Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-05-29


in his opinion eighi.tentlls of the whole
were Incorporate"
In BosiOa, there wsrs o5 drul,kartla
committed to the pe''itentiary Ill ono
mouth. &C.,.
+ Stephen .Badltm, criminal .1a'lo%
Boston, says: "Moro than la! tho
commitments were occasioned by III
Temperament and tho physician to
the same jail stated that more than
,hree.fourths we're hard drinkers.
House ef Corrsetion, Bcston: "ln
one year, of GAS who we're committed,
453 were drunkards. The oyerseer'
Of the same house say "seven'eigh,hs
Of all the sentences Of imprisnnmens
were occasionel, more or lees directly
by in,empcrance." :,
4 celebrated Jpri;s Of Nsw York,
declared .that he, could find but three
cases o;fnurdbr committedin that city
during Is years, which were not COM
rai,tcd under the influence of spirltu-
nus liquors, b,
A gentleman who took the trouble
to prosecute the enquiry, ascertained'
that of more than 200 murders COM
mitted in tho United States in ono
year, nearly all had their origin in
drinking intoxicating liquors.
Fclir Grandy declared, after 80
years extensive practice, that four
ffths Of all crime committed in tho
United States, can be traced 10 intem.
perancc. q.
In The city Of New York, the num-
ber of persons arrested for different
offences in 1919, was l9, ,243, of which
1868 were for drunkenness. Tho,
warden of tho city prison of that city.
states that the number Of commitments
for 1919 was 1S,O42. Of which num-,
her elcvcntwellths were, accordingto
their own voluntary confession, per-
sons of Incorporate habits, the bal
auce claiming to be moderate drink
crs." ...s If
"IRe semiaan@al repors Of George
W. lIatsel, Chief Of Police .Jor Tic
city of New York, for tho 6 months
ending on 3lst December, 1851"
presents these extraordinary facts:-
That, during u period of six and n
half years, there have been in that
city lsO,64G persons arrested. of whom
! l40,792 had been arrested "for of:
fences resulting almost entirely from
the free use Of Intoxicating drinks"
.Iadgc Craneh, ofzshe District of
Columbia, in discussing the injurious
effects of the. ;lnanplaclnfa and con,
sumption Of spirilaous liquors, upon
tho pccuniary interests Of the country.
pretiicates his calculation Of the cost
of crime" on the fact admitted or
all hands" that three fourths of all the
crimes prosecuted were occasioned by
intemperate drinking, 1t 49,.
Will it be alleged that these are
the results of examination at isolated
and particular localities, and do not
afford fair criterion Of The country at
large! Such facts and results aro,
not confined 10 chosen LOCALITIES; nor
do we fail to produce others because
there are no others ,asccrtaincd-
Wherever the investigation has been
made, the samo results have been dis,
covered, $50 that we would DO war.
ranled in adopting She language oftl,c
Sheriff of London aud Middlcscx, on
a certain occasion,-"that the evil
which lies al the root .ofall other evils.
is thai, especially, of drinking ardent.
spirit; that he had, long been in tho
habi. Of, hearing criminals refer all
their misery to this, so that lie has
ceased to ask the cause of their ruin,
so universally was it effected by spir-
ituoms liquors" =.
But we pass from the evidence Of
others, and appeal to the personal oh.
serva,ion of every reader. And wo
enquirc-Who is tho profancst swear.
ori Who tho bodies, blasphemcrl
Who the vulgarest blackguard We
answer,-The drunkard. Who is the.
Sabbath. breaker l-the gambltr,l tho
common brawlerl the inccndiary
the rioterl the murderer You.
know, it is the drunkard. Who, in
tho language Of DR.. Young,
"Turns atheist, as did Ellis sons, who filled
With lust and violence, the house Of GOd'
1t is tho drunkard.
What crime is there, to the perpc.
tration Of which men havo not been
instigatod by the use If Intoxicating
liquors VIA. that is holy, has it
not polluted What that is beautiful,
has it not delacedl What ibat is
good, has it not destroyed? FTas it,
not invaded the domestic circle, and
rent asunder the strongest bonds Of
friendship, affection and duty, conln.,
gal, parental, ani iilial, dried up tho,
deepest fountains ofhuman sympathy
and kindled on the altar consecrarcd
to the kiudliest and lolicst feelings of
tue heart, the iiercest flames Of diabol..
ical hatred Let tho worse than wild,
owed wife. as she flies from tic liry
of her bosuttcl husband. 10 seek