Litchfield enquirer., 1833-08-15
SoR THE LITcRFIELD ENGUiREh.
 TEMPERANCE. No. 7

IEMFEhANCEs NOs As
 II pure winewere generally ohssinable, oaa were a harmless drink, still the spirit which is distilled from i. would moi be harmless. The simple fac. ,lat i. s stronger han wine acts this proposition at once n the light of cIearprOoI X a E, s.sssssss elS,
 InteuIperaace in wine iss drinking toe freely of it., taking quantity larger an fine system will without IeraAgement bear. But lat which constiGates 1t an intoxicating tqnOr isthe alcohol w1Iietit cUnlaihs
 But for the alcoholic rrinciple there would De little danger of inteaperance in the use of tt: certainly thefe would be no danger ofiHtoxcation. But etery one knows lllat wine in its purest stale s dan geroas, that great caution reQuise avoid being overcome by it. <. s..s.. ..,.se.g |. .rs
 Now when you extract, by dstiila,ion, tho spirit which this wine contains, what do you geti Simply aquor, which, like tho wine from which you go. tt, any insoxica,el No,sp You obtain .lie very thing which makes intoxicating the principle i,sslf of i- r"xicaaoa. 'Agrecnbly sO tIie aaaiogy, by which we seominate essences distilled spirit should be called the esssnceof h.tempesa,ee. This. think has alre. tly been fully shown. And what, moreover, is Inc object in view in ihs disaiion? Doubtless it is lo obtain the spirit of wine the alcohol. But the wine or that which s dis
 tiled, will inioxca,e, if used in considerable qaaari,y. Tho oecf then, to obtain that which, taken ia less quantiy, will inloxicaie. IL s. 10 obiain liquev which wil iaoxIcae. exhiiarate, and produce all the other eeeis of is wine, so6lsr, sith less trouble, mcre certainly, audmofe eecSally, than the vino it. SsE lfwibe is dangerous 90 lhat ought not 10 be looked upon, the object tn view e to make 1t more dangerous, and . more outrageous mocker; it s to make him whom wine would merely sxhilata,e drunk; and make him whom it would in.oxica,e, dead drank. The obec. .hen cannot be any other than to increase the facilities of drunkenness; aad. of course to in
 crease drunkenness i,self. ass e4 sss. sr,..,- ' n Amay, i,Owever,be said by some, shat they do not intend ahat intoxicaon shall result from the of
 ser wino spirits; all tha, they meIn is o siima- late; to protace degree Of collaboration short aoi rsnksaSess-simpiy to Gssl btusr. This may Bc tIse fact. ltis ae, ofen ihat person can'be found who drinks solely for tho sake of being ronk apd rolling, ikea eeine, ia the dirt. But ws .ust lake thhgs as they are known to happen, must consider them, in connexion with their usual consequences. We know how the whole ofinlenPerauce, from he lesser the more beasy degrees of i,, takes plaoe-il all comes from si,is love ofspmulss and exhiIaraiou. Whoev- drinks the liq0or does it on the knows conditions Ofahe act He illat takes fire into his bosom expects De burued Ae that sakes alcohel into his sismae, expects that the result wifi be whatle knows sal it Urdnariy iss lie drinks with tse dangers in view, and i teiance of tcm whatuveF saaY bo the sesui, he means 10 drink. "@8 '#
 I, may also wiih some be question whether arden, spirit, mixed with water, in ihe proportion which when n wine ii bears lhs other Ingredients of il,e wine. would not be as harsniess as the liquorafrom which it is distilled? As wiae has itself been held, in she oahess papers, to he daagefous poisonous. and in every ,iew inadmissable ss question woald noi seem possess much importance. But ifany still
 reason oa she sspposi,iOn iisat itis aowabls M may bspsoper answer the question, right reasoS must answer i,, is the negative. Grog cannot bemade as harmless as wine coataipag the same quantity of ai- coho As ardent spirit exists tn lhs wine, ii exists naturally; the process M which wiae is forsed, ia is fermened state. is fur as i goes. wi,hou, force upoa the laws of nature. BHi ihe production of dca, spir, is the work of volence; m is effected by the Goree of re. Wksn this violence has once bsss applied to she lpaor. never, hy any process, lose the fiery qualify which is has acquirsi. Itmay be mixed wsh waiter. with other sabstahcss but will aoi comLias ~ih nainrailys ari eanaot do the work of naaure. The effects of ssag are sefy dss
 eat from tlose oi wine, as all who nave witnessed ,hem both wsll know. Ardent spirii, wish whatever i, may De ixed will s be ardent spirit and will do mischief peculiar to seIf Whoever driaks it. in any ef s iorme, will feel esc.s qaiss dsrsn. frop ,hose of wiae. lv, s5a.et4s-a9 2 gs& ,$ts#s
 l has been ' very current opinion thai spirits are good a case of exposure 10 extremes oetsmperature and weather. T recoect . fact which is dDubiesg parallel o many oters xiin tho seaollsesoh ofmos. persons and which perfectly iusrasss tse sate of feeling wbirh was once serss general. Many years ago, being bay, and happening to be in tIe c6mpa- ny oi man who vas fond of ardsni vpriis, and re- quired them regularly twice day. though he did aei 0rinarily get intoxicated more than oace in i've months. ha spoke Of rum as being good in wlm wsa, ,er. had heard oihers speak of ip shseame light; and did not therefore, ssat dimes 6pd aay diculiy D admitting the priaeipls good ope. Bat, come
 e sine after, hs srsks ef she same iigusr as being good in cold weaslisr Dssh thess proposilioas ia- kea sogeshsr, | could nos so ssaiIy- eomprshoDd.- Pesesiyius shS dirsity under which my mind iabos- d. he put on more saa ussaiiy grave face aud sad " Ran is carious ssoG. IL wili warsa mas when hs
 s cold and il wii cool him whea he is hot" Bev- CT had any doub, ihas the believed what he ssd
 Nor have any more dopbi that oss peTscss whe are Gond of the liquor might oace hass been easily nade to believe shas is possessed tis esrieusp qaaiiy- Aad possibly some believe it now. s.ftE s5 9s Sema have supposed sins they vasisd ths siass of the esss sopewi.a by assba,i.g ssss eoSsfsdieissy
 ua;iGiss to diessss tssms sf the sis To sush ihsy sssigs the psopery of cooling, and brandy tc pro-