Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-07-20
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definition ,ha, have ever seen OF 1t taI,,
Temperance is The moderate use OF thingsE tel
elal, and abstinence from things hnTtflI" "A oh
nobody talks OF using arsenic lemPerately; m
prussic acid; or anything else. which, II usS'
otherwise than as medicine or in the arts, lana
then very gua.dedly,) is an acknowledged poison
lfwhiskey, brandy, wine, &c, are OF that iamiyi
if they arc roisons, however less concentrated
than arsenic or prussic acid, then abstinence from
them, except as a medicine and that very guard
edly, is true temperance. And this is the tempe
rance go Tor. N, no doubt, with great many
other very sensible persons thinks those liquor.
are not poisons. J. with others, who IL This q
think) are more sensible, consider Them poisons
Thai question shall moi now discuss. But will
the apparent candor and intelligence OF his mind
am very sure that if an" would coolly examine
even hall The statements of physicians and others
as 10 the i'll effects, moral and physical, o. such
liquors, be would think with me, that they, like
so called protective" duties, and banks of issue
with irrepealable charters, are so liable 10 dan
gerous abuse that the only safety is in not using
them al Gil.
|, is true, as n. says. great deal Of whisky
and of other strong drinks is used still, in spite
the abstinence societies. The chief reason is
that The temperate drinkers every where will no
Join in the effort that is making 10 e1terminatt
that use. Not only do they, probably, drink The
larger part Of what is drunk, but their example
and influence keep drunka rds from reforming, anc
draw back into drunkenness those who do reform
an" speaks uf lea and coffee rs stimulan.s
which already are used (he supposes) to the
amour, OF 10 ,000, 900 year in the United States
and with The sugar il takes 10 sweeten them lie
thinks they cost The consumers $4,000, 000.-
This branch OF expenditure, he seems to believe,
may be compared with the expenditure upon
strong liquors; In point OF ruinousnesS. Mr. b.
+. Butler (Auorney General under Mr.. Van
BUREN, estimated The yearly outlay OF The United
States on ardent spirits alone at 5000, 000-
That estimate is rendered credible 10 me, no,
only By many we'll ascertained facts in our own
country, but by parliamentary enquiry in The
British House of Commons some years ago. A
committee sat for several months examining into
the subjcct, and reported 10 the House that the
annual expenditure for intoxicating drinks in
England and Scotland was ESQ, 000,0 900 sterling
about S24000oOOO!
But il the money spent on tea and coffee were
thousand times as much as that spen, on strong
drink the country and humanity might rejoice.
Sci aside, il you choose, The facts that lea and
coffee, and sugar are highly nutri.ive, and that
alcohol contains no nulrimenl whatever. bur is
perfectly ndises,ible; suppose, il You will, that
they are all alike unentlled 10 be called Beneficial
and that the money spent upon all OF them is
equally thrown away sill, il may lie asked
where is the man who has ever been seen TO
siaggcr or wallow in the mire from drinking
lea or coffee2 Where is The man that has
ever been made, by either Of Them, 10 bea. his
wife, or 10 kill his neighbor? II n. will aucrd
The Court House Of my county, on any Court day.
he will see from five 70 twenty things in human
form, reelns about SOLDERING, talking as men
never ought TO talk, and now and then falling
down, or wallowing in The dirt Probably seve-
raj fights occur before The evening closes. II is
not lea or coffee that causes any Of this. as
lawyer, have been concerned in at least twelve
cases, Of women Swearing The peace, as il is called,
aeainsi iheir husbands, on account OF personal
violence done or feared by the wife from the hus-
bands; and in all except one OF these cases, The
proof was that no violence was ever done or
threatened except when the husbands were In
oxcaied. Not one has ever been prosecuted Tor
beating his wife under excitement produced by
lea or coffee. have prosecuted probably. IN o0
cases OF killing, shooting siabbing, or breaking
The peace in some way or other, where The EVIL
ience showed clearly that The whole mlschiefwas
prompted by whisl,ey which one or both parties
had been drinking. Never, in single case. has
any witness limited al tea or coffee as having been
in the slightest degree accessory 10 such mischief
as for tobacco, have nothing 10 say. | do not
use il, (nor do | care about tea or cofee) !
