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=7 A EC “ ADDRESS ONTEMPERANCE, I'rccuncilo us to what was before our aver- used to a more pl
ADDRESS ON TEMPERANCE,
The controlling influence of publie o
pinion over the private eustoms and hab
its of communitics,has reeently heen most
signally and happily manifested through
out the United States, in regard to the
prevailing use and abuse of intoxicating
liguors,
Four years only have elapsed since the
tide of Intemperance was rolling over
our land, and sweeping innumerable ra
}tiunul beings into the depths of sing dis
case, and ruin, - T'he viee had gone forth
l(-\'c-ry where, had entered the halls of
Justice and legislation, the chambers of
the sick, and even the ehurch of God, &
was every where polluting the social eir
cle, and mingling gall with the cup of
bliss, |
T'he henevolent man mourned over the
evil,but he mourned as one without hope;
for individual exertion could do nothing
to arrest the mighty torrent, Parents
wept over rained children, and children
over ruined parents, but all wept in vain;
for domestic government could oppose no
houschold barrier against the contamina
tion of associates, What though the
moralist expatiated upon the odiousness
of a vice which it slanders the very brates
to call brutal,—what though the pulpit
sounded the alarm of danger to the tem
perate drinker, and hurled the thunders
ol divine wrath in the ears of the drunk
ard, and our alms-houses, our bedlams,
and our penitentiaries were thronged with
the slaves of this vice,—still temperate
drinkers became drunkards, and drunk-!
ards with all their accumulated poverty,’
crime and discase, multiplied throughout
the land, |
Such was our condition when the A
merican Society for the promotion of
Temperance was founded, upon the real
and only sure principle,of total abstinence
trom ardent spirits, on the part of all the'
temperate. Within four years, more
than two thousand temperance societies
have been formed; who by every chan
nel of access to the public mind—Dby the
press, from the pulpit, in the circle of
tfriendship and deliberate assembly, have
proclaimed, “touch not, taste not, handle/
not,” an article which is rarely useful, &
never necessary—which is always dan
gerous, and commonly ruinous. l
How delightful and cheering to con
template the result of this combined ef-,
fort! Already the consumption of distil-|
led liquorsis diminished one hnlt'thrmlgh-!
out New England, and one third throngh-/
out the United States—five hundred ha-!
bitual slaves of intemperance have been
reclaimed from this vice in a single year, |
and what is vastly more important, puh—f
lic opinions and customs are changed, &'
brought to bear with a mighty and per-|
manent eflect in support of the glorious|
reformation. Itisno longer deemed sin-|
gular and inhospitable to neglect prull'cr-!
ing spirits to guests, and whero somo |
ycarnings of former habits incite to the|
practice, the blush of shame mantles the |
cheek of him who tenders and him who
receives, both sceming aware that they
are committing an act discountenanced
by the more cultivated and refined por-|
tion of the community—and no longer is/
the penitent inebriate tempted in «:\'cryi
inviting form, in every company, and nn‘
every occasion, to depart from his fecble |
though sincere purposes of amendment, |
Such is the influence of public opinion,'
when once formed and roused into uctiun,‘
in controlling and moditying the customs
of society in cur favored land. The Imp-“
py results of this change upon the peace ||
and welfare of individuals, of families, of|
society, of our civil and religious iustitu-l
tions, great as they must scem to the re-|
flecting philanthropist,yctinfinitely great
er to the eye of that Being who counts
the tears of the drunkard’s wife and chil-|
dren, and hears the secret wailings of
heart-broken and disconsolate parents,
The oflicers of the Temperance Socie
ty of this town, have with laudable zeal,|
excrted every means within their power,|
to promote this mighty reformation; :m(l\
among other measures, have at stated pe-|
riods called our attention to the subject,’
by public addresses, in which the evils of
‘intvmpvrancc upon our present welfare
and future destinies, have been clnqm‘m-'
ly proclaimed, and the necessity of indi-|
vidual and vuited co-operation have been
urged with impressive force and effect. -
As disease and oftentimes death results!
