Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-04-01

is largely diluted in the distillerics, with
water, and the I've Of ashes added in sui
scicnt quantity to give it the character
expressed by the name by which it is
usually called, "rot gut"
Any one curious in this matter can turn
to the article "Adultcratiom" in the Ameri-
can Encyclopedia.
Is this comforting statement to people
who want these things for medicine, and
have supposed them pure il they got them
cover the lino?' Oar only safety is 10
give them up alte & Their We dom van.
Agencies To dispense this stuff as II stimu-
liant. There is another stiinulant better
than all these; mean fresh arr which
is SO cheap SAYS DR.. Jackson, people do
not know how good it is" The air of
this country is SO dry it is peculiarly
stimulating. Spirituous liquors arc said
TO have n greater @ fleet in this stimulating
air than they have in moister climates.
In China, the people, We are told, are
the most dcpraved people on the face of
the earth; become SO by the use of OPT
um, carried TO them from India by chris
iian England for gtin, trade carried on
tor forty years wholly by smuggling, The
opposition of the Chinese government to
il was steady and strong, the measures to
prevent it As constant and vigorous rs the
combined wisdom and power of the En-
peror and his ministers could make them.
As they did not succeed, its use constant
" increased, and the Emperor was urged
10 try and regulate the trade"--to legal
izc the introduction OF opium, thus deriv
ing from it M immense revenue +; to allow
the poppy to be cultivated there, thus
saving the country from the immense
drain of money from lis resources. This
was the answ or of the Emperor whom we
call pagan: ut is true cannot prevent
the introduction of the flowing poison
gain seeking and corrupt men will. for
profit and sensuality, defeat my wishes /;
bit nothing rciH induce Ic 10 dcrired rcr-
enRe from The rire and misery 81 my pea
PIE Can rein so-callod, christian Ameri-
ca, read this without shame with our
distillcries. with our 'whiskev ring. with
our immense naiiona revenues derived
from the manufacture and sale oil ardent
spirit, What binders Us that We do not
Law the axe Ia the root OF the tree? why
should not ne, hc Sorersign people rise in
our vauntcd majesty. declare We will no
longer "raiso revenue on the vice aud
misery" of our people, destroy our distil-
lercs. aud forbid importation, and If per-
sisted in. throw the foreign liquor into the
sea rs We did the tea in &c. and rs the
Empcror Of China did Sl2 600. 600 worth
of opium in 1882 know il is consider
cd delicate thing to touch the revenues
of county. but is it not much more
delicate thing Ia destroy its morals and
It's health? Would not the country be the
gamer. even in material prosperity. in 4
few years? The greatest wealth of any
nation lies in the moral and Intellectual
power of her people.
Shall We not begin more thorough
reform by deciding against the use of
alcoholic siimulants real or counterfeit as
medicines Tor ourselves, and coniine nj.
cohol TO its true place with its kindred
poisons, arsenic and opium, to The shelves
of the apothecary. 10 be obtained only by
n medical prescription, thus doing away
entirely with the nuisance of an Agency
in every town? ). j. I.