DRINK v TEETOTALISM.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS.
Sib,—The letter of your correspondent, " Maui," in Monday's issue deserves some notice. Permit mc state my opinion that Abraham Lincoln was a teetotaller. The story told re Grant cannot therefore be understood as a vindication of the utility of any man getting drunk. I believe also tnut James Abram Garfield was a teetotaller. Did any President of the United States ever command greater respect % Did any President ever, have a grander mohumeut erected to his memory ciiau James Abram Gariield %
Was the abolition of the slave trade consummated by the whiskey, dramdrinking, brandy-nipping politicians and parsons t Duriug the troublesome times of the Indian Mutiny there was one name that became famous. The name of Henry Havelock. (Soldiers, salute 1) Was this man a patron of the drinking customs of sooiety i Hearken I " Once, when in Burniah, there was a sudden night attack upon an outpost, and Sir Archibald Campbell ordered a certain corps to go co the rescue, but they were so incapacitated by reason of strong drink that they were unable to obey the summons.
"Then call out Havelock'e saints," be exclaimed, "they are always sober, sad ceo be depended on; and Havelock himself is always ready 1" The expectation formed of them was verified. No sooner did the bugle sound than they Were under arrna, and the enemy were promptly repulsed. See " Heroes of Britain in Peace and War," published by Cassell and Company, vol. 2, page 22. It would be Instructive if "Maui" would furnish a list of say a thousand each of the following classes :— 1, paupers ; 2, panders; 3, prostitutes; 4, prisoners. All teetotallers will be glad co know and to let all the world know the names of all teetotallers who have gained any degree of emiuence in any of these classed Having no reason to be ashamed of it I sign my own name.— Yours, &c, Robert C. Gilmoxtr.
DRINK v TEETOTALISM.
Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7803, 5 March 1891, Page 3
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