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ANIMADVERSIONS
O N T H E
DIFFERENCE now fet up
BETWEEN
GIN AND R u M.
AND
Our Mother Country and Colonies.
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ANIMADVERSIONS, &c.
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IN this Time of Triumph and Exultation among Dif.
tillers, it may be hazardous to animadvert on their Pro-
ceedings, or to ofttr any Arguments to oppofe or in-
terrupt the Completion of their Defigns. And if the
pafiing their Bill is a Money Meajure^ it's to be feared that
all Facts and Reafonings, howfoever true and clear, which
can be urged to oppofe it, will be deemed idle and nonfen-
ficah And yet, notwithftanding thefe Difcouragements,
tlie Oppofition ought to be exerted to the iitmofl, becaufe
evaj Individual is very greatly intercfted not to have it
pals into a Law ; I fay, not only (a) " the Su^ar Pla/itersy
Wcfl-Lidia Traders, Brandy Merchants, Sugar Bakers,
Brokers and Brewers," but every Indii)idual m thefe Realms,
whether Mafter or Miftrtfs, in high or low Life, and whe-
ther Servants, or Workmen, of both Sexes.
A 2 Certain
(<i) Pnrtitriunt Movies. Thi-le Words were certainly Inffndcd to liavc
been placed at, the Head and not the Tail of the Letter •, and on lonfultia^r
the Printer it npjieared to liave been fo. But that as his IVojile iiad made
the Blundu', the learned Writer would not have their Situation changed.
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Certain it is, that the Prohibition of (b) Gin put an End
to Drunkennefs ; I mean that Drunkennefs which fo fcan-
dali^ed the religious and civil Government of this Country ;
and which drove the lower Order of our People into fuch
a State of Diftradlion and Wretchednefs, as they were never
known to have been funk into before.
On flopping the Ufe of this intoxicating Poifon, it was
almoft incredible to fee what a Change there foon appeared
among the fame Order of People. How they again at
once became jober^ induftrious^ vigorous^ hardy ^ brave^ and
govej'ftable. Perhaps the Populace of Britain have never,
in any one Period of Time, manifefted fb much of thele
Qualities and Endowments, as they have fince the Sup-
prefTion of Gin.
This the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, Commanders by
Sea and Land, Merchants, Manufadlurers, Yeomen and
Tradefmen, all fpeak of with great Pleafure, and as great
Certainty : Nay the very Poor themfelves, who have been
feduccd to tafte the poifonous Dram, and who did furvive
the Prohibition of it, talk'd with Gladnefs and Thankful-
nefs of their Deliverance from Rottennefs and Rags.
That the Gin Diftillers themfelves fliould try every Art
and Practice to have this Law repealed, is no Sort of Won-
der ; but that they fliould be heard and favoured by thofe
who have the Command over Laws is Matter of Aftonifh-
mcnt, and univerlai Concern. — Will they ior the Sake of
an
(b) By Gin I always mean a Spirit made from the Worts of raw an4
malted Corn.
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an Increafe to the Revenue, join Hands with the Gin Dif-
tillers to hold out the infernal Dram to the poor and the
laborious ? — Is it already to be forgot — how the Infection of
Gin drinking fpread even among Women and Children, and
how, by the Univerfality of it, our Streets were pcftcrcvi
with Scenes of Horror and Diftrefs ? In the Reign ol
Gin — was there a Manufadurer, or indeed a Houfekecpcr,
that could mafiage or depend on their Servants or Work-
men ? — And during the fame Reign did not our Soldiers and
Sailors become y?«/>/V//y or infolefitly difobedient to Command,
negligefit and fearful of Bufinefs and Adlion, and 7?jcapahle
of Duty or Service ? -Nay fo greatly were our Men funk
in their Strength and Courage, that we were become the
Scoff of our Neighbours ; and our Rulers at Home had it
echoed through the Nation that we were lofl and undone^
unable any longer to Jlrive or contend with the Enemy, and
mufi jiibmit to France, Docs not every Body remember
this Language, and this terrible State of Things among us?
