The bases of the temperance reform: an exposition and appeal./ With replies to numerous objections. By Rev. Dawson Burns.

Appendices.
I might almost say that I have enjoyed uninterrupted
health; and I am, therefore, a living proof that ardent
spirits are not necessary for physical endurance under
any circumstances of toil and trial. It was this conviction
which led me, when Secretary of War, to authorize the
commutation of the ration of ardent spirits, previously
issued to the troops, for the equivalent in coffee and
sugar." During the sanguinary war between the Federal
and Confederate armies (I86I-5), some of the ablest commanders on both sides were those who carried the temperance principle most rigidly out by precept and example,
as for instance, Stonewall 7ackson and General Stuart
among the Confederates, and General Howard among the
Federals. The exclusion of liquor from the camps was
found indispensable to sobriety, discipline, and military
success.
7ames Bruce, the African traveller, I768-73, states: "I
lay down, then, as a positive rule of health, that spirits
and all fermented liquor should be regarded as poisons,
and, for fear of temptation, not so much as to be carried
along with you, unless as a menstruum for outward application. Spring or running water, if you can find it, is
to be your only drink."
Dr. Livingstone, writing from Kuruman, South Africa,
Nov. I2, I852, said: "I have acted on the principle of
total abstinence from all alcoholic liquors during more
than twenty years. My individual opinion is, that the
most severe labors or privations may be undergone without alcoholic stimulus, because those of us who have endured the most had nothing else than water, and not
always enough of that."
Mr. Charles Waterton, the eminent naturalist and author
of "Wanderings in South America," writes: "I eat moderately, and never drink wine, spirits, or any fermented
liquors in any climate. This abstemiousness has ever
proved a faithful friend." Mr. Waterton, who died from
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