The daily gazette., 1876-12-20
For the Delaware Gazette
Letter frOhv S0,,,,,.f

For the Delaware Gazette
Letter from samuel .r
With the exception of the presiao
muddle, politics has Quieted dow.
temperance harrangues and neti,in,,
the front. Some people wouId hsvn
believe spirituous liquors was tho
Of all evil, when probably in mns,
II Is used as an after dose TO rcviya
broken spirit of speculation, and "a,
ana all other griefs, and then often
100 much is taken all other short
ings is charged to spirituous linnoro
was amused last fall in rcadinn
the proceedings of that great Icmne,
nimpug convention held in Wilmind
which was to subvert the Democratic
republican parties, and in the beio
thelr pandlmonium and quarrellinS
confusion one honest, sensible iii
publican that carries on a LARGE bus;
had the frank honesty to tell tbe ma
that no good could come to tho te,,
ance men by taking it into politicss
persuasion and example was the r.
course (Which by-the-by is no dom
true plan,) but he went on to sa,
mothers and wives were to bland
giving the cursed stuff TO rbil
IN the cradle. ] thought this
rather hard on the women, for often
poor women are almost driven to des
tion by cross children-often her hus
sitting by hurrying her to get his b1
last or other meals, until the woma
desperation has to fly to the god
cordial bottle to quiet the young re
bate-therefOre at next meeting dom
quite so hard on the wives and moth
take it man joining temperance
ciety would be very poor member Il
had not self-respect enough TO keep
promise. Now cannot person hayei
same nerve and firmness to resist tai
too much liquor; a moderate auau
never did or will do harm. People
as long or longer that take spiritt}
liquor moderately; but must confess
there is more hypocracy about drinH
spirituous liquors than ANYTHING q
A poor devil is brought before a courf
selling or drinking liquor and often M
heavily and confined to Jail by men \
drink themselves. There cannot be
great sin in drinking liquor that sd
would have you believe, if we an,
look back at the history of the hurI
family. 1t tells you Adam had sons,
that Cain killed his brother Abel to nd
the first start; but it don't say whetheI
not Cain had a jug of rum in the vi
shed. There is no charge against {
for this first sin of murder. Then his
tells you as the human family increi
in numbers it increased in degradaN
(mind no charge of rum being the cad
until God seriously meditated and Z
cluded to destroy that set of fellows 4
water, and that he set Noah to build
or experimenting the building of a U
boat called an ark. When it was lid
ed took in provisions, sea stores,
stock and his own family to re-pcople3
world alter tine deluge. (Some u
General Grant has Noah in his q
when he appoints so largely from his 0|
family.) 1t says the water came, theI
battled about for some time, finally l.
ed on Mount Arrarat, and that Noah
drunk and one of his sons that he
saved from drowning laughed at u
and that he, Noah, would curse him.
Now in this whole matter Of dclug{
their not the strongest presumptive I
dence, that the drinking of intoxicae
liquors formed no part OF the accumu]
ed sins that caused God to deluge
world, for if it had. why did an all see
and all knowing GOd,appoint drunk
to build, or superintend the buildin1
an arch, and allow the off spring of
drunkard to re-people the world,
next we run on for many hundred n
drinking wine and gives you this caut
to not put new wine in old bottles'
there was danger of bursting not glas1
course but skin or leathern bottles,
of course as the wine fermented their
danger of the stitching giving way,
world run on until the people again q
trouble, and they tellus God this q
sent hisSon to save the sinful world,
! believe ii is not denied that His q
miracle was to turn water to wine. ~
if water at a feast or dance would ~
up the fun loving assembly, what f
was their in turning water to wine, "a
away with this hulaballoo about the 81
drinking intoxicating liquors. Use pei
sion and example to restrain eXceH
and unnecessary drinking or eating,
drop the foolish idea of reform by n
laws. After great blowing of trum
and any amount of gassy Dragging,
political temperance reformers nomi
| ed a candidate this centennial year
President, named Smith, and he iust
| ceived 10.05J votes out of Il total q
AS, ,150 votes, or in other words one \
out of every 8i4 votes cast. At that
! these political temperance men u
will find Jordan a long road to travel
| protest against our Legislature was
| time in considering the schemes of
| fanatics. SAM u Ell TOW NSEN
| Townsend, Dec. 10, 1876.