New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-25
THE DANCER OF RUXSELLERS.

the fact that the seppter is liable to fall into the ruin
which be brings bis victim. The Scriptures sssert
this HE mischief shall resuru upon his own bod"
"whoeo digetth pit shell fall therein and whose
"rolleth Q stone II will return upon him" Ill v,o
take the sword shall perish With the sword"
In illustrating thi. principle among other thiass the
trsc in intoxicating LIQUORS wss explained In the fol-
lowing manner:
There 10 another branch Of this ilustrs&cn to
which invite your especisl attention. refer % ne
seIfinvoi ed woe which does ~ fact fall. 80 far -
know on those who trsfiic IN Intoxicating liquors -
beverage. MY range of observation has not been
very extensive yet sufficiently 80 to convince me thes
on no cas in the community, in proportion 70 tner
pun ber, doso many and 80 heavy evils fss, - on
those who are in the liquor traffic.
"In the quicksilver mines Of Austria and Spain, Ill
the wNkmen afflicted with diseases which shorten
life No one escapes tbs subae and deadly mnusace
Of the nil eral poison which be 10 handling. nave
put my memory TO the work of recalling oil the man
uisc'urep and selless Of Intoxicating liquors have
ever known and have traced out their history and
that Of their families far possibs. Ihave been
reminded Of the workm-n in the quicksilver mines.
90 sssert that there exceptions, bat that
the woe has come almost ell those who have come
under my ohsers alton. Let me run over . small
portion OF this catalogue, a. the meet Impressive view
l can give Of tbs subject
INC W. professor Of religion, an elder in the
church. sdsfer aDo tavern keeper, more than thirty
years $50. He became druDkard was excommuni-
Gated hsd the 5-lirium tremsns, was most brutal 70
his family, and newer reformed.
mo . was a religions professor, an excellent man,
and dis'iler As soon a, the temperance reforms
ton opened bis eyes to the character Of bis business,
he abandoned it, but not 5000 enough TO save bus
Oldest from becoming drunkard HIS broeher
also became druDkard
"No. WAS bad man, dstiiler and tavern
keeper He and all his soos became dssipssed cots.
"No. 4wss an llfd.l kepts tavern, became . sot,
had deliriuH trenehs rspsstecy, and died OF II most
fntlv he las ia "
fathers example -,
No S was a moral nan, a tavern keeper in old
times persts orinker and rem AIMED In the ousi-
pees long enough 10 see TO sons consigned 10
drum ksrds grave.
"No was the osper Of first olass hotel, faver.
tie refori for Travellers which was ~ well conducted
AZ possibl. with bar Intoxicated people were rare
" ieen his House and never tolerated. yet ms son
became Q rotoriou druuh ard. 49,
mo kept a favorite public house on one OF the
great tborou. bfaes If travel in the Interior and nad
the pain OF seeing his grandson drunksrd when
hardly Of age.
WAS Mortified TO 6Do that bis vife wss becoming
SrupkArd from ,ich fate shs was barely saved by
the most active efforts
"No va. a taverp.kaeper, became . drunkard.
and pershed with mama pota-committed suicme IN
"No 10 was a distiler Two Of his sons died OF
intemperence
hi. family, not excepting himself All became drunk
No. 10 sold rum, and bis wife became . got, and
died ouch
came tbs victims OF rum.
mo IA many ear ago owned distulery. lie was
a pteacher OF no mean repute, but his son, gifted
aDo Doble man, became hopeless drunkad
mo. Is includes d large company of distiIlers NV
ing in our yicbity, and . gentleman Intimately 90
qusipied With their history, informs me that not Q
single family among them escaped drunkenness'
Either the father or son, or brother, or eoninTs1
and ia come cases all fhsse including all the men III
sbe family b-canr drum srd-. He Gays the leprosy
of Drunkenness 10 constantly breaking out In the
fami,iss Of their descendants to this day.
"No Is many years sg", kept tavern ana soh rum
His Youngest son is q drpnksrd
"No. II wa, oistiTer and sold rum. He quit he
business but retains tho curse 10 tho drunkenness oil
two sops.
"Ns 10, many yssrr ago kept public house, and
survives 10 this dsy hopeless crunksrd.
mo 10 wss distller became drunkard, and his
son has sunk To the same condition.
"No 20 owned a tavern and distillery and bis son,
very prom siDg lawyer. DIED miserable sot
ono 81 owned tavern, and his nephew, . Nom
Der of his family became one OF the worst drunkards
/ ever knew.
"No. 90 sold rum in his store, and his only son died
most awfuy OF drunken ness.
No % owned and kept tavern. and died q
drum ard.
youngest con became drunkard.
"No. rs kept tavern, and his brother died
druptard.
NO &c sold rum in his store, and one Of his sons
became an sbai dOned drunk ard
"No q sold rum in his store, and became adrunk-
ard Of the worst kind before he had passed middle
life"
In this ls< are included forty rumselleu and
rum msktp Of whom have knowledge. The cases
are draw from three different States and the MAORI
ty Of them from abe old order Of things either before
or room after the Temperance Reformation began In
these cWes, the facts have already TRANSFERRED, the
experiment actually tried. Those who set snares 70
catch otbere, have themselves been caught IN their
own traps those who caused their fellow mon 70 Of
ferd by tempting them TO drunkenness, have scsa-
ally incurred the very woe they were bringing on
others"
The history Of many now living, cannot yet be
written, but few years will show whether the Scrip
lures have asserted the truth in saying, Whose Dig
"geib pit shall fall therein; and whose ropsth
stone, it will return upon him." In . Tow years
more we can decide whether the past h. or 10 rot the
prophet of the future, revealing what shall coma 10
ps.s in the latter days We give another esfset
81 viewed this tremendous catalogue with sxqas-
lie main and anxiety. Hknow that God regns and
that His government righteous, and that ~ ret1bu-
tious are terrible For this reason, look VIII the
deepest soieitude on those who are csssmg ensasss
to come by uin.'sring to the dsessed and craving
appefites OF druIkards and Who are seesing 70 form
thst tremendous appetite in Others. have - anger
against them but much sorrow for their bnndnsas 20
The war which erern. justice is making on them, for
the woi1 OF GOD and . thousand such bets = have
been stated declare, in tones Of thunder 70 ~ trsr
en- In rum, IL 10 impossible out that o6enses "
come, but voc unto him through whom thsy con
Such IL the portion Of this somewhat plsin serr1'o
preached in our town." and am convtsosd -
any one will sxsniDe into the history Of nm ~
he will End that our preacher had not fausn q
,oms uptor,un.,e exceptions, but hs sessAily I'd