Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1852-04-08

u tui" Ot genuine OM FORT. AHotHtr
one Of our witnesses, says, Several
well authenticated facts prove, that the
adulteration of wine, with substances
deleterious to health, is certainly prac-
tised oiiner than is expected" " And
yet another says, "wine adnlterated
with the minuIest quantities Of lead
becomes slow poison. The mer-
chant or dealer who practiscs this dan
gerous sophis,ication, adds the crime
of murder to tina, of fraud, and delib-
erately scalters the seeds Of disease
and death among those who contribute
to his employment" And yet one
more, rs u TO make the testimony COM
/, lete, says, Potash is dangerous
poison a. an aduiterance. Ii Is al led
10 wine TO satura,e acce,ic acid, which
& runs IN their liquid :"
Thus We have the evidence of hy-
sicidns, chemists and w.ne-ma. ers
themselves, proving beyond the posi-
b'lity ofa doubt, teat VINE, such rs is
IN CO nnion use IN the United States
aud Europe, is even more deadly than
the use Of The strongest dIsi,lla,lons -
A. aprooi of the fact, DR.. Warren.
we'll known 10 us, says, that twenty
persons became severely III alter drink
ing " hHe vine, that had been adrlicr-
ated with lead one died and another
became paral,,ic. Another proof, and
Que we have been, or may easily he-
come familiar with, IS the fact, that
those who move in the richce class,s
OF society, and become nlempcvsie,
end their career much sooner ,h1n
tir'se at the poorer classes. ! know
,h,s is accounted for by wine. drinkers
III another way. They tell US that
the hapI,s Of Incidence, after the free
use of VINE, is what makes /, prove IA.
,,l, and not AS We suppos- ;he quality
ut the drin 5; but who does not STE
the fallcy ofthis argument, when they
r'hect IN tie tirs, place, that the poor!
er class of drunka- are alike lndo-
lent with tie rich, a,id then, in the Sc
coud place, remember hoW mach more
often, ani cruelty exposed the poorer
classes are than the rich, Deny it AS
they viii, II is the mere poisonous
adul, ra,,ons mixed with wines, which
are more active. # not more certain 10
prove fatal. winch ma es this slrlhlng
difference. II the wines of our impur-
t.tions were pure, aud those manufac-
turrd in New York and elsewhere ia
imi'a,ioa were dispensed with, this
difference wond soon disappear Very
many, to prevent this imposition and
danger, Ia e the precautlun to Impor,
Tor themselves, b Il, do these fare any
better! Do the enormous charges
prld by tn sc secure the object they
deS,re! Let MS look at few facts,
aIrd then decide.
A gentleman desirous Of procuring
lr his own use, the pure JUICE of the
grape an dnlteraled. found it, ON its
arrival Ia c"u,ain Il larger quantity Of
a cohol than could have been produced
by IT'S own f. rmentaliJn, wrote ic his
corre>p,mdem as Ma1eria to lndw if
his order had been strictly compiled
with and was Informed, M0t ii had
been so far sfrength'hrd with Jrandy
as to insure its sottty; but, as the orr
der required it perfectly free from ali
adultcratlons, the brandy was frs, put
int the ca.k ani the wine added, so
"a It could, with truth he said, nothing
hid heen added to il. This is bad
enough, but It does not compare with
the res, of the inquiry prac,iscd in
wine-growing countries, as | will now
show.
Onc very respectable writer says,
IL is not generally known that large
establishments exist at Cettec and
\. a. se,iles, IN the south Of France, for
the manufacture of every description Of
wine, the natural production OF that
aud all other wine growing countries.
Some of these. establishments are on so
large scale, as to give employmeEt To
an equal, If n1 greater number &C
persons, than Our large London Brew
cries.
'It Is no uncommon occurrence
with specnlators III this illegal traffic,
To purchase and ship imitation wines,
Gbica,el IN these places 80 Madeira.
when, by COLLISION with persons III tire
custom house department OF the Island,
the wines are branded a, the entrcport,
ana then, after beng branded with the
genuine Madeira vintage, resliipptd,
principally to the United States
"lt Is a circumstance no less singu-
lar, that The sane manouvre is said to
be commonly carried on with these
rognterfru wines, made at Cet,ee and
MarseIRes, aud thence despatched To
Operto. where the same process Of
OF landing and reshipment is gone
through with, as with genuine Port,
and this spurious article exporteJ, gem
orally tn the United States"
An offi 'er of The United States Ma.
Wy saws, that, on an lslard, where the
whole crop produced only $4,000 B..r-
reis, 81, eco barrels of VINE was shIrp-
ell from that Island to the United
Stat"s alone.
Now my hearers, let me in concn-
sion OF this suffice, enquire, with such
g. siinony before us, who will hereaf-
ter dare to make use Of any wine. ow-
evcr "direct the importation - You
see u is next 10 an lnnposslbiliiy to get
the pure article, even from the place
Of ITS growth; and, you tur'her see,
that the whole business from beginning
To ebd, Us evil, only evil, and thlt
continually" You see Why II p,es.