True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1856-03-12
THE yRRpIcT.
For the True American.
TEMPERANCE NO. 3.
ICAN GOVERN MYSELF.

GAN OuVhhN mhoELr'
'Wi'l you participate What ! Our
cold water advocate was evidently unable
to comprehend his learned friends mean,
ing will you come in and have some
thing tn take some wine or brandy -
No! | use no beverage stronger than
water Come in while get some bran.
dy. take little sometimes and thinh
il does me good You need not br un-
easy for ran govern myself. But YOU
must be aware that many others wh"
make the attempt. fail t" do SO. and pa,
a severe peuatty for be rash experiment.
Perhaps Yum 'xamp'e may induce some
Others to imitdte y"u. and 'l'ev NAV tall
10 rise no more. Think Of the da grrous
tend ncy # his practice. aud quit !:
g We your Influence against il for the sake
of others Nonsense to think that ]
may not drink in moderation, because
some are so weak and foolish IS 10 inj jurr
themselves And these replies are an
iNdtxof lhe feeling and sentiment of many
of our cizens, though few have the har-
dihood thus boldly t. avow it. And The
mass who lakes iitle sometimes. l.
MOI alone for many who rarely use al
coholc drinks. and whu make high claims
to phlanlhrophy and christianity, are ac-
luamd by the same principles. i" use
their words, they 'ran take a glass or caI'
let i, alone, pnd they hold their reins al
self government with 81 much ease, that
they can see no reason WHY Others cannot
do the same. They know that they are
not drunkards, and therefore consider
themselves so entirely out Of danger, that
their personal safely demands II" change
Of pusiinn. And the high moral s'and
ing and irrepr"achable character Of 'hes~
rruders their opposi'ion truly fmm''ab'e
An, from The regular lippler to the con-
firmed so,, regard them as the champions
Of the drinking custom, and consider j.
sanc,i6 by their responsibility. And
their opposition i, further s'rpng h"net
by their seeming to deplore the evils I"
drunkenness. Of-ring no op"l' f"'
The drinking of the sut, and prnfrssedly
rondemning his hrutalizing, they prart'
caIly uphold The syst m thai degraded
him. They dare not defend the horr"i'
of drunkenness, vet they regard our al
tacks on the drinking customs as an inva
sion of their rights. Though seeing ant
acknowledging its evils, they devise NJ
p!ans 10 mitigate them. but cuvertly seek
10 ,hwalt the plans Of others. They faul
all the temperance laws that have ever
been enacted, and too often have they sue
C, eded in null fying them. And when
was rendered partially or entirely in"Per
alive by their Vaccinations, how soon dl'
,hpv saw we ,cll you sn-- more lIquo
made and drark now than a, any previous
time As we have never found then
doing anything in t'is department of pub
lie reform but always hear ih'm cavi
ling al the tff ,rls Of Others, We are com
PEELED 10 conclude that cold creed, 1 ga
govern IN, self is The alpha and omega
their good intentions, aud SELF love The
sum If The ten commandments. IL eve
: man pr'pounds in few words, the pr'''
cipe thai regulars his condurI. it is wi''
he wraps himse up in his cl ak "f III
\ kindness, and shuts his eyes, eals a"
hear, on The oi jrcls Of piely. and cool
= announces thai he can take care Ut h'n
i self. lie virtually says, am | my hr' u
ers keeper?' words only bvf't'ng hr"'|
pr's destroyer. What does The 'g"ve'
: myself morality amount 10 but This "a
q | 10 put myself under any restr'lnt I" say
e my brother! let him take care Of himself
! If man with plenty on his table. saw
r. fellow man starving and refused 10 gi,
ID a morsel Of food, saying he could lee
= himself, his conduct would he reprohatt
'e as unnatural and selfish. And self,hne.
! always brings its own punishment, al
need we wonder to see so Wany Of Il
a. govern myself professors, land in II
'e lowest depths Of human degradation. VI
tins of,heir own imperious appeliles Z
They would mol cease putting siumblir
ye block in the way of olhers--is il stranl
y. that in The end they themselves shon
I'd stumble and fall Was there ever al
s. confirmed drunkard who, at The start, d
" not say he could govern himself! Su,
% was The boast of--as lie staggered 10 !
t. wre,ched home, and he did ill he died
" delirium ,remens, and he now fills
he drankarl's grave. The prudent f,resee
Is the evil, hui the simple pass on and a
'g punished. A. NJ
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