, 1874-03-02


counting tobacco, opium, &C., than wo do for
bread, clo.l,ing, boots and shoeH, and newBpn-
pots mud job printing, and yot It iB so.. Tho
writer WHO compiled from the public records tho
above facts, Haya furtler:.
Thoro wcrc 1i8,ooo licensed 1iauor aa!oots In tho
United 6tatcs, each having {csiated forty ally
TONER'S making b,Goo0e0 drinkers. who, It s eaimat-
3D. speu their money during The ycar III tho following
brnSers.. 1eoo spent 81 eaeh :. $1oe oooooo
Drnlkcrs.. loo,ou0 sl'cnt 99D cach... go,onl.ouo
Drimkers.. 1oo,000 spent 7Oo oacll.... 70'0g0,000
Drinkers. 10000 el,cnt Gau cach.... Go,ooo,0yu
Drinkers 4 00o,0oo spent 400 each.... 4ou,ND,0oo
Drinkers. ! ooo spent 300 cach.... 3000c0,0o0
Drinlera uo o ooo oto spent 2go oach... 2ooouooo
Drinkers. 4 ,0o0,aD0 spent Is oach... 75.o0u,oo0
1t is difficult to realize tho enormous
facts got forth ~ such figures. md
tho mind mny bo helped by furthor statements
from tllo Hn1ne source, ag followB:
Tho qunutity Of distltlcd fomcnted, ant1 hrcwod
liquors drank sufficient to fill canal4 fcat deep il
feet wide, and 80 miice long mud If all tho drinkers
GO sSa S Gs ts u ss s ys @ Sy S aqfc %
temperate usc Of spirtuona liquors wero thore also,
ahollla suicide at every tlvo miles md $50
cang liquors arn sold wera paccl In rows In li,lca
thuy would nuke atrcct 100 milos long.
anF TnsFs sss. us sss s e tc5 m s
Of noxieatlng drnka. 1o0,0uo aro annually sent to
children reduced to want Tie totnt number Of
persons engaged tn tho business Is ego o00 Of Which
% asq smoysa :; la IN ang and selling annually
Il is estimated that The clergy Of tho United States
costs annually sl2 oeo; tho lawyers, criminals,
before said, 81 All, s,o6o,o6o.
/ confess to you, that, standing inside and look
ing at those faets Of our world. T an, aulazed ut
their magnitude. aud confonndcl almost beyond
uttoranco at their Significance. Groat God,
and bcor than for bread: clothing, newspapers,
Inv. and Gospel! Nearly half q million moro peo-
pic engaged in tho liquor business than in tcncll-
Ing our schools and preaehing tho Gospel
Chicago elono has somo $500 saloons,
drinkn sl4,ouo.ooo. Lot us continue to stand
aside in Thought, us lookers.on, and observe the
effect Of ail This. This stimulation is not food
nor strength, but excitement; and carried to n
certain puint iB intoxication,- wild rule Of
lnal without tho man,-and what is tho result
Domoralization, waste, want, diseaBo, suffering,
mid crime. OF course wo do not lay all waiit
and crlnlo to intomroranco, bnt It will not lie
tiou and the cause of more Sin aud suffering
than all other causos put together, working, as
It does, through all others, and intcnsifying
them.
Still standing aside, let ask what may be dono
to stay or molify tho evil. It is only. ia civil
question, mud not as d religious one, that logis-
lation can touch it ut all in this country.
Wo cannot logislate 1t ont Of exist
enco. Tho law can only recognize
i as faet. and seok eek In tho
il probnbly aB gooaa wc may hopo to soon layo.
