The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1885-07-25

Col. Robert Ingersoll was lately en-
ployed in a case whichTnvolved the man-
ufacture of ardent spirits, and in hissspeech
to the Jury he used the following Ian
guage, from which one would infer that
he actually believed in devil and God :
Il am aware there is predjuice against
any man engaged in the manufacture Of
alcohol. I believe from the time II issues
from the coiled and poisonous worm i'll
the distillery until it empties into the
hell of death, dishonor and crime, that 1t
is demoralizingt to everybody that touches
it from the source, to the end. lido not
believe that anybody can contemplate
the subject without being predjudiced
against the crime All we haze to do, is
to think of the wrecks on either side of
the stream Of death, of the suicides, the
insanity, of the poverty, of the destrucs
tion, of the little children tugging at the
breast of weeping and desdairing wives
asking for bread of men Of genius it has
wrecked, the men struggling with imagi-
nary serpents produced by this devllish
thing and When you think OF the jails,
OF the almshouses, OF the asylums, OF the
prisoners and of the scatfolds on either
hand, lido not wonder that every thoughts
tul man is predjudiced against this vile
stuff called alcohol. Intemperance cuts
down youth in its vigor. manhood in its
strength, and age in its weakness.
1t breaks the fathers heart bereaves
the dotinp mother, extinollishes natural
affection, erases conjugal love, bots our
flial attachments, and brings premature
age in sorrow 70 the grave 1t produces
weakness, not strength; sickness, moi
health: death, not lite. 1t makes wives
widows. children orphans, fathers fiends
and all paupers. 1t feeds rheumatism
nurses gout, welcomes epidemics, invites
cholera, imports pestilence and embraces
consumption. 1t covers the land witt
misery, idleness and crime. Irengender'
controversies. fosters quarrels and cher
ishes riots. 1t crowds your penitentiarie
and furnishes victims to the scatfold. l
is the blood Of the gambler, the elemen
Of the burglar, the prop of the highway
man and the support of the midnight in
cendiary. 1t countenances the liar, re
spects the theft, esteems the blasphemel
It violates Obligations, reverences fraud
honors lnfamy. 1t incites the father t.
butcher his helpless offspring, and tn
child to grind the parricidal ak. 1t burn
up men, consumes women, detests life
curses God and despises Heaven. !
suborns witnesses, nurses periidy,, defle
the jury box, and stains judicial erinine
1t bribes voters, disqualifes votes; cor
rupts elections, pollutes our institution
and endangers the government. II de
grades the citizen, debases the legislator
dishonors the statenlan, and cilsarma tL
patriot. 1t brings shame, not honor; ter
ror, not safety: despair, not hope: miser
not happiness, and with the maleyolenc
Of fend, calmly surveys its trightft
desolatlon and unsatiated with havoc.
poisons felicity, kills peace, ruins morals
wipes out national honor, then curses tn
world and laughs at its ruin. 1t does tina
and more--it murders the soul. 1t
the sum of all villainies, the iather c
crime, the mother of abominaLion. til
devils best friend, and Gods worst enc
my Boston Pilot,