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AUSTRALIAN
Fix this textTEMPERANCE MAGAZINE.
Fix this textNo. 4.
Fix this textOCT 3SSII 1 1333.
Fix this textVol. XI.
Fix this textTemperance is moderation in things innocent, and abstinence from things hurtful.
Fix this textCIVILIZATION.
Fix this textAustralia, a Colony of civilized
Fix this textEurope, a daughter of civilized Britain
Fix this textis to retain and extend the blessings
Fix this textshe has received. She meets with
Fix this textthe rude savage of the Austral wilds ;
Fix this textshe is destined to trade with the half
Fix this textcivilized nations of Polynesia ; and
Fix this textshe must yet receive into her bosom
Fix this textmany of the children of the Indian
Fix this textIslands, the sons of China, and the
Fix this textdiversified population of British India.
Fix this textIf a correct notion of civilization be
Fix this textimportant to any nation, it is doubly
Fix this textso to Australia; if truly civilized, she
Fix this textmay run a career so bright that the
Fix this textglory of modern empires will fade be-
Fix this textfore her, but if unmindful of her duty
Fix this textor erroneous in her judgment she may
Fix this textbear for many ages, and perhaps for
Fix this textever, the obloquy which has been cast
Fix this textupon her.
Fix this textIt is not within the scope of this
Fix this textmagazine to point out the geogra-
Fix this textphical position of the territory and the
Fix this textpolitical features of Colonial society,
Fix this textnor to call the ministers of religion
Fix this textand the friends of social order to an
Fix this textunflinching advocacy of every noble
Fix this textand beneficent design which may be
Fix this textproposed to the public in the present
Fix this textday. The humble aim of this peri-
Fix this textodical is to fix upon one impediment to
Fix this textnational greatness, and, if possible,
Fix this textto cast the stumbling block out of the
Fix this textway.
Fix this textSons of Australia ! Help 1 Your
Fix this textcountry can be neither great nor good
Fix this textwhile you allow a vice which has long
Fix this textbeen a stigma to your name to remain
Fix this textas a distinctive feature in your history.
Fix this textWe need not whisper the word drunk-
Fix this textenness. You have felt the blush of
Fix this textOCTOBER 1, 1838.
Fix this textshame while travellers and historio-
Fix this textgraphers have written down your
Fix this textcountry as a land of drunkenness,
Fix this textand it will be to your indelible dis-
Fix this textgrace if you warrant the depth of the
Fix this textlibel by affording it the sanction of
Fix this texttruth. Say not that the matter lies
Fix this textbeyond your contro 1 , and affect not
Fix this textto despise efforts made for subjecting
Fix this textthe national vice and crime as founded
Fix this texton a visionary basis : you have the
Fix this textpower, oh ! inhabitants of the land to
Fix this textaccomplish this, and what another
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Fix this textyou may surely attempt.
Fix this textWe may appear to be bearing hard
Fix this textupon the native youth, but we asso-
Fix this textciate with them all the established
Fix this textColonists, those who have an interest
Fix this textin the land, in her glory, and her
Fix this textweal ; and addressing the collective
Fix this textwealth and virtue of the Colony, we
Fix this textrepeat, that you can accomplish this
Fix this textmighty reformation, for the embodied
Fix this textpower which built the pyramids of
Fix this textEgypt, or carried away the very dust
Fix this textof Tyre, can wipe away this foul dis-
Fix this textgrace from Australia, and erect an im-
Fix this textperishable monument of national
Fix this textgreatness. Numbers accomplished
Fix this textthese ancient wonders—numbers—*
Fix this textyour numbers can perform the noble
Fix this textwork proposed ; for as the stream
Fix this textturned through the Augean stable
Fix this textcleansed it of its defilement, each liquid
Fix this textspherule bearing away with it a single
Fix this textparticle of filth, so your united efforts
Fix this textcan extract the very stains of drunk-
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Fix this texttion for a sacred and magnificent
Fix this textstructure. In the suppression of
Fix this textdrunkenness no natural impossibility
Fix this textpresents itself; there is no hindrance
Fix this textfrom the Decrees of Providence, fheS'Q
Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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