The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1843-06-15
By REeUEr.l
TRAFFIC IN ALCOHOL AND FlC-
TION COMPARED.


TRAFFIC IN ALCOHOL AND FIC-
TI0N COMPARED.
The immortality Of the traffic in infor-
icafing drinks 10 eoncsdsJ. and the pub
Iie reprobauon has been justly htspsd
upon il. The grosnds are various aud
conclusive on which this verdict has bern
passed.
let Us look q, another sourcs OF evil.
snd trace out snme Of The sa.lagies be-
tweent and The mischiesous agent which
al condemn We allude 10 the msn-
al snd moral poison contained in The
works Of popular fiction which dood ,be
land. ID.
Similar Effects.
The points of Ggrsemsnf are numerous
10 the two forms Of poison. Thev are
both fascinating and invite to their use b,
The present pleasure they promise. Al
coholis sIimplsn,s produce an unna,ural
ereilemeni--hish.wrough 6c,ion also
Infames the imasins,iou and ofien lashrs
the passions into fury.
Wine Ia mocker"--in like msnnef
the sober judgment 10 deceived end IN.
real views u life given by the csterers I"
the smussmsnl rather than the good sense
of The reader. Alchohol scare The ssn.
seience-snd what else is the sdse, Of
The lonse morsliiy and scenes of guilty
pleasure in the popular romance. wbose
anlhar may be an in6ied debsuchse. or
. drunken sIheis,f
Rum lie ,ds o. the neglect Of social du-
lies and TO life OF vsgr.ncy. So novel;
have often led % domestic ln6delltv and
10 a shameless violation Of laws human
and divine. One of The mos, popul.r
writer's &c this class Is lllusus,ing in his
own life the principles he has 90 assidu-
ously in his Own lie the principles he
has so a.siIuou.ly though insI,l,nusly in
calculated IN his works--hsv,ng abandon.
ed the wife oi his bosom and The mother
Of his children TO spend the rest Of his
days in infamy; end yet hs works sre
all rspublshei IN this country By those
who profess chrisusnit,l
Alcohol leads TO the commission of base
crime: bu, dies i, lead 10 worse crimes
than that Of Curvoisier, who murdered
Lord William Russell tina, he nigh, emu
late The hero Of Jack Shepard, whlchhs
had jusi been reading; or worse than The
attempted regciJe in The case Of Oxford,
who had read The Bravo Of Venice. 10
which he ascnbed The marderous though;
or wor.s than the tragedy Of Cob or the
mu,iny olS pencer--whose seyerslcriRes.
Il the facts were all known. might pro-
baby be traced back, 40 they have been
sscr,bsd. to the suggestion Of murderous
tales with which they were fatn,liaIl
Dissimildr Results.
But there are points Of difference {.
well as agreement. Alcohol affrcts the
physical man. and trenches but by conf
psratively slow degrees on The in,ellec-
tusl and moral man. Corrup, 6rt'on.
While il eaervstes and dwarfs The intel.
lect. tleprases The heart. AMI ofen kindles
the 6res OF unholy passion which are ne
vsrsxtingui.hed. The imagination lie filled
with imagery which time csanot eff.cs.
The pure sensibiIiIies and associations Of
youth are all blIgh,sd, and such thosghts
suggested a grace itself eau hardly expel.
A man may drink. and drink deeply Of
the intoxicating cup. aud yet be wholly
reclaimed. Toasands have been. Blu,
IRON The impure fsncies Of dsprssed
writer. once entertained and reveiled IN,
he can be dell,ered--never! One nay
40 we'll take cosls of FIRE ia h's bosom and
not be- burned. There a'e many ether
dissi,nil,tudes which would render The
compss,on Of The effects more striking
Bu, we refrain for the present, SIMPLY
noucIng
The comparative morality cfths traffic
The sin OF the eortup' Uriter is grea'.
or than that Of The manufacturer Of cleo.
hol. ina.much a. his ability TO wri,e inn
plies q degree Of Intelligence which 10 na'
necessary 10 the manufacturer; aad he 10
guilty in proportion to his knaSledga or
his means Of knowing the wrong. IL 10
greater also. because COT aughs he knows
be may ruin millions. Tho press may