Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-11-15

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Eare as to theirarticles of dress, and in their /
hours Of sleeping and waking And IL the |
/ people are Incompetent to select their own bev-
erages, they are also incompetent to determine /
anything in relation 10 their living, and should
be placed at once in astate of pupilageto a set |
| OF government sumptuary officers; eulogies /
upon the dignity Of human nature should cease, /
and the doctrine of the competency OF the peo- /
pie for seif-government be declared a deluding
rhetorical flourish If the government can pro-
hibit any practice IL pleases, IL can prohibit the
! drinking of cold water. Can IL do that If ]
not, why not If we are right in this, that the /
constitution restraints the legislature from pass
ing law regulating the diet OF the people,
suhiptuary law, for that under consideration Is /
such, no matter whether its object be morals or |
economy. or both, then the Legislature cannot
prohibit the manufacture and sale for use as a |
beverage Of ale porter, beer. dc. and cannot de
clare those manufactured, kept and sold for that
purpose nuisance, If such is the USE TO which |
those articles are put by the people. 1t all ne
solves itself into this as in the case of printing,
worshipping God, DC. If the constitution does
not protect the people in the right, the legisla-
ture may probably prohibit; il does, the lesIs-
turc cannot. Wethink the constitution furnishes
the protection. If it does not in this particular
it does as we have said rs TO nothing of any inn
pOrtance, and tea, coffee, tobacco, corn bread
ham and eggs, may next be placed under the
ban. The very extent To which concession of
the power i'm this case would carry It's exercise
= shows it cannot exist We are confirmed in this
view when consider that at the adoption of
our present cons Tuition, there We're in the State
. fifty dstlleries aud breweries. in which ahalf|
| a million of dollars invested, FIVE hundred
4 mel were employed; which furnished market
: annually for two million bushels Of grain, and
turned out manufactured products To the value
: of a million of dollars, which We're consumed
t by our people, to great extent, rs beverage.
With these facts existing the question of incor-
e porating into the constitution the prohibitory
t principle was repeatedly brought before the con
e stitutional convention, and uniformly rejected
a Debates in the Convention, vol. 2, p. 1854 and
u others. We are further strengthened in tins
Il opinion when We notice, rs we will as matter
a of general knowledge, the universality OF the
y use Of these articles beverage. 1t shows
the Judgment of mankind rs to their value
e HThs use may be traced in several parts of the
= ancient world. Pliny, the naturalist, states
IS that in his time il was in general use amongst
} all the several nations who inhabited the ives
tern part of Europe; and according to hin, as
he not confined to those northern countries whose
d climate did not permit the successful cultivation
a of the grape. he mentions that the inhabitants
he Of Egypt and Spain used kind Of ale; and says
he that, though it differently named III differ
Ii ent countries, it was universally the same
G: liquor See Pin. Nat. Hist, lib IA, c. % He
il rodatus, who wrote five hundred years before
us Pliny, tells us that Egyptians used liquor
at made Of barley. y, ~ Dion Cassus alludes
as to similar beverage among the people inhabit
h ing the shores of the Adriatic. Lib. 49, DE-
nd Pannonis. Tacitus states that the ancient
p Germans, for their drink, used liquor from
re- barley or other grain, and fermented it tC
IL make it resemble wine Tacitus De Mon Gem.
CT e. 90. Ale was also the favorite liquor of tn,
on Anglo Saxons and Danes. "If the account.
sc given by lsidorus and 0rosinus of the methoc
re of making ale amongstthe ancient Britons b
correct, it is evident that it did not essential,
as differ from our modern brewing. They stat
p- ''lhat the grain is stepped in water and made Il
ar terminate; it is then dried and ground; afte
I'D which it is infused in certain quantity of wa
Use ter. which is afterwards fermented.'
la (Henry's History of England vol. 2, p. 1854.
ain early periods Of the history of England, al
se and bread appear to have been considered equal
M ly uietuals or absolute necessaries of life"
In Biblical History we are told that the "vine
sth plant which bears clustres OF grapes, out G
ion which wine is pressed, - $50 abounded in Pales
lis tine that almost every family had a vineyard.
