The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-29

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10 get rid OF the unpleasant theory. y r. u.
quotes Giobon and kenan az declaring .na ano
reach the splrituallty or lmmortallt, OF the soul
b out on the contrary they afrm tha,, nhe nh h
the lower auimas are diving souls also anu IN ne
matter OF NE aud death the one 1ath no pre-eni
nence above the otter. Milton, Prlestiey, Iro.ss,,
eighteenth centuries, are quoted py -. j. GU a.
dec.a ing the me truth. when Trey re'er pach W
tue hesrew erophes where tney ou un me credit
WIN, 1yBda Hux ey, &c, refuse 10 give Tue cicui'
tor TINS do triue where IL belongs. But or COT
respondent does not think that me staeemene ~
some act should Oblige us as0 10 accept e'eiJ
/ new theory that may be propouhded.
Prudentius' Last Words About Temper
| ance.
| To TIE EDrTon OF THE fiEBAfD:-
| last word about temperance. it Is not too
! much 10 hope that although the appeal made
| through your columns Tor temperance reform
league has bad as yet no answer, 1t NAV ind an
! echo among the many nourshing nocieIies on
whose banners total abstinence il inscribed. IL
shalt oe tue duty OF the writer 10 watch the meet
ing of the State and National Temperance Unions
| and submit to them In detail the measures whica
| are now in briel placed before your readers
! l. Can no cfrectual preventive be fonnd in our
present legislation Tor the manufacture ana the
sale OF drugged ana de,eerlous liquors.
The writer cannot but RENE nber what occurred
! in France In ls63-64. sort o. cneap brandy or
spirits was distilled from beetroot and had large
sale in those parts of France which do not pro-
duce wine. 1t was soon discovered, however that
! Its use produced everywhete sickness akin to
delirum tremens or acute mania, and so the gov.
ernment prohibited both the sale aud the manu-
facture OF what was found to DO POISONOUS This
was only an Instance OF the watchfui sOIcltude
with which the government OF tnat country pre-
vented everything unfit for human food or drink
to find It's way into the market
With US the evil is II IL to be feared, that were
there no snon prohibitory legislation IN existence
it would be idle to attempt 70 pass law forbid
ding either the manufacture or Che sale OF IN
tlniteiy worse stun than OeetrOOt brandy.
THE LIQUOR CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES
could ana would buy up any legislature in the
country, from our august Congress down to
those lawmakers VINO year after year Disgrace the
Capitol at Albany. And the very best laws
enac led to repress this ab0ninable t aflc, wnere
Is the magistrate willing enough or strong enough
10 enforce them Or, VIII the best will ia the
magistrate to do his duty, what can no effect with
such police force a. ours, who are formidable
only to the weak and peaceful citizen, but patron
izng to the brutal and the violent ana all respect
and difference to the Keepers Of liquor houses
We cannes foraet it II we would-police commits
soners, police magistrates, pc ice officers are the
appolntees Vi tHe primary electors, VINO meet and
MAKE up election tickets IN the corner groggel les
Is there no remedy FOR this9 Apparently none
save IN the union ali respectable citizens to sup
port, IN our mun.cl. al eleoil0ns none bur men
pledged 10 reform ms nveGerate evil. Tne inter-
terence VI cieryvmen act,sc politics liz, save In
extreme ana rare CIRCUMSTANCES, most undesir
a6e. But when great moral reform Is acAnowl-
edged to be necessary anu prayed Tor by every
e or ne cey TO .n'um th saf SSo s Ssan
OF their influence on the side OF God and the
country Wnen tneir minds are made AZ to do so
thousand opportunities Oher oy which they can
STIR the masses, through their whole ienGtn,
breadth ana depth, without appearing 20 eiec-
uoueer 10 descend rom Gneir own nigh position,
above all pu.Iti:ai parties.
10 not mi, aptrenend the PURPOSE OF the writer.
aoe tralc OF amy KIND mat he w0nid interfere.
The occupation ol hOte u tavern keeper III Itself
primarily IL an honorable one al least IL is
peiiect, law hi one; Or IL originated ~ tue sore
need VI travellers as wen as IN the practice or hos
pltality. Inis IS the notion nom wolch clergymen
must start in laying down the law lor all leisons
VINO Keep ubc houses.
