WINE MAKING, 



From the year 1826 to 1843, the increase of popalation was only at the rate of seven per 

 cent., while (he increase of the various crimes was forty-five (45) pt-r cent. 



This reionl, fearfully large as it is, contains only tliose < rimes which have heen proved 

 upon individuals ; an(l if these be added to those which have tnvcr cf)me to li;;ht, or which 

 have not been success/alli/ investigated, the percentage must be swelled to an almost incredi- 

 ble degree. 



The statistics of France, in suicides, show an alarming increase in this kind of amuse- 

 ment so peculiar to that country. 



From 1820 to 1830 (ten years) the number of suicides were 1,705 ; from 1841 to 1843 

 (three years), 2,573 ; in 1844 {oite i/far), 2,900 ! 



It has been frequently asserted, and, we believe, truly, that "the use of wine is as common 

 in France as the use of tea and co/f'ee is here." 



A distinguishe<l banker and philanthropist of Paris (Mr. Lutteroth) furnished to the 

 writer of this, while in that city, the government returns of the quantity of wine and dis- 

 tilled spirit drank within the walls, in a single year. Within the barriers there is an 

 excise ; without, none. 



The returns give a consumption of about one hundred and thirty bottles of wine (nearly 

 a quart each), and six of ardent spirits, to every inhabitant of the city. Outside the walls, 

 wine is drunk without excise, and there can be seen drunkenness in all its horrors ; and it 

 was to these localities that Louis Philippe directed my attention, as furnishing a fearful 

 illustration of the drunkenness of France. 



If the inhabitants of Paris drink wine "ns u-e in this country drink- tea and coffee," as has 

 been affirmed, and doubtless truly, the statistics of Mr. Lutteroth the banker will not ap- 

 pear exaggerated, nor will it seem at all singular, that the great jdiysician, Broussais, found 

 most of the stomachs of adults, which he dissected after death, " in a state of disease.'" 



Louis Philippe, while the writer was in Paris, expressed to him his conviction that total 

 abstinence was the only true temperance, and that the drunkenness of France was on wine. 

 His son repeated the same fact, and added that it would be a blessing to France could all 

 the grape-vines be destroyed, except so far as their products may be used for food. 



Tlie fearful increase of crime in France may reasonably be traced to the increased con- 

 sumption of strong drink — if not adulterated, an exception to a general rule. 



Dr. Baird, who travelled extensively in France, and was a close observer, states that 

 "pure wine could only be found at the vineyards ;" and that "adulteration was all but 

 universal I" 



How far the increase of crime is owing to the increased virulence given to the intoxi- 

 cating liquors throiagh the agency of other jtoisons, than^the original poison, alcohol (always 

 found in intoxicating wine), is a question which every one, after ascertaining the facts in 

 the case, can settle for himself. 



Inasmiicli as pure wine can only be had at a certain high price — and as imitations as to 

 sight, smell, and taste, are now so perfect, that few can distinguish the pure from the imjnire 

 — and as the impure costs only from one-eighth to one-quarter the value of pure, all can 

 judge how barren the chance is of any one getting a drop of pure wine. 



R. M. Hartly, Esq., of New York, several years since, at much cost of time and labor, 

 compiled from authentic documents the quantities of strong drink annually consumed by 

 various nations, showing the following result : France, 1,053,797,854 gallons of nil kinds, 

 average to each person forty-two and a half gallons a year ; equal to four and a half gallons 

 of naked alcohol to each ! The consumption of naked alcohol to each person in Sweden was 

 found to be three nnd a quarter gallons ; in Prussia, one and a sixteenth ; in the United 

 States, one and an eighth. 



We have long believed France to be one of the most intemperate countries on the face of 

 the earth, and the statistics prove it. 



A great injury is done to the cause of temperance (unintentionally, doubtless) in this 

 country, by American travellers who pass rapidly through the wine countries, visit the 

 capitals of the various nations, frequent the splendid squares and streets, and then return 

 liome and report "no drunkenness in wine countries." They do not look for it — do not go 

 where it is to be seen. The writer, while on a foreign tour some years ago, did look for it, 

 and found it too, with all its attendant horrors ; and he found its effects also, stamped with 

 its dark blight everywhere as here : Crime, poverty, and disease, its sure companions. The 

 Duke of Orleans, General-in-Chief of the Armies of France, told him the ration to each sol- 

 dier was a bottle of wine a day — the use of that bottle only stimulated the ayjpetite for 

 more, and their small pay was usually squandered to purchase it ; and that want of subor- 



