Show TEIL EPHONE SCORES ALCOHOL 1 I am aware that thoro there Is a prejudice against any man engaged la in the manufacture or 0 alcohol I 1 bellaro from tho the time it issues from tho the callad and poisoned worm lit la tho the distillery until it enters into tho holl hall of death dishonor and crime touches it from its to choro it ends I 1 do not believe anybody can contemplate tho the subject without becoming pro against liquor crime all we have to do gentleman gont lomon la Is to think of the wrecks on icah side of the stream of tho the suicides ldoa of the insanity oc at tho the poverty ot of the Igno ignorance ranco of 0 tho the destitution of tho little children ing at tho the faded and withered breasts broa ats of oe weeping and despairing wives ask ing for broad bread of the mon man of goncus it Ls wrecked illais with imaginary serpents ser ponts produced by the devilish thing and when you think of the jails of tho the almshouses of the asylums of the prisons of uio scaffolds upon felther either bank I 1 do not wonder that evory thoughtful mm la Is prejudiced against tho the stuff called aico alcohol hoi it breaks the fathers theia fa heart it behaves thoo thoe doting mother extinguishes natural affection erases conjugal love blots biota the filial attachments blights baights paternal hope and brings down weary ago in sorrow to tho the grave it produces weakness not health death not life it makes wives children orphans fathom fathers fiends and all ot of them paupers haupers and beggars beggar sl 1 it feeds nursiss gout epidemics invites cli olera imports pestilences and embraces ion it covers tho the land with idleness misery and crime it fills your jails supplies your almshouses alms housea and demands your asylums it crowds your pont peni aries and furnishes victims to your scaffolds it Is 18 tho lifeblood of the gambler tho the prop of the highwayman and support of tho the midnight in countenances tho the liar respects tho the thief esteems tho the blasphemer it violates obligations rover raver ances fraud find and honors infamy it deforms benevolence a hates love scorns virtue and slanders innocence it incites the father to butcher his helpless off offspring spring helps helpa tho the husband to massacred massa creo hla his wire wife and tho the child to grind the patricidal ax murders the soul it burns up man consumes woman desolates and devastates life curses god despises heaven it su bornes witnesses iv esses nurses perjury defies the jury box and stains the judicial ermine it bribes votes disqualifies voters corrupts elections pollutes our institutions land endangers governments it degrades the citizen debases the legislator dishonors the statesman and disarms tho he patriot it brings shame sha me not honor terrors not safety despair not hope misery not happiness and with the of a fiend it calmly surveys its ita frightful desolation and unsatisfied with havoc it felicity kills peace ruins morals blights baights confidence slays reputation and wipes out ont national honor then curses the world and laughs at its ruin it dow doea all that end and more IT MURDERS THE SOUL it la Is tho the sum of all fei the father of all crime the mother of all abominations bomi nations tho the devils best beat friend friend rind end mans worst enemy |