We REMEMBER TO nave euce--sevoral years ago
sat beneath q pupl at OnllsLnastide. when the
preacher, after aeaor.bIng the reception given at
Hls olrlh the Dlvlue BABE and Has oy the
Bet eueuiitcs, went on to describe low the first
CnHls,IAE HOTEL AND TAVERN KEEfERs
rece,ved WIN respect anu LOVING Kindness all
way larers Tor HLs dear sake an remembrance.
He waa not u brilliant man, nor perhaps an CO.
quent one; but tne p.cture Of the stable III winch
ChrlSL VAS horn aud Oh the master and mistress
OF The puhc house nnistsrlng Tor Cbrist's sake to
tue stranger to tne poor especially was 3 pow
fonse A. ,en speaua I Gse w our mas
houses are Kept ana =, the eXcesscs and Wees
Wh.Gn make tuem centres ol prontsacy, he re-
feried to a eceng occurrence IN tue locality to u
man who haa Gecu made drunk in pubic house,
then turned out at midnight into 4 binding snow
| the morning. lie thrilled with horror the
wnole aua,enee as "e pointed to the pro
sns s' maa's @u, assesii Hs Sou nave k,sss
, him, SOU ana bodyi" II viii be eas,i, Imagined
snas 'sls man ,oaa ms occupation s.ns after ,nas
difficulty IA regulating i9r the .uture SUCH puohc
! houses as he oud not close Oh, taeie Is power
lriA lst ,.r.a Af yy,.rl ~ AicA
SIRED ny the true love vi sous And wnero the
pulpit rs flied Wy tue men, AID the press uniles
Its voice With theirs, every c.ass ia tho com.
muuity must y.eM ere long 10 any reform they
unite Ill advocating.
! .rnK UNION OF PRESS AND PULPIT,
then CALMLY, temperately, pefsevern.iy pleading
the nee sssiry Vi tnis reiorm-sucn Is TIE double
lever With winch to move GU. people and 70 break
/ up the iorMiuaDie resis, ance Just uescrioed.
2. mere Is another measure wneh Is stall more
! urgent than a pronibto law aud It's enforce
! nent--tne giving 10 tue lanhes oi habituai and
! mcOrng. bic urunkardS elective AUTHORITY 10 stop
them III tielr MAD race o. ruiz.
| Surely tnere ought ~ be sVnle ei1icacious means
! provided by the law or preventing man, mat
/ deneo daiy aud hourly ny druggod wGiskey, irom
utterly Mastin the substance o, MS ianul or pilt.
! tug tner lives ~ constant peru. In France, wnen
man, ether through Insanity, IdIocy OF naoltual
I prohigacy, wastes rs property or Is lncGpaoie OF
manakin., IL, or is proved 10 be " threat 70 tue
peace ana happiness oil Ills home. 70 the health
Inc VI Iis inmates, tue cOiaseu 0e JdHe can have
him cOnHned IN some Inst tu.lUn where the law
compeis him TO feInain ana waerc he ce sesto nave
any part wnatever III 1ie management oi MS prop
are allowed 10 81 enu IN drink the last dollar winch
siouId give bread 10 tncls cniluren. ana ~ break
ttclr W.veS' hearts muruer them, LII their
drunken lrenly, 0e,ore the Jaw OF It's onicers dare
lhtetlere. How long Is THIS TO beY And why
should IL Der
/ HABITUaL DRUNKENNESS Is INSANITY.
1t Is now proved W siatlstlcldns thai the great
majority OF the inmates oil Uui iuadhOuseB or luna
TIC uuls are either inveterate drunKaro tnenl-
selves, or the uesce adam Is drunken parents.
Inc presumption, then, Is That haUituai druuKeu-
meas drought ABOUT W the use OF our Mhlsheys IS
eli her actual INSANITY or vcrging upon It, Ihen
tieat such uiuilkafaS as niadinen, Or men who are
babe aG any NOM nt 10 break out INTO violent
sanity. Gave tdeir lamtlies egai power 10 watch
them, 10 stop them and preven thelt going to latal
extleiAities.