from the habits of the drunkard, the nll'l-I
cers of this society have desired me to
deseribe the influence of intemperance
upon health, and feeling that every ndi
vidual in his peculiar avocation; owes a|
duty to his country in reference to this,
great evily I would not hesitate incompe
went as 1 am for the undertuking, to com
ply with their request, l
My purpose will be, first, to deseribe
the origin and nature of wamir, in rela
tion to the temperate and intemperate
use of ardent spirits—second/ly, its efleets
in inducing disease, and thirdly, to pre
seribe the mode of treatment, l
In the formation of habit, we have all
observed that what is at first disagreca
ble to any ol our senses; becomes less un
pleasant by repetition, so as at length to
BY DR, USHER PARSONS,
SIeNFNNe RS WSV VeIV vmasay lllll’luflfllllll“ LLLE
themselves originally pleasant, become,
when often repeated, so necessary to our
happiness, that, though every succeeding
act of indulgence atfords less absolute
pleasare than the preceding, the general
propensity iscontinually gaining strength,
and while the pereeption of pleasure was
lessening, desire on the whole inercases,
and the pain of privation becomes great
er and greater, ‘
- A question here presents itself for eon
sideration=ls the habit of intemperance
i all cases dependent on education and
the cicumstances in which individuals
are !ll:l(f(‘cl, or does an innate I)l'm“spnsi
tion and constututional tendency exist in
some individuals favorable to its forma
tion? The former opinion is advaneed
by many, butto my own mind there s
good reason b believing that a predis
position to intemperance is sometimes in
herited from parents;and that in some oth
er instances the habit 1= favored in it
formation, by peculiarity of temperament.
We know that ehildren often inherit the
peculiarities of physical structure, the
tastes, tempers, and discases of their pa
rents, What we term o gouty or scrofu
lous habit, an apopleetic or an epleptie
tendeney,are often transmitted by parents
to their oflspring. Is it said that drunk
enness comes on long atter childhood,
and after many years total exemption
from it? The same may be said of the
discases I have mentioned. Is it said
that by avoiding the temptation of dissi
pated companions, and other exciting
causes, drunkenness may be deferred, &
even entirely prevented in all cases; so)
may those discases he prevented by a
voiding their exeiting causes, and adopt-|
ing a counteracting diet and regimen, !
however strong may be the natural pre-|
disposition to them. , View this subject
then as we may, there is as much reason
a priort, for supposing that intemperance
is hereditary, as any diseasc that has
been deemed so; and if there are some
apparent exceptions in point of fact, that
militate with this theory,—of" intemper
ate parents and temperate children, 1
‘apprchend that many of them are nttri-‘
butable to the circumstance that the pa-|
rents became intemperate lafe in life,
and from some exciting cause to which
the children were not exposed—or it may
be that their offensive and unnatural
conduct had a counteracting influence
on the minds of their children. In u;
word, I am unable on any other suppo
sition, than that of hereditary tendency,|
to account for'the fact, that intemper
ance so often runs in families, .
| Besides hereditary tendency, the ac-|
quisition of intemperate habits is facili
tated by peculiarity of temperament,—
Some are constitutionally - phlegmatic’
and unyielding to temptation—others of
a sanguine temperament are more ac
.commodating in their disposition, are
casily led astray by the example of their
associates, Such persons possess a nat
ural vivacity and susceptibility of” pleas
urable enjoyment; are beings of the day;
enjoying life as it gocs, regardless of
consequences, their motto being vieunus
dwm vevamus. They are always accept-|
able companions to the gay and dissipa
pated, especially in social circles; and
as stimulating drink elevates their buoy-|
ant spirits stll higher, and exerts for aj
time a grateful influence on their system
they are always in the greatest danger,
of falling into habits of intemperance. |
’ But after all, the rise and progress of
“such habits are chiefly owing to extrin
sic circumstances, to carly education
‘and example. Custom often lays their
foundation at a much earlier period than
the world imagines, even in carliest in
fancy. These may become fixed and
diflicult to eradicate, before the indul
gent parents suspect their growth, and
which their own imprudence had daily
been cherishing. Even the bland and
nutritious diet provided by nature for in
rant subslsience, is often made to cany
an unnatural exeitcment into the veins
of the hapless infant, that overworks its
delicate arteries and brain, and prevents
the healthful developeme nt of its mental
and physical powers. Often, too, its cries
arce attempted to be stilled by heating
and ntoxicating medicines, composcd of
rum and opium, with a few stunulating
articles; under the name of paragorie.—
T'he direct tendency of the abuse of this
pernicious mixture, is, to sap both the
physical and intellectual energics of
chnldren; and by weakening the diges
tive system, to establish a sort of facti
tious necessity for such stimulants in af-|
ter life, that may end in confirmed hab
its of intemperance, !
