, 1875-02-22

A Rerty tn ProE. Ewing.

Rerty tn rf0s. 6w.nks
n ths Efffor nf The Chfedco Tribune:
CHICAGO, Fob. 21.-1Iaving listened 10 Trof.
ewing's second lecture OF, temperance, cannot
be impossible for me to critically analyze tho ner-
ole, and yos tho fact announced by him that we
should transfer from tho bsor gardens. Ninc~col-
lars, mud sa,nplc-roo,nB wine, leor, and brandy
10 our homo circles. aud mako shon a part Of
tho gartlssurc OF our tlinnor.snbles, should not
40 uurchukcd, for, rs Prof. Swing argued that
moderation in all things. not excepting opium
smoking, was tho middle ground Which tue
Savior laid down NJ tho Htrniglt and
narrow way In which NO should walk
to costain glory arid rewartl yot NO must feason
around lilo e1rcls TINT just 90 long as rro!.
socate tho use. III any way, OF alcoholic drinks,
whothnr tho Bamo may ba Irish WHISKY, German
Locr, French brandy, or Italian wine. Ho will reap
The harvest Of tlleir sowing in orunkonncss,
"tl,at l1o did not dago to indulge In = drop Of
any Of tlem," and yet he did dare to utter IN tho
cars OF hiA listening, ontranctd audience,
these fearful. dcsurivc words Tint wo
nccisl gatherings. to our New Years entorialn-
mcnts, tllo beer of tho Ger1unn garden, lho vino
Of tho ltAi!an, the brandy Of tlo Hamplo.zoorn.
leaving oach man to "dlncs!minate," 10 "sc.
lEGf, 10 f1ae 'H3 own ILloaeIhIluI III tllo A1o uA
them" When Tho ttuo has come that rresby-
torihn Clergyman Of tho standing aud influence
OF Prof. Swing will appear before an Audience
on Sabbath morning. autl with hA Instructions
to hia people disseminate suct dangerous, de-
lllsisc, aid destructive doctrines M these, tho
Millennium, when men will got druuk no moro,
Ia still ages III tho future.
Tho lcarned diyino iB forced to admit that ho
dare not Indulge IN n drop Of Any Intoxicating
druk; nnd YET oven he, tho spiritual counselor
and lonor ot the people, has not tho moral couE-
ago TO atlsocs.e tho only safe aud righteous prin-
:ipIen OF Temperance. i will not my whothor
Ills ti1nili.y arieoa from, the fact that 80 many
amorg his ntl,niring listeners arc disttllers
Wholesale liquor dealers, and lovera Of wine.
beer, and brandy, or whotlior tho music Of
popular adnlation n 80 aveot to his
anr that ho s.rikcs this koy-note TO
awaken tho roverberationH whicl, ring their
cl,nlsos upon his nHlno but will say. m long
As ministers Of tho Goapel and Christian meu
and women, who aro protesHctfly aecking tho re-
lcmptou Of alI iuanliiud from the curse Of In
temperance. advocate tho ,so, Ill any degroo,
OF any n!coho;ic dsinss. 80 long will lntouper-
ancu curso and destroy tho race.
Alc!aol,ol In alcohol whether 1t Ia found in wine
or whisky mud its eleet upon tho brain
proportion to tho quantity consumed,
whether theY aro taken in tho bcer-gatlen OF at
l,nulc, and In tha Bame dcEroo uulit tho mimi to
"thscriaaiuAto, ""sefoct," or to "uso modera-
tio,,." Aud moderation in the usc Of alcl,o!iu
tritlka is an impoasibility; and tbs eooncr That
Prof. Swing and other public toaclsors Of ha
kind fcRyu tho eido Of Tho temperance carso nntl
20 over to tho sdo Of whisky, aud to tho com-
Da,ly OF cflerA WHO make tlleir mOnoY by iss nso,
VI lis traffic, ts manufacture, aud tho tue advo-
cacy Of such principles, tho better. such mon
and a,,ch principles aro stumb!ing blocks in the
JOHN ". linEAMEs.