And muft the Return of it be brought on us again for the
Sake of a trifling Addition to th Revenue? When it is fo
greatly to the Diflike of all Men r And when the foor and
the laborious themfelves defire the Temptation may not be
oficTcd to them ?
When IVuths fo interefting to the Welfare and Prof-
perity of a Nation fland fo cftablifh'd, it is the Bufmcfs
and the Duty of every honed Man to try to have them to
be received, and to prevail. I have no Byals but that
which tends to promote the Good of Britain and its Ap-
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pcnJagcs, hilt that Byafs— I ftrongly feel the Iihpulie'ofj.
and am by it excited to make fome Animadverfions on the
AfllTtions and lleafonincrs of the Gin Diftillers and their
Abettors.
They tell us,
1. ^^ f(i)Thiit the Reformation Vv'ith regard to the Morals
ot the Peo^/lc, would have been the lame had they
drank Gin infiead of Rum [if J. —And that the Refor-
mation is in part oweing to the Difperfion of many
drunken People beyond Sea by Reafoix-.gf the War." —
The firft of thefe Ail'crtions every Man's own Experience,
mufl: have proved to him the Falilty ot ; and every Tongue
will tell that Gin Sottiilmefs, with all its direful Train,
flouriflied in every Fart of this City fo long as a Dram of
it could be had for a Half-penny ; and that the firft
Gleams which appeared of the Return of Sobriety and
Induftry was when Gin was fupprefs'd, and not till then. —
The laft afferted Caufe of the Reformation is not only as
falfe as the firfl:, but reflects great Scandal and Reprehenfi-
blcnefs on the Writer.— The Behaviour of both our Sailors
and Soldiers fmce the Supprefllon of Gin deferves a better
Treatment, and there is no Room to doubt but they will
preferve the Rcftown they have gained^ if they have but
tvood Leaders, and Gin is with-held from them.
2. '' (c) That Gin is as wholefomc, or as little prejudicial
to drink, as Rum.— That the Eifeds ol Drunkennefs by
Ciin are not different from thofe by Rum. — That Phyfi-
" cians
{a) Gin Qiicrift, and Partiirimt Monies.
id) Hy Hum 1 always tnean a vSpii it mauc from the Juice of a Sugar-Cane.
('y Gin C^icrill, and Partiaiunt Mcnits.
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Experience,
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*' cians prcfcribe Gin in 'itiany Difeafcs, parliciilarly tlic
"** Gravel ; — And that Gin is a neater, cleaner and kfs rank
*' Spirit than. Rnni.'— -Since the Siippreflion ot Gin the
Confumption ot Hum has bce.i very greatly increafed, and
yet Dram Drunkennelsy v/ith all its dreadful ElTedts, has en-
tirely ceafcd : Which Fac^l alone deftroys the Force, and
proves the Falfhood, of the now quoted Afl'ertions.— To
iuppofe tliat Spirits arc equally good or vvholefomc is an
Abfurdity proved by common Obfervation ; and every Man's
Senfes prove alfo to himfelf, that Spirits, like other Liquors
.of like Denominations, greatly difl'er faj. — Daily Expe-
Tiencc and Obfervation' alfo prove to us, that the Senfation:^,
Influences, and Effedls, which we have felt in ourfelves,
or have feen in others, are widely different, when made
<lrunk by Beer, from thofe which accompany or follow
Drunkennefs by Wines or Punch ; and it is as notorioiifly^
known, that the fame Differences are felt and feen in tht
Effeds of Drunkennefs by different Sorts, cither of Beers,
vor of Wirles, or of Spirits. Thefe Differences, I fay, our
Senfes, and our daily Flxperience and Obfervation, evidence
"the Truth of; and the Gentlemen of the Faculty aflure us,
thefe Evidences have not deceived us. The Chymifts in-
Torm us, that thefe Difi'erences, in inflammatory Spirits,
^are oweing to the different Proportions, Combinations, and
Qualities of the Oils, Salts, and other Principles which the
feveral Vegetables, from whence Spirits are made, are found
by
(^/ ;- As liter tVom Beer, ^Vine from Wine, Rum from Rum, and fo
G^ir Cane.
