The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-01-13
SYhatIntemperauee does.


Robert G lneersoll was lately /
IN a case which involved /
the manufacture Of ardent spirits. and /
in bis speech 70 the Jury he used the /
following language:
81 am aware there is a prejudice
against any man engaged 90 the man
uiactnre Of alcohol / believe from
the time it issues from the coiled and
poisonous worm Co The dis.iIleiy
until il emptcs into the he'll Of death
that il is demoralizing to everybody
that touches il from The source %
where 1t ends. | DO not believe that
anybody can contemplate the subject
without being preiudiced against she
crime. All they have TO DO is to think
Of the wrecks on both sides of the
streams Of death, Of the suicides. Of
the poverty, OF the destruction Of the
little children Juggling at the breast, OF
weeping and despairing wives asking
for bread, Of the man struggling with
imaginary serpents produced by the
devilish thing; and when you think
Of the jails, OF the almhouses, OF the
asylums, Of the prisons, and Of the
scaifolds, on either bank, / do not
wonder that every thoughtful man
is prejudleed against the vile stuff
called alcohol.
Intemperance cuts down youth in
its vigor, manhood in its strength,
and age in It's weakness II breaks
the fathers heart, and bereaves the
dOting mother, exlinguishes the nat
ural affection, grasses conjugal love,
blots out 6lial affection, blights paren
al hope, and brings down mourning
age 10 sorrow to the grave, II pro-
duces weakness, not strength; sick
ness, not health death, not life. Il
makes wives widows, children or
phans, fathers hends, and all Of then
paupers and beggars. 1t feeds rheu
matism, nurses govt, welcomes cpl
denies, invites cholera. Imports
pestilence, and embraces consump
ton. Il covers the land with idle
ness, poverty, disease and crime
It ellis your jails, supplies your alm
houses, and demands your asylums
II engenders controversies, foster
E quarrels, and cherishes riots,
, crowds your penitentiaries, and iur
I nishes the victims for your scahOld'
D Il is the life. blood Of the gambler
] the aliment Of the counterteiter, th
e prop Of the highwayman, and th
e support of the midnight incendiar!
J. II coustenAnees the liar, respects Il
? thief, and esteems the blaspheme
= Il violates obligation, reverence
r fraud, and honors iniamy. 1t defam,
n benevolenee, hates love, scorI
e virtue, and SANDERS innocence.
+ ncites the father to butcher his bel
u less offspring, helps the husband
5 massacre bis wive, and aids the chi
+ to grind the parricidal axe. II bur-
al up man and consumes woman, detes
r life, curses God, aud despis
IS heaven. II suborns witnesses, nurs
ID perjury, dedles the jury box, al
q stains the judicial ermine. It brib
ss voters, disqualifes votes, corruT
! elections, pollutes our institution
q and endangers our Government.
r degrades the eihzen, debases
sh Legislator, dishonors the statesms
Us aud disarms the patriot It hri"
In shame, not honor; terror,no ct
a despair, not hope; misery, not H.
C piness. And with tie malevolence
p a fiend, it calmly surveys its fright
IS desolations; and, Insulated VI
a havoc, it poisons felicity, kills pea.
NO ruins morals, blights confidence, sla
or reputation, and wipes out natio
ed honor, then curses the world o
or laughs at its ruin.
p 1t does all that and m ore.
ere murders the soul Il is the sum
Of sll villainies; the father of Grim
i've he mother of all abomination
n curse of eursesl the DEVILS b
lot friend, and God worst enemy.