The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-06-18

Judges OF the pTopFt time To separate the
spIrli in dstlsilon. b, the peculiar lncIpeui
ecidtiy oi the liquors It sati"u. kinGs from
which ~hlskey, rum or brandy are n.de.
Thus, by The laws oi God, IN the natural
world, sugar dIuied sub walef,r the ,uIce
4 fruits exposed 10 'tmu- -phsric AT at "a Ger
TAIN temperature. mos iCiurut aua torn,
first, wine, Containing sp, lis, III. mlld
vinegar with "spri's and finally strong
vinegar IN which all ike "spirr Is cen,ert
ed to lis strength by changes as onGertul, re.
guiar and wisely provided for, " al the begin
h'ag, as the e,oiutioDs Of hens egg or l!ss
spawn OF FISH.
The expression strong drink" uf the
Scriptures refers, we have no doubt, TO DIS.
titled liquors. The very word used to give
lis name. Is cerIstd i,n "sugar," which
d iiers very little in lis sound or spelling 10
any Of the ancient or modern languages -
Sugar is The basis Of 'spir,i. aud splriIs are
sepa aied by a process 9nife as simple as that
OF maklng IIghi breed
Su'hng /, cunsidrff easy womsDs work k
among the Ia ters and other people oi Asia,
who understood the ptaclicsI operations
probably before the itne al N,sh-who, il
is thought carried "erape ,ine cuttings
with him INTO the ark and Was rhus enabled
To plent the vine mmed,alel, aite, the food.
II is worthy Of rems that his vs. re.
proved for Beglertng his father " when
he was dtunken," bu, We have 10 reason 10
believe Noah was habi,ualls Incorporate
Dr. Davy The brother Of the celebrated
T. he ba .f,I ,i ho
people of the Island of Ceylon, consd
cred the earliest of civilized mankind -
Ii Is nothing more than a pair of fla earth.
en- pans, much like our mix pans con.
necled by straight worm, formed Of hol-
low cane, Iuted 10 them. The fermented
liquor is placed IN one pan vita tight GOV.
er or lid lu'ed on with clay-ths is also done
around the cane where it enters socket on
the side of the pan, placed oul Of doors over
a little FIRE Of sticks or charcoal like our wo.
meas preserving apparatus.
The other pan, stationed few feet of, has
kind Of pocket, or receiver, made on one OF
the sldes-lnto which the spirit driven off by
heat, is conduc ed through the cane ike a
worm, and drlbbles into the potket where IL
is condensed by filing this pan wdh c"id wa
ter which partially surrounds the hule pock
{ ct.
They "s'll daily enough for the consump
he trouble, expense or care being equa tc
those en- Indian would incur IN preparing
"a pot Of venison broth
We recognize all these artistic details ta
be cenumeraled, or understood, in The plain and
simple narrative regulating the diet of the
Nazarl.e," sfterI he had made his vow and
one very strong objection to the views as.
sumed by our I" modern prophets" is the Sc
quel TO the law of the Nszarlle," for after
Scriptures read" The NsZarte may drink
wine"
This would certainly not have been per
mitled II II was Intended 10 restrain meder
ate man-altoge,her-fro vine or strong
drink. II could have been said al once, as oui
"modern Rachabltes,' say, not for them.
selves only, but for every body else Do
mol drink wine or strong drink a, all "
But the Scriptures do not say so
The sons of Rschab we're praised for their
obedience 10 their father, and the Prophet oI
God, who offered the m VINE, we may believe
sometimes drank il
Our respect for the intelligent sense Of the
Scriptures is so great that we do not cas-
lily yield TO any forbidden perrsrsion Of their
true meaning.
What parallel is there between the case
Of an unruly OK which was ordered etc
be kept n," and that Of "grog seller
whose liquor is described by some TO be "as
much under his control, as such an OK, is Of
his owner J
Does the Law authorize the punishment,
Of man Who keeps in an untuly OK, II one oi
his "unrulv" nelghbors chooses 10 come a fter
him, and plngue-and torment and misuse
the animal, tll he breaks the bounds regua.
ted BY his owner and mi jures The ueighbor,
in consequence of his own indlscretion
Is this the reading of the text by any well
taught Philaetropist 7
Does II noi accord with the genera Justice
of the moral law, that under such clrcumstan.
ces the owner would be held guitless and the
reighbor responsible for the injuries done
by an unruy OK duly "kept in by his owner =
a rum seller may be as consclenciou and
innocent as man Who sells rords, those
without knowledge at any rate. Let res.
ponsib,ties lie where they Justly belong.
The quotation offered "about putting a
bottle to make his Beighbor drunk" is ss
much pisapplisd sometimes as the other ref
ereuces.
The prophet is evidently describing the
misuse, not the moderate use--of liquor.
1t would be difficult to find any mau in bis
sober senses, who would excuse or defend
the practice alluded to, designed to show the
improprety and vice of excessive Indulgence,
by giving to man who had already taken
too much.
When we recolect that "the bottle" ot
the time referred to by the Hebrew writer
w.s Tormed of n dried pout's skin care.