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by c!iymlcal Analyzation to be compofed of; and, that as
the Proportion, &^c, of thcfe Principles, efpecially of the
governing and effcntial ones, is, fo will the Spirit made from
it be more or Ickferj^ acric/y and inflameing. Hence it is
imderftood, why the Spirit from Grain much more eafily
alcoholizes by Redlification than that from Sugar; and why,
therefore, Gin is vaftly more deftrudtive to the Human
iM-amc than the Sugar Spirit. My Phyfician, a Fellow of
the College, affures me, that he, and many of his Frater-
nity, in weak and depraved Appetites and Digeftions, and
in many other Diftcmpers of the declining Sort, have long
prcfcribed Water, with a fmall Portion of Rum, for the
common Drink ; and that when it has been fo ufed, to
the Exclufion of other Drink, it has contributed very
greatly to reftore the Appetite and Digeftion, and to re-
<:ruit drooping Nature. — But that fo foon as thefe de-
firable Ends were attained, the Ufe of Rum and Water
was forbid ; becaufc the habitual or continued dffhking of
it was found prejudical to healthy People ; and this the
more fo if the Water was drank warmed. — But that he
never knew Gin to be prefcribed, either alone, or with
Water, to any Human Being ; and that if any Thing of
the Sort is ever ufed in the Gravel, it is Geneva, the Spirit
of Juniper ; not our Gin, or Corn Spirit. — He adds with
Mandevilky " That— it is a fiery Lake which fets the Brain
" in Flame, burns up the Entrails, and fcorches every
" Part within ; and at the fame Time a Lethe of Oblivion,
" in which the Wretch immerfed, drowns his moft pinch-
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ecially of the
rit made from
Hence it is
1 more eafily
[ar; and why,
the Human
a Fellow of
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;eftions, and
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ibuted very
• and to re-
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and Water
Jrftking of
this the
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*' Ing Cares ; and, tcgctlKr with his Rcafun, all anxious
'* Reflections on Brats, th.^t cry for Food, liard \\ inter
*' FroAs, and liorrid empty Home/' — My ApothccaiA ,
who is liiidi in the Honours of the Plall, tells mc, tliat lor
making eojiipoiiiul Waters and Tindiircs, Rum and Me-
lafles Spiiit is always iifcd ; iinlefs where the Ingredients
are fo rci'iiunis, denie, and eompadiled as to require a more
fiibtle and penetrating Spirit to make them refolve and
ycild up their Virtues ; and that then they mike Ufe ot Corn
Spirit: Nor docs he know that it is otliervvife ufed in Medi-
cine, except outwardly ; and he urges his own Conviction
ol the great Dilierenec, there is, as to falutar) nefs, be-
tween Rum and Gin, from the \ery different Appearanee
raw rlelli makes when fufpended lor a Time feparately in
them. — Theie Opinions, founded on Pracliec and l:xperi-
ments, prove— that Gin is a Spirit too fiery, acrid, and in-
flameing for iiiward Ufe— But that Rum is a Spirit fo mild,
ballamic, and benign, that if its properly ufed and attem-
pered it may be made Jiighly ufelul, both for the Relief
and Regalement of Human Nature. It feems tliereforc
liighly ineumbent on the Legillaturc to prohibit intirely
the inward Ufe of the former ; and to fecurc to us tlij
Benefit of the latter; by ordaining fuch Laws as will effec-
tually guard againft any hurtful Ufe of it. As thefe Men
cannot be fuf}ied:cd of Byafs or Partiality, and as they
well know the Principles of Vegetables, and the Power and
Eft'edts of Fermentation and Diftillation, their Opinions
mufl be determining.
