Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-02

fall import Of statlatics. Very (sw minds
can cover ths meaning Of millInn.
Therefore, when tho Popular Science
Monthly tells ns Of our forty millions Of
people, twsnty'six millions Inherit con
stitational defects, few can grasp this
aggregation. II we add what the great
cst minds have nsserted, of oil tho In
heritcd defects, the taate for stimuants
il most appalling, few SEQ tho dnnger
10 tho nation.
When Tho figures nrs given TO show
that more money IL spent for beer 10 our
largo cities than for brend, tho ordinary
mind seldom sees the trend Of tho state
mept. Go TO Oh" Inst published census,
aud we fluid that liquor costa tho nation
six hundred and sixty-seveD millions In
money; while religion costs torty-seven
millions; while education only goes up
TO ninety'nve millions; making rum
cost our country four hundred and
twenty five millions more than religion
md education.
Arc We wrong, then, IN nsing the
dragon m II symbol Of this evil 1fa
temperance man exhibits facts, and
places science on the stand IA witDess to
testify, thers is Ia nine quarts Of alec
hol less good 'han oan be spread upon
the ond Of u tablo.knfc. the only an-
swer 10 gets is, 70, you are IN cxtreln.
ist.' A snssr Is not argument.
Suppose we name tho figures given by
tho Internal Revenne Department for
The year ending June 30, 1850. Tho
revenue for dietllled spirits was $Gl 1885,
sos y, M increase over tho previous
yoar Of ~ 6l22H 60. What answer do
wo got t" such presentations! Only q
sneor, with tho addition OF u word
lyon aro fanatic A tannt Is not mr.
gument.
Take IL IN another form. Religion
costs each man IL II, education " OF,
and rum costs Sl7l What response Ia
given these 6gurcs' Only this--"tom.
perance men are very extravsgant in
their opinionsH
Run your mind nlong the moral side
Of this evil md toll Iuo, can you meas
ure IL! Your mental lino IL too short to
fathom IT, Many Of tho most eminent
physicians, chemists, scholars and jnr-
lists OF Europe and America have given
special testimony on this line Of thought
The list of great names would be an
immense ono. BIT. appetite on ono side
will outweigh tho testimony Of these
savants. f
Tho United States can boast of 5000
churches, and 100000 places whore IL
quors are sold. No wonder tho Com
missioner Of Education says from eighty
to ninety per cent. Of tho criminals in
tho United States connect tho cause Of
their ruin with intemporance. Men
seok to turn the edge of truth by charg-
ing us with undue excitement. Exa-
mine into the histories of the old fami-
lies of Now Orleans who ruled Society
thirty years ago. There is hardly II sin
glo family that has not in some way
been darkeno1 by This curse, Suppose ]
call the roll of tho old and young mon
who have crossed tho limo of recovery,
and add the names Of tho mothers and
wives whose lives have been made
wrotcbod by drunken sons and hns-
bandsg No, | dare not. Hardly bright
day dawns upon our city bus what you
may meet on Canal street wives and
mothers carrying grief which Is break
ing their hearts. IL il not time to DO
excited over such results2 In New Or
leans the people walked up one morning
in 1873 to tho fact of an epidemic of yell
low fever. On all sides there was ex.
element, mon hnrrying to and fro pre-.
pairing for departure. 1t was time of
great excitement for few days. That
same year, il is said, an order was sent
from Memphis to Chicago for one thou.
sand cotiins at one time. II required
five freight cars to carry them. Mem
phis was excited. Suppose an order was
sent to single city for coffins to bury
tho eighty thousand drunkards dying in
1850. There would DO tremendous OK
element. II would take five hundred
freight ears and twenty five locomotives
to draw these collins. When We zee
multitudes dying around us under the
fatal spell of this evil, can we hold our
peace!
This dragon seems to strike right at
tho brain, and diminishes will power.
You have seen the paralyzed arm. So
alcohol paralyzes tho will. Look Mt