-. p • - / - Mungret College Past Pupils' Union

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ttuhj-t't for tli-"'it-'-'ii fl \v.i- I>i' iltibitlofl '. The I
Iiiii1;itit itt I if 16 -tt- tjiit :1- hit - t1(tti'
'tfi-i'tti - 1tt('iti- Iii ii)ill )it lilt' I)i'ntl< I'vii.
liii- 'I-i-- \vi-ri' : i'iit' Priiiiibihiiit
1. I.\iIH, 1. ]itkt-,l' \\\nhit-.11, 11h.
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_\ai1tt I'riiliilijtioil : \ l, ( ti-hall. P.
11) ill, j . I';tlti-t't', W. \\'ai-la'.
Iii i_it ii - '' I t ii 'i-it it ii,- t.'tI lIi,tt tlit,
ut -ui il tilt alt 'I liv tile lit L,itI\ c liii been tricil
for Ito- past Ill net cell liuiiilrcd vt-Lrs hut with ill I
a p irecia I ile decrease in intemperance. I hI sst'.0 I
I sit and i tin the number of st-rmi ins (tfl tempt-rant
if preached cons'-cutivelv mould take three years
t tic-liver. The bri it' h ores and bo,oks written on
the same subject. if placed page by page alongside
iine another, lit''-, Wi tout form ti line st retch ing ne ;in,!
a half times nund the cirt-umft'rt'ni't- of the c-:irtli,
Nt-vt-rthelt-its the amount(of money sj:ent on drink
I tiring that pc-rn si had increased by milli in
\Vtiat wits the use of preaching to it man to ihst;iin
from drink if (in all sides saloons and bars have opt ii
dot irs to entice him to drtnk By closing all thu
ttihuhc houses anti stopping the mail u fact tire ai
sjle of all intoxicating lit! iuirs drunkenness wtinlii
hics'i mc it phv'ii'itl I ill pi tt_siltilitv. It a non caine 1
l'"'''' drink he is bound to keep sober, but io ,
matter how much preaching lie hears if lie is to I
dicted too drink, it will not keep him teniperil
(If course, the publicans would softer but had
itt-v mv i - ,impassion tin the wife and I starvol -.
ta nuilv of the man whose hard -earned wages t ht'
were taking into t their tills
For the negative The Toot It i if all i nt c-in iwna liii'
lies ui nititi lionst-lf. honk, as Sloth, is gitoil
in itself. a iii! it is on Iv the immoderate use tt
it that constitutes the s-icc t if intemperance. liii'
,tllirmativc demand the athiohition of the mann-
1_itture of drink, but thi would be ini1irttctii. itlihi.
l'rivzute stills would spring tip, and (lien the onit
rt-mctiv would lie to tin away wit Ii till the' illgo
ud icnts. The gr w tit t.f barley and g r.I C5 WI 'ill
have to lie jirihilited, but this would be absurd
The oltjcct of the attirniative is to ri-naIve the soon
of temptation. if this were ci insistent lvii pp1' I
it all vice-' then tuur very so rn tundi ntis wi itti
have to be abihisht-tl. hut, lit t-\'en ssheui this 11
e (tee ted 1 tint! I ;till it temptation to i niysc'l f. It
I am it m;tn of 1irinculih' I must tuitiu're to nix' met liii
o f ohs lishuig all temptations, anti the result Should
I e Suit. ide
The el'tei, ts I if preaching I tn temperance are sit ,\\
hut still the cause is advancing. If such preaching
'Vii c' stopped. intemperance wi told increase by
leaps and ltiiiind. Speakers for the affirmative
Ito vu saitl t hi at pi—caching had pri ti tic cd very little
rest i It, but experience has pr veil that the pr
iltit it in law has effected even less, irk those plates
ssluere Sit( 11 a lass- has bc-i-n in force. In Maine.
I'S. A., where the sale of drink is prohibited, out
I i ,00o arrests lit tttie 'ezi r about Soo were on the
ha rge (If drunkenness. ]'his does not speak ss'c-lh
1,,r the prohibition haw, who-ti as we have bt't'n told
ss Ut It! cause di-xinkunnuss ti i bc-conic a physical
impossibility.
I- itt - (lit' fill ,tjiill 2it.
\tjiist I lic littititill Jf)
\Ii it it ill carricd h\- four \'titt'S.
( l't'jni, to 'ati'jttfls (',ttI-'t' t illi\' i iflt
diut- c'iiuitl Lc' ht'ltI iii t'at'iL tc'l'iti. Iii tV,-
t''t't'. the 11(5 \Vei't' of a \'t t\ iijijt
stat Ill lail vltik - a ft -atttirt - t if tin- -o --I, (ill
\va- liii- uittuiil'a-r Of tt tt'ni/ti'C sjit-akt-N.
'1iit'it "l I( iwt'(l that tin' -tilijtt't--, an iii'st'tl
much ittt - rc -st, ( )tlI' I itt tliaiik-' at''.- (lilt'
to (till' Nt-v. ('ltairniatii, \\h4 ) tIid not '-part'
Ijmti-t'if Ii ni:tkt- (hit - ilt-ijati'-- a stl('cc'te-',
and I)\' will -i gt'Itial tact lilt iii' I hait i inc
riltiliti s 'i'akt't \t it, aiti 't 'a'i-il.
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( It g 1 )t'batc thii-" \'t'tl \\ ii I' t'itii'I('(I
ittit with all. the
ittl t'it'i'ihttt-tali('t
Of jntrliaiucntarv 1>ro&-t'tltii't'. Till - tl-htt-
iltL p wcr I'VIllt -('(l 1'>\' (lit- tIaji irjt\' t if
I itt' sj)cakt-r- Wa- Of it Iiih utaitt1ird aIRI
sittilt' of thu - liLt thin spct-ciu-s. ('Sp('t'htlI\'
that of lie' th'itiht'r fill. ( )i'uiiond,
Ii i(jI\' at1i1l_tI1(ht-(l I't'titn tilt , 'j-ititr'
li'ittlti '-. 'lilt' 4 ,i hi \Itxiii I iIIc'r('tl l)
ii', i't'i ltil to (itt' ilt'-,t a1ucakt-u- ft -li
to I liii' Mo - iiu}i -1' fill' I I\' I'(1ini' (1), 1
\hIlt'iiityi.
'I'ht' hi'-! I )i'liatt- iitittt'ii tilt "illiiit' - ,
Nov. I 2(11 - lit-ti it' d 'i' tvt.li-(j lit itt-i'. liii'
ft lii iVt'lltt4 it si iit,htji ill \Va- jiasttl - - I lint
//it' s\'in/)alh'i' of all /ureiieli/ be e.iti'ni/eil
(ii (tilT Prefect, /tt1'', jJ, Dodd , .,1, - oil
the si,t/ bercavenient he hail .5115/ti i,ietl
in the deal/i of k's /urthcr, - '-
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.\t_ 5.JO pill. titt' Iitllii\tItl ill iihli oil was
fltO\'t'(I bV the' Priitui' Miiti-'tt'r Ill hi'haif
Of the ( t )vt,'i'iiittt.'iil :
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Thal Irela nd t'U
in a i/Il i/C 5a/isJai'Ioly and Promising
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