The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-09-29

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lars, aud the loss on the ten bushels neon.
sequence Of the stoppage OF the disiiHeries
would be two cents. There IL difficulty
in farmers receiving the full value for their
coru fed pork, owing 10 its coming into
market with the bloated oily, deterioratee
article Of the distilIeries. the loss is 90 per
cent. These calculations show that so
long as distilIeries are kept going, the loss
is all on the part OF ihe farmers and most
surely on the wrong side. d. You not see
then that il is infinitely for the beus6t Of
co~ru-growers that every distHlsFy IN d
land should be closed. But you ask The
distilleries were all abolished would not the
market be gTutted, and there be no sale for
corn. ! ask what would eleven bushels adj
ded to every six huudred in he U8ited
States do 70 lowsr the price ofyour corn,
who ofyou would-be brightenedat the PROS
pect ofthe corn crop yielding this year elev-
en- bushel to over six hundred more than
last year, do you think you would leel u
yet you would feel II as much as you would
the same am unit com ng into market IN
consequences Of distilleries being closed by
a law Of prohibition, in either case It would
not effect you tothe extent OF a feathers
weight, and the demand tor consumption Of
corn would hardly be perceived, the hogs
now fed at the distilleries, would be fed out
Of the corn crib, and the demand on this as
count alone would be nearly as great, There
Is another view 10 take OF this question:
The distiller extracts from the corn a liquid
poison, which has q whitening, blighting,
demoralizing, maddening influence on the
consumer. From this same source our jails,
penitentiaries, and poor-houses gather their
inmates. These paupers and criminals made
by the use OF liquors must be taken care OF
must be suppotted, and here is where one
quarter Of your taxes go, and II these ltvidi
liquid, whitening streams Of damnatiun were
tried up. your tax where il Is $40, would be
only SIS. You may take this question Of
loss and gain any way it can be fixed, sc
long as distiileries continue to mash the
corn, the loss is all on the side Of the pro.
Queer. Then comes the fact that oil the
money paid for alcoholic drinks is more
than wasted, which is computedsts be near
ly one hundred millions. There i4 tAt
waste Of property accustomed by intemPer
ance, how soon does the fortune Of the in
temperate man melt away, whatever is vali
able in his estate soon finds lis WY int
the possession of others. And there is-th'
amount necessary to deiray all the expense
of legislation on business of selling liquor
and the expenses that accrue from the al
ministration of criminal justice for crime
accustomed by intemperance. Intoxicatin,
liquors, ia its various notifications has don
more to suck the life blood Of the state, Il
undermine the corner stone of society, L
break up the happiness Of the domestic cir
Gle, TO throw the cold blank Of desolatiol
over the warm and generous feelings Of tn
heart, TO freeze up the fountain Of kindnes
in the soul, to put an e~xtinguisher on vita
piety, to spread an impe natrable gloom owe
all beyond the grave, to darken. Supply
harden and render dull the noble uttribut
OF mind, to destroy responsibility and use
futness, to annihilate and lead to poverty
than all other collateral causes combined
and nothing but the revealing light of eteI
nifty can fully disclose the tremendou
whole. We may say Of intemperance wbu
i, Virgil said of the Harpies, "a sadder mon
ster, or more cruel plague SO fell or ven
gence ofthe gods, mere zane from styx {
hell" In view Of these facts letthe graiu
, grower cease to feed the river Of deati
whose swelling waves are desolating tn
Hand, it would be for his owen interest,"
+, Moral ~snasion alone cannot accomplish In
work at which we aim, but a law Of prohibi
ton, faithfully executed can, must, and will
would here say that the friends of III
Maine law do not and will not object To- TIL
manuft cture Of pure alcohol for mechanict
and medirinal purposes. if properly guarded
; to the extent Of all legitimate demands Fl
!, such purposes. TRUTH AND JTsTIcE.