Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-04-01
furnishing them with incentives and

the manufacture OF alcoholic liquors as
drink, and with the maker and consum
er justly held answerable at the bar of
public opinion, the tribunal of their own
conselences, and 10 God, for all the guilt
and ruin which flows from their co-oper-
alton and agency2
Nv. Have they not a common Grimm
ality, in voluntarily continuing in a busi.
ness in which it is impossible for them to
glorify God, by beneftting their fellow
men-a business whose invariable tenden-
cies are to injure health, waste property.
impair intellect, scar the conscience. and
destroy the soul-a business which is ir-
reconcleable with the principles of the
Bible. the teachings of Providence, and
the enlightened moral sense of mankind?
V. DO not temptations and inducements
to fraudulent and dangerous authorizations
of liquors, for their own interest, or to
suit the palates and pockets of their Gus
toners, exist alike in both, as is illustrat-
ed in the subjoined parallel?
WINE DEALER.
The wine dealer inthe use of water and
honey and qohiskies, with cochineal, cher
ry laurel, coeuIus indicus, deadly might
shade, henbGne, opium, copperas, lime, sU-
gar OF lead, peGrlGsh, oil of vitriol, and
other poasons, produces fine wines of eve
ry variety of strength and favor, Of suit
able age and most approved brands with
out single drop of grape juice.
SPIRIT DEALER.
The spirit dealer converts whiskey in
to real Jamaica spirits. st. Croir rum.
Holland gin, and Cogniac brandt, pure
as imported by the addition of jogaoood
OIL OF empyre~ma, OIL o. eGssia, oiI of am.
berg7ss, tinctUrs Of ispOnia, spirits of NJ
tre' salt s0orts, alum. pepper. potash, cGus.
TIC, athataes, and a.tortis, &c.
vi. May net the pleas SO often urged
by the spirit dealer, viz: L have no un-
kind or malicious feelings towards anv
one. III do not sell, others will. If re-
specialize men leave it off. bad men will
take it up &C., be indifferentIy used by
either?
VII. Is not the plea, : / must sell in
toxicating drinks in order to support nv
family libel upon Divine government.
and virtually declaration that. God has
placed these trafickers in such circum.
stances. that their livelihood depends upon
the violation of His own laws, and the ruin
OF the bodies and souls of His creatures !?
VIII. May not both know, and are
they not wilfully and criminaIly ignorant,
if they do not know. that minetv-niue pal
Tons of the inebriating liquor thew sell as
drink, will in its effects prove a scourge
and curse. to one gallon that is used in
nocently and benefcially?
1t were easy to extend this parallel:
but the material coincidence is so striking
and perfect, 1t cannot be necessary There
are, however. some, perhaps, unessential
particulars in which distilled and ferment
ed liquors differ, that it may be we'll to no.
tice.
Alcohol, as is we'll known, is the spe-
ci6c evil. 1t is the inebriating principle.
and exists technically the same in kind,
both in distilled and fermented liquors.
The chief difference exists in the differ
ent proportions of alcohol these liquors
contain: According to Brande and Saus-
sure, the proportion of alcohol in gin,
rum, and brandy, averages flom 81 go to
$3.50 per cent of alcohol by measure
On the same authorities, Port, Madeira
and ralsln wines, vary from 1854 to 60
40 per cent. of alcohol, or an average of
81 per cent. of brandy, as sold in New
York. Even the pure juice ofthe Crane
SO much extolled and advertised for
churches, is found by correct ANALYSIS TO
contain an amount of alcohol equivalent
70 from 80 to 40 per cent. of proof spirit.
The vine dealer may therefore soIace
himself with the idea, that for every pine
of wine he sells, he sends into the com
munIty IN deceptive garb an instrument
OF ruin. equal to about half that amount
of brandy.
1t is not my purpose to ENLARGE on the
medical qualities of wine, for as It is here
treated of only as beverage for persons
In health, it is with its dietetic properties
and moral effects we are concerned =
Wine contains numerous saline orinci-
pies, volatile oils, extractive matter. and
alcohol and water. Now It would seem
a Praora, that such a compound would |
prove more difficult of digestion, and there.
tore Injurious to weak stomach than one
of less complicated nature and expert
ence proves this opinion 10 be correct
That wine drinking lays the foundation
of numerous diseases has been known
from remote antiquity. We need onlv
mention the gout SO prevalent among the
lovers of wine that this is occasioned bv
the acids contained in the wine. is now
generally conceded, and the same COM
rlaint is sometimes met with amono in
veterate cider drinkers.
The detetic and physical properties of
wine will be considered 10 the next nnm.
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