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The brilliancy that lights the crowded hall,
Reveals Amelia ’midst the forme that thine,
She who is tar the loveliest of all,
Th© fairest, sweetest, and the most divine.
The modest Wash that tints her tender cheek,
Reflects the feelings that pervade her heart;
A heart so pare, and innocent, and meek,
’ fit worth a world to claim the smallest part.
And can I claim that treasure as my own—
That treasure richer than all else beside—
And will it fondly cling to me alone,
While it shall here upon this earth abide.
I will believe the vow that she has spoken,
The fond and melting glances of her eyes,
iler hair-breathed words, and sentences that’s
broken,
By her heaving bosom and deep drawn sight.
Believing these while I am lingering near her,
Os movingslowly by her side along.
Or view hercliarms—or held enraptured, hear her
Breathe the soft accents of her own sweet song.
I feel the emotions of my bosom swelling,
1 could press her fondly to my heart forever,
Make it for her alone a lasting dwelling,
Secure 1 by ties that naught on earth could sever,
Romeo.
T[EiiWlgsA!Kl*D£»
Extract of a Temperance Address, trom
an Old Man.
“Turn your eyes to yonder grog
shop, and tell me what forms the
group around that designated place
of resort. (Idlers, beware hotv you
witness these things, for mere spec
tators have some responsibilities rest
ing upon them.) Are they such as a
respected landlord would like to
claim as his honored associates ?
Yet such are the characters from
whom he mainly draws his support.
There may be found such as waste
their time and freely spend their
money, if they have it, for that which
does thorn no good ; and they will
submit to the most servile labor, and
the meanest drudgery, to get a glass
of liquor to make the drunken feel
ings come. Yea, they will even rob
their families of the last peck of
corn, to satisfy a depraved appetite,
made inveterate by habit. Mow la
mentable, then, is the cuso of such
persons, having such ungovernable
appetites that there is no controlling
them. Such cases are frequent
among us; nor have they been over
looked by our friends, and our pity
has already been extended to them,
accompanied with arguments sound
and convincing, and at the same
time clothed with the most persua
sive language, to induce them to
abandon such a destructive course
to health, character property, and
the happiness of themselves and
families. But in too many instances
our exertions seem to return to us
void and without effect. Neverthe
less, our duty seems to be straight
before us, and points us onward.—
Whether men will hear, or whether
they will forbear, there is no backing
out in this warfare. We must not
cease to use persuasion, once and
again, in order to reclaim those mis
erable men who will have no mercy
upon themselves. We must
no discouragement to take hold of
nnd bear us away frotn the path of
duty, although they may hitherto
have turned a deaf ear to all our per
suasions. It is our misfortune, rath
er than our fault, to live in an evil
world, rendering jnoro evil by the
actions of men. And happy should
we be, did we not live in the midst
of other influences, great and power
ful, aside from the interested vender
of ardent spirits. I allude to that
class bf individuals who oppose all
moral restraint upon the use of alco
hol as a beverage —that respectable
portion of community, who, occasion
ally or rather daily, use the tippler’s
cup, and thus, by example as well as
words, encourage the traffic and also
the consumption of alcoholic drinks,
thereby laying the greatest stumb
ling blocks in the way of complete
success in the temperance cause;
and thus as far as their influence
goes, saying to the common tippler,
and even to the habitual drunkard,
“go on, fellow travellers, follow our
example, and drink to your hearts’
content, rather than yield to be laid
under bonds, br suffer any restraint
»o be cast around you through the
influence of temperance men, oi
their enterprize. We are men of in
fluence, able to stand in the gap be
! tween you and them, and ward off
their influence, should it become too
mighty for you Ut resist, if you will
only stand for your liberty. Brave
it out: keep on your course; be
either cool or hot, as best suits your
condition—only beware of the shack
les temperance men are striving to
fasten upon you !” Such, we infer,
is the language spoken by example
to the inebriate, by those honorable,
fashionable men, who still persist in
the use of their cups as moderate
drinkers. Under their influence,
conscience is stifled, and the inebri
ate is borne along on the back of the
moderate drinker, whose character
and standing are considered fair and
honorable ; and thus the noble and
the ignoble plod along together, on j
an even scale in the use of alcohol, |
except in quantity and constitution
there may be some little difference.
