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J B .^^S ^1*- 1 J 1 Difunkaifd's gxpeifience -AT- * HOME * ^ * ABROAD. ^ Written by Himself. HENRY ADAMS. ili ST. JOHN, N. B. : PKINTED BY E. J. ABMSTBONG, 85 OBRMAIN 8TRBBT. A) B€&ii I n tf ft Dirunkaitd's gxpeirience AT HOME AND ABROAD, Written by Himself. are often told that the Temperance question is an old, old story, that it has been rolled over, and over again, until the bottom has fallen out. On the contrary, we have not yet reached the bottom, but we have reached that point when every sane person must admit that some steps will have to be taken to save the youth of this, and other lands, from the inevitable destruction that liquor is plunging them into. We may not succeed in procuring prohibition, !>ut we can educate the young and rising generation, and so impresp it upon their minds, that, in the place of elevating them, it brings them down on a level with the brute creation. Every mother can use her influence, in and around her home. There is no greater influence upon the earth than a mother's ; the impression made by the mother, upon her children, will go with them down to the grave. The moth- er's influence is felt, when her face cannot be seen, and thousands of young men and women have been savM from spending their days in a felon's celh or hurling themselves into a .> .< de's grave, by the tender words that were long ago spoken, by the now silent tongue of a loving mother. Often have I seen a loving mother, with tears in her eyes, pleading with her boy, to refrain from keeping bad company, and to shun vicious compan- ions, who would entice him to accompany them to a Bar-room, which is the certain way to destruction ; it would cause the stoutest heart to tremble, at the agonize, who will Hot all hindn ..fHimron to entrap you; those who will flattery, 11 with a falHc tonRiic, and firo the poiHoned arrowH tliat will pierce your Houl. There in an infatuation in Alcohol that you cannot roHint, arul the more you partake of It, the more you will require to keep up the false tour- age that i< iiiHpircH in the hreasts of human heings, ho that in the end, noth- ing but the grace of God, can save you from a drunkanl's grave. Young men, I speak to you as a brother ; as one that was ro8cuoH rhiI fhoir fam>i:,aa 4^.% .,...-»..- it._:- _.ii- .. . „ „ ... p„s5,i.c iiicii uituing upon tne great auu trackless ocean, where they endure untold hardships, often suffering priva- tions, which those on the land are incapable of realizing. I have known seamen who for eighteen months of exposure to the dangers of the deep, to ill usage, and food that was only fit just to appease hunger ; the moment they received their wagos, go direct for one of those dens of iniquity, where vice and drunkenness abound, and in less time than it takes to relate it, were utterly destitute of money, and in many instances, were in two or three days again, on board an outward-bound ssel, where they had been put while in a drunken stupor, and when coming to their rational mind, found them- selves destitute of all necessaries for the voyage. I have known men who were to have received $75.00 for the run from San Francisco to Callao, who were brought on board drunk, and all that they ever received was a bottle of so-called brandy, and a pound of tobacco, the remainder of their wages had been appropriated by the land sharks who kept these infamous dens called sailor boarding-houses. It is not only the sailor that suffers, but the ship-owners also ; and as I have been in a position to make an assertion, i have no hesitation whatever, in making the following . It is a common practice with some Captains, who are in the habit of drinking when in foreign parts, to have their bottles of liquors charged to the ship's account, in the form of beef, vegetables, and other articles that are required. In instances of this kind the seamen are sufferers, as they do not receive the fresh provisions in port that the ship-owners allow, and suppose they are paying for. At Montevideo, at a certain Ship-Chandlers where many cap- tains resorted, was a rack that was numbered, each captain knew his own number, and the moment the bottle at that e umber was empty, it was sup- plied with a full one,— and thus we see how men will scheme to obtain that which injures themselves, and, at the same time plunder their employers, who