Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-11-18

Np'l'u 0t''' ''AO'NN' A't1 - - '''f, y
breast? Hear, ms quoted by oui
honorable lecturer, brief extract
from the only prayer submitted tc
record, by Him whose mission wa.
the salvation of the world and
thrown into rhyme by the pen oi
the distinguished Pope. "That mer'
cy / to oothers show, thatmercy show
to me-
Forgiveness is the keystone Of
that grand arch which supports the
vast system of penal atonemcnt-
and he who will not forgive, may
not ask the absolving virtues ofpar'
doning grace well might his honor
in the gravity Of clerical earnest
ness appeal to the sacred record
aVengeance is mine, will repay
saith the Lord"
The Judge made some appropri-
ate remarks upon The rude practice
of carrying the shot gun and six
shooter. If we can but be per
suaded to dismiss the spirit Of re-
venge however, these implements
of death will not be needed.
With spirit and e!oquence the
Judge turned a torrent of burning
words upon the groceries and the
incorporate.
The moral world have sustained
q war ofunceasing conflict for years
against this monster, whose devour-
ing fires have ruined 30 many ofour
race. The laundering denunciations
and eloquent persuasions Of the
learned--the soothing influence Of
music, and the softer and more
magic charms of female influence,
have all been enlisted to stay the
ravages Of this craving Moloch---
this deadly assassin of the human
race. Well might his honor, in the
tones of manly eloqucnce, denounce
the grocery as the door to hell?
The grocery, however may not
be made the scapegoat to bear the
sins of all; the grand march Of hui
man ruin began back where his Sa-
tanic majesty first taught men to
extract the deadly fluid from the
grain, the fruit and the grape
From which as a burning pestilence
and liquid fire, its ruins have plow-
cd as vast stream of death and
destruction.
We have invoked the arm of the
civil law. The law, however, soon
evinced its inability to suppress the
evil. The monster when repulsed
from the fields Of public walk, en-
sconsed himself in thesecret haunts
of vico and immortality, and even
smiled at the raging storm Of COM
bined opposition
We have invoked the aid also Of
Temperance societies. The apostles
of temperance have shaken the foun-
dations and strongholds of the in
ebriate with the thunders cfimplor-
ing cloquence, and demonstrations
of logical arguments. All possible
means which the wisdom of tlleage
could devise, and even the burning
words Of fSacred Writ have been laid
in the current to appease the raging
desolations Of this rating stream OF
moral innndation.
Ine grand work OF otinspiring hope
however, rests in our efforts to pre-
serve the rising. generation. Habits,
which are obstinate and difficult to
subdue may possibly, be prevented
--fow menarc ableto meet and con-
tend with the ferocity of the raging
tiger; and yet dHmeR possibly may
avoid him. Our appeal then is more
particularly. to the dram drinlSer--
These not yet under the power Of
the monster 60 young man in the
bloom and pride of youthful man
hood, read the lessons Of solemn
warning recorded Of those who have
walked the dark road Of sorrow and
death. When the mariner sails up
on the perillous seas, he is careful
to spread the chart of his voyage
before him and mark the quiclzsands
and whirlpools which have strand.
ed and engulfed the vessels which
have gone before. In the same spir-
it Of true wisdom we invite you
whilc in the hcedless spirit Of in.
considcrate meIr;ment, you glide
down the stream that leads to death
look to tho chart-breakers arc
ahead-the chart marks it in ths
waters ahcad-soon the giddy wliirl-
ings that draw you insensibly te
the engulfing sink Of destruction,
will arouse' yon, perhaps too late, to
the dangers Of hopeless ruin'
When yon have well scanned the
dismal horrors which lie in your
course ahead, turn yonr eye young
man upon the solemn doom which
heaven has declared against him
who makes his exit from earth nm.
der the cnslaving habits of the vice
II IS Of no avail that you tell me
you win not become a drunkard-
inst as certain as she gliding vessel
viii reach the vhirlineS Of the vor-
tex ahead, will the dram arinker, i
he fail to tear himself loose from the
habit. be swallowed np BY the gull
of intemperance The social ties
that bind Us to our fellow men con-
strain re to warn Won th1 extended