The food of children ig often made too
stimulating, after they have left the cra
dle. The natural wrritability of their di
gestive organs becomes blunted, and or
dinary simple food rendered insipid ~—
“Stimulants; hke the vices, are gregar
jons,” one kind frequently leading to a
desive for others; and it 15 the opinion of
the most judicious observers, that an m
dividual aceustomed to high-seasoned
food, 1= i more danger of acquiring o
rehish for stimulating dooks, than one
THE TIMES
It)s a common crror in parents o al-)
low their children a chair and glass at
the table with themselves and friendsy
after the cloth is removed; and to wi(-i
ness and participate in the mivth and hil
anity that is sufliciently objectionable in'
adults, Besides laymg the foundation’
of intemperate habits) such indulgencies
destroy their relish for the puror, & more
stnple and appropriate amuscments of|
their years, Whilst childhood preserves
its natural simphicity, every fittle change
15 nteresting-—cevery gratification a
lixury. Roal sports and athlctie ex
creses recrea'e and delight himy bhut are
dulb and vninteresting to a sophisticated
little being, spoiled by a love for dissipa
ted compantons and exhilarating donks,
Such are some of the nciprent steps
i the formation of temperate habits,
and which seemed to me more worthy of
notice, beeanse they have seldom been
referred to, and but little regarded, ——
Other causes might he mentioned; as
misfortune, misapplied hospitality, days
of public convocateon, &c. but they have
so often been adverted to and expatia
ted upony that you are fully prepared to
estimate thetr pernicious influence, -
There is, however, one law of our
constitution that requires particular no
tice, and that is its tendency to be in
fluenced by divrmal impressions, T s
famibiar to many of you, that the stomach
when excited by a single glass, at a
particutar hour, will; after a day or two,
mark the return of that hour with as
much precision as a time piece; and
this stated longing will arise higher and
higher inits demands each succeeding
day, until the power of self=denial is
lost. Hlow many are thus brought un
der the dominion of habit. e who es
capes this periodical thirst of times and
scasons, says an author, will not be a
drunkard;, as he who comes within
reach of this powerful attraction, will
be sure to perish. It may not bhe cer
tain that every one will sacrifice his re
putation, or squander s property, and
die in an almshouse; but at 1s certain
that a large portion will come to poverty!
and infamy of those who yicld daily to
the periodical appetite for ardent spirits.
It is the vortex begun, which, if' not
checked,will become more capacious,and
deep, and powerful, and loud; until the
interests of time and cternity are en
gulphed,
~ Such is the rise and progress of in
temperate habits, Let us consider
secondly their effects upon the constitu
tion in causing discase, and '
1. They acl as an exciting cause to all
discases lo which a predisposition whether
herveditary or acquived previously existed.
We possess dilferent conditions of
physical strueture, and peculiar ten
dencies to some diseases rather than to
others; and which are excited into ac
tivity by various morbid agents. In
temperance then acting on an imdividn
al strongly predisposed to any particular
discaze, would on a gencral principle
bring it forward sooner than it would
otherwise appear. Erysipelas, scrofula,
gout, dyspepsia and many other discases
tollow in the paths of this vice, which
the sufferer might have deferred, pro
bably altogether have prevented, by a
counteracting course of abstinence trom
all stimulants, Add to this; almost
every thing goes wrong in a drunkard’s
constitution; he is an altered subject,
both in respect to the character of his
disease, and the influence of medicine;
and the ordinary rules of practice in
such cases are almost as likely to des
troy lite as to preserve it
- It is stated by the author of Sketches
on India, that the British officers under
Gen Mathews, who were confined for
years in the dungeons of Seringaptum,
and kept on rice and water, were many
of them when captured by Hyder Ali,
atfected with liver compluints, and had
received severe wounds, yet upon re
twining to their regiments; found thems
sclves in perfect health—and were
higher in rank by the death of their
brethren; who had been cheering then
selves with old Madeira, Champagne,
and Drandy, at the'expense of both
health and life.
