Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-04-19

tuenaes. He declared 1t 10 be an eeteeious
nlunder for any community to foster, palronize
or support vice and immortality that waste and
break and ruin wherever they go. He then re-
lerred to the reasonines, apologies and explana-
ions oil the guilty parties. They must not be
received without large allowance, for
" No rogue Ger felt the halter draw,
With good opinion of the law"
Strange indeed would ii bc to hear these per-
sons approving course Of reasoning that sweeps
away their darling sins aud their husine, q at the
same time. Everywhere men are to be fonnd
whose entire stock OF principles can be balanced
on the surface of q pallry dollar. This il their
chief end, for this they will sacrlf g the highest
welfare OF the community. Starvation, poverty
want, sickness, misery and d,alh may invade a
hundred homes aud desolate II thousand hearts,
and yet no tear shall wet thu ir cheek no tbrDb of
compassion shall ever he felt in their selish
hearts Such men are always reAdy to send up a
howl as if from the depths of the pit if Won
venture to lit a voice against their business or
practices. such men must not lie permitted to
sit rs umprcs where questions Of morals and
Justice are involved, us they will infallibly de
eide against the true interests Of the community
and they will always be sure to hean opprobri.
Gus cplthets upon any one WIN turns the current
Of their gains.
lie then spoke of the popular sins and vices he
had described, and said that every unpreiudioed
person would acknowledge them to be disastrous
to society lie said his text described the effects
nj these sins against society IL sat this ennr.
nous cost that all this business and these institu
Tons ale supported by ;his city from year to y,nr
Let my me who eau show to the contrary write
1t out and print it, lie WAS asked to particuhrize
to array the items Of this bill of custs fila
here rrnd letter which he had recei, cd con
tanning structures on him for speaking against
lotteries, declaring that they were authorized by
liw, anu stating That the writer regarded " note
shaving as greater sin than Lotteries md
charging that Pfcsbyterans were guilty of it,
II also requested him to reach against TINT
The Reverend gentleman thanked the writer nn,i
assured him that he had preached against llmt
stu, mud would do il again. lie then said that
ny these popular sins vast expenditure of mo
rails is incurred, Admitting that it is lepalized
ny law II does not make il morally right aud
all the legislatures on earth cannot convey such
a right Heaven never granted such charttrs-
lie said Lotteries had an immoral teusency. and
its elect WIS to beget desire for gambling As
AN evidence OF the truth Of this declaration he
said that prayer Tor m injunction ia Chsnucry
by one Company against the drawing OF another
Company, is tased upon several considerations.
aud this is one Of them:
liecause further drawing is nu unwairanta
ble abuse Of the authority Of said State confer,e
hlulIV
detrimental to the public, iuasmuch as the prn.
posed continuance of lottery drawings pergerts
the design Of tue said State to authorize lottery
or Lotteries for raising limited sum for publtc
purposes into regular business of lottery gam.
bling continued from day to day, thereby ipduc.
ing idleness, cheating and ether corrupt prsc.
tlces, destroying Industry, frugality and pooj
morals amt tending to inlet upon society aud
especially upon the community of the CITY oi
Wi mingtOn serious and irreparabe injury ,i''
lie Thanked them for thus furnishing him with
arguments. They are surely presumed to know
whereof they affirm, better than any others =
These popular vices are supported at the expepse
OF individual reputation aud the fair name of the
community. In support of this declaration he
cited the fact that we have become n reproach
throughout tue Union, through the swindling
operations Of the Lottery gamblers. Repntntion
and character suffer by indulgence in auy of
these sins The young man or old who spends
his days in lottery tickets, and his nights in the
play house and drinking saloon, cannot lonp
remain in good repute
lie next referred to the expense and waste of
time aud money. lie stated that il costs time
which is Of immense value. BY these vices men
squanitr their money. 1t destrnys the intpllect
and imPoycrishes its yotaries. He stated in mis-
connection that he had been informed nv n Gen.
tleman connected with the Aims House of Ibis
county, that nearly all of the applicants far
shelter At that institution during the INST year
were brought to their impoverished and pitieble
condition through intempernnce and that "A
great part Of the inmates were brought there by
the agency Of the Intoxicating bowl 1t lessons
the period of human life, and produces nsnnitv
According to nm estimate made by an Engli.h
Life Insurance Company, out of 357 who died of
drunkenness, there would have been only II d
according 10 the ratio of sober mortality fla
said there Is also vast waste of labor capital
Vice wastes aud degenerates the physical as we'll
as the moral mah' nation or race physically
degeneiatng, is on the sure road to ruin Dr,m
drinking and drunkenness diminish the labor
capital by taking men away from useful occuna.
tons or professions. Theatres and Gaming Ia.
looms mud low and vicious places Of dissipation
divert the capital of labor from useful chunnels
and so waste and recklessly squanders it.
No thoughtful man can watch the progress of
sinful and vicious influences said he, in any com
lnnnly, and not be appalled, at the expenditure
of mind aud men to feed their Unsuitable fires
The Rev gentleman here pictured in plowipg
colors the misery and wretehedness enlailed nm.
on society, by the popular sins Of our civ. md
their immense cost, and concluded as follows.-
We suffer the life blood of society to be corrunt
cd in its channels the public taste il yltjaied
nnd the public morals burdensome taxes are
imposed lo take care OF the dissOlute and drum.
ken and tue poor, aud protect the peace and
order of our city to pay the cost of criminal
trials and useless criminals within prison walls
houses and hearts are invaded and all TINT wns
lair and lovely, all that was pleasant aud honefni
is rent away, and in their place, the eenii of
desolatiou aud despair sit darby broodinS there
This IS the result of sin upon soeinl aod in' |
diyilual happiness This is the cost of unrieh,.
eousntss, Of popular and cherished vices i1oL |
at it my hearers and tell me if these thines ora
worth what they cost? Tell me if i, is ,,@a5
economy TO follow a bad business or sunnorf Ie
motali1ing institutions ia whatsoever dress thew