The Columbian fountain., 1846-08-21
Rev. ]. I. WARD, Assistant Editor.
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uePenuence testify TO their Oppreesion.-
And as interest always stands pre-eminent
in the mind of man, the first witness we
shall call up is ExpENsE. To expense /
would say, do you know the cost of in
temperance ir the United States 7sf
Answer-lt has been computed by the
best Judges that for intoxicating liquor there
are annually expended in this country,
more than 40 millions dollars. And the ex-
pense of pauperism occasioned by the use
of these liquors is more than l2 millions Of
dollars; making in all over 90 millions an
nualy. Such is the testimony of Expense,
"a witness not slow to be heard in all ordi-
nary cases
The next witness to be called 10 peace.
You are called upon to testify what you
know, Mr.. Peace, Of the effect Of intem-
perance upon the community. ~ know
that am often disturbed by intemperance.
know intemperance to be the author of
four-ffths of the riots, fighting, domestic
trials, separations between husbands and
wives, disobedience Of children to parents,
lawsuits, arsons, robberies and murders in
the land, am fully convinced that three
fourths Of the crimes against society, and
which disturb my quiet, are occasioned by
in temperance. And If am called upon to
testify from the records of criminal courts,
| can show these statements to be facts by
the most unimpeachable Witnesses"
Such is the testimony of Peace
The next witness is Health. And what
SAYS Health1 You will please testify
Is Alcohol, in any Of its combinations ever
ben eficial to your aIala1F9t.a a23g3@
eNo, never. Its effects are most disas-
trous to me. It promotes neither the growth
nor igor, nor beauty of any of the bodily
organs. The stomach--the great mill or
reservoir on which depend for existence,
will not digest it. 1t is resisted by every
one Of the bodily organs until i is thrown
out OF the system, without making either
bone, muscle, sinew, flesh, blood, or even
a finger nail. On the contrary, every part
of the animal man suffers from its USE
Stimulating drinks produce rthickness OF
the inner coats of the stomach, and constant
effusonof phlegm, Of whichevery inveter-
ate drinker complains. The iyer is either
enlarged or infamed, says one Of the best
anatomsts in our land; sttake any two indi-
yiduals who are alike in all other respects,
except that one drinks freely every day,
though not TO iDtoxication, and the other
.abstains entirely from the stimulus, and
they will present to the eye Of an an.,to-
mist, liver differing from that Of the otd-
er in color and size that will he sufficiently
Indicative of unhealthy action" The ef-
feet of ardent spirits is to destroy the
appetite, and deranges the healthy action of
all the digestive functions. The, blood is
turned darker and loses its vitality. The
brain becomes hardened, and in some ca
ses its cavities have been found filled with
diluted alcohol, which has readily blazed
upon the application Of lighted candle
The SKIN become red and infamed. The
muscles weak and trembling. 70 The voice
sepulchra and tremulus, as though the
tongue was partially effected by palsy
Ja undice, gout, rheumatism, dropsy, palsy,
epilepsy, appoplexy, and dyspepsia in all
its Luultitudinous forms, arise from the use
of ardent spirits" a.,...
Such is. the testimony of Health. No
man can tell the number of cases where
health has been absolutely destroyed, and
death ensueo, in consequence Of the use of
alcoholic drinks 1t has been dire op-
reigning to greater less ex-
tent through every portion Of the country.
To be continued. B sG .GI
PATENT AGENCY