III tho present stato Of public opinion, prohibit
DRY law IL not practicable 1t cannot be enforced
Tho VARIOUS temperance organizations hnvo
timo ara doing good, but arc almost as nothing
boforo tho swelling tide. Tho churches md tho
schools lnyo bocn in this, aB they are i'll oyory
moral cause, tho main reliance. but the evil is
ovcry year gaining upon us. It ID worae this
year than it waH last, aud It will DO worse next
thnn it is this, unless Il grcat change comes. Ia
it not limo to look tho facts fully in the face
ind ask II wo llayo been working in the right
way, and what more, II anything, can DO done
May it not bo that VIC have, attempted too
much2 The Bible can hardly bo mado to teach
total abstinence. Tho Savior madc vino, and
Paul permits it's rao, at least for invAlitls. Tho
old temperance pledges Disseminated between
malt andspirituous drinks. Dy Attempting too
sibIe. I think tAero Ia Scriptural ground Oh
which abstinouco may be put 10 us to appeal to
most conscienceB. uumosy. lest you cauHo othors
to offend or full. On tho ground Of proprety
md common good, mon might agreo to largely
aappres4 the aalo OF spirituou4 liquors, ana tic
It may bo tllat the universal de-
desire for stinlulants cannot bo botter gratihel
than by tolerating bcerB aud Wines. All good
e fses TS Dy eo to a m msHGaen ct
cause commands tho whole support Of only tic
most radical minds, whilst tho solid, thinking
masscs stand atoof, not from want Of interest 30
much. as because they cannot consistently i'll
dor6u extreme meaalroH mud do not cara to Oil
counter tile abuse that would como from oppos-
ing thon, for radicals have an casy why of calling
every man an enemy to the cause, bo it temper
anco or religion, WHO docs not stand wholly on
their platform.
/ do not question tile sincerity Of temperance
refornors, but tlieir views aro not above crlti-
ciam. Extromo measures cannot hayo enduring
Ruccess. Some things must be- endured In this
world. and often tho policy that would destroy
the evil, would destroy tho good also. Among
try arc tllo, differences Of opinionB and customs
coming from d mixed population, We must
learn to bear QUO with another, and Try to agFoe
upon tho bost grounds wo can, for tho common
welfare az an exame T. s not 1eaaonabla to
consent to giyo up their boer nor would 1t DO
right for uH to compel them to do 90, had wo
tho power; nor aiould tho Germans seek to
obtrlsiVely thrust tlloir customs upon American
on botl. hdeH ilayo no such intention. Wo must
a!so bo reasonable. II yon Hoy to Honsiblo
man tint 1t IL mortal sln to talo n
glaBs of vino or beor, ho will say
you have Mot goou Bcns0, hut II
you say to him your example may have a bad
intluoco upon othoru, and The habit may grow
to your own injury. he will Hay that man il rea-
so,iablo md Will thinIi upon what Ao ssys, and
you 1nay save him. Il you eey, tho moaerate
1so Of such drinks il dangerous to health. l!o
will say, ~ guess can stand IT, " but ii you say,
would it not 10 nottor upon tho whole for uB to
adopt total abstinence, yo! may got him to 60
with yoll-at least yoll will SECURE hiB respect.
Tho application OF littlo common aouso to tl.o
tomporInco question. and 1na,iy other social
problems Of our time, might lo]p to tlicr sou-
ton. But, after all, lot us make up oar MINDS
to this, that mon arc men, and TINT God having
falel to mako Il world froo from evil, We shall
not probably Bco oil tho worlds wrongs sot
right in Our day. Tho beat we Gun do ID to work
a.itl whit.
Lint what Of tho Woman's movement7 It Ia
simply Que phase Of tho great question wo lavo
been discussing spontaneous uprising OF
portion Of society In all effort to froo itself from
tho drcaaod presence and awful Bcorgo OF in-
temperance. Tile Church daro not disown the
movement, or,whilst It III ln reasonable bounds,
should it discourage 1t. 1t iH In the lno aud
spirit Of tho ChilrollH teachings anu tho Ohurc!.
WILL hayo to sharo worry largely tho results,
whether good or bad. Whilst It Ia OF tho Church
1nrryatu l think that fhr,rrt