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3. " That if Spirits from Grain are prohibited, and
thofe from Sugar only allowed, it aggrandizes a few
Planters, at the Expcnce of the whole Landed Intcrefl: of
Great Britain and Ireland, That it Sugars are dearer,
the whole Landed Litereft will be ftill more hurt by the
dearnefs of Sugar to fweeten their Tea. That the Prc-
Piibition of Gin ferves only to cram the Pockets of a few
Planters flill fuller, while every private Family in the
Kingdom is tiiereby impoveriflied ^J hat the Planters
have raifed great Eftates fince the Suppreffion of Gin,
and are now uling all their Intereft to continue their ex-
" orbitant Gains That the Landed Intereft muft give
*' wav to aggrandize the Colonies That the Landed In-
'•' tereft don't make 3 per Coit, when the Planters make
" 15, &c, &^c, &fc,'' To fet up a difference of Intereft
between a Mother-Country and its Colonies and Settlements,
is as bad as to ftir up and to foment a Family Quarrel ; and
evidences a truly malevolent Heart, and inimical to both.
What would our Landed Intereft be, was it not for our
Naval Strength ? And what would either of thefe be, was
it not for our Colonics and Settlements ; Do not all Men
know how infeperably the Intereft and Profperity of thefe
three are connedted one with another ? And do they not
know that ftarving Colonies and Settlements beggar a Mo-
ther-Country, and that the flouriftiing ones enrich her, and
this in Proportion as they themfelves flourifli and are enrich-
ed ? All Powers are emulous to add Territory to Territory ;
but what is the avail of fuch Acquifitions, if they are wild
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or defolate, or if the Inhabitants arc not bufv and thiivinj>?
It is Bufincfs and Traffick, Exports and hiitabie Imports
that raife to Power and Weakh, and the Encrcafe and Ex-
tcnfion of thefe accompany one another. Our Co!o.iie;wiiul
Settlements therefore, for our own fakes, defervc tlie crrcafcil
Encouragement ; to fay, *' that as they are eniiciied \'. e
" mud be beggared'' is a Problem no body but a (lin-Pa-
triot could furely have devized ? Perhaps \i all our Colonies
and Settlements wercconneded with Great-Brlta'm he would
approve it, and think thereby the Strength of our Motlier-
Country greatly encrcafed. But what would this argue him
to be ? Our King indeed would be Sovereign over an im-
menfe Track of Country, but would not He and his People
be great Lofers by it ? The Diftance between our Mother-
Country and lier Colonies and Settlements, is, fo long as
we remain Mafters of the Sea, and vigoroufly pufli on Na-
vigation, of the higheft Advantage to our Agriculture, our
Manufadlories, and all the Employments and Occupations
among us, and of confequence to the landed Intereft both
of Great Britain and Ir eland. ^It makes our Pofleflions not
only as big as the Number of Acres they contain, but to
fpread as wide as our Colonies and Settlenients arc diftant
from us : It makes us near Neighbours to every Quarter,
and almoft every Part of the World ; and gives us a Con-
fideration and Influence its fcarcc poflible for any coimeded
I'erritory, of equal Dimenfions ever to have What the
quoted Writers mean by 3 per Cent, and 1 5 per Cent. I do
not underftand ; but were it not for fomc extraordinary Ad-
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vantages, Vvlio would riiquc their PciTons and Propcrdes i.i
fuch diftant unfriendly Climates, expofcd to frequent Lofl'es
ly Hurricanes, and fo much to the Rifque of Enemies that
1 2 fcr Cent, per A/wum is often given to infurc their E dates.
