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leaving an unnatural thirst for more. That is 

 precisely the difference between the effects pro- 

 duced by the two beverages, and upon that dif- 

 ference is founded our objection to the adulter- 

 ation. It produces other evils by no means of 

 a minor kind ; but these are enough to condemn 

 it. The case might even be put so broadly as 

 to say that the one gives rise to drunkenness, 

 while the other does not, and it would by no 

 means be difficult to prove it. We put the 

 subject upon the broad ground of public health 

 and public morals, and affirm that no man has 

 a right to conduct his business in such a man- 

 ner as to imperil either. In the name of Ameri- 

 can wine making, we enter a solemn protest 

 against it. 



But let us look a little further at the subject 

 of Grallizing, and see where it leads us. It is 

 claimed that by this method wine can be made 

 from green grapes. We reply, that in the same 

 way wine may be made from the stems, the 

 leaves, or the green wood ; wine just as good, 

 and in which the taste shall not be able to de- 

 tect any difference. What matters it, then, 

 whether the fruit ripens or not ? Why not 

 give our whole attention to the production of 

 leaves and green wood, and make wine as abun- 



