Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-22
HOW INGERSOLL
CONVINCED JURY

Gentlemen of the Jury; | am
aware that there is prejudice against
any MAJ who manufactures alcohol
believe that from the time il Issues.
from the coiled and poisonous worms
in the distillery until it empties into
the Jaws OF death. dishonor and crime,
II demoralizes everybody that touches
il, from its source TO where il ends.
] do not believe that anybody can
contemplate the object without being
preJudlc@d against the liquor crime.
All We have 10 do. gentlemen, is
to think Of the wrecks on either banks
of the stream-of deaths, of suicides,
Of the insanity. OF the ignorance, OF
the restitution, Of the little children
Juggling at the faded and withered
breasts of we eDlng and despairing
mothers, of wives asking for bread, of
the men OF genus it has wrecked, the
men struggling with imaginary ser
Tents-9roduced by this deyilish
thing: and when you think of the
jails. Of the ralnshOuses, OF the asy-
lums, Of the prisons, of the scaffolds
upon either bank, | 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. 1t
breaks the fathers heart, bereaYes the
doting mother, eXtinguishes natural
affection, grasses coniugal love, blots
out filial attachments, blights parent
al hopes, brings down mourning age
in sorrow, to the grave. 1t produces
weakness, not life. II makes wives
widows; children orphans; fathers
fiends, and all Of them paupers and
beggar5. 1t leeds rheumatism, in
vites cnOlera, imports pestilence, and
embraces consumption. 1t covers the
land with idleness, misery, crime. 1t
fills your jails, supplies your aims
houses and demands your asylums.
1t eng9nders controversies, fosters
quarrels and cnerishes riots. 1t crowds
your penitentiaries and furnishes vic
tins for your scaffold. 1t is the life
blood Of the gambler, the element OF
the burglar, the prop of the highway
man and support of the midnight in
cendiary. 1t countenances the liar, re-
spects the thief, esteems the bias.
phemer. 1t violates obligation, reyer-
ences fraud and honors infamy. 1t
defames beneyolence, hates love,
scorns virtue and ISLANDERS innocence.
1t incites the father to butcher his
offspring, helps the husband to mas
sacre his wife and the child to grind
the parricidal ak. 1t burns up men,
consumes women, detests life, curses
God, despises heaven. 1t suborns wit
nesses, nurses perjury, defiles the
jury Doy and stains Judicial ermine
1t degrades the citizen, debases the
legislator, dishonors the statesman,
and disarms the patriot 1t brings
shame, rot honor; misery, not safety;
despair, not hope; misery, not happi-
ness, and with the malevolence Of a
fiend it calmly surveys its frightful
desolation and .unsatiated havoc. IT.
poisons felicity, kills peace, ruins
morals, blights confidence, Stays Tepu-
tations and wipes out national honor,
then curses the world and laughs at
its ruin. 1t does all that and more.
1t murders the soul. 1t is the sum of
all villainies, the father of all crimes,
the mother of all denominations, the
devils own best friend and Gods worst