Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1870-01-28


Every local paper, while it avoids
sectarian propagandism, should per-
sistently advocate sound morals. -
And in order to do this successfully,
must of necessity denounce the
wrong and commend the good. In
this short article, we shall not write
for the benefit of those who lived,
and got drunk, in primeval, or me-
diaeval ages, but for those who read
the GAZETTE. For old men, young
men, and boys-and, we are sorry to
say it, for old women, young women,
and girls, In Cedar Falls and the sur
rounding country. That drum ken ness
prevails toan alarming extent among
us, cannot be denied. How 1t may
be banished from our midst, is quite
another question, and one that Is
hard to answer,lwith any amount of
practicable force. Ga a 1882. I
The Legislature of the State has
been asked to pass law of sufficient
penalties to suppress it, but thus far,
even, Republican Legislators have not
dared to "beard the lion" in force.
Temperance organizations of secret
and open party character, have failed
to Danish the evil from among us.
And temperance men are left to look
forward to the future, with its deep
boarded, and gathering woes, with no
special hopes of redress. The mon
steris continually peopling our coun-
try with its victims. Our men of
years stagger and reel to their homes,
with "principle PROSTATE, and virtue
in weeds" Our young men, by i'm
perceptable gradations, are beguiled
on In their mad course, until they
are "known and read Of all men" as
"drunkards" dissipating by night
and by day, and the while, increas-
ing the curses of incalculable wretch
edness. Night after night, boys, in
their "teens," are allowed to enter the |
lowest bells of sin, where unbounded
latitude is given, for all manner of
polluted reveiry, known to the his
tory or anatomy of crime, and push,
with avidity, their dissipation into
the blush and beams of the return
ing dayp' And. occasionally, q
woman, who should constitute q kind |
of angel escort to man, and a richer
dowry than the jewels Of an empire,
is found under the influence of
the dragon-headed. Understanding,
liquid-fiend, and its deadly poison
takes such deep root, and is so prolific
of anguish and suffering, as to ex-
clude from her feelings every beam
of hope, and she sinks beneath the
burden of its curse. But what shall
be done? How may this evil he nit
igated, if not abolished? Although
we may not be able to give a satisfac-
tory answer to these questions, yet
we will venture few suggestions.
Let liquors be .banished from the
side-board, and the table, and let no
family furnish them at the party, or
social gathering. More than one
person, has fred the demon of APP
petite, at so-called "social parties" to
such an extent, as TO cause them to
exchange the glory of their man.
hood, for the rights and functions of
the beast. Let the motto of fathers
and mothers, of husbands and tDiUes,
and especially Of lovers be, "total alb
stinence from all that intoxicates."
Let parents be sure their boys do
not frequent places of granddaughter
where gambling is allowed, drunken
ness is sure to be found-they are
twins. And q con firmed and infatu-
ated gambler, rather than not "grat-
ify his passion for play" would stake
all that is honorable. or great, or
good, in this life, or in the life to
come, upon the least of die,n and
would not he removed by the tears
and entreaties Of her that bore him,
Or of the wife of his bosom, and
would, almost, table his game on the
grave Of his kindred, or shuttle for
nfamy on the Threshold of perdi-
tion." The influences that surround
\ boy in these dens, is as "pestifer-
ous" as the grave, and loathsome as
he breath of the stygian pit
Parents if your children can't be
controlled in this respect, you had
better send them to the State Re,
form School.
Let every business man remember,
hat the appetite for liquor, if fos-
-ered, will beat any man, however
sharp" nature has made him, and q
ruined reputation will, finally, cleave
70 him, like a leprosy. To old and
young, one and all, we say, the only
safety in this matter is found in two
words, "Total Abstinence"
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