The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1885-08-27
VOLUME XXI III


decrease the number Of drunkards. II
merely throws the business into the hands
of Q emA!!e: number Of dealers, and com.
pels the habitual drunkard TO pay Sor the
license In every drink he takes. Such @
system will of course increase the reye.
nue. Of the town or city and enable the
corporation to afford better protection
against disorder and riot, but &c does not
efop nor oven diminish the sale of liquor.
Temperance societies effect very liHle
good. They commence with misnorner.
Temperance is derived from the Latin
verb "temperare," ~ ,niugle, to mix, to
moderate or modify, aud itsfapplieation
is to, be found In the ancient custom OF
mixing wine and water together, go as to
beverage. All the nations Of antiquity
moderns. The Egyptians we're o sober
poor, and the fine grape wines of the
These wines were both abundant and
cheap, and when too strong were nixetl
with water. The Jews had two kinds Of
former, was the cheaper of The two, snd
people ;Tnhence there were occasional
instances of excess in drinking. The
unfermented wine was preserved BY boil.
ing, and wa9 used by the higher classes
end upon all religious occae:ons. The
Greeks aud Romaas mixed their
fermented wine With water, and they
both understood the art of preserving
unfermented wine by boiling, which they
nv h, la ,ol
q Greek or o Roman drank unmixed vine
they we're aaid to drink like seythians, or
Thracisns { Russians or Romelians,( The
Arabs drank wine in moderation. "Their
most illustrious cayaliers cultivated their
gardens with their own hands, The
season of the vintage was o fayorite time
With them, "when the fruit of the grape
not abused to the injury of mans power
wero gathered into their garhers.n
(Conde'e y"Arabs in Spaip.") All these
nations prcaticed temperance, but the
modern zealot is intemperate in his total
abstinence. -.
Wollsston's Religion Of Nature tells
US that temperance permits us the use nf
drink for thirst and as an "inro eat cor
dial against the evils of life,' u some
times merely for pleasure"
The total abstinence mon proceed upon
q wrong principle, If they iesire 10
improve the health and morals of tho
people they should direct their efforts
towards masses of human beings snd not
towards Individual delinquents. Tha
reforming of drunkards 10 not the high.
est aim of the true philanthropist.
prevention 10 better than cure" In
order to deal with the enormous evil of
drunkenness the tmls reformer must
address himself to men as God has made
them. The pledge Of the habitunl t,rink-
er Is too often ttlike dicers' oaths," made
only to be broken, and to his fearful
crime he too often adds falsehood and q
total indifference to the obligation Of an
oath. ss',is. b. ~
The only feasible cure for drunkenness
ID to direct the natural taBte for stimulants
into o hsymleas channel. We must ilr.
nish men with something which, while
supplying the demand implanted by God
into the nature Of man, will not prove
Injurious to his health or morality.
This great desideratum is only to BIZ
found In an abundant supply of cheap
and good wine.
In the South of Europe, where pure
wine is cheap, drunkards are seldom
seen.
Among the ancient nations, who had
wine In abundance, excuses In drinking
was very rsre. - y. s..
If men must have stimulants, which
seems the universal rule, aurely it is
better to use "Wine which nnaketh glad
the heart of man. than to consume those
strongly alcoholic liquors which contain
oyer 90 per cent. of that dangerous
spirit. or TO follow the example Of the
four hundred millions Of; the yellow
races who besot themaelves with opium.
i cannot understand how any believer
IN revealed religion can condemn the
moderate use OF wine. The Jew cannot
cay grace ct his dinner table without
ithanEing God for the afruit Of the vine.''
He cannot marry without wine. He
cannot initiate his infant con into the
covenant OF Abraham without wine.
He cannot celebrate the Anniversary Of
the Exodus without wine: The conclnd-
ing words of bis most solemn fast, on his
great day OF .atonenaent, are as follows !:
Go, eat thy bread and drink thy wine ia
peace, for Thy God hath forgiven thy
tran3gressio ols. J, 90 :: - 81.
The Christians cannot partake Of tho
communion table without wine: The
pages of the New Testament are full of
evidence that the moderate use ,of vino
was sanctioned by Him who has left 70
all men the tnlost perfect epitome OF
prayer and the Sermon on the Mount I
Both jew and Christian regard the Old
Testament as idiSi6ely inspired. Yet In
its sacred pages wine, and fermented wine
too. is not only permittedj but advised as
beneficial 10 man. 'rtsi i.'35 80 ! I
aa Wines;wketl not adulterated to suit the
/ svitiated tastes of English topers, CON.
tain not over, an average of 10 to 30 Spar
cent. of alcohol. For those who do NOT
desire anytalc alcohol 40 sllivery good! !unfer.
mented wine can he hHd, such aS ID tiade
for medicinal and saefafna mental purposes.
The iight1ine8 of Europe contain very
little alcohol / have recently seen ttii
advertisement of Heidsick chanlpaghe;
guaranteed 20 contain not :over 10 per
cent. of alcohol. or such wines as thess
does The Rev. Adam Clarke Hay ttJVine
innicderats quantity has q wonndrous ten.
dsncy 70 revive and insigorate The human
being. s.ia
Ardent spirits exhilarate, but they
5exhanst che strength, and evety dose
leaves man the worse, VI Wine, on the
contrary, exhilarates aud dinyigorat tes. SS It
ifnakess him cheerful, and provides foi
tho continuance Of that cheerfulness by
engthening the muscles and bracing
the nerves. ]! 1. s.
s Thus the testimony OF experience. che
Ededdcti tions OF science, the indgme ment$ $oI
mankind, the grasely J considered and
solernnls anne oiiHcefi opinion Gf ono ! 81
the EfeatesE lights Of medeYf tEeolopy
oild fh0 pscea cf gcritltr,fa iirifff n, rYss1S.