Seeing these evil examples exist, is
it any wonder that the progress of;
temperance should be somewhat im
peded? Considering, also, men’s
natural habits and propensities, es
pecially when temptations of every j
sort, and allurements bright and j
shining, are thrown in their way.
“ But if the elder branch of the j
friends of temperance have failed to
accomplish all they desired, and men j
are still found disobedient to all the j
warnings and persuasions put forth !
by their be ( st friends for their best
good, the injury falls heaviest upon
themselves, and we shall still have
the satisfaction at least of having
meant well.
“But there are other hopes rising
up in our midst, and I turn with
pleasure to the juvenile portion of
the community. A brighter day
will dawn through the influence of
the youth of our land—all these
evils will be overcome or dissipated
through their exertions and moral
rectitude. Like the cloud of Elijah,
though at present no larger th#n a
man’s hand, yet it will soon spread
and cover the face of the enrth. If
these youths, this juvenile portion of
community, live true to their pledge,
then will they be safe and forever
secure from the contaminating influ
ence of alcoholic poison, and thus
become, as it were, the salt of the
earth, and powerful preachers of
temperance, and well qualified to
produce a moral reform, both by
precept and example, that will flour
ish and spread from one corner of
the earth to the other, and hereafter
astonish the world with their good
deeds and mighty influence. We
therefore congratulate you, my young
friends, in your early attachment to
the temperance cause, in order to
promote the greatest good of man
kind. To you may belong the cred
it, the honor and the glory of redeem
ing the world from the vice of intem
perance. But should you fail in this,
your labor would not be lost; for
you will at least have the consolation
(if you adhere to your pledge and
the principles on which you started,)
of saving yourselves from the enor
mous vice of intemperance. Go on
my young friends in the spirit of wis
dom, prospering and to prosper, un
til you attain the summit of your
wishes in the temperance cause, ad
ding to your number until the young
ladies and gentlemen in our land
shall embrace the true principles of
temperance and sobriety, enrolling
their names to the sacred pledge as
a token of fidelity, presenting one
solid phalanx of juvenile reformers,
carrying an irresistible influence to
the inmost recesses of the heart of
the most abandoned inebriate, as
well as to all the opposers of total ab
stinence. Nor cease your efforts un
til it opperates like the advice of the
little captive maid of Israel, who
said to her master, in the kindest
fervor of friendship, “ Would to
God my master was with the prophet
that is in Israel, for he would cure j
him of his leprosy.” These words
of the artless little maid had a power
ful effect upon Naaman, insomuch
that he gave credence unto her word,
went and was healed. And now
permit me to ask, have not one and :
all of these little maids before me j
power to do as? much qs that little 1
....."... J
j maid who waited oa IVaainan’s wife ?
j Let them try; let them go to the in
! ebriate. You no doubt, each of you,
have a friend or neighbor whom you
wish to have reclaimed, who, I was
about to say, has a worse malady
j about him than the leprosy that was
; attached to IVaaman, which, like
that, is not incurable. Point him to
! the healing power of total abstinence
I from all that can intoxicate, nor
! cease your importunity until he is
' fully cleansed by the same element
! that effected the cure of Naaman.
He, as the old saying is, “ must be
| harder than'a Jew,” who can resist
.such an influence. And I am per
suaded that an effort like this, made
by those young ladies and gentle
men, would not be lost. My young,
friends, there is no telling how much
you may accomplish by your exer-;
tions in this matter. There is a |
wide field open before you, and sub
jects a plenty for you to operate;
; upon. Go forth, then, and let us see
| who will prove themselves the most
j skillful physicians in this healing
art.” #**#**#*
And now, my friends, if aught I’ve said
That’s unbecoming this old head,
Or is unsound in whole or part,
Impute it not unto the heart;
But charge it to the weaker brain—
To error that escaped in vain:
But if some soundness you may find,
Let that sink deepest in your mind.
The progress of the temperance cause,
Is what we love more than applause.
Then onward push persuasion bright,
Intemperance banish out of sight;
Drive, drive the monster from our land,
1 ill virtue in its place shall stand,
And all as one shall join the throng,
And bring their little pledge along.
Then spurn the maddening liquid curse
That kills the soul and robs the purse;
Nor let the dastard foe arise
To blast our hopes and blind our eyps.
Tho proudest name the world to scan,
Is to be called a tcmp’ranceman —
Then may this name become a host,
To drive intemperance from our coast.
