The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-07-21
The Best Temperance Lecture.

Perhaps the advocates of temperance
In strong drink were to avoid intempcr.
ance in language and Jealous interier.
ence with private rights they could still
have wide and better field for their
apostolate. 1t occurs to us that the edi.
itor OF the Cincinnati Gazette has hit
upon an excellent initial plan, and other
Journalists are carrying on the work to
its Legitimate conclusion. The temper.
ancc cause should begin at home-i the
,am'Iy circle. 1t need not end there.
Mr. Richard Smiths idea is that while
many persons will not, in any event, be
deferred from Intoxicating beverages,
there are many Others who would be
prevailed upon to do so if they could be
shown that much of the stuff they pour
down their throats is not only LIQUID
damnaton to their souls, bu, just such
AN abomination rs they never, in reason
would put TO their lips at all. Chems-
try has arrived at such approximate per-
lection that many liquors are concocted
liquor dealer, retired from the trade.
declare that, with few cheap articles.
he could manufacture any wine demand.
ed. B0ttling and labelling add TO the
deception, and it is safe to say that the
majority of men consume spurious
drinks, alcoholic or malt. 1t is proposed
therefore, that the temperance reformcrs
abate somewhat of their offensive zeal, in
word and act, and essay to limit intoxi.
cation ! appeals to good sense and the
enligh -nment of ignorance. Chemistry
iiiat c0nspires to make drunkards, when
abused, can be employed to make sober
men wheL skillfully used for that pur-
pose. 10 this end, we find in the Ga
zefte, OF Cincinnati, some exposures that
are or ought to be worth much more
than the laundering denunciations SO
frequently heard, the result of which is
generally to leave the inebriate sullen,
defiant and disgustcd We arc told, for
example that four-fifths Of liquors sold
IN all cities are poisons-w beer and
cider included. French wines are COM
prchcnsively adulterated and contain
poison. The prof of this is, statistically.
that although the wine product of
France, between 1875 and 1850, fell off
more than GO per cent. there has been no
dlminution Of the supply and no falling
oil in the price. Indeed, it is specifically
stated that the imporlations into this
country have largely increased, and the
less real wine is produced in France, tho
more so-called French wine is consumed
in this country. And this adulterated
French wine is poisoned, and it poisons
all who drink it. People who talk
knowingly about French brands aud as
sumo to be judges would have their eyes
opened if they would apply the test of
chemistry to the contents of their favor
lte bottles. 1t is safe TO say that four
iiiths of the French wine consumed in
America is e9alterated and poisoned.
They are imitation wines, and all imta-
ton wines are drugged, aud all drugged
wines destroy the system, causing sick
ness and ultimate DEATH
! We have been told that beer il all
! right. But chemistry tells a different
tale. Mr.. Smith declares that not d
brewer in Cincinnati would dare to prin,
IL list Of the Ingredients he uses in manu-
IactuIing lager beer, and that remark is
true of all lager beer breweries. In the
English breweries men addicted to beer
drinking, though apparently healthy,
always die under surgical operations,
and, at the West many insurance COM
| panies refuse to take risks on copious
consumers of this liquid Men who are
aware of this pay double prices for Bo-
hemian beer, which is under government
inspection, and give lager the go.by
Or. Mott attributes tue prevalence of
! sidney diseases to excessive beer drink
! ing; and another eminent physician is
! thus reported in the New York Sun
What DO yon expect mo TO give you
, my honest opinion Of the vast majority of
the beer made nowaday, when several of
my very best customers are brewers? a
pretty kettle Of hot water I'd get myself
in if did SO. You can't expect it, Are
kidney diseases more prevalent than they
used to be? Yes, very much more Ivo
no objection to answering that but
don't use my name. Think of my pa
,ients. They are worth more 10 me than
the publication of my opinion abopt
beer"
1t is inferred that as whisky can be
manufactured for fifteen cents gallon,
exclusive of tax, therefore whisky is not
adulterated. 1t is, however, computed
that for every quart of pure Bourbon
whisky drank, one hundred gallons are
fraudulent and poisonous. Dir. Smith
says: after whisky leaves the dislil-
and edulteration begins. There are
houses that have reached such per-
fiction in the way of mixing liquors that
they can take high wines and turn out
any quality of liqucr that may be called
Tor. This il the say brandy, rup. NO
nongahela, Bourbon and Gid Robinson
County whiskies are largely produced.
They can be turned out of any age or
flavor, and q barrel can be taken fresh
from the cooper shop into the cellar and
turned out next day looking ten years
old. This is the way that four.ffths of
the whisky, brandy and rum consumed
ut the bars is furnished 1t IS drugged,
and in drugging it is poisoned. Men
who make living adulterating or pois-
oning liquor take no thought for the
men who suffer from drinking ii. They
look exclusively to their own pockets.n
In something like despair, men who
are convinced of these facts and revolt
against the evil done their stomaclls.
brains and souls, turn to native wines
for consolation. Even there adullcra-
ton prevails, for there is not half
enough native wine made to supply the
demand.
| Considering. then, the amounts of poi
son not only consumed in various forms
of liquid, but prodigiously indu!ged in,
what wonder that diseases of the internal
organs exist with alarming frequency,
and that the human race is threatened
with degeneration We are entirely Of
the opinion of our Cincinnati contempn.
rary that such exposures as these will
win moro persons to sObriety than hot
gospeling and furious enathema. Con-
vince man or woman that he or she is
addicted to poisonous dram drinking,
and the chances are that there will be
reformation and cure. All who persist
in the habit, despite the proof, are joined