And every one knows — that howfoever great the Gains of the
Planters may be in our Cclonies and Settlements — - that
they are fupplied from us with their Wants that their
Children are educated among us— and that they themfelves
are very eager to lay out their Money in this 3 per Cent,
Land, and to live and dwell in this Mother Country. — But
it the Exorbitancy oi their Gains is a Reafon for deftroying
or cranipinjy their Trade ; what fliould be the Fate of Gin
irom the unconfcionable Profits of the Diftillers of it? See-
ing it is a Point agreed on by all Hands, that no one Set
of Adventurers in Trade have— -irom fuch fmall Capitols
with fuch little Rifque— at fo great Certainty— and in fo
ilicrt a 1 ime, raifed fuch great Eftates as the Grain Diftil-
lers are now known to polTefs ; and all this by making and
\x*nding i. Liquor, which, on the Experience of many Years,
is found to be productive of the worfl: of Ills and Mifchiefs
that can happen to Society.
4. (a) '* That Malt Diftillery by the Confumption it
" makes of Corn encourages Agriculture, and thereby has
" made Grain cheaper for fifty Years part. That Malt-
Diftillery is a Prcf.rvative againft I'aminc and thereby
has can fed Grain to b^ cheaper for fifty Years part.
That if Malt Spirits are l^iil prohibited Eftates will ftill
" Icfl'en
(rt) Gin Q^icriH, Tartnr'iunt AlofUcs.
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■And that many Farmers, thoiigli pc
nurious and laborious, are now incapable of paying thcir
Rents, and will be morefo if Agriculture is difcouragcd."
•So Malt Diftillery then it feems by confuming Corn en
courages Agriculture, and fo makes Corn cheaper ; and
alfo by being a Prefervative againft Famine makes Cera
cheaper. Thefe Fads, though of fifty Years ftanding, 1
muft confefs my Ignorance of, nor can I conceive the Truth,
Senfe, or confiflency of the Reafonings upon thcin. jMucli
lefs can I comprehend that the Farmers or their Landlords
have been fo greatly benefited by theDiftillation of Corn, as ir
made it cheaper; and yet it is moft pofitively aflerted that the/
are all to a Man for it; and that at laft the Clergy, in order
to blefs their Endeavours, and to afTift them in carrying on
the good Work, have joined them But what degree of
Truth thefe Aflertions, with their Confequences, have in
them ; will be better underftood by obferving, Firfl:,
that for the Space of thefe h\ft three Years, (the time Gin
has been fuppreffed) every kind of Agriculture, to wit, of
Corns and Grades, and Seeds of every Sort, lias flourifhed
and cncreafed as much, nay more, than it was ever known
to have done in any other three preceeding Years Se-
condly, that notwithftanding the immenfe Expence of tlie
prefent War, the Value of landed Eftates has not given way,
but rather enereafed for thefe laft three Years, and do fo to
this very Day. — And, Tliirdly, that for the fame Time no
Farms have, or now do lye unoccupied for want of Tcn-
nants ; but on the contrary there have been, and now art*,
more
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I ivjre People ready to hire Farms than there are Farms to
be let. The Encreafc of the Rents, lately on Farms in
Gr:at Britain and Ireland ^ is to the Amoimt of no in-
coiiildcrable Sum, and yet there never was a Time when
Farmers in general paid their Rents fo well as at the pre-
lent. So that its plain we can make Shift to go on, nay,
to thrive, without any Diftillation of Corn. I'hree Years
is a pretty fair Trial, and enough to fatisfy the Mind of any
reafonable Enquirer. I juft now faid, that I did not un-
derhand how the Confumption of Corn by Diftillation was
a " Prefervative againft Famine," but I then forgot that,
during the Reign of Gin, her Votaries cat no Bread, or
fcarce any other Thing ; indeed when the Fire within
became too fcorching and intolerable, it was no uncom-
mon Pradice for them to fwallow down raw Oatmeal,
with a little Water, in order to cool their Entrails.
