The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1881-06-18
4 Scathiny Denunciation At Intemper.
ance aud its Causes.

Colonel r. 6. Ingersol, in speaking to q
Jury in IL case which Involves the manufac.
.ure Of alcohol, used the following eloquen,
language:
II am aware that there Is prejudice
against any man engaged In the nanufac.
ture OF alcohol. believe that from the
time it issues from the coiled and poisonous
worm in the distillery until |, enpties into
the he'll Of death, dishonor ID crime, that
it deinoralixes everybody tia, touches it,
from its source to where It ends. do not
believe anybody can contemplate the sub.
icct without becoming prcjudiced against
that liquor crime. All we have to do, gen.
tl-men, is to think Of the wrecks on either
bunk tire stream Of death: Of the suicides,
Of the insanity, Of the poverty, Of the *.
norance, Of the restitution; Of the little
children tugging at the weary and faded
breasts Of weeping and desrairing
wives, asking for bread; Of the talented
men Of genius that it has wrecked, the men
struggling with imaginary serpents pro.
duced by this devilish thing and when yo,,
think ofthe jails, Of the alnshouses, Of the
a>ylums, Of the prisons, ofthe scaffolds up.
ON either bank. do not wonder that every
thoughtful man is prejudiced against this
damned stuff that is called alcohol In.
temperance cuts down youth in its viyor,
i. '"anl'ood in its strength and age in Its weak
ness. 1t breaks the fathers heart, hereavcs
the d";ing mother, extinguishes natural at.
,,ctions, grasses conjugal loves, blots out
ilial attachments, b'iyh.s parental hope and
brings down mourning age in sorrow to
the grave. 1t produces weakness, not
strength; sickness, not health; death. not
life. 1t mases wives widows, children or.
pi,ans, fathers fends, and all OF them ,au.
,...rs and beggars. II feeds rheumatism,
nurses govt, welcomes epidc,nics, invites
cholera, imports pestilcncc and cn.-
braces consumption. 1t cover, the land
with idleness, misery and crime 1t fills
>our Jails, supplies your alm>ho,,ses and
demands your asvluns. 1t engend.rs con.
,rovcrsics, fosters quarre's and cherisl,rs
riots. 1t crowds your penitcntiarics and
furnishes victims for the scYffi,ds. 1t is
the life blood Of the gambler. the element
of the burglar, the prop OF the highway.
,,an and the support Of the midnight incen.
diary. 1t countenances the liar. respects
the thief, estcems the blasphe,ner. 1t VIC.
latcs obligations, revcrences fraud, and ho,:.
nrs infamv It defames bcnevole,ce, hates
love, scorns virtue, and ISLANDERS innocence
I, incite> the father to butcher his i,el,.lcs.
offspring, helps the husband to massacre
MS wife, and the child to GRIND the larrici
dial axe 1t burns up men, and consumes
wcner dsie>ts lite, cur, es God. and de-
>pises heaven, 1t suborn> witnesses. MUIR
>cs perjury, dctiles tue jur. ln'x, and stains
the judicial crminc. 1t degradc> the cit;z.n
dcb.ses the legislator, dishonors :hc states
man, and disarms the patriot. It bring
shame, not honor; terror, not safety; dc
si!air, not hope; misery, not happiness: ant
will, the i,,alevolcncc Of u tiel,d, it calnl,
surveys it. frightfui desolation. ard, unsati>
Gel with its havoc, It poisons felicity, kill,
l~:,ce, ruins morals, blights confidence
Stays reputation, and wipes out nation,
donors, then curses the world and laugh
II, its rum. II does all that and .n,orc-i
murder, the soul. II is the son OF villainics
and the father OF all crimes, the mother I.
denominations, the DEVILS best friend ans
Gods worst enemy"