The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1889-10-30
INGERsOLL ON ALCOHOL.
An Eloquent Extract From = Speech
Made bY Col. Robert TneersNn.

An Eloquent Extract From Speech
Made by Col. Robert Ingerson.
| nm aware there is a prejudice
against any man engaged in the
manufacture of alcohol. l believe
from the time it issues from the
coiled and poisonous wurm in the
di~tillery until it empties into the
hell Of death, dishonor and crime,
that it is demoralizing to every>
body that touches it, from the
source to where it ends. | do not
believe that anybody can contem-
plate the subject without being
preiudicei against the crime. An
we have to do is to think of the
wrecks on either side Of the stream
of death, OF the suicides, of the
destruction, of the little children
Juggling at the breast of the weak
end de7pairing wives asking for
bread, of men of genius it HIS
wrecked, the men struggling With
imaginary serpents produced by
this deyilish thing. And when
you think of The jails, cf the aims
houses, of the ssylums,
of the prisons, Of the
scafolds on either hand, do net
wonder that every thoughtful man
is prejudiced against that vile stuff
called alcohol. Intemperance cuts
down youth in It's vigor, manhood
in its strength and age in It's
weakness.
1t breaks the fathers heart, be-
reaves the doting mother, extin-
| guishes natural affections, erases
copjugal love, blois ont filial at.
tachments, bIights parental hope
ami brings premature age in sor-
row to the grave. 1t produces
weakness, not strength, sickness,
not health, death, not lie. 1t
makes wives widows, children orr
phans, fathers tiends and raupers.
1t feeds rheumatism, nurses goat,
welcomes epidenics, invites cholera,
imports pcstilence, and embraces
consumption. 1t covers the land
with misery, idlcncss and crime
1t engenders controversies, testers
quarres and cherishes riots. 1t
crowds your penitentiaries and
furnishes victims. to the scafIoid.
1t is the blood OF the gambler, the
cement of the burglar, tie prop
of the hi.,hwaymau, and the supg
port OF the midnight incendiary.
1t countenanees the liar. respects
the thief, esteems the blasphemer.
1t violates Obligations, reverences
fraud, honors infamy. 1t delames
beuevolence, hates love, seorns
virtue and innocence. 1t invites
the father to butcher his help less
offspring, and the child to grind
the patriarcial axes. It burns up
men, consumes women, detcsts lire,
curses God, and dcspises heaven.
1t suborns witnesses, nurses per-
fidy, detiles the jury bnx, and
stains the judicial ernine. 1t
brides voters, corrupts elections,
pollutes our institutions and en-
dangers the Government 1t de-
degrades the citizen, debascs the
legislature, dishonors the states
man, and disarms the patriot. Ii
brings shame, not honor, terror,
not safety, despair. not hope,
misery, not happiness, and with
the maIevolence Of a fien3, calmly
surveys its irightful desolaIion.
AID uusaiilied with havoc, it pois-
ons felicity, kills peace, ruins
morals, wipes out national honor,
then curses the world, and laughs
at its ruin. Itdoes that aud more
1T murd ,rs the soul. 1t is the
son of all villianies, the father Of
crimes, the mother Of all abomina~
ions, the devils best friend, and
/ Gods worst enemy.