Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-03-08

treats his own bodYIui4IiR los h.EudZ
Facts, carefully collected and exten-
sively circulated, Justify the conclusion
that alcohol has, within fifty years, cut
OF in the United States more than thirty
million of years of human life, and ush-
cred more than million of souls uncal.
led into the presence of their Maker.
Twenty-Five physicians of Boston have
given the following testimony, Wis
" Men in health ale never benefited by
the use Of arden. spirits; on the contrary,
the use of it is frequent cause of disease
and death, and often renders such disea-
ses as arise from other causes more diff
fcult of cure and more fatal in their ter
mination."
Forty five physicians of Cincinnati
have stated as follows: "Ardent spirits
are not only unnecessary, but absolutely
injurious in a healthful state of the sys-
tenn. 1t produces many, and aggravates
most of the diseases TO which the human
frame is liable. 1t is equally poisonous
with arsenic, operating sometimes moro
slowly, but with equal certainty"
When all such facts are taken into con-
sideration, it must be evident to all who
are acquainted with them, that The num-
Der of deaths occasioned by the drinking
of such liquors must be exceedingly
great.
Men, therefore, who with knowledge
of these facts, continue TO drink it, sell
it, or rent buildings to be used for the
sale OF it, are guilty OF aiding in the~de-
struction of their fellow men. They in
tlict deep and lasting injury on the
community; and will be held answerable
at the coming Of Him who hath sad,-
vengeance is mine, and l will repay it,
saith the Lord"
In ths language of Chancellor Wal
worth, " Disguise that business as you
may, it is still in its true character, the
business of destroying the bodies and
souls of men. The vender and maker of
spirits, in the whole ran &c of them, from
the pcttiest grocer to the most extensive
diStillers, are fairly chargable. not only
with supplying .he appetite for spirits
but with the making uf that unnatural ap-
petite; not only with supplying the drunk
ard with the fuel of his vices, but with
the making of the drunkard. and they will
be held responsible, according to thcir,in
! lluence, for the effects.
In one State, in the course Of few
weeks, four men. under the influence OF
this poison, killed their own wives. One
Of them killed also six OF his children
! One Of these children he placed with his
own hands on the fire Of his hearth, and
! kept it there 10 broil to death unler the
eye Of its father.
The Judge. in passing sentence on ano-
ther. whose children had been rendered mo
/ therless said. by one fatal act your wife
was sent to the cold aud silent mansions
| uf the dead. Your children were dcpri
we'd Of the endrarm, nj AMI fostering care
Of their mother, aud you are TO cXplaiC
the offence upon gnlows. Upona cvie"
Of this shocking transaction. the question
presents itsrli-what cOulA have prrvcrt.
ed your nature? what could Iftvc $,
steeled your heart? The answer is
spirituous liquors. 1t has had the etfcc
10 estrange you from the most cnIeArln :
relations. from the ties Of blood. from
your obligations to your (ellOw-beinSs
and to your Creator. If any other cvi.
dencc were wanting to manifest the effect
of ardent spirits, which have moved like
destroying angel over our lad, we hav,
it in the astounding fact, that within tn,
last two months, three men have beer
arraigucd before me on charge OF mur
dcring their wives All these ofe nee:
were committed by Incorporate meu."
In 1888 young man committed ;
murder. He was tried and pronounced
guilty. Yes" said he, Il am guilty
and pointing to his mother, who stood by
he said "she was the cause of it," She
had been ncensed against man, and re
solved to take his life. She agreed with
time. place and circumstances were fixed
A pistol was provided and put in order
but she was afraid that her son, being ,
young man.. when he came to the trial
: would shrink back So she got bottle
of whiskey and went with him to thu
spot. The man came along. Suspec.ing
nothing. The son relcntcd and said he
could not shoot him. The mother pro
duced the whiskey and said "drink that.
He drank it, shot the man and was
hanged. She was the cause. whiskey the
means, and the death Of her neighbor ant
son, the result.
1t renders the soul reckless, and lead
it to rush headlong upon its ruin. Under
its influence husband killed his wife
while nursing her babe. In the agonies
of death she was found weltering in her
blood, and pressing her babe to her DO
som with an affection stronger than deatl
itself.
A father took little child by its legs.
dashed its head against the house, and
then with boot-jack beat out its brains
Once that man was respectable mer
chant in good standing, but he drank al
cohol, his wife was driven from his hous'
and his little child was murdeted.
a gentleman writes. II was called yes
terday TO house where a man had jus
murdered his wife. The purple gor'