5. " (b) That the Hogs fed in the Malt-Diftillery are as
" good and wholefome as any other. That they are
" cheaper. And that the Gentlemen of the Vidtualling-
•* Office allow this to be true." But if this is true, the
Learned are greatly miftaken when they tell us- — that both
the Flefh and the Produdions of Animals, made for the
Ufe of Man, are, in Goodnefs and Wholcfomenefs, as is
their Food and Keeping. The Milk of Cows, its Butter,
Cheefe, &'c, is better or worfe, richer or poorer, accord-
ing as they are fed with Grains, Grafs, Hay, or other
Foods ; and this alfo according to the Nature and Good-
. . nefs
ib) Gin Querift, Tarturiunt Montes,
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nefs of thefe feveral Foods. So the Milk of AfTes and
Goats, when they are fed ch'efly on pedloral and vulnerary
Plants, is found far more falutiferous to confumptive Peo-
ple, than when they fed on any of the aforementioned
Foods. All agree, that both in Mutton and Venifon the
Difference is very great from the different feedings of Deer
and Sheep. The fame is allowed to be true in all Kinds
of Fowls ; and from thefe Inftances one would be inclined
to conclude, that the Flefh of Hogs fittened with an /;/-
toxicating JVapy which keeps them in a fliglit State of
Drunkennefs, muft be, in every Refpcdl, greatly inicriour
to that of fatted Hogs who have eat only Legumes or
Corn, and drank only Milk or Water. ^ When Gin was
fuppreffed it was loudly talked, that the Navy could not be
fupply'd, fcarcely at any Rate, with Hogg Flefli, and
fomethmg of the fame Sort is here touch'd at. But we have
lived to fee, that both a greater Navy, and a greater Num-
ber of Merchantmen, than ever Britain had on Foot, or
employed, before, have been fupply'd with good Pork
without any Advancement of Price ; and that, at the End
of three Years, Pork is now as cheap as it has been for many
Years part.
6. (c) " That fince the Prohibition of Gin, vaft Sums of
" Money have been fcnt out of the Land to buy French
" Brandy; which has greatly ftrengthened the Hands of
" our Enemies. That before the Prohibition Africa was
** fupply'd with Britijh Corn Spirits ; but that, fince that
" Prohibition,
(f) Gin Querifl:.
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Prohibition, large Qiiantities of French and Dutch Spirits
have been fcnt thither. And that the Government buy
French and Dutch Spirits for our Sailors." In con-
fidcring the prefent Difpute between Gin and Rum, I
have omitted the Mention of French and Dut, h Spirits, as
they, I think, ought to be entirely out of Ufe among us,
and of Confequence quite out of the Queflion. Some
People give to French Spirits a Power of Stypticity, which,
if not peculiar to themfelves, far exceeds it in any other
Spirit : But in this they feem to be miftaken, and there is
no Doubt but Sugar Spirits do poffefs all the Qiiulitics
which the Frejich Spirits do ; and if fo, as we can have an
ample Supply made at Home of thefe for our Ufe, why
are we to con fume French or Dutch Spirits, and purchafe
them vvith Money } Its not likely, at prefent however,
that Britain will have in Pofllffion too much Money ; and
it therefore appears to me certain, that when Money is the
Export, we are moft worfted when we have no Return at
all for it, or rather when the Returns arc Honour and
Glory :— And that the Returns for our Money in the next
Degree moft hurtful to us, are thofe oi Fre?tch and Dutch
Spirits. Why the Government fhould buy thefe for the
Ufe of our Sailors, or why they ftiould permit them to be
imported here, or fent to Africay I do not underftand the
Right or Reafonablenefs of ; as we are not in any Want of
Home made Spirits, equal, if not luperior, to any, even
the beft of them. When the Wifdom of Government do
not put an End to Evils, w hich the People think may eafily
be
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be prevented ; are not the People to confider themfclvc^
