The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-08-11

ths Whole town, al the emu M hie WIN
u5i pay fheir rum bills II eau be 10 eo"so,a-
ton that all Other towns would be al'he inao''.
eni. - IT,
Bn, this is not all Add 70 this sum INC ioSs
b. time and the waste Of property oecasiohra ny
1, t5s,e,,,l,ot al tts ssisi aud II sweiis the a
-, =, i, ,,ep.troas size. Here you have an
,rco,s,t Of tsr cosf al aoieni SPIRITS eaienia'en
,,,,h,, b,,,ads At presfai there IS great com
r,,i,,t aboi,i.rlls pressure ofthe iiims, aud me
r,,,,i,io, Is doubtless well founded. Hata
-. - N every bndys mouth bui, # you had
80, a.. i,s, wear only abstained from the use Of
~, snir,ts v6n would Low have been indie
,,.ndent and easy IN your circumstances. three
baus,nd dollars which Won have paid for ihem,
diyl,led among you, would pay all the debts yon
are called upon 10 pay. do not mean thaino one
wants more than his proportion ol thS sum- out
thsie ate some who want none Of u, ana WI"
would circulate II by loan az otherwne, among
,h.se vim do eant il. and Itwould relieve the
whole town from the distress they are no" IN.
n this to,yn Ind an income thai would pay all
II. taxes YOU would consider il matter 81 great
joy aoI Generalization. But IL II bad an income
tlat wound discharge al its taxes, and that each
man. instead of paying, should receive lie a.
mount he now paws, Won would consider your
situation hishy prosperous and envlable. DIS.
continue the use of ardent spul's, aud you nave
IL Jsc none aud your situation, rs Town,
will be as good, yea, lrr better than II you had
M income oil three thousand dollars, yearly, 10
br divided among IFS inhabitants.
II We carry This calculation farther, We shail
mud nthr principle adopted, thai there are IN me
snhp ON Hampshire two thou andfonr hundred
aud forty one common drunkards, " thfee ihou
and sA hnadrcdand sixfy.three ntempeiaie, OF
occasional dfunkards--ln the whole, SIX ihou
.,4d Que hundred and Tour. The state eon-
,umes seven hundred aud Ihnty,two thou
,lnd four hundred and eighty three gallons OF
ardent spirits. annually, when cosit ~ MY cents
81 =nIiun three bud, ct nnd axiy-sN thousand
fwo hundred and forty one dollsls, Ia the o.
nited States there would be nlnety.slx thousand
tlrer hundred aud seyeniy.ninc common. aud
two hundred aud forty thousand nine hundred
nnd lory-nme common and ocraslonai drunk
ards That the United States consume annual
" twenty-cght millions NM hundred and tlr-
teen Thousand eight bnndi ed eighty seven gal
Ions of ardent spirlf- which COST a. ATTY cents
per gallon, fourteen million iHur hundred and
hiiy-slx thousand nine hundred aud iortyy-three
doars-as much AS II costs Ia support The Whole
system of our national government, with al thai
/, lad ont ~ Improvements, roads. canals, pen
SONS &c. &C. aud is more Than one halt OF the
whole revenue afthe Union for the last year. II
urI,l he remembered that this ca icudton en-
braces only the quantity aud cost OF the spirits,
md is on the supposliIpn that Lyme consume
only SIX thousand gallons, nj fifty cents per
gallon and Is Il lair criterion Tor the state and
nalian As regards the state, II would he safe
nearly 10 double the quantity. aud TO treble the
cesi u the spirits and As II regards the nation,
Il would be safe 10 double all my calculations.
In the United Stairs tn quantity ofardent spir-
It's yearly consumed may be fairly estimated nj
sixty millions Of gall1us the cost Al thirty mil
lions OF dnllnis and the number of drunkards
OF both kinds ri four hundred aud eighty thous-
and
But We all know, and i is common to remark,
that the cost oi the Articles Is nothing that II
hardly makes an ltsm IN the calculation of per-
uci6nS consequences resulting from The intro
ductlon Of ardent spirits. We're veto embrace
the usual Coacumliants, and estimate the value
Of time osi, the amount OF property wasted. OF
disease produced aud of crime committed
where ardent spslfs are heonly cause, IT would
our conceptions, and The imagination
would he los IN the contemplation, The uum-
Der OF drUukards would make An army as large
as ihat with which BDnaparte marched mo
Russia aud would be sufficient 70 defend the
,nltcd states nom the combiued force Of all
Europe, Convert our drunkards into good sol
irrece from the funk Convert them into A.
loStIos, AMI they would christianl2e the world.
And what are they uow7 Strike them from -
',ence. and who would feel the loss ? Us,
STRIKE them from existence aud the United states
would be benefited by the blow
But this is not half icaunot tell you halt
he effects Of ardent spirits And yet ardent
prlts are said 10 he useful and necessary. II
5 nothing but the apology that love Of them
cndcrs for their use. There are only two ca
les IN which, DIR. Rush says, they can be nd
without injury, aud those are cases
If persons like 10 perish, aud where substitutes
nay be applied OF equal effect. What rational
nan would use them for the sake of these two
,osS,oIe cases ? As well might he introduce
altlcsnahes among hiS children because their
al Is good in diseases with winch they may pos
ably lie afflicted.
CURE for hiemperante DR. Preston. now in
M clty, has gwen notice 10 the public thai he
ias discovered a new remedy which will eiIectu-
,lly cure intempcraner. We nave seen various
a,orable notices of DR. P's. discovery aud do
1T hesitate 10 recommend trial TO all afflicted
with tniS terrible disease Boston Patriot.
Perhaps. Perhaps there never was a duller
me tor news than the present moment. Per
APPS there is no situation more uncomfortable
han an editors when he has nothing particular
o praale about Perhaps the mornings papers
u the mornings mail will bring us something OF
great moment TO offer our readers. Perhaps
not Pe,heps the editor ofth paper is anu
,ine hlmSel, with catching horn-pout. Perhaps
HE pouts have laid hold upon him. Perhaps we
mall have new book tomorrow from those en-
erprsing gentlemen, Messrs. Harper. Per-
hdPs 'he weather will be warm, perhaps cold,
otntaps mdding, perhaps wet probably dry,
Il may be duh day, brIslS night, brig hi day,
or cloudy day, probably Saturday. Perhaps
Somebody will break his neck. He never has
been guilty Of such thing. But he may. We
must moi always draw conclusions for the future
from he events that have gone by. Perhaps
our delinquent subscribers will pay their bills
ferhgps We shall Obtain twenty new ones. Per-
maps every thing subnnarv depends upon con-