2. The free use of avdent spirvils hastens
a premature old age, with all s allonding
mfirmities. It is remarked by even
common observers, that he who lives
freely and luxuriously lives fast. “Jt
seems to be a law of our nature, that
life should be consumed by the very
motions which are necessary to its ex
istence; as i the stimuli required to
sustain the actions of life, were the
means tending ultimately to its extine
tion.”” In illustration of this, some cold
blooded animals, as every reader
knows, have been taken out of the
depths of the earth, the trunks of trees,
and from blocks of marble; after being
secluded for centuries from the stimulus
of light and heat, and have resumed
their active state of being, but have,
coon dicd after exposure to these stimu
lating agents, The ecalculations of
longevity on different parts of the globe,
place the most remarkable nstances
WHOLE NO. 64,
low temperature of the atmosphere is
slow in developing and exciting the
actions of their system, and prolongs
their existence to a very late period.—
On the ('-unlrury, the mhabitants of
tropical climates, in whom heat aceele
rates all the functions of life, exper
ienee the earhiest maturity and declen
ston -of physical * powers. Females
rearcd under a tropieal sun, begin to
fude and lose the attractions of youth,
at an age when more northern belles
are glowing inall the beauty and vivaei
ty of their sex. In like manner the
stimulus of ardent spirits chases youth
from the constitution of its slaves, and
clothes them prematarely with the grey
garniture of years, Says the Poet—
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Bevond s natural tervor hurries on
I he sanguine tide; whether the frequent Lowl,
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How olten do we see the sunken eye,
the shrivelled cheek, the tottering step
and trembling hand, in confirmed drink
ers who have scarcely entered into the
autumin -of thoir existence; “sinking
untimcly in the grave, ere the days of
their youth are well passed by.” If
there are some rare exceptions founded
on original sonndness and vigor of con
stitutionj—let such beware, and reflect,
that although a steam engine skilfully
constructed from sound materials may
long endure the violenee of high pres
sure power, yet that its machinery must
wear out in proportion to the veloeity ot
its movements; and also that a fortresss
that stands a long siege, has its walls
more battercd than one which easily
surrenders, The poor Indian, says a
venerable writer, who onee a month
drinks himselt dead, all but simple
breathing, will outlive for years the
man who drinks little and often, and is
not, perhaps, suspected of itemper
ance,
l.et us now advert to some of the
most obvious diseases occasioned by the
abuse of distilled liguors, and
3. Of the Liver. Ever since dis
cases were traced to the abuse of in
toxicating liquors, this organ has been
referred to, as among the first to sutfer.,
The wnportance of the liver in carrying
on the healthy actions of the digestive
system, all must be scnsible of, who
have experienced any derangement in
itz functions either by a deficiency or
redundancy of bile, or any deterioration
in its qualities, Butthe ordinary change
of the hiver is an augmentation of its
size. The numerous examinations I
have made of the bodies of seamen
during nine years’ Naval service, have
presented this appearance in a great
majority of those who were addicted to
intemperance, The dircet tendency of
ardent gpirit to bloat this organ s proved
by its eficets on fowls when mixed with
their food, as is practiced by the dirce
tion of Furopean epicures for the pur
pose of making the liver as large as
possible.
The truth ig, the liver is among the
first organs to receive the actual con
tact of ardent spirits, All the blood
sent by the arteries to the digestive
organs, is returned back to the heart
by corresponding veins and these veins
absorb much of the spirit received into
the stomach, and carry it, mingled with
the blood, to the heart. But on their
way to the heart they all converge into
one large vein, which enters the liver
and distributes its eontents throughout
that organ, where bile is extracted from
it; and the remainder is afterwards ta
ken up by vews and carried to the
heart, Ardent spirit then, when ab
sorhed from the stomach by its veins, is
brought at once into immediate contaet
with the liver, and by stimulating and
iritating the organ, causes its enlarge
went, Indeed take any two individuals,
who are alike in all other respects; ex
cept that one drinks freely every day,
though not to intoxication, and the other
abstaing entirely from the stimulus, and
the former will present to the eye of an
anatomist a liver, differing from that of
the other in colour or size, that will be
sufliciently indicative of unhealthy
action, 1 might name various aflec
tions of the hver that proceed from this
cauee, but will proceed :
4. To those of the Stomach. This
organ rarely if ever escapes injury,—
Its delicate surface receiving day after
day the acrid and unnatural stimulus, 18
at length deranged both in its structure
and functions. You are all aware how
the mterior surface of the nose, which
resembles in most respeets that of the
stomach, is changed 1w the inveterato
snuff’ taker, how the acrid powder
thickens the part to which it is applied,
and thus partially closing the nostrils,
changes the voice and produces a con
stant catarrh. In like manner the ine
briate changes the surface of his stomach
by stimulating drinks, producing &
thickening of the inner coat, and a con
stant eflusion of cold phlegm, of which