Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-08-07


open question as to whether wines and
liquors in themselves taken in moder-
alton, are not pernicious. He believes
the evils of excess are so fearful that it
would afford general relief to know
that alcoholic liquors in themselves are
evil, and to be always avoided. In the
first place, he argues that they are not
nourishment. They do not aid diges-
ton; they do not produce heat; they
do not give strength.
WHAT ALCOHOL DOES.
What alcohol does accomplish, ne
says, is this:
nature without immediate suffering
and speedy destruction This appears
to be its chief Office, in conjunction
with its ally, tobacco. Those tailOrs
would have sUon died or escaped but
for the gin, and those hoTsenen would
have given mp ind Perished but for the
whisky. Nature commanded those
soldiers to rest, but they were enabled
for the moment to disObey her. Doubt
less nature was even with them after
ward, but for time they could defy
their mother, great and wise. Alcohol
support ed them in doing wrong. AL
cobOI an d tobacco supports half the
modern world in doing wrong. That is
their part-theiT role. as the French il-
vestigatOrs term it-in the present life
of the human race.
DR.. Great Practice would naturally go
to bed at1en o'clock, whtn he comes in
from his evening visits. Il is his cigar
that keeps him up Till haIf-past twelve,
writing those treatises which make him
famous and shorten his life. Lawyer
Heavy Fee takes home his papers,
pores over them TIL past one, and then
depends upon whisky toquiet his brain
and put him 10 sleep. Young Bohemian
gets away from the Office OF the morning
paper which enjoys the benefits of his
fine talents at three o'clock. 1t is two
mugs of lager beer Which enables him
to endure the immediate conseque- ces
of eating supper before going home.
This is mad work my masters; il is re-
spectable suicide-nothing better.
''There is n paragraph now making
the grand tour IN the ne wspaperN, which
informs the public that there was a
dinner given in New York the other
evening consisting of courses, and kept
the guests five hours at the table,
For five hours men and women sat
consuming food, occupying half an
hour at each Wand. What could sus-
tain human nature in such an amazing
effort? What could enable them to
look into one another's faces without
blushiDg scarlet at the infamy of such
a waste OF time, food and digestive
force What concealed from them the
they were doing? The explanation OF
this mystery is given in the paragraph
that records the crime: There was a
different kind Of wine for each course y
THE WHOLE HEAD SICK.
And again he says "The teetotal-
lers have always underatPd the diff
culties Of the task they have undertak-
en-, and misconeeived its nature. It is
not the great ioe that most requires
treatment when man has the gout,
although it is the great toe that makes
him roar. When we look about us and
consider the present physical life OF
man, we are obliged to conclude that
the whole head is sick, and the whole
heart iS faint- Drinkingis but symp-
tom which reveals the maiady. Per-
haps, if we were all to stop our guz-
zling suddenly, without disseminating
other bad habits, we should rather lose
by it than gain. Alcohol supports us
in doing wrong! 1t prevents our iIn-
mediate destruction. The thing for us
to do is, to strike at the causes of drink
ing, to cease the bad breathing, the bad
eating, the bad reading, the bad feeling
and bad thinking, which in II sense, nee
cessitate bad drinking. For some Oi
the teetO tai organizations might be
substituted Physical Welfare Societies. >
.s- THE COMING MAN"
As to '"rhe Coming Man. he prophe-
sizes:
"The Coming Man, as before remark.
ed, will not drink wine when,he Is well
1t will also be an article of his religion
not to commit any of those sins against
his body the consequences of whicn car
be postponed by drinking wine. He
viii hold his body in vener alton. He
will feel all the turpitude and shame
/ in violating it. He will not acquir,
the greatest intellectual good by th'
smallest bodily loss. He will know
that mental acquisitions gained at th,
expense OF physical power or prowesl
are not culture, but effeminacy. I'll,
Will honor a rosy and stalwart ignor
anus, who Is also an honest man, faith
fully standing at his post; but he viii
start back with alright and indigna