Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-08-10

comprehend this woe; then multiply
it by the thousands of the forlorn
ones crazed by alcohol.
DIR. MoreI, twenty years connected
with large French asylum, says
twenty per cent of the trouble comes
from rum. Another French doctor
says, of eight thousand lunatics thir-
ty-four per cent were crazed by alco.
hol.
This is limited to nearly the cases
taken insane when drunk and in
delerium tremens. DR.. Cox of Gin
cinnati, examiner for the Probate
Court ascribes two-thirds of the cases
to rum. All the cases sum up more
than fifty per cent, when we count
the broken-hearted and disappointed.
In 1860 there were $4,000 lunatics
in the United States-12,000 caused
by alcohol. Two thirds recover after
an average of three years treatment.
Is it wise to leave the man to follow
the gorilla?
Another item-our monster pro-
duces idiocy. DR.. Howe reports to
the Legislature of Massachusetts,,
that l45 out of 800 are idiots, caused
by the intoxication of the parents.
Would you bequeath your name to
posterity encased in the person of a
droling idiot? Drinking will double
your chances for that.
Our gorilla riots on ruined virtue.
The social evil lis his pet daugh-
ter. Reports of police commission
ers and magdalene homes show but
few victims who lost their footing
when sober. A party of London dis
tillers drank this toast: The distil-
lers best friend-the poor prostitutes
of London"
Our monster destroys the public
schools. He can surround each
school house in the country with four
saloons. The sot's children cannot
attend school. There are, to-day,
100000 of these absentees. This
must prove fatal if left alone. This
breach i'll the dyke must be stopped,
or we shall be drowned out. The
ratio between the saloons and schools
is four to one, increased by seven
days to five and by eighteen hours to
six. Where must be the balance of
power? Thrones may rest firmly on
the necks of slaves, but republics
must stand on the brain of virtuous
freemen. We can survive empty
saloons, but empty school houses
would prove fatal.
Our gorilla is a prodigal. Last
year he paid over the bars of the
United States, s1,4S3, 3,491, 1866. Illi-
nois, with s159,OOO,000, is second
only to New York. God pity US
Annual waste of time and business,
$900,000,O00; insanity, S36,000,000
idiooy, S42. .OOO, 900; crime. S3S,000,-
900; hospitals, $1O,0OO,00O; pauper,
ism, $50,000,000; accidents, S4S,.
100000; total, 50, ,607.491 ,065. The
entire cost of the great war was but
little more than this record for a
single year.
Contrast this with other national
bills, then you may see what it costs
to keep a gorilla. For all religious
purposes, pastors, sections, and all
benevolent collections, less than $685..
100000 - one seventy-fifth of our
liquor bill. In 1867, $61,566,T14
was put into railroads-one fortieth
as much as into alcohol. Total cost
of the railroads in the United States
from the beginning, 81 ,s54, ,050,T9
half as much as alcohol for one year
The census of 1860 shows this, ex
pended for flour and meal, $4,000,
900 -one-twelfth of the cost of
liquor. Cotton goods, $115,000,000
one twenty-second as much as fo,
alcohol. Boots and shoes, 100000,
O00-one twenty-ninth as much as
for alcohol. Clothing, $70,000,O0C
one thirty-seventh the cost of alco
hol. Woolen goods, $69,000,000 -
less than one thirty-seventh of the
cost of alcohol. Books, newspapers
and job printing, s42,00O,000 one
sixty-second of the cost of alcohol
The total cost of these six leading
articles is $61O,OOO,O O,OO0-less thar
one-fourth the cost of liquor. AL
this means perdition. Who car
comprehend these CHASTITY figures?
Brothers we certainly have come
to where the paths fork. Shall we
turn back into the forests of Gaboon
sacrificing the man to make room fol
the gorilla? Choose ye whom ye
will serve.