American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1855-10-27

..... CONllNU ED ....
( Is my body benefited by the sale of irtox-
ica'iug drink? Is the buyer who consumes
them? Observation aud experience both say
No. Is the stllet brrrtiti"di Again, rob.
servalion. chemists and ply scisrs, all say,
No. Experience says No. Weeping wild
ows say No. Starving children say No No
man, since the creation of he world. was
ever made better citizen, son, father, hus.
band, friend or Christian, by selling rum, or
any other Intoxicating drinks, to his fellow
man. All that can be said is possibly, tho
OF this III the long ran there may be- doubU
he may make some money by the business;
to which we reply, SO may the thief and high
way rohber; so may the dishonest tradesman
SO may the borrower who never pays; so es-
pecialty may the dishonest politician, who
ileeces his country; or the keeper Of Baudy
House, or gambling shop. But money so
gained is not blessing, but curse Evil
IDENTIFY, therefore, the immorality of the H.
quor traffic may be suspected.
Ills the sale Of Intoxicating drinks as
beverage, an injury to the individual, or
the community, or both! ...
The answer To thus question comes from @.
very part of our country aud nf the world.
like the roar of the ocean, and roll and re-
verhcratlou of imnumerable thundeIs declar-
Ing II to be The source OF all Or lnkrnnpsS Que
hall Ot the diseases, three lourths of the row.
dyrsm, three tourrhs of tn idleness three
iourihs of the panperism, three iourths Of
the crime, lhree-!ourlhs Of the taxes; the
cause OF filling our Peniten,iaries and Jails,
Aims Houses, &c.-which destroy the guilty
and rob the innocent the world over.
Perhaps some friends may say that these
evils are the consequences, not Of the sale,
but OF The use OF Alcohol. We reply. if
these drinks were not sold, of course they
would not be bought and used; and we reply
further, that il there were no trmplers, there
won'd he no betrayed; il the serpcn, had
not been in Eden, Adam and Eve would not
have falIen from 'uhe state in which they
were created" In fiue, ii .:the receiver is
as bad as the thief" the seller Of intoxicating
!
But again, the seller is injured as wei! as
the buyer and an outraged community. The
man who lives upon the vices of his fellow
men, must be- the worse for so living. The
eternal laws OF God reuder impossible any
other result 1t brings and keeps him in
perpetual contact with the worst characters
and the worst morals in the community; and
the man never yet lived thai did not suGp,
from such contact. Accordingly the anrraIs
OF trade prove that OF the multitude who
have been engaged in selling intoxicating
drinks, very large proportion have them
selves become druukards, and died drunk.
ards, besides losing sons aud daughters by
drunkenness; while a still larger proportion
as u conscious Of the tendency OF their busi
ness, have Withdrawn from he sacred in Ru.
ences Of H's Sanctuary-scarcely ever putting
foot w"hin It's doors-Cf The blessed Boob
| Of God scarcely. ever taking il from the
shelf If indeed they have one theIe--and OF
Tie rqorai G"d Christian society," where The,
feel they are out OF place, aud where nde,
.
! Some insist hat n"lhrg l. immoral tina,
God SANCTIONS. and that He umdoulnedIy gives
His sanction 10 the sale aud use of alden,
spirits, Or else he would never have made il
What does this amo'.nt to7 Norhingl | de
! iy all the chemists, doctors. lawyers "ruui
g0zzleGs.' hyp0rrrtrs and every body else, 10
show me one drop Of Atcoho! in any thing
that ever God Almighty made! Why, says
one. there IS alcohol III wheat, rye corn, and
He t'lade that. | answer. that there is not.
You may take all the wheat, rye end corn
thai is produced in the United States this
year (lS35I and analyze it, and you cannot
lihd III it one drop Of alcohol You must,
before you make alcohol out Of any grain, }
ROT If. you must destroy il: grind and let il
ltrment, before you get alcohol. Then to
see men sell the Juice oi fOtten wheat, and
follow it for liyelrh"oh robblng his fellow
MORALS OF health, mind and prop, rty, and
say his buslne6 is moral. and sanctioned by
The Ruler OF Ali, is something like the thief
who says, lit is no horm ~ steal from "A rich
"''"' ''''''' w" ''e"'eS on 'iud'j ana ne
has gol more than his share" Six Of one g.
haii do%en OF the other,
Again: II III" Almighty had Intended that
alcohol should be Gsrd lie would have made
IT himself, pure and uuadulteated;" but,
has he done it; lid he do iU II he dM. It
has never been found; Tor never since the
day that Adam aud Eve wcrc driven from
the Garden OF Eden, TIL the time that Bay.
ard Taylor finished his voyage round the
world, has there been found sprog riyu-
let or lake, that run with rum, gin, ale. alco.