Eaton Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1843-1856, 1856-01-31
DIsrINaUIsHED DRUNKARDs.

Shut np the low GROCERIES, say many;
,.tevent The sale Of bad rumj preserve the
moor aud ignorant from in'emperance, and we
are with you; bu: the educated classes need
no law; regard for their own character is a Suf-
cient projection 10 them
Sirsnge delusion! lnexplicable blindness
10 tie acts OF history and The occurrences Of
every day! Without referring 10 books, mem |
o:y unassisred, supplies US with q catalogue
of well known names, the bare mention of
which rhfuies the plea we have quoted.
Alexander the Great, one Of the brightest
spirits Of antiquity, one of the greatest genert
ais Of the world, whose tutor was Aristotle
who slept with the poems Of Homer under his
pillow, conquered The world, aud died in
drunken debsuch.in the ihrty-third year Of
his age
The fall OF ihe Roman Empire was precipi-
tateG by the drunkenness Of lis Emperors; as
human nature was eternally lishonorel by
them in drunken fury.
or the ten sovereIgns who have reigped in
Russls since secession OF Peter The Great, all
but four were beastly drunkards. or the En-
press Elizabeth, il is written, ''She was com
pletely brutihed by strong liquors, from day 10
day she wss almost always in a state OF
bacchic ecstacy; she could not bear 10 be
dressed; in The morning her woman loosely al
lached 10 her some robes, which few cuts
OF the scissors disengaged in The evening"
And this passage gives on idea OF the general
condition Of the Russon court for more than
seventy years.
The presen, King of Prussia, whom Feibub
instructed and praised, thanking God on his
knees for giving Prussia SO wise and noble
prince, is q notorious drunkard, The contempt
Of his ubecis, the scolf Of Europe.
The lsie King oflhe Islands, upon
whom corps Of missionaries exhausted their
eloquence and skill, was drunken carcaiure
of The kiugly Office 10 the last.
4 The city Of Washington, where the elite Of
The nstion are suppose 10 congregaie, is the
most drunken town in The Union. Champaign
is one Of The great powers OF The country, q
thing relied upon to corrupt the very men who
: are sent 10 Washington under the impression
/ that they are our wisrst and our best.
n Daniel Webster has been known 10 presen
, himself before the people in slate CT in,oxi
cation so ADVANCED that he could talk little
other ltan gibberish. We have seen him dt
] it.
Hannsgan, . Senator Of the United State
; was on abandoned drunkard, and who, sen
abroad as plenipotentiary, diSgraced the cou
I, Try by the most continuous and oulrageou
0 drunken debaucbery.
III Some OF the most important enactment
ever passed by Congress, enac,ments lnvolv
: ing the welfsre OF future empires, have bee
d passed while the floor Of the House wa
strewed with honorable and intoxicated mem
IS bers. t. .,
el Ths Tea-Soom of this city, established K
;. The convenience, not OF The cily's vagsbond
but Of The: city fathers and head men, wa
for many a disgracelLl year, a scene Of drunH
enness.
e II was when naddened by drink that d
L Graham committed murder.
T. Hartley Coleridge, man abounding in am
q able qualities, who inherited much OF h
fathers genous, with oil his faiher's infirm
}. OF purpose, could never master his propensl
. 10 drink.
:. He was scholar, gentleman, poet, al
Iy "a drunkard.
j. Edgar Poe-but why speak Of him5 TT
Ut story Of his miserable end is more familiar
T. The people even than the melancholy rslra
m of the "Raven.'
in Charles Lamb, the gentle Charles, the kin
Of tender, the beloved; could sacrifice so nut
as for his sister, but could not help being carr
home and pu; 10 bed in insensible drunke
oil ntss.
lis Douglas Jerod is a devoiee Of gin. T
is many years il is said, he has been impair
e, his fine powers by his habl'ual excess
he drink.
d. Byron, Burns, Steele, Home, and host
he o,her names, eminent and illuslrlous, might
Of added TO the list of distinguished drunka7C
no Burns. we are confident, had not died
nd The prime Of life, defeated, heart -biok
a nan, his destiny all unaccomp'lshed, II he h
- not been addicted 10 conviviol drinking. Al
he who knows for how much Of Byron's reckie
n verse The world should curse The gin botIl
'ss In our colleges, is moi the sebret demjo
on me Of the perpetual anxieties OF presidel
n. professor and parenll At our fashouat
ng parties, is champagne-one OF The yllesl
th drinks-modeTalely conSunedf DO not
rs grand banquets generally degenerate into
ed cssions Of disgusting excessi Are the sons
- leading citizens the most temperate OF c
lis YOUTH Is it poor women who buy bran
'as drops by the pound9
,er TalF no more Of shutting up the to,o grt
n. geries. All groggeries arc low, and oil grot
III! pernicious, whether slipped by gentlem'
he sucked by ladies', or swilled by the dregs
art the people.--Life Illustrated.