Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-04
ION ROUGE LOUISIANA SATURDAY, DECEMBER A. 1880

bis ode ITO the Mountain Daisy" az it
was passing under the plowshare, are
these two lines to himself:
a. 1.-The pillows rage and gales blow hard :. &
And whelm him Ger
Desires and appetites were never in
tended as guides they are simply pro-
polling forces; they are the team not
the driver. Whenever they usurp the.
prerogative of the will, all is lost. In
the museum at Naples there is a carica-
ture of Seneca as the tutor Of Nero. 1t
represents Seneca as butterfly sitting
in a chariot and driving dragon. When
that youth allows this dragon to carry
him to his destination, he is lost. The
weak willed man is that butterfly.
We come with an appeal to parents in
behalf of their children. Train them in
TO will power. Teach them how to over
come obstacles. What makes the eagles
wing strong9 Just what gives power
to that lad who has been trained to con
tend with difficulties. We cannot go
down to the chamber where purpose is
born. No chemistry can 20 there. But
we can appeal to the young. We can
cultivate will forces. 1t takes far less
mental excitatiOn now than in after
life. Make your appeals in their child
hood. Furnish them the thews out Of
which will rises. Let them know only
men of such power ever conquer on any
field The soul is greater than food or
drink. The Romans who tarried long
at table and over their cups are forgot
ten. But the men of will-the men who
wrestled with PHILOSOPHERS and orations
still live.
The many.headed dragon creeps into
the citadel and undermines the moral
sense. Little by little he eats it away
until fifty thousand persons are annu-
ally lost to the churches of the land. 1t
weakens the conscience as well. Look
over our country our people are cul-
stured in mind, but weak in conscience.
It'is weakness that allows wrong to
60 UNPUBLISHED and generates evil con-
tinually. No man asks after anothera
integrity, but for fancy securities. A
cloud of suspicion hangs over all lives,
1t all grows out of the general democrat.
ization of this colossal power. Inyesti.
CATION proves it. Even jurists announce
W al = he ~ d.
What to do with this dragon has beer
the Question for many years. States
men have grappled with it. Even the
applauded Gladstone, when explaining
the budget the past summer, told Par
lament chow necessary it was to move
cautiously in regulating duties and i'm
ports on wines and spirits and NAL,
liquors; that one-third of all the reve
nues of Government comes from that
source" Caution-that is the word O
statecraft. Our nineteenth century has
carried men away from number O.
evils; but here is one she knows mo-
how to manage. There is much CAPT
tai in it; such vast revenues. and ther
such a deep seated and inherited low
4 for it, no one is equal to the ejecJment
O, for some Peter the. Great to rise up
Or second Luther, who has no fear Of
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES is not afraid tc
throw even an inksuand at the devil
and would throw thousand at tn
monster. 81. n..-p -a.s~4 ..,
There is but one way to deal with it.
cnt off it's head. Here is where tn
divergence among temperance men be
gins. The oldest fable Of Japan tells us
| long before there was any weapon som'
of flint and stone, there was a fearful
dragon in existence. At length th'
first iron sword was made, and fell int
the hands Of young prince. Thi
prince, approaching such great treas,
ure, went forth to see what evil h
could destroy. In his search he me-
4 an old man and an old woman with
beautiful maiden sitting between them
and all three were weeping. The prime
asked why they wept, and they sail
they had eight children, and there wa
in the neighhorhood terrific monste
with eight heads and eight tails. Thi
monster would devastate the whole
country unless every year one of thei
children were given him to devour
They had gwen seven daughters AM
now they had brought the last. TIT
monster was expected auy moment
The prince looked at his sword, bu
! a;1 no. tb;rly II was euua1 to deolin,