New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-23

Dgyeu.pts. . partial lose OF bst voluntary control
over The neIiA operations, which, - Dr Csrpenti
remsris "must be res asdsd - an iHe'paeG ssxeV
,asa.ify." A; the came time, the IoSer passions
and propensiiis are Aou,ei 10 mordinste activity In
hesl:hful mental conditions, these pres Powec'uny
mon the bigter controlling sentiments, and from then
nsction result, moral equilibrium Of character. The
fuence OF Alcohol IL thrown entirely INTO the Gaze OF
the a. i1na inpusee AIMS. he resson Juds mebt snt
COZ science and l. IL evidt nj tSs were .hese sreJu
abe 10 hold the bsser passions 10 subsection Ard man-
tain the mind equipoie, the ereci 81 the oiSuronS
seent must be 10 destroy the mental balance and te
dinsirously upon the conduct Tnat when hqnos
taken in sIf Gent q1sn,i'y 10 PrSdecs Uen &C
terrtc and desired effect, the mad y 10 some way
josed and disturbed, observing person can DOUBT
u at this dis urbance, however trii' Il may De, cor
sits in replacing the reasoning and solunay powers
b, blird passioDsl forces the minds government
moved nv the fact that if of she simuiant be
tahep the revolution becomes complete; reason 10
emit, ely prosirsfd ACC bru impulse is IN me sesna
an. In IL toXicsion the aeion OF the bian sodeepy
perverted as compile ely uphiDge the m ind; thought
il confused and bewidered self-dIr' cung power ls
lost: the passions simulated 20 usressrained tury
al The whole mental fabric Is sKamped a<nd the
furges Of deiirrum. In,oxication is universally admit
ted TO be 8 state of temper airy insanity. 10 intoN
cate, Gays W. bster, Is =" TO excite the spirits 10
"iiId OF 6eirum; 70 elate 10 enthusiasm frenzy or
madness That such is The effect OF atcot0Se
LIQUORS is shown by the fact that they are universally
known ss Intoxicating liquors" Thus the co nmon
tenn BY VIII, they deslsn connects the u az
once with usn's mental constitution a. cause Oh
frenzy delrum ard ma1neS
In ordinary intoxicston the insane paroxysm is
transient cessDg when the provocative has exhausted
itself or is burned away and expelled nom the sys-
tenn. Yet mental quie' ude is by no me ans inme IL
aely reeaned; the pillows continue TO roll aier the
storn has passed, Exhaustion and prostraton f)uow
the biz rou. bit excite nent Th7lteJe 'ual powers
are torpid; the temper is sour aud irritable; the pas
sions morboly excable AND the craving for more OF
the etImuaDt 70 arouse the depressed energies 10 al
most irresistible That the habitual requen: ply
rg of the brain and nervous system with this hAry
az enr though not taken in excessive quantities
shoald interfere with their healthy Dutrltve changes
and give RE TO more permanent form OF mental dis
order is what mi Int well be expected and wha; expe-
rience sadly confirms. There is class OF horrlbls
malaOies of the nervous system, involving me most
melancholy perversiops OF mind, which are directly
produced by this cause In some nstIcss the dehr-
ous excitement continues and greatly increases after
the immediate eec of the liquor have passed away.
Tbs is The case with what is termed DeltrIRnt Ebri
o,um, or drunken madness, which Is marked, among
o.her symptoms by uDgovernable and farious vo-
len.e OF temper. in delirHm trenens, or dellrium
with Iemb'iDgs, the mental perturbation ls charac
terzed by the most distressing ao1etes and agoalz-
ing apprehension of injury and danger. The vicum
is under the influence OF fightul Illusions, sleeping
or waking. His passions, particularly those OF rear,
ieal usy and anger have an uncont oable noOllty;
his deires and diversions are equally moroia ana ue
will displays wild and sleepess energy OF action"
common hallucinstisn ia that OF being haunted oy
6ends and demons, and of feeling snakes spiders anu
veimin crawling over the naked hesh. Cndsr me IN
flies to suicide kills others IN fancied setdeense
Deliriupu tremens is simply the result OF disordered
brain. M rition 1t may be brought on by haol'aai
tipping, many having been atacked by II VINO were
never positively drunk 1t may be the result oil the
nervous exhaustion which follows deoauch, or 1t
may occur from want of liquor, the brain being Cd
competely perverted TO be incapable OF any ming
ike regular action except under the influence OF the
stiuulspt. DipsOmanta is q kind Of psroxysm or
mania brought by oripkDg, IN which the Individual
| is consumed by al overwhelming passion for sim1-
lsrts. He is driven TO seek them by the most head
long and resisess impulses, which make him reckless
of all consequences.
