Washington telegraph., 1856-03-26
any such a position.

| AAISi9 "'0ohoiiO anu stimulating liquors.
are admissible in certain weakened and de
bilitated conditions of the system. as anv
other medicinal agent, we do not deny; but
we do deny, most boldly and fearlessly
that they are admissible into the hale
healthy and vigorous system, without seri.
Gus and vital injury resulting therefrom.
ct how strange it Is to hear physicians
men OF attalnments and abilities in the
healing ast-advise their fellows, should
they chance to be moistened by the gentle
showers OF heaven, Or warmed by the rays
OF summers sun, to take drink, to keep
them well if they are well, or to make them
we'll If they are sick, when the evidence
and testimony of the combined medical
world are against them, and they know it
at the time Whenever you hear physi-
clan giving such advice to a healthy man.
the very embodiment of strength and DOW
er, set it down that he would like to din
INTO the 6010I himself and wants compa-
! ny; for he knows that such Will not kene-
ht any man, but will be to him destruc-
tive and certain curse. Such advice is a
slur and a disgrace upon the profession.
and hope the time is not far distant. when
physicians will prescribe me1icine to the
sick, and not disease and death to the hale
and healthy But why need we argue fur
ther proposition to which there cannot be
dissenting voice, and upon which there is
such flood of light and knowledge poured
that there can be no doubt as to its corre,t-
ness or tenability? The second evidence
We adduca in support Of our proposition,
VIZ: that moderate drinking is wrong, is
Its unhaHowed example, and evil and per
nicioas influence exerted upon others.
! We are all creatures of imitation, and
unfortunately fer Us. We are excessively
/ prone to initiate the vices, while We let slip
the virtues and redecming traits of those
INITIATED. Every community has its men
of influence aud talents-and should those.
who hold in their power, the control and
sway OF that community, although they do
not indulge themselves encourage it. By
winking at It in others. what is the nature of
the influence exerted upon them, but Of the
most baneful and direful kindl But il is a
lamentable fact. that too many of our talent
ed and influential men, not only encourage
that thing by a wink. but by actually in
dulglng Themselves | would to God diff
ferent state of affairs existed, nevertheless
1t Is toe true. What else can we expect.
than that which our eyes are compelled al
most daily TO witness, under such influences
and circumstances.
LII we would have our streets cleared OF
irebriates. and with thenI the dire and he'll
li>h oaths that molest and distract the civil
and sober people of our town, we must not
I only disapprove Of beastly drunkenness
bat we must attack the old king in places
high and low, private and public, and ban
ish him from our homes and plant our feet
upon his hydra head wherever and whenev-
er found.
The standard of morality and soberness
must be elevated. Our men OF influence
must take an open. bold and decided stand
upon the side Of truth and temperance
And the ladies, more especially, the young
ladies, must assist. with the almost olnnipo-
tent poSer given them, if we would enjoy
the fruits aud benefits of soberness and
whenever that is the case. the old demon.
with his long and smu;ty retinue, will go
skuiking from our homes aud villages, and
we will be left in the full enjoyment and fru-
Iticn OF the blessings AMI sweets that ever
cluster about the ab0des of temperance-
But while ever the OLD fellow is permitted
to enter the family circle, or social gather
ing, Us Is too Otter the ease-or is employed
as the means, BY which we make complete
and full manifestation of cur hospitality and
esteem for our friends, as in drinking healths,
land there Is just as much sense in dancing
OF whls,ling healths.) or the pleasant bust
or champagne frolic-or eggnog associations;
We need not, we cannot, we dare net look
for. or entertain the :aintest giumering of
hope. for reformation or change upon this
subject Sach a revolution under the cir
cumstances, would be contrary to The natu-
raj aud Ordinary course of things But, if
we would check tue mighty ocean of intem-
perance that now foods the world, and is
Iashing our shores with its angry. rolling
billows. We must cut off all the rivulets and
tributaries that empty themselves into its
BOSOM The old may not be reclaimed by
ali the means that can be brought to bear
upon them. But the young BY the re-
straining influences. of sober thinking, in-
huential men, may be prevented from con-
tracting habits that will seal their doom and
destiny forever.
The only tower of safety, the only cita-
del of refuge, is in total abstinence ''See
that pleasure party, 50 gently gliding
along the placed bosom of the lake, with
thoughts as tranquil as the sleeping ele-
naent upon which they ride, as bright as
the mellow radiance which the evening
sky filings back DER the expanse of waters.
Not breath disturbs the calm; not a
speck dims the prospect; not sound is
heard, save the echo of their wild and
merry laugh, as it dies away upon the dis
tans shore of that lake, which, Graded In
the bosom of mountains, and lulled to
rest by zephyrs, sleeps with the quiet ude OF
an infants slumbers. Imperceptibly to
themselves they are moving on to death,
and yet they dream net of danger. But
bark! what sound is that which breaks IN
upon their delusive dreams of security,
and arouses them to a sense of the fate
that awaits them 1t is the roar OF the
cataract they are..fast nearing. Death I'M