Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-10-30

swearing, vibraiily, blasphemy and Oh
scenity are familiar to the ear Of all the
inamates.
. friends, if there is no argument here to
touch the heart Of those who are handing
down the custom even of moderate drinking
where is benevol ence, where is humanity.
where are any of the generous impulses OF
the human heart. when results such as these
are clearly furthered. For surely as long as
| IN the gree.Iug Of friends, or in the " abodes
Of wealth and ref nement." the foaminr
bowl goes round,'' amid the shouts and
Joys and congratulations of friends, SO long
VIII drunkenness. Decentralization, misery and
horrld crimes be frequent in the homes OF
many throughout our land. No compulsory
movements to Bride the trafIickers in alchol-
ic liquors, no arguments aimed al the hearts
of the Masses can be generally etTectua so
long as the favored few associate this deadly
poison, in any form, with all that is noble
and generous. elegant, lovely and attractive,
in the soci-ty Of friends. Its idle. we nv
again therefore, 10 lop off the branches of the
deadly Upas except we ex.erHina;e it root
and branch. Here then fellow citizens. we
come to the heart OF the matter viii the
more favored among Us, tao educated the re-
fined, the wealthy. cease from rendering
custom attractive, 50 demoralizing and ruin.
Gus in its tendencies Willthose who claim
to have large share Of humanity and much
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make that habit common among the masses.
which has and IS yet changing the homes Of
many lovely families into dens Of wild beastsl
This figure. Ladies and Gentlemen. van viii
not consider too strong if you will mark in
those homes what immortality, what vices.
what brutality is frequently practced there
to cause suffering enough to flood our land
with TEARS. st, Paui's argument is exactly
IN point, only change meat for drink-when
I he said . Ii meat maketh my brother to df-
/ tend will eat no meat while the world stand
eth lest / mike my brother to offend Its
not indeed, fellow citizens, your meat, but
! il is your drink your hab.tual custom of Ia
/ king intoXl ating drinks that causes your
I brothers to offend Let this kind of drink
be unknown among the respected and the
/ respectable, and it can be but slight task
to Danish it from the masses. Homes now
desolate ana offensive with scenes Of misery,
would blossom as the rose and become tie
happy seats Of rising shoots 10 grace the com
ing generation. Who does not know that in
itation is one of tie first principles of our ma
ture. Men associated together are like geese
feeding perchance beside some mu.muriag
rivulet, if one stops to drink, they VIII all
drink whether they are thirsty OF not, Men
may have reason more than geese. hat when
assembled in public rooms Of hotels, in sa-
looms. Or in o'her places used for like pur-
poses they seldom u>e it. There are many who
dare not djsohcy the tyrant custom or brook
the singularijy and dsrespec;, whether i'm
aginary or real, c9nsr4 ueat thereupon. And
there are others, who having formed NOR.
bid taste for s;imnIents. do not desire to do
50. And moral courag,. If there is any, soon
vanishes among the sueer7 aad frowns OF
long and highly esteemed associates. And
futher we should consider, fellow citizens,
that the habit Of taxing s;imultnts resul S
much like Siseras draught of milk taken al
the hands Of Debor1, = at the end Of which
there is nail struck into a mans temples. :
Ii is driven while the victim sleeps under
he stupor of poison. Now unless there car
be some good show of reason for keeping NJ
such u custom; unless il can be shown there
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the hosts Of evils that swarm about the
home Of the inebriare, every humane anc
generous heart must be prepared to abandon
it. And If you cannot DO this of your owl
selves, by moral courage, whether you b,
moderate or immoderate drinkers, | woull
advise YOU to follow the example Of the I'm
peror of Abysinuia at his meals, who. i i
said, =. has always an officer present, whose
business it Is, as sool as ne p-rceiyes in his
imperial majesty any tendency to intsmper
ance to tell him Of it; upon which he i'm
mediately rises fr0C TIRE table and retres.
You may not personally be able to keep
body guard around YOU; but here Is noble
benevolent, and working institution. The
IT0ou EN- pldtSs " az T4SPooS ~ hSCi e . !"
body uuard around all those who vii accep
their kind attention Bu. we doubt not tia
once becoming members Of this noble insii
tuition you would be able 10 keep such owe
{ yourselves. Declare yourselves ffeemei
fron this tyrant custom, and you viii no
only receive Kindness at all times. bat m
word for IT, will feel more ike men than yot
ever have or can feel, whether led by NOR
bid :as.e for stimulan,s or th3 tyrant rule o
fashion.
And what IS there useful in the taking d
daily intoxicating drinks No ono can Sc
rioasly coac!ude bar that he would be muct
better of without them. Thousands an,
millions Of our uafyr ulate race haze already
answered this question, that there IS gTea
advantage in abstaining from them. tn
BODY becomes more act We. the limbs nor
elastic, memory more certain, reason more
clear. iud rmeut more reliable, aud con&tene'
Of your friends secu. ej. Tn Sc ars the ben
efts derived. Ladies ana Gentlemen, not frou
the use of intoxicating drinks, oui from ab
! staining from them. But aIlo" for argu
mepts sake. that The habit even Of moderat,
drinking is harmless. Is not expensive !
Were any of you gentlemen vino are accus-
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