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Article NATURAL HISTORY OF THE JACKALL. ← Page 2 of 2 Article SPEECH OF A CREEK INDIAN, Page 1 of 3 →
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Natural History Of The Jackall.
will dart out upon it as it goes by , and the jackalls that have hunted it down , must stand by to see their king eat , and be content with what he leaves ; for there , is no resisting a creature every grasp of whose paw is fatal . ' ' ' M ,
Speech Of A Creek Indian,
SPEECH OF A CREEK INDIAN ,
AGAINST THE IMMODERATE USE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS .
Delivered in al > i ATIONAL ASSEMBLY of the CREEKS , upon the -Breaks ing out of a War i First Published iu April 1754 .
PATKEKE , BRETHREN , AND COUNTRYMEN , ? TTN this solemn and important council , rising up before the wisdom ' J }_ and experience of so many venerable sachems , and having the ' eyes of so many heroic chieftains upon me , I feel myself struck with * ' that awful diffidence , which I believe would be felt by any one of ' my yearswho had not relinquished all the modesty of his nature .
, ' Nothing , " O Creeks ! could enable me to bear the fixt attention of ' this illustrious assembly , or give to my youth the power of an unem-* barrassed utterance , but the animating conviction , that there is not ' one heart among us , that does not glow for the dignity , the g lory ,-' and happiness of his country . And in those principles , how inferior * soever my abilities may otherwise be , I cannot , without violating my
* own consciousness , yield to . any one the superiority . ' After some observations upon the state of the nation , the speaker in the most artful manner introduces his subject ; and with the greatest tenderness for the age and the names of the sachems before whom he speaks , takes occasion to touch upon the many violations of civil order , the irrational perversions of character , and all the other fatal consequences of the immoderate use of spirituous liquors . His words at the conclusion of this are worthy of notice .
''Tis true ( says he ) these [ violations of civil order , & c . J are f past—may they never be repeated . But tremble , O ! Creeks ! when ' I thunder in your ears this denunciation ; that if the cup of perdition ' . continues to rule among us with sway so intemperate , ye ivill cease to ' be a nation ! Ye will have neither heads to direct , nor hands to prof tect you . While this diabolical juice undermines all the powers of f your bodies and souls , with inoffensive zeal the warrior's enfeebled
f arm will'draw the bow , or launch the spear in the day of battle to no f purpose . In the day of council , when national safety stands sus * c pended on the lips of the hoary sachem , he will shake his head with f uncollected spirits , and drivel the babblings of a second childhood . ' Think not , O Creeks , that I presume to fright you with an imagi' nary picture . Is it not evident ( alas , it is too fatally so !) that we I find our military ardour abating ; our numbers decreasing ; ou ?
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Natural History Of The Jackall.
will dart out upon it as it goes by , and the jackalls that have hunted it down , must stand by to see their king eat , and be content with what he leaves ; for there , is no resisting a creature every grasp of whose paw is fatal . ' ' ' M ,
Speech Of A Creek Indian,
SPEECH OF A CREEK INDIAN ,
AGAINST THE IMMODERATE USE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS .
Delivered in al > i ATIONAL ASSEMBLY of the CREEKS , upon the -Breaks ing out of a War i First Published iu April 1754 .
PATKEKE , BRETHREN , AND COUNTRYMEN , ? TTN this solemn and important council , rising up before the wisdom ' J }_ and experience of so many venerable sachems , and having the ' eyes of so many heroic chieftains upon me , I feel myself struck with * ' that awful diffidence , which I believe would be felt by any one of ' my yearswho had not relinquished all the modesty of his nature .
, ' Nothing , " O Creeks ! could enable me to bear the fixt attention of ' this illustrious assembly , or give to my youth the power of an unem-* barrassed utterance , but the animating conviction , that there is not ' one heart among us , that does not glow for the dignity , the g lory ,-' and happiness of his country . And in those principles , how inferior * soever my abilities may otherwise be , I cannot , without violating my
* own consciousness , yield to . any one the superiority . ' After some observations upon the state of the nation , the speaker in the most artful manner introduces his subject ; and with the greatest tenderness for the age and the names of the sachems before whom he speaks , takes occasion to touch upon the many violations of civil order , the irrational perversions of character , and all the other fatal consequences of the immoderate use of spirituous liquors . His words at the conclusion of this are worthy of notice .
''Tis true ( says he ) these [ violations of civil order , & c . J are f past—may they never be repeated . But tremble , O ! Creeks ! when ' I thunder in your ears this denunciation ; that if the cup of perdition ' . continues to rule among us with sway so intemperate , ye ivill cease to ' be a nation ! Ye will have neither heads to direct , nor hands to prof tect you . While this diabolical juice undermines all the powers of f your bodies and souls , with inoffensive zeal the warrior's enfeebled
f arm will'draw the bow , or launch the spear in the day of battle to no f purpose . In the day of council , when national safety stands sus * c pended on the lips of the hoary sachem , he will shake his head with f uncollected spirits , and drivel the babblings of a second childhood . ' Think not , O Creeks , that I presume to fright you with an imagi' nary picture . Is it not evident ( alas , it is too fatally so !) that we I find our military ardour abating ; our numbers decreasing ; ou ?