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and invigorates. A glass of wine early in the morning, I have 

 found an unfailing preventative against Malaria, have used it 

 for thirty-five years now, in preference to quinine or whiskey, 

 and with better results. 



I have worked in the cause of true temperance, as I under- 

 stand it, which is "moderation in everything," nearly a life 

 time, and if I did not believe that wine was the best temper- 

 ance agent that we can employ, but apt to lead t$> drunken- 

 ness, I would quit the business at once, so great is my desire 

 to see the American people the greatest and the freest on 

 earth, which they can only be if they become also the most 

 sober nation. I see in the free and moderate use of light 

 wine the only help and salvation for us, and the best element 

 to further us in every progressive step we take. I have grown 

 up among its people, helped to defend it in times of war, and 

 hope to die on, and be buried in, its free soil. To contribute 

 my mite to its true progress, has been the dream of my youth, 

 the fond ambition of riper years. And now, when the snows 

 of lifes winter begin to gather on my head, I still look forth to 

 our beloved industry to help make it what it seems to me 

 destined to be, the soberest, the freest, the happiest, and the 

 greatest nation on earth. It may be but the dream of an 

 enthusiast, and I may not see its fullfilment, but I have abid- 

 ing faith in the ultimate result. Let me not be misunder- 

 stood, however. I am with the promoters of true temperance 

 in every just and legal means they can apply, to prevent and 

 abolish drunkenness. I am in favor of the most stringent 

 laws against it. Let us make drunkenness a crime, and pun- 

 ish it as such. Let every man who is found in a state of in- 

 toxication, be punished as a criminal against the laws of God 

 and mankind, let the finger of scorn and contumely be pointed 

 at him as an outcast from the [society of decent men and 

 women, and the vice made a by-word and reproach through- 

 out the land, as a disgrace on the fair face of humanity. 



