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1 admit the various fliapes by 1 which you have efrefted the de-(Ir.uftion of mankinds but in an- * fwcr to tHts«giveme leave to.men- ( tion the different names and forma j by sthich I have fpread milery'and i--dearhover-ihe world.—Rurntw h if- ; ky, brandy, gin, ftingo; bitters, j toddy^ grog, flings, and fifty other { liquors, ail come tinder the derio- j ' mirratioo of Spirits. It is .your ( 'province to deftroy life fuddcnly, \and only in one way—But I kill « gradually,'and in an hundred dif- lt;ferent ways. When I aft by means o;f ftingo, or rye whifky, frefh :ffntn the ftill, my patients general- ^ ly live only two or three years— j but when I make choice of old Ja- , maica, otAntigua, as inftruments jof death, they fometimcs cxift fe-ven pr eight years. I permit this, —by .the-bye, ^only. to fpread the_ feeds of death more cxtenftvely— for people of (lender oblervanon afcribe the death of thefe people to other caufes.-1—I laid chat 1 kill in an hundred different ways— Yes; half the difeafes of the human body, are produced by fpirits. The jaundice, dropfy, fore eyes, fore legs, burning in the foies of the feet,fits of various kinds, gour, -melancholy, madjj.efsj want of ap- 1 ■petite and digeftion, and many o-ther complaints, for which I can-not give you the technical names,are all brought on by my influ- , ence upon the human body. You } boaft of the diftrefs, poverty, de- i folation and flavery, which you i have brought upon mankind— but what are all thefe to the evils .that follow in my train ? Where* J ever I go, all the calamities you | have mentioned, together with the l jail, the wheelbarrow, and the gal- i lows, crouch before me for customers. Faftions and rebellions 1 originate with me, efpecially in j the -United btatcs, for* they are ( both hatched in ftill-houles, and • i low taverns, before they appear ; in newf-papers and in mobs. 1 createdomeftic broils and family difputes—and laftly, even war and murder are often the offspring of ' fpiritous liquors.You began, Mr. Sword, by boafting of your antiquity. You were invented by Tubal Cain,and firft ofed by Nimrod. But 1 claim, a^i origin not only more ancient, but much more honourable The slill, the worm, and the cooling tub, were all the invention of a Prince, mure ancient than Adam, and more intelligent than the wifeft man that ever l.vcd upon earth. Spiriious liquors are the current coin of his kingdom—They bear -his image and mfcription. They are the vifible marks of his invifi-blepowers. The Prince 1 allude to; is the-:—DEVIL.
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Essex Journal And New Hampshire Packet
Newburyport, Massachusetts, US
Wed, Sep 24, 1788
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