Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-08-23

W
Mr.. SUAREs, of Aiken. S. c. bctorr the Cen
trail Temperance Board of Edgciic!d Districr,
i'll the Baptist Meeting House in Marcel, last,
AMI was unanimously requested for pubIica.
ton. (Continued from our last.
Nor are the effects upon our moral cons,i-
tuition, less to be appreciated.
In the economy of those laws established
for the regulation Of our conduct, il is SO or.
dancd. that virtue is synonymous with hap.
pncSs, aad vice with misery. Reason aud
experience teach us that this relation has
been so strictly, aud uniformly observed.
thai it is morally impossible for man OF
Vicious aid lntempercalc habits to be happy:
as much so as il would be for two bodies TO
I'LL Tie same space at one and The same
time From this prInciplc; and from on.
knowledge of the constitution of mans NOR.
al nature, we are pursuauctl, that there
Could not nave been more powerful tn
6inc employed in producing such as,unish-
ing disorder, as has been SO often iamc.tn-
bly Witnessed in the innral Condition. Of every
Incorporate mau. Reason, which has been
given to man for useful and important pur
poses. and especially to control and re.u
late his desires, to rcctify the dcus0ns ol
Ills senses; To trace effects IL IlcIr ca,,sc,
is prevented from performing so desirable,
an end by the asceudan,y. which The pa,
sions have acquired. And sirS, wiIa, is Tie
cilert of this! Man, unndcd hv reason, and
slave 10 his passions Is like ,hc ,ruut.o..
ola v"Icano,lilat blign,s Whatever II touches.
or like the icnpcsi, thar uproors by its desc.
iat'nS power the majn.tic pine, ana the
venerable 'ak. Reason and cDnsci nc. :,
Doih luclich AMID the vocilera.luns al tn,
passions. can now do no more, Than sit and
weep at the am ful catastrophe, that is soon
To consummatc his suilrrinss, aud SINK i,u,
to the lowest depths OF black despair. I Inc
salulary restraints OF law, and the sacred
authority OF religion, are alike Insufficient
70 control the bUisIcrols cuuiuoliuns of In,
nature. 10 check 'iin in his miserable ca
recr, would be us difficult task, as to force
back tie waters oi Il cataract, or stem lbci,
current with straw. incompetence has
cas-, dismal aspect over the moral uni,
verse. Many star, that shone with bril-
Iiancy in lis armament, has sunk beneath
the horizon. aud set in darkness forever. |,
destroys all tho noble affections of the soul.
1t demoraliscs the whole man, and makes
filter subject for the companionship of
brutcs, than an associate of intelligent be-
lnss. Ii destroys all sense OF honor, mtcg-
rity and moral obligation. Ii casts its sub
Il
no other prospects than the blackncss OF
darkness forever. If they are husbands,
they will abuse their wives. If fathers,
they will con,aminutc the morals of their
children. If children, they will dsnbcy
their parents. How often do we see whole
families drunknrds, and furics. Sometimes
husbands numbering wives; wives hus-
bands; parents-cIildrcn and children
parents. Sirs this is but a miniature of
the extent to which intcmpcrance affects
the moral condition of man. '1'is no mark
oi cllcinracy to weep over the the moral
dcso'ation which has so fatally marked the
progress Of inlempcrancc. If Nerxes went
(when he surveyed his innumcrabc army
mt the Straits of Thcrmopvlr) at the rcncc.
ton. that not one Of that extensive army
would survive the lapse Of a hundred years
what orcasion is here for tears! II Caesar
she'd flood of tears at The sight Of Pom
pcy's head, what occasion is here for tcnrs,
1ntcmpcrance has for centuries, been seat.
tering moral death in every direction. The
scene of its operation is not confined tc
place. rank condition or sex. The pcasan,
and the prince arc alike sub icct o It's power
Need | tell you that Alexander the Great