The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-04-06

there. The excessive use of alcohol would DO
hurtful.
DR.. Henry J. Bigelow, of Boston, remarked, as
the result of observations in wine growing coun-
tries in Europe, that he did not think the effect
of wine injurious; he thought it acted, as |
food. s. 80
DR.. D. W. storer, Of Boston, was then called
and said that he prescribed alcoholic bsyeraGss
as stimuant for prostratioh and debility and
if he did not think them beneficial he would NOT
prescribe them. 49, 80,
| DR.. Charles T.Jackson averred that Aiconoi |
was respiratory food-t took the place OF sol
much fat in the body in the of respiration
He detailed the properties of different liquors ana
their advantageous effects various parts OF the
body. Concerning the matter OF the assimilation l
of alcohol with the body, DR.. Jackson said that /
| the general opinion of scientific men abroad was
that it did assimulate.
| Prof Louis Agassiz said that he had been in |
this country twenty years, and was native OF
Switzerland. He was born and brought up IN
country in which wine making was the principal
| branch of agriculture. His father was clergy
man, and owned vineyard. Wine is completely
part of -alimentation of the country, and more
| cheerful and temperate peasantry than that OF
Switzerland cannot DO found anywhere The
| professor was eleven years a student IN the Ger
| man universities, and became familiar with the
| diet of the people. Beer is used in Germany as
Irvine in France The food Of the people in South
, ern Germany is beer and bread, and as a conse-
: quence the masses more dull than in France
III He was amazed to see the manner IN which our
government interfered with the mode of living OF
our people In answer to a question, the Profess
| sor replied that there were large grape-growing
y sections of the Union, and he thought it might
be profitable part of our agriculture and com
/ meree. Pure wine would tend to elevate the
e physical and moral habits of the community
8 On the crossexamination the Professor said that
he could not give professional opinion as to the
effect of alcohol upon the system, as he did not
n pretend to be chemist. He related an instance
:, of the duplcity caused by the prohibitory Ia"
| A Clergyman of eminence told him that he was
= obliged to use an occasional glass of wine to KEEP
d up his system, and did not dare to acknowledge
the fact for fear of losing his living. This hypo
1 crisy was necessary for seif-defence.
Rev. DR.. Neale, clergyman of the First bap,ls
t., Church for thirty years, said that he accoruet
or with the opinion alresdy expressed. lie did no
know anything about the enforcement Oh tf1
present law, bat had been told by the Mayor AM
ur others that it could not be enforced. 2.
i Rev. DIR. Thomas Worcester, settled over tn
y New Jerusalem Church in this city in 1871, oh
re served that it was mistake to suppose that tn
present prohibitory law would produce the en-
desired. 1t does not tend to suppress intemper
OF anes and its modes of operation do not eonforI
a wit the spirit of the Gospel.
Rev. DIR. George Putnam, minister for thirty
| two years in Roxbury, bed not seen any satlsfat
tory evidence that the attempt to suppress tn
TO- use of LIQUOR is success likely to be success
He did not think the amount of lntemperane
'e had decreased. The number OF moderate driaAel
rth is larger than twenty Eve years ago. Ihere Is
largo a number of the lest persons In the con
munisy opposed to the law, and many of who
raj believe the moderate of spirits good thin
re for them, that the prohietory law cannot be e.
~ forced-it is against the nature of things. II
ca ftoxicatng liquors 50 allied with natural pr
ON ducts that the work is an inpossibiiity.
Rev. Joseph Tracy, of Beverly, who had be-
us connected with the Boston Recorder and Ne
nd York Observer stated the temperance effort hi
IL. l.,lS nlyat
JUS charge Coercion is the excuse for neglectiI
ure moral effort. -
Rev. Frederick I'll. Hedge, D. D., stated tn
his residence and pastorate were in Brooklne-
eek Had preached there ten years. So far the e
;6n perience and observation of the witness went,
| observed that the prohibitory law was raistak
| legislation, and had not accomplished the END
NJ sired. The witness considered that the state c.
| ated crime in endeavoring TO punish an evil
Wis produced neral evil in endeavorlng to destro
val physical evil, which intemperanee was, chiehy
the Concealment, hypocrisy and attempts at evasi
es- | in men who ought to be above it, are the leg
mate fruits of such legislation. 1t engend
n. alienation, contempt for law, and dminlsnes
reverence which ought to be felt for law.
