The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1853-03-02
4 STRONG TEMPERANCE SPEECH.

We lind in an Eastern paper The IoIs
lowing arguments IN Iavor Of Temperance,
by Mr.. Edward Balnrs, Of England. ho
is The member oi Parliament, we believe,
for Leeds. The following is an extract
from his speerh:
! he peculiar danger Of intoxicating
drinks is IN their extreme seducliveness.
and in The all bu, unconqaerable strength
Of the drinking hsbi, when once formed;
aud their peculiar maligni'y is in their
being the parent or nurse Of every kind Of
crime, wlckedness aud suffering.
IL say boldly, tia, no man living who
uses Intoxicating drinks. is free from dan
ger of at least occasional. and il of occa-
sIunsl. ultimately Of llabiiusl excess !
have my sell known such lrighliul ins,an-
ces oI persons brought inlu capuvily 10 The
habit. that there seems TO be no character,
position, or circumstances that free men
from The danger. have known young
lncu of,he finest promise led by the drink
ing habil into vice, ruin. and early death.
have known such become virtual paris
cides. know many lra.lesmen whom i,
has made bankrupt. have known Sun
day scholars wi .,n il has led TO prison.
have known teachers. and superintendent
even. whom il has dragged down TO profit
eacy. have known ministers Of religion,
in and oui Of the Establishment. of high
academic hunors. ol splendid eloquence,
nay, of vast usefulness. whom IL has fas-
clnaled. and hurried over the precipice oI
public inIamy, w,ih their eyes open and
gazing with horror ON their fate. have
known some men. Of the strongest and
cIearesl intellect. and uf vigorous resolu-
ton, whom il has made weaker than chil-
dlen aud Tools. have known gentlemen
Of refinement and taste whom iihas debas.
ed into brulcs. have knuwn poets ol
high genius hom il has bound in slave
ry worse than the galleys. aud ultimately
Gu, short their days. have known states.
men. lawyers. and Judges whom il has
killed. have known kind hausband.
and fathers, whom il has turned intc
monsters. have known honest men
whom il has made villains. have known
elegant aud Christian ladies' whom il has
cunveIled INTO bloaied sols,
"Is il not notorious that under the
ravages uf drunkenness the land nourns!
That il is this which--l may almost say
ex luslvely-flls our prisnns, our work
houses. our lunalic as, lums. our dens ol
pollution, aud our hospitals: whmh, causes
mosl nf the shipwrerks, fires, fatal acci
dents, crimes, ounagcs, aud suicides, iha
load the columns ofom newspapers; which
ruhs nnmherless wives ol husbands af
frclion. aud .n,lnhelless children of a pa
rents iondncss; uhiclstr,ps thousands o
homes oi every comfort. deprives score!
Of thousands Of children Of education. an.
almost OF bread. aud turns them on III,
streets; which leaves so many places o
worship almus. empty, and so man.
+ Mechanics Institutes Ianguishing, willis
! The pol-houses are crowded; which brinI
, down (il is estimated sky ,lousand Q
. our population every year ,oa ,lrunkard'
: gravel"
.And Of all The victims of iniemper
ance. he il remembered, there is no. nn
!. who did moi begin By moderale drinking
Of who had the renlnlesi idea when he be
!, gan than he should fall into excess"
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