place implicit confidence in their honesty. I will here relate an inci- dent that occured on board the good old Ship "D. B." while on a voyage from Liverpool to Valparaiso ; leaving one of the docks in Liverpool, we were taken in tow by „ steam-tug, that took us as far as Point Lynas, when, the wind being favourable, orders were given to make sail ; the tug left us, and we proceeded on our way, down the St. George's Channel, and after losing sight of the Fastnet rock, shaped our course for Southern climes. We had on board the Captain's wife, and also two other passengers ; we were favoured with fine weather until we had reached the latitude of the River Platte, where we encountered a fierce gale ; the men were called on — 7 •• '• "•••a ••••"•" '-4'^n^j iisTT vrapi-ctiii ^arc uiucis tu give each of the crew a glass of rum. The Mate of the vessel drew from the • • • m* keg what he supposed to be rum, and served it out to the men, but to then- disgust, it proved to be molasnes water slightly flavored with rum. The steward of the vessel was a drinking man, and had been constantly drawing the rum, and substituting molasses water, until the contents of the keg was nothing but a discoloured fluid. One of the crew who was a great blas- phemer used terrible language towards him for cheating the men out of their drink of rum. I can never forget the language of that poor unfortunate man who thought more of the rum than he did of his soul ; or ever can I forget the piercing cry, the day following, as he fell from the the fore-yard into the seething ocean, there to remain until the sea gives up her dead. What must have been the feeling of the Steward v.hcn he realized that through his love for rum, a human soul had been summoned before his Maker, with curses upon his tongue. I have stated that all classes suffer from this evil, and may I not ask this question ; are we not, as a civilized christian nation throwing ourselves open to reproach, by those whom we are seeking to enlighten ? We have noble men and women, who have left their homes of comfort and luxury, who have gone into far distant lands, to enlighten those who are yet in darkness yea, there are those who have laid dowr ih lives ; who have been subject to' terrible tortures, both by theuncivilized tribes, andthe racking painsof the most tropical fevers. We have Home Missions, that are constantly distributiufe the Word of God among the benighted heathen, and we have ministers of the Gospel, who are preaching what they are not practicing; for it is a well- known conclusion, that there are those who occupy the sacred desk upon the Sabbath, that are under the influence of liquor during the week, and actually drinking with those who are looking up to them as their Spiritual advisors. It is but a few years ago that a congregation were assembled in their church upon the Grand Lake, and awaiting their clergyman, who was to hold divine worship that evening ; they waited in vain, and as he did not make his ap- pearance, some of the congregation made the suggestion that it would be wise to go in search of him ; they did so, and after a short time returned with the information that he was lying dead in a coal wagon. It was a sad blow to those who were his friends, and many tears of sympathy were shed for his wife and little ones, who were so early bereft of their earthly protector ; but the sorrow was of short duration, as those who went to convey bis remains to his home, found that life was not extinct, and that the fumes from his breath were those of alcohol— which proved that he was only dead drunk. We have the Women's Christian Temperance Union, who are seeking to raise up the fallen ; to arrest the erring ones in their downward course, and sowing the good seed broadcast, that shall be gathered when the Reaner uiruBts in his sickle. We Have the King's Daughters who visit the sick and the afflicted, and pour out the balm of sympathy upon those who need a fi-iendTy riamf extended to them, and help to lighten the hurdens, that an All- wise Providence sees fit to lay upon His little ones. Yes, and we have the- brewers and distillers who are crowning Satan's efforts with success ; they are- undoing what God's people have succeeded in doing ; they are sending out cargoes of liquid fire that is spreading death and damnation to all with whom, it comes in contact ; and the heathen