New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-03-14


terday, wero DR.. Willard Parkcrs explanation of
the hereditary influence of alcohol (; the Rev. Dr.
Howard Crosbys review of his fifteen years pas
torate aud Miss Kate A. Sanborn's lecture on the
minor English poets The best thoughts rom these
and other addresses are gwen III reports below.
EVIL EFFECTS Of ALCOHOL.
ADDRESS BY DR.. WILLARD PARKER-FIGUREs
SHOWING wHIsKEYs EFFECTS IN THIS CITY
The meeting under the auspices of the Ma
tiona Temperance Society, yesterday, was very well
attended. William T.. Dodge presided. The Rev DIS
Edward D. c. Prime and George II. Corey DR.. Smith, OF
Bellevue Hospital, aud DIR. Mason, president OF the
Kings County Inebriatc Asylum, were present, and
made short addresses.
Dr. Willard Parker spoke on The Hereditary Infu
Of Alcohol" Helsaid that the truth of the saving
that drunkards begct drunkards was recognized az
far back the tunes OF Plato and Aristotle. The ten
dency children inherit only he traits
but also tho mental and moral qualities OF
their parents, had been clearly demonstrated Phy-
slcians had discovered that diseases of the body
transmitted from father to through many gen.
CITATIONS The records OF several families and especia y
that Of the "Jukc family" showed that the effects OF
drunkenness extended througn least genera
lions. Alcohol rritant-as much so as gram Oh
sand forced INTO the eye-an The so-caled stimulating
effects only the efforts of to throw of the
Offending substance. Alcohol dsarransed the nervous
system ana weakened the reasoning powers MIN acUu
either from from in pulse. When reason was
dcthroned nv alcohol tie man was left a prey to
Impulse, and for the time insane When man.
the influence of alcohol beat his wife and children
killed brother he acted not from rcason but from
impulse.
Tue temporary loss OF reason from drinking acoh j.,
DR.. Parker said. the only effect The brain lost
its tone, and the entire system OF the became
tainted He transmitted t.e taInt his children. The
child OF drunkard would suffer, even II he should re-
main temperate many OF the physcal diseases which re-
suited from the Use Of ALCOHOL aud would transmit
these diseases TO his children. Sometimes this faint
took the form of M incurabe restiessness Fifty per
cent OF the idiots children or grandchildren %
drunkards In ns city effects of drunkenness we're
TO be seen on every hand within years the number
OF hospitals, insane asyums and mhr'nAIIs hid III.
creased greatly III proportion 10 ;he nuinher Of
inhabitants The lower portions OF the citv were
mnubted mainly by descendants OF those persons who
used alcoholic beverages freely. Tie better class of
citizens had driven further and further townor
the East River. ana there constant ad'anc"
OF the gog-shop keepers and Their customers mo the
fairest portions Of the island. About SiOOOOOOO was
spent year for intoxicating liquors IN this cy ana
the civ had decreased about 500 600 bec,mc
time Tor intelligent citizens To consider whether some
Efforts ouid be made 10 stop The advance oi the rum
traffic whether the city should he gwen over enllfey
To- drunkar,s aud their descendants
nothing hut the power of the Almighty could save this
Guy the dominion OF alcohol The rum power wa,
like an army attacking the christian cliiI.ns ana
driving them from point To point. In the W.
portions OF tho CITY, along IL galway hul
some OF the avenues, Its posts were gded
palaces, fashioned 40 as to WIN me youih
the better class. From these fashionable resorts 10
the snns % { lower wards there was great variety
o saloons. differing each 9th N the number oi
their Idc city also Ike nn enigFhnt
ship crowded beyond lis capacity win cn
grants. A little portion of II. which was
somewhat cleaner than the rest, might be
called TIE cabn, but the odors Of fifth could not he
kept from that portion. Statistics showed lat
great majority Of tile children dr III tins civ were
children ~ DIR Inkard-. IHc imports Oi tr Board ~
Health proved that persons VINO were tenprr.,r conu
I've ~ long In ia anJ oAcr portion oi Inc
com ~ Manhattan Island as healthy ritp
81 lanG could Ice found where IN the word, and
the rum power could be OvertnI0wn the CITY ""id Ice
both prOspe dad nCaltny. NCN-Nork pcOlI' hdd
laughed at Maine prohbiiory law. but the effect OF
t,.tt law had proved worth while NcW-lofk
and Boston falling behind IN the vdiutilun
of Thea. landed p"periy PORTLAND was ille to
rise from ils aud ia prosperity and wealth
every year The energies OF New-lOtk were spent III
caring Tor the Diseased. idOtic ana thrvng chidTen oil
alcohol
gentleman In the audience II he considered Tue us oil
lilnt wine dangerous to health He replied thar hr no
r indulgence IN any beverage that con air Ell dico"o
to dangerous health He rG. however. thdt II beer
light the ONLY beverages III USE tue c'llH
now ielt soTey would bc sroath lers"ncd .
NJ. Dodge -aid that careful estimates showed that
States intoxicating liquors. IL IA been the chort q"
the Temperance society to secure the passage
or biI Congress. to provide for combustion To m
qile INTO the quor tr ir Ilr society "a been ~ TAT
success ,ful the passage 81 such OH III ihe
senate, ana hoped hat such commission would De-
appointed. The following resolution Was ulhhlIlou "
adopted bv the conference:
Iesotr.d That tins Conf renee much satisfaction
the passage the tn inst. 10y the Sruae "i the
ii.d States Urovid- Tor Nation Coinns non Of IN
qnr concerning alcoholic liquor traffic, ad hereby re-
spectfuly earnestly requests the House 81 eIcse TAU
promptly IN tat fundamentally Important measure