Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-10-06

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strength is not as much diminished by exerlion.
Such is said to be the philosophy of gimula-
ting drinks II seems to be true. It will be
scen that advise drinking Id moderation
when man works but do more recom-
mend il at the table, and object entirely to the
solitary indulgence, or the irregular and oxces-
sive dissipation, which carries such dis,nay in
to our families. Ibelievc this is probably ow-
Ing to the mistake Of banishing wine, and ci-
der, and ale, and beer, and porter from the
family circle, and branding them as the cause
Of that crime Of sefdestruction which lies be-
yond the grasp of the good men and women
who crusade against intempennce. deiesi
drunkenness, and lament its sad havoc among
mankind but the remedy for il has in my opin-
ion, escaped the phlauihropisls. The OWL
7 can only be corrected among The freest aud
wisost nation Of all others, by the general use
of that stmulant natural 10 the country. As
early as any recorded history of Eastern climes,
the grateful juice Of The palm was drnRk by
the primeval races. In the Western Tropics,
for ages the American Aloe has poured oni IFS
eNhiliraling pulque SO pleasing TO The Mexican
faster. The luscious grape, in all the temper
ate zone, has yielded from its expressed pulp
cheerful, anlmaiing and wholesome drink. So
have the apples, pears, plums and berries of
higher attitudes. So has the sproutcd malt of
the different grains, by well known processes
Of fermentation. In The valley where We dwell,
watered by the thousand tributaries Of the Fa-
thcr Of Waters, The ripe and bursting punches
of the vine, yield the natural and best liquid
element Of food. But we have all the rest,
and yet arc asked by reasoners to listen to a
starvation argumen, against them and philos-
piers and philan,hropists add 10 the logic Of
the case, appeals which rend not the cara only,
bot the heart If mon drank at meals with
their meat, and their wives and children drank
with them, as hope and believe they will do
universally, we should have no dyspepsia and
bu, litte intemperancc amongs, the stronger
sex, and the infinite advantages which would
accrue TO the feminine and childish constitution
and habits are beyond calculation. The pres
ent and the aniecedent, and the prospective
prostraion of the American woman, is the
strongest argument for total revolution in her
manner Of liie-especaly for change Of her
system Of diet. Instead of the infusions Of
tea and coffee, which do not enforce the vital
energies, give her 10 drink Of the generous
wine, and she will soon rival her transatlantic
sisters in health, as she does in the other es-
sentials Of comfort aud usefulness. No dan
ger that she Will become gross and voluptuous;
but were that not as well, as the countless sui
cides by starvation for want of indispensable
1 food and better that than the hopeless and
endless sulerings Of nearly all who drag out
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fully, speak long upon this point, because
OF its great importance, and because the cur
rent of public opinion appears TO me TO have
taken the wrong direction. | should not do
my duty TO you, fellow citizens, il ] did no,
enforce my reasoning by stating that had seen
in Europe the efTec, Of such habits as recon-
mend. They have few or none Of the pale,
attenuated students there. Their midnight oil
is mixed with something else than water.-
Their professional men, and scholars, are strong
enough TO march up the hill Of life in the ar
mour suited TO the battle. The fair sex is not
so from wan and exhausted nature but owing
10 their habits Of eating and drinking, no, less
than their correspondent and consequent love
of ahution and exercise, are as vigorous as
the men. Between the feminine and masculine
powers Of endurance there is only the differ
ence Of sex Such people must be Of neces-
sity cheerful, and social, and amiable. They
cannot help IL and they do not only live To
eat and drink and work. but also to enjoy and
diiluse enjoyment. They do what we should
go asd do likewise they delight in scciety
and social pleasures they take wine not simp-
ly as diet, but for beverage, in France in
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of this practice under the whole system recon-
mended. Accustomed to good food, whole
some and sensible mode of living, men and
women will be safe in following the universal
instinct for beverages on friendly occasions.-
The proof of ii is, that in Europe, on the con-
tinent, where there is universal consumption
Of wine, you meet only an occasional drunkard
not 1.-THE, perhaps not the fflielh of our
own. Among all classes temperance is the
universal rule intem?eranee the rare exception.
! am for securing, by this new mode of living,
both the nutritve and the exhilerating proper
ties of drinks, as well as of meat and bread /;
and think that the combination Of all three
adds to their separate value. Dyspepsia is as
foul fend as drunkenness, and 1t will be a
happy day, when they totter off the stage arm
in-arm together; the spell by which both can
be exercised is not total abstinence, which is
intemperance, but temperance, which is not to-
tai abstinence. What meridian hour i, will
be for ages as well as youth in America, when
we have found out how 10 live Nor is the
hour distant. The sagaci,y Of the people the
culture of the grape; the struggle of opinion
by which the law is sought to be wrested,
wrong; all make me confident that the hand is
near it on the diaI-pla,e of the puolc clock,
and that soon we shall hear the joyous peal
rung out.
Men resort 10 the fierce spirit Of Alcohol, in
good measure, in consequence Of the stiaing
Of the constitutional want of agreeable drinks,
which noursh the body and do not impair the
intellect nor morals. The cure for intemper-
ance lies in the substitution Of wine principally,
and the juices of fruits, and the preparations
of malt, in their perfection, for the popular in
fusions altogether used in America at table,
We thereby &c, rid of bad diet, and adopt