The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-07-18
HHy HcH Like 10 Drink.
ny HORACE cREELEY

The Greek roo, OF the word intoxicale mean,
poison WhoeyrI says man is intoxicated, say
he Is poisoned. And o. IL true Give part Of a
gh,ss ~ ordinary .griis ~ child three or four
years old, and the child Is in twenty minutes In
congestion III, aud probably dies. Il operates
precisely Ike s'rychninr, arsenic or any other
deadly dtug. Commence by giving "a child y
thinbl"igl at - time, and gradually increase the
anOani. nni t1u NAV indgra'c him 30 that he
viii swallow ~ much ~ u time as would kill
him ~ iiis You uls Urgiu with any other
rrs a. and du the -lnlc thing. Oar phy sical
iihmrwnfN :. ruusiric'ci with reference 10 this
to enable T. "a stand iar.' amount Of auy dead
ly substance. Tbyt, 70 a0ihiag peculiar In this
action OF alcohol There is nothing IN this hut
the universal law that all reisous destroy the
susceptibility Of the human fIainc
Why does man like TO drink liquor Not
because II has good taste, hut because IL ex-
hilafaies his nervous system. The man takes his
first glass Of liquor Ii goes To his stomach Now.
there s not single human stomach, nor that Of
any animal ever created on this earth, that ever
did or can digest drop ofalcohol The momen,
II TAILS into the stomach every vital organ reeog.
nizeB the presence OF deadly enemy. II is pre-
cisely as u a lion were thrown into n cage Of
tigers, and every tiger were 10 recognize the lion
as his deadly enemy. The stomach can not digest
u, aud u can not remain. All the organs assist
in throwing IL OF aud the grvat struggle Of every
vital organ TO rid the stomach of this poison Is
the very thing which the perverted senses rccog-
nizs rs sIhiisrdiioA II man. standing on the
moon, could have telescope ~ sufficient power
10 enable him 10 view ohlrr'- pn the earth and
could have looked upon ~ daring the late civil
war, aud have seen, dinS itfoIgh the gls@, the
movements of immense huii, - mcn, he would
have said, This nation "a. ga immense popuA-
iion there IL treneni"'- ouirouriug Of the
lroplc this nation is iu = .ie ofeViraurdinary
prosperity Precisely Ice mans scnsorial
the point where the nerve ui some concentrate
recognizes, 10 this desprfa 'ior Oi the vital or
gAns TO get rid o' m ercH' -euse of strength
and exhiaraiion in is', a. the anguor aud
fctblcness be felt jns, b !ur, Bui in lt,le while
when nature has, by all her efforts. disposed Of
'his poison, the man snks doNn TO his former
condition, aud great lr,l below Il. Nature has
made her superior struggle -he has got rd OF
the poison but she b.. ,r,,l herself ia the effort
The urxt time Mature makss the same struggle
bu, she has no, the same strength The second
glass does net make the man feel 80 good. The
more man drinks the norc he has TO drink TO
attain n certain condition he has TO take more
and more. Nature tutns constantly 10 rid herself
OF II, bot by aud by becomes tired out and gives
u up. There are men who are not very perccpii-
bly, affected By liquor !, doc, no, make them
drink. II does not hurt them. they say. hut il
docs hur, them. ! never knew man who drank
good deal wihou; Incoming intoxicated. whom
liquor did not kill fast And Tor physiological
reasons liza man will take poison, il is better
10 sc, rid Of il than 20 kecl 1t IN the system
Drunkenness IL Que Of God infinite mefcics
sent TO help poor, mistaken human beings to get
rid Of the consequence OF their iniquiiy.
What We should do depends largely upon what
We are able 10 do Il i. not cnsy 10 iy 10 the face
OF public opinion. Laws will. after all, be mainly
q reflection Of the moral condition Of the people
They will always be little better. but not much
better. II you should say that no one in the
country should do a bad thing, it would be use
less. because human nature, in the development
10 which we have reached would no; sustain
such law. Public sentiment is advancing. Il
does not ALLOW 'sen N 'nts~ a parade Of vices
which were One '",efni,d Tie line will come
when mrn wi tot ic licensed - sell alcoholic
liquors, wheu greg hops viii 'r whore gambling.
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