Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1813-02-15
Communications.
sPIRITUOUs LIQUoRs-ho.

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" Tt1ho ha,L spoe ? ssho hash sov,oqs ssho hah
rorienuons sgi.o ,hash oabDltnS 7 ss.e mud
ssou.ds ssiihom cause saho ham ,edness q
eyes They thu .pry long a, tie s,ne /. hey
thar 10 10 seer NAKED ssiae."
Proverbs IS. %
Doct Rush, in bis late enquiry into The
effects of ardent spirits" observes that drum
kenness - an odious disease, winch appears
with more or less OF the following symp-
TOMS, viz.--1. Gsrruiity. 2. Unusual 81
Ienoe. 5. Captiousness, and disposition 10
quarrel. Uncommon good hnmour, and
| and inspid simperiDg, or laugh. >. P,olane
swearing and cursug. 3. a disclosure oil
their own and other peoples secrets. 2. A
rude disposition to tell those persons IA com.
oany whom the, know, their faults Ger.
AIN immodest actions, appearing some,,mes
IN women Who wilen sober, aie iema ksbie
Tor eh4s,e and deem Manners. y. "A CLIP.
,iang of words. 10. Fighting black eye,
| u 4 sweiied Hose, of.en mark tins grade OF
drunkenness. IL Certain ex,rnas .nt scts
winch indicate temporary hi of madness
these are singing, naiioins, roaring, jump.
ing, tearing On clothes, dancing TAXED,
oreakihg glass and chins, anu dasL,a8 ohe.
aril.les oi hous hold furniture upon The
gruund os floor. Alter while the psiOA
Ism OF drunkenness Is oompie cay ioimeo
The iace beC em,s flushed, HE eyes ir0Jec,,
a c somewhat wa.eIy, w,nkIn6 is iese fte-
| que n, han Is na.ursp he under iip Is pro
| ud, d; the brad inclined i,tie TO one
| shoulder the w t~i.s belchIngs ana
! heo ups take pia ce Tie limbs tot1~r The
whole bud, > ~ gers. TIE unfortunate SUB.
| ct OF DIS hislo.y n, X fails on lis seat
7 hr iooks around nim wilh vacanl couIte en-.
/ snce and muttefs ins.ucuiae sounds 10
! aimst II he al empss 10 rise and Walk M
+ this a,ttmpi he fails upon his SIDE, from
wlseh lie gradually Turns upon bis back
He now closes Ills eyes and falls into q pfo.
iound sleep, frequently suended ~ith snor.
,nx and preiuse swea 5. $3.50. In ,bis con.
,Ait,on he Ut IN lies hon ten, ,wstse auu
wen,y f.ur houis, TO Two, three, four aud
live DAY :, an oDlec, Of pi,y aud DISCUS. 10
his tamll, AID tlends Ills recovery from
tBis Il, of inloxication, Is marked wi Il sev.
esai pee lsi., appearances. lac opens his
eyes, md closes them again--be gspes and
s fetci.us hrs limbs /; he tlen coughs anu
,ukes MS voice - noarse he rises WIN
u fiicuit,, ard s,sgge's 10 a char hrs tes
Resemble balls vi NE; has hands emble
ae ,Ualaes the sight VI TODD lie calls tor
glass oil :, lfits ~ compose .is stomach; now
aud ,hen lie elnts' a deep fetched SIGH OF
g.osn. from a trsiis'rnt sung II cons,ence !,
bat lie more tlequsndy sco,ds ana curses
every thing esouau otm. In tbis STATE OF
,snbuor aud s,u1,d.i y, lac remains tor two OF
thee days, before he ID aUie 20 resume his
former habits OF business aud conversation.
Is his licture too deeply shaded! Say ye
vino have Witnessed Tie 4 u ton of q man
lax c.jea ny he pernic, us dfough. 1t
convey all s,iea oil the caaoges winch are IN.
! duced IA he body aud mind OF a man by a
iit OF d,ahkenness, 1t may be said that--,n
foiy, n Causes Inn 10 itsS mble a calf IN
! upidi y, an ass--m toailng, mad buli-ln
qnarrehms anG hsbung, eoS--in CT oeity.
yeer--ia Ietoi, sAank-ln hilhuness, =
hog - q IA % cenlyq "a be goat. In emark.
| ing Un ,be dtii ,rsnt pe,iVos when The par.
.Xism al th's aisssso occur, OF utbor re-
| fe - 10 The case OF h ciuzen OF inla dc Il his,
| some Yeats ago, IN whom drunkenness ap.
| peated IN ,his prolrsc,ed form. asking me
OF his neighbors III ne did not sometimes
| sel dunk = u me.i, said has Incl ghDor,
as lac not sometimes so,ti p
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fuecsis'ul oppohton TO The laws, IN a. they
| are opprsiiye The body OF the peopie, who
caa gam nothing bu' may ioie much by M.
! feding The tftsb,,ihed osurie OF Juice ase An
J eff ctua iecu0 yio the admln'itfauon vi equ,
( tate mealu,e. The freedom OF the pres Is
therefore peculiarly tie palladium Of lueh
governments, a. vel on account ofihe btie
daneer 10 be apprebenosd from its lieen iious.
nes as Of the nseeihiy OF MAKING aeceih lie
and eaiy he iources d, aiorma'ion 10 The peo-
pc, VIII muli govern ,hemieves
With Tia . IN reili n ana wuh knowledge
Of he encouragement OF ,he preent sdmlnh-
Usi0n, winch he .ois OF rrad., the dfsh ct on,
poverty and rum 81 the people and total tai
ne OF he en- erpnie, 4 war render oDv,,us
to she lowell capacity ! ihall femsIk with
freedom on he c>uies y GU mIsfoi uues be.
IIeying ha wh,e 1 aoheIe 10 truth III The
laisnent ofiaGfs the good leuis OF the peope
vii improve ~ my inquiries, even II my con-
cluhuns ihoud prove errOueOu.
| Il H. an tb.ervAton OF one I tie NIT pop.
u'ar politeai writers OF The al century that
The rum or PROPERTY Of a Hate depends 10
muss upon the sdmipiitr alton OF IS govern
men., that, 10 be acquainted with the merit Of
n.rniltry We need only obieve she condition
o the people II we fee them ohsd Ell. o The
laws. prosperous in their induitiy UNI ed az
home, and rcipeefed abroad we may reafoua
b y preiume that thei affA,s are conduc b
men OF experience, all, ile, sno virtue. 1t on
the contrary, we fee an uaiveriai fp,ri, OF dit
usit and diaAlisfacsion, rapid de ay of trade.