The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1863-03-10

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officers ofjastice enter; be is seized and man
acled. led of 10 the prisoners dock, found gull
~ Of willful murder, and tLsn-his body to The
hang man and his soul 70 hell ~ 80 10 SIS
There is another. Watch him. il the sight
does not sicksa you. Are those the antics Of
human being Is that the language Of the
Christian, or the onversaiion Of the merchant
or mechanic. or OF The man of labor and in.
dustry? What sort of animal is he Row p
He is drunk on monkey run his antics and
griraccs are those Of a monkey, and bis vile
talk is beneath the honest chaliering Of a ba.
boon. Ho is monkey to all intents and pur-
poses, laughing stock for tho whole street. n
picture of shame, ft to bring blush 10 every
cheek. I... ,,.f,., ,.t..,t.N 10
DiuSkenncss is a sin against the family
The family is sacred institution, sanctifisd
end ennoblsd by tho holy Sacrament of Mat.
rimony. Here there are reciprocal duties OF
parents 10 children, and of children to parents !;
of husband TO wife, and of wife 10 husband; !;
aud these duties are binding under pain of
mortal sin. Is it not plainly evident that The
just fulfillment Of these is totally Incompatible
with drunknoss; and are we not daily witness
Ter, Of omission and commissions, contracted
Ly the drunken husband and falher, wife and
mother, son or daughteri Look at 4 at
drankard. He a husband, fsthsri Why,
bis wife has not change OF clothing, and his
children shiver with cold and sakedness, and
cry for bread. Whose boy is that ,rragned
before the Judge for housebreskingl He is
the drunksrds son. Poor boy! His unnatu.
=, ] father drove him to steal to satisfy the
cravings of hanger while he, with one hand
was pouring the vile liquor down Lis throat,
and with The olbe,, his bard Gained dollars in.
10 the g,ocers till What slatternly, dirty
wretch is that, with her bloatsd face and black
eyea She is the drunken wife, whose hus-
band, perhaps afar of fighting the battles of
his county, little dreams that all his pay
earned at lie price Of blood and toll, helps to
ruin bis family and make his wife so. -
There is that son and daughter, taught 10
drink from their very cradles, brought up 10
ignorance of their religion, aud utterly demor.
alizad by bad example. In early youth they
found their way 10 the saloon, and ebo low
baunts of debsuchery and vice; and, follow
irg the practice learned at home, they curse
their father and mother now, and perhaps
raise their gully lands to strike them; bring
iny down The curse Of God upon their own
heads; and thus by intemperance and its
fruits, the whole family is depravel aud ruin.
ed. Every member OF it sinks into miserable
and dishonored grave, as SAYS the Holy Scrip
turc, "Their las, old age shall be without hon
OF, and if they die quickly, they shall have
no hope, nor speech Of comfort in the day of
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No sin! Toll me then, what is sin, If this be
nota Would to God, that, sinful as it ia, it
were not the very worst sin Of our day; the
prime ini1uity Of the people, the poisoned
source Of prolific origin of nearly all the OF lher
sins they commit, the bcgct,cr OF most oftbeir
temporal miseries and stflciors, aud the ban
TO iheif social arnelioiation. au sod afsd ~
.a Assemble together the sinners Of every CLAWS
among US: those who scarcely or never are
seen al Mass, those to whom the priest of God |
breaches in vain; and you will have befoio
you an army ot drupkards Tie son goes to
work, and lies TO his parents to keep back part |
OF his wages for drink and gambling. The
dishonesl clerk flches from bis employer that
he may have the means to riot wit h bis boon I
at the bar Of tho negbboring
groggery; and when excited by liquor and
filthy conversation, TO spend the rest of the
night in way that will not describe, bu,
which makes the devils in hell laugh with
tiendish JOY and satisfaction. GO to the pris.
ons, 10 the brothels, aud speak with these out
casts of society; approach the scaffold where
the wretch, whose hands have been imbrued !
in the blood Of his brother. must now expiatc
bis crime; ask them to tell you the first step
in their downward course, md it will be
strange if you do not hear the same reply,
drink, drink. q, ssef40s ~ :
Our holy religion is religion whose base
lie charity, whose walls are charity. whose top
most stone is charity, and drunkenness de-
8 roys the sacred edfce fr- m roof TO founda.
tion. The home Of the drunkard is n pande-
monium OF angry demons; qusrrels. hatreds,
envies, caldmnie', Lnhappness, jealopsies, DIS
ease, despair, suicide, murder; every social
evil follows in the train of this damning vice.
Who haiti woes2" says the Scripture
Nv hose father hath wo? who hate conten-
tionsi vino falls into pilsi who hath wounds
without case who hath redness Of eyes -
Surely they who pass their time over wine,
and study to drink of their cups" a t.,,
Ii drunkenness was ever more wildly pic. |,
tured than in the following extract, we have
yet 10 see it:] q. 'last
Poverty and misery, filth and disease stalk
abroad tboughout the land like so many skel.
etons they meet US at every corner; and thcy
huddle away their victims into close unheal
lhy, pest-stricken tenements, cheerless and
The house Of the durunkard is
indeed sad sight to look upon. Enter one.
lit reigns supreme. Dirt on the floor; dirt
IN the windows; dirt on the broken chsirs
and tables; the bed Is heap Of dirty rags
Dirt on the man; dirt cn the woman; dirt on
he children; and tho very dog is NANCY =
The door is tumblng off it's hinges; tho bro,
cen window panes stuffed with old rags; the
plaster peeled off and fallen down 10 many
places, and what is left hegrinmed with smoke
rom the crazy s'ope pipe. The cardboard,
imply of everything to eat, contains only a
lew old broken plates, bottles, and rurt-ea,en
ins. The lirs is out in the stove, the nigh
q coming on; the Winter wind is rising,
bitter blast! not it raltles the crazy window
'ramcs, and fickers the gutterng tallow Gao.
lc. There is silence in the house nov the
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