Litchfield enquirer., 1829-12-31

inlemperance.
 In the first place, 1t impoverisheS the estate and ruins the temporal prospects Of its followers. To ma. ny, even the piItance spent in it's indulgence be but lily spared taking often the food and clothing from the wreIched family. There is no vice 30 exclusively selfish n s operation the heart; none, that dead. ems the feelings 90 much the tender sympathes and natural ties ofle. Many are the incorporate, even in this place, who have gradually wasted away that property by their liquor which would have given edu- cation and responsibility iher children, and ease and comfort to their unhappy wives But is the bare expense of the actual liquor bought that is the greatest evil. The time consumed by the daily pola. tions and their consequences the loss of credit the
 loss of the power of making mOney by the partial and often total destruction of the capaby of calculations the loss Of the power of taking of property that
 is possessed, the acquisition of more, are some of the natural and unavoidable consequences of habitua
 ntOxicaton. Shall be told that there are instances of those who keep good of large properties and are, in the intervals of their carOusas in deal
 ing, and economical and money y-making in their hab its I would ask, whether such men are not rare, and even when existing, whether the foolish bargains made under the commencing excitement of intempe- rance, do not often destroy all the gains made by cuteness in business, when sober? Let those who drunkards, in the acceptation of the teru whose drinking is confined to the daily excitemen, of small dram, state to their conscences, how of- they have made silly bargains and unnecessary pur chases, when under the partial excation of liquor, and confess that sObrety would have been the better economy. Let those who are called temperate peo- pie, and who are now entering on old age with hut slender property, count up how much they would have been worth, if the daily glass of spirits had been untouched and let it be caution to the young farmer or mechanic commencing business, not to ae that habit which will leave bm pennyless in old age.
 Let US consider tn the next place. its effects upon the constitution and health. Alcohol taken in excess quickens the circulaon and elevates the of the system, for short period, only to depress it still low when its effects It destroys the texture of the rain impregnates the lungs with its poisonous efiuvia. creating there weakne ulcers, and filling
 the breath with etidness disorders the tone of the stomach, producing dyspepsia and weakness or an unnatural and fastdous craving; ndurates the liver enfeebles the muscular strength; facilitates the nerves; and pasies the whole sysem until the victim of it's is but walking rather touering eptOme of every disease that flesh is heir o;' and finally sinks into the grave mass of puridiiy and receives for his epitaph Here lies the who has outlived the wishes of his friends" Does any assert that assists animal strength and exeites to greater tonl Itis fatal mistake mistake that has hurried more laboring men from what is called temperate incorporate of alcohol, than any other what ever. The subsequent depressing effect is greater than the excitement and it dminishes muscular pow to lower pitch than i, raised it. appeal to the experience of the drunkard himself. Is not the feel
 ing of depression, after the intoxicating draught has ceased its vneU, powerful than the actual state of the spirits and strength previous to the dram1 II Do, .v~,.on or .hO draught only increases the rum ming down of the system until the dram cannot wind up the springs, and the whole machine falls to pieces To make this snhJect more plain. Suppo- sing the uniform of the strength of heathfGl man to he expressed by the figure 20. 1.-the stimulus of the daily dram raises the spirits and increases the strength to 24, and the subsequent depression lcssens
 l3 there daily loss of in the animal strength, which be made up by the additional application of the hcal,hfuI supporters and stimuli, sleep and foods it requires but slight knowledge of arithmetic that, in a short time, the whole of the animal strength would be expended. The fact is, as much labor can be performed, in day year, without spirits wiih the experiment has been too frequent
 y tried by able and honest and unprejudiced men, not 10 be settled.
 Let me ask the farmer one plain question. Do you give your horse your the stimulus of alcohol to increase his muscular strength sOothc his atigue If you need it, he does: but the is wiser than his owner and the brute beast teaches lesson of tempe rance to tine man, who staggers as he drives him.
 The effect of habilual intoxcaiion upon the intellect is no less powerful and fatal. Though it may slimu late the imagination to forced and unnatural uxur- ance for a season, it reason to totter her throne and, not only during the nterregnum of actual drink, but even in sober moments, to lose her gov ernmcnt and control Who ever heard of mathema- lician or profound specuator in metaphyscs seeking the stimulus of alcohol quicken his powers to clear his intellect, and invgoraie his research? Able as may be the intellectual capacities; splendid and bril- Ian, as may be the efforts of the imagination close and investigating may be the character of the req soning faculties the whole of them weakened and dmmed, are made pOwerless and useless by this fell destroyer and, though often, amid their ashes glow the woned fres," it is but spark where there might have been the sun "shning in his strength" This effect particularly calls for the consideration Of well educated and talented young men, who, iorgetiul Of the expectation of their country the hopes oi their friends. their own future responsibility and usefulness are allowing the chains of this dreadful habit unseen