WHO WANTS THE LAW ?

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXXII, Issue 5708, 8 January 1876, Page 2 (Supplement)

WHO WANTS THE LAW ?

i " Who wants the law ''" uith 1k\ , l'ampci'd, slook, and do/ v, Kubiuind, stout, .ind full, Dull, inapt, ami prosy j " I love to swill, fiom lap and gill, j "\\ ith conuadcs fu,' audVosy : I want un law —so cea-e your talk Against the whip cup io*>y. " " Who a\ ant-, tin.' law -'' s,iith lie, Sunsu.i], lustful, longing, TlucU lipp'd, low In aw il, and gross, K\ciy good Jioj),' \\ii)iiirii j i "Dunk feeds the ll mie, .mil lurps the g line j Where fair and hail are thnmging . i 1 want no law — <-o cease your talk j 'Gainst liquoi c\ei tnnguiug." ! " Who wants the law '" saith In, ! To mammon ci inking, how in.', ! Chinking the eiused coin, Sad piice of Mows and lowing : Licensed to bell, he know a (juilo \\i.ll ; The .State his trade's allow nig : . " f want no law — so ccaso yam talk ' All minds with the tiuth endow in^. " Who wants the law .' ' saith ho, | Watching the a;<r>d j;lmiii yiowiu^ ; I C)n still or vat he thinks, i hYoin seed-time unto mowing : Xo'ci tluuks ln&tcul on thu poormai»\liu < ad His food to t lie mask tub thiow'ing, i " I want no law — so eeasp your talk, So pompous, flippant, knowing.' 1 "Who wants the law "'" ijuoth ho, 1 Cool, phlegmatie, i[iiiet • "I sip my licheifc wines, | And feed on choicest diet ; ' I stand erect, and j on ne'er detect | The least appi oach to riot : ' I want no law — so cease your talk On diunkards and disquiet." " Who wants the law?" saith ho, On error thus relying, i And touches, tastes, and drinks, , All honest truth defy ing : Till tempest t<Hs'd, to timlom lust, We hear him earnest crying, " { want a law, a stiong tmc 1 i\v, To save the diunk.nd djuig," ' Who w.inN tin law ' i.k \e"' It's 1, sad, sal:, and s-giung, j Alone, deserted, cold, In this bleak attic dying ! Curse on the di ink that broke the link Which else weic strong, undying : I want a law, a strong true law, All guilty thust defying !" " Who wants the law ? ask ye ? | It'b I, a child neglected, ' With paients woise than dead, Though once esteemed, respected ; And thus I loam, uncarcd, alone, Dark, ignoiaiit, and rejected : I want a law, a strong tiue law ; — Tile weak should bo protected.' 1 Let's have a law , say we, Ye good and faithful teachers ' A law to t>a\e the fallen, And lac-i' (iol s noblest creatures. In futuie di\ •, men\ highest ]»j\iiho j Shall down tmtli's eamest preauheis, I Who taught the law .ind won the law j In sa\ing all its leatuied

The otlkcis of the Grand Lodge J.O.G.T. v ill bo attending the session ot the Grand Lodge .it .New Plymouth, dining the next week : in consequence tlie Templar Columns will not lie published on Satuid.iy next. Just published, priee one penny • " Tlnee Sides of the Question ; the Medical, Political, and Social" (repunted fiom the "Good Templar Columns" of the Win km News). Lodges and fi iends wishful to promote the circulation of this pamphlet may obtain packets at the rate of four shillings per bundled fiom >S. Biooking, corner of Shoi tland and Queen streets Sixteen ounce packets per Book pos,t forwarded to any ■\ddicss on receipt of iive shillings, by Jtobeit Ne.il, Epsom. Some months ago tlie Good Templar sisters of Amkliud iLsolved to unite in making a piesent to thcii sister in Amerioa— the wife dt the I Fmi S. 1). Hastings — as an auk now lodgment ot her <-neiifice in pirting with her husband tor a prolonged Good Tcmplai mix-ion in Australia and New Zealand. Tin committi e found some difficulty in selecting .t suitable object, but ultimately decided upon a small cabinet, inlaid with New Zealand woods, to be supplemented by a collection of photographic \iews of New Zealand scenery. The cabinet is now finished, and on view m Bro. (JLukson's window, 21 I, Quecn-strcet Asawoik of ait, it lelkcts great ciedit upon Mr. A NeufTert, and cannot fail to be an object of inteiest to Mis Hastings and the brethren in America. We would, through these columns, intimate to the (!ood Templars in the country distnots that views of local interest will be very acceptable, and may bo forwaided to Bro Clarkson or any of the mcmbeis of the presentation committee. Bro. Hastings is expected to call at Auckland, on his return to Americi, early in February, when this expression of gratitude will be uiti listed to his caie. A lodgo in England, No. GOO, in its quarterly pi ogiammc, offeied apn/eofone of Mrs. iialtoui's books for the five best reasons " Why am I a fJood Templar '" The following wero considcicd tlie boat, and the author received the prize • - 1 Because J believe the principles ot (iood Tcmplai ism to be undeniably light piinciplcx. 'J. Because fJood Tcmjilaiism aims at the entile destitution dt our country's gieitcst curse, namely .'IcoIkjIic dunks 'A. Because, en dorsing ,and piactismg its punuplcs, I am in the pith ot safety I Bt cause J believe Good Tcmpl.ausm t<» bo the best organisation of the Tempi ranee Itcfurm, and tho most likely to enlist the sympathies, and save tlw inebuate and tlio fallen. •>. JJec.uiso it teaches me to be a sober, good, and useful mcmhci of the coinnmnity, and toendoa\oni by all )iist and possible moans to help otheis to be the same.