Arkansas weekly mansion., 1883-11-10
Alcoholism as Related to Crime.

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Alcoholism as Related to Crime.
At the Central Church of Christ, at
/ the corner of Indiana avenue and lwcn-
ty-ifth street, last evening, George &.
| Christian gave 4 lecture on Alcoholism
As Related to Crime, of which the fol-
/ lowing is a summary: BY the word al
coholism we denote the whole system
of drinking, buying, selling, and all that
| is connected with and all that grows out
I of alcohol in its various shapes. And
+ now for opinions and experiences given
! in this matter by well-known men.
| Cardinal Mccall says that drink is the
| cause of nearly all the crimes commit
ted. The Archbishop of Canterbury
adds his testimony, and says that rum
/ is the chief source of nearly all the
+ crimes committed in England. Lord
/ Chief-Justicc Colerdge lately said: ''If
we could make England sober we might
shut up nine-tenths of our jails." MIR.
Justice Denman, in charging a Grand
| Jury, said Il don't know how
Judge can better discharge his duty
| than by calling the attention of all
| classes to the fact that nearly all crime
| is caused by drink" Another English
Judge lately said: NEARLY every case
! of violence and outrage that comes be-
fore me originates in the public-house.
Alcoholism. besides affecting the
drinker himself, affects indirectly men,
women and children who never drink
at ALL There is much blamable senti-
mentalism among Temperance people.
! They SAY to the drunkard Poor fel-
low! I'm very sorry for you. But it
/ seems you can't help it." All bosh!
| He wants to drink. He will let wife
| and children suffer to crafty his own
I selfish appetite. Instead of poor fell
/ low. he is selfish, mean, contemplate
wretch.
Alcoholism includes the saloon, the
company there assembled, and the evil
! attendants No high-toned man enters
saloon without injuring his self-re-
spect. He listens to the burly, double
listed, snakc-cycd scoundrel who pre-
sides there, telling some scheme where
BY the high-toned office-seeker, often p
Judge, may secure his election. Listen
ing to such schemes, in such place,
from such scoundrcl, puts poison INTO
any mans moral nature, and from such
assoc ations originates the course of life
that brings many of our prominent men
to disgrace. Mr.. Rutledge, Chaplain
of Joliet Pcnitcntiary, writes me: 81
dom know which is the worst i'll its CT
fects in causing crime-the drinking
itself or tic saloon associations Mr..
the Southern Pententiary at Chester,
Ill, writes: '.The saloons are the
springs from which flow the streams
which fill our penitentiaries. OF five
hundred prisoners here, four hundred
and SIX frequentcd the saloons" Crimes
originate in the saloons, and it is to tho
saloons that detectives 60 to find the
men that are wanted by the jails. The
committee appointed by the Dominion
of Canada in 1879 to investigate the mat
ter reported that more than seventy
five per cent. of the arrests made in the
two Provinces of Canada were for
drunkenness itself or for crimes COM
mitted under the influence OF drink
Judge Noah Davis says: ''Of all causes
of crime, intemperancc stands first. -
Judge Tulev, of this city, in a letter of
August, 1883, says: ''Of the criminals
appearing before me, the evidence shows
that Il majority of them were under the
influence of drink at the time of the
commission of the crimes. l have come
to the conclusion that the stimulant
thus imbibed was for the purpose OF
nerving them for the crime Judge
Thomas A. Moran, of this county. in a
letter of July p, 1888, says: ''Of adult
criminals IS per cent. are made so dl-
rectIy by drink; 90 per cent. of crimes
committed bv children come indirectly
. from the same source. from the low
. tone of morality and general degrade
ton resulting in the homes OF the drunk
ard" Mr.. Kutledge. Chaplain at
Joliet, writes: During the past two
wears 1 find in the case of prisoners
here, nearly all crimes against persons
, to have come directly from drink; mos!
of those against property, from saloon
; .ssociations." Statistics show that OF
the 5000 criminals in Illinois last year,
5000 came up from the saloons; the
manufactures of criminals. Neal Dow
,, saws the people of the United State,
spend 81, 800, 200, 900 a year for drink.
To prove this here are the facts: There
, are in the United States 100000 saloon.
. less than $4,000 worth of liquor each
wear. The amount thus spent, 81 500,
0OO, 900, would pay for all the household
!, furniture now in use in the United
States and leave $500. 100000 over
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