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Distinguished DrunkarIls.


Shut up the low grogserries, say ma
ny; prevent the sale of bad rum, pre-
serve the poor and ignorant from intem-
perance. and we are with YOU: regard for
their own character is sufficient TO pro
| tect them Strange delusion! Inexpli
Ca bic blindness of The facts Of history and
the occurrences of every day. Without
referring TO books, memory unassisted
supplies Us with a catalogue of well
known nam"s. the bare mention OF which
refutes the plea we have quoted.
Alexander the Great, one of the bright
est spirits Of antiquity, one of the three
greatest generals In the world, whose tu-
tor was Aristotle. who sleeps with the
posme of Homer under his pillow, con-
quered the world and died of drunken
debauch in The thirty third year OF his
age.
The fall Of the Roman Empire WINS pre-
cipitated by the drunkenness of its en-
Perors. as human nature was eternally
dishonored by the enormities committed
by then IN drunken fury.
OF the sovereignS who have reigned in
Russia since the accession of Peter the
Great, all but four were beastly drunk
ards. OF the Empress Eliza beth il is
written, She was completely brutified by
strong liquor; from day to day she was
almost always in state of bacche costa
cy; she could not bear to be dressed; in
the morning her wourau loosely attached
10 her some robes which fe " cuts OF the
scissors soon disengaged in the evening
Aud the passage gives general idea of
the condition Of the Russian court for
more than seventy years.
The present king of Prussia. whom
Neihuber instructed and praised, thank
ing God on his knees for giving Prussia
so wise and noble prince, is a notori-
Gus drunkard. the contempt Of his sub
jects. the scof Of Europe.
The late king OF the Sandwich Islands.
upon whom a corpse OF missionaries ex
hausted their eloquence and skill. was a
carricature of the kingly office to the last.
The city of Washington, where the elite
is supposed to eongregate. is the most
drunken town in the Union. Champaign
is one of the greatest powers of the coun-
try. thing reliedupon to corrupt the very
men who are sent to Washington under
the impression that they are our best and
wisest men.
Daniel Webster has been known 10 pre-
sent himself before the people in state
of intoxication so advanced that he could
talk little other than gibberish. We have
-esa II hin HIP S1q d. II oeuasvs .vr ....-
States. was an abandoned drunkard. and
when sent abroad as plenipo,e ntIary. dis
graced the country by the most conlin.
uous and outrageous debaucherx
Some of the most important enactments
ever passed by Congress. enactments in
voiving the welfare of future empires,
have been passed while the floor of the
house has been slrewn with the honora Bile
members.
The Tea room of this city. established
for the convenience. not of the city's vag-
abonds. but of the city fathers and
head men. was for many a dIsgraceful
year, scene of drunkenness.
1t was when maddened by drink that
DR.. Graham committed murder.
Henry Coleridge. man abounding in
amlable qualities. who inherited much of
his fathers genius, with all Of his fath-
ers infrmity Of purpose. could never
master his propensity TO drink. He was
scholar. gentleman, poet and a drunk
ard.
Edgar A. Poe. but why speak Of him.
The story Of his miserable end is more fa-
miIiar to the people than the melancholy
refrain of the Raven"
Charles Lamb. the gentle, the kind, the
tender beloved. could sacrifice so much
for his sister, but could not help being
carried home and put to bed in irsensible
drunkenness.
Douglass Jerrold is devotee of GIN
For many years. il is said. he has been
impairing his fine intellectual powers by
habitual excess in drinking.
Byron, Burns. Steele, Hume. and host
of other names, eminent or illustrious,
might be added to the list of distinguish.
ed Grunkards. Burns. we are confident.
had not died in the prime OF life. a de-
tented. broken hearted man, his destiny
all unaccomplished II he had not been ad.
dicted to convivial drinking.
In our colleges. is not the secret 9emi
jon one of the perpetual anxieties of pres
ident. professor and parent? At our fash.
ionabe parties, is champaigne-one of
the vilest Of fdrinks-moderately consum
ed? Do not our grand bsnquets general
ly degenerate into occasions Of disgusting
excessi Are the children of our leading
citizens the most temperate of our youth?
Is it poor women who buy brandydrops by
the pound?
TAX no more Of shutting up only the
leu groggeries. All groggeries are low.
and oil grogs pernicious. whether slipped
by gentlemen, sucked by ladies'. or swil-
| ed by the dregs by the people.
Life Illustrated.
A BLESSING TO HER CoUETRY.-A lady