Locomotive, Volume 7, Number 2, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 December 1848 — Page 1

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IAD1ES DEPARTMENT,

EDITED BY A LADY.

Saturday, December 9 , 1848.

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I sometimes feel : . , . A rapture steal . O'er my heart of strange delight; -: And far away, Will fancy stray, To a land where all is bright !. How sweet to be . Forever free, , From a world so full of wo ; ., To dweel afar '. - In some bright star, ' -Where tears of sorrow never flow 1 But sweeter still . I feel a thrill Of happinessj'when thou art nearNo place so bright, With pure delight As when thy silver tones I hear ! Cloudless as now : Be thy pure brow, While life to theeJs given And may thy song, ' At last prolong, The blissful choirs of heaven!

Confide in yotjr Mother. To the daughter we liould say, that no favorite can love you with an affection so disinterested as your mother. - Deceive tar, and your feet will slide in due time. How many thoughtless daughters receive addresses ag&inst the wish of their parents, receive them clandestinely, give their hand in marriage, and thus dig the grave of their earthly happiness.. He. who Would persuade you to deceive your parents proves himself in that very deed unworthy of your confi-' dence. If you wed him, you will speedily realize hat you have lost. You will riave exchanged a Empathising friend and an able, judicious counselor for a selfish unfeeling companiou, ever seeking his own accommodation and his own pleasure neglecting you in health, and deserting you when sick. Who has not read the reward of deserted parents in the .pale and melancholy features of the undutiful daughter t

Mr. Editor : You appear to have correspondents who, disagree, widely,, in , their notions .with regard to the government of our little city. -. All must be aware, that however wide the difference of opinion may be, no one ought to indulge in harsh language toward the other. . Denunciation in the absence of

a proper demand for such language, is the evidence of bad taste, to say the least of it. For instance, charge an individual with being a sharper, a' hypocrite, or a demagogue, and unless known to be guilty, it woifld be, perhaps, of little moment. But, on the contrary, if public opinion had previously marked him out as such, it might be, that; the individual would suffer much under such an alegation. On reading your paper it appears, that you have at least two correspondents who are antagonistical, so far as their opinions can be known from their articles. . One is decidedly, in favor of a lax or down at the heel course, if we may so speak, in the government of our city ; while the other, in reply, maintains opposite ground. Those who are most conversant with cities will have but little difficulty, it is believed, in determing as toxwhih of your correspondents occupies the true ground in the matter. It is true our city is, as yet, a young community, but nevertheless, it has many, very many indeed in it who, by their excellence of character, will not suffer by a comparison with the most devoted friends of order, propriety and decency in the best governed cities in the land. -This is owing, we are warranted in saying, to the excellent character of its early settlers who have done much .not only by their praiseworthy example, but by their active and continued labors in this rapidly growing community. As an exemplification of this, we would advert to their numerous and well attended churches, whose, pulpits are supplied by Divines who are admirably calculated to labor in their high vocation. And, in connection with these, as auxiliary, to this great, this powerful lever. in the formation of character such as cannot fail to exalt its possessor is the valuable instruction obtained in the Sabbath Schools of our city, which, it is conceded, are not surpassed by those of the highest reputation elsewhere. . The above, although 'imperfect, is believed to be true in' reference to our character as a community. With such high privileges, so admirably calculated to insure those comforts and blessings which are not otherwise attainable, it is hardly to be expected that our citizens will suffer their municipal regulations to be disregarded; that a violation of the charter or any of the ordinance's formed in pursuance thereto, will at once be punished in a proper and salutary manner. Furthermore, in addition to a Board of Council, or " our City Fathers" as you are pleased to term them we imperatively need, for the offices of Mayor and Marshal, men good and true. Much will necessarily devolve on them, particularly the latter. That officer will have to ferret

out, and grapple . with,", offenders in every form, from the violator of the law prohibiting the sale of ardent spirits to the highest offence, , it may, be, known to the criminal law. In all our large and populous cities,"1 that officer, is greatly aided in the discharge of his i important public duties, by the prompt and efficient aid. which he at all times receives from constables,' watchmen, dzc. But, in a city like ours, when it becomes necessary to quicken the energies of. its officers, and strengthen the arm of the law, that, impulse and that aid must mainly come from the citizens themselves where cunmng, craft, and destitution combine if they hope to do much in the suppression of vice and immorality To accomplish an object so desirable, none perhaps are more determined and more efficient than good men who have, braved the dangers, suffered the privations, and endured the hardships incident to the settlement of a new country;- and who. have beenamong the first to build up a city, of much promise, in the midst of a rich and beautiful country, now populating and iin proving in a manner; almost unparalleled.. ... ' m - It is due to our citizens to say, in their behalf, that they enjoy great satisfaction in meeting here, from year to year, as the representatives of the people, those who are worthy of the highest regard. There have, however been others who came here, in a similar capacity, of whom so much could not be' said. . ' : ' ' V In conclusion, it may be remarked that bad gov ernment, like " Bogus" or: spurious coin, must ever fail, on the ground of intrinsic worth alone, to command confidence and support; while that which is good, like pure metal, will meet the approval and support of the virtuous and wise. : Observer. : Messrs. Editors: With your permission, I will reply briefly, and for the last time, to the various editorials and communications, which have appeared lately in condemnation of my previous communications. : .; v . . ". " , V " As, "first come, first served," and that one a gentleman, too, I would say to friend Vindex, that I respectfully dissent from the doctrine that "alcoholic drinks" should be placed. under the same, legal restraint that arsenic and other poisonous drugs are, for this reason: liquor has been Kis now, and always will be used for other than medicinal purposes, and you may legislate from riow until dooms-day, and you can't prevent it. What then, is the use of this, continual cant about trampling the law under foot, when public opini6n, the strongest and best of all laws, emphatically declares that it is as just and equitable to sell liquor under a license,, as any other merchantable commodity, and when every tariff ever adopted by the United States, admits liquors as a merchantable article, and charges a regular duty for the traffic in them, as in other articles imported. If Indianapolis, like Democracy, is progressiveshe would have known, long since, that the course she pursues in the temperance reform is the most suicidal one she could adopt. Most of the Eastern cities tried it one year, and the very next," they repealed by large majorities, the very " no license " law, about which there is so much humbug made of here. But go on, if the majority wills it, like atru American, 1 submit.