Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-10-30
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4 The Richmond correspondent
33eqf 3ef tie MsmphliiY Appeal alt says: Fi..r s
j THERE'S adistiIlery in tfiscity,
the propfietdrs ofwhich'afe max
ing a clear pfoft'vafibusly' 'cstiraa@
.eteds at from two to four Thousand
dollars.a daytSeThcre's a per diem
for you! They maaufaetmeaiwhis-
I ky!a Would you knew what tthis
whisky is? J 1t is aliehain-hght-
ming, ,blue-r,iin, li9usd-fire, death
in the cup, aq,m tctiuae,a more
vulgar butrnet less certain poison
than the vine of thesBorgias. 1t
has beenlso we'll known.in Virgin
ia for wears that practicing rhysi-
scians, lingtlle country, when. called
to attend s:clxsnessoessensthe plan-
! 4tations, ,sinquire FIRST Lof ,;all ixlietli-
!, er they have. been inithe habit of
using itsin harvest;if they Lave,
the ordinary medicines will be
dwholIy nefEeacious.sl Well,gathis
mfernalsdreneh, iwlsuli : was.sold
b.fole the war at 23c. "a gallon;
and the ike of which may be ob-
tanned .toaIay IN aIl6gopolis-I
! mean Gincinnati-at l3c, is seager-
gIy bought upgat 81 6eEaJgsi 'oHss---
The sales Of the establishment gre
only limited by the capacity of
manufacture, the demand being
infinitely greater than file supply.
Aid where does it gos Every.
drop Of it to the army! Nor is
this Wholesale laboratory the only
one in operation here. Smaller
sidistillerics have already been es-
stabl;shed in the neighborhood Of
the city, and are sprinSing up
every day in consequence Of "a
demand which is every day I'M
creasing. : There is nothing men
will not do for money. The aurt
saer6 }dn,es overrides all consider
atiors Of duty andTatriotisms.e9 u
7 These facts give us pause pes .
! The amount of public Z injury,
of decentralization, of crflnejj which
is caused by Stlhs Immense lproduc-
ton of whigkey, cannot becom-
puted. aGhe seeds Of hfs1ins are
thus sown broadcast over she land,
and the fatal crop will only too
surely be gathered sin crowded
Hospitals, Sin bloody street Gghts,
in fatal military misfortunes,a in
utter debaselnent Of the finest
body, of soldiers the world has
ever seen collected. Can nothing
be done to remedy this frightful
eyilg, Are we Iowerless? Shall
Tie eonfederates States Of America
be left at the mercy Of afew mn
lstcrupulous whiskey dealers, whom
We have mere to far than the
ships of Burnsides or the bayonets
of McC1ellafl., s'1'-''' 6. s. .
Is / am no advocate of q Maine
liquor law, and have never be-
!lieved in leeislating men INTO So
briety.I can even suppose that
"a ration of spirituous lisuorsIhay
5 be rational, that it is nscessary to
the comfort and coed health of
troops in the feld-though. this is
at least questionable. But the
liquors should be pure and the
quantity fixed by strict. military
/ regulation. If the vile compound
) to which i have referred, : is, to
Be. carried into every, camp, and
the men allowed 70 drink what
they can procure, it needs no gift
of prophesy to declare that we
shall be beaten, that cur efforts
for independent nationality viii
Ifbeunayailing. Is III 80
! What is the remedy Not eer-
tainly in general orders" Coed
generals, like Brayton Bragg and
Joseph e. Johnston, recognizing
4 the appalling Iniscfsief S4'ouslft-b by
! the bad liquor in camp, have is
sued strict disciplinary orders OH
hessubject, bat these have no ei-
sfectiwhateyer upon the disiilleries.
The sale as aindiminisaed. The
i .Edistillers laugh at the moral de-
iduetions Of the commanding Off
|, GERS, and deride the Official sigma
! tnres of The "a A. G." Clearly
tthere is butt one way-tlle foun-
-st : -. A. = ~ NJ < 8; p =. 80