Litchfield enquirer., 1833-08-08
TOR TEE ESQUIRER.

As cannot, on candid view Ogthe desgn and the
 anguags oi ths scripture. hs suppossd shat meant so decide any question respecting the medicinal proper ties o wine, shs exPedsney ofusias ii aay ease neither eau chat book bs considered a6 giving an incidental sanction SO the Of it The manner in which it speaks of tt hS more has beSrinR on the qaestiOn respecting iss edeina qualities, than 1he manner tn which t speaks 0f tHe sud and the earth proves that t is the sun thai rset did sets daily, m stead of the earth which turns on S axis It would be quile hopeIaI task attempt prove from the bibla lha. the only proper governuea, or men. Is despOlc monarchy. to attempt 10 prove that wine, any kind OfstrOng liquor, s Sanctoned by lhe scrip sure. For the governments chiefly known, when the scripture was revealed, wsro despOlisms and one of the duties often incGcaled bj Ae hibs, Is Obedeuce to existing authority. Ia ssng ..f5H.
 But the bible as we'll a6 common sense does cer- iainy, least in the spri. oft reqsre nenaO absa from that which is likely so be injurious to themselves, or their neghbOrs. No authority can by any one De drawH from ii, for dseasng his constitution, for drinking liquor which will disease it. And Ior rea- sonab:e beings do that which will so affect them, that several geuerasieas aer them shall feel the cruel effects of it. isa crime bOih agaast nature and against scripture, of deep dye. Let then every person who freely wine as though it were harmless liquor, consider well what he is doing. There is 10 dicaly in understanding that declaration of che scripture re- specug Il "Ai sie last h btetl, like serpent, and sngeih like adder" It's bite and its sting will be felt, by whatsoever name it may be called aGd noth ing that the bible says, will prevent their being y felt. But fsuch the qualities ofwne, and such its effects. wha, shall be said of the qualities and e fec's of ardent sp,rtsf Lpresame person will as tempt Hd any direct sanction for those lquors in the bible. Ram, brandy, whiskey, and other denom- iaatons of ardent spirits, words not Gauad in ahat hook. The names not lhere, neither s the thing. No dissilled spirits Known when she Inst page of revelatiom was penned. The strong driak which was kuowS. bore no resemblance to any thing distilled- By what process of reasoning, then, will the habi;ual driner eftese liquors seek bring the scripture to his supportH
 Some have heretofore argued ia this why: If fwine is allowed in tie scripture, there be harm in
 drinking alcohol; for the alcohol exists in the wns." think ii has already been clearly shown that wine allowed ia the scripture; but for the sake of giving this argument full consideration, will for the present, suppose ihat it had been allowed. lf wine We're really agosd and wholesome liquor, would follow ,f dstillsd spr, is good because j, is one of the component parts of winei
 The onfy ground on which ,his doctrine can be maniainedis the aisunptioH that whatever ingredient is contained in harmless compound, will when ex- tracted and used in concentrated state, he equally harmless. This principle is wholly iallacious: and in many cases which il may be applied, may be prov. ed by experiment to b1 false.
 The common peach. teiag crushed and the juice expressed. yields . liquor, which many persons whether correc.y or not, is not now tls question consider wholesome: it is, at any rate sometimes drank without immediately iss.rsaiseefsnls. Bat ia contains principle which gives to the peculiar a- that is found in porter, soyeau, and other liquors of this class. This principle, when extracted in a concentrated state, is called the prWssic acid. One drop of this acd taken into the stomach o man, or even oacbns aay part of his body, will instantly de- slroy life. @
 The air, which we breathe, is composed chicAy of two paris-oxygen. and nitrogen the former in the proportion of about h; the latter n the propor- ton of about four fhs. Ia oher words, any portion oi ar may be divided into one hundred parts; of which seventy nine will he niiregen aad the ing twenty-one. oxygen. Tbe oxygen taken alone, is noxoas substance; it is essential to the support Of lie. But he aiirogen, when separated from the air n which breathe is, is deadly; animal can
 live ia it more than very few minutes: ii destroys
 life by suffoeatioa. ,a 5Hu
 Such s the fallacioHsness of the principle which as shines iha, the goodness of the compound implies the goodness ofa s ingredients. But the danger ofsuch an assumption is further shown by another fact.
 Common aiss already stated, s loxmed by lhs pro- poroa of Sessaty pattS Of nisogsas twsn.y-one of oxygen. fise oayges is shai which supports life I; and ia expsTimsats animals live tn t longer than in eonamon air. kst ds how reverse she proportions nearly making t n oF oxygen and % of airogen.-- WoulE this mike the eoapolnd tad one ! :" By no meass,.' says tie heGris s6Se oxygss saprotss tie, the mose of it the belier." Bui iet him Ba&arS who he acis apon such m inference. The sasiAice form s hy this greater proportion of oxygen s nric acid one of .he most corrosive agents known. Il is she same acid wih which water. heing strongly impreg- aaied, becomes Ggiafortis. ,y sss.se- s ., e..,.s
 Bua the fallaey of she RsinciPle may bt shown is ihe sery case which h t a,iempsed io bs applied !" Wine, a is sid iS haraiIess therefore Ali ihas exists n M must be harmless. Alcohol exists in wine therefore alcohol is ihtmless But acsiol in state of psriecs parity is i libr powerful shai wine gass fsIl ol i being tten ihto the stomach IosId is believed, eadanger the fife of any oSe bat frmed druakar.I. IL is ihe igaer aHieR hailers use to prepare the siiiTsnisg for hats.
 This ssbs,snce is net easily 0biaised ia perfectly pure state. Evea the hghes. prssf spirits geseraIly sold. bst iiils more thss lfaicehol. Bas all f. 1.. a..- {