themselves taunt xrs of our religion., that sends out men and women with Bibles to convert them, and then send them a liquid hell, that sows the seeds of death and dishonor amongst their ranks. Is it not tru-e that these m«n who manufecture, and sell this destroyer of health, and reason, are living in mansions, that are furnished in the most luxuriant manner? and is it no less true that these luxuries have been pur- chased at a most terrible price ; they have cost the peace and happiness of many a home ; many a child has gone hmigry ; many a wife and mother have had their hearts Wrung with bittji- anguish ; many a bright and intelligent youth is now in a lunatic asyltmi ; many m-en and women have paid for them upon the scaffold ; and mfany a mother has had to lament the loss of a once bright and promising boy. It is also true that this nefarious traffic is carried on under a cloak of religion, as many of the proprietors of these death stills will take their place at the Lord's table, and partake of the Body and Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ j at the same time their ungodly traffic is debarring millions from entering that Eternal rest, and causing untold misery in our homes. Is this religion? Waa Sodom and Gomorah ever worse? Nay, those cities will rise against us in the day of judgment. Can any rational person in the universe, prove that there is any other ftianufactured article that will have the same evil effects upon the human system ? Is there any other article that will cause a man, so quickly, to lose all control of himself, and roll in the gutter like a pig? Is there one that will so quickly deprive a man of his moral reason, and inspire him with a false courage, that enables him to become a murderer, and an incendiary ? Booth, himself, had to acknowledge, that he was not fit for the work he had undertaken until he had been stimulated by brandy, then his murderous work became easy; and Abraham Lincoln fell by the hand of an assassin, who called to his aid, alcohol. Is there any other article that will cause a talented man to become a laughing-stock upon the public street, as he embraces the lamp-post, believing it to be one of his intimate friends ? Is there any other article that will so ruthlessly destroy the character of the tnaiden, by robbing her of her priceless purity, and stamping the crimson blush of shame upon the on-- fair cheek of modesty and virtue ? We know ^that there are gilded halls and dives of iniquity, where these wholesale poisons are sold, that are reeking with the blood of mothers and children, and where virtue is bartered for that which is draininff the lifs'p. blnnd : neither are these infamous dens trequented and supported by the poorer claH. but l.y what at - .nlightenod day, is term.ci, <• Society." It is indecl Boc.ety, ye.t ,t .« hoc,. . ..at a poor, vi.tuo„H girl would blush'to re og .' Ihave seen the motnor taking her child's last garment, and patning it or one glass of ale ; the wife taking the husband's Sunday suit, and pawlg t for su hcent to keep her in alcohol for the week ; the fnes of hellZ S her soul J have seen an eminent physician, who, on the public street sold h. at for a glass of brandy. I have seen the wife and .noU.er who birlered her honor for a botcle of gin ; and the mother that sacrificed her own chTld for that demon of hell,-alcohol. "^ A short time ago, I was in the City of Halifax, and on going through Bar SilallTh f° 7: ™'°''' '^'*'" ""'' ""« *^'"^'^^'-» that I would give him all the food he required. He was a feeble old man of eighty one years, w.th one foot in the grave, and the other upon the ver^e vet W ^ Of alcohol from his breath were anything but pleLnt to inl fl^ ul Z mg to a baker's shop, I took him in, and gave him a loaf of b ead a„" som: cakes, yet he still pleaded for money ■ after he left ih h Tu T. kept it, told me that he would dispo-se'of th fo ofli;; TcouM: ^1" watch him. I f„ll„wod Inm, and to my ,„r|.ii8o mw him enter o saloon • I :: rLTar'jnijV'rr'"''' "- '"°™""'^ "■« -'"--t °.^ KirtBs in nis uand, lull to the bnm with wJiisl-nv t f^ u-j .li_ , gelling him the whiskey, as it was agJlst tt: to'dr^ upl^ tttr se.s, and moreover I demanded the bread and cakes, which tir^ld man hTd" .