The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-02-15


thy brothers. eye, but considerest not The bean
thai Is in thine own eye ?-St. Matt. vii, 3.
Without consistency in nrecent anl; ex
ample. all moral and RELIGIONS efforts to i'm
prove the condition of mankind are una
vailino. more esnecialIv in onr own copntrv
where edueation has EXPANDED the power.
of every mind allied Inv the wholesomt
laws of civil liberty. freedom of conscienrt
and eoual rights Before we nroreed an,
farther we wish to he distinctly understood
as condemnino, Totpmneronce in The most nm,
limited sense of the word whether II he
"excess of action or INDULGENCE, or mex
cass in dr;,k;ngn az ;nonrI nncbr;st;.n
and destrnct;ve fo beal,h life and banniness
We are bu mature fro;y and "nerfect,on i,
not within the reach of human genius mt.
withs,an,llng. we are reonired IN act ron
sistentlv in Whatever we undertake esne
ciallv. in those tbinps we profess to under
stand and. before we behold the mote in
our brothers. eve. let us not forget the
beam in our own. 1t is a common and We
belieye true saving, that professors dc
more injury to thescause of religion, thar
all the infidels and hnbelievers put togeth
err" If this maxim hold good in regard to
to Christianity, what is to be said of those
moraists, who strive to nculcate the pre-.
cept, but disregard the more important and
vital principle, example. From observation
and experience it is evident, that the great
difficulty and want Of greater success in
the cause of temperance is to be found in
the want OF good moral and plous examples
in those, who make so much display of their
precepts, and enlarge the borders of their
Phylacteries to be seen of men. We are
told, that Physician, who, it is said, has
the most respectable part of the practice in
the town IN which he resides, stated, very
recently, at temperance meeting, that the
diseases OF more than one half of the patients
he had had IN his practice, we're caused by
Intemperance! Now if this be true, and he
has the most respectable families or prac-
tice, as has been asserted, what must be
the moral and religious condition of the
community where he resides? And at
what low ebb must be the cause of tenn
perance in that place? Here then is a
field for improvement is here that the
standard of temperance should be unfurled,
and ably supported by the influence and ex-
ample of the lesser half who are friendly to
the cause. DR.. Macnish, member of the
Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of
Glasgow, treats of drunkenness, as modi-
fed LIST, By ardent spirits-2d, By vines
Sd, By malt liquors 4th, By opium-5tb.
By tobacco-6th, By nitrous oxide. Under
the third head or drunkenness modified by
malt liquors, he holds the following Ian
guage
"Malt liquors, under which title we in
clude all kinds of porter and ales, produce
the worst species of drunkenness as, in
addition to the intoxicating principle some
noxous ingredients are usually added, for
the purpose of preserving them and giving
them their bitter. The hop of these fluids
is highly narcotic, and brewers often add
other substances, 10 heighten its effect. such
as hyoscyamus, thenbane) opium belladonna,
deadly nightshade,) cocculus indicus, laurc
eotasne, lanrel-cherry,) &c.
Malt liquors, therefore, act in two ways
upon the body-partly by the alcohol they
contain, and partly by the narcotic princi-
pie. Cider, spruce, ginger, and table beers,
In consequence of their imperfect fermenta-
ton, often produce the same bad effects
long after their first brskness has vanished
Botn wine and malt liquors have a greater
tendency to swell the body than ardent
spirits. The most dreadful effects are
brought on, upon the whole, by spirits, bat
drunkenness from malt liquors is the most
specify fatal The former break down the
BODY by degrees: the latter operate by
some instantaneous apoplexy or rapid inflam-
nation. Nc one has ever given the respec-
i've characters OF the malt and ardent spir-
II drunRard with greater truth than Hogarth,
IN MS Beer Alley and Gin Lane.
The flrst is represented as plump, rubi-
cnnd and bloated; the second as pale, tot
tering' and emaciated, and dashed over with
the aspect OF blank despair"
Dr. johnson, editor of the Medico Chirur-
glcal Review, and author of several popular
works on medicine remarks:
lntoxlcatlon, however, is not our sub
Ject. NO one VIII dispute the bad effects of
this propensity. But very considerable