Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-06-03

EDITOR LLDiER: Victims of in
temperance should be allowed to pub
llsh their thoughts now and then, if
they wish to do so in a decent man.
ner. Many Of them are prisoners
who have been exercising a little
common sense in solitude. A few
among this many might accidentally
say something good now and then,
and good sayings stimulate the heart
Of good doings.
The name of the young man who
f~ritters away his moral excellence in
g%ln-lnlils, and consumes his faculties
IN the purgatory of alcohol, is legion.
In every community is to be found a
certain amount of whisky-abused
manhood, betraying different degrees
OF moral emaclation. Society clearly
distinguishes this malady of the man
hood by its distinctive charactcris-
ties. Folly and vice are clearly dis
tinguishable. The poor, sick man
hood will sing Il b~acchanalian chorus
or execute q clumsy doublc-slluiiie
when he ought to he saying his pray
ers IL walking round Il rock-pile.
Poor emaciatcd manhood is never
found among those williams who rob
banks or dash down upon railway
trains with robbery in their hearts 4.
1t confines itself to the society OF
those less diabolical people who never
steal anything bigger than a mule, a
hog, or a bag-full of spring chickens.
Sometimes society cures the malady,
but this seldom happens. 1t admin
listers 10 the patient great doses OF
prison shadow, hread-and-watcr diet,
together with cuticular applications
of r%aw-hidc, the treatment too often
proving a waste of hide and shadow.
if not 0 fbrcad aud water.
Go forth. young man, while yet
your manhood is free and wholesome
and your habits salutary, and drink the
FREEDOM AMI OLD WATER
Of the world. Drink them till youl
lungs rejoice, your heart dIlatcs like
the bursting bud Of June time. and
your soul waltzcs OH the tip-t0c o.
felicity. II sinners cntice or bull
oADze you, consent not TO drink alco-
hol. Even should the brother who
prctcnds To he religious invite YOU.
say nay. Should he insist, repeat
may" employing decided vehc-
menre Of lungs in the pronunciation
Of that convenient syllable. But
should he employ force OF grasp.
even though it be of the gentlest
huttOn-holc description. display voul
manhood. Never mind whether his
face reflects the glory of the swccr
hye-and-byc. OF whether the hanc
that grabs YOU has Z sacred odor O
old Ilymn-hooks. Break his grasp
Every such force that is brought &c
bear on YOU, whether OF suasion Oh
muscle, is force OF ruin tC manhood
1t is force OF the rili That bears bette
nature TO the brook: force of the
brook that bears the better nature t(
the urged r~Ivulet, and force of thu
~rlyaiet which hurrles body ana sou
to the roaring river OF rum. Who
ever employs force of evil should b,
met BY force of virtue and the mos
advantageous spot for a meeting o
these forces is the point where i
would effect a disintegration of til,
rclieion-coated wickedness whicl
Ihypocrits who press young men tt
=, drink roll like sweet morsels unde
their tongues.
THE DOOM OF WiIISkEY LICENSE
is plainly forcshadowed in the land
: The American II of duty has bee
writing it on the wall in Iowa, wher
the heel Of state legislation is upol
| the head OF the Hydra.
+ Whiskev license means liberty t
, dispense unreseryedly TO the peopl
the unhallowed stufr which cost
them, i'll money for drinks, and i
: taxes entaiIed for the prosecution c
. criminals and the support of pauper
created by strong drink, tourtcc
hundred million dollars; stuff whic
, kills siNty-ttve thousand people amt
f ally in the nation, and which slckens
=. bloats and d~cmOralIzcS millions {
our people almost beyond rccognitio
: by God or man.
/ License to dispense this horrihl
stuff to the people is fast sickcnin
the American sense of justice. Ther
d is & little too muck Shrek OF wife an
b. wall of baby in its shadow. Til
American sense OF Justice is Il rathc
! flsti,lious little chcrub, and will ne
be satisfied without n decent Restrain
being imposed upon this liberty t
It invade hcarths and hearts. 1t Is I'll
t great authority for all suitable an
becoming checks upon appetite an
, passion, and rs such it feels its dig
nifty, and don't propose 10 lower
feather Of it.. While the sense ,
II duty is clear spirit, license is nothin
but animal fat. Laws and custom
originating i'll ''over-muchness'
brutal flesh pave no assurance of pc
n petuity. They glieve the popul:
spirit. That license is
ODIOUsIY CARNAL,
II and has about it an odor of death,
y clearly seen in the condition of IL
Drawn and bloat that gather under i
I'pus shadows. The sense of justit
is angelic, but license is meannes
/, morbity and measure. 1t is too Q
IL fcnsivc TO the sense of justice in TIL
nation to be tolerated many yea
longer.
THOMAS WELSH,
| who came to the pen from Pike cou
. ty, under Il sentence of ten year
q died of consumption lately.
n, THE HARTLEY BOYS
:; get the LEDGER regularly, and Bill
10 close down to the study of gramma
They are both we'll behaved convict
and they have the sympathy of the
- respective officers. Your correspon
G. ent had the privilege Of visiting the
}. lately, and 1t pleases him to state tn
of both arc resolved to turn misfortul
8 to the best account by improvil
their minds during the hours n
AZ given to labor. While bowlng humb
e, to the inevitable. they stoutly mai
tain their innocence.
Very truly yours,
lie f. r. E..