^ the old man. X then toorp^ ^ ^f I^en:^ tfoH^^^ ^rd^^^ If I T. T"' ""^ ''" *^ ""'' ^'"- '- Alberm^rle Street I Ttered that wretched home, and the scene is still before my eyes. Th re wasTot Z w " d " :r '""'^"^" ' *'^ «^«'- -« ^^ « ^-«"y state aToldtov that would not have realised twenty-five cents, at the junk store a broken table, and a broken bench, constituted the furniture in this wretch^ 1 ome companion, in^a bL'tly siro^^rol^ r TtZnifyt: tT;:' k^ en.ng sight, and addressed the old man but it ZT ^^^ ^'^*'"" /'^^ «'^'k- «wine. I bid him farewell, and enterrn^h:" rlrs I trpr^^^^^^^^^^^^^ would spare me from beholding such another sight ^ ^ We cannot form any idea of the misery that alcohol is n„n«.- ^.._ ,, 7nl\T' ':"'"" r *'P^^^'^^«"^^« *t Pr«-"t, that it is upon th7:ve of prung .ng two nafons mto war, those of Chili and the United States, for it has been li'f^i f asserted fn the pabli<. nress that the trouble was ffrnt canned by a cTrnnRer. that IS caused ? .t certainly must be those who manufacture it, and y^i, they claim It to be an honorable and legitmate bnsines*. ^ There cannot be anything honorable or legitimate that i.>bs another of his 01 her rights ; and dare anyone deny that alcohol is robbinc. the wife th! mother and the children of their rights, their h.Uth and the,' streni ' tt not robbing individuals of their reason ? Is it not robbing the Eterna God of the soul and body that belong to Him? Is it not robblg nat nTo peace and prosperity? The heavens ring back tlie echo, " It is " There ar. other certainties that cannot be denied; there are acts committed, both by men and women, when under the influence of liquor, that they wo ild scorn of r t'h *f,^"r ""'-" ^'-^ ■' *^- bullet would not have sped upon its missio" of death ; the dagger ould never have struck the fatal blow, nor the torch heen applied to the building ; the sea would never have been asked to yie d ap her dead ; nor the mother lament the untimely death of her boy You hat claim to have reached the pinnacle of fame, fashion and attraction, and at the same time, ignore the efforts that are being put forth to suppre s the quor-trafflc ; you that openly advocate the sale and use of alcoho' and at luxuriating in your palace homes, take a walk into the south end of our city and take a glance at the denr. of iniquity, where vice and drunkenness reign Bt Thi :^^ '; rrr " '" ''"^" '^"^ '^^^ ^"^^ ^^-'^ *« ^^«* «f ^^^ low- est. The « harlot look upon God's c. .iures in pity, not in disgust ; and then console yourselves with the fact, that they are your brothel and sis ers created by the same Omnipotent God ; the same wonderful piece of mechanim : uTtter *'^'^ 't"' ^'•^^"*"*" -^^"^^ ^^" ■' *'^ ^^^^^'^ «"^"« thobf?„ t, 77"" '*"""" *^''"^' ^"^"'*b« b-^* *h«* beat, and hiobsm their body, is equally susceptible of kindly feelings, as the heart that beats m your own; nature requires the same compliances from them as It requires from you; in death, you have no more privileges than they- he same ..ghteous God who judges them will judge you. These are fac't^ thX^on • . TJ \ * ^'"'" "''"^ *" **^« P^""^^^« bas been the cause of their falling into the lowest depths of degradation, and in the end, they will iv S < r . ""ir' ?''' " ""'^""^ ^^^^"^* ''-' ^- H« bas distinct- ly said, '. Woe unto them by whom the offence cometh." It is not onlv in rcou7trir*T '':t "V" "•^' '"*"^"'^" ^^^^^^ -^^ P^P-*^. ^ut also irnp^opr^^ '' '^'^'^'^^ ^^"^^'^' '"" ''-'' ---^^' 'y --"^^ Bivr'nn'T/''".'^'' ' '"'' *'' P''^'*"^ ^^"^-^P"^^ ^"^ ^ ^«W *o Bonny Bi\er, on the west coast of Africa, where I rP.ninJ.^^ f.. ..!.,_ .:..,... "^ ~ ifcraiij- cijjilicca a < • * I • « I « < t • « n tobacco, fire-a 1 tn^y coUo„rr r^'f "' ^'^"^"^ "•*'^'^''^' ^^"^ - ->^ ".an carried th m the I ^ l^r" T" '"'"^"'^"^ ''^"^'•"' ^^""' ^^'« -'>''^- essential to ^r^d n retire f ' t"" ' "r""'"'^' *"'^' ""*^ "-^^^ '"^^ death of thonsi of thor,,n ^ T. ""? '''"* ^''"^'^ *" ^'« ^^*'' '">•" '^'^d to add more to them and wa! ^H ' ! f? °"'"^ ""''° '''°' ''O »<"«" preparing ,o tote hTde^rtur at """'^ T*""'' ''"^ "^ «"''«"- ™ .on.,ea. , where ■=« 'rbll^.Z^ltMo.rflr*'™;""'™ he had stood upon the deck „f hr. „. T *T "^'^'^ '"°''' • "''«'« otog, and ,i, Jed ^the terle peT ol 'a«;'?'^, "» "«-'"™- "«"- npon his bed at night and llllU . ,>, ^ °'''"' '"■""•" '"' '"»'' '■"« thenailintotheXtetJ 'r, ,',* "'*" '■''°'°"" "»"<"-"-' .on, that wa. re.ting in AftL° I".