Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-01-23
CURE AND PREVENTIVE.

liquid fire that is daily, nightly, and
hourly being poured out upon the
people-a stream that carries its
poison and misery to thousands of
our people, and fastening upon
them disease that carries annual
", its thousands to the drunkard's
grave.
There is in our mind but little
doubt but that the continual and
excessive use Of Intoxicating liqu-
ors-the continued use inevitably
ends in excessive use-fastens upon
the person, a disease that cannot be
eradicated from the system by any
ordinary effort on the part Of the
victim thus affected. In compare
lively few cases where eXtraordina
ry influences have been brought
to bear upon the subject, perma-
nent cures have been effected.
With this conviction, the Legis-
lature of New York, were induced
few years since to establish and
put in operation an Mebriate ASy'
lum, where this whisky disease is
treated scientific lIy, as other dis
eases are treated in Sanitary insti-
tutions, and it is reported that by
this course Of treatment, many sup
posed permanent cures have been
effected. Whether the Legislature
of our State have any intention of
establishing a State Incbriate Asy-
lum, we do not know, but we do
know that in our State, the Con
stitution of which contemplates
prohibition, thousands Of subjects
are being fitted annually as proper
subjects for treatment in such an
Institution.
Long have the Legislative au-
thoritives of our State, acltnowl-
edged the evil effects of the whisky
traffic by enacting laws to rega-
1ate { p the evil; they profess to
be in favor ofstaying thepestlence,
but always have some place for it
to ventilate itself,
Speaking Of Inebriate Asylums,
the idea is suggested that it is
strange philosophy to legalize a
traffic that in its certain results is
"evil, and only evil" that begets
and entails disease upon parents
and posterrity, that makes it neces-
sary to tax the people to establish
institutions and hire scientific skill
to cure.
While we do not in Ohio license
the traffic in Intoxicating drinks, we
permit its sale by all who choose to
sell and they have a legal right to
do 80 un(er certain provisions;
and the result Of this traffic, wheth-
er legal or illegal, is that the malo-
dy thus engendered is all about us.
Every day We meet some unfortu'
nate bloated victim of this worst Of |
diseases, What shall we do with it? /
The friends Of Temperance are do
ing what they can to stay the prog
ress OF the disease. But while they
are doing this, another class, for
the selfish purpose of personal gain,
are doing what they can to spread
the disease or, at least, that is the
result of their business,
Now, if in the face Of the sane ,
ton Of tho statutes Of our State l
which justifes the sale Of this de {
stroye,', and cause Of disease, 1t did ,,
not have an inconsistent look, We
would suggest that our State Legis- /
lature, in one particular at least,
should follow the example Of New +;
York, and provide for the establish I
ment of an lnebriate Asylum
Should we not 90 to work and try
to cure the unfortunate mebriatc Of ,,
his disease, instead Of virtually on
couraging the spread Of ltY But is
1t not the duty Of every humane
persen to use the power God has
given him to rid the land and ma
tion o the cause Of this d seasc, IN
a dollar and cent point Of view 1t
Is worth while but this is infinitely
the smallest consideration that
should stimulate good and moral
men and women everywhere, to put ,
the seal Of condemnation upon a
traffic that Is fraught with misery,
death and a dark and mysterious fa.
ture beyond the vail
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