Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-03-11
POPULATION OF THE GRAVE.

Tho following extracts are made from the Mer-
chants Ledger True Dem.
From extensive calculation, it seems the aver
age OF human births per second, since the birth OF
Christ to this time is about 8l5; which gives
about thirty-two thousand millions and after de.
Quoting the present supposed population of the
world, (960,000,000) leaves the number of thirty.
one thousand and forty millions that have gone
down to the grave; giving death and the grave
the victory over the living, to the number of thirty
thousand and eight millions. OF this number in
the grave, about
9,0OO,O00,000 have died by wars;
7,920,OOO,0OO by famine and pestencc;
10000 by martyrdom
5S0,000,000 by intoxicating drinks;
l3,OOO,OOO,0O0, natural or otherwise"
What picture! 9,0O0.OOO,OO0 of our race
snatched away by war; that cruel device of man to
get rid Of man in the quickest manner possible
We trample upon the dust of these trllions, and
they cry out-Ye living men, work with all your
might to set up the kingdom of the Prince of Peace
when there shall be no more par.
"5sO0OO,OOO destroyed by intoxicating drinks!"
Sad picture, indeed The hosts of hell long sat
in agonizng council, to devise sure and speedy
means to people their hollow cells. And this was
their master work, to give man strong drink Man
caught the bait, quahfed the burning potion, and
made himself as much like the place of endless
woe as possible before entering the abode of devils
anu sun thcy BO' inOugn tnc woes ct these bill
lions ring in their ears, still men will dare to sport
with that which intoxicates.
Thus it will be seen that war and strong drink
have sent nearly one-third of the human race to
premature grave.
The calculations upon this subject might be ex.
tended to an almost indefinite length, and perhaps
too, with propriety, if thought and meditation
would dwell upon them, and deduct the morals
from each and every avenue. For instance. if
strong drink has had its 5S0,000,000 of victims
how many more must it have before the moderate
drinker will lay his shoulder to the pledge of re-
formS Suppose but thirty days of intense agony
and misery to be the lot of each drunkard's family
of five each, what is the amount in the apereaateY
Suppose 1t required even more than fifty bushels
Of grain distilled to make man drunkard. how
long would it last famshing Europe-nay, even
the whole universal world9 1t would amount 10
fifty millions of barrels Of flour.
Suppose, again, that each druukard looses or
wastes only ten years of his life, at three shilines
per day, how many solid globes Of gold of the size
of our earth would it (653OS0 900, ,6OO) purchase
Make your own calculations, not only upon these
supposed cases, but any others of which the sub
ect is susceptible, and the result will astonisb Won
and perhaps lead to somewhat different course in
life
May the all powerful Head of the Universe speed-
lily cause the warrior to sheath his battle blade and
the tempter to hide his cups, and then, not only
shall the millions which they directly say stand up
and live, but millions more who indirectly suffer
because Of these. II.