*: T": H ""' ™ '"" "" " "*-'' " that waa to convey him to hi. h^» ^ f- "™ "' ""'' '""' ■*' '*'«'""<"• ing morning , ac ord " 1^ t 'T, 7 '" f™"*' ■"« "> ««" »" '<" follow. ..de, fi.rewe,l ; byj^^tte that h ZCZ ^J'''^' r."" "'■ "" ™"- cated that he nn„lH „ ,_'r,™.™"'« '"t vessel, he wa« ,„ Intoxi- descended the gang;;ay'iadde'rrn7in«r'',"'°"' '"""^ ''"""'"• "' 8 y iaadcr, and in altemptmg t« step into the boat, he 12 minsed his foot-liold, and was preiipated into the water ; ho immediately hanli then arose to the surface, when the negro grasped him by the hair; it was in vain he strngKled, the tuft of hair remained in the negro's hand, the blood arose to the surface, and the body of Captain Davis was entombed in the stomach of the shark. To a certain extent, we may say that we know but little of the evils of in- temperance in this, our city, therefore, we cannot sympathize with those of larger cities and towns, but if you will follow me to some of the streets in New York, Boston, Liverpool and London, it is there you will behold it in a way that would cause the blood to curdle in your veins ; you would beiiold t-ights that are revolting to the most hardened; you will see children that are almost nude, and the vermin crawling upon their emaciated forms ; yes, you can see these poor little waifs, that have been brought into the world, and reared in vice and debauchery from their early childhood ; left as homeless wanderers, unknown and uncared for, by the surging group of humanity that daily pass them by ; yet there is an Eye that saes them, and watches over them, as they take up their abodes at night, beneath the market arches, or in some old building, infested with rats and other vermin, and where the bats and vampires of the night make their home. They know not the comfo.ts of a bed, the bed of down upon which they seek repohe, is mother-earth, the canopy of heaven is their coverlid, and, yet who dare say that the Angel of the Lord is not hovering around those poor waifs that have been abandoned by parents, and cut off from all friendly intercourse ? Their's is a hard life, as the sun breaks forth in the morning, they wander off to seek that which will appease hunger ; some find it in back-yards from among the ash piles and rubbish, where mouldy bread and rotten fruit have been thrown the previous day ; others obtain it by watching a chance to pilfer, from those who have obtained it by begging; while others obtain it by performing athletic feats upon the side- walks, and then soliciting coppers. Children, you that are living in good homes, where you are taught by a christian father and mother ; where you Kneel at the family altar ; and then rest your weary limbs upon a soft and downy pillow, lift up your tender voice to Him that rules the universe, and plead with Him for those, who like yourselves are the representatives of what the Lord Jesus took in His arms and blessed them. Pray for those fathers and mothers who are wasting their lives in the flowing bowl, and dooming their little ones to everlasting misery and destruction. It is not only on week-days that these scenes are enacted, but on the Sabbath also, in civilized, christian England, where men and women attend their churches in the morning, going down upon their kne. J, and craving God's blessing bowing before Him, in mock adoration, and partaking of the Holy Sacrament ; they return to their houiee, uud deal out 13 death and damnation to their fellow creatures, for In the evening, you can go '■ into the public houses, where you will see father, mother and children, sitting at a tabh^ with a jug of ale or porter before them, and frequently they listen to the most obscene language, and gaze upoa the most revolting sceues. Can we wonder then at the crimes that are committed when we sey thd tem- tations to which our youth are exposed ? How we shudd r when we allow ourselves to dwell upon the horrors of the slave trade, and well we may, when we know that human beings are bought and sold like cattle ; that they are treated like dumb brutes, and in many cases have been kept for immoral purposes; and is it not true, that when the Civil War broke out in the United States, the sympathy of nations was aroused ; each took a deep interest in slavery ; it was publicly denounced from almost every pulpit ; men and women tiiught their children to pray that the poor slave might be liberated, and the cause be removed from the land ; young men and old men volunteered to take up