New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1861-03-29
Ns@ Oregon plain nta'tr,

yfw VfrgoH f'lalA Heaft
But am asked. how shall parents influence
be brcua hit to bear upon children so as to be
most effectual This is not question for
Good Templars, merely, it is n question for
parents everywhere. answer through
appeals to their reason through appeals to
their affections and be ter nature. rather
than to their fears II child ia brought
thoroughly to ?. ai.ze re danger oftanpcring
20 the least deg &c with the Intoxicating cup
I've must he weak indeed that will suffer him.
self to be led astray by it, You ask me then.
why the,eare 50 mary led into habits of in
temperance. while the subject receives such
frequent and earnest discussions. | answer,
it il because they are not taught to abhor the
bowl whit. young.
In this matter mere force is totally useless:
while child is under Your authority. you
NAV restrain him by force from touching the
Intoxicating cup, you may iorcabiy prevent
him from n,ingling in the society OF those
given to the bew'. bnt he cannot always have
a guardian Time will ace him b.yond
your pro,ecton and then. I'm ess by appeals
to his better nature you have Justified into
his mind correct prime pes, he will be lest
If YOU educate HIM to hat, drunkenness, he
will shun the society Of drunkards; If you 90
not thus educate him. but try to force him
from such society. yon are hoping against
hope: you are trying to sail against head
wind, and the quicker YOU tack ship the bet
ter. Rather arm him securely arm him in
q coat of mail. Of virtue and reason, and self
knowledge. Teach him that he is in
measure creature of circumstances, that
long associations with evil, has tendency
to corrupt the heart, that
"vics is a monster Of so frightful MEN,
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
But seen to oft. familiar with her face,
We first endure, than pity, then embrace"
And above all thrown around him. the in
f1uence Of 4 fathers watchful care. and
mothers and sisters love. and if. when every
argument is exhausted. and every motive APP
realed to. in vain, he is still determined to
bring upon himself ruin am disgrace. 1t is
tire heighth Of folly to attempt to force him
FROM his impending doom. But there are a
great many yourg men, who are already be-
yond the sphere Of family influence, and who
cannot be reached through parental instru-
mentality. We must approach these our.
selves We must use our best endeavors to
keep tham from the bowl: we must counsel
we must argua, we must entreat. This.
must be: Friend. if you do not steer clear Of
that current. which leads into the vortex of
intemperance you will he lost: yau think you
can bear moderate drink. that you can be
borne a little way down it's tide with perfect
safety But tell on that ifyou have taken
the first glass you are in danger. Every
glass Won take serves only to Quicken that
hellish appetite within you. which is working
YOUR distinctions: but you tell me you know
how to take care Of yourself, and that your
will is sufficiently strong to enable you to qsit
when you get enough. answer that thou--
ands of men that have known infinitely more
than you, and that have possess, d infinitely
stronger wills than you possess have been
swallowed up in this vortex Edgar A. Poe.
was one Of the most brilliant men ofthe age
but he died Of delirium tremens .i.axander
the Great possessed a will strong enough to
subdue empires but he died in 4 fit of drunk.
enness Individual history furnishes thons-
ands of such examples, and yet in the face Of
them all you advocate course Of moderate
drinking and have the presumption to
talk about your strong Will, and capacity
of taking care of yourself. Anything that
contains alcohol, contains what 's poisonous
to the human system. Alcohol hardens the
buran brain. and cannot but impair the
mind Moreover it is known fact, that
nearly all the liquors now used in the Uni
ted States. from the ccstliest wine down to
the ilthiest Lager Beer are trnggcd with
snch harmless material as Prusic Acil and
Sulphuric Ether.
Ifyou deliberately take poison, it ia self-evi::
dent that you do not know how to take care
Of yourself. or that you do not possess viii,
sufficiently strong to enable you to re.ist the
temptation of an appetite which is minister
ing TO your destruction. The wisest Of men
tell you that wine il a mock strong drink, is
raging, and whatsoever is deceived thereby is
not wise.
There is ne use in deeving it, if you have
taken the first glass yon are in danger
Every glass imperceptibly weakens the sys
tenn and places you step nearer the grave,
the awful fact stares you in the face. you may
try to escape it, but you cannot Drinking:
however moderate, is es n ally suicide, end
the law says. "ThOu shalt not kill"
But before temperance reformation can
he brought about. popular feeling and sent-
ment must be revolutioni~ed. We are to d
that thare must be- l. giaasion against the
rum traffic, but what are sEslssive enact
mcnts, unless backed BY enlightened popular
sentiment? What are l.ws without the sup.
port Of the lawmakers. and who are the
lawmakers. but the great masses! But by
whom, and how shall popular sentiment be
enlightened ] answer it must be Some by the
professe1 friends of temperance. This con-
summation cannot be ~ ought about by indi-
vidual efforts, there must be a more thor.
ough organization, and more systematic
plan of action among the temperance friends
everywhere. Hitherto our efforts in behalf
of temperance, have been more the ineffect-
ual diminishing Of separate war parties, than
Ike tire regular attack of disciplined army
'igent community; and will show you vir'
tnous one Our object of desire is light