Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-05-15

Since the state oratorical contest at
Lawrence the subject OF Plagiarism pos
sessps more than usual interest As "a
conspicuous specimen OF literary theft |
in Liph life we publish the following:
lNGE.&uLL ON INTEMpERANCE.
am aware that there Is a prejudice
against any man engaged in the mnnu-
f;uturr Of alcohol. believe that from
the time it issues from the coilcd and
poisoned worm in the distil!cry until it
cmpips INTO the hell of death, dlshonor
and crime, that it dcmoralizcs every
body that touches it from its source to
its end. do not believe anybody can
contemplate the object without bccom-
ing prriUdircd against that liquor
crime, All we have to do, gentlemen,
is to think OF the wrecks on either bank
of the stream Of death, Of the suicides,
of tie insanity, Of the poverty, of the
| ignorance, OF the desliIu,ion, Of the lit
Tie children tugging AT the faded and
wi,hcrcd breasts OF weeping and de-
/ Sparng mothers, Ot wives asking for
bread, Of the men of genius it has
wrecked, the men struggling with i'm
| agiua.y surpcnlS, produced by this dew
i,i,h thing: and when You think of the
! ui.s, Of t@c lms-hoUscs, OF the asylums,
OF the prisons, Of the scaitolds upon Ell
tier bank. do not wonder that every
thoughtful man is prcjUdiced against
tni. damned stuff that is called alcohol.
Inicmpcrance cuts down youth in its
yigor, manhood in its strength, and age
In i.4 weakness. 1t breaks the father 5
heart hcrrayos the dOting mother, cX-
tinZui.hys natural affections, grasses con-
iugal love. hlols out iilial attachments
blight, parental hope. and brings down
mourning are in sorrow to the grave.
II produces weakness, not strength;
sickness, not health, death, not life. 1t
makes wives widows, children orphans,
fathers iicnd5, and all Of them paupcrs
and bcggnrs. 1t feeds rheumatism,
nurses gout, welcomes cpldemics. III
yi;es cholera, imparts pcstilencc, and
embraces consumption. 1t covers the
land with idlcncss, misery and crime.
It ills your jails, supplies your aims
honsGs and demands your aSylums. 1t
cngenlerS controversies, fosters quar-
rcS and charishes riots. II crowds your
pcntcniiarieS and furnishes victims for
your scaliOlds. 1t is the life blood TO
the gambler, the element Of the burglar,
the prop OF the highwayman. the sup
por, of the midnight incondiary. 1t
cOmteuanccs the liar, respects the thief,
eStcemS the blaSphemur. 1t violates
obligations, revGrcnccs fraud, and hon
ors nfamy. 1t defamcs beneyolence,
hates love, scOrns virtue, ISLANDERS inno-
cence. 1t incitcS the father TO butcher
his helpless offspring, helps the husband
to massacre lii! wife, and the child to
grind the parricidal axe. 1t burns up
men, consumes women, dclcsts life,
curses God, and despiscs heaven. 1t
suborns Witnesses, nurses perjury, de-
files the Jury box, and stains the judi
cial crmiue. II dcgrades the citizen,
dcbascs the legislator, dishonors the
statesman and disarms the patriot 1t
brings shame. not honor; terror, not
safety; despair, not hope; misery, not
happiness; and with the malevolence
OF u iicnd il calmly surveys its frightful
dosoation, and unsatisfcd with its hay
oc ii poisons felicity, kills peace, ruins
morals, blights confidence, Stays repu.
tation, and wipes out national honor
then curses the world and laughs ut il
ruin. 1t does all that and more-i
murders the soul. 1t is the sum of al
villainies, the father Of all crimes, the