Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-08-09
TG. 81.
[BY Requesf:;1

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FAIR PROSPECTS OF MASSACHUSETTS,, s.
IENHEssEE.-Ihcsc two States i,avr Eov'.
by lhc free voice of the people. huni>htd
from their borders the entire retail oi >ri.-
itunus liquors, except by the apo,hrcatI as
a common medicine. This has been done.
r"' by any political party, or scc;ariai,
bi"otry. hut by men of all parties. and all
! sccts;-not hy small runjorl,y, bu, l.; q
large one; an. in the former State D., iie
voice of ,nore Than two-thirt!> of hcr $, 2
tors and representatives, in general cuu.t
assembled. In both s,atcsit has hcrn don.
on The ground that the article is neither
nefdful nor useful. and that the trafic L,i,:cs
upon The community AN amount of lau-
pcrlsn, Cr,,!e, and v Wrctchetness. nor iu .r.
borne. There is no reason to suuuose.
therefore, that it will ever he restored, bu:
that, hcnccforth, these States will movc.c,-
ward without Il licensed tavern or dram
shop; 90 far as the laws are executed. Wills
out the ordinary sale, in any place of a.d.7..
spirits as beverage. Let US nIauce 81: =.
few of the probable results.
]. A drnnkard in those states will. here.
after be Il rare spectacle.
:. Most of the present race of drunkar.;s
wal he reformed; such as continue tiruul;-
ards, will continue So on wiuc, hccr, u,,c
cider, and getting arden, spirits from un-
prncip'ed apothccarics and physiciu,,s. as
Il medicine hut the most will remove i:.;o
other States.
., The tavcrns and public houses will as
sumo new aspect; be neat ANA luvc COM
nrlablr accommodations for travellers more
like private than public houses; no drrnl-
ards hanging around them; no filthy bar
rooms filled with obscene, pro:iiue raLblc
no bloated, staggering har-kccrcr for the
host; no noise at midnight, disturbing re-
pose.
4. In the seapOrts Of the one, and the
river towns oftlIc other, there will he no land
sharks 10 catch the poor sailors & boatmcn.
Sailors boarding houses and lodging places
Will he places of safety, from which The poor
seaman may 60 out un,arnishcd, With all
that IS his, To his own dear home, or TO his
path OH the mighty waters.
D. With the destruction of dram selling,
IN ports and harhours, will, in Il great n,c;l-
sure cease gambling. dchau"hcry. fighting,
robbery. nlanslauchter. and the like,
/. u. More, than lhree-.nnr,hs of the cri,ncr
a'i'i t'"cirsf'fr' tTiusc sr;,tr, iiifS- t,...-s
and more than three .ourI!ls of the iaXaIiu,
ocraSIoncd by those evils be, in future, dis
penSed with.
The frequency Of disc eascs may Le
greatly lessencd. and future cpidemics, like
The cholera, may be expected to be far less
destructive.
8. The number Of insane will ie much
less than IN former wears. No wives will
be whipped and murdered, and no children
bruised and manned hy husbands, and faith
ers made fends by rum.
.. Locomotives. stages, ships, and all
Kinds oi violent machinery, may he man
aged with NradineSs and caution that will
secure safety TO travellers, owners, and all
cugaSed in aud abou, them.
lO. The rising generation " i'll come IN
hcalihful and vigorous, wi,hou, bodily. ncn-
'ai' or moral deterioration, from strong
drink.
IL. The war spri, will subsiGc, and
military days will be comparatively harm
less 10 community; while, by The prevalence
0i temperance. the public arm will be
nightly strengthened.
II. Education will be far more widely
diliuScd- In no town viii ihcrr be, us ior-
merry, ten or dozen families mace 100
poor, by The tavern and the dram-shop, 10
| ciothc their children and send them 10
school.
l3 The elective franchise will BE- prescr
we'd IN grcai purify. Mcu " Ill vUIc with
clear heads and sound hearts !or those who
are to rule over them, while the political
dcn'aSoSue, stripped OF his most po,cnt
armour, will sink IN contempt.
ii. Public morals vii! every where lie
impro'cd: The efficiency ni the suspc! he
augmented; the house OF God .ncrca>i.i-lv
| honoured; and muIitudus OF souls who, had
the sale of spIri'nous liquors mol hecn siin-
pressed, might have ira, eilcd through woes
unulterabe TO the drunknh's Craze, NAV
now be trained and prepared Tor the end
less joys Of heaven.
Are such the reasonable prospects or
| Massachusetts and Tennessee! What Stale
| in the east and west will be slow. 10. follow
their cxample!-Jourml A,aericun Itmp.
Union.