Washington telegraph., 1856-03-26

The naeaneSt reptiles of the marsh J.,
bis name be lost and buried in oblivion far.
ever, and let his house become the aan oe
serpeGts and bats. the place where the hoo,
OF the bastard night-owl shall answer to hi,
.elloW. Let no monumen. be erected 10
mark the spot where he lies, but let tbe
green hriar and tall grass wave DER his lost
and forgotten tomb. But to come nearer
home, have we any of this unfortunate class
of men among US. and are they still nrose-
cutlng sbeir work of ruin and death Onr
town. out few short months since noted
for Its quiet and soberne>s. and freed from
al such stenches as groceries, whence issue
all manner OF vices and diseases, as bees
from their hives in opening summer can il
De SAID that 1t is now cursed and scourcel
with any such men engaged in any such
traihc {. l leave you to make your own
response. And what publication do thew
plead IN their defence? The sanction and
protection of the law: And what law :?
That licensing homicide and murder in the
most revolving and helliSh manner.
Who are the makers of that law? and
where did they receive their right to pass
such an act ! Has the hand that wrote in
frey colors upon the Kings palace stamp
ed 1t with its seal and appreciation? No.
sir; and until that is the case, tell me not
that you have the sanction of law, right, or
Justice In your infamous tra6c But we
look forward with bright hope and fond
anticipation to the lovely day when there
shall hea change and revolution upon this
subject And why should We not? In
ali and every deprtmenpt, the physical and
mental man is alive and at work. A new
era has dawned upon the world, and the
nineteenth century seems to have been the
time chosen, when invention and progress
sion should achieve the brightest laureis of
their glory, and attain the ultimate point
of their destination The temples of sci
ence, literature and the finer arts now trem
BILE and bend beneath the ponderous load
of their own discoveries.
Invention follows SO rapidly upon the
track of invention, and each dazzling with
new and additional light and brilliancy.
that the mind scarcely has time to sean
one, until 1T Is whirled away to behold an
other more grand and sublime Man is at
last last awaklng from his dream OF centu-
rles III which long night of Ignorance and
superstition, mere shadows and visions of
scienc fitted before him, but now he be-
gins to see the truth as it is, and filed
with new hope and vigor, the young i'm
mortal thrusts aside the curtains of obscu-
rlty and rejoices in the opening splendor of
the prospect as it spreads out before him.
Already he looks forth from his dark en-
oryo of years, and feeling his inherent pow
er and ability too soar, he plumes himself
and mounts heavenward, to some pinacle
more elevated and sublime, whence he NAV
take boundless survey of things that
shall be hereafter. And such wonders and
achievements, which not only cheer and de-
light, but almost astound and battle the Gre
dulty of the most credulous, are not con-
lined to the fields of science and knowledge
alone, but the political world as if shaken
by the throes of mighty earthquake, now
rocks and trembles to her very center, un-
der the powerful arm of progress and rev.
olutlon. All Europe is now convulsed,
and the crash and crumblings of falling
thrones and empires resounds throughout
the world, and while the spirit of progress
lives and burns who can foretell the reseult2
The misty and murky clouds of ignoranc,
which Ike death pail have o'erhung our
earth, vanish and flee before the effulgent
brlillancy of science and truth, and mil |
lions of human beings, groaning and writh-
ing beneath the CALLING yoke of tyranny
and oppression, rise up and join the devo-
tees of freedom and independence, and
catch the wild and thrilling notes of lib
erty, whose sound and echo, shall die away
and be lost alone in the bosom of eterni-
ty.
While such giant strides are being made
and such wonders achieved in the mental
and physical world, shall not like and equal
progress be made in morality and temper
aIce towards elevating man to that high
and digniied position intended him by his |
Creator?
Although intemperance, like mighty
deluge, has swept DER the world and en-
gulphed many of the brightest intellects that
have ever figured upon the arena of life, in
its angry, surging pillows; although the |
demon of strong drinks, with his iron heel /
heated red hot in the flames of he'll, has |
ridden rough-shod over, and trampled to
death the tenderest affections and most
sacred Ties OF JHe uuIndu HedTC altnOugl 4
the iend and foe of man through this instru- |
mentality has and is accomplishing deeds
darker and more damnable than he could |
otherwise have done-deeds over which /
angels weep and devils blush; yet the pow
ers have been put in motion, and are now
in full operation, that are to work thorough /
and radical revolution upon this subject
All hail and thrice welcome the hapDv
morn in forty-one, when a Hawkins, a
Warren,'a Grant, Beecher, and their
compatriots, unfurled the banner Of TEN
perance, inscribed with the motto of glove,
Purity and Fidelity, "-i -illustrious trio
love of humanity-purity of motives and
fidelity to principies,-and invited sink
ing, drowning world to flee and find shell |
ter under its benign and heavenly shad-
ow. 1t was the silvery gray of the ap- /
morn-the first dawn of twilight
that heralds the coming day, the bow of
hone and promise that snannad the heav-