Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-10-18
OriBtnal Harfrs,
EXTRACTS FROM AN ADDRESS
Delivered before Tteophilos DivisiOn, No,
81, at .Mu1rees6oro', July 4, 1850.
nv REV. JOEL W. TUCKER.
BY REV. JOEL W. TUcKEE

81, at .Nurtreesboro', July 4, 1850. !
BY REV JOEL W. TUCKER.
Intemperance is a moral evil This is ev-
ident from facts. In one State in the course
Of few weeks four men killed their own
wives one Of them killed also, six Of his
children. One Of these children he placed
with his own hand on the fire of his hearth,
and kept it there to burn to death under the
eye Of its Father. In Orange County in
this State, under the influence Of this poison,
a man murdered his sister, and said after he
was condemned to die, he was sorry he had
not murdered his aged mother too. In the
Jail Of Ogdensburg, N. York, in 1888, sew
en- eights of the criminals were incorporate |
men. At one Assize in England 8 persons
were tried for murder, each committed the
crime under the influence ofiquOr. Twenty
two persons who suffered death for their crimes
and whose executions were attended by one
high Sheriff, all declared that drinking and
SabbaA breaking had brought them to that
dismal end. A distinguished Lawyer tes-
tiled, that in ten cases of murder, in which
he was called to defend the prisoner, 8 COM
mitted the crime under the influence Of Spir-
ituous LIQUOR. Another Lawyer testified
that Of IL eases Of murder tried in the courts
In which he practiceds in every case either
the murderer or the murdered were intenn-
perate, and in most instances both were SO
With regard to other cases of personal violence,
assaults with intention to kill, and common
assaults, he had witnessed trials almost in
Vulnerable, and cannot recollect case in
which one or both Of the parties were not
more or less intoxicated.
Another Lawyer states that in the course
bis practice, he had been called to exam
1e tWenty cases Of murder, all Of which were
committed under the influence Of intempe-
rance. j. o. Cole, Police Justice, Of Al
bany, New York, testified that of so Grim
inal cases brought before him in one week,
As originated in drinking, and that SO in a
100, Of all the criminal cases investigated by
him during the year, might be traced to the
same cause. One Judge states that Of 1 ]
murders committed and examined by him
all, save one, were caused by intemperance
Another states that Of IL murders examin
ed by him, all were committed under the in
huence Of liquor. OF 110 commitments il
one year in the State prison Of Massachusetts
100 at least were oceasi0ned by intempe
rance. OF GAO in the Auburn State prison
346 were intoxicated when they eommitte,
tho crimes for which they were imprisoned
In the State Of New York, in 1849--thn
ty-six thousand persons were arraigned an
punished for crimes committed under the il
fiuenee Of alcoholic drink, and it is state
that four-6fths Of all the crime in the Stat
may be traced to the same cause. Frol
these facts it is evident that intemperanc
fills with convicts our jails and State prison
builds our Jibbets and Stocks, and cause
nine tenths Of the vice and immortality v
witness in society. In the church, its inf
ence has not been less deleterious. In Il
communion Of the various christian demon
nations in America, 80 learned doctors
Divinity have fallen by intemperance, al
three Of them were Bishops in the Chur
of God. IT is stated by an individual W
has investigated this subject carefully, th
at least four-6fths Of the expulsions from t
church Of God is caused by intemperanee,-
How conclusive do these. facts show the i
moral tendency Of the use of spirituous
quors. It Supplies the soul, poisons t
body, deadens the conscience, hardens t
heart and enhames the passions.
Intemperance is a moral evil because it
positively prohibited in the word Of Gc
This command is found in Leyiticus amonI
other regulations in relation 70 priesthoo
And the Lord spoke unto Aaron saying,
not drink wine nor strong drink, thou l
thy Sons with. thee when ye go into
Tabernacle Of the congregation, lest ye di
It shall be statute forever throughout "
generations, and that ye may put diferel
between holy and unhOly, and unclean >
clean, and that ye may teach the children
Israel all the statutes which the Lord b
spoken to them by Moses. This pass
clearly teaches that the Priests were forb
den togse wine and strong drink, becaus
would cloud the mind, dethrOne the reas
and disqualify them for judging betw
holy and 'unholy, clean and unelean, VII
and wee 50 that they could not offer acc
table sacrifices unto God, nor teach the {
dren Of Israel the commands of the L.
Nov God does not require Priests to be
heF Or purer than Others, hence it is the
tyof all 70 abstain, Kings and Pm
were also forbidden to use wine and st1
drink. lis not for Kings, it is not
Kings, 0 Lemuel, to drink wine, nor
- Princes to drink strong drink, lest