Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-08-25
SAD ANp xouRnruI fRocRss1on.


SAP AND xouRnFuL fRoCzsnon.
A short time since. touching spec
tacle was seen in the streets-of our
neighboring city, Richmond. An or
phsn boy. who bad stemmed the worlds
destructive tide without the counsel Of
father. or the prayers Of another.
murdered BY rum and the rumseller,
was conveyed TO bis last sad resting
phase. aJrnnkard's grave. attended By
one solitary mourner, an orphan sister.
His last hours we're spent 10 the ra-
Wings Of soul-kiiling delirium. which
haunted his dying couch with all the
unearthly phsnfoms and bloody de-
mons which that losthsome disease
brings up to torment men before their
time.-Ladies' Temperance Wreuh.
Yes, it was touching spectacle -
Let Us boast no more Of our ciyilizs-
ton. our morality, our patriotism. and
our philanthropy, asa people. Parents,
you need not tell your children about
the cruel Hindoo mother. who throws
her inno,ent babe to the crocodiles Of
the Ganges You need not tell them
how widows, are burned TO death upon
the funeral pile. You need not tell
them that the benighted heather vol
unfairly permits himself to be crushed
beneath the ponderous wheels Of the
car Of Juggernautlli II yon would
have them behold heathenism in its
most terrific aspect. point 20 the sad
scenes that are almost daily exhibited
in our own fair md. Our country,
by her laws, throws her children to
the rumsellers. who are y thousand
fold worse than oil the crocodiles Of
the Nile and The Ganges. The widow
Of the deceased Hindoo dies with q
feeling Of JOY. or. at least. indifference
Tor her religious convictions make hel
believe tina, she is only doing her du'
ty. Look at the widows Of our en-.
lighiened and Christian land. Who
are most deserving Of pity. the Pager
or the Christian ? The former dies .
horrible death. Il is true. but II is 9
quick one. and no agony Of mind h
added to he. tortures while The lat
ter endures the torture Of body ant
soul for years. She sees the light o
hope extinguished forever, Sh'
must endure the disgrace which attach
IS to the drunkard. lie wears the fer,
brand upon his brow ; she FEELS !
burning into her very heart! Thu
inebriate dies--and his wife only live
to be haunted by the bitter memorie
Of the past. and the ever-prese,,
thought that he who was once III
star or her existence--ihe father q
her children-lies in that "last 50,
resting place. the drunkard's grave
And. finally. she dies n prematur
death. victim upon the vast funers
: pile which the Rum Fiend has lighte,
in our land Does not her case appeu
more touchingly for sympathy. an
cry more loudly for help. than doe
that Of the heather ? aaifa ''
The hideous Juggernaut Of Intem
. Iperance il crushing the life-blood fror
the hearts Of millions, beneath III
wheels Of his ferv ear. His priests
the rumsellers. are sacrificing our Gil
liens, soul and body. upon their blood
affairs. Mothers, they are pouncin
! upon the very lambs Of your little folds
; and leading them to the slaughter
Poor boy "Stemming the world
destructive tide. without the couns,
OF father or the PRAYERS Of mother
murdered by rum and the rumssller.
Fathers and mothers. your childre
may soon be left to stem that sam
destructive tide without your couns,
: or your prayers. and II, as Mt present
there is no law to protect them, the
too may be murdered. We begleav
10 differ from the talented and fai
editor OF the WrmM on one point :
We have pctiiioned our lawgivers ,op
enough, They would not hear u.s.
: We I'll not ,ray to them any NOR,
No. Sirler Brownlee. let Us pray
Con; and in His name. and in IN
! name Of bleeding Humanity. we wi
DEMAND, Ms We have right to do.
claw which shall say to the soulles