Period 4 Question 7

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Primary Source

A broadside depicting the the dangers of drinking. It shows four scenes of an alcoholic’s path to ruin: “The Morning Dram,” “The Grog Shop,” “The Confirmed Drunkard,” and “Concluding Scene.”

Detail 1: "We unto them that rise up early in the morning that they may follow Strong Drink… Isa, 3.C. Dv.
The MORNING DRAM.
The Beginning of Sorrow, Neglect of Business, Idleness, Languor, Loss of Appetite, Dulness and Heaviness, a love of Strong Drink increasing."

Detail 2: "We unto them that are might to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle Strong Drink… Isaiah 5C. 22v
The GROG SHOP.
Bad Company, Profaneness, Cursing and Swearing, Quarreling, & Fighting, Gambling, Obscenity, Ridicule, and Hatred of Religion, The Gate of Hell"

Detail 3: "Who hath wo? Who hath sorrow? Who hath contentions? Who hath wounds without cause?... They that tarry long at the wine. Prov 23
The CONFIRMED DRUNKARD. 
Beastly Intoxication, Loss of Character, Loss of Natural Affection, Family Suffering, Brutality, Misery, Disease, Mortgages, Sheriffs, Writs &c."

Detail 4: "The Drunkard shall come to poverty, Proverbs 23C 21V The wages of Sin is Death Romans 6C 23V
CONCLUDING SCENE.
Poverty, Wretchedness, a Curse, and Burden upon Society, Ha’nt, Beggary, Pauperism, Death."

John W. Barber, The Drunkard’s Progress, or the Direct Road to Poverty, Wretchedness & Ruin, 1826 (The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History)