Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1881-04-20
ALCOHOL.
4 sCATHiSG DRSuSCIArioS of NrsM-
PERASCE ASp ITS CAUSES

Colonel H. &. logerSoll in speaking
to n jury IL u case which involved tho
manufacture NJ alcohol, used the 'oI'
lowing eloquent language
~ am aware that there is u prem
dice again., any man engaged N the
manufacture OF alcohol. | believe that
from he umr IL issues irom the cooled
aud poisonous worm IN the hsl'll''y
until il emp,irs into the he'll OF death.
dishonor and crime, thai II dcmorhl
ICES everybody that touches il, from
| its source 10 where il ends. ! do not
believe that anybody can contemplate
the subject without becoming prcin
diced against that liquor crime, All
we have 10 do, gentlemen, IL TO think
of the wrecks on either banks Of death,
of the suicides. al the insanity, Of the
poverty, of the Ignorance, OF the des-
titulion OF the little children 'uaglng
at the faded aud weary breasts ot tho
weeping and dcsparing wives, asking
Tor bread Of The talented men OF
genius that i, has wrecked The men
struggling with imaginary serpen,s,
produced by the devilish thing and
when you think q! the ,iails and III"
almshouses, OF the asylums. oi the
prisons, OF the scaftolds upon either
bank. do not wonder that every
thoughtful man is prcjudiced against
this damned stuff that is called a|roho'
Intemperance cuts down youth in III
visor, manhood in its strength, and
age IN its weakness. 1t breaks the
fathers heart, bereavts the doting
mother, exlinguishcs natural affection,
eraces conjugal love, blcts out filial at
tachment, blights parental hope, and
brings down mourning age in sorrow
to the grave, it produces weakness,
not strength sickness, not health {;
death, not life. 1t makes wives wild
ows, children orphans, father 6eu1s,
and all of them paupcrs and beggars.
1t teeCs rheumatism, nurses govt vel.
comes epidemics, invites cholera and
pestilence and embraces consumption.
1t covers the land with ldleuess mis-
cry and crime. 1t fills your jails, sup
plies your amshouses and demands
yelr asylums. j. engend"rs
controversies, fosters Quarrels and
cherishes riots. 1t crowds your pen
itentiaries and furnishes victims for
your scaffolds. /. is the blood of the
gambler, the element of the burglar,
the prop OF the highwayman and the
supporter Of the midnight iuceudiary.
1t countenances the liar, respects the
thief, esteems the blasphemer. 1t
violates obligations, reverences frauds
and honors infamy. 1t defames be-
nevolence, hates love, scorns virtue,
and ISLANDERS innocence. 1t incites the
father to butcher his helpless offspring,
helps the husband to massacre his
wife, and the child to grind the parrl.
cidal axe. 1t burns up men, consumes
women, detests life, curses God, and
despises heaven. 1t suborns witnesses
nurses perjury, defiles the jury box,
aud stains the judicial ermine. 1t de-
grades the citizens, debases the legis-
lator, dishonors the statesman and dis
arms the patriot. 1t brings shame not
honor, terror, not safety, despair not
happiness and with the mslevolence
of a fiend, it calmly surveys its fright
tut DISSOLUTION, and unsatisfed with its
havoc, it poisons felicity, kills peace,
ruins morals, blights confidence, Stays
reputation, and wipes out our national
honors, then curses the world and
laughs at its ruin. It does all that