Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-08-16


OF ITS parts ensues, and the machinery rends
Itself 20 pieces. For the organs, not being
intended to he acted upon by alcohol, be-
come excited to degree beyond their abii-
ty; aud ny successive repetition of this
unnatural excitement, their strength will
become exhausted and in consequence of
not being able To perform their duties. the
body of necessity must perish. But why
particuIarize, when the effects are SO visi-
BILE in the palsied hand; the redness, anl
wat"ry sufiusion Of the eye; the eutturalncss
and hoarscnrss Of the voice; the nauseous
taste; the reaching pain; the contraction of
me muscular tibres; the obstruction of the
digestive organs; the irritation of the skin:
the Inactivity Of the nervous system; the
hardness, aud infrariuosilies Of The brain:
the expansion. and inclnsricit, of the liver.
The weakness, aud irregularty in the action
OF the heart. These are living examples
OF the evil consequences of inlcmperance
upon the physical constitution Of man.
Nor are the mental injurics at all unlm-
portanr.
over the material part of creation, is ,ha,
which attaches such importance to man.-
or all crearrd excellence. il stands pre-cmi-
nrmllv first, BY its astonishing powers,
Newton acquired his immortaltv, in rctlu-
clng the apparent discordan, system of the
Universe to harmony. and order. BY its
aid Columbus triumphed over seeming i'm
possibilities; and his enterprises resu ted n,
the discovery of new hemisphere. With
| out II, the delightful, and sublime Science
Of Astronomy would have been wrapped
| in ohscnrity-Greccc would never have
become the model of every nation; her
temples Of Doric, Ionic. and Corinthian ar
chi'ecture, would never have attracted the
admiration OF gazing m,ulti,ud..s; her De-
mos'henes. her Homer, and her Socrates
would never have inscribed the marble with
their names. And vet sir>, strange as it
may seem, the energies of this noble r;,cuI
~ are paralised.hy the epervarine. influence
of ardent spIrIt. The mind under its power
is disqualified for the enjoyment of whatever
i, pleasing in itself, and cnnoblins in lis
ilnctualing. which il occnsinns, that the
mind is nnfI for close. and patient rcnccriun;
for tracing out an argument: consequent
Iy that application. essential 10 the attain
ment of any intellectual distinction cannot
he made. Ii not only ohS,ructs the dcvc-
npmeni of the mental faculties; but also
disables man from tral,sactine advanta-
ge0usiy the common business of life. If
| Il nah be a merchant he will make bad
bargains; if law err, he will make foolish
speeches. if n legislator, he will make un-
reasonable laws; if n counsellor he will ad-
wise wrongly. There is no >iiuaii m in life,
| whether mercantile, mechanical or profess
siona. in which, il does not seriously aflccr
| the execution Of those duties connected with
these several employnents. might pro-
duce many facts which would illustrate
! with sufficient force and ccarness the pont
in question:; bnt prcsuming that there is no
necessity for it. furbrar.
Sirs, Ills painful to be reminded Of in
stances Of Young men, whose intellectual
powers have been frustrated within them,
| by the ruthless unrclentinw hand of intrm
| perance; but for which they would have
formed no common constellation in the fir
nament Of the intellectual world; and of
whom ii may noi have been improper to
say, as Horace said of the young Marcellus,
- mical inter omnes
Julum sidus, velur inter ignes
Luna nIinores.
The memory of one whom respect claims
Il passing tribute He was a youth of
strong, and original mind, with n chastc
imagination, and every way, suited by ma
turc for cminence and distinction. He wn-
the boas, of his parents. They cxcrrrd eve
nv faculty. 10 afford him the best opportu-
niiv for his intellectual improvement. They
gloried in The superior buildings of his yonrh
fl mind; and when in his juvenile engage
mcnis for intellectual homors. he horc away
The palm Of many Il well-carncd victory.
they trnmphrd in his success, and looked
| with pleasing anticipation 'o'he period when
their laborS would he rcmunrratcd bv his pro
rcsSional pre- cinincnce, Bnt alas! their ex
prcta'ions were shoit as they were pleasing
fIc was artlrss and unsusprcting. Tcnpa
lions crossed his youthful path He shnd'l"r-
ed, piticd, embraced. and fell. Sad was the
fall; and many n tear was shed over this
miserable wreck Of promised oreaness.-