Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-02

was passing under tho plowsharc, are
these two lines 10 himself:
"rhe pillows rage and gales blow hard
Aud whelm him Ger" 'i'i'
| Desires and appetites we're never In
tended M guides; they are simply pro.
polling forces they are the tenn not
tho driver. Whenever tbsy ,sn,p the
preroRatlvs Of the will, nli IL joay. III
tho museum at Naples there is n calica.
ture Of Seneca as the tut0r Of Nero, Il
represents Seneca ny u butterfly sitting
Is y chariot and driving dragon. When
that youth allows this dragon to carry
! him to his destination, no IL 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
aome obstacles What makes the eagles
wing stroDgf just what give, power
to TINT Ind who has been trained TO con.
tend with difficulties. We cannot 70
down 10 the chamber where purpose Is
born. No chemistry eau go there. But
we can appeal to the young. We can
cultivate Will forces. II takes far less
mental oxcitatiop pow than in after
lifo Make your appeals 10 their child.
hood. Furnish them the thew out OF
| which will rises. Let them know only
men Of such power evor conquer on any
field. The soul IN greater than TODD or
drink. The Romans who tarried long
at table and over thor cups are forgot
ton. But the men Of will--the men who
wrestled with PHILOSOPHERS and orations
still live. u.f
The many headed dragon creeps into
the citadel and undermines the moral
sense. Little by little no eats 1t away
until fifty thousand persons are anna.
ally lost to tho churches Of the land. II
weakeDs tho conscience ~ well. Look
over our country; our people are cul-
tured In mind, but weak in conscience.
II Is u weakness that allows wrong to
80 unpublished and generates evil cop.
tinually. No man asks after auother's
integrity. but for fancy securities, A
cloud Of suspicion hangs over all lives,
Il all grows out Of the general democrat
ization Of this colossal power lnvesti.
cation proves II. Even iurists announce
10.
What TO do with this dragon has been
tho question for many years. States.
men have grappled with 1t. Even the
applaudcd Gladstone, when explaining
the budget the past sumner, told Par
lamont chow necessary it was to NOV .
cautiously In regulating duties and i'm
ports on wines and spirits and malt
liquors; that one-thrd of all the reve-
nues Of Government comes fronS that
source" Caution that is the word OF
sta tcCraft. Our u.uoteenth century has
carried men away from a number Of
evils; bnt here Is ono she knows not
how TO manage. There is much CAPT
tal In IL; such vast revenues; aud then
such n deep seated and inherited love
for 1t, no ono IL equal to the cjectment.
o, for some Peter the Great to rise up.
Or 4 second Luther, who llas no fear Of
consequences --who is not afraid to
throw even IN inkstand al tho devil,
and would throw u thousand at the
monster.
l. There is but ono way to deal with it,
Ont off its head. Here il wh3rt 1he
divergence among temperance mon be-
gins. Tho oldest fable Of japan tells rs,
long before there was any weapon some
Of flint aud stone, there was fearful
dragon in existence. At length the
first iron sword was made, and foil into
the hands of young prince. This
prince, appreciating such great treas
ure, went forth to SEQ what evil he
could destroy. In his search no net
an old man and an old woman with a
beautiful maiden sitting between them,
and all three were weeping. The prince
asked why they wept, and they said
they had eight children, and there was
in the neighhorhood terrific monster
with eight heads and eight tails. This
monster would devastate the whole
country unless every year one Of their
children were given him to devour
They had given seven daughters and
now they had brought the las. The
monster was expected any moment
The prince looked at his sword, but
did not think it was eqnal to dealing
with eight heads. Then he devised q
plan of preparing eight hogsheads OF