Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1854-07-25

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ENcE.-The bill furnishing the adulleration
Of liquors. has been lauded all over the State
bv temperance men and temperance papers
at will, say they. "prevent deirium ire.
.mens, and all hose devilish acts committed
BY men who become maddened by drinking
bad lfquor." Well, we are Of the number
who never believed the law would result in
any good beyond preventing any liquor being
sold before inspection, and may do positive
evil. Being greatly in The minority. and not
wishing 10 throw a straw in the way of the
faithlu execution Of the Jaw, we have said
nothing, heretofore.
Well, inspectors were appointed and the
quality Of the liquors pronounced upon,
whether correctly or not. we know NOT
One thing is cerlain, however, either the in
spectors did no, do their duty, or "good
whisky" as i. is called, produces abou, the
same results as "bad" whisky. Almost every
day we find such paragraphs as the follow
ing in our Ohio exchanges:
''Lasl week man by the name Of Abram
NJ. Noxon of Pierponi, Ashlabula county.
undertook 10 cul the throat Of his vile with
arazor. He succeeded in manglng her hor.
rbv, but she was rescued before he had
finished The work. Whisky was al the bot
tom of lie was arrested and put in Jail,
and will probably wear the uniform of the
nh;o cor faw vnarc ~
In localities where no regard is paid 10
,he new Ohio temperance law cases of de.
lirium ,remens are as frequent as ever, not
wi,hsandng the purity of The liquor. The
ruth is, the poison is the liquor itself, and
no, any foreign substance that is put into ii.
1t is unreasonable TO suppose that dealers in
liquors would endenvor to make ,heir arli-
clcs any more poisonous, when they must
know that by doing so, the sales would be
diminished in two or three ways: |. By the
destruction Of inebriates. 2. by frightening
those who would otherwise indulge, and 8
BY exciting the community agains, the trat
fc.
We repeat: the alcohol is the poison, anC
the purer The alcohol, the more poisonous j
is. But suppose il we're otherwise. Sup
pose that Nux Vomica, Slrycbnine, Arsenic
and other poisons were put nlo the liquors
and they were thus made more poisonous
Is it good policy for temperance men TO en-
deavor 10 purify ,heml We think not
though perhaps very few will be found t.
agree with us. We con,end that The NOR
poisonous The liquors are made, the better
will be for the community. And why?
the drinking of one glass cf liquor woul
invariably produce instant death, there woul
soon be an end Of drinking Men woul
as soon think Of eating arsenic. IL it wei
known that the drinking Of one glass wou)
Invariably produce an uncOntrollable ,hir
for more, which would certainly continl
until il ended in Gelirium remens al
death, how many, who have never tasted
would venture upon that first glass! Ce
,ainly not many who possess ordinary rea
on. The inference follows. that the mo
poisonous the liquor, and the moro dead
and certain in lis effects, the less will
drank, and the fewer nebriates we wou
have. Consequently, instead of purishi
for The adulleralon Of liquors by the uddii
Of more deadly poisons, we, FOR one, wou
feel inclined 10 favor it, as the sures, way
prevent intoxicalion.
The liquor inspectors of the State asse
oled in Convention at Columbus few da
since. The proceedings Of their meeli
may be found on our firstp page. Those W
feel interested will please read their reso
tions. For one, we do moi care anyihi
about it, Il is fair to presume that in
cienl days liquor was unadulteraed, and
Solomon describes lis effects as truly
though he had lived in these days Of "ad
teralion." Men who drank liquor in lh
DAYS had redness Of eyes, contentious, b
blings, wounds without cause, &C.,
The same may bo said Of those who
strong drink nowadays, with heinspecIC
mark upon the cask. More than this
hardly be said Of those who drank "a
whisky" before this precious humbug cal
the "adutetaIion law" was passed
The Prosecuting Attorney has kindly
nisbed us list Of the liquors pronoun'
impure in this county by our Inspecl
which we give below for the benefit
whom Il may concern.
In possession Of VIM. V. LAsnER, DR.
gist--l Dbl. Alcohol; bbl. Brandy; 10 g
Pon Wine; keg Sweet Wine.
ADAM TUTEEnEAvER--l bbl. Whisky
bbl. Pon Wine; kcg Brandy.
DUNCAN StoAN-l Dbl. Whisky; k
Rum; kegs common Brandy; / Dbl 30
bon Whisky; / keg Gin.
d. REED & BRo, Druggists Dbl. Br
dy; Dbl Monopgahela Whisky.
PErER DoRsr--i bbl. Brandy; bbl. 7