The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-10-13
From the Cleveland Herald.
AsYIum for Tnebriates

charities within reach, viii hail with 10,
the ini.iation Of one of the most human
of charities to orring mortals- sylum
for the Inebsiate. 1t is we'll enough, for
talks sake to descant upon the grea'
crime of selling liquor and arguing
thence that the proper remedy is to pro
hibit the traffic IN ardent spirits, ant
therefore instead of establishing Asy
lpms for Inebriates, We should builc
prisons for liquor sellers, but such are
mere empty words. and no Argument -
The utter inpessihiiity of totally doing
away with the sale aud consumption O,
liquor, by force of any laws which hu
mau ingenuity can Frame to say nothing
of the impossibi.ity of seeing any such
laws, if enacted, enforced, condemned
such talk as simple. But we did not in.
tend to do anything more, at this time,
than write a heading as introductory to
on extract from the remarks of Edward
Everett, delivered at BiDghsmpton, up
on the occasion Of laying the corner
stone for the New York State Asylum
for Inebria.es. MIR. Everett said:
You are taking the first step in an eE-
.tesprise of mercy and humanity. Sir,
the duty which society yves TO the in
teresting class for whose relief this iusti-
tuition is founded, is one of the most i'm
psrtant and the most delicate which it
has to perform. You have come to.
gether, friends and fellow citizens, to
take the first step in founding an insitu-
tion which is TO furnish a home for the
a refuge from che world that
visits its own faults with such severity
upon the frail and suffering of our race
Kindly refuge where they will be
received in the hour Of their extremity.
and welcomed. with all the comforts
their condition demands; and es
pecislly, sir, where they Will be removed
ETom temptation.
Remorcd frou temptation Sir, du
ing those interesting ceremonies that
We have witnessed at the laying of the
corner stone, when the most sublime of
from the Wisest and best of
Masters was repeated by those hundreds
md thousands that stood with uncovered
reads to witness their performance, I
gas struck with a force which | own |
never felt before with the sequence of
the IDEAS. "Le4d US not into tcmpta-
comes before delivcranee
evil. Lead us not into temp'a
IApPlause.] Sir, a great moral
has sam |
Vice is a monster of such hideous mien,
That to be hated needs but to be seen"
That is the evil from which we pray
be delivered. 1t is a hideeus mon
ter,
That to be hated needs but to be seen.
: But il Is not so With temp : toni
Sir, temptatioG is uot IA hideeus monster. |
1t too. often cDues 10 u lovely form,
with grace and beauty, decked
With g~arlands, speaking with a silver
'oice aud calling to Us when We are IF
'ur guard. That is what We first need
pray to be protectGd from Evil, this
iideous monster; few Pereous who have
the ordinary advantages of All
,ducation IN this part OF toe world, few
,ersons hat have anything that can be
a ..virtuous home, are IN great
of being led astray BY this hid
Gus monster, when it stands before them
d all its native deformiiy But who is
afe from the Circcan voice Of tempta,
Mr. President. the reverend aud elo
eut gentleman who preceded me, said
nth great justice that you were not Oh
y laying the Foundation Of an asylum
or this State, but if it succeeds, you
ave laid this day a corner stone for a
asylum IN every State of this
in every kingdom of Europe.
Applause. eHasn't it been so with all
reat improvements that may be classes
18th this? Wasn't it so with prison
Iscipline? There is not in all the civ
lied world, except Naples (if you in
Jude Naples in the civilized would) a
lace where the old abuses in prison dis
ipline exist. The humane treatment is
initiated aud adopted. So
is, sir, with asylums for the Insane =
he old cruelty is.dene. away With, not
New York. in Philadelphia, and in
,esten alone, but throughout the @civiliz
world.
So it will be, sir, with the Asylum for
be Inebriate. Let these first steps re
ait successfully. Let these walls go
p; let the poor victims OF inebriety be
hered there; let the kind treatment,
Iedical counsel, and employment for the
,iud aud fer the time-let them pro-
uce effects, which l haven't the slight
it doubt they will produce; and, as |
ave said before, as fast as they can be l
rected you will have a similar institu !
on in every civilized country in the
orld. Yes, sir; briug these unhappy I
lebriates there, protect them from temp !
ltion, occupy their time, amuse their {
surround them with rational |
Ieasures; above all, sir, let the delight ,
IL Influences of the beautiful nature
lat surrounds US have their due effect
pom them; Let them learn to worship
he common Father in this glorious tenn I
lie, of which these surrounding hills are /,
pillars, and this glorious eopcave the !
arck-apd believe me, sir, many h,
ears will not pass away before il will
ppear that what you have just done fos |
our own community, you have done for 4,
le civilized world. loud applause |,
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