The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-10

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e JOSEPH COOK Oh TEMPERANCE.
The ErnInont 7hImLcr's Views ON ThIr
;, Imp"rtAni QuesiIou Of Reform.
0 Boston Lecture.
:. The law Of averages, as exhibited In TIT
0 experience of life assurance companies dur
:. ing the last Iory years, has once for all tri
umphautly justified the temperance prin
,, cipe Of total abstinence. Applause.
/ Among serious and thoroughly well in
; formed persons debate Is over on this mat
ter. Yes, my luxurious friend, yes, my
! moderate drinker in the pulpit laughter
you, are marked men because beniRhted
: and bela.ed. [Applause.l When was in
London took much pains to ascertain
exactly the facts aS 10 the experience OF
British life Insurance societies in making a
distinction between moderate drinkera aud
total abstAineTs. Every one knows or
ought to know, that for nearly half cen.
fury now many Of the best life ASSURANCE
societies Of England have insured moderate
drinkers and total abstAineIs in separate
sections, and that bonus has been paid
to the section made up Of total absIainers
Of seven. thirteen, seventeen, and, in some
cases, twenty.three per cent over that paid
the section VI moderate drinkers. Here Is
u commercial view Of the largest philan.
ihropic significance.
For one regard this state Of the facts in
regard to the law Of averages in life assur.
ance societies as altogether the most in.
cisive argument that can Just now be
named In support Of the principle Of total
abstinence. The law OF averages in life
assurance societies is now the pedestal Of
adaInant on which stands triumphant for
all future time, In the name OF science, the
abused and once even Inundated principle
OF total abstinence. Applause.
European aud American Temperance
methods and CTebds dileT somewhat TO our
disadvantage. Undoubtedly We have car.
ried the legal remedies for incompetence
farther than Europe has done, but Ut pres
ent we are tanning the air with the legal
wing OF tho Temperance reform, and seem
to have forgotten the moral wing in large
degree. Great Britain ut the present mo.
ment is more emphatic in her church
efforts for temperance, more emphatic In
her efforts TO produce through secular iem-
pennCG organizations right impression
on the muses. Of the population than We
are. wish TO lift noto Of warning
against trying 10 fly the temperance
cause with one wing. Whenever We
lave used only the legal wing.
or only the moral wing, the tight oil
the temperance cause has been sorry
spiral 1t always must he such under
mera agitation pitted Bgainst Avarice and
appetite. Appetite and av9rice are both
constant forces, agitation is spRsm0diC
force ut best. II requires great assistance
from Almighty Providence to get the atlen.
ton Of u whole state or nation, and when
you have obtained it II requires great assis
lance 10 keep the drOwsy public attentive
long enough TO carry an election. Agita'
ton in church and state Is our chief force
against the solid ranks Of the whiskey rings
and against tue impassive brutal forces Oi
appetite, ! beg leave TO say that there il
not feather in either OF these temperance
wings that We can dispense with. Onu Of
the most mischievOus things in the TEN.
perance cause appears 10 INT TO be the fight
OF the feathers with each other Applausrl;
not only wing with wing, but feather with
feather IN single wing
had thought Of putting upon this board
referring 10 u blackboard IN front Of the
speakers deSE and perhaps ! had better
10 30, II graphic illustration vi what mean
by TWO Wings. Taking thu chalk, Mr.
Cook drew representation OF two wings,
saying Us ne did sol: II that Is the right
wing, or legal wing, / should call the lower
feather Of 1t the civil damage law; then !
should say, above that We have legal option,
and above that We have legislative pr0hi.
bitiOn, and above that We have cnnstitu.
tiolml prohibition, and above that we have
woman's vote. Applause.l And now, II
on the other side must outline, in reverse
order, the five feathers on the moral wing,
should put tirst Of all, at the top, church
temperance organizations; should put
next the Efforts OF secular temperance 50.
cieIles OF all kin,ls; should pu. next,
temperance instruction in schools, and
next, the example OF what we call the
richer CLASSES, aud should put last, bust.
nesH prudence, or your desire to be relieved
from taxes CAUSED by the ravages Of intem.
perance.
Look for an instant at the smallest lower
feather OF the moral wing, business pru.
dence. put In ONE band all the money
We spend tor our civil service. 1t is an
enormous amount, about four hundred
millions q year. Will that weigh down
what we spend for lQno2 l put in this
right. hand scale the liquor bill oil the United
States and the lGit.hand scale goes up. |
add TO what we pay for the civil service all
we pay for the army; the lett hand goes up
yet! All We pay Tor the navy; Il goes up
yet! All we pay 10 Congress, including
the river aud harbor appropriation bills
[laughterE il goes up yeti All We pay to
state governments; ii goes up yet! All We
pay TO county governments and to city gov.
ernmeuls; this sCAle, with all these weights
in 1t, goes up yeti add all we pay to
town governments and for common school
education out OF tho taxes on school dis.
tricls, and yet this scale goes up. The
! UHtlOlh CtilSuo uuAClu lulOILlS US tuAt
about 700 millions IS the amount put into
the leit.hand scale under the circumstances
have named; but the most careful stntis'
ticians say, aud the New SOik Tribune
brought these facts before the public not
long ago, that at least 500 millions is the
annual liquor bill Of the United
States. tSensatiOn.l That is one
feature u this mighty wing. |
undertake TO maintain unliichingly
what Mr.. Gladstone has said, that the
intempcrance Of the Anglo-Saxon races,
Especially Of Englishmep, ScOIchmen and
Americans, has injured us more than war,
pestilence and famine. We arc the most
drunken nations on earth. 1t Is not too
much to say that II We could shake of in.
temperance rs thoroughly as the llindoos
and Turks have done, we should probably
double the income Of tho United States
and OF the United Kingdom. am not
declaiming. | insist upon it that these
are carefully verified statistical results Of
our recent investigation. The MasSachu.
sets bureau OF statistics has affirmed
solemnly In an official document that in.
temperance enters as a leading cause into
eighty.four per cent Of the crimes brought
10 the notice OF the law in this State, and
yet his excelIency, the present Governor
Of Massachusetts, did not do himself the
honor Of mentioning intempCranCc when
lately, 10 long message, he passed a fac
tooth comb through the hair Of this Com.
monweallh In search for abuses. Loud
and continuous applause.
What Is the matter with the church In
this country WcareRll under the volun.
! tary system, and sometimes men who are
: tpplers carry large bags Laughter. ]
There are some men who love 10 be called
evangelical and thoroughly genuine in
their Christianity, who will have their
wines in large variety, and sometimes
! stronger liquors than wineF, on their tables.
! This Is not true merely Of the Pacific slope,
1t is lrus Of the Mississippi valley. the Mid