Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-06-02
Ingersol on Whiskey.

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a Col sN g. Iogersoll thus powerfully ar
Faiguss King Alcohol:
2a'faE ath awal6 that there is q prejudice
ugaiost. any ipau Engaged in the manufao.
turo or sale Of oloohol, believe that from
khe, time ,it issues from tho coiled and
poisonous worm 10 the istitlery until II emp
ties into hell Of death, hishonor and orime,
that it demoralises everybody that touches
it, from its source to where it ends. do
not believe ,thet anybody oan} contemplate
the subject without becoming prejudoed
against that liquor crime. All we have to do
issto think Of the wrooks On either bank
Of the stream Of death, the destruction Of
the little children tearing at the woary aud
faded breasts of weeping aud despairing
wives, asking for bread. OF the suicide,
of the insanity, Of the ignorance and pov.
erty that it has produced, tho talented
men Of genius that it has destroyed, the
men battling with imaginary serpents, pros
produced by this, deviIish thing, and when
NC think Of the jails, the almhouses, the
asylums, of the prisons, of tho scoffolds
upon either bank, do not wonder that
every thoughtful man is prejudiced against
this damned stuff that is called alcohol.
"Intelnperauce cuts down youth in it's
vigor, manhood in lis strength and age in
lis weakness. 1t breaks the fond fathers
heart, bereaves tho loving mother, cxtin
guishes natural affections, erases copjugal
love, blots out flial attachments, blights
parental hope, and brings down mourning
age 10 sorrow to the grave. 1t produces
weakness, not strength; sickness, not health;
death not life, 1t makes wives widows,
sohildren orphans, fathers fends, and all Of
them paupcrs and bcggars. It feeds rheu-
matism. nurses gout, welcomes epidomcs,
invites cholera, imports pestilence and
embraces consumption. II fills your jais,.
supplies your almhouses and demands your
asyluns. It cDgenders controversies, fos-
ters quarrels and cherishes riots. 1t
crowds the psnitentiaries and furnishes
victims for the scatfolds. It is the lifo blood
of the gambler, the elements of tho bur
glar, tho prop Of tho highwayman and
the support Of the ,assussin aud ipcendiary.
1t countepances the liar, respects the thief
and csteems the blpsphemer. It, violates
obligations, rcvcrenoes fraud, honors infalny,
defames bcnevolence, hates love, scorns
virtue and ISLANDERS innocence. It ineites
the father to butcher his helpless offspring,
helps tho husband to massacre his wife
and the child to grind tho parricidal nxe.
1t burns up men, consumes women, detests
life, curses God and despises heaven. 1t
suborns witnesses, nurses perjury, dcGlcs
the jury box and stains the judicial
crmino. 1t degradcs the citizen, debases
the legislator, dislonors the statesman and
disarms tho patriot.
"It brings shame, not honor; terror, not
safety; despair, not hope; misery, not
happiness; and, with the malevolcnco of a
fend, it calmly surveys its frightiul desola.
ton, and dissatisfied with its havoc, ruins
morals, blights confidence, dissoves friend
ship, slaye reputation, wipes out national
honor and curses the world, then laughs at
tho ruin it hos accomplished.
"lt docs all this aud more--t kills the
soul. 1t is the sum of villanies, tho
father of oil crimes, the mother of abomi-
nations; tho DEVILS best friend and Gods
worst enemy"