The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-03-30

movement. IL Is SAID II 10 not the best
way. What js the best wgy2 Tell Us Of
quicker, better way, and we will adopt
IT, Surely, this way Ia better than no
way. Some agitation Is better than to-
tai stsgnaliOn. A running stream Is
healthier than poisonous pool. Il Is
said that this movement e Infringing up
on the personal rights Of the dealer Is
liquor selling wrongS Yes. Where do
men obtain the privilege Of doing wrongg
Certainly not from God. Men can never
have RIGHT to do prOng. This movement
instead OF depreclatiDg the value
OF prayer, as some assert, has very great.
y quickened the faith Of the whole ma.
lion In prayer. Instead OF lowering the
estimate placed upon woman, as hos been
frequently declared, 1t has exalted her in
the esteem Of all true men. This crusade
has shown that she Is more than a gilded
toy, or painted butterfly that she has
hopes and affections that arc not lightly
to DO trampled under foot.
10 view Of the widespread dissolution
which the yum traffic works out, ! take
the unasSailable, incontrovertibe position
that the use Of alcoholic beverages is the
costliest vice oil our social and national
lie. II is costly TO the manu- deturerS and
sellers Their violent dealing returns on
their own heads. 1t Is a mOney-making
business at the beginning, and Il is soul.
destroying business at the end. II Is costly
to the drInksrI There are two classes,
moderate and habitual. Careful statistics
and intelligent observation show that
nineteen out Of every twenty moderate
drinkers become habitual drinkers. What
does 1t cost hsbitually to drink whisky ?
1t costs at least seven things-reputatiou,
money, time, happiness, body, soul,
heaven -ior mo drunkard shall inherit
the kingdom Of God" Look not thou
upon the wine when II is red, when II
giVeth It's color in the cup, whel Il
moveth itself Alright a. tho last ii biteth
Iik1 serpent, and Stingeh like an adder"
Il Is costly to the friends Of The drinkers
There can be no costlier operation than
Tor mother 10 raise son and then have
him manufactured into common drunk
ard. Think Of the wives whose affections
have been withered, whose hopes have
been crushed, whose hearts have been
lscerated by rum. Who knoweth the
weight Of this agony save God HIMSELF
II Is costly vice 10 the city Of Wheel.
Ing. Newark, New Jersey, has a popu-
lstion four times as large as the city of
Wheeling, and has about four drinking
places to our one. Careful statistics have
been gathered Of the amount OF money
spent Tor whisky in Newark, and the
amount Is 100000 annually. Taking
Newark as basis, we are spending 3D..
100000. Or, lest we be charged with
making too high an estimate, say, $780,
600. Our city papers tell US we need
5000 600 for street improvements, and l
think everybody will agree with them
We are spending this amount for liquor,
and $500 900 more. We need new
City Hall, worth at least 10000. With
the money we are spending for whisky,
we could improve our streets, build
new Hall, and have half million dollars
lett. What could be done with this hal!
million dollars! 1t would build fifty
school houses, worth $4,000 piece, or,
It would build twenty five churches, at
$4,000 each. With this 100000, we
could build an Orphan Asylum worth
$500 900, and then SO invest the remain
ing 100000, as 10 have a yearly in
come Of $4,000, to keep up the institu.
ton. With the $500, 900 we are spending
for whisky, we could build 400 com.
Portable dwelling houses, at cost Of S..
600 each. Here Is summary: With the
$8O0,OOO we arc annually expanding for
liquor VIC could improve our streets to the
amount Of 100000, build new City
Hall alta cost Of 100000, erect ten new
churches at q cost Of $4,000 each, build
ten new school houses at $4,000 each,
add $25, 0O0 volumes 10 the City Library
at "a 90 per volume, contribute 100000
toward buildg new Court House Tor
Ohio county, and have 100000 left, 10 be
donated 10 the Orphans Home Of this city.
Does It pay TO have whisky sold in the
city OF Wheeling?
1t is costly for the nation. No man
will dispute the fact that this traffic is the
source OF nine.tenths OF tho vice aud
crime OF this country. Every year
100000 persons are sent to prison, as the
result of the use Of liquor. In the year
1870, the traffic in rum cost this country
81 ,51349l 1865. II costs heavily TO keep
up aims houses, infirmaries, insane asy-
lums, iails, penitentiaries, policemen,
sheriltj, and criminal courts. Careful
statisticians inform us that the half OF our
taxes are caused by whisky. BY this
business 10000 persons are annually sent
to drunksrds' graves, and 200 600 children
reduced TO penury and want Does not
wise politicsl economy put the ban upon
such costly traffic?
Virtue and intelligence are the main
pillars OF Republican institutions. With
a vicious and ignorant pOpulace the doom
OF the Republic is sealed. This nation
spends twenty dollars for whisky, the
fruitful source Of ignorance and vice, 10
one dollar it spends for education and re.
ligion. -Four hundred thousand mere
persons are engaged in the liquor bust
ness than in preaching the gospel and
teaching schools.
How can we entertain Just hope for
the perpetuity Of the Republic, with such |
fearful odds against virtue and intelli-
.genceE
What are VIC 10 10 with this colossal
evil2 The first and chief thing is 10 create |
a correct and powerful sentiment on the
subject, Make 1t odiOus IN the eyes Of the
whole community. The real remedy is a
healthy public opinion, sufficiently strong
TO demand stringent laws, and then
promptly and iearlUssly 10 execute them.
Let the Palpit, and the Press, and tue
Platform, and the Sabbath School, and
the Home, all combine tor tho overihrow
Of the Ubiquitous traffic We can ali do
something. We can all bp tetotallers-il
not for our own sake, for the sake OF our
brothers We can steadtastly refuse to
vote Tor any man in any wise connected
with the liquor interest We can talk
about the subject, and can tell our pCnu-
rious neighbor, when complaining OF high
taxes, that the OnC-halt oil them are made
necessary by the traffic in liquor. Wecsn
show our colors, and let the whole COM
munity know which side we arc on. We
can be true TO the inner voice oil God, ever
falling t,a N do rI1hk