The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-06-10

EDITOR STANDARD :--ln commenting upon my
letter of May 7th, yon ask the quest ion: f'Does
DR.. Hoffman claim that a drink of fresh cider
totally destroys digestion ?" j answer cmphati-
caIly nO--nor was there anything in my letter
calculated to convey that idea. was attempt
Ing TO prove that the continued use of wine,
beer, cider or any other drink containing alco-
hol was injurious to the human system, thereby
inducing disease and think even succeeded
in proving that sweet cider, when constantly
used, was not entirely harmless. If DR.. Gotwald
stated that one drink of any mixture containing
alcohol totally destroys digestion, he is mista-
ken; but ifhe said as presume he intended to
saw, that the cont inued use of alcohol IN any
shape or form, destroyed digestion. impaired
the general system, induced diseases ofall kinds,
and destroyed man mentally, morally, physi-
cally and eternally, say he was correct, and
can sustain that position by the best Physlolo-
gists and medical men in the world He can
also prove by incontrovertibe testimony, that
the stomach is injured every time alcohol is
taken into it, the amount Of injury depending
upon the quantity taken. If taken in small
quantity, the injury is not permanent; but 1t
cannot be taken, however much You may sus-
tain it, wlthoutproducing an unnatural condi-
tion of that organ, and in the blood. He who
drinks his beer or wine, takes probably as
much alcohol into the system in twenty-four
hours as the man who takes his regular drinks
of whisky. Ifall these various liquors are not
made for mans use, where shall we place them,
and what shall we do with them7 DR.. Chris
tlson, in speaking Of alcohol as poison, says
"The sedative action of alcohol on the brain
constitutes 1t a powerful narcotic poison. For
It's effects as such, II rapidly brought on by a
large dose, there is no GntidOte knOwn--the only
ethcGci0ns treatment consisting Of speedy evac.
uation of the stomach, and the employment Of
brisk external stimuli"
That Is its natural and legitimate place, and
should only be used as other medicines of the
same class are used.
You seem to be at loss to understand why
the Good Templars wage such warfare against
cider 1t Is not kept for sale in the doggerles,
and drunkards do not drink It, the latter Of
which Is true simply because their stomachs
have become so much diseased by constant
drinking, and their nervous system so deranged,
that 1t fails to produce the necessary stlmulation
but the time was when they drank cider beef
and wine. There is where they commenced
their career of drunkenness, gradually increasing
their libations until they have become entirely
besotted and brutallzed;
1t is rare indeed that you see IAN become q
drunkard suddenly, but commencing at cider
and beer, he unconsclously passes on from one
de gree to another, until he certainly and surely
finds drunkard's grave These mlIder drinks
are the little rivulets, going to make up the
great river of drunkenness and II the Good TEN.
plars can only succeed In drying up the riyulets,
the river itself must become dry 1t is an old
and trite maxim that "as the old cock crows
the young ones learn, and II Is Just as certain
that so long as men and women claiming to be
moral and religious, indulge In drinking domes.
tic wine, beer and cider Just so long will young
men and boys initiate their example, thereby
furnishing thousands and tens of thousands OF
recruits to annually swell the great army o
drunkards. In cons liberation of these facts car
you blame the Good Templars for waging on
unceaslng warfare on these so-cal led innocent
beverages 2"
/ do not, as medical man, advocate the usC
of tobacco, but must condemn 1t, as not only
useless, but Injurious yet at the same time d. is
sent from your Idea that II produces more In
jury to digestion than alcohol. Physiologisti
do not claim that such Is the case. The seCre
tlons from the sallvary glands may have some
thing to do with digestion | admit; but tina
they act any very Important part deny, and dc
mand the proof. Ifmy position is correct, theI
the poisoning of the sallyary secretiOns cannot
and does not have much If any effect upon diges
1.tiOn Tobacco Is injurious, but not In the man
ner spoken of by you.
There is not a man living who can adduc,
one sound Physiological or moral reason for tht
use of wine, beer or cider as q beverage, anC
when used as medic inc, In nine hundred aud
ninety-tlve cases out Of every thousand, they arr
mlsapplled, aud consequently Injurious. When
ever hear man advocating the bealthfulnes
of these drinks, l at once conclude that all hi
arguments are based upon his stomach, . ant
not on good sound sense or Physiological
grounds. / believe seriously that If the clerIca
and med ical professions, with the editors woulC
take decided stand against the use of alcohol,
liquors, including wine, beer, cider and paten
bltters, teaching the masses the evils resntln!
lstrOm It's use, II would be but short time until
our whole nation would be temperate; but le
us continue 10 teach by precept and example
that they are innOcent and prOmotlve of health
and we may expect TO continue to see drunk
eness among oil classes, from the Ex- x-Preslden
down TO the lowest and most degraded.
Suppose things ontinue as they are now, how
long will IL be before the Christian world will
realize an answer to the prayer ITO hasten or
the time when oil shall know the Lord" There
seems TO be general apathy pervadlng the peo.
| Pile upon this subject which to my mind Is the
most powerful instrument IN preventing the
spread of the Gospel II ls most assured!y on
the increase and 1t certainly behOOv every
man and woman who desire Christianity "a
spread lts influences over the world to fight
this monster with vim and never cease un.
I'll the demon is efiectuhlly and forever strangled
Should visit your city, and my native place.
| will give you chance to hear nv Physlologi.
cal views upon the effects OF alcohol upon the
human system, and rest assured. Bro. Maekley.
! will back my statements by the best medical
authority extant, or back down, the latter moi
being much In my line. Politically, this cues.
| ton Is assuming no little lmpOtanc In this
! State. The Tempernnce men have called con.
vention TO meet at Des Molnes, the day follow
ing tie Republican convention, and unless The
Republicans insert In their platform q prohibit.
Ory plank, think third party will be formed
which will prove formidable this year and sue.
cesstul next. have always voted with the Re,
publican party, and am willing TO stand tC
j and abide by" nearly all the measures of the
,party, but from this time hencel0rth and for
ever, 1t must not smell of whisky, wlne beer Of
cider.
In my next, hope to give your readers some
\ Idea Of this country, thereby inducing, II pos