ON Solomon, said TO be the wisest man, had exten
ell sive vineyards which he leased To tenants
use Song 3. verse II and David in his lott
ich Psalm, in speaking Of the greatness, power an
lay works of God, says, verses Ia and Is, III
an causeth grass TO grow for the cattle, and her
lie for the service Of man; and wine that maket
ust glad the heart of man. and oil to make his fac
les shine, and bread which strengthened man
lei, heart"
let 1t thus appears if the inspired Psalmist is el
fei- titled to credit, that was made to laugh
er- well as weep, and that these stimulating beve
all ages were created by &he Almighty expressl
ave to promote his social hlarity and enjoyme
be And for this purpose have the world ev,
adj used them, they have ever given, in the Ian
nee guage of another passage Of scripture, stron
de- drink to him that was weary and wine TO thos
urn of heavy heart The first miracle wrought b
gs, our Savior, that at Cana of Galilee. the pla.
at where he dwell in his youth, and where hc n'
los his followers after his resurrection was 10 suppl
OF this article TO increase the festivities Of oyo'
ge occasion that he used il himselfis evident fro
Ella the fact that he was called by his enimies VIII
of bibber, and he paid it the distinguished hon.
bel of being the eternal memorial of his death An
ted mans redemption.
on From De Bows compendium of the census
1850, p. lo2, we learn that at that date the
hat were in the United States 1917 distileries an
lin brewercs, with capital Of So 507 SD consui
Who ing some Is 900 900 bushels Of grain and al
fin Piles, 1894 tons Of hops, and 81 c75 hogsheac
ed; of noasses, and producing some 5000, 900 ga
Wis Ions of liquor.
ury From the Secretary of the Treasury's Repo
the Of the commerce and navigation of the Unite
lrts States for 1850, gather that there were in
OK ported into the United States, IN thatyear abol
of is 900 900 gallons of various kinds of liquor
the we are informed that for the year ending Jan,
We airy 5, 1885, there were imported into Great Br
the tain aud Ireland 7,970,067 gallons of win,
OPP 4.95O, 7sl Of brandy and 5,i23.l4s of rum; an
rty that there were manufactured i'm the same per
IL oil. in that Kingdom, in round numbers, 25
ate 900 900 gallons.
- In the 9th vol. of tl.e work. p. 328 it
res, said
18th "The wine is one Of the most important ol
are iects Of cultivation in France. The amount ,
IS. land occupied by this culture is about 900 ,0G
me English acres. The average yearly product
ed, about 926,OOO.0 600 English gallons, of whc
of, about ne-sixth is converted into brandy III
hes; annual produce of the vineyards is estimated
ese about Eos 500 900 sterling, near l40 900 ,0O
tu- dollars, of which ten-elevenths is consumed i
France" Wine is the common beverage of I'll
ted people of France, and yet Professor Sillman,
de- Yale College ON the nth of April, 1851, the
: to at Chalous, writes, VOL L. p 1856, OF his visit
mes Europe
ne 'In travelling more than 400 miles throug
the rural districts of France. have seen onl
US: quiet. industrious population, peaceable i
5 of their habits, and, as far We had intercours
'er- with them courteous and kind in their manner
md We have seen no rudeness, no brol or tumult-
not have observed no one who was not decent
, al clad, or who appeared to be III fed We an
rn told. however, that the French peasantry liv
oes upon very small supplies of food, and in thei
1t houses are satisfied with very humble accom-
ing modations Except in Paris. we have seen n
ny; instance OF apparent suffering, and few eve
'at there; nor have We seen single individual in
So toxicated or without shoes and stockings"
at We have thus shown from what we will tax
TIL notice of historically that the use Of liquors,
p beverage, and article of trade and commerce
by is so universal that they cannot be pronounce
ms nuisance. The world does not so rcgar
ro- them, and will not till the Bible is discaide
ol. and an overwhelming change in public sent
ment, II not IN mans nature, wrought. An,
p. who, as We have asked before. is to force tn
at people to discontinue the use of beveragesg
,ut Counsel say the maxim that you shall so us
be your own not to injure another justifes sucl
iw a law by the Legislature, but the maxim is mis-
mr. applied for il eontemplates the free use, by tn
larul llarl Of his hnIN with