New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-17

4, 10. anthem. ~ deter the from plunsing headloIg
info the A. no gull Another r.eer Las one ne Icer OF
his nrnly who has IN, habit drinking strong ha' on
spccl occnsions be gets drank cnd the sgrs OF coming
min arc not 10 be mistaken. Another member OF his fam
nv /, now in imminent peril lie may escape, but II 80
will be miracle Of Gods forbearsnce.
Another rumsolcr in former day very popular one
AMI very respocnbc one has buried two drunken SONS
Tho two mounds which mark Their graves are two mona-
mepts fearfuly sgnihcan; the question before Us ana
s.c 70 saw 20 those who will cell num- they that take the
- uorl hall persh with tls sword" Another rlinselef
converted the slow suicidal process OF drinking INC
ck sucjde with the rnzorin his own barroom Announcer
one is already drunkard, and few years more are
necessary in order TO know whether his sons will escape
,,otbcr has buried one son already confirmed so ana
ore IL not day when he does have fair prospect o.
adding another son the dreadful beginning already
made lie himself Is called GrnSard. In two cases al
oa within my acquaintance. the curse has fallen on INC
;r,s Of rumsellers converting -o1eH into drunkerls
To such an extent is il that they who take The swou
hall perish with the sword thu; than hall OF the
1umscIers with whose families acquainted are among
the severcs sufferers by the traffic. The effects are not
ALWAYS arrested by the repentance Of the rafcke One
most excellent man, who kept tavern long before the NOR
al foelngs Of good men were arnyed against hqior-se
ing and who long since left The business has drunken
son. And It would ii lquor-seller- ana 'he'
families must have unwoned sefcontrol II the thoasehu
temrtato1s o. their Own bars shouid not overbear some
of them. These facis they meet me need no spe a
comment. They carry their own lesson
An extensive dler in Ohio once sad, in reply 10 '''e
OF friend against lis business az wicked ana
DANGEROUS Nv business does harm for send all the
whisky make 70 Neic- OrlccAs - wish to state lev
facts as they meet indicating that dses d" no' ed
all their whisky to New-Orlean- Tue manager OF zoe
fret distilery ever saw had several SONG He hnise
WIGS horG drnkCr and either two or three OF hs sohS 'o
lowed bis example accurately as 10 be hS c4u"S oo'
they were thirty years old Another wealthy "7'iei
lived 70 see AN only son filing a drunkaris gra'e end
oiler Lranches of the ianiy involved IL me same Jan
crous prospect another whoeo profession ought; LaYe
TAUGHT him ety and wisdom lived to two near relatives
90 10 the drunkards grave the common opinion oi al as
interested Observers being, that the dlsery was the man
cause Another dsier who has given up the business
sre wears since has two sons who drink rum, Of them
being notorious for the violence of his appetite. Can
man take Goals Of fire into his bosom and not BE- burned
Another dsior has had years trouble on trouble rom
the drunkenness of son-nIaw the sacrifice OF whom
ought long since TO have given him light on the supec
of run.making. There is community which twenty
five years ago was noted for the number Of its dsteries
the most of which have been long abandoned, and like
leprosv TO this day the Of the business may be
traced in many Of the families of those who male run TO
make money. In very many cases the inqutes oil the
fathers are visited the children to the third and fourth
generation" In another dstller and one son
reached premature graves from drinking In another
lie father was hard drinker until physical inability to
retain the rum bis stomach brought his habit to an end
and the scene was soon cosed in death One of his sons
carries the faint Of drunkenness with him 10 this day
Here arc two thirds Of the distilers that now re-
cs and here we see that those " who take the sword
shall perish with the sword" With the remaining
third am not sufficiently acquainted TO speak with Ger
tainy but already, in Of these cases, can de'ee'
unuistakable signs Of the same tremendous principle.
To fuch an extent have the families Of iquor-makers
and liquor-scleis within the range OF my Observation
been the sufferers from drunkenness, that can name no
class in society no profession or calling or pursuit. from
the brawny digger canals and railroads to the most
lucrative calling that's honorable in which 50 large pro-
portion have been smen with the of drunkenness
as the families oc quor-nakoIs and Equ0r-seers The
fact ought not 10 create surprise, when consider the
exposures the position aside from tie just retbutons
of that seeploss Providence which governs the world,
very often rendering rowGrdin part-to the wicked III
this ife As review these facts my wonder Is excited
that any however hardened and daring should court
ruin by engaging in business awfuy cursed by God
Tavens and distilleries require many workmen; and
here too the same law prevails. can recall few per-
ons who have escaped being drunkars but the ever
present temptation Of and the company collected by
IT, hiss cut down great many who worked at these places
The tavern and dislery places OF uncommon danger
to workmcn.
II the facts they meet in regard to the making
selling and drinking Of run, the ordinary fruits of this
business if God is not Knocked in causing 10 reap
whatsoever he sows then the business is most wicked
most perous and most pcTnicous And the question is
excited whether not the tears the anguish the suffering
of poor dunkard and Of orphans and widows Of drunk
aids have not become sort Of spontaneous and united
prayer which might find expression in the language OF the
Psalmst: o Lord God TO whom vengeance be!ongeth;
80 God to whom vengeance belongeth show thycf Lift
cup myself thou Judge of the earth rende areward the
| proud Lord. how long shall the wicked triumph How
long shall they utter and speak hard things and all the
workers OF inQuity boast themselves They break in
pieces thy people, Lord and ailiet their heritage.
They lay the widow and the stranger and murder the
atheress Yet they say, the Lord shall neither
shall the God Of Jacob regard IT, Understand ye brut
"ish among tho people, and we iools, when viii ye be
"we lie that paneth the ear, shall he not hear He
hat formed the eye, shall he not see He that chas
tiseh the heather shall not he be correct tie thai
teache;l man knowledge, shall no, he know.
To those in society who make laws which sustain the
niquties OF this traffic there is memorable sentiment
addressed in conclusions Shall the throne OF inquity
have fellowship with Thee, o Cod VIII eh frameh.rns
"olicf by law 2"