arms, and shed blood to liberate the fettered slave ; millions of dollars were expended to equip an army and navy ; many beautiful homes were desolated ; mothers' hearts broken ; husbands were torn from their wives ; brothers from their sisters,— and the beautiful land that God gave to man to till, drank in the blood of over a million of men, and all this was done for the liberation of the body ; there was no thought of the soul, yet the victory was won, which in the sight of man— was humilia- tion, but in the sight of God it was "justice." That slavery was a curse no one can deny ; that human beings should be treated as brutes, God never de- gigned, and yet the Scriptures tell us that men were bought and sold into slavery,— but that they were not debarred from entering heaven ; whereas it emphatically declares that no drunkard shall inherit the Kingdom of Heaven- Is there not a greater slavery existing in our country at this present time ? it is not a traffic in human bodies, but a traffic in human souls. Where is there a greater slave, than he, or she, who is a slave to alcohol. Is it not time that the sympathy of every christian man and woman, every wife, mother c -id sister, should be given for the purpose of waging war against this fell destioy. er of human souls? Will you not raise an army that will try to vanquish this inveterate foe ? Will you not give part of your time and talents, to equip an army that will wage a war against this cruel slave-master? Not with fire and sword, but with kindly, heart-felt, friendly advice ; by using all the moral suasion that can be brought to bear upon the poor frail mortals, that are bound by the fetters of alcohol. Will our clergymen not denounce it from their pulpits, as a curae upon the church ? Will they not take an example by our noble Lieutenant-Governor, and exclude it from their tables ? Will they not remove it from the Lord's table ? It has no place there, as there are .„.. -^tr^-^^r^i^A Ar^-nnirarAa ■ai\\n VidvA anlATnTilv Hnnlared that, were it not for 14 Let us look for all'nt T' T" " "" '""^^^'" ^'^ ^^ ^^-'^ -y ? young women can ex t a teat nfl , ""' """'^^''^ ^""*^''^ '^"-''- ^"^ preval. among ^an^tdL^^:! 2^ ^ "^ a false deUoaey that as intemperanoo is not a common vie 7 h ir Ln '"^ "T V' '"■'^'^ concern with it ; but this is a ^r^nf ^7 ''^''' ^'^''^ '^'^^'^ »» much from the olq el s of „!« '' "' '."*"" ''""■'*"' ''"'^'^'-'^ '' it« fury ; my heart s^c^^^^l:! T^^l^ :: '"^t- ' "" *'"™ ^^ ^'^^'^''•^ wife ; I turn from the nictnrnin V ^ ? ^ondit.on of the drunkard's ard'8 grave. But, independent of ,J V " *^^ horders of a drunk- Becret elementB o this wasttg oei L: ''-"""'' '""'''' *' '^^ "^ ^''^ I have no doubt, if Tjeu^Zlly^^ *''^ "' "''^"^^^ '"«— past generation, it w u,ralar hat /T.*'' '''""^*'^' *^'«*"^^ ^' ^he have exerted such a terrificTnT ""^ "^ *^' intemperate habits which ery. But, besid?tL*rm;rnT;:a:n^^^^^^^ were formed in the nurs- influence over the public sentiment rft'h^solll^^^^^ exert a controlling of your influence. If young ladies wn.,i7 '.°"*' '"'''^«- Here is the sphere against the use of all intoxfcatinl in? '^ •'"' '"°'''^*' ''' ''''''• ''^'^^ felt throughout societ" T t nof ^u^^^^^^^^ "'"^'^^'^ ^''"^^ ^'' ^-^ *« ^^^ hand by temptation, and by those rhrsLn/t"!'"'" ''' '"^* "'^ «^-^ many who leave the parentol roof Jh. t . '" '"'°^'- '^^^^« ^^^ at the family altar • wh2 „ ' T '^ ^^^" ^"''^ accustomed to bow her boy, as he^e-a^crrL i ^^^^^^ "^ '^^ ^^^ ^•'^^^' ^'^^ ^^^^^^ away from those he loves, he falls L:::!:^^:.^ ^.r ^"^' ma'rpreiTgrrtrc:;*:^^^^^^^^^ *^— « a great we flew along from stltL^to^. r ^ ''"''' ''*^''' "^"'^ ^"«^"^«« ' ^nd as other's acquaintrncttmon.tL' '"'"^"" '^^^^^ '"^ cultivate each minister of thraospd -who a^^ "^'^ professed to be a profession of each cot^que.trrt "^^^^^ ''"'^^' the business or the other, obtaining ^:^L^r:Z't^ ::{ T ^^ '"' ''' " " " " " "-" "" """^^"^ "*^« f"-""^ the Jips of that young man, his 16 liead drooped, ho appeared to be in deep nnd silent thought ; no doubt, the image of IiIh rliristian mother, arose before him, rh he sat silent. But he was pressed for an answer, and in sincerity gave it. "I um ashamed, Sir, of my calling, I am a traveller for a wholesale liquor estiiblishment." "Ashamed! exclaimed that "Pharisaical Hypocrite," ashamed of what'.' Yoii are engaged in a perf -itly honorable