Show WHAT VICOIIOL 101 S 1 Col lob Iner luen ru hc 11 or eohol Colonel Kobert Ingersoll was ltely 1 cinploed in a case which involved Iho I manufacture of ardent spirits and in his speech lo the jurj housed the following lan uage 111m awaio there is I prejudice I agaillst an lan cut igcd in the manu fieturoof alcohol I behevo from the time it issues from the coiled and poisonous poison-ous worm in tliodistillcrv until it empties into tho hell of death dishonor md crime that i is dcinorahmg to over boLr that touches it from the hoiirco to I where it ends I do not believe that tin bod can contemplate the subjecl without hem i prejudiced i the I I ngnnst I ii hl JI liR ln I r crime All we havo to do is to Hunk i of the wrecks on either side of tho stleam of I I death of the suicides of the msanit of the povcrtv of tho destruction of the lit tie children lugung at tho brc ist of weep I ing and despairing wivcsnskmg for breal of men of Dennis it has wrecked the men I struggling with imaninar serpents produced pro-duced b this devilish thing and when ou think of tho jails of tho almshouses of tho as lums of the prisons and of the scaffolds on either hand I do not wonder won-der that every thoughtful man is prejudiced preju-diced against this vilostufl called alcohol Intemperance cuts down outh in its viuormanhood in its hlrcn tli and ajc m weakness I breaks tho father heart bereaves the doting mother extinguishes natural nficclion erases conjugal love blots out filial attachments anil blights parental hope uid brings premature ago in SOl low totheLrue I produces weakness not strength sickness iiot liciltli death not life I makes wives widows children child-ren orphans fathers fiends and nil pan pers I feeds rheumatism nurses gout I welcomes epidemics invites cholera imports im-ports pestilence all cmbr ices COl sump lion I covers thu lanit with miser idleness and crime entcndcrB eontro versies fosters f 1rreg nnd cherishes i 1 note I crowds ou penitentiaries and I furnishes victims to the scaffold I is I I tho blood 01 the gambler tho clement of tho burglar the prop of the hlhna man and tho supjiort of tho midmUit incendl I ary I countenances tho liar res > ccts resllcll the thief esteems the blasihcmer I I violates obligations reverences fritil honors infamy I defames benev oleneo hates love scorns virtue nnd Innocence I incites the father to butcher his help less oflspnnt and the child lo grind Iho pirncldal axe I burns up men eon slimes women detests life curses Go and despises heaven I suborns vMt nesses mirhcs perlld defiles the jllrr box 1 md si mis the juheinl i ermine It aiin billies l voters disipi 1 i ilifles votes tnl corrupts clcUions o pollutes our insliliitioiiH and end infers tlio government I de r ides tlio citi7cn debases tho legislator ills honors the statesman and disirniH Ihe patnol I brings BI imo not honor terror not safety despair not hojo I misery not hipiincsH and with tlio malevolence I of a llcnd calml 1 I BiirvoH its l I frightful tlcsol ition and mis ill ited with havoc it poisons i fchcit kills pcico rums I mor us wipes 1 out n itiomil I honor 1 then curst s tho world mil laughs at Its ruin I toes tlmt and moreIt iiiur tiers the soul I is tlio sum of nil vil lainies the falher of cnmis Ilio mother of abomination tlio devils best fricn 1 and do 1s worst enemy |