Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1896-04-24
w. c. T. u.
BY A MEMBER.
A Warning 20 Young Men.

a Warning 60 Young Men.
There is a prejudice against
any man engaged in the manu-
tacture of alcohol. l believe that
from. the time it issues from the
coiled and poisonous worm i'll
the distillery until it empties in
to the hell of death, that it is de-
moralizing to everybody that
touches it, from the source to
where it ends. l do not believe
that anybody can contemplate
the subject without being preju-
diced against the crime. All
they have to do is to think of the
wrecks on either side of the
stream of death, of the suicides,
of the insanity, of the poverty, of
the destruction, of the little
children Juggling at the breast, of
weeping and despairing wife
asking for bread of the man
struggling with imaginary ser
penis, produced by this devilish
thing; and when you think of the
jails, of the alrnshouses, of the
asyluns, of the prisons, and of
the scafolds, On either bank, l
do not wonder that every
thoughtful man is prejudiced
against the vile stuff called al
cohol.
Intemperance cuts down youth
in its youth, manhood in its
strength, and age in its weak .
ness. 1t breaks the fathers
heart, bereaves the doting mot b.,
er, extinguislles natural affection,
grasses conjugal love, blots our
flial attachment, blights parent
al hope, and bring down mourn
ing age iii sorrow to the grave.
1t produces weakness, not
strength; sickness, not health;
death, not life. It makes wives
widows, children orphans. faith
ers, fends, and all of them pau
pers and beggars. 1t feeds rheu-
nlatism, nurses govt, welcomes
epidenics, invites cholera, inns
ports pestilence and embraces
consumption. It covers the
land with idleness, poverty, dis
ease and crime. 1t fills your
Jail, supplies your almshouses,
and demands your asylulns. 1t
engerders controversies, fosters
quarrels, and cherishes riots. It
crowds your penitentiaries, and
furnishes the victims for your
scaffolds. 1t is the life blood of
the gambler, the ailment of the
counterfeiter, the prop of the
highwayman, and the support of
the midnight incendiary. It
Countenances the liar, respects
the thief, and estee1ns the blas>
phemer. 1t violates obligation,
reverences frauds, and honors in
fanny. 1t defames benevolence,
hates love, scorns virtue, and
ISLANDERS innocence. It incites
the father to butcher his help
less offspring, helps the husband
to massacre his wife, and aids the
child to grind the parricidal axe.
It burns up man and consumes
woman, detests life, curses God,
and despises heaven. It suborns
witnesses, nurses perjury, defles
the jury box and stains the judi
cal er1nine. It brides voters, dis
qualities votes, corrupts elections,
pollutes our institutions, and en-
dangers our government. 1t de-
grades the citizen, debases the
dishonors the states
man, and disarnls the patriot. It'll
bring shame, not honor; terror,
not safety; despair, not hope;
misery not happiness. And with
the malevolence Of a fend it |
calmly surveys its frightful deso>
lations; and Insulated with
havoc, it poisons felicity, kills
peace, ruins morals, blights con-
ldence, Stays reputation, and
wipes out national honor; then
curses the world and laughs at
IS ruin.
1t does all that, and more. I'll
mi dctS tie s0Hk 1t is the sum
If all villanies; the father of all
crimes; the mother of all abomi-
lations; the curse of curses; the
lewis best friend, and Gods
worst enemv.--Roblyt &. Mgcy-
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