The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-03-29

INrEMpERANeE.-The following statis-
tics we cOndense for an article in the Mon
treai True Witness:
The late welI-known Rev. Theodore Par
ker wrote in 1860 from Europe as follows:
&c don't believe that in 1859 there was SO
much drunkenness among the 3, 00O, 900
people in France as among the 3,OOO,OOO
Yankees of New England. l have been
three to six hours IL day, and have never
yet seen a man drunk. The Romans, Ital-
ians, and French are quite temperate: they
drink their weak wine with water, and
when they take liquors it is only u little
glassful at II time (Which does not make .
spoonful.) I don't believe there is bar i'll
all Italy where men step up and drink rum
and water, gin and water, etc. Excessive
drinking is not to the taste of the people.
In the north of Europe and even in Switzer-
land it is not The English, without help
from the Scotch and Irish drink about
GOO, 600 900 or 700, 000, 600 gallons of beer
every year, not to speak of the wine, spirits,
! etc, they take to wash it down. There is
drunkenness.
DIR. Wynne, q member of the New York
Historical Society, lately declared, that Sin
England, where MI. Nelson had tabulated
the facts collected by him with considerable
care, he has shown that of the whole popu-
lntion in England and Wales 81, SO6 were
drunkarls-53, 5S3 males, ii ,223 females.
The statistics Of deaths show that one out
eases contracted by intemperance. In the
United States, conclusions based upon SINH
lar calculations as derived from the mortal
hty returns, show that there exists there
"a ,O66 drunkards; and that the annual NOR
tality from causes connected with intenper-
ance is one in each 131 of the inhabitants
above the age of twenty years.
Population and climate considered, En-
gland is in advance Of the United States in
intamperance; but while England-of which
country, spirits are not the national drink,
swills down in addition twenty two million
gallons of "spirits alone" annually, Ireland
in which spirit is the commonly used lntox-
icating- beverage absorbs something less
than eight millions, or one third. Is En-
gland three times as populous as Irelandf
In Scotland more whiskey is drank than
in any other country in Europe. 1t appears
from recent returns that Scotland, with its
population of less than.three millions, con-
of seven million gallons, and ut u cost,
duties included, which has reached of late :.
the enormous sum of twenty four million
of dollars a year, or eight dollars IA head for
every man, woman and child III the cOun-
try. The city of Glasgow contains from
300, 900 to 100000 inhabitants. The city
police reports show that one in every four.
teen and n half of the population were ar
rested in n single year for being drunk-or
26, ISl, being one in every seven of the
adults, one in three of the men. The num-
Der of women taken care of in their cups
was q, 755, leaving as the number of men
17;426. 1t would appear then, setting aside
children and youths, that in Glasgow, one
in every five of the entire population, and
two thirds of the men are takcT drunk to
the police Office every year. What an
amount beside of unknown indulgence does
this not lead us to suspects
A. Of IlkT