The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-05-26
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peremptorily to all. Stop, we have
had enough of it. Surely, surely,
the least we, the moderate drinkers
may demand, without offending our
brothers, the total abstainers, is
consistency.
Let us see who actually, and as
mater of fact compose this large
N 5ority of moderate drinkers2 Let
us examine their intelligence, social
standing and influence over the rest
of humanity and see how hurtful or
how beneficial they prove to the
world.
A close scrutiny of these questions
reveals the fact that the greatest
orators, statesmen philosophers,
generals, engineers philanthropists,
artists, Kings and Emperors were
and are to the present day moderate
drinkers. Nay more, the very
founder of Christianity was one of
them, although l must class the
gentlemen who established the prin-
ciples of professionalism rather among
immoderate drinkers, because he
INDUCED until he saw the Devil and
seeing his satanic majesty SHE'D
an inkstand at him, the stain of
which is shown to this day in the
Wartenburg, but of course without
the story of Rhine wine.
Considering these facts, seeing a
Bismarck emptying three bottles of
champagne during his speeches,
seeing a Gladstone waxing eloquent
through judicious inward applica-
ton of Guinness stout, reading of
Daniel Webster enjoying his eggnogg
and Henry Clay loving his toddy
Napoleon the Great drinking his
wine, and Frederick the Great in
dulging in beer, Cyrus Field con-
cocting the plan of a transatlantic
cable while drinking alcoholic bever-
age, and so on ad intinitum. We are
bound to be led to the belief, that
after all, drink does not do half the
harm which it is said and preached
it does.
True these are general facts and
there is a great deal to be said on
the other side concerning tempta-
ton, association and conventionality
which makes both young and old
men indulge in drink immoderately
to no purpose, and to the detriment
of their health and pocket without
actually becoming unredeemable
drunkards. The very companion
ship of to day leads to it. A friend
meets friend and the very first in
vitation he gets is "take a drink"
This drink, once or twice, may do
him no harm, but often repeated
might get him into the habit of
drinking which although not neces-
sarily, yet often means neglect Of
duty friendship, love and self-respecv.
The difficult part of this danger is
that it never can be foretold. No
man can say with certainty either to
himself or to another, if we taste
liquor we will become drunkards.
One may be able to drink with
impunity, the other is completely
ruined by it, but of the two the
man who drinks without any visible
harm to himself is the most danger
Gus and detrimental drawback to
total abstinence. He is so, because
a continual example to the inexperi-
enced who sees him enjoy a cup
which does him seemingly no harm,
and not considering the different
effect it may have on himself, goes
and does likewise. 1t might be all
right and no harm come of this, yet
there is the ''might" in after
years perhaps this youth will have
to repeat the sad words; cit might
have been!"
(To be continued).