, 1872-11-22

I tluence OF Intoxicating ufluhH.
| Hale. The SANG state of things existed. After
| tyentv-four years experience On the bench, he
said si Il all the murders, manslaughters, bur
glaries. RIOTS tumults, and other enor1nities
Committed in England we're represented by five
parts, four parts. beyonu olsp1te, would be due
| to intemperance,"
DUB OWN STATES ATTORNEY,
Charles Fl. Reed, ESQ.,, states that if the liquor
saloons were effectually shut up on Sunday alone,
his criminal business would be diminished 60per
cent. ..
A careful examination Of List Of about one
hundred murders and manslaughters committed
in this city and county during the last seven
years, shows that at least 80 Of the 100 resulted
from the influence Of alcoholic liquors.
Tho connection Of liquor with prostitution is
notorious. a report made by Or. Sanger, resi-
dent physician at Blackwels Island, shows that
''of 1000 prostitutes there, 1,6u were drunk
ards. as we'll" He said that the wretched crea-
that kept them from suicide. ssThe 1900 fallen
women we're made SO in this wise: 1852 had
drunken fathers, and 1,125 drunken mothers"
Liquor awakened half the Righteousness in men.
In Portland, Maine, where liquor was prohibit
ed, there was not q single open house Of i'll
fame.
SO WE MIGHT MULTIPLY FACTS
in relation to every species Of crime drawn from
the police and judicial records Of every civilized
country; but the sameness Of the recital would
only weary the reader, without imparting addi-
tioua1 force to the conclusions.
There is, however, another aspect in which
statistical comparisons will show results SO tuiy
corroborative of the foregoing that we Fi!
briefly indicate it,. By q careful comparison OF
| the amount Of liquor consumed in dltie1ent
States or counties relative to the population as
shown by revenue and census returns:
| with the number Of police and criminal nr-
rests in the came States, az shown by
the Police and Court records it is found that the
latter hold remarkably close direct ratio to the
former, and that in some States and mnnlclpah-
! ties, where the consumption Of alcoholic drinks
varies, one year from another, the number and
magnitude Of crimes varies i'll the same ratio.
TAKE EXAMPLES
| from Ireland. which all arc well authenticated:
Bessbrook, County Armagh, linen factory town
of 1000 inhabitants had no grog shop pawn
office, 10 police, no paupers, no prisoners. The
proprietor, Mr. John Grubb Richardson, OF the
Society OF Friends, Would not allow licensed
lowed from this prohibition About 60 square
miles of the County Tyrone were free from
licensed grogshops. Mr. J. E. Tener, the owner,
Of the property, had prohibited the drink traffic
decreased thereby, and the police actually re-
moved from their barracks in that district IS not
being further required.
It has been the custom to prohibit distillation
in Ireland after poor harvest. This does not
prevent, but greatly reduces the consumption Of
AS'~'~'''-'7 >@NA1'' prsmr
Six years Of ordinary drinking-1834 to 1889
inclusive -frst-c1ass crimes, 26,330. Si1years'
restricted dr1nking-1840 to 1916 inclusive-frst-
Other serious crimes during the ei1 Years ~ Of
ordinary drinl-ing nrmhared e 59n. dnrirc, the
si1 years Of restricted drinking, 1927.
It is added in the parliamentary report that in
several counties during the period Of restricted
~ +a ~ s.h;,o so,os
~ 40 fndas ~ 1vh;c a 5nna n1 re,, 81 H. ars
~ ~ ~ = ha trad o10 o "A''A' 'D0Ao
"o ~A"1'3-1@40 w " s,e1H e-..1 +.,,,,,-,
n 1sz4 ,vbo,, +ha du+u 5ntu1 ~ "a ad and 40
a.. - eae"t;o.. 1os1 a @ IL 80 a1,. ~. @ '
z1e 5ne consumPIon was gaMons' ana ta,
,sas ryo ta "a and g. 81 and 10 coyennntn1
- r ooc o5e ro11on. a5 A 49, - ,s,,S,ho - 49,
en1s "a Ia +h+.s ..a-;f71 ~ a.
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e+a,,s- dr;,l a :; ~ rrans+;nnata 1rnrLa,.eo
asa ~ n5 - ~ - the 1esona
4e9'' e'0f oTHrp u rr.s,n1rs
b x,x,1a - W;aa1a15 Ho,,- ropoo,r 1oa
boon }rennanF1v raferrad na ~ Hare is ctv of
10 nm ;nhaI;t:,te 81 1ern ra-,a5a f~,r, No1.
w ~ pb;ia ada1nb,;e .,hera ant;ra nrohh;t;om
~ a., ~ Gmyt1 eIto drie1 ~ haon
G enforced orc from from the beginnings The result is m
aoss 1 4paottG Ansgnee a oa f phe ST. anu
49, s 1 po!tIJ 20 H. aaa ~
th ~ onv az abon to
ob O. yEhi " - enufs 80 80 1
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os5;ae ~ 4uso - 0~0AA "A'A 'DA7
pena3tnre: pon7l es.z. o,,,. o...n, o,oo.,
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tha se1 ~ IN iona-a ~ ha;41 o1
1no sals u "1o@lca1ans Aquois oeAns Wildly
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lne OoFes ". 4 !nya.1e', epeaAiag ot ene
9ssG -. .eTha ~ wb;c -" baa ~ nsrsig
- sayn 1sA, hoa anf;roi. a-;
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