business." The young man arose to his feet, and exclainicd,— "Why, Sir, I feel six feet taller than I over felt before, for I felt condemned within myself, and vms working against my own conscience ; but you, Sir, have dispelled all my fears, you have given me a new courage, by telling me my business is perfectly honorable " How many such wolves in sheep's clothing are there traversing our country ; root- ing out the good .seed that has been sown by christian parents and teachers ? How many are there, who are preaching for the dollars and cents, and who do not scruple in accepting the gold and silver, that has been accumulated by deeds of rapine and murder ; by the tears and entreaties of the drunkard's wife, and by the disheartening cries of starving children ? Echo, answers far too many. In regard to Prohibition, I think that is out of the question, at the present time, as the greatest enemies that we have, are those who have the making of our laws, and to use a homely phrase, " the devil is always good to his own " is applicable to not only those who manufacture it, but to those of our members who use it themselves, and place every facility within reach of the distillers and brewers. In fact were it not for the latter class of men, a great number of those who represent the constituencies would never reach Ottawa. Is it not a direcalamity, andnational disgrace, thatan intelligent and enterprising race of people should stoop so low, that they sell their prin- ciples for alcohol. For it cannot be honestly denied that alcohol is the back- bone of the electionp ; in fact, the elections are not the voice of the people ; they are the voices of bribery by alcohol and dollars, and our Governments are licensing man-traps that are planted more thickly, and doing the work of death and destruction more effectually, than the Russian guns that were planted upon the heights of Alma. If there are honorable men in our Governments who desire t^ do their duty to God, and to those who place them there, let them speak oat like men, and prove to our people that it is the interests of our country that they have at heart, and not their own pockets. Let them show us that it does not cost so much to support lunatic asylums, poor-houses, prisons, penitentiaries, and a very large force of minions of the law, for the suppression of crimes, as the amount of revenue that is obtained by the ungodly traffic in alcohol. Let them prove to the world that $7,000- •—'.'■ •••••' •"••'V :.-^ii-:!j.^ f„- uui -w-uautry, mail rne Closing 01 anuKiUg and gambling hells ; peace and prosperity restored to the homes of the drunk. «rd;and onr yoirng men and women naved from thede^mding vfces that have beer, the result of ale oholio stimulonts W.. h..v . „f T. ;no„reity,aea., thaUn ....Ing a fa^.^o 1.::;^ ^^TII/X recenedgood.nHtrucUonH from hin mother; Lut who was ^edu.cd frmn ^ paths of virtue, by that vile tempter.-alc.ohol, and indu ed n „^ , haunt«ofvioe, where he ended his min-spent life ^nZullJnT^ / ofone^of thoHe ^or un..rtu„ate«, who L sa-rifli/ll^ll^, T;^,^;;;^ life. T h,H ,H a sad warning to those who are KudinK a reciiless life • wh^n l con emphUe the end of ..... vi.e and mis.ry, we inno r ;:. 'L' J LZ give jou rest. Almost in the same locality nnotiher tr..sredy was enacfprl wh.ch depnved an aged father of a son , and alcohol is again 1117 o^ had those two brothers been in a sober condition, and remained lay "1 th dens of .n.quity, there would not have been a coroner's hirv or .nv L . upon theofficer who fired the fatal shot. IsTt nTSlc tW t . s""" ' unfortunates could be rescued from such lives of vice anTm sery A tZ past redemption? Are there no hopes for them? Must they go down To their graves, as the brutes that perish ? Can thev nr.t h. r.f , 7 more lead a life of honesty and virtue? ' '^"™'*^' ''"^ °"^^ There are those in that locality, who have been innocently aid „n«„» Lrife^lThllt ''-'" '-^^^^^^^-y and When rer^tralr^- rnlv?r>:> ^ , ^ "" '^'^ ^'^y *^ *^««« '^^a'-^^^s libertines, whose V n iTouTi 'I f wiV-' r"'' *'^^^^"'"^' P^"^^"^^«^«' -^ardless'orcost even though it be a wue's honor, or a daughter's virtue. We have law« ^hJ ar^ enforced for sanitary purposes, can we not have laws thit can be cl 0^^!