The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-04-08
From the Fort Wayne Gazette
Whana, side are - On.

Sa-ue nresS Aause, God 5 Dews Messiah, ofier-
ing each the bloom or blight.
Parts the goats upon the iefs hand and the
stsese afsa the rights -
And the choice goes by forever. twixi that
dAFk nt~s and that light
Hast thou chosen, O. my people, IN whoes
marty thou VIII stand:
Ere the doom from his worn sandals, shake
uasdust asaipA our land:
4 certain king had two and TWEEN
ty sons whome he wished to send
to his mountain castle Two roads
parting at his feet we're said to
meet at the gate in the castle wall.
One road swept to the left by a
broad and easy decent across the
plain and seemed to pass about the
base of the mountain to gentle as
cent beyond, to the castle The
plain was crossed by a dangerous
morass, which engulfed the unsus-
pecting traveller.
Horse and rider went down too
gether. Ell
The other way, turning square up
to the right, clambered up the
mountain to highland road, where
the air was pure and the journey
short.
Eleven sons started each way.
OF those who took the road over
the plain. only one reached the cas-
tie, and he Was horseless and COW
cred with mire so that he could not
be recognized
OF those who took the mountain
road, ten gained the castle gate
with waving plumes. assa
We stand where the two ways
part. Let us examine them.
The one to the left leads over tile
dead morass called 1.-The use OF wines
and light drinks" the other, to the
right, up the rugged ascent OF
s1Touch not, taste not. handle not "
But let us look at the left hand
road for q moment. First. there is
the do nothing policy. Its aggres-
sive campaign is mastery lnactv.
ity, in which the enemy gainst all
fields and fortifies them, captures
all the prisoners and starves them
The inactivity element; the do moth
ing policy, has large popular vote,
because il counts al who are not
actively hostile and willing to share
the blows of the combat, and the
unpopularity of the minority. At
time like this, it is very difficult
task for a man to ride two horses,
for the obvious reason that the two
horses are going in the opposite Oh
rection.
The man who refuses to sign O
pledge may have what he considers
very good and valid reasons foi
not doing so. He may say it viii
iniure my business; it is an infringe
ment on my s.iberty," or you must
take my word for it. No matter
He may ayow his temperance prlnci
plies yet his refusal to sign the
pledge numbers him with the foe,
and they will surely count him. The
minister of the Gospel who advises
his people to sign away then
Christian liberties, though he may
tell them in the same breath tC
sign no petitions either, who IN Q
word tells them TO do nothing, but
to act as though they were doing
something, that minister, however
pure may be his motives, or eAem
plary his life, will he quoted by al
the topers and whisky men in the
community as unquestionable au
thority on their side Of the question
Again, as good temperance men
can we dare to insinuate that ever
the temperate use of wine is The
remedy for Drunkenness Thi.
theory shows hostility to the bears
by fattening the cubs. It acts the
part of the farmer, in the old fable
| warming the viper in his bosom a
/ Let us see the use of wines upo1
drunkenness In the wine growing
countries Paris is the city of win,
where the light wines abound
where more wine is drank than /,
any other city in the world. Ii
spite of all this pretension. she con
sumes annually more than sever
gallons of distilled spirits to ever,
man, woman, and child That i
without a rival in the world
She consumes more brandy pc
head than any other people on tn
earth. Wine does not wean mel
from strong drink, travellers bea
/ testimony to the general drunken
ness Of wine drinking Germany.
California is our wine GROWN,
State and her '4Wines for temper
| ance," have made her the most de
bauehed State In the Union.
The pure, clean young man from
| his fathers roof and family alter
does not fall down q bleared an,
blotsd, raging, guzzling old III ull
in one day.
/ Men tipple before they pour
They are tasters befor they are tubs
The egg precedes the vulture. Dey
lis are born babies and grow tn
rest There is way that seemetl
right, but the end thereof is death
Let us take the mountain path
and climb up TO the pure and SAT
I pathway of total abstinence, and lie
US be careful to say nothing tina
rum-sellers can or may cOnstrue In
to an apology for their nefariou
| business. A. MARINE