The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-09-06
Ingersoll on Intem pcran &c.

The following Is m extract from . IA
nous speech OF Col. II. g. lngersoll 10 .
jury in Chicago:
Il am aware that there 10 . prejudice
against any man engaged 10 the manu-
fscture OF alcohol. l believe that from
the time 1t issues from the c0iIed and
poisonous worm Ia the dietiIlery until IL
empties into the hell Of death and dis
nonor and crime. il demoralizes every
body that touches IL from its source 10
any body can contemplate the object
without becoming prcjudiced against the
liquor crime. All we have TODD, gentle-
linen, is to think Of the wrecks on either
bank OF the etream OF death, OF the sui
cides, Of the insanity, OF the poverty, ot
the ignorance. Of the destitution, OF the
little children Juggling Ct the faded and
lwithered breast, OF weeping and diepair-
ling wives ing for bread, OF the men
|of genius that II has wrecked, tho men
struggling with imaginary scrpents, pro-
|duced BY tine deviiish thing; and when
|you think Of the jails, of the slmshousea,
|of the asylums, Of the prisons, Of the
|scafTolds on either bank, do not wonder
THAT every thoughtful man IL prejudiced
sgainst this damned stuff that is called
Ialc0h0l. Intemperance cuts down youth
lin its strength. and aye in its weakness.
IL breaks the fathers heart. bereaves the
Idoting mother, exsinguishes natural af-
lection, grasses conjugal love. blots out
lilial attachment, blights parental hope
land brings down mourning age In sor-
|row TO the grave II produces weak
ness not strength; sickness not health
death not life. II makes wives widows
|children orphans; fathers 6ends; and
Iall Of them paupers and beggars. u
ieeds rheumatism, nurses gout, W wcicomes
lepidemics, invites cholera, imports pes
ltilcnce. and embraces consumption. Il
covers the land with idleness, misery
and crime. 1t fills your jsils, supplies
lyour almshouses and demands your asy.
Ilums. Il engcnders controversies, fos.
tiers qusrreIs and cherishes riots. II
lcrowds your penitentiaries and furnishes
victims 10 your scaffolde. II is the life
and blood OF the gambler, the elements
|ofthe burglar, the prop Of high wayn.en,
and the support Of the midnight incen-
diary. II countenances the liar, respects
THE thief and esteems the blssphomer.
|lt violates obligations, reverenccs fraud
and honors infamy. II defsmes benev-
|olence, hates love, scorns virtue and
ISLANDERS innocence. Il incises the father
10 butcher his helpless offspring, helps
the husband 10 massacre bic wife and
child 10 grind the paricidal Ok. tburns
up men, consumes women, detests life,
curses God and despises heaven. II
suborns witnesses, nurses perjury. deiiIes
The jury box and stains the judicial er-
mine II degrades the citizen, debases
the legislator, dishonors ststesmen and
iisarms The patriot. II brings shame,
not honor; misery, not bsppiness; ter
Sor, not safety; despair. not hope; and
with the maievolence Of fiend it calm
" surveys its frightful desolstion, and
unsatiated with the havoc, Il poisons fell
city, u kills peace, ruins morals, blights
slays reputation and wipes
out national honor, then curses the
world and laughs at its ruin. Il does aII
this and more 1t murders the soul. IL
10 the sum or al viliainies, the father Of
all crimes, the mother Of abominstion,
the devils best friend and Gods worst
enemy"