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

sball not lose any thIng 10y u 90 h' f""'i
lar me AUTHENTICITY ofthi. apeed'te, bui II wa
told 10 n,s A. authentic. aud tbe character OF "i'
man would seem 10 render 4 pfnbhhie
Effects or ARDENT SPIRITS.
rrtyoeI from an Hfhfa 6y Mr. hHlredge, o.
The suppression y hhemPermfrs
And here, prrmi I've 10 maxi iew rrmarN
mn. the f,rs,at,ni. OF creation Of this taste.
an beain wiIh the niauI and may sly tim
he i born INTO rum Al his btth. according T.
,usion, "A quantity of ardent sp'fH arc p'~~'
md tHg, are thonPh - lac ~ 's-"'y ~
~, ,itta tisf my are considered Ms tndis
ran.Hble. a. II the child could not he born viii
on, HEM The father treats his lacnds and hi'
hoasehpli and the mother paltikrs with thu
rea. The infant is fed aifh them, AS fine co'ld
MT know the good things he is heir To, without
.t,s,e of ardent spi.us. They are kept on
hand, and oilen given To him As medicine, espe
cali, where the parents are fond oi them thrm'
selves. By this practice even IN the cradle. his
d.sreli.h Ion ardent spirits is done away, liz
r nws On, aud during the first months, or yehfs
af his existence, his taste aud his appetite II
formed As he runs about aud begins 20 take
notice Of passing ems, he sees his lhiher "na
friends drink he pariakcs, and grows iphd OF
thein. i most families, ardent spirits are ~
troducrd and used on every extraordinary "cca.
Eipu Without mentioning many mat me
knowledge aud experience Of every man can
,npnly will insl luoe only the case Of visitors
4 eentlrman's friends aud acquaintance ca ! up
I'm hun he IS glad TO sre them, and iashinn
aud custom ma e IL necessary Tor nm 10 lhfiit
them 10 the stdrhaard. Tins Is al done IN his
besi sf,ir, IN his mpSt ~ aud httble manner
The best sci OF drinking vessels are brought iof-
ward. and make cutie a display. The children
al ny uTp To- al
with the sisht AMI tterxhbbon; they are pleas
ed win the manners. aud gratihcd with the con
rcrsation, Of the vislrrs 90 the occasion A.
sonn ns fhcv 70 abroad, they associate he idea
OF drinking together with al that Is manly aud
centrei. The, iail nio the cnstum, and iml-
tale the example that l. SCI tlem tWcnnstan-
trs aud Situations eApuse onr 10 mon tempta
ions thnn the tp,t. Perhaps hs res buttons, OF
his moral pJosple = not ~ strong qua IN TINS
WV, Que uel Of twenty FIVE oi hosr WIN LIS, %
firtv xtars#o age. hccnmrs Incorporate Tie
beeac1rs 81 not from auy vicious priacip'r, per
hnpg bur Is NJ f,,l led ga nv fashion, and Gus
loo, and favorable circumstances, till = last lac
plcBges heRdnug INTO the vortex ~ dissipation
an rain Out nautal dsreil,h '7r ardent syn.
is s. first dome away fotslt ipf hrm Is then
crested They ntS hreomr occasional next
habltual drinks The habit gains strength, til,
6rst adverse galr. Ii an this principle, and
Ter the ftet operate as caution 10 those who
need il that many men Of fur whlemished
characters. who Have made 4 temperate hu la
litaaI use ardent spifs IN days Of plosn,ri-
~ hRpe on IL change Of fortune, brComr nptutl- |
ais drunk#rds. While those who have friraned
- prosperity. have encountered al The storms /
u advcrsir snhmt We frequently hear a |
man mielnpersuce ttu1huied to- particular |
cause as loss ~ friends, loss OF property, dEap.
poinfed love ct atnhltou Whn II HE ruth !
Verr known. II Nnali be- srrn, thai such men |
haa previously been addicted 10 the use of ar
dent spirits, perhaps not unodeJatnly, and fy |
50 item on such events a. thelr suaCe aud yup. |
pot incompetence r4uprS an apprentice /
ship, rs nuth - law ar pbyac, aud MAJ eau |
no more hrcontr ,niempcratew a mouth, than he |
can become a lawyer ar phy,ician IN month |
Many wnn'ar that certain incorporate men. oil
fine talents, nublr hearts manil feelings do moi
,rtbga, hni it is greater wonder tai ann ever do.
gnt'evil genius at iuiemprrahce gssaUallv news /
aHou the 81 ength o both bndy andnuud TIL the
victim, ,sheh I've is caught finds that although !
he VAS Il gilm once, he is now child H. ia |
ndence is seductive aud insinnailns, am mru
often lrreltiuyab'y lost, before they are aware
Of It. Lea them heAarr how they taxi the frs !
step Il Is by degrees that aten become lu.ropcr- |
ale. No man ever becaUic all nj unCe--t Is an
.oipossbuility ia the nature OF things Il reonres
10 harden the hentt. n DO away shane, to blum
the moral principle, 10 dead'n thu intellectual
faculties, and temper thr body The mtcnpcl-
ancc OF ihe day Is the nga n aud legi Inmate con-
seq iencr - ihe customs Of society eenteel
aad Respectable society itsthe common and
ordinary use ofa,dem sprrs, MS rractiscd in
onr towns aud villages, That has already peoped
With ,tttu nd tb
I'd Viii I'll them with drunkards. The degree
cfmicmperance thai prevails, and the quantity
Of aIdrni tpiit, used, n our most respectable
towns /. almost incredible. Perhaps some
farts outhlS subject " Ill be inter- sting
As d1cesrds the degree OF inlemperance that
presail4, II mty he safely sad that one ouI of
an hun1tcdut the inhabilant, OF this par &C the
county is a common drunkard BY a com
VAN drlnkard is meant one who i
habitna'iy incorporate, who is often in
'axicated. and who IS restrained from mtoXca-
ton neither bp principle nor shame. OF sue
there are from ten 10 twenty aud upwards in e.
very toYa There Is another class which is ili.
tempetltc, aud many OF them are occasional
flrunkatds TIN, class is more numerous Than
the former aud one out OF about forty of the in
hahda ats heongs to one or the other class. Is
noi tbs hnrfia state Of socl ty But any one
,.an satisfy hipi;efof tn truth of the statement
rs ,...,,nse inr .,amh gtlon himself.
The quantity nf etdent spirits yearly consum
ed in our towns varies from SIX to ten Thousand
CABINS. Il viii answer the Argument intend tt
draw from It, TO stale the annutl quantity in thi,
,,an 10 be six thousand gallons. although shor
~ the truth. Tins would he tIuec gallons To e
very iuirabitant on twenty one gallons TO ever,
lsea voter. The cost OF this liquid, nj the low
PRICE Of fifty cents per gallon, will be tire,
thousand dllia,s. which viii pay all your town
county, aud state taxes three years aud is a
,nuch as it costs yoe to support aud maintain al
4our PRIVILEGES civil religious, aud literary
IN one hundred YEARS you would drink up all thr
Town in aideai aprits. OF il would cost just sue!
aiown 5 this VIII, ALI your farms, stock, an,
property, 10 faraisl. the iuhabiiant with arden
sp its, AT the present rate of drinking unly on
hundred yeats. But should the town continue
pdrinll. as they now do, for fifty years, an,
ould in the mean time suffer the cost of In
spirits 10 accumulate, BY simple inlerest onl,