Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-14
AnOl,l Idea Revived.

Thurlow Weed in letter to the
T.bY.e. predicts tic failure OF the
present radical measure taken IN (
Kansas and Iowa to stop intemrei- ,
unce. He thinks refusal to license
and other prohiba'olv measures
h ave exaggerated rather than mltl- .
gated l!temperance. He thinks that
when We become grape -Slowlnr
country. like France OF Switzerland,
4 practical remedy for intemrerapce
viii soon be reached. " hen the
!iape,' lie SAYS, Is pro iuced III
sufficient quantity TO furnish cheap
wiues, a beverage for all classes, II
Nil be within the scope ahd duty
Of Congress to p, RECT reform that
will emancirate tie people from the
horror of intemperance. This re-
form is to be accomplished by fur
nisling vine abundantly and cheap,
while, by legislation, whiskey, rum
ami brandy aIe made so dear as to
be out of reach Of the laboriny class
es. He thinks California, Kansas
ard othsr States, with SOILS adapted
t. grape culture, had better turn
their attention to wine making
This suggestion is by no means
new. 1t W advanced years ago, 10y
the wine-growing interest, and the
| brewers have made the same indeavor
to sweeten then beverage by denom-
mating it temperance drink and
urging its use i'll The place Of ardent
spirits. The characteristic inSre dent
of wine is alcohol, or pure spirit Of
wine; on this depends the stimulating
power, which leads to intoxication.
1t usually contains from one-fourth
to one-tifth its bulk of pure alcohol,
and small proportion OF acid. The
general effect of wine is to excite,
) for time, the powers of life, to
) assist digestion, to quicken the cir
culation, exhilerate the spirits and
increase the mental energies. But
these effects are of the most insidious
nature, and instead of remaining
permanently, or allowing the action
of the organs to sink, when the slim
, illus is withdrawn to their healthy
: standard, they are succeeded by q
depression of the vital energies in
direct proportion to the preceding
+ excitement. When, therefore, the
use of wine is continued for such a
, length of time to render it habitual
3 it perverts the faculties, degrades
! the rational powers, and creates q
: morbid craving for q repetition OF
} the indulgence and lays the found
0 alton for long train of suffering
and disease.
Malt liquors, when taken in ex-
cess, are we'll known to produce the
worst species of drunkness, although
they contain but small proportion
: in comparison to their bulk, of al
cohol. In addition to the intoxicat.
ing principle, some noxious ingre
dents are generally added, to give
, them their bitter flavor. These pos.
|" sess q narcotic effect, reduce the vi.
II tslity, and cause their habitual user
u to become loaded with fat, the cir
culation clogged and the pulse la
: bored and quick. The effect is no
J. so immediate on the body as of or
> dent spirits, but none the less Ger
i tain, and infinitely more stupefyin!
IL and lasting. Both wine and bee
D have a greater tendency to swell tn
'e body than ardent spirits. While th
y most dreadful effects are brought OIL
D. by the latter, breaking down the bod
y by degrees, the habitual use of NAL
III liquor and wine is generally attended
in the end by some instantaneou
rs appoplexy or rapid Inflammation.
. 1t is to be regretted that the wan
- ing years Of a man whose life ha
been so useful to humanity, should
when age is darkening his sight TO
:. the journey to the grave, be remem
y, bered by such legacy as he is leav
" ing his fellow man. 1t is as insidiou
and hurtful to the afforts of reform
Of as the proposition to tax the sale q
so spirits to educate the youth of th
r land. Let us charitably hope tina
g, it is the offspring of a distempere
o. mind, which may, before the fam
it sinks in the socket, burn with il
ne accustomed brightness long enoug
III to dispel the illusion it has create
n and fustrate the horrors which tn
,e license given would inevitably sea-
ID ter broadcast throughout the land.
:, A PARTY OF explorers left POI
Townsend last Saturday on tn
r schooner Mary Taylor for Queinau
=, about 70 miles south of Cape Fla
- terry, from which place they inten
e to explore. the coast and retur
= by land IF thew can find mao