Of her
people, and you will not wonder that thov mr..
Wretched, starving and degraded. know that
the tale which grects our ears in this country
rom the numerous refugees, who have sur,,G,
an asylum here, is, that it is the political onDrf.
SION Of Eng land which has induced the nrda-,r
part OF the misery Of this people; hut il is al
JHtSchood-thcre is not word of truth in ,uc}
statement though it has obtained crcdcncr
among our own people, and enlisted our syu.pa-
thles Tor tins unfortunate nation.
The prlncip1l and primary cause Of IreIand's
miserable condition must be sought eIsevhnr,
foiitlcailv' II is placed upon an equal tootin,
with Scotland and Wales. They have renro-
sentative institutions like the English. Scotch
and Welsh, and precisely the SHINE rights in the
Imperial Legislature. 1t is not, therefore. tbe
oppressive measures of the English government
that nave reduced and degraded them, but il i
TO be found IN therwilful ignorance--the noc.
lect OF their educational institutions. and III,
habituai and general use of spirituous ljopor:
Some one has said that they are HtcraiI,, > !
drunken nation, and while ever this nroctico
continues they will be degraded, superst;t;ons (
ignorant ard indolent.
Compare their condition with that ortbo Sco4ol I
and you will see, at glance, the striking dif. /
terence. Scotland is a country occupvin5r tbc
northern portion of the island of Great Britain
ana IS bounded on all sides by the sea. excnnt
on the south, where ii is separated from Enc
Idhd "a oy Solway Firth, the Cheviot-hlls and the
weed Ihearca is estimated at 26, Ola square
miles. Population in 1851 was !. $40 7ei 7,
is for the most part rugged and mountainous
the climate is cold, and the northern mart biIIy
and unProductive; and yet, with all of these
disadvantages, they are prosperous. onternris-
ng' temperate and happy. A traveller has said
mat 1t is country for which nature has done
he least, and the people the most happy of anv
country IN Europe. But they do not habitually,
indulge IN tins intoxicating beverage.
Again, look at Italy, as she is, and comparo
her with what she was. Her gIorv once fIIad
-ne world. Her empire was extensive. bor
;ltIzens educated, loved at home, and resnectnd
ibroad. She has furnished some Of the most
eminent poets orators, philosophers and his
or'ans' as well as sculptors and other artists
ou' the poiitlcal and social condition of this
'nce powerful nation has become sad and
lFeary, indeed. With a climate and soil tbo \,
most tavorabl' for the progress and odyaroa
nent Of It's inhabitants, they have aIlovrod AZ
ness, voInptuousness and intemperapce to san
.Ad destroy their independence-to ruin and ;
degrade them. One OF our own eminent moot
nd perchance, the most gifted of American G
'rterS' (and who finally fell victim TO the 7
avages of the destroyer, iniemperance,, in I
peaking ef this mighty empire, and particn- ,
arly OF the Coliseum of Rome, that " rich re- 9
lquary Of lofty contemplation, left to time bv
urled centuries of poap and power" says: c
Here, where a hero fell, a column falls = I
mere Where the mimic eagle glared in gold - a
a midnight vigil h0lds the swnrihv bal I
Here where the danes OF Rome their elded boir
Waved 70 the wind. now wave the reed and ,b;s,Io d
Here where on golden throne the Cesar sot i
Oh va Aeu oi moss lies gluating the foul adderI
tit titIe "here on ivory couch the monarch loIrd
Ii'des spectre like, unto his marble home
Lii BY The wan light Of The horned moan
The swift and silent lizard of the sronesn' o
Ind travellers inform US that swarms of beg- d
ars oIrr3w IN the Eternal City; the inhab;.
M u oi wren We're once masters of the world.
How different the political, social and moral Z
onuitIon !, OF Norway, Sweden and Switzerland f
ne climate of the two former is cold, and the Il
3n' generally, barren and unproductive: the
hiet wealth of which consists in their fisheries