Daily Republican., 1879-05-21
The Blood frame and Its Cos somi-
lants-Ssrm0n By J. A. b. Wilson.

The Blood frame and Its Cos eomi-
lants-SsFmon by J. A. b. Wilson.
For the past two or three years, the
sentiment Of our community has been
aroused on the subject Of temperance,
pulpit and press uniting in the work;
but perhaps no stronger appeal in its
behalf has yet been made than that
which came from the pastor Of Asbury
NJ. Il. Church, on Sunday.
We notice below, few Of the leading
points made. Looking at it from the
standpoint Of political economy, he stat
ed that the amount sold at retail to con-
sumers every year, as gathered from
careful statistics was $6l6, ,Sl4.SO. In
one dollar notes, this would cover an
rea of 2O, ,446 acres.
Ifin silver and loaded in wagons, it
would fill IA, ,23O of ton each, and the
procession would extend 70 miles.
There are about $50, 900 licensed liquor
shops and $4,000 persons engaged IN
its manufacture and sale, and 750, 700
druukards in the United States. Five
hundred and sixty thousand persons
engaged in the liquor traffic! Nearly
double the number of lawyers, physl-
clans, ministers and teachers combined
in the licensed liquor trade alone, and
perhaps about half as many more IN
the unlicensed trade.
Then when we consider the millions
of dollars it takes to meet the expenses
of the criminals, idiots, insane and
paupers, made so by this traffic, we ask
In the financial light alone, how long
can oar nation live with this terrible
incubus upon her resources, this can
Ger at her vitals, and this palsy upon
her strength With such political
economy it would seem that we would
work out the problem Of our own ruin
in the near future.
What on the morals of this nation
State Prison statistics show that in this
country eighty. six per cent. Of all the
inmates were led to crime by strong
drink. The speaker heard Judge Gill
pin, of Delaware, once say in open
court, that "for twenty years in which
he had been connected with the courts
of the State, nineteenths of the crimi-
nality with which the courts had to do,
was directly traceable to intemper-
ance."
There is no commandment in the
Decalogue but is broken, not princi-
pie Of moral law but is defed by this
traffic. The whole wiskey traffic from
beginning to end, is but idolatry, hav-
ing its origin in supreme love OF mon
ey, which Paul characterized as the
"root of all evil"
Whence do the profane draw their
inspiration but from the fires of the
still The profanity and ribaldry that
makes night hideous, would not be
heard but for the strong drink imbibed
by those who utter it.
With reference to the fourth com
mandment the dram trade knows no
Sabbath, and its votaries are practical
Sabbath breakers.
1t breaks the command to "Hon-
or thy father and thy mother,
sending the son home to stand upon
the tender fibres of their hearts, and
even to abuse, and beat and murder.
Aye, it kills. 1t sharpens the murder
er's knife aud stimulates the suicide to
his work; then nerves the arm for the
fatal blow. Liquor drinking and the
breaking Of the seventh commandment
go hand in hand.
What Of theft and false witness. More
than eighty six per cent OF the steal
ing done in this country is traciable
to this traffic. The liquor seller him
sell is a IL lie iLe takes the substance
of his victim without rendering an
equivalent) no matter whether his
place of business BE- low groggery, a
giIded saloon, or a grand hotel with a
high sounding name. AS to "false wit
ness" members of Congress, and the
Legislature, Judges and Jurors perjure
themselves in order to sustain the Ii
luor traffic. As to covetousness, it is
the corner stone of the whole liquor
trade.
The misery that it causes is terrible
to contemplate. None can compute the
wretchedness of drunkard. None
realizes his degradation more keenly
than himself; but their own sorrow
and remorse is not the whole, there are
other hearts that ache. Ask thai
mother in whose face are lines of care
not drawn by the finger Of time, whose
hair is silvered, but not by the frost O.
winter, if she ever drank Oh ne, il
!. is her boy that is killing her.
Drinking men with families, what has
it done for you and yours When you
took her by the hand who was fairel
and better TO your thinking than any
other, you promised to love, protect
and honor her. How have you kept
your vow1 your wife is destitute ol
fitting apparel, you say to her in effect,
"You can't have new dress no, not
even cheap one.
Mrs. Rumseller wants a silk and an
India shawl, SO you must make out
with your faded calico while longer" "
Your wife and children forego the
privileges of church and Sabbath school
for lack of clothes (unless helped by the
benevolert,) that you may purchase the
finest apparel for Mr.. and Mrs. Rum
seller and their brood who turn up their
noses at your barefooted children, and
ridicule their thread bare garments.
Your wife works herself haggard 10
make both ends meet, and fails, while
you hire servants to wait on Mrs. Rum
seller. Your wife gets along without a
carpet, while your money goes to buy
Mrs. Rumseller brussels and velvet.
Now what does the rumseller do for
Won? That which will makeyour head
and heart ache; that will destroy your
health and life and soul; kill the peace
of your family, their hope and happi-
ness. What does the rumseller give
you to take home for your money! A
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