Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-12-01
INGERSOL'S VIEW S ON ALCO
HOL.

The following speech of Ingersol
will surprise both friends and enc
mics Of that eloquent orator. In
an ad ,res5 to Il jury before whom
WIS being tried II case inv living the
manufacture Of alcohol, the follow
ing terrific arraignmcnt was made,
of mans worst enemy, and no mani
VIII ether ne be II dealer, nanutac
turer of liquor or Il moderate con
sumner Of it can reLut single point
made.
Il AIN aware, gentlemen of the jury,
that there is a preiu lie against any ma
who manufactures alchohol. l believe
that from the time it issues from the coil
ed and peisonou. worm in the distll,rv.
until 1t cmpties into the jaws OF death,
dishonor and crime, that d,morilizes
everybody :hat touches it, from its source
TO where it ends. do no, believe any
body can contemplate the object without
being prcjuiic,d against the liqurr crime
All We have to do, gent'em n, is to
the stream of death, nf the 81 cjdes, OF the
Insanity, OF the Ignorance, OF the destita-
ton, OF the little children tugging
1T the fla led and wihered breasts Of weep
ing and desp iring mothers, Of wives ask
ing for bread, OF he men oi genidS it has
Weakened, the men struggling with im-
asinary serpenls, produced 10y the dcv>
iish thing; and when you think OF the
j ills, of the ulmshunsts, OF the asylums, IT
II PRISONS, ct the scatfods ON rithrr bank,
l 10 no wonder that every though iul man
is pr JUDGED against tins damned stuff
called alcohol. Intemperance cuts
down youth in It's vigor, manhood in its
strength, old age in its weakness. II"
the fathers heart, bereaves the doting
mother, extinguishcs natural affection,
grasses conjugal love, blois out fiial at
t cament, blIghts parental hopes, brin- s
down mourning age in sorrow to the
grave. 1t produces weakness, not
strength; sickness, not health; death, not
fc. 1t makes wives widows; children
orphans: fathers fieuds; and all OF them
paupers and brggars. IL feds rheuma-
tism. invites chol.ra, imports les,ilcnte
ana embraces consumption. 1t covers the
land with idlenrss, misery and crime. 1t
nils your Jais, supplies your amslsus.s
! and demands your asy lums IL engend,is
controversies, fosters quarrcls aud cuersL>
es riots. 1t crowds your peuitcn tiarIes
aud furnishes victims for ypur &c. folds.
IL is the LIE b.oou OF the gambler, the
prop ct the highway IN, the support oi
the midnight lnccnd;ary. 1t counten-
ances he liar, respects the thief, .steems
the blasphener. 1t violates ohlig III M,
reverence, fraud and honors infamy. l..
defames benevolence, hates love. scsrns
virtue, and ISLANDERS inuscence. 1t ilcitos
the father to butcher his of spring, helps
| the husband tn massacre his vile, anu
the child TO grind the paracidai ak. It
burns up men, coLsum,s women, oetesls
lite, curses God, drsrises heaven. 1t sub.
orns with IS, nurses puijury, dcties the
jury box, and stains the j,d cal crmine
1t degradcs the citizen, dcbases the leg
| islature, disl~noTs statesmen and disarns
the patriot. 1t brings shame, not honor;
terror, not safety; despair not hope; misery.
not happiness, and with the maevolcnce q
= fcud, it calmly surveys its iiightiul les-
olation and unsatisticd havoc; it roisons
felicity, kills peace, ruins morals. blghts
conf lance Stays reputation, AMI wip s
out national henor, then curses he world
and laughs at its ruin. 1t does all thar,
aid moro. 1t murders the s1ul. 1t is
the sum OF all viilianies. The father OF III,
crimes, the mother OF all ahomsna,isns
the devils best friend and Gods worst
enemy,