The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-01-29

or drunkenness? People and alcohol!
Can drunkenness exist with either the pco-
pie or the alcohol separately 1t cannot,
Can nation exist without people? No.
Gan 1t exist without alcoholic / unhesita-
ungly affirm that it can, and that the total
destruction of it is necessary to rid our
country from the curse of drunkenness.
mat lntemperance is curse and terrible
one, no one will deny, and as friend Cosmos
very correctly remarks, il not checked,
would ultimately lead to the ruin of the
nation and the degcneracy of the people.
Now let US see what it has done, does do,
and can do tor the health and vigor of man.
Alcohol, its uses, have been and are now,
TOR the most part, medicinal that is with
regard to being Of any benefit to the human
race; and it is even doubted by very emf
nent physicians that alcohol, when used as
medicine, is beneficial to man.
II is stated by very high medical author
ity that alcohol Us a medicine should be
used but very seldom, if at all; and then
only under the instructions of conscien.
tious physician Whatever virtue as a
medicine alcohol may have may be sub.
stituted by the use of other drugs which
are not so likely to be used as an ntoxca-
ting beverage, But even admitting that
there is some little good in alcohol--can q
nation afford to foster thing that DESTROYS
ten thousands Of lives TO where it may be
the remote cause of saving onei Physiology
teaches, that in the healthy human body
there is carried on an incessant change;
old tissues are decaying while new ones are
forming; that this decay and growth Of It's
sues constitute life, and whatever inter
fcrcs with, or impedes this incessant change,
dlsturbs the vital function and impairs
health As is well known alcohol arrests
! changes in organic substances, that is, it
will preserve animal substances from decay
for an indefinite period, and on the other
hand arrest the growth Of such substances.
Its action on al5umen is 10 coagulate IT,
and so this substance forms large part Of
the brain, coagulation destroys its fine tex
.ure, thereby imparing It's action. II dmin-
ishes will power, and increases the appe.
tite for intoxicating drinks. History, sci.
and observation all prove that no people
are safe from the evil of intemperano,
while using intoxicating liquors at all,
From the tenor Of friend Cosmos article
| am led TO infer that he solely judges other
peoples appetites from his own. lie says
he is a teetotaler from principle, not from
necessity. May he not be teetotaler from
the fact that he has no appetite for iDtoxi-
eating liquor and has had the blessing and
advantage OF sober trainieg and fewer
temptations than othersi
If such is the case his position for being
a teetotaler is much more favorable than
thousands Of Others, wlD never enjoyed such
advantages. Some Of the grandest, bright.
est and noblest intelccts Of our country have
fallen victims to this fell destroyer wouldn't
it be just little egotistcal in any Of US to
hold that those men had less will power
and moral courage than We! Would it not
bemore just, not 10 say charitable, 10
attribute their ruin TO an almost ungoyern-
able appetite! The country loves to honor
those men, and is willing TO cover tina,
fault with the mantle of charity. hold
that there is but one remedy for this per.
vcrted appetite, and that is, the total dis
tructlon alcohol. This great truth, were
able | would disseminate throughout the
land would ask every friend of the cause
Of temperance and of humanity to plead
torit, argue for it, and work for il earnestly
faithfully and conscientiously. According
to my views the total destruction of alcohol
can only be accomplished in this country
by the total prohibition Of its importation
and manufacture This can best be done
by an amendment to the constitution Of the
L. 5. to that effect. Such an amendment,
cannot be made but by the will of two
thirds Of the people
The anti-temperance people may say, you
temperance folks have not that number on
your side, and what are you going to dc
about it! Be easy, Mr., anti-tcmpcrancC
man, We have part Of that number, and
we will work to get the balance. The work
will be a great one, immensely difficult
tedious and tiresome; but the final triumph
oh, how grand and glorious, This las,
thought, with consciousness of right will
ever cheer and encourage US in our noble
work. 1t may be asked, "ln what manner
will we perform this work." BY educating
the people up to the acceptance Of the
grand truths contained in the temperance
doctrine. This, we are aware, will require