The Delaware herald., 1854-04-19

OePnus, against the restriction and nrohi ih;t;o,
ol ule Hquor traffic; there are few more fact
70 winch we wish to call the attention of vo,
rea9ers. In our last communication we oave
'dole showing the chemical equivalents whicl
eHIer INTO the composition of pure alcohol. II
OiuIr lurther TO demonstrate the absurdity q
oephus philosophy, we will present vour read
CTS WIN liable showing the relative constitu
Vi "dteF' that the two may be compared
ailu see whether there is nothing entering int,
VIZ Ire composition OF alcohol that is poisonous
Water Is composed of
proportion Of oxygen, g
hydrogen, L
You recollect the proportions Of tho n,,rcdi
ents which unite, to form alcohol II has thra,
proportions OF hydrogen and two of carbon tb,
latter unltes with the oxygen and hydrooen ~
an GrliorIn fluid, or gas, the deletcrious eff;ct,
OF winch, upon animal organism. are too wei
ana widely known to need comment or rotic,
here.
But we are not done with him vet; Will,
there Is shred of his miserable sopbistr,
hanging together we will separate it, and ey
pose the individual who would palm such false
philosophy upon all intelligent reader, and then
call it truth. ''''1 ''''-
thlnk 1t must have been in Green coup+,
Ureeh State, and among very green pconlc
Where they thought or believed that sDjI;t,,n,,.
liquors were an antld0te TO the poison intnscd
into The system by the bite Of rattIesnakn
DuI suppose that it's Il p0Nacca-l remedy tor
al diseases "When obtained and drank iI,,,,(.
diately." ''A ''iii'ie-
now we have come to what YOU STYLE your
main arguments and we mean TO slil. rid,IIn
ana scatter them to the four winds-fbnt ;s i
we can lnd any arguments. You passed over
our scripture quotations for brevitvs sake. and
proceeded to notice what great thinrs we
Would-be-tempcrance men are going tn do -
Il on might have borrowed some of Mr.. Tov,-
SEND adJectlves, and called US pretended
temperance hypocrltes.O You think we are
Hy my 10 become savlors, because we wish to
secure a law that will shut up the grorrcries
WIN VIII Whlch our State Is, or has been. flooded
we would, IN the name Of common sense. asl,
What Is the design and intention of all law if if
Is not to afford security to the lives. persors
property and reputation of those for whose
benefit 1t Is enacted There is a law uDon tbe
statute book of this State tor the prevention of
drunkenness by furnishing it with fine. Does
not lhIs law recognize, IN principle at least, the
uele'efiouS effects OF alcohol upon the moral
ana intellectual faculties of the driukcr. and
Ihe necessity Of some check being imposcd
upon those who have no rule over their own
appetltes and tempers. expect, however. that
you would like to have this law annullad. weak
ana Inefficient as it is, for the suppression Of
thls beastly practice, and to have it proclaimed
from the mountain top, Let US eat and drink
for tomorrow We die - We saw. if :. to-,nor-
row we dle," we have need of these things
our business Is not with them, but with fboso
things that shall occupy and cnrross the atten-
llol When this "mortal shall assume It's immor
taIlty. Ihls Is the doctrine that has pcopled
heIl-that has clad earth withthe sable dranerv
oi Woe' ana wrung from many noble heart the
wall oil despair. The remedy for all the
Wretchedness and misery which drunkenness
mas Prouuced, ana Will yet engcndcr, is to be
IouhG IN these two things: stringent municipal
regulations IN regard to the sale of spirituous
liquors, and the dissemination of useful and
practical knowledge among the masses of the
people.
What but the lack of these, has kent our
people from going forward in all kinds of i'm
provement What, but the horrid incubus of
has unnerved and unstrunr the |
most vigorous lntcllects, the noblest minds = !
what, but the lack of practical ntellirence !
among the masses, has prevented the rorfssfde- |
feat and overthrow of this moral hydra, King
Alcohol Nothing!
You know, Sephus, that this is truth: and
you know that every intelligent mind in Della
ware knows it too. Our public schools, where !
the majority receive all their instruction, scho-
las:'caliy, have been poorly provided for, and if
possible, even worse attended to. The want of
means, the election Of indolent and uneducatcd. |
Or what Is worse, morally corrupt, committees
and the employment, by these, of ignorant, in
iCi
our public schools Of little value; and the little
good that !hey have done, has been, to great
extent, ueutralized and destroyed by the foul
atmosphere engendered by the numerous rum
shops which have throngcd our village and other
public places.
Do you blush at this! Well YOU mavt
Ilushed at this truth when | was schonI-hov
And as my interests are identified with the
prosperity and success of the laboring classes
he class which has suffered most from uncurbed
PASSIONS, low desires, and absence of noble. self
espect,-l mean, by the help of God, TO work
or them, to write for them, and TO study for
hem. 1t was for this that threw up nv in
crest in the society of the gay and happy
"Tamed my youth TO phllosophic cares.
And grew still palefoer the midnight lump"
But these are not, as you sav, the gods We
Worship. We worship, in spirit and in truth
We trust-the Great God. But we regard vir-
ue, morality, temperance and perseverance as
topping stones to usefulness and happiness; we
egard the morality and the intellectual culti-
alton and refinement of the masses of the
eople as something of toe much Importance to
G overlooked and disregarded by our legisla-
ors; we regard the immortality Of mans ma (
ure as something Of too much value to be
immed and disgraced by the free, ,unrestrained {
Sc
"of this dark beverage cfhell"
Washington was, and is yet, regarded as the !
lther and savior of his country. When the /,
surpation and tyranny of England was about :
D check the advancement and improvement of !
ne United Colonies Of America, Washington !.
nd his co-adjutors placed themselves in the !
ont ranks of those who deemed the imposition :
heavy duties, as detrimental to the prosperi- {
Of the colonies, and by their skill and eourspe