Smyrna times., 1867-03-06
For the" SmyrnR Times .
Intemperance.

.IherG Is domestic tyrant now trayersiDc III,
lalrest districts OF our country, cOnsumin9 =,
young and vital energies, treading Jnn.ne .i~ ~
blossom OF Its hopes, undermining the froo t'l' =;
stltutl0ns setting at defiance all it's antbort;ns
multiplying engines Of torture, fencing "a
graVe-yardS, and breathing pestilence nnon
every acre OF our goodly heritage. This man.
ILe.oIIln8 I".J' uem0n Is lntemperance. Other
T'S .IiuS nave hSu common over us, but here ic
r1'' rmo WY Nero OF the horrid dynasty, and we
must dcthrone the deSpot or we ara ioet -
we SIT still but little longer, and Iool II
on while this scOurge is raging ELa .or,u
of nre IN all our land, the fourth Of .Ini,, Iii
lhueed come, but We shall have no indenendonan
~ celeDrate Our liberties will exist onlv ~
Ine song OF the drunkard. Who can ennmorl >"
aVc ~ tnG diseases which intemperance generates
~ the brain, liver, stomach, lungs. homes ,1,,,
ceS, nerves, fluids, and whatever else ;s S,,to,
IIe IIoie OF disease or pain in the human svstor,
~ Ino% ruGely does 1t start up, one after anotbor
an the doors OF sensation; or in the canr;ca ~
ICs %rath throw them open to every hateful in
lTuuer' How, with refinement of crY,oIty
atnoSt peculiar to ITSELF does it ly in the faco
=, ;.s elctlms and hold their qvivering eyebalIs
IN LIS tangs till they abhor the light and swim swim
Mark that carbuncled. totterinc do,h.e,,
remnant Of man, retcbinp and -. uouptlul
cel0re sunrise, lOathing his breakfast n''J
Illldlng his way to the door of a dram.sLor ,u nr
nour after, disguised before ten onarreI;nlP a., p
Sl'l'lei @ Cline' and snoring drunk before SINNER
oo nun next morning at his retchinp and mini
s' asaln' ana as the day advances becoming no;yv
cross and intoxicated Think of his tbns rI.'g Jrn
glhg out months and years of tortnro in tto
earth refuses any longer to bear sncb = well t
upon It's surface; and then tell me If an,, o.
ne ~ save was ever so miserable Rut wbo :
luis luis that comes hobbling up with bandaooJ
legs' Unnamed eyes, and distorted co,snto
. manog Every step is like the piercing of a
o"J t Ut the drivlng of nail among s;nnwc
a,,. amu tenu3ns. And what is the cause Tho
= nc says, trouble him. and tboupb be
raT "piiieu , 70 al the doctors far and near be
tbev eoT eou n4 reIef Everybody knows where
they came from. But for the bottle h. -:
nave been sound and healthy man sc nIlsht H
next at that yretched hovel omen On all l:Jok n:T
20 70 the intrusion Of the drenchino olor,oS o., o.ueS
ne ne painting skeleton lying as you see mnon :
!C'le straw IN the corner, prev tn consum, J
loh' was once the owner of yonder comfortab1o =
haLslOn or OF that farm so rich in verJmro aJ
n sheaveS. He might have owned them st;II +1Ip 7
Ind nave kept his health, too, but for the lomo
u Strong drink. 1t is intemperance which hos q
III O.iI'eneu MS substance, shortened his breath I
~ nAcu that deep sepulchral cough in his il
'rsslng 'osnn h yt1S Perhaps yqn sold him the very
,osUa y" on which has brought him to this. Leay- Fl
non NJ nlI % De eAss wreck by the angry waters
1ardS which solitary neghbor is advancing NO 81 81
nth hurried steps. There a husband and .
amer amer is supposed to be dying; the disease % ;s fo
et':'"n tre1ens. Every limb and muscle nu;. G
Sr 10 the agonies of dissolution. Reason. ha- R
ing nl oeen SO often and so rudely driven from ON SO
CT seat seat by habitual intoxioation, now refuses
,oE LotIrn. tIrn u9 to the Insane Hospital and G
his pgh te grated window at the maniac &c
lg his keeper whitening your yery r % Son bv tho
iSnes IS OF his eye, dsquieting the night with in
les n 9T II distress, or more appalling fts ofIamgb-
=. Here you see what it is for the immoTtaI
ma to be laid in ruins by the worse than voIl o r,
mic belchings from the distiIlery, and what H'
1ppens 1pI every day from these Vesayian erup IN IN