miftaken? Smugling jFr^/^^ and Z)^/c^ Spirits, India ^\\A
other Goods, appear to the People to be a very great Evil ;
but they think it an Evil eafy to be ftopt. And yet if
Years pafs away, and this Evil remains and fpreads:— Is the
Wifdom, Vigilance, or Integrity, of the Government to
be liifpedted ? Or are our Rulers to be charged with
Negled: or wilful In-attention to the Publick Good, and
to ^e Health and Welfare of the People ? The Health,
Vigour, Morals, Employments, and Amufements of the
People, are, we liave been told, Objeds of the higheft
Concernment to the publick Weal; and that, of all the
various Orders of Men which compofe Societies, the ut-
moft Care ought to be ufed, that the Proportion or Number
of the lowejl Order ^ viz. the poor and laboriouSy be kept up
full and compleat. — When a right Care xo thefe Objeds is
wifely exerted, the People muft flour ifti and rife in Power
and Wealth ; and they will be thereby difpofed and en-
abled to preferve and defend their Acquiiitions ; but if they
are negledted, all fickens and droops ; Wealth flies away,
and the Power, even of Rulers and of Kings, finks into
nothing. When one confiders our prefent vaft Engage-
ments, Undertakings, and Bufinefs ; and how great a Share
the poor, the laborious, and the bufy have in tlic Ex-
ecution of them all ; fliould not all right and ufeful Me-
thods be conftantly and faithfully made ufe of, to enable
•them chearfully and ably to do their Bufinefs ; and to fuftain
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the Severities and Extremities of Heat and Cold, Wet and
Drought ? Its allowed by all Hands that no Liquor fo
well keeps up the Strength and Health of our Sailors, as
fmall Beer ; and that when their Beer is drank up, and
they have, inftead oi it, a certain Allowance of Spirits,
they, in a very remarkable Manner, ficken, and lofe their
Vigour and Alertnefs. Is it not then great Pity that fo
brave, and fo ufeful a Set of Men fliould ever want fmall
Beer ? And fhould not this Fadl naturally lead their Em-
ployers to try how ftrong Beer would do with them by way
of Cordial and Regale ? And whether a certain Allowance
of that would not be far more wholefome and ufeful than
a Dram ? We fee what ftrong Beer enables our Men to do
on Shore ; and I doubt not but this fame Sort of Beer may
be made to keep found in all Climates. But in thefe
Opinions, and thefe Relations we may have been milin-
formed 5 and by the Meafures and Language of our
Rulers, muft be taught to allow and confefs ■ that
if they think it a right Meafure to import Dutch and
French Spirits; they muft be imported? If Smugling
continues to be pradlifed, and no Body knows of it till
its done : — The Wifdom of Man could not have pre-
vented it ? — If they fay they will have for their Soldiers
and Sailors, the moft inflaming and burning Spirits;
— Is it not well judged to have their fighting Men fired to
the iitnioft ? It is great Stupidity and Infolence — to
anfwcr tliat the Health, Induftry, Bravery, and Governa-
blcnefs
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blenefs of the poor, laborious, and bufy, are better pre-
ferved and fupported by Sugar than Malt, Spirits, and by
Beer than either of them : or to infift that the Revival of
Gin drinking will greatly leflen the Confumption of Beer:—
or to argue that if our Rulers will have Gin for their fight-
ing Men they fliould be Diftillers of it, as they are now
Brewers of Beer. In this Cafe the drinking of Gin would
be confined to Sailors only, and that would caufe but little
Confumption of Corn, and produce no Encreafe to the
Revenue.— ;^To attain thefe pubHck fpirited Ends,— Gin
muft be drank by the Populace, and a Dram of it fold at
lefs Price than a Pint of Beer— then fhall we fee thefe in-
viting Words glittering on Signs Drunk for Five
Farthings, and dead drunk for Two-pence Hy\LF-
PENNY, AND CLEAN StRAW FOR NOTHING.
FINIS.