= . During resident in Italy of six months,
: knew of no case Of drunkenness. In GerInal
during five years, he had become cOgnisant
cases of excitement from the use of liquors,
% 1 of no case of sottishness. In France he saw
u or two cases of intemperance. The use OF che
malt liquors is a safeguard against the eonsum
ion of stronger spirits.
Prof. Bowen stated the law imperative
good, and operated, to some extent, for evil.
is as easy to buy liquor in Cambridge as bre
the and it can be bought in far greater number
trial places Criminal law can nave ou. n.sns eu
like civil law bare majority may be sufficient
CON forcement. In criminal law it is not for the
to tell me what is right or wrong. As mora
re- and a political economist, the witness stated
be- law was not beneficial in any respect.
Hon. j. III. Perry, Mayor of New Bedford,
pea serted that the law had not answered the purp
,unt it was supposed to do by its friends. Things
! bad enough as they 1ntemperance has
"P decreased A majority of the influential pee
Of of New Bedford would sustain change in
nos | law Public sentiment is against II.
Ao' Hon. E. P. Burlington, Mayor of Fall River
pro- seven years prior TO the last said that the law
tho not operated to reform the inebrate as us frle
'n' expeeted The last year Mr.. Burlington
the Mayor of Fall River, the arrests for drunken
1end were 376-twice as many as the previous yea
There are between 100 and 200 places tor the
lie of AZ Honor, in FAN River.
,,.r Udn q a. Davis believed the law d.
more harm than good. 1t poisoning
ahce | people with bad liquor.
that Dr. Peabody, of Harvard college, stated
p re- one time he had been in favor of prohibtory
wing tia rooS and much harm it had caused peri
plat hypocrisy and general adulteration OF hqt
4 II He thought the law had been almost without
'h feet in reducing the sale of liquors IN Cambrl
ut as He said that in Portsmouth, New Hanps
=, where he had resided, the prohibtory law had
tirely disappointed the expectations OF its frie
as al also that the license law in that state had not
ance | strained the sale of liquor. The witness salo
| expected but little good from legislation, and
n De- ed more upon moral influence particularly tn
wing parents and teachers OF tine young
Rev Mr.. Jones, of Pelham. testified thai
was strongly in favor of the Maiae law at
ed in time of its enactment, and had reluctantly
,ere- ND his ideas in its favor when he obige
have admit that it had not fulfilled the expectation
is not its friends The witness sustained the eyld
if we that the law had driven the traffic into secret
esome ces. He said the people in Pelham had littl
do with the town agency, on account OF the
evil +? fitness for medicinal purposes of the liquor
guar kept.
d pro- Hon. d. " ADO Lincoln, OF worcester, tes
lesome that he mad Deen mayor OF mat CITY TOT Two
the and also an alderman he SAID tnat the mos
he asy ergetic efforts had been made in that place
of it force the prohbtory law, but that intempe
ilv an had not decreased. The witness expressed
-ds are self in favor of ENGRAVING license law o,
dured. | present law.
n. Bv Rev. DIR. Ide, of Springfield, testified tn
effect had resided in that city fifteen years. lie
ossibe that he had lived in Philadelphia previous
to residence in the former place. and that unde
,ission license system there ntemperance was less
.ficient alent than in Springfield when he came
ed and latter In Philadelphia, temperance people
md dav plished much by moral means. In Sprin
in their the people seemed intent enforcing
with | than using moral influences. Since his a
in Springfield, the witness said he thought i
l and he sale of liuuor has