Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1854-06-29
AdnIteratI0n of Liqnt

Eminent chemists assert that nlne-tenIhs,
at letst, of the liquor consumed in the United
States are more or less drugged. To say that
half of what pretends to come across the At
Iantic is wholly manufactured this side of it,
would be to fall short of the truth.
There are numbers that live and thrive by
such nefarious trade.
Long practice in the use of sugar of lead, cap
scicum, acids, aloes, juniper berries, verdigris,
logwood, &C., &C., in varying and nicely grad
uated proportions has enabled them to bring
the art to degree of perfection, that seems al
most fabulous. Cheap Monon gahala whiskey,
brought into their vaults by tho hogshead'
comes out bottled and ready for sale, as Ma,
deria," COgnac," Champagne" "Pale
Brandy" "Cream of the Valley" and "old
Port, In these the color, flavor and smell of
the originals will be so closely initiated that
experienced taste is deceived by them. So
complete and minute are their operations
that not only are foreign brands forged and
the shape of bottles the design of seals and
corks initiated, but even artificial dust is fab,
ricated to give them an air of respectable an
tiquity.
. Ifothef proof of this were needed, besides
the result of chemical analysis, it might be
found in the facts that more Fort is drank in the
United States in one year, than passes through
the custom house in ten; that more Champagne
is consumed in America alone than the whole
Champagne district produces; that Cograc
Brandy costs four times as much IN France,
where it is made, as it is sold for in our cor
ner GROCERIES and that the failure of the whole
grape crop in Madarie produced no apparent
diminution in the quantity, nor at all cores
ponding increase in the price of the wine.
1t is these compounds that madden and de-
stroy such multitudes in our towns and cities
In wine growings countries where wine is cheap
and plentiful, and its almost universal, there
there are none of these horrors Of intemperance
that shock and alarm us here. France, 1t.
ally and Spain suffer no more from the free
use Of their own wines, than we do from our
cider, or Sparkling Catawba."
Ifnoue but pure liquor was permitted to be
sold, its price would instantly become so great
as to put it beyond the reach of those who now
hll victims to cred eye,' and "rot gut"
Genuine brandy, gin. and rum are the most
costly of all fermented drinks instead of being,
as we are accustomed to think the cheapest
To say nothing of the cost of transportation,
they cannot be bought on the spot where they
are made Of anything like the rates they are
sold at in our drinking saloons. Brandies that
at wholesale, bling So bottle, are sold at re-
tail for " three cents glass;"
i A law providing for the prohibition and
punishment of these adulterations should be
faithfully carried into effect, for all parties
would have common interest in its enforce
ment' 1t could be resisted by few, for nc
man wants to drink these posons, and no deal
er would acknowledge that he sold them
Temperance men would gain the end of dri.
v.ns these beverages out of use, and all respec
table liquor merchants would profit by the raist
in prices: Constitutional rights would not BE-
more infringed than by the detection and pun
ishment of any other fraud and no property
would be destroyed except the liquid poison
and the implements of their manufacture
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