Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-04-02
feeling as ifthe earth had been relieved Oh d

feeling as if f-the earth had been relieved ei
burden.
We would not speak irreverently OF even
uined human nature, but II there Is any
tb;pp which can obliterate our sympalnies
g., q maa it is drunkenness, which more
ns.f.c,,v than any else obliterates manhood.
Tic ,ncients felt this as well as the moderns' !
nd have transmitted many fine sayings
nnor i. A woman injured by her drunken
.,on,rcb said, 81 appeal from Philip drunk
- ph;l;n sober" Publius Syrus says, "Hs
who tests upon a man that IS drunk injuries
tho ahsents.n Ore said, "a man may oe
,y;se in the morning, and when the sun
o;ves the sign to spread the table. and IN
temperance brings in the messes and n'i'
the bowls, the man falls away and leaves
he.ss in his room. And when we bury
] ar,nt.rd we bury him with sorrow, it may
be. but not as a man; the man mas long SINE
[der-sted." In this case, as IN many VIC
I.;ot,, write .He whose merits deserve
,on,n,e can now scarce find tomb. Let
,s nause a moment over this case. we see
hare loss of fortune, character, business
fr;enas internal peace, self-controi' heaitn'
and ell rational ejoyments. Here, 'oo' was
exposure of folly, force of temptation. Pswer
of eassion, alienation of natural aneclion'
h,un,no of moral sensibility, premature
aa.,h and domestic desolation. Here, too,
E was duty pretermitted and sin continued
down IN the tomb; here. too, was evil ex-
{ annie upon family and friends, to be felt
> in The nresent and future generations; here
3 was an appetite which neither genus ac.
, comnlishments, affection, honor. nor lne
!. sanssitv of religion could control. we wil
, no,&T, the curtain of another world. ms
, ,oo he i, marked, was not "a case OF the
" wors, description, for the poor victim wa
!. ,es,rained from crime. But we must no'
vow with This instance alone. 1t must %
I'd multiplied by 600 900 to give the aggrega'
n. of erunkards daily exhibited IN the on"e
10 States. n number kept plus by moderat
40 drinL;,g which fills mp the places as .as
- death and crime vacates them. In
r.: e,,Is of intemperance are not conhnec
be the incorporate Here man reeiihg iof
,s dsbaucb dislocates his shoulder; there
i. ;..ov;c.,ed driver oversets a coach and XIII
some innocent udNcioiS3 "~
be makes maniac, and there murderer; ne'
"A = s;nks aship and there soul. IL mis- iuH!
on tic asvlums, hospitals, poor.houses, J1i'
;, na nenitentiaries with victims. Oatei
off oe,;ms,es show that it causes three-iour'i
he If all the crime, three-fourths OF all u
Md nauperism, and large part OF all the 'nSan
Dlv ~ in this Union; that it OCCASIONS an III
n meuse destruction of property ADDS 70 nun m
ese ber and sgsravates the severity or DIS sans ass
Lp' spreads dissipation. vice, and wre'on.'n' .,
ION over the land, leads to bodily ihen,a'' ,, .
mo-. moral deterioration in many iam,i'es a
communities, corrupts the polls ana emu 10
.an lgers the government, and is the chie, u
AXIS derance OF the Gospel in all civilized lan'
, The<opeuing of the bottle, indeec' Is. a.
am. opeDing of Paudora's box. feaoe,'
al. are ..ise you will escbew it, ,ior'wh'le mus a
i Is i.ro,Ss. il is never useful in health anu 'a
rhe ly in diseases.