Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-12-14
DRUNkEN NESS AND lUNAcY.

The iHidHee Noes, OF Manchester. Eng
land. informs Us that J. shepherd Birley
J. p, very influential Lancashire justice
OF the peace. and Chairman of the Visiting
Committee. having the supervision OF two
OF the largest luuatic asvlunls in the king
] dom. stated At a public meeting IN the
Temperance Hall. Bolton. April 9Th :-
made statement in thi, town on an
other occasion. some SIX months ago. that
there We're thirteen Incn discharged from
the luuaiic asylum al Prc>,alch and that
GU, OF these thirteen, twelve confessed to
me that il was habits Ct drunkenness that
had brought thcm Into the asylum. Hear
hear Since then. another most eXtraor-
binary coincidence has occurred. just
fourteen DAYS ago | was at the other coun-
Is luuaiIc asylum at Nottingham, not far
from Preston, ith which am also con-
uected, aud II so happened that on that &C.
casion there were again thirteen men who
had been there for some months, some for
longer time and others Tor shorter. aud
who We're being discharged; and again
twelve out OF the the thirteen admitted
that il was drunkenness Tint led them
there. (Applause.) Now it did look as il ii
was in some degree q righteous retribuiion
awful warning. Awful ~ II was. it was
appropriate that Len VINO. of their own
will, committed that sin. per>i sting in an
Indulgence which, from time to time. "a
long they were under is influence, des-
troved their powers of reason and brutal
izrd their Intellectual powers. should. AT
they had been visited with the first Of these
warnings. suffer the utter deprivation OF
that reason which separated men from the
lower animals, aud deprived them OF the
noblest gin Of God. applause
Il have another point upon which want
a little light, matter which | cannot eX-
sctly see through. | have learned from
various sources that the capital employed
in the liquor manufacture and trade,
amounts 70 sG0O. 100000 or 500 900 600,
aud III more careful estimates S775, OOO, 600
Now, Mr.. Eames. Representative from
Rhode Island, stated in Congress that the
currency of the nation which is used as
medium of exchange amounted 10 S120.-
900 600, OF which $3.50, 900. 900 was legal
tender. $3.50 900 900 national bank notes.
Now there anyipropriety in asking what
the honest aud legitimate business Of the
country is 10 do for money il there Is only
enough for the liquor traffic: ! wonder il
it affects the factories OF Mass achosutts.
the collerics OF Pennsylvania, or the rail-
roads of the country. By having all the cur
reucy of the country used in what Horace
Greeley called the unproductive business
OF the country. but what the Prohibition
lists call the destructive business of the
world: In working out this problem. |
make out that in the liquor traffic about
one-hslf is profit. 50 thar In 500 ti1y is
profits and remains in the drawer, or per
haps i. used in enlarging the business, or
perhaps loaned out TO those trying TO do
an honest Business. Can any one see in
this state OF the case why factories close
up why wages are cut down, causing
strikes. &c! Well, make the best we can
OF il. the liquor traffic is hydra-headed
monster" JOHN WOODS.