The Delaware herald., 1854-03-29


.AIl would be de.mrsd q from the cradle Al If
To rule in politics, as well as wit; ENE ~
The grave. the gay. the foping and The Ounce :"
Start up t0od best us) statesmen all al once!Y al
He next proposes to organize new party to tc
counteract the influence of the aChurch and a
State temperance tyrants," and says, aif the d
church has not some selfish erd to accomplish. n
all past history of her lies" He is led by an b
ignis fat.tls which no one else can possibly v
see. We will let him go on until he is caught S
in the bramble maze, and when he halloos for G
help we will extricate him and put him on the T
right course. Form your new party-get up
your clubs,-you could not do anything in op-
position to the temperance interest that would 6
more enhance its prosperity. Again, we say, s
get up your party.--you ere but adding fuel to
the fame,--only giving stronger impetus to
the ball, which is rolling with rapid motioa.
But it is somewhat strange" says he,
after these devout church people have drank
liquor that would make drunk come, from the
days of the landing of Noah's Ark and the
turning of water to wine by Jesus, down to the
last few years, without thinking it a damning
sin." A very sudden turn, this; after being
down on tie church for their zeal in this cause
, actually taxes their authority to enforce his
3 own argument! He says: 81 would like to
know what Scrptural authority they have ~
Well, we will simply tell you, inasmuch as you
|, appear tc know very little about the Bible -
i:'Wo unto him that giveth his neighbor drink,
=. that puttest the bottle to him, and makest him
: drunk Also" "Look not upon the wine cup
= when it is red, and gveth its color in the cup
~ for at last it stingeth like serpent and biteth
I, like an adder" "Who hath wo, who hath
=. sorrow, who hath contentious they that tarry
- long at the wine cup, they that 60 to seek new
p. wine." "No drunkord shall enter the kingdom
;. ofHeaven." "Who is wise, and he shall under
no stand these things; prudent, and he shall know
!. them; for the ways of the Lord are right and
hs the just shall walk in them but the ransgressor
=, shall fall therein" At the time the Bible was
, written there was no such cause for Divine de-
No., nunclatlon as there is in these days; had there
:, been the drunkenness then that there is now We
=. should have whole chapters against it. The art o
distillation is a new invention, having been dis
covered in the thirteenth century, by one Arnolc
de Villa, in his search, with other Alchemists
de for water TO give perpetual life The win
es used by the Anclents, was the pure juice Of tn
81 grape, often adulterated by water, and wa
80. generally what is called palm wine, containing
-, little over four per cent. of alcohol, Will
- Maderia is twenty-nine 1t is we'll known, n
= grape will yield more than eight per cent
,ro alcohol; and Port wine, one Of the weakes
o,o which has about twenty-three per cent. of a
cohol, must have a considerable amount
brandy--the result of distillaton. The VIII
used at the marriage of Cana, could not ha,
-n been very intoxicating, since it contained sue
ro little alcohol; and besides, they had no spi
- its to cure them, they were forced to boil the
80 to the consistency of syrup; which, any Of
- knows, will drive off the alcohol and cause
,.o. to become very sweet. 1t is very probabl
,,,r therefore, that the wine used at the maria,
on feast was used as much for pastry as it was
.ha. exhilarate them. That it was weak, proc
: al from profane history will show, (Which, \
,;on suppose, the gentleman will acknowledge
the p''U-' A''.ii"' was "o''
ould .r'" " swain" no Ie's 'iiih sN gallohs
diem, which he could not have done had it be
as strong as MADEIRA; for, had it been, he wol
have swallowed no less than three gallons
-, brandy every day! Mark Antony accomplish
the feats of the Tricongius, which consisted
:. = drinking fagon holding three gallons, q
~ ~ y perform all the dutiesof the day without sho
ing evidence Of inebriation. Alexander,
-, Great, just before he expired, was in the act
draining the cup of Hercules the second til
:, '"S which held six bottles.
lie wishes us, when we see them drink
= "e TO go and reason with them! What chance h
the temperance men TO reason with them WI
:. they are getting drunk The bar-room is
60 the place for sober, thinking man; he
:. = not enjoy the curses, obscenities, and blasp
mics of such place; and if he will not lis
to reason when he is sober, is it probable
will when brandy has deprived him of his
son and his mind, in which he was made in
So image of his Creator! We intend, howe
ne shall have a reGson--that is, the reason
> a''u jack wouldn't eat his supper
,Ose,. He further says: "There has been s
'su''u croaking In the Smyrna Temperance pa
a1' Oe over the death OF Richard Pearson, who die
sle the late snow Storm caused by drinking /
e n That it might be; but wai it not produced
OF all 80 -, ~, - .,,,Ia cf ~,
z, and ~. = !. IT, | -, J, cav ,h,,
4 pos So. -. -. a."~,n,a " as rra,,;nr s-nnt
ialism - - - 4, - .oro1;nas ,;o,;.r. as r.a,;
:. ' radiation of drinking ruml
Az" Lei the world grow dark,
That the eTtinguished sun may hide his shame
risy Of We have already shown the quality Of
las ac- vine which was used ct the time Of the {
last aWhy." he asks, " do they not die Ike ma
Il, be- sooner than drink such deadly poison!
D pass would ask him, why take any poison al
of the when you are sick ~ What is the use Of
lssed a mel. arsenic and laudanumf If one kir