, 1872-12-18
THE TEMPERANCE QUESTION.

20 The Editor at TIE Chicago Tribune:
Sm: I feel quite sure you would never have
allowed the communication Of "Uncle John 4
place in your paper, il it was not your desire to
give both eides OF the question a fair show.
But, II the Liberty League men cannot find bet
tar advocates than my John Bull countryman
for traffic that is destroying very best citi-
GEMS every year, then they had better shut up
shop. He Gays he Was temperance man once,
and had lots Of temperance friends, but now
they are al in their graves. Well, am tem-
pezance man now, and have not tasted drop OF
liquor Of any Kind for forty-seven years.
NY father and mother arc living, and they
have been teetota11ers forty years, and are hale,
hearty old folks yet have 8 very large num-
bar Of temperance friends in this city, and
though many Of them have besn associated with
me for twenty years, and We have had cholera
Grnes and Rickly seasons, strange to say, most OF
my friends are still alive, and are still teetotal-
1ers.
/ like this English word that our "Uncle
john uses. It WAS first used by good old
friend Of mine in Preston, England; and hero
let me say that have very large number OF
temperance friends in the Old World and in
moreover, have every opportunity Of knowing
That there is not more healthy eet OF men and
women living on the globe. If we're permitted
to give the names of prominent men OF this city
who have been carried OF in their prime,
should not need to ask the question, We're they
Temperance men7 IF I am not mistaken in
my man, "Uncle John - is not quite as sprightly
as when he was prominent temperance man.
! agrees that intemperance in eating, ETC., is
wrong; but it don't make men and women for
get their duties to the poor, dear little children
at home oyer-eating may produce dyspepsia,
and other diseases, but it don't destroy the
mind, as do alcoholic drinks when taken in e1-
GEES.
Two Thousand physicians and leading metro
politan surgeons, who are conversant with the
wants Of the upper ranks Of society, and also
the wants Of the artizan in his workshop and the
1abo1er in the field, have signed the following
certificate:
We, the undersigned are Of opinion:
l. That very large proportion Of human misery,
the use Of alcoholic or fernented liquors beverages.
total abstinence from all such intoxicating beverages,
whether in the for Of ardent sprits wine, beer
ale, porter, cider, etc., etc.
8. That persons accustomed to such drinks may,
with perfect safety, discontinue them entirely.
1. That total and universal abstinence from alco-
hoic beverages of all sorts would greatly contribute to
the health the prosperity, the morality and the happI
ness Of the human race.
I quote this from Dr.. William B. Carpenter,
the Celebrated Psychologists, prize essay; and
t6e issd EEL pEynaah brethren. '1s
"Uncle Johns" observation should have
shown him that teetota1iEm Is not the school for
drunkards, whilst moderate drinkingls; anu, If he
would have his nephews live pure, Flrtuous lives,
and be good citizens, he must teach them TO a.
stain from using drinks that produce nine-tenths
Of the crime in this city OF ours let him give
his name, and I will take him to the Brldewen,
to the jail, and the Poor House, where he may
have the proof from the lips Of the inmates
themselves. Yours, for Law, and Order, and
Temperance, THOMAS MOULDING,
No. 48 Canal street.
oz1oAao, DEF, Is, 1874.