Litchfield enquirer., 1833-07-11
FOR THE ENQUIRER. TEMPERANCE. No. VIE..

The proper tess of po;son is the effects ahich it produces. Whatever article og food or drink, being taken freely, produces Immediately or remotely, bad effects sa is body os the mnd, both, is poisonous If wine were not poisonous, no more care aosld be requisite tn using it ,han in usiog water or milk.
 Rns will any person undertake to say that wine ef whatever kind. can be safely used, without any more care tsaa is requisite h ihe of wa.eri Even ha- btaa draakards will admit that shsre may be danger of sOO freq s of vine. Fhe adsocaes for driaking it though .Aey think ii good creature ss God, do, neyer,hslsss. fad t aees.sasy to caution those who think ahey do. to bs'rose enesss ia . For they knOw thAs, mIaIsoas eaoaios, wilt sometimes over- come Us sotat fp fact there s nOt noe ca there be- any security ihsi aa hasissal draaer of wias, or aoy other fermenied liquos, viii not sometimes be overpswsred; or as the ching is commonly under stood, be taken of his guard and sgraceislIy niox- icated. iquor which possesses suc6 qualities, and produces such eAecs these, would be universally regarded dangerous poison, il it were not gen. eray used.
 Bpi where s does not ever come to thist-where it is used, as inc phrase is.-temperatey-,ha is, so that ntoxicasoU results from it,-the remote effects ofit yet destructive. Many persons, espe cialy in what are denominated the higher classes, use wine freely as article of common drink, talk ing ie daiy wh their dnner, and perhaps whenever assembled iD A soeiai way. Now what s the state of health of this class of people To what diseases are they ssbjecta Doe very common disease among them is the goui. This is perfectly well understood not omIy y physcaDs, but by others, to be generally casioned by the nse of wine. People who drink wa- ter rarely, perhaps Hever have it. The prescrip- ,iop oi ths physicans r t. is. to abstain from wine. Abstinence Salwiays asfanded ~i,h relief 4 rscur- resce so wise is aiwsya followed by aggrava'ion of the disease. Wkar caa h be bat poiaaS that produces such an eaect It is true the eecs is not always prsdsce ths same day that the psiSon s talk ca. I may taks years produce it. in its greatest virulence. It is a slow poison. But % much the worse. It sure. It diseases the constitution ItD
 fire ia the bones. It is understood be a0 heredi- tary plague. Wien once seated in family, n has been known sO descend through several gene, ations of pers"ns who have never been specially given to wine compellisg them totally to abstain from t, and 10 be very sparing |" the sss og animal iOod.
 H man should take any of the preparations of mercury, and be thus aecsef by a, who would hesi- say tat he s poisoned, and thai the mercuraI preparation is the pOisoDf
 Thosgh the scrip.ure does. in general, leave the question respecting wipe where a f"ds is, there are some passages which clearly show that the view which Infniis Wisdom took Of this subject not different from s:ai to which experience brings us. The book of Proverbs is collection of prudential maxims, gath cred frem long humaa experience, and saaciiensd by divine inspiration. That book gives sanction tO the use of wine as common drink, or even n occa. soaal feasting. The only use off whch it recogni. zes as allowable, is dsat which is medicinai "Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish. and wine to those that be of heavy hearts," 'It is moi for kiags to drink wine, nsr for prpces strong drink Lest they drink asA forget the law and peryert the judgment of any of the afflicted" Again; "Look mol thos upos ihe wine when is red, whes ii giveth his color in ihe cup. ~hes ii mOvesh self arigbt Atihs lass beih like serpent and sisgeih like e addsr
 Whoever considers the eaecss of wine the consii- iuioa, will he likely ,o think ias ihe writer Ofihe hove sentences have had in view the gout orsoms Other dreadful disease ressliiag Om the sse of the wine eup:
 Bet ii s sOt goat alone that is produced by the t. quor in question. It cannot be takes hsbisuay with increasing Ihe liability Osher diseases; aud giv ing them, whsn they do occur, peculiar type. The physician, whO is called attend wins driskeT dis IiHsushes, iS hS disease, shs effects Of his GaVOSis t.