The Morning herald., 1876-01-06
ZINE usnt .n6l6ilatsessf all ,aoral and

\ kyfhe atI1t an6l6ilatie1 sSf all ,noral and
religious esling.' -,
sAs toucAing religion, THIS place is demo
ralised. No one y ashamed OF drunken
ness and the vi0lsnt and painful deaths
wAich- not nnfreqnently occur arc no warn
ing. Only . few weeks since, drunken
man was roasted to death upon q lime-klln
bank, and the same day his two brothers
consoled themselves BY drunken deDauch.
II have told them 1t church that Drink rs the
God 6 this parish, and the puhiie=houses
a fearful drawback on morals and reli-
gion, It ruins my senior scholars
The spread Of intemperance here is en-
rirely owing to the setting up Of first one
ard Afterwards 1 rival beer-hoHse. / do
not see how any thoughtful person, who
cares for the wclLbeing of the poor car
feel Otherwise than that the State, BY its
encouragement of the multiplication OF
beer-shops, commits great national sin,
which must one day be punished BY ma
tionsl retributioB' -+ '... @'
The late Rev. Hugh Stowe'l, Of Mar
chester, taking into account the money
spent in drink on Sundays, said: 1t is
questionable whether, for the msje 'ity oi
he people, it wonld not be better to have
no Sundays st ALL 4-f ID. u ..
There il but one unanimous voice a. to
the root of the evil; namely the facilities,
in other words, the temptations, which
from the number Of places open for drink
beset the lower orders on every side
From clergy, constabIes. governors Of
workhouses, prisons, lunatic asyluns, all
who are intimately convsrsant with the
lives of the poor, comes the same cry, and
almost literally in the same Words
'Close every oesr house, Abolish all
beer-houses.' The total suppression Of
beer shops THE abolition Of the Beer
Bill. The beer-shops, a. at present con
Quoted, are social pest THE beer-houses
are an unmitigated nuisance 'Beer-shops
are the curse of the country; wholly un-
necessary: under but little control THE
resort of the worst classes ~
Il think the beer-houses should be closed
altogether. The landlord is often { man
without character. Where this is the case,
his house is the school of the thief, and
this for the last twenty-five years I'd"
This from superintendent of police:-
Shut up the beer-shsps altogether. and
the public-houses, If possible, on q Sun
day ...L. ,........ .... .,.... --.. ...,,
The spread of intemperance increases
with the number of places for drink, which
points to the necessity of very severe exam
ination US to the wants of neighborhoOd
before 4 public-house or drinking shop is
licensed ... ,.,.-..... ......
Let US now hear Chief Justice Bsvill
AGAIN. ,- '
Throughout the country one principal
cause of the mischief is the present system
Of beer shops; which, instead of being be-
neft, are the greatest curse to the working
men; and until the beer-shops and all taverns
and public-houses are placed under some
sufficient restraint and regulation, there is
little hope of efecting any reform in the
habits OF the people, '.-...
Unlike the ancient Lacedamonians
the English take no lesson from
the sight of drunken man.
Familiarity Las bred, even with the sober
workingnan and woman, not so much COZ
tempt for the degradation they witness, as
indifference. Even 10 the gentle and de.
cent woman of his own class the drunkard
is not such an object OF disgust as those
above them might expect. The drop too
much is the palliaiing designation for
loath ONE intoxication. Or the offence is
condoned by the stock phrase, He is a
very good man when not in drink which
only means that he is a very good man
when not very bad one: and the beast
gets patient wife to beat, kick, starve, or
TO pull down to his own level, as readily as
another man obtains one to love and
cherish. -"' ]"
There is surely some common platform,
on which all citizens could stand upon, in
the vital matter. Anv parent or guar
dian, on whose conscience rests the duty
Of launching alone in life, his children or
wards, cannot but, be appalled, at the terri
BILE temptation the young, are subjected TO
every day. 1t is ppily true, that things
are not as bad with us as in England, bm
the vice is growing, and if it is to be
checked, measures must be taken to save
the ynunp