Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1845-01-16

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The Pecksnfls of the land take hints from
him, to cdi(y their dupes. Hence one NAV
conc'ude that England is growing, and has
grown WISER ant, OF course, happier Ye,
II one were to task himself to write down the
ioiiy ana hnmbug aud unhappiness of Eng.
land 1t would be difficult to decide where 1o
! begin, aud quite impossible To end
England may be sad to live under trini-
y oi EVIL, klngcrai, prieslcrait and beercralt.
In tins lei me not be misunderstood ia sneak
a.iSrespectiuliy OF that interesting daughter of
Eve the queen who with such exemplary pa
'lehce ooeys the command imposed upon her
aforesaid mother, nor Of the reverend CLERGY.
nor YET OF The noble brewers, many of whom
write sir before and bart after their names.
They are all honorable persons, hope aud
trust; but the craft To which they were born
or bred, am sure, cost Ensia unreasonable
woes. O that had the eye Of prophet and
could say that there was visible in the ditnest
distance Of the future, any thorough relief
AS 1t is, sanguine hope without seeing any
thing, guesses that deIiverance mus, come
somehow and at some time or other The
order in which the evils press upon the coun-
Try seem tn me To be, first beercran, second
prieStcrdjf, third kingcraT. Till the beer
heads and strong hearts which pure water
gives-ln vain you lift at the others. Sup
pose you abolish The taxes and ,iihes and give
England cheap government and free church
and full suffrage, TO what will it amount. SO
lar as the masses are concerned Precisely
TO more beer and consequences Of beer!
may be mistaken; truly have found warm
aud Jealous promoters of thorough temper
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maddest of fanatics. Nine men out of ten
of the laboring classes, so far as | have been
able to observe, and have been quite inouis
tive, have not the slightest barrier between
themselves and stupidity and drunkenness,
but their inability to get enough beer.-it is
their undoubted creed that beer is a blessing.
and one Of their deepes. sorrows that their
wages will NOT allow them to pet plenty of il.
with drop or two of gin by way of luxury.
Look at poor Chartism, befogged in beer
fighting as often as any way against itself. and
selling TO its worst enemies even the liule
suffrage ii commands lf the masses of Eng
land could be induced 10 enter upon the career
so glorlously begun by those of Ireland, thew
would soon take position which would SET
tie many of the knoltest questions of politics.
and the crafts of the priest and the king
would be swept away like the meshes of the
spider. The state and the church would then
take their places as servants of The peopIe-
not masters, Yet with all this which 10 an
American mind is SO evident, staring Them in
the face, there are plenty sincere phiianthro-
PisIs here, enemies of slavery, of corn laws, of
church tyranny, Of a vampire arislocracy.
who will pity You for not drinking wine with
them who will raise The cup of Gree TO
their own lips and then lament the oppression
and degradation Of England's poor! Put The
brewers OF Eng land in the same condition
with her leudal castles and monasteres, and
her poor will soon take care Of the other vam-
pyres.
There is one sign Of the times, however,
which is hopeful. The discovery in Germa-
ny of the wonderful sanatory properties of
COLI 'oater, is making an impression upon the
higher and middle classes here. The doctors
are not able to laugh it down. After spend
ing fortunes on physicians iii vain, invalids 90
TO Gralenberg and are healed. A child with
scarle, fever is wrapped in wet sheet and
gets we'll. Men rumnage their libraries and
lind that Just such cures have been performed
at Malvern hundred years ago, and the wa
ter when analysed is the purest possible.
And they find cases III which patients with
raging fever and dcllrium have broken loose
from their nurses and Jumped into the Thames
or some horsepond, and their madness has
proved better Than the wisdom of the doctors
Many are coming 10 the conclusion tina,
disease is chiefly some mysterious modifica-
ton of that great poison, diet, with which we are
sent into the world 10 battle, and this re-
bounds greatly 10 the advantage of pure tUaier
Setting polsons 10 catch poisons is growing
nio disrepuie with these people, and conse-
quen,y they may by and by be expected to
see the absurdity Of sending one dram of al
cohol into the stomach To cure the disease
made by its predecessor. The multitude of
experiments which have now put the matter
fairly To the test, seem TO demonstrate that
GOODNESS combined with pure wafer, is the
best means that has ever been tried to uuench
human determinations, and when properly ap-
Piled Will cure any patient 1Uho has STRENGTH
TO be cured IN any cny. This being true the
occupaton-l do not say of doctors, for il
will require science and wisdom 10 apply cold
waier-bnt of the druggist--of all medical
poison manufacturers. is gone. And shall not
alcohol be included
From the hold this subject has taken of the
most intelligent here, look for great paih-
oIogicdl reform. which think cannot fail TO
set the principle of total abstinence upon "A
more commanding foundation than it has
hitherto occupied. If yon can get the uine
out OF the heads of the philauthropic of the
higher class, then will they see clearly the ef-
iecis OF beer upon the lower. Both once de-
llVered, the nation would not be long in dis
covering lie folly OF working itself 10 dealt,
TO support a class Of grand and idle hereditary
pickPockets, nor long in deyising means Of re-
lief. See if the new vision bestowed upon the
Irish people does not work out such results
ENGLAND Wanfs in ncnlist Like Enihnr Mn,In..