The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-14


bDberS, for the drunkard shall come I
poverty" After giving his version Of th
text, as to It's meaning, &C., he gave
general talk on tho evils ol the vice, II
prevalence and effects in our country 70
the last fourteen years, and the greS
movement now inaugurated by the Ia
dies. He was very earnest, and impress
ed tho audience iavorably, although b
should cultivate brevity, as he spoke full!
an hour and half.
He presented the following interestinl
statistics: In 1860 the money expended
for whisky In the United States wa
$7G1O0O,0O0. This was $l29 900, 900 NOR
than was expended for clothing, food AM
all the other necsssaries of life. And a
the expense ot running our governmen
Is $ll 900, 900 per year, the money ex.
pended for this great evil In 1850 woulC
run our government thirty.three years
The money expended in 1869 or 1865
would wipe out our National debt
In one year and six months. In 1870
81, ,573, 100000 was expended, and with
the same ratio OF increase will reach
the enormous sum Of $2,200000, 900
Ia 1880 Last year Gov. Geary, OF
Pennsylvania, reported that out Of 5000
applications for pardon from the inmates
OF the penitentiaries 05 per cent Of the
crimes had been committed under the in
tluenCe Of whisky. The money being ex.
pended at the present time, either direct
ly or indirectly through the influence Of
intoxicating drinks, would build all our
churches, support all our ministers, en-
dow oil our colleges, and still have q
large surplus left for other benevolent
purposes. Rumselling is not a legal
traffic, Communities have no legal right
to license men TO deal out death and de-
struction to their fellows. Some men
contend they have right 10 get drunk II
they see fit. No man has a right 10 got
drunk OF all, much less has he right to
make his lelloW.man drunk. We have
just as good right to license men to
commit wholesale murder, as 10 license
them TO sell TO their fellow men that
which destroys both body and soul. AS
soon as all good people SEQ 1t In this light
we will be free from the traffic, and this
was why, he said, he favored the womsns'
movement. They had been driven TO
this movement. They had patiently
borne worse than Egyptian bondage for
10 these many yearsSand when il eould
be borne no longer they had risen in their
might, and with the same God as their
helper that sescued the children Of Israel
from the bondage Of Egypt. 50
would they be rescued. They
would create public sentiment
that would oil itself put down the traffic
Many honestly feared that the suppress
sion OF the traffic would cause a staena-
ton in other business. On the contrary
all other business would increase Tor the
money spent for drink, would be spent
for the necessaries Of life, and thereby
their business would increase. The
money spent for whisky Is not only rob-
bing those for whom in many instances
it should purchase the necessaries OF lie,
but 1t also robs the community as It Is
sent away from it. He closed with an
earnest appeal for all to get right on this
great question, and go 10 work at once,
for we all have work 10 perform
whether we will or not. We can't shirk.
We are either for or against it.
l see that the teachers in the different
parts Of the State are beginning 10 talk
concerning the State Teachers As.
sociation. We hope something will be
done in the matter at once, Tor Il would
be shame were we to fail to hold
meeting this year as VIC did last. We
would suggest that the meeting be held
either the last week in June or the last
week in August. The first mentioned
time would be just at the close OF the
present session Of the different schools
and the last mentioned the week prece.
ding the opening oI next term. We would
prefer the latter il the teachers
would attend, but we apprehend
larger turn out could be had in June.
Some object to this time from the fact
that. teachers will not wish to go, as they
will be wearied with the protracted labor
Of the'la term ol school. We suggest
that this week will be recreation, and
the best thing that all the teachers ofthe
State could do 10 recruit their exhausted
energies.
Some one has suggested Morgantown
as suitable place for holding the meet
ing. We think this would be unwise, as
there is no public conveyance 10 Morgan.
town. No one would rather go there than
l would, hut think we must wait until
that long talked Of railroad is completed.
Then Morgantown can expect such
things, but until then such meetings as
state Associations should be held at more
accessible points.
Rev. J. Il. Thompson, oI your city, will
be the speaker at our temperance mass
meeting next Tuesday night. Y