Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-04-13
ADUEFtBERATboNtoF LIQUORS.


Eminent chemists assert that nne-.enlhs
At least, of all the liquors consumed in ,ht
UNIFIED States arc more or less drugged.-
L" say that half of all that pretends to come
across the Allsn'ic is holly manufactured
on this side Of it, would be TO fall short oftht
truth.
There are numbers who live and thrive
by such nefarious trade. Long practice
IN The use Of sugar Of lead, capscum, acd
sioes, juniper berries, verdigris, logwood
&c, &C., in varying and nicely graduating
proportions, has enabled them to bring the
ar. 10 degree Of perfection that seems al
most fabulous. Cheap MonongaheIa whis-
key brought into their vaults by the hogs
head, comes out bo..led and ready Cor sale
as "Maderia," "Cognac," "Champsgne,'
, "Pale Brandy" "Cresm Of the Valley" and
void Port" In these the color, favor, and
smell Of the originals will be so closely i'm
itated that experienced taste is deceived by
'hem. 81 complete and minute are their
operations that not only are foreign brands
forged, and the shape Of bottles, the devices
OF seals and corks initiated. but even artif-
cial dust and cobwebs are fabricated 10 give
them an air Of respectable antiquity.
ifo'her proof of this were needed, besides
The results of chemical analysis, i. nigh, be
found in the facts that more Port is drank
IN the United States in one year than pass
cs lhrough the Custom House in ten; tina,
more Champagne is consumed in America
alone than the whole Champagne distric,
produces; that Cognac Brandy costs four
times as much in France where il is made,
as 1t is sold for in our corner groggeries
and that the failure Of the whole grape crop
in Msdeira produced no spparen. dimlnu-
lion in The quantity, nor 8, all correspond
ing increase in the price Of The Wine.
IL is these compounds that madden and
destroy such mullludes in our towns and
cities. In viDegrowing countries where
wine is cheap and plentiful and its use al
most universal, there are none oflhese hor-
rors Of inlemperance that shock and alarm
Us here. France, I'slv, Spain, suffer no
more from the free use of their wines, Than
we do from our Cider, or "Sparkliog Cataw-
ba.n
tfnone but pure liquor was permitted TO
be sold, ils price would Instantly become
SO eres. as to put it beyond The reach OF
those who now fall 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 accus-
toned 10 think, The cheapest. To say no.
Wing Of the cost of transportation, they can
not be Dough. ON the spo. where they are
made q. anything like the rate they are sold
at in our drinking saloons. Brands ,ha. al
wholesale brings s. bol'e, are sold re-
tail for ''shree cents glassn'
law providing for the prohibition end
punishment Of these aduleraiions could be
faithfully carried into effect, for all parties
would have common interest in its enfor-
cement. I. could be resisted by few, for
no man wants TO drink these posons, and
no dealer would acknowledge that he sold
them. Temperance men would gain their
end OF driving these beverages out OF use, and
all respecsable liquor merchants would plof
by the rise in prices. Constitutional rights
would not be more infringed Than by the
detection and punishment of any other
fraud and no property would be destroyed
excep. the liquid Poisons and the imple-
men.s Of their Albany Jour-
nal.