Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-09-15
Intemperance-the Extent of the
Evil.
The following extracts are fro

EvI.
The following extracts are from
Mr.. Brewster, in the america"
rWesleyam ]; III
.[ DO not propose in this article
to give the dimensions of the evNis
resulting from the use Of into xicat-
ing drinks. I say resulting from the
use of these various liquors as bes-
erages, for here is the source of all
the evils of drunkenness. intended
this article as preliminary. The fol-
lowing opinions of eminent men are
'.e worthy Of calm consideration
Nine tenths of the paupcrism
and difficulties that press upon the
working class are caused by their
habits of intoxication Earl OF
Shdftesbury.
Il am fully convinced that of
every hundred persons admitted to
the Birmingham work house ninety
go are sent through the ruinous drink
ing usages of the country. Req.
George Hall 6Adplain. -
"Were it not for this cause pau
perism would be nearly extinguished
in England. North British Re
UteW..
These statements are as applicable
to this country as England. e 81
Diseases distinctly referrable to
s ardent spirits alone, amount to rs
cases out of the 100. DR.. Gordon,
~ Physician to the London Hospital.
Gone third of the cases in Wake
field Lunatic Asylum may be re-
ferred to intemperance. Dr.. Cor
SELLS.
= .''Tn an Asylum at Liverpool, 257
out Of 495 patients became insane
.hro ugh intemperance. Dr.. I'rich-
ard.
Rev. DIR. Kirk Of Boston, stated
that in 1884 England used 10000
GOO of bushels Of breadstuffs in
disabling, and spent for spirits, wine
and beer, S245, 100000
If this was true in 1884, what is
g true in 1864? From 1886 to 1916,
ten years, Mr. Everett computes
the costs Of liquors used in the U.
S. to be S120 100000 or $4,000
900 per year And that it occa-
stoned the burning and destruction
- Of IS, 100000 of property, destroy
ed 100000 lives, sent 100000 per-
sons to prison, 100, 900 children to
the poor house; made 1000 mani
acs, 100000 widows, caused 1900
murders, 1000 suicides, and be-
queathed to the country l 100000 Of
orphan children.
All these evils will be much greater
for the next ten years than during
the ten from 1886.
In 1849, in 40 counties in the
State of N. Y. 36,114 persons were
sent to prison for crimes committed
while intoxicated, and the tax for
Incorporate paupers s605,993.
From a tract recently prepared
- by personal friend, Rev. Mr.. Houks,
of Boston, Mass. [ condensed the
following statements, all of them be-
low the truth.
There are in the country over
10000 persons on the road to a
-, drunkard's grave. More than l.
100000 persons are rendered miser-
nj aide by intemperance, most of whom
are women and children. 1t keeps
100000 persons in the aims house,
$4,000 criminals in prison, destroys
- $4,000 lives yearly, wastes 500, 0OO,-
600 each year, and grain enough in
distilling, to make 5000, 900 barrels
Of -four.
And now my readers, let this pro-
-cession pass before you, 100000
persons on their way to the aims
house, $4,000 to prison. Add to this
10000 On their way to the drunk
ards grave, 100000 persons rem
dered miserable by the intemperance
of others, and here you have /, 725,
=" 600 wretched victims of this curse
Yet these are only few of the many
facts that might be produced to show
how gigantic this evil is.