Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-04-26
.s ssx Vol. q, NO. AZ
The Effects of Drunkenness upon Chill
dren.

Differences Of social rank and con-
dition exert a powerful influence up-
on these results: the children Of the
rich Incorporate may be weak, nerv-
Gus, excitable, and prone to morbid
conditions of mind and body, yet
they have advantages which those
in lower life have not. They have
plentiful and healthful food, and I'M
der ordinary circumstances they
have a well regulated physical and
mental education. The practice of
their parents is not constantly en-
forced both by example and sort of
necessity ; and the tendencies which
they have inherited are not general
ly fostered by an entirely depraved
moral medium. Far different is the
lot Of the Incorporate poor born in
the midst Of abject poverty, misery
and privation is their lot from their
infancy and their want of the COM
mon necessaries of life, with complete
ignorance of it's comforts, prompts
them to.the commission Of crimes and
to the indulgence of their hereditary
tastes, to relieve their immediate
wants and sufferings. And thus
their impulsive nature, so far from
being checked by any moral consid-
erations, is placed in q very hot bed
for its evil developement. Yet, diff
ferent as is their station, in one par
ticular they are alike-the offspring
of the confirmed drunkard, rich or
poor, will inherit either the original
vice or some of its countless protean
transformations. The external aspect
may in one case be less rev Voting and
coarse than in the other, but mono,
as rule, can escape the inevitable
law, written in the most hideous re-
cesses of our nature, in accordance
with which the children do suffer for
the sins of the parent, and even at
the third and fourth generation, tho
faint is hardly wiped away, save by
the extinction Of tho line or family.
For the disease which leads to these
sad consequences there is but one
cure-total and entire restraint so
as to prevent for long period any
possibility of indulgence in the de-
PRAYED tastes and habits even this
is too often unsuccessful. For u
time, under this enforced discipline,
cure seems to be effected; but,
whom the subject of it is liberated, he
too often takes unto him seven other
devils, and the state Of that man is
worse than at the first. It would, |
think, be waste Of time merely to
point out the very obvious practical
conclusions from the foregoing con-
siderations and the duties which
due recognition Of their truth en-
tails both upon individuals and upon
society at large.
have entered thus at leaght into
the subject Of intoxicatiOn IL ahec1-
ing af,er gen rations. intending It a.
i typical Illustration Of the molo III
which al vices affect progressive
human welfare land because | believe
that the use OF Intoxicating drinks,
in what is called moderation, is q
teartuliy growing evil in our country
With regard TO other vices, must
only briefly observe that whatever
has tendency to lower the physi-
cal, intellectual, or moral tone OF the
parent has tendency seldom lost,
to exert disastrous influence over
the future well-being of tho
child. Let the source of degenera-
ton be what it may, the offspring
will inherit body or mind bearing
traces of imperfect fitness or balance
which sooner or later will assert its
presence and power.-A Physicians
Problems.