Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-09-25

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out bP the British government; It has been eI-
presSiy provided that not even wine or beer shall
be used. For the same reason the Hudson's
Bay Company have entirely excluded spirits
from the fur countries of the North. 80 IN Rus
sla when march IS 10 be made where there IS
danger ofperishing from cold, the breath Of ey.
! cry soldier IS examined and II he bas taken spir-
| its he is excluded from the ranks.
The foolish notion about the usefu ness Of ar.
/ Gent spirits in harvest, had at one time nearly
passed away. The truth is that harvest is the
tine when they caa least be erd rel. The lar
gest farmer IN the djoning county Of Clarke
= told me that he excluded liquor from his harvest
! forty years ago Previously in so large num-
/ Der of hands, day would not pass without
/ fight, or mure or less being overcome by heat
| as they supposed Aiterward there were no
moro confusion, or hurry, or fat que IN harvest
/ than in seeding.
4 man vas asked to guess the ages OF hun
drcd glass blowers atan establIshm 1T in Scot
/ land. The ages vi five # them be Int within
year or Two. The nincty-iive he put oil at from
ten to twelve wears too high. Tho nlnciy-hve
drank more or less, and the five were total abSt-
nents. So il was no miracle tLat tho faces OF
Daniel and his three friends were falrer aud fat
ter upon bans than the faces Of those who
drank Of the kings wine.
Again take the question Of heat. In July
1901, Sir Jas. McGrcgor conducted whole d-
yi.ion OF the British army from Inua through
: Southern ngyPtto oppose the French under
Bonapartc. The use ofs spirits in the army was
then universal but or this expedition It was i'm.
possible to carry them, AID they were sstonish-
cd at the result The army WIS never more
healthy, and never had performed such an a.
mount oiiaugue duly in the sun, the thcrmom-
etcr standing at ll3, aud III in tho soldiers
tents at noon. Sir Charles Napier was long IA
miIiar with tropical climates. once had the
pleasure Of the society OF that original genius ~
crossing the Mediterranean from Athens to Alex
andGia. lie was on his way.lor the third tImO 10
India, When addressing the 9Gth Regiment at
Calcutta.ln 1919 he said IN his own characteristic
style. "SolIicrs let me tell you l bit of advice
Don't drink. know young men dyn't think
much Of advice from old ones. They put their
tongues to their checks and think they know
great deal more abou! !heir uSn case than the
old coon who is giving them advice, but let me
tell you, you have come to 4 country where a
you drink, you are dead men. OF two regl.
mcnts which knew here one did not drink at
all, and is now one OF the finest in the world ;
the other did drink, and il now nearly all de-
sIlbyeu. SoIne Ol you Will LIlnh III spNe III Ill
your officers can say, but such will soon be in
the hospital, and few who get into the hospital
in this climate get out until they are carried
out"
Such was the opinion of Sir Charles Napier
lie looked like an eagle. lie told me he was at.
tie battle OF Conunna, in Spain, in lS0S, where
be wa, himself wounded fighting by the side Of
Sir John Mo)rc, who was killed in that battle.
lie fought also in the war of 1912, was present
at the capture of Washington, but oil the while
he was at heart thoroughly on the American
side. This man had no religion, but ho was a
great General, and great master Of worldly
! knowledge, and among other things he knew ip-
toxiCating liquors in all their uses and abuses,
and di ,guises, and apologies, and sad they aught
10 he drummcd out of the world. SO much on
the physical side aide for he total abstinence prn.
cipe, not 1.-THE Of the argument which goes TO
show that in tho work Of human destruction, 0s
contrasied with intoxicating drinks, war and
pestilenco lag behind The one when gorged
ceases from lts gluuony, some incrSnIs II
seeks TO edge the appetite, the Others none.
"ln our time death deputies inlemperlnce
TO do the work of age. When hanging up the
Quvcr nature gave her,as too slow Of execution,
For despatch sends for the licensed butcher,
And bids him slGy the sheep-the silly
Sheep he fleeced before, and toss him twice
Ten thousand at n meal. o, what heaps Of slam
Call aloud on US for vengeance =
We gather then as the result Of the argument
on the physical side that every tcOr!diy man ol
good sense will say that the non use Of ntoxlca-
ling liquors ought to be his Lno unto himself.
Take il next on the moral side.
l. 1t MORALLY right or ,Crong to use IntoXica-
ting liquors as beverage in these times. If
is ,,rong (Ebich 4 ,lp and ,ba all eudeay-
or to proye) ii IS replied "then you call II sin,
and by so dong, you censUre our Savior and
condemn the Bible, which sanctions the use Of
wine, and 1t IS better TO 90 by the bible" quietly
assuming the bible TO be on their side which IS
the question TO be proved. Let them beware
of quoting the letter Of the Bible against lis
spirit.
It's letter touching the practical question be
fore US 10 this age, Is silent, as It Is respecting
gambling and other vices but lis Iprtt IS audible
and emphatic it is mol only against intoxIcatiOn
but against walking IN the ordinary and iraycll-
ed road TO II. ltIs not only against the abuse"
but against what is called the "u'e" Of inioxi-
eating liquors as things now stand
Ia Bible times the act Of dIslIldljOn had not
been discovered, and what We call ardent or
burning spirits were unknown. and Of course
unknown 10 the Bible. Audit Is these spirits
which produce nineteen tW enilcths oi our drunk
enness and by forming the basis OF all the wines
ofCOmmerce most Of the other twentieth. So
that If the state Of the world with respect 10
spurious liquors could be now as 1t WIS al the
Christian Era though drunkenness would exist,
it would not be in such gigantic forms a. 10 call
for such organizations 10 prevent Il IS modern
philanthrophy has devsei-thc relationship be-
tween "use" and abuse would be 50 altered
as materially to effect the practical question of
total abstinence as ALL have now 10 DO with u ,an
argument to which the Bible opponents oftOtal
abstinence 10 not dare 10 give ITS jus: weight.
With respect to the numerous wines of anti
qulty, including those Cf Judca II has been 9s-
cerlained after the most patient and learned in
Ve'tigatlon, that they were diTsiblc into two
general classes-iutOIIcatng and uniutOXlca-
ting. The intoxicating were highly ferme0ted
and after drugged-makIng "stroUg duuk.'
But there was class Of wines which were
wholesome and If not absolutely uuinloxica'Ing,
they were like the Vim ordinaire Of France
only so IN quantities which no one was likely
| 20 drink.
They did not 10 fact either produce ntcmptr-
ance or lead to Il. or the five sorts Of FaicrnIIn
only one would burn when thrown into the fire,
whereas now there are none Of the wines Of
commerce IN which drugs have not taken the
place Of whiskcy, which, when thrown into the
FIRE will not go OF like powder. We are told by
the historian that the ancient Egyptians drank
only unfeTmenteJ wines, considering those fer
meDied, the invention of the devil. They did
not presume 10 offer them 10 sacrifice 10 the d.
whites which they worshipped, intImating a
fear that the Gods themselves would get drunk
h trusted with the distinction between 'usC "
aud abuse" OF such liquors And here ~