Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-07-28
THE INDIFFERENT MAN.


Wherever civilization has extended its per
sas>!yc AMI c!cvatiug Influences, the voice Of
/ humanity has been raised against the evils Of
/ iutcmi GRANGE. The dru,katd has been re,iled
and almost driven from the pale OF rcsprctable
society. TIE man, too who INDUCES modcr.
atrly IN strong dliHk, has come under the han
ard condemnation Of the really moral portion
# the ccmUuciiv Together. the ultra and
the co",,iNajiN, djuukail. have been held up
AS 4 waruir. - their le,iow.men, and their
charac;e; AID conduct S'At!it S,v reviewed to
point mora, and deter others from an i'm.
itation Of their baurru example There is
one class ct mcn VITO, MI the time. have been
allowed ~ oSrap" almost unWhipt Of justice.
These are tie tGdniyt't men. In Injurious
Influences upon the well being Of society, they
rank next to the modcrui, dtnker. and scarce
hard's breadth below him, in the dvtriment
they iuiij;t upon their species.
The indifferent man imat,nts himself in lit
t'c or 10 danger from the excessive corsump
ti,a of acoholic stmulan,S, folds his arms in
>to,id indifference and hchods his fellow men
in thousands, treating the downward road to
moral degradation, withou; Offering the Slight
ca;avGn. Slch men, although not addicted TO
the use Of s;rNu, drink, are yet liable TO in.
dulGe in il, Whenever tempted in their daily
intercourse with others There are i.o>ts o.
-4'','ii it'e!itiuas ttrrus, ct't- land hey
move in TIE highest, as wi as the ordinary
ranks # social life, and ,2yH u on iutcmrcr.
ance as dreadful evil They wcu!d shrink
! from the though, Of ever becoming Gruukaids
themselves, and would regard su,h a Sugecs.
ton Ms the acme Of imruitnce arj folly Ia
Zee |, these are III, last men who discern dan
rcr ~ themselves, Or r,tosr!Ar the pctii'ioGs
Ell they rrtIute upon ot"tr>, Y th,r in
netsht g. tipping. Rarely ornevrt' sateumb-
IL 10 the power Of the wirc.cu" "A ,rccah,e
~ manner, esteemed among ,nen, they are
observed by those not 50 gifted with the az ILL.,.
" Of >e';.c,n:ro., who flow III tA,ir footsteps
Gn;,, the vice ci drinking is fastened upon
them, in i0Ge>truct;h,e power. lnrumcrahl.
are they, who have rrficd the cxainp'e"i these
sc'fsoS,a"ci trVvrs, ana been immo'at,i
ufcn the affairs q iHtcmrc'autc. To the in.
1isf,rcnt man, thcN, we say, no man is SO in.
Significant aS t. re sure liS example can ~ no
hurt We co',urc th"m TO chang, their
rou!S,s; we b,svccA them to take heed e tho
/ il ;h"v do 10 others, Il they themselves escape
! al tie lrNa,t,es .. their miSjuj"sS. Butthty
are 70; c,ra;a to escape, lmrti :cY.il'y, but
, surely, Ia many instances, they t." will be.
come the victims Of an appetite, .tagcnlcrci
! TX the decisive s~aSjon If the spirit Of indii
t,rcncc, II they have wives they, probably,
are the first /, NOV ard shuddcr at the pos.
. ton af tHci" lv'p.Mccls Their ucjchbors arc
rcXt aware If it-aniif, instead Of passing it
hy III >i.vNcc, as is usually dorc, they w0ul
ra"d;,ay rc;a; oat To tie poor tiHp!er, the
pc iIouS Course he is pursuing, many a vaiua'
l. mrmb,r ef society would he saved from
degradation. and lis harry family preserved
.rom disgrace and despair
Jared IN il h;s career BY the beljef that he
- ~ - IA ,,'f, 4 ~ u HNelNa't CT tdc CNli
iuiA,uc,s c| lis example, how 'nary tjierc ar.
N"o annually crop iu;o diukarG's gave.
NJ; on'y, then, on tie score Of his dGty to hi-
i ur9ih,r, hat On his own account, we warn the
: careless, needless, fashionable drinkcr, to Nb.
stain from ~ indulgence which, from his own
representatives, >GerdS him h;tic pleasure, at.
irctS these around lin SO banefu,ly. ard may
a; last result ii his 1wn temporal and ctcrna;
'G,a Constitutional d,unkaidS, if there be
such. may have some shadow q excuse for
, the great wrong Of which they Me guilty.
; But he who wiiiully places himself unoer tht
domination Of the monster vice OF intcmrtr
aocc, hy SLOW approaches, and unmovcd by the
u0rontrolOh,c inst legations cfappct;tc. deserves
/ tic rcprobaiion o; mankind for the i'll he in.
! tjttS upon bis race, AMI is unworthy the pity
Of the tender hearted, in his own final anguish.
/ 10 the druNkard, the moderate drinkcr, and
/ the Indifferent, mar, we therefore say, in the
words Of Scripture" Touch not. taste not,
handle not"
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