The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-04-16

At q meeting of the 0ho State Teachers Asso-
clation, held at Columbus Dic. 9Th, 1856
COMMITTEES, consislns OF the ilJn iID!aGt VI Ial,
II. II. Barney, Z a., Prof NJ 'rsh. P'oE SolIS AMI
G. T. Howe, Esq, WAS appoiLel to recon- nrnd
some action respecting the use OF intoxca'i. 6
liquors profane swearing aId tobacco. in the
Scnooi, ani Colleges Of the Sla'c
.r. REPORT ASJ REsoLur.DSS
Within the crow l.l hoIrs OF the \ 'socaton.
il is impossible for your Co INIT &C 10 make al
EXTENDED Report. No Is IL necessary for iLem 10
do SO. On the first point, ,rticuary,-:hat ut
using intoxicating EqlOrs,-what occasion have
they TO dwell 1t Is not Il y Iar-olf caiaInIt,
removed to the oIuer srlc Ul tle B,uJs or lid LA
in the rec sscs vi ahtqul,y, ,-cSrapnig assault and
everlasting description but 1t Is among us aid OF
Us, present, embodied demonlac reaitt., sm'ing
as no p:stilence ever slnutc. AMI lOrult1nG Is trt
cannot tor sure destroying alNe bpIh body ani
'soul. II ilvalcS all ranks ~ col liuuiiS Oi nc,
and its rctnu, c ISIS Of every form Of nu ia
milery. II all ;hc land, ia r. is scarcely fanny
there Is not one SOCIAL circle, from wuch IL Ii !
not sna chcd victim; a.iS, rom mahr,j0H m.EIy !.
No other vice mlrrht;, all herliis Su.L 40 /, 10
perl ton Il bsslrIca All mIAtS cap ~ ,iIs r.
presen.a,ires OF the peopt, k is I.N- a!l, .I
III re gets lis PAS ,.n II into iLT, VIZ Ii 81
anl ca uie 'Lt,Icy OJ.i b. anuluIa ct II U,trp'
the bench, ami there uudtr lac gus ~ Inc sEr.i
ernint. IL sanornS the Il Gc.try en- tn eternal
maNhnS nj writes Ut in sI.u v.-> d c H.,
an TO hold tau'c p,,h.ut uJ.I' 10 ot Il .: nihlu
tiOLal all invasive Jt nI.u.dt r.gatS wI.cL Gay
conliIcI with Iiltlr uwu ar, iii 'iai cUA>tIIu On AMI
required daily habits AMI II asecIdS tho SicrcI
altar anil wIeI I'll. AN ;lsSodU: "a Col sAnu.l
speak lkU Of the p. pacis "I OIL III iiNr au N
spircSl apOst e, against drlineLuea' aud d.dk Hd'.
il lays tue finger OF one haAl upon h.> bps with
the o her it points to Sone weArhy sonlu'eat IL
ebr'ale below, and tine anblsSaiur iOi gets his en-
basSS aud is silent. No o,ncr wee Hirwn upol
ear;n has sucL pOlelcy TO tura heyGajy b tss, g
in, o hcisl ruins. Ii is no cXtrav < ace to "a,
that the sum-otdl OF prudence, % w>,I 'in Ui COM
furt of exemplary coEluCt a.id oi v.r.u', would
have been,tU i,y,~eycn Oii wnat thsy are. Irudtn'
OFT the world bht for tn, cN lcnte OF mex
eating beverages ano mah a'd that the SIl II
total OF pJver!y, vi WE .chs,ln -, o. crmc ah U
sorrow. would not b. teu,h port, t. ity. wa
they now are, but fur the sam p.Clic ever h1w
ing, Overiowing lOunttim OF evil Youth. heal Ii
strength beauty talent. gsiiiuS aud all the III ccP
tibIn,icS OF virtue IN tn. uu.ia hcart alike persl
before It. Its history Is u VAST record, whlch, Lin,
the roll in the yl,iOa of the propc, Is writtct
within aul without, full OF lIm.ltLtlJL AM III iul
ing and woe.
No one can deny that intemperance carries rrliI
everywhere. 1t reduces tn. ier,iie farm 10 barren
ness. It suspends industry in tine shop OF the me
chanc. II banshes sail frOm the cunning hant
Of the artisan ami artist 1t daslleS t. pieces tn
locomotive of tho eng,ieer. 1t Slnks the ship Il
,he mariner, II spreads sullcn mght uvec the 81
lar spendors at geh,us, at its iuil-orbe meri u
glory. But nowhere Is il 81 ruinnu>. so d,refu, -
eliminating aud expuIsve OF all good. 50 xpGc "
niia redundant OF all evil US in the schuoi a.i tn
college, as upon the person and character Ol n
student himself Cteaor o. Evil, Destroyer u
.Goud Among youth, il invests its w a1ieS wit
the fullneSs OF both prerogat;ve, and se,is theI
out on the career Of life TO suffer where the
should have rejoiced; 10 curse where they shout
have blessed.
Nor do the Committee ferl called upon 10 max
any extended remarks upon the vice OF using pro
y fame language. is an offence emphal,cal'y witt
. out temptation and without reward. Il helps nc
to feed q man. 10 ciOthe HIM, nor to shelter hin
II is not wit, il is not music it is not eloq Ieice
is not poetry but of each Of these. it is the Of
pOsite Let a man swear ever so abOrnuSy u
his life ; will il aii feather 10 the sotues, of h
d, ing bed ; will il give soace Ia the recUlie
tious OF his dying hour No! bu, even the mo-
reckless man will acknowledge. that it will I'll h.,
terness and anguish unsp.'lkablt. Were proIaml
as poisonous 10 the tongue it is TO tine sUul, III
i, backen aud ,leiUrn the lips AS it does the cha
acter, what CHASTITY spectacle would proai
man exhibit Yet 10 the eye y. purity and inl'
,cence, to the moral vision Of every sensible al
Iight-miAded man, lips, tongue and hear, OF evel
ptoiane swearer do look ghastly and detOrmed
- disease and impiety can make them. How mu
they LOOK to the luliniIe Parity Of Col
'-N What an mgrateful uamuuly III imoble T
guital do we make to God, who gave uS these ma
velOus powers Of speech wherewith 10 honor III
adore. when we peryert the sef-same p 'wers
dishonor aud blaSpheme the name of the Giver !
Psrhaps the most beauliiul and efijciive 60 np
meat anywh re TO b. I,u.l in the whole circle
ancient or muGern literature, is that Viii b W
maid by Cicero 10 tbs poet Archias in the eYlr,
ID am of the celebrated deislce which he made
the trial of that client Ia brief paraparase,
cited from recolecti0n il was something ike thi
II SAYS Ne, there is in me any talent it ! la
suy facuttS or power OF eloquence it | ha
made augbt Of proficiency in those Liberal Il
scholarly studies which at al times Of my life ha