The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-24
INGERSOLL ON WHISK Ely.
The Great Orators Opinion of the
Article and the Business-Elo-
quence and Facts.

judice against the man who manu-.
features alcohol. ] believe that from
the time 1t Issues from the c,iled and
poisonous worm in the dislillery until
it empties into the jaws OF death
crime and dishonor, that 1t democrat
ICES everybody that touches it, from
its source to where it ends. do not
believe anybody can contemplate
the object without being prejudiced
against the liquor crime.
"All we have to do, gentlemen, is
to think of the wrecks on either bank
of the stream of death, ofthe suicides,
of the insanity, of the ignorance, OF
the desttution, of the little children
Juggling at the faded and withered
breasts of weeping aud desparing
mothers, of wives asking for bread
of the men of genius it has wrecked
the men struggling with imaginary
serpents produced by this devlish
thing, and when you think of the
jails, of the almshouses, of the
asylums, Of the prisons, of the scat.
folds upon either bank, do not won
der that every thoughtful man is
prejudiced against this damna BILE
stuff called alcohol. Intemperance
cuts down youth in its vigpr, man
hood in its strength, old age in its
weakness. 1t breaks thu fathers
heart. bereaves the doting mother,
extinguishes natural affection, grasses
conjugal love, blots out filial attach.
ment, blights paternal hope, brings
down mourning age in sorrow to the
grave.
at produces weakness, not
strength; sickness, not health; death,
not life. y 1t makes wives widows,
children orphans, fathers fiends, and
all of them paupers and beggras. II
feeds rheumatism, invites cholera
imports pestilence, and EN- braces con-
sumption. Ii covers the land with
idleness, misery and crime. 1t fills
your jails, supplies your almshouses
and demands your asylums. 1t en-
genders controversies, fosters quar-
rels and cherishes riots. 1t crowds
your penitentiaries, and furnishes
victims for your scsffolds. 1t is the
lifeblood of the gambler, the element
of the burglar, the prop of the high.
wayman, and support of the mid
night incendiary.
at countenances the liar, respects
the thief, esteems the blasphemer
1t violates obligation, reverences
fraud and honors infamy. 1t defames
benevolence, hates love, seorns virtue,
and ISLANDERS innocence. 1t incites
the father to butcher his helpless off.
spring, helps the husband to murder
his wife, and grinds the parricidal ak.
1t burns up men, consumes women, de-
tests life, curses God, despises heaven.
1t suborns witnesses, nurses perjury,
defles the witness box, and stains
judicial ermine.
II uegraues the cltlzen, deDases
the legislature, dishonors statesmen,
and disarms the patriot. 1t brings
shame, not honor; terror, not safety;
despair, not hope; misery, not happi-
ness; and with the manevOlence OF
fiend it calmly surveys its fright
fuldesolation and unsatiated havoc.
II poisons peace, kills. felicity, ruins
morals, blights confidence, Stays rep
utation and wipes out national honor;
then cursesl.the world, :and laughs
at its ruin. 1t does all that, and
more. 1t murders the soul. 1t Is the
sum of all vlllainies, the father of all
crimes, the mother of denominations,
the DEVILS best friend and Gods
worst enemy"