Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1881-02-18

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muscle impatient TO be EMPLOYED. he
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you choose to firht he is ready. whether
the war be one of words. or of fists. or of
knifes. He sines-he dances-he shouts
he throws the bottles into the looking
glass. and the chairs through the windows
His internal dreams are equally excited.
His nostrils are dilated-his breath is
deep and strong his heart throws forth
its blood almost with the rapidity of
lightning face is flushed. and every
nerve and fibre Of his BODY is mad with
excitement. Without waiting to see how
this process of exhaustion will end, let us
| look Mt him on the following morning and
see how many Of his organs have been the
sufferers by it. His head is stupid and
painful-his eve is unmeanine- whole
| face is relaxed and ipexpressiye-he an
swers your questions with monosyl-
| lnble-his heart beats feehly and Quick
there is pain in his Joints and nm indis-
| position to move-his mouth is parched
his stomach Iolthcs food and his whole
appearance indicates discomfort, and suf-
fering. of body. AMI mind.
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.oso onJ ali a,In,it ,I,o ;,rnronr;ot,, onJ
JanGer of JrnnEannrss TIrt rs tben en-
on;ra how !, i ,l,ot al vitb va,.y few av-
csnt;ons who ars i, onr aonse boh;tnol
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tinl its way In tl,a nc,on This ia the
point Of DANCER, IA danger so great, SO in
evitable. that. certainly, no man, who un-
derstands the nature of t, would willing
" expose himself to ii. But few men can
they persuadc themselves that the effect
in their case was accidental. or owing to
some want of skill or courage, in which,
vanity assures them. THAI Mcu are not de-
ticieut No man vi! trust himself asleep
upon the river. whom he hears the roar
ing of the cataract below, because he I'M
derstands hoU the stream would bear him
continually towards Il. an! frhy it is that
within a ccrtain distance no skill or
strength could save h;u from it. 1t would
seem. Therefore. That If men could be
made to see plniill-. and distinctly. how,
in the Use of ardent srlrit. they expose
themselves tp as ccriaiu. and still greater
danger. they wou!inot he easily persuad-
ed TO put thrmsalves nnJer its influence.
This. then. is the purpose Of this address.
and to which the preceding remarks have
been but Introductory. to show how it is
that drinking leads 10 drunkenness, not
casually. accidentlv. but naturally, and
by fixed and uncharcenble laws of the
animal economy.
lot l,ol -, f,,,.. ,,,,,,.rt ord ;,lus-
trate general law oi thenervous system,
under the lnii!encr "l any sumulant TO
which 1t can be slhlerieL 1t Is TINS, that
every excitenen', alter lapse OF tline,
when IS longer OF su"4tef a'coruiiiS 10 the
nature OF the exciting cause, Is lolioWeu
by corresponding depression. And this
depression Is mol Il mere neSatioh oil
strength, but state OF positive dlscon-
tent, and suffering. which demands Tor ITS
removal repetition ci tue excitement. ii
this demand be complied with, the exclt-
ing cause or substance must be increased,
in order to produce tie same effect rs at
first, while, ut the same time, the period
of its continuance Will BE- shorter. All
| this might he inferred from what was said
before, where it was shown. that mere
stimulants never 0,!d to the strength of
the system, bu; only excite it to expend
what it already Possesses Suppose an
individual in whom are found ali the con-
ditions of health. From mere curiosity,
or some other cause, lie Is induced to
drink. He feels i.... a., lat a gentle ex-
citement of which hels perhaps hardly
conscious. but the poison Is soon expelled
and the system resumes its course. An
other. and another, and many similar in
stances occur at irregular intervals, and
pass off IN like manner. still there is no
change, or if any. il sihat a watchful OBJ
server might discover III linn an increas-
ing readiness to drink when the glass is
offered him. Tine passes on. and brings
with it occasions Of freduent, and still
more frequent. vel temperate, and
thoughtless Indulgence. At length the
buoyancy md light hcartedncss Of his
former feeling hr.rin 10 diminish. His
stomach become capririuus and his
breakfast is without ii5 former relish
The remedy, however, Is not difficult. A
friend assures him that he needs only a
gentle tonic, and that u cordial III the
morning will MAKE. all rinht. The bitters