Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1913-12-25
WHAT wHIsKEY DOES.

| lists of those receiving whiskey in the
towns of this valley just as we'll as
marriage licences by applying for
them from the county court clerk, we
are the subject of attack and threats
We are informed TO just go ahead and
do so, aud see what would happen to
the News. We were somewhat sur
prised at this, as we had quite forgot
ton about ever saying anything to that
effect. We thank the parties for their
kindness in bringing it to our notice,
especially in such kind and consid-
crate manner, and hereby warn them
that if whiskey drinking gets too vio-
lent in this town we shall avail our
selves of the right. The Nashville
Tennessean has already published lists
of parties getting unusual amounts of
liquor, liquor dealers, and why should
we hold off, We have nothing to fear
in this matter, for every alleged friend
we have who is a whiskey drinker,
whether he attempts to or does injure
MS, either physically or in a business
way, will brig another friend of law
and order to our rescue.
We publish the following written
by Robt. G. Ingersol, who was atheist
enough to see what curse whiskey Is
and what it leads to.
~ am aware that there Is a preju-
dice against any man who manufact-
ures alcohol. I believe that from the
time 1t issuesfrom the coiled and pois-
onous worm in the distillery until it
empties into the jaws Of death dis
honor and crime it demoralizes every
body that touches it from its source to
where it ends. l do not believe any
body can contemplate the object with
out being prejudiced against the liq-
uor crime. All we have to do, gentle
men. is to think of the wrecks on eth
er bank of the stream, of death, Of the
suicides, of the insanity, Of thu ignor-
Isnee, OF the destitution, of the little
children Juggling at the faded and
withered breasts Of weeping and de-
spairing mothers, Of wives asking for
bread, OF men Of genius 1t has wreck
ed. the man struggling with imagin-
airy selpents, produced by this devilish
thing; and when you think OF the
jails, of the almshouses, of the asy.
lums, of the prisons, of the scaffolds
upon either bank, 1 do not wonder
that every thoughtful man is preju
diced against this damned stuff called
alcohol.
"Intemperance cuts down youth in
its vigor. manhood in its strength. old
age in its weakness. It breaks the
fathers heart, bereaves the .doting
mother, extinguishes natural affection,
grasses conjugal love. blots out filial
blights parental hopes.
brings down mourning age in sorrow
t o the grave. 1t produces weakness,
not strength; sickness, not health;
death, not life. It makes wives wild
ows, children orphans, father fends,
and ali of them paupers and beggars,
It feeds rheumatism, invites cholera,
imports pestilence and embraces con-
1t covers the land with
misery and crime. It fills
your jails, supplies your almhouses
md demands your asylums. It en-
,enders controversies. fosters quarrels
md cherishes riots. It crowds your
and furnishes victims
or your scaffolds. It is the lifeblood
Il the gsmblel, the element Of the
burglar, the prop of the highwa lyman
md support Of the midnight incendi-
ry. 1t countenances the liar, respects :
he thief, esteems the blasphemer. II :
,iolates obligation, reverences fraud
nd honors infamy. 1t defames bene- :
'olence, hates love, scorns virtue and
landers innocence ,
''It incites the father to butcher his
elpless offspring. helps the husband
o massacre his wife and the child to
rind the paricidal az. 1t burns up
men, consumes women, deteats life, i.
urses God, despises heaven. 1t sub.
rms witnesses, nurses perjury, detiles 3.
he jury box and stains the judicial :.
rhine. 1t degrades the citizen, dc.
asses the legislator, disbonors the =
tatesman and disarms the patriot. It {
rings shame, not honor; misery, not G
afety; despair, not hope; sorrow. not
appiness and with the malevolence ,
fiend it calmly surveys its fright :
al desolation aud unsatiated havoc. l.
poisons felicity, kills peace, ruins
PORTALS, blights confidence. Stays rep
tation and wipes ont national hon
r. then curses the world and laughs ,
t its ruin. 1t does all that and more
; murders the soul. It Is the sum Of
II villianies, the father of all crimes,
lie mother of all abominations. the r
evils best friend aud Gods worst en-
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