Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-17
For the Nebraska dive
Temperance EOSs.

NnEME GAL
lonrinr to the subject of temperance
,sirb are respectively applicable TO all
different conditions of life. On the
--.sant occasion l solicited the attention
The rich and educated. / trust l will
.oooeed in demonstrating that either their
,rn use Of the old king, or, as II much
more frequently happens, the use by
,bose for whose indulgences they are
"a suffer, is the grand procuring causes of
.Lair misfertunes and their social inequa-
Ier. thrust l will prove TO the satisfac-
non of every rejecting mind that II this
me source Of degradation could be dried
I'd. the great majority Of the community
would rise tothe possessiOnOf competence
But Ii may be asked; How a all this
be without great profit, how can property
once N being, be lost by the Incorporate
without being gained by the temperate !
Tbs druDkard realizes the fable of the
mn tree. Distinctions all around him.
. The house IN which he lives descends
with a gwifler decay. The farm he ma
aaues forgets 10 bear the life sustaining
harvest and is luxuriant only In brlars
and horns: weeds choke out the grass IN
his fields insects consume his orchard /;
has Garden Is. .smitten with harrenness
his fences fall and lay open his cropst to
6epTedation his cattle becomes Ike the
lean kline of Pharaoh. If he is engaged
IN trade his calculations always err; has
means prove inadequate 10 the execution
f bs plans; he consOrts with rOgues and
ha-pers who defraud him; he seeks to
retrieve has fortune by gambling and that
as enEv q shorter course TO inevitable
ruin. IF he be a mechanic, his right
hand forgets It's cunning; he frames q
house whose parts will not 60 together
a tailor, he spols the cloth he would
make into garments. His work of what
ever kind il may be ceases to be enqulreC
ter and bears tie lowest price In mar
let. In fine, whatever the occupation Of
Al ntemperate man may be, disaster at
tsuds him. His rashness upsets a stage
his negligence explodes a power mill Oh
al steamboat; his foolhardiness wrecks g
ship. Out of the countless millions Of
wealth which every year Ut cast into
this ocean, a few dollars may fall upon
the shadows or near the shore and be
reclaimed; the rest. sinks into unfathOm-
able depths and is lost forever.
Suppose Robert Fulton had beena sOt
suppose the long, labOriOus and secluded
period spent.by Eli Whitney Ia %inventing
and perfecting the cotton gin had beer
spent in a tap room, yet who can doub
that intemperance has robbed our countr,
0fmany FultOns and many Whitneys. We
know that the brightest minds are mos
subject to its.diaboHcal seductions. VIII,
pa the circle Of his own acquaintance
does not remember some shining intellect
some bright OrbOf mind rising in splendo
pnd rapidly ascending to a refulgent day
but suddenly shrouded in everlastin
hight! And by what means do all thi
misery and woe come upon mankind 3
Fhe answer is plain; some wealthy mel
Fhants import liquor from abroad that the
may increase their wealth; some capita.
Sts, from the nutritious grains and th
BOILING fruits of the earth, distil il /;
home that they may add to their capita
ne Legislatures invest certain subordinat
Tribunals with discretionary power
rant so many licenses as the public goo
les as the public good, for such is Il
AaSphemOuS phraseOlOgy of the law, mi
fequire. To men. who are themselv
fOmfortably and happily situated, o
lear is not long and the licenses. q
anted. Forthwith every licensed pc
On repairs TO his appointed place, ope
Dc fountains of destruction, and the wo
egns. In one region, a peaceful citiz
b~utchered, In another midnight blaz
s1a confagratiOn, in a third the cart
lake voice of riot is heard at its wo
demolition. From all Sides a rushi
oAd Of alright and contention aflir
Pc ear, mingled with such groans of az
as never came from the dark tempt
F. The druidswhere human victims we
-cHhced. by hundreds. This prOct
sns simple, and, my readers, it is sI
yea, horrible In its-simplicity, and
. fatal as ii is simple. The deaf
Srrant that goes ont from the executi
amber, under the sign manual of 1
"eFnOr and authenticated by the gre
the state, commanding the sher
~ execution upon the body of a mel
Is not more certain to be execut
NAT body than under U prese
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