The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-09-30

chemically speaking, by the presence
of foreign matter Whatever, wine
drinkers, as an old story, may have
said, the facts make it free alcohol, and
not inconsiderable in amount, as have
already shown, and from the best.sets
Of experiments ever made on pure
wines.
9th. How far pure wines are nutri-
cious, is very disputed point. That
they are as nutritious as flesh meats,
as the report under review states, !
repudiate. The chemical characters
of wine forbid such conclusion. /
give the words Of the writer "Half
pound of meat per diem, with glass
Of wine, will give more lasting support,
than one pound of meat taken without
stimulus" This is strange informa-
ton; that wine is as nutritious as
meat !! The most nutritious food in
the catalogue, especially important for
its large amount of nitrogen, and the
appropriation of the latter to the for
nation of tissue. Wine, when made,
contains, if any, the smallest proper
ton of nitrogen, and no very remark
able amount of carbon and hydrogen
Whence is its nutritious character de-
rived The statement is more i'm.
agination than fact. AS to pure wine
preventing the too rapid decomposi-
tion of the blood when taken in win
ter,"by the laboring class, after fru-
gal meal" the assertion is too fan
Ciful to be regarded. have no doubt
the writer has drawn it from some i'm
aginative author, across the water.
The question is, has it ever been de-
monstrated? This result l deny.
The blood requires, at all times, to be
perfectly balanced in its compost
tions and decompositions, otherwise
disease and death will speedily ensue.
Contract the amount Of pure air re-
quired to enter the lungs, and the blood
instantly, is injuriously affected. Let
its decompositions be irregular, and the
whole machine will be, in the shortest
time, thrown out of order. But why,
as the reporter says, is this irregularity
in the winter, when the air is more
pure and dense Why not, rather in
the summer, when disease is more &C.
cessible to the system, and miasmatic
influence more efficient ?
6, "Resolved, That wine was re-
commended by our Savior, and ac-
knowledged by Him as an article Of
Diet" Now, reSoIVing will not mske
a thing true, that is not true. Where,
ask, has our Savior "recom-
mended' or acknowledged" wine
as can article of diet Z" | have
never seen it, in all my examinations
of Scripture. One passage may seem
to favor our Chairman's opinitn. That
is found in Gen. IA, ch. v. lS. 1t is
not our Savior's recommendation,
yet it concerned religious people. 1t
is this: "and Melchisedeck, king of
Salem, brought forth bread and wine,
and met Abraham and his men re-
turning from the slaughter Of the
kings. 1t is not said these were for
a repast, and several commentators
think so; but all the circumstances,
taken together, consider it as pro-
foundly religious ceremony; and the
whole statement, carefully scrutinized,
leads to that conclusion; for Abraham
and Levi, in him, paid tythes to that
eminent Priest and king Melchisedeck.
Il have abe commentators with me, in
this opinion. | admit that wine was
used even anciently, at meals and
teasts, as a beverage, but not as diet,
i equal to meat, as our Chairman afirms.
\ The miracle at Cana, was wrought
Il the rather to accommodate a very
large wedding party, which according
to custom, was to continue for seven
days, chiefly, in my view, was the,
II wine nroVidpd aUan bara for careTnO.