Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-04-09
Communication.
Temperance.
For the Fayetteville Observer.

subject of temperance, and the
press is heralding the results of
the woman's crusade upon dram
shops and drinking saloons,t to all
parts Of the world, | thought
that [ would venture a few re-
marks upon the subject of
temperance and in defence of
| the doctrine of total abstinence.
! Every man should be alive to
the interest Of his family and Of
the community in which he
lives, for there never was a time
when the drinking of intoxicat-
| ing spirits was tolerated as it is
now. We heard an old citizen
Of the county Of Lincoln re-
mark that Fayetteville was SELL
i ing out by the drink-that he
supposed there was about one
barrel of whisky sold in the
place per day. Now, Mr.. Edi-
tor, Just think Of about 40 gal
Ions of whisky being sold and
drank in one day in a town Of
about 1900 inhabitants, making
| oil. which is equal to 4 ounces
or one teacup full of whisky
cons uned by each inhabitant of
the p. ace every day. AT this
estimate Fayetteville would con.
sumo il, one year of 365 days,
365 bar. els of 40 gallons each,
making a.. 4 500 gallons for the
entire po pulatiOn, or nearly II
gallons fol each individual with
in the place. Multiply this by
10 cts, the price Of one drink
and we have the enormous sum
of $1S6,88O taken from the treas
ury of Fayetteville and placed
in the Golfers of saloon keepers,
who,in the face of Go DIS author
ity,are putting the bowl to their
neighbors' mouth and making
them drunk withal. THIS cal
culation makes every man, Wo-
man and child pay annual Y for
whisky nearly $3.50 each. Now
take $186, $50 and loan it out at
10 per cent. per annum, and the
annual yield viii be $18,66t&,
which interest, if properly ma
nipulated, would pay the tuition,
annually, Of at least one thou
sand children; or the capital
sum Of $186,880 would pay for
the erection of first class insti-
tutions Of learning which would
invit. cnterprising men to the
town, while others from q dis
tance would send their sons and
daughters among us to be edu-
Gated. The facts before us au-
CUR nothing good and should
stimulate the opposers Of intem-
perance to greater vigilance;
persistent perseverance should
characterize the efforts of all
people interested in the temper
ance reform. No evil more Sc
riously affects the interest and
happiness of the human family
than the one under considera-
ton. And every evil has its asso-
ciate vice into which the thought
less and unstable are easi-
ly led. 1ntemperance is giant
vice and holds its victims with
deadly grasp reEdering,release
from its captive folds a matter.
Of the severest trial, requiring
the efforts of a strong will
No man expects to die drunk
ard however beastly he may have
become through the influence
/ of intoxicating spirits, but looks
forward to some future time
when he expects to reform and
die a sober man. But alas! that
future time seldom comes with
men who drink to drunkenness.
Dram drinkers, as general
thing, have more respect for so
Der men than they have for men
of their own caste, and are Of
ten heard to thus express them
sselves, even when heavily in
fuenced by whisky. The wri-
ter heard an old gentleman re-
mark not long since that he was
proud of his sons because they
| did not drink-said he, | drink
and get drunk like a dog, but
my sons never drink a drop
We believe the unfortunate man
felt what he said, notwithstand-
ing he was perfectly surchargcd
with whisky at the time he thus
) spake. We pity the man who
is thus fallen to level with the
| beast, but have no patience with
the vice which has brought hin
so low. We are frequently