[lVieto Haven Fountain.
Scene in a Penitentiary.
Tho Columbus State Journal thus de
scribes a most interesting scene which
was witnessed on the sth ult. in the
Ohio Penitentiary. The same strong
and conclusive testimony as to the great
procuring cause of crime and misery,
which was borne on (his occasion, would
doubtless be adduced, under similar cir
cumstances, in any section of our coun
try. — Protestant Unionist.
On Sunday last, Mr. Carey, of Cincin
natti, an eloquent and devoted advocate
of Temperance Reform, being in our city,
consented to occupy the morning hour
usually devoted to religious service, in
the delivery of a Temperance Address to
the unfortunates whose crimes have ban
ished them from society and immured
them between the strong walls, the bars
and bolts of the Ohio Penitentiary. Some
thirty or forty members of the Ohio Le
gislature and others were present to hear
the address and witness its effects. The :
convicts, to the number of some 450 were
seated, and after appropriate opening ex- !
ercises, Mr. Carey commenced his ad- <
dress. lie had not proceeded far before
nearly every eye was riveted on him.—
Chords in the breasts of the hardened ,
men were touched that had not vibrated
for years. Every word seemed to probe 1
the recollections of the past, and awaken
emotions that they sought not to conceal.
They were busy with other days, and as
the speaker eloquently portrayed the fear
ful progress of the occasional and habitu
al drinker, commencing his career and
sowing the seeds of degradation, shame
and misery in the very spring time of
life, and going on step by step in his
downward career, until the dungeon, the
scaffold or the graVo.closes the scene, the
fountains of feeling and sensibility were
broken up, and scalding tears bathed the
cheeks of the wretched convicts. They
recognized the sad picture of their own
experience and fall, and felt in very truth
that the poisoned contents of the inebria
ting cup bite like serpents and sting like
adders.—The kind hand that lifted the
veil and showed them to the remedy and
bade hope once more live in their hearts.
And as they looked forward to the future
brighter scenes dawned on their visions
and stern resolves were formed to shun
the abyss r of wo; when, having served
out their painful probation, they should
| again enter the world.
The scene affected deeply the specta
tors present, and the tears of the legisla
tor mingled with those of the convict,
until there were few dry eyes in the whole
assemblage. The Warden, unused to
such a spectacle, could not suppress his
emotions, and wiped away, without at
tempt at concealment, the moisture from
his eves. When the speaker called on
those of the convicts who could trace the
commission of crime tiiat brought them
there, to the use of intoxicating drinks,
to raise the right hand, more than four
fifths of them, as we learn, immediately
i stretched forth their hands, struggling at
, the same time to suppress the emotions
that convulsed their frames.
We have not been so minute as we
could wish, in our details; for, not being
I present, we only speak of what we have
, heard, in the hope that some one who
j was present will yet give the incidents of
! the morning more minutely. The scene
| in the Ohio Penitentiary speaks eloquent
■ly to the hearts of all, and trnmpet
j tongued to those who yet touch, taste and
| haqdle the draught, as well as to those
| who are called upon to aid in suppressing
i the sale of ardent spirits. We are begin
ning to learn the force and power of the
| law of love. More potent than even the
remembrance of chains and dungeons
j will be the recollection of the eloquent
| pleadings of Carey, to restrain from vice
those who are every month going forth
| from the Penitentiary into the society
| from which they have been for weary
j years banished. “Go,and sin no more,”
l will sink the deeper into their hearts, that
j they have learned the secret of their fall.
And, may we not hope that the warning
voice of the scene in the Ohio Penitentia
ry will be the means of alarmina some
even in our midst who stand emphatical
ly in “slippery places.” Let them take
heed how they stand, lest they fall.
The grocery keepers at Evansville—
which, in consequence of the repeated;
murders, had well nigh deserved to be |
called the slaughter pen for Indians— i
have come to the solemn resolution to :
sell no more intoxicating liquors what- j
ever, to any indian for two months. If, i
at the expiration of that time, they ob- j
serve any abatement of crime they pro-;
pose to prolong their resolution. This;
is hardly long enough to give the matter 1
a fair trinl. Who can doubt but that
crime and vice will he abated in any
community by the expulsion of intoxica
ting liquors.— N. Y. Organ.
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