shall never go out of my way as a reformer, or spend an hour of the time allotted me on earth in efforts to secure even a sprig of that laurel which belongs to the followers of the Nine. Others, with larger gifts, may write their names on the face of the world so legibly that they may be read for centuries by generations yet to come, while I shall thank God for the honor of making my mark, if that mark be one which shall guide future travellers in the ways of temperance and happiness. The articles which make up the miscellaneous department of this work, will, I fear, have little interest for those who are not actively engaged in efforts to advance the temperance causé. With two or three exceptions, they are either letters or parts of letters addressed to gentlemen connected with the temperance press, and, though intended for publication, they were generally written in haste and amid the pressure of many cares. Such as they are, they express the opinions of the writer on practical questions connected with the enterprise. If the language employed throughout the work to express my opinions of the rum traffic, and of the vileness and inhumanity of those engaged in it, should be considered by some as unwarrantably harsh, I shall not be surprised; but be that as it may, I will, with perfect frankness, assure the reader that its employment was not a slip of the tongue or the pen. At the risk of my character for amiability, I will confess that my feelings on the subject are much stronger than any language I have employed. It is quite probable that those who may peruse the following discourses may find here and there an illustra tion employed, with which they may have become familiar through other channels; and, without a word of explanation, they might be led to the conclusion that the author had employed the labor of other minds without due credit. It is proper, therefore, that I should, in self-defence, declare that every illustration employed in the discourses, which is not duly credited to some fellow-laborer, is my own, whether good or bad. If others have employed them, without the proper reference to their origin, let the charge of plagiarism rest where it belongs. It was my intention to add to this work a discourse on the influence of intoxicating drinks upon the physical constitution of man. I could not, however, secure the completion, in time, of such diagrams as would be necessary to make the subject clear to the minds of those who have never studied the anatomy of the human body. I must, therefore, defer the publication of my thoughts, on that subject, to some future period. With these explanatory remarks, I commit this little volume to the judgment of the public; and, in doing so, I will say to that public, concerning the book, as I have often said of a dose of medicine to a sick friend, "If you can only manage to swallow it, I believe it will do you good." June 15, 1849. CHARLES JEWETT. CONTENTS. SPEECHES. THE LAW AND TENDENCIES OF ARTIFICIAL APPETITES. A Dis- course delivered at Bloomfield, Connecticut, December 24, 1848. Reported, phonographically, by H. E. Rockwell,. THE WARFARE OF THE TRAFFIC IN INTOXICATING DRINKS ON ALL USEFUL TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS. A Discourse delivered at Bloomfield, Connecticut, December 29, 1848. Reported, phon- ographically, by H. E. Rockwell,.. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EVIL OF INTEMPERANCE, AS SEEN IN ITS EFFECTS ON COMMUNITIES, STATES, AND NATIONS. - A Discourse delivered at Manchester, Connecticut, December 31, 1848. Re- ported, phonographically, by H. E. Rockwell,.. INTEMPERANCE AS A VICE OF INDIVIDUAL MAN. PROPS OF THE RUM TRAFFIC, AND WEAPONS OF THE ENEMY,... MEANS FOR REMOVING THE CURSE OF INTEMPERANCE. — A Discourse delivered at Bridgeport, Connecticut, in January, 1849. Report- A Tribute to Massachusetts. - Prophecy,. Boston Rum in the Country, and Country Rum-sellers in Boston,..181 A Question answered - Results predicted - Motives presented – THE LAW AND TENDENCIES OF ARTIFICIAL APPETITES. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED AT BLOOMFIELD, CONNECTICUT, DECEMBER 24, 1848. REPORTED PHONOGRAPHICALLY, BY H. E. ROCKWELL. MR. PRESIDENT, AND LADIES And Gentlemen: WARNINGS, similar to that uttered in the song to which we have just listened, have been, for the last thirty years at least, continually falling upon our ears and the ears of our fellowmen. Good men, widowed and wretched women, neglected, abused, and suffering children, ah! and even the drunkard himself, have unitedly warned us against the terrible influences of intoxicating poisons; and yet they are vended and drank in our midst, as though they were perfectly harmless. Those very influences and instrumentalities which have filled the earth with crime and misery, are permitted still to operate here at your very doors, and that under the sanction of the laws of Connecticut. The fruits of God's earth are, in this very town, converted into poison for man, and thoughtless and wicked men are busily engaged in transporting it to and fro, and presenting it to the lips of their neighbors and fellowcitizens. The columns of our public journals are filled with the most heart-rending details of this terrible system, with which, as friends of temperance, we are warring; and yet it does not deter men from a vigorous and active support of that system. The press, the pulpit, and injured and suffering |