think tobacco is hurlfu in some dcsree-I am
sure il is filthy and disasrecable, and its culture
exhausls land greatly Ifpeople would abandon
il, should be glad. But as iofoTming societies
against it, the evil is too petty 10 be warred on by
such artillery 1t would be 'inyoking the lhun.
der of Jovc 10 strike sna,." Horace torbids
calling in God, unless there be some difficulty
worthy of his interposilion
join with N. heartily in The importance Of
upon The minds Of Children the ne
do This By takirg 10 them abou, "correct princi-
Piles" is like Professor Squares opinion that vir-
tue could be made universal BY appeals to 'he
rule of rish., and The eternal fitness OF lh;pss"-
|, is by qua riding and training their habits and by
exercising hem in what is good, that they must
be kept from evil. A COLD WATER Man.
To Tie Ed.,OrsofMe Enquirer.
TAPFAnaEEocY, July 5Ih, 1877.
|, having been announced that the new and
between Baltimore and Fredericksburg, had been
chartered by The Fredericksburg Guards, COM
manded BIZ Capt. Jackson, and that they would
make a pleasure excursion 10 this place, on This
day, and fire a national salute the citizens Of
our town convened few days previous 10 the
arrival and made The best arrange
ments in their power Tor the ir reception.
The Court House was thrown open in the
morning, and, though i, had been stated in the
that The nip would be a temper
ance one, YET il was thought this abstemious-
ness upon day of conviviality and general
Joy was restricted 10 The boat, and that little
lemonade, mintsling and other refreshments OF
similar kind would not be Objectionable, which
afterwards (wilhoul al all irnpugning their sobre-
ty) proved 10 be the fact. Early in the morning,
the Rife corps, the Spartan Band OF Essex com
manded by Capt Brooks assembled here and
were carried through various military evolulions
by the Captain, in which he displayed great skill
as a lactician and demonstrated that his resources
were equal 10 any emergency.
The boat arrived in sight bout o'clock and
touched The wharf at hall past ?. The Guards
we're upon The upper deck, equipped in full uni
form, with white pumes in their caps, sporting
in The breeze ard polished bayone refecling The
radiance oil the sun. They presented a most I'm.
posing military aspect and salnled The Rife Corps
with fire of musketry, which was warmly and
inslan,aneously responded 10 by the later, after
which the Guards and persons generally discm-
ta.ked and marched up Prince street as lar as
the public square thence 10 The Cour, House IL
parake Of the refreshments provided for them by
our citizens. No one had been appointed by Us
10 deliver an Grafton suitable 10 The occasion; bur
Mr.. Tribe our Senator elect from this District,
being present was vocilerouslyc called Tor, and, in
a few beautiful and appropriate remarks, vel.
coined the passengers OF The INDEPENDENTLY
the ladies-lo the Inequalities of onr town. and
wished mos, arden,ly lha, such interviews between
our citizens and The citizens Of Fredericksburg,
and OF the Intermediate places On The river,
were more Eequent. Mr. Eustace Conway, The
Delegate elect from Spoilsylyania, was Then called
Tor and earnestly importuned 10 speak, bu! he
modestly declined, thinking, and very properly
TOO, thai il devoved exclusively upon citizens Of
The county, and not upon mere casual visitor.
The people Of Essex would have been much
pleased to hear The eloquence Of his tongue upon
a theme which, though lri,e, can always be made
interesting by man OF genius and learning
Here, upon This spot, that was once protaned By
The feet Of The British sodiery, and where The fires
of their destructive vengeance were seen 10 rise
with awful sublimi J, would an ora!ion have
been particularly appropriate; and, where the
orator, familiar with The local history Of he
country, would have iell tho spirit OF inspiration
cnlivening his fancy, eieyating his thongh's and