The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-03
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is INTEllP ERANCE ADAslE1Atesrltgs
va yI.,,. o, Two PTonInen. PHya.I
eians maj il iS'Aot-What Dr.
Gray, Of Utica, says. Al$
OI Dr. VIM, e. Ford, asnistant physisias
of The State LunAtic Asylum, delivered
an address on temperance in the chapel Of
thas Blsecker Street Baptist Church last
niSbt. Aiterapfayer and some appropri;:
AZ remarks. b. Rev. Dr.. Corey, DR.. Ford
htgan his lecture. he said that hait
trained, emotional man, with no princt..
pie, is the most likely 70 form habits Of
incorporates. The question before usn
What shall be done 10 prevent those men
from forming ruinous habits. and such 2 !,
destructive course Of life No Amountoi
| legislation can avail anything, for 1t is
Inherent In man 10 resist any eneroaeh'
ment upon his personal liberty. No
amount Of sentimentalism will do any
good. The temperance clubs organized
~ nroyide harmless amusement Tor those
who would otherwise spend their time IN
bar rooms will have but a temporary re-
sraining influence. a1r
EFrECr UPON THE BRAIN. o.. o..
Brain.workers very often engage 10 do
more than their physical strength viii
sustain, aud in order TO accomplish thus
task in a given time, they resort to brandy
| 10 quicken their tagging energies, though
al an expense Of that reserve force which
no man realizes. The stimulant y soon
taken often. and before long he finds him:
self broken in health and with an habitual
drinking habit formed. ,.s
1srEMPERANcE NOT HEREDITARY. -
DIR. Ford continuing, said that there
are many people who believe that drunk
en- parents transmit TO their offspring an
irresistible desire for strong drink, and
that inevitably they will follow the same
eourse Of conduct that ruined the parents
mol the drunkard does NOT
transmit drunkenness to his offspring
The first step in this direction was taken
voluntarily. ! am sorry that anything
has been written in the name Of sciencs
tending to relieve men from personal re
sponsi6ility in regard to their acts. To
say that man inherits an appetite ior
liquor which he cannot possibly control.
that because he 10 drnnkard Is no fault
Of his-is to teach doctrine dangerously
soothing to the condolences Of large clasi
Of men who are daily inaicting . wrong
TO themselves, eyentuating in I wrong tc
society.
| TIE CRAVING FOR LIQUOR.
The craving for drink is very rarely
the desire for the taste for liquor, but
rather that unrest and discomfort which
Is felt when any habit Of body has been
discontinued or changed, and the system
misses the pleasurable break in the mon,
otony OF life. What we insist on Is, thai
no man is obliged to be drunkard, and
10 plead against the viciousness Of the
habit that the mans father was q drum
kard is about as weak as 1t would be tt
plead as the sole defense OF the murderer
that the father had slaug htered people by
wholesale, and had transmitted an ire
sistable tendency TO initiate him.
Inebriety Is not disease, but selt.provo'
ked, temporary perversion Of our natu
urai functions induced for the purpose O.
sinful qualification. ."
| THE MODERATE USE.
| The moderate use Of alcoholic stimu
lants with meals is not only harmless
but promotes digestion, and especially al
ter fatigue gives degree Of comfort and
restfulness. No healthy man needs 1t
however, and 1t ia question II this min
lister Of comfort Is not so easily transmu
ted into destroyer that it Is too danger
Gus guest to be admitted into the house
hold at all.
DR.. JOHN P. GRAY,
who was called upon by DR.. Corey, said
that he was present as a listener. but b.
. request Of DR.. Corey, be was glad TO So!
that he indorsed fully the views so ably
and simply presented by DR.. Ford. Th'
idea OF hereditary transmission has In
duced men to blind themselves, and seel
only qualification. tits not the father OF
the mother who Is to blame for the sons
drunkenness, but the son himself. l an
, glad to see 90 many women defending th,
temperance cause. How many deient
, their husbands and sons on the ground
that 1t was born in them. A kind wore
from the mother to her boy may save hin
where the pretense Of heredity would
send him to ruin. Another point am
glad to see set forth-drunkenness Is moi
disease. The State has erected an 10
stiution where the drunkard can reflect
for a time on his habits, and perhaps re-
form himself, and II is hoped, with the
present superintendence, much good will
be done. When man has flask in hi
pocket he has the disease. y ~
The meeting closed with some earnest
and appropriate remarks from DR.
Corey .r