The use Of Alcohol not only engenders these special
forms of derium and mana, but is the most active
of ell the sources of settled mental arrangement DIR.
Beck, in eIumeratiDg the causes OF INSANITY mentions
first "repeated intOLicdti0n, and tue s'slstcs o.
lunatic yums show that from ten to twenty and In
some cases fifty per cent of all the cases recorded
were directly Iaceable TO the Of Alcoholic Liquors.
PredspoeOn TO ii sanity as 10 well known, IS nered-
! i,ary. Conditions of nervous weakness and BRAIN
disease are transmissbe; and too, is the peculiar
COL don of the nervous and cerebral system Of the
drunk ard. 1t ID fact OF terrible import, thar ne
inebria,e Transmits to his offspring that peculiar dis
ordered state of the nervous mechanism which causes
| craving TOR the stimulapt-he bequeahs ready
made constitutional appetite for alcoholic poison The
habual druukard also transmits 10 his children strong
| tende pcies to insanity and idiocy In report oa
idocy made by DIR. Howe to the Legislature of Massa'
chusetts we fni the following astounding statement:
The habits OF the parents OF three hundred OF the
Idiots ere learned and hundred and forty-fve,
"nf srly one-hoy repoe as known TO be ksotuai
"druIkardsp Such parents, it is affirmed, " give
lax c. Institution TO their children, who are conse-
"quenily deficient in bodily and vital energy, sn1
"predspose by their very organization to have crav-
/" iDgs for alcoholic etimuants. Many OF these chl-
" dIen feeble and live irTegularly Having lower
vitality, they feel the want OF some simulation If
they pursue the course OF their fathers which they
:" have more temptation TO follow and less power to
avoid than the children of the temperate they add
4" TO their hereditary weakness and Increase the ten
dency idocy in their constitutions, and this they
| 4" leave to their children after them"
| II is thus that Alcohol becomes cause of endless
evil. BY its influence as msterial substance upon
the material brain, it poisons the fountains Of action
that obquity Of conduct and every form Of debase
ent, wretchedness and crime the natural and ex-
pected consequence 1t is the inveterate foe of the
intellectual and moral principle in man. In all its
tent adversary Of mind When al ioholic mixtures are
are drpLk the very first effect that perceive ia q
perverted action of the mental faculties small
quantity does not finish the work, but 1t begins 1t. Ii
is the quality Of wheat TO n0ursh the BODY; but
small amount will OF completely produce this effect
even protect from starvation; stil the nature Of
all wheat and every grain of il, Is TO noursh and
strengthen. So also with Alcohol: small quantity
may Dot 60 poison the brain as to overthrow the intel
ec;ual fabric STILL such its essential nature and
tendeIcy in every form and every drop Its threading
effects upon mind not restricted to the employment
ofeycessive quantities; they follow from its common
use. There Is much said about the noffensveness Of
liquor when tax en- in ting amount; but all this is little
applicable 10 general practice. People do not take
liquors In rfinesimal doses They drink them 10 pro.
duce specific and positive alcoholic effect, and they
demand ano use enough for that purpose. Whatever
may be said about flavor aroma, ffuitiaess'
"body" nuiriment or other secondary properties of
intoxicating liquors alcohol be absent it is mo ckery
TO offer these in substitution We mus. bear in mind
that when q small portion of liqLOr is tAken-as a
glass OF wine-t is not mOgled with the mass of
ha and los int ba Toia