The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-06-14
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!. WHAT HE DIP NOT KNOW.

From recent address before the Sailor
Catholic Total Abstinence League, by th
Archbishop of Westminster we take the an
pended extracts. They may be read with prof
by all, but especially by those who imagin
that their experience in the world has laugh
them the full extent of the evils which ar
disorganizing society and causing the eterna
less of hundreds of thousands of souls
| think that one of the great obstacles to sue
| cess In that tthe Total Abstinence movement
is, not the indulgence of mon, not the love OF
| rance of a vast number of edu Gated men to tn,
extent of this evil. And in order to give PROC
OF what l say, will make ccnfession
never myself until the year 1865, was aware
OF the extent of the evil of drink traffic, or OF
| the extent Of the havoc which that drink
! franc IS making among our people had
| thing which ought to have taught me all che
means OF knowledge were at my hand; but I
renamed ant ca DOM to that year ignorant of the
Shat no man can ignore, but ignorant of its
subtlety, ignorant of the ravages which it is
committing day and night. Until that year, ]
It, thinking ii was an evil we could not CON
| troll, that we could do nothing against IS: and
that arose from the fact that did not know
that which came to know in that year, and
vii! relate it,. There came to me one day, on
their own solicitation, certain number of
gentlemen, members Of the United Kingdom
alliance, who requested me to listen to their
statement l did SO; and having listened to
tnelr statement, l bought and read the evil
dence taken before Mr.. Yillier's committee in
the year 1854 5, and then for the first time
knew what is the meaning of the drink traffic
traffic throughout that whole country means !:
and would only ask all of you who have NOT
become acquainted sufficiently with this sub
JectLl would ask you to obtain either that
from, hot
make yourselves masters of the facts. can
only say for myself that it opened my eyes, as
II ! had found myseif in a house full Of evil
as II had fonnd myself in q hospital full of
forms OF death. The revelations of that evi.
dence were such that can say that nothing
has ever shocked me SO much in all the DAYS
Of my life believe that it is the want of
this knowledge that makes members of Par
lament, men of honor, men of culture, men of
s!.. minds treat this subject with SO
of the most formidable dangers before ma in
this country and have no doubt that unless
remedy can be applied there are evils before
me which win one day sap the foundations of
Every year the manufacture of Intoxicating
drink is on the increase. If it is on the in.
crease, then tho consumption is on the increase |
Tor demand precedes supply, and if consump- |
ton is on the increase then tell me how is Il |
possible that drunkenness is not on the in |
crease S1s too. What remedy is there before us |
S"h &c 10 wen, Luere IS one remedy |
in the hand of all of us, and that is that We
shall unto together, as we are uniting to- |
night, and that for ourselves, at least, we shall |
strike against drink, SO that if we cannot stop |
us sale we can stop its consumption so far as |
we are concerned. And If we did that upon q |
large scale, and if every one of the three |
Thousand, that suppose are here, will find |
some body else to do like them, and so make |
the three thousand six thousand by Tomorrow
morning., and go Oh that way for twelve
months "a, It we should, at least make appreoia.
give you one last fact,
oNE CALCULATION FOUNDED UPON THE FACT.
which will show even to you Lancashire man
much money in drink. land in book SEEV WhSio 10
hat, calculating thas In LanoasSss aenss
eighteen millions a year are spent in drink. the
a W. goes on to say: Now, let me suppose
or Or 1 moment those eighteen millions divided
MILLIONS in agriculture. First of all, it would
1--WE los. week to $4,000 men. 1t would also
a alse II millions of bushels of grain. The ,
otton. 1t would give lbs. q week to 1000 {
nen OF hands; it would produce 24O. 600 600 {
ards OF calico. Let the third six millions be
ertainly to spend eighteen millions in drink
! not wise investment, for when it is drunk :
is gone: Not quite-there are the headaches {
nd nd the the diseases, and there are the quarrels
1omen, and children from their eighteen l
,illiops of money. There is a return from {
he Investment Now, let me for q moment {
oppose that we were to take $50 900 900 of l
'ayes, or as said BEFORE IL 900 900 bushels of 9
rain, and heap them up together-let us mt e
pom them GAG 900 900 Of yards of calico. and !.
IT us put it round the 80, 600 houses, and then .
IT hre to it, then you will have lust a fair {
lnstraton of the Improbable investment. 7 g
eiieve the fact have given 10 simply and p
lstly within reason and common sense. We'll. /,
ow, then, I must appeal to some-I know
ley are not here, but wish they yyera-vLo |
ave felt this temgrrt.ation, and to ::s.m wou;6
. the Arst to ask them to say II viii I bsve e.
othins to do with it for the rest of nv iifsS il
ut If yon or any of your friends know of this r,
mptation tell them to give it up. You know h
began by telling you we teetotal abstainers b
sgan from experience. 1 appeal to the heads n
,famiiies-1 appeal to men on whom many ~
ners are depending, and who look to them a.
r example. Let your example be moro than a.
AfrEAL TO MOTHERS, WIVES AND SISTERS. ~
n who are, perhaps, never tempted. and who a.
Q In no danger whatsoever. If yon give mn =. y.
csc things, you will give strength and conr. r.! re
Q to others to do likewise. Husbands. faith IL
,, and brothers will be siren Sthened and w
pported by you, and weaned from their CO
nptatlons, and let me ask You how il ia nos vi
ne TO expect a f0 h., | !,