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Editorial
July 27, 1786
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
An editorial denouncing drunkenness as leading to fatal or disagreeable events, impairing judgment, and rendering the drunkard a despicable monster more depraved than any natural creature.
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DRUNKENNESS:
The man who praises drinking, stands a lot convicted on his own evidence.
It is very common that events arise from a debauch which are fatal, and always such as are disagreeable. With all a man's reason and good sense about him, his tongue is apt to utter things, out of mere gaiety of heart, which may displease his best friends. Who, then, would trust himself to the power of wine, if there was no other objection against it than this, that it raises the imagination, and depresses the judgment?
However this tribe of people may think of themselves, a drunken man is a greater monster than any which is to be found amongst all the creatures which God has made--as, indeed, there is no character which appears more despicable and depraved, in the eyes of all reasonable persons, than that of a drunkard.
The man who praises drinking, stands a lot convicted on his own evidence.
It is very common that events arise from a debauch which are fatal, and always such as are disagreeable. With all a man's reason and good sense about him, his tongue is apt to utter things, out of mere gaiety of heart, which may displease his best friends. Who, then, would trust himself to the power of wine, if there was no other objection against it than this, that it raises the imagination, and depresses the judgment?
However this tribe of people may think of themselves, a drunken man is a greater monster than any which is to be found amongst all the creatures which God has made--as, indeed, there is no character which appears more despicable and depraved, in the eyes of all reasonable persons, than that of a drunkard.
What sub-type of article is it?
Temperance
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
Drunkenness
Temperance
Alcohol Dangers
Moral Depravity
Vice Of Drinking
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Condemnation Of Drunkenness
Stance / Tone
Strong Moral Condemnation
Key Arguments
Praising Drinking Convicts Oneself
Drinking Leads To Fatal Or Disagreeable Events
Alcohol Impairs Judgment And Raises Imagination
Drunkard Is A Greater Monster Than Any Creature
Drunkard Appears Despicable And Depraved