Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-04-08
WHOLE NO. 1926


blessing to the world and to France,
could other cultivation take the place
OF the vine, so far as its product was
used IN creating intoxicating drinks.
Lord Acton, Supreme Judge of
Rome says, "aII, or nearly all of the
crime of that city, originates in the
use of wine"
Here, then, Is an array Of evidence
which must silence this fabrication of
wlnc.drinkcrs and winc-seIlcrs wherey-
or it eau be circulated. 1t cuts up
and destroys the only foundation upon
which they affect to stand, and shows
the wine business, in the countries
where IT is produced, TO be as low,
dcbasing, yul car and wicked as the
rlHn business IN Our own land, and, it
fully establishes our assertion, that tho
winc-drlnkcr and the rrm-drinker are
equally guilty in the sight of God, who
who Is no rcspccter of persons, aud
ought To be so in the sight of men. 1t
Is the difference in their worldly cir
cumstanccs, and nothing else, that
gives the one superiority over the 9TH
or.
If the use Ofpurc iermcnted wine is
so debasing, so disreputablc, and We
may add, so offensive in the sight Of
God, how much more criminal is it to
manufacture, sell or Use the impure
/ articles with which our country is
flooded Few, very few of those who
sell or consume wine in the United
States, Tor rather what they call winc,)
know wha, they do. for if they did,
very many of them would ab,ndon
their business and their beverage. 1t
is true, these ought to now, and can
know, but, so welded is the one clas.
to the profits Of the business, and so
unwilling is the other to oppose his in
c,lnation for his accustomed drink,
that neither can be induced to, hear
wha; thcy are pleased to call "hlre-
ling sctwcrs" We regret, but We
cannot hep this. We cannot compel
them to hear, much less to believe
but we can continue to keep the sub
ject before the community, and to per-
suade and convince such rs will giyo
us candid hearing. Ignorant as
these men are, they are nevertheless
partially awake 1T is more the fear
Of having the truth forced upon their
conscIenccs by the speaker, than any
contempt they feel for him, which
keeps them away They fear that its
tones of thunder will disturb their
quiet, and drive them from their idols.
This is the true reason why they do
not investigate the subject - They
dare not do it; and, much as they de-
nounce, ridicuIe and SANDER those
who strive to enllghien them, they not
unlrequentiy feel themselves the gull
ty party. This mcthod of procedure
may silence conscience for Il season,
but will it afford them IN excuse when
they stand at Ichovah's bar One
thing is certain, they 10 know that al
cohol is a poison, and from this they
cannot escape, for they see ii most
conclusiyeIy illustrated in the person
of every drunkard; but, let he tell
them, 1t is neither tie onl y poison, or
the most deadly one made use of in
preparing fictitious wines, some proof
of which | now propose To offer.
Mr.. DcIayan says, ian aged divine
related to me what actually took place
under his own observation. He was
called to the death bed of a manufac-
turcr and dealer in liquor called wine.
In the course of his conyers alton with
thc,dying man he put this question,
are the statements made in temper
ancc papers respecting the adultera-
tions of wine true! Yes, said he,
they are all true, and am now suffer-
ing the deepest rcmorsc fer what I
have done in this matter. In addi-
ton to this, the druggist of the town
admitted publicly, that while this trade
was in It's greatest prosperity, the sale
of sugar-o!-lead was in the greatest
demand. | have myself received many
confessions from wine fabricators and
others, all going 10 show that the
greatest iniquities are practised, and.
that the health and life of the commu-
nifty have becu held in small consider
alton. A gentleman of New York, Of
high standing, informed me, not long
since, that he purchased a bottle of
Champagne, SAID to be pure as inn
ported, aud lad it analizcd, and found
it TO contain one quarter of an ounce
of sugar-oi-lead," p"
have also the testimony of quite 4
number of others, equally respectable,
fully corroborating these facts. One
Of them says, "wincs adultcrated with
lead, sugar-of-lcad, and sill more fre.
suently by litharge, are mixed with
acid or sharp-tastcd wines. in order To
render them more so, and these sub
stances do IN fact give them sweet
taste vi all frauds this ~ the mort
dangerous" The same writer in-
forms us, that "sulphuric and nitric
acids, alcoholic &c, are used, aud al.
so other substances equally fatal Ia
life" Another says, at is evident
that few oi the commodities which are
The object Of commerce. are adultcra-
ted To a greater extent than wine
Again he says, AL um. brazil wood.
gypSom, old saw dust and busks of fl-
berts, are used to brighten, color, clear
and make attring'nt wine. A m,A-