^ ai regard to momlity? There are men and women w.o hal done TZt work among those poor unfortunates ; they have for a time, iSthem ot of their poor estate, and placed them in comfortable homes butt was onTv of shor duration, simply because the main cause was not remov d -Th den with all their allurements we.-e still there ; andthe poor weak Inl' ' hadnotthe^rcngthto resist the temptaiions ofr ^rhoir^tT^^^^^^^^^^ the a, that passes over it, and carries the contaminating influence foT more healthy portion of our city. Chr,sitian men and 2rn2 ZZ ant done to break down these ahnminati^„o .u„ ,_.. _ - . . ' ^^^ ^*^" ^^ ',— »ic=,c ucua or contftgiuii and death ' ■I • I ♦ » • 17 They have moro iniuencc over our youth than wo are aware of; thoy aro Bowing the Heedn of vice and drunkennosH hroad-( ast in our city, and we know not how soon our own sons and daughters may be numbered among the victims. Fathers and motliers, you that revel in the social bowl,_8top and ponder,— there is a faUility connected with alcohol that cannot be de- nied ; there is an impenetrable gloom hanging above you ; a yawning chasm beneath you, whose scalding, seething waters are waiting to engulf your sons and daughters; their f.;et aro even now upon the brink,— one false step, and they are for time, nnd eternity, drawn into its damning vortex. Oh ! mothers, can you, will you bring a curse upon your own soul, when you might enjoy a blessing ? I once frequented these dens where alcohol is sold, and it is to one of these venders that I owe my lite, for the scene I witnessed there struck a terror to my heart, which at once enabled me to leave the path that I had been walking. It was upon a Sabbath evening, in coming from a place of worship, (Where I had been merely to pass away the time,) I wandered into a rum-shop on Water Street ; the first thing that met my gaze, was a woman upon her knees in silent devotion. I stood gazing for a moment, and then requested a glass of brandy ; she arose from her knees, passed the bottle and a tumbler ; I filled it to the brim, and placed it to my lip8,-but an unseen hand was thrust forth, and a solemn voice whispered in my ear—" Touch it not." I became paralyzed, and could not speak, when suddenly my mouth was opened, and 1 exclaimed,—" Woman in the name of God, what do you mean? You upon your knees, offering up your prayers, and yet you would arise and give me that fell destroyer. I took the bottle and the glass, and dashed them upon the floor; the woman became angry, and demanded that her loss be made good. I cheerfully com- plied with her request, paying all that she asked, and as I left the door silently thanked God that he had saved me from a drunkard's grave,— and to this day feel thankful to that woman, who taught me the lesson ; and although I speak in harsh terras against the traflSc, yet, in my heart, I feel no ill-will against those who sell, it is only against the traffic in human souls. In conclusion, permit me to lay before you, these facts :— Rowland Burr, Esq., Justice of the Peace, in Toronto, and Jail Commissioner for nearly twenty years, in a statement to our Canadian Parliament says, that nine out ten of the male prisoners, and nineteen out of twenty of the females, have been brought there by intoxicating liquors. He examined nearly 20,000 prisoners ir the jails throughout Canada, two-thirds of whom were males, and nearly all signed a petition for a prohibitory law ; many of them stated tha^'' ^h"''* "n'" Vmr>o «v v.«j».™ „«— i j; !.. _ . . . "-■ ^ •••"5 ~"""J ituiu rti:i;, -.vas to gO »yu6ie ililuxicuiiug liquors could not be had. He also states that in four years, there were 25,000 persons in the jails of Canada 22,000 of whom wer» brought there by strong drink. Ifri fiirH.ng citizens; plunging thousands into misj;. Hd '1 ""' lier intelligent and ind.,striou« sons, who shouhm. .f i '^""-rting, int. ^.eble nebriates, her burden and he 11 ':f "irmi,';" ^*Tf' we««k in li consumption of an article w. ^ ''"" "^^^^ 'trength,bu, '"duces dLase a^dtstj^^^ ^T''^^ "^ mto a hurt, channel the capital that should e employ.dt , ""''"'' resources, establishing her manufactures, and xpanlX h ^7 '"^ '" Hhort, it is a cancer in the body politic which if no/l h ^ T"''"' ' '"^ pr the bright prospects, and b^ht S:^:^:t^:Z::^;^ ^-^^ panic.stricken/;;\hT;it\:eir:: It.^^^^^^ people look at the conclusion tha^ was arrC aJd the so"" .f":^'"'^^^ weeks ; they sLw th'tTw^^ a L^e 'LX"^'!! td TZ ''' '^^ Prohibitory Law was all that could enLe TlVof^L^^^^^^^^^^ ♦ f V • 4