Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-08-30

miracle is required; the means are simple
but their effects are intellectually great
Claim not the virtues Of Your fathers. III
supply the deficiencies of your own. True
patriotism recognizes no Kindred with that
breast, which claims any virtue but its own
5e moral, virtuous, intelligent, temperate
Tor by proper direction Of these moral en-
crSIcs, YOU may calculate with uuerring
certainty, upon the pcrpvtuiiv of your free
anu national Institutions: for no nation has
over been c"slHvcd until il was first cor
rup'cd. If it he your ambition to climh the
steep, 'whcrc fumes proud temple shines
alar,' to cultivate any one of the arts aud
scIcnccs-t" become statesmen, orators or
p"cts-to improve your classical taste. by
visiting the land Of Homer and gazirg upon
her breathing temples, the FIRST step mus,
be taken here. for temperate habits arc cs-
scntlal to your success. The mind aud
body need the exercise of all their original
powers; and that TO tho full extent of their
ability, to the aItainmcnt of any important
acquisition. lncmpcrancc debilitalcs the
physical powers, cncrvales the mind-dc
lii"raliHcs the moral sy>icnl.-tlistluaiIics
lor the duties Of life. 70 be It's suhjcci is
misery. I" be its slave is the worst OF deaths.
fh,hcrs ~ Mothers. what are your feelings
and what are your thoughts! The subject
addresses itself to you with more than COM
mon interest. Have you sons, and if su.arc
ihty temperate, or are they in,rmpcratc!-
INC fabric Of your domestic happiness is I'M
Pcr'cct and incomplete if any lis parts or
aPPendaScs are wanting. You have it in
your power to determine what shall be the
condition of the rising gcncr,,ion. You
can transfer the very Iinca,mcnlS of your
character, 10 your ciiIdrcn's children to
the IaicSttimc. You should summon what
ever ol moral courage remains: and bring
your power to bear with elect i'm the de
s'ruction of Il vice, the consequences of
which, we all have occas:nn, more or less
To lament. You caunol be Indifferent spcc,a-
tors 10 Il scene frauoht with such moral con-
sequences. Here is virtue; there is vice.
Here Is honor; there is dishonor. Here is
happiness; there is misery. Here is com
potency; there is want. Here is pleasure:
there Is pain. These virtues and vices
stand in friShttul array against each other;
and sad will be the consequences if virtue
be defeated.
gentlemen Members OF the Association
whose organ am! The efforts which you are
making for the heneli, of posrcr,y. evince
20 Unss! ss.'n2n sI9 snrit 9i hsicrssied Pspeyo
grasp is noble: but TO free world from
moral death is still noblcr. 'rwas this that
gave to Howard his Immortality, and It's
this that will intcrwcavc Your memories, in
the very link, that binds the future to the
present. The prospects oithc Temperance
Reformation have never been more ilalcr-
ing than at The present crisis. In different
parts OF This Republic, medical associations
have been formed, to aid III SupprcsSiug The
evils OF in'cmpcrancc. Accordin. To the
best authority, there are in these United
States, more than 1000 Temperance So
ciciics, with an aggregate of more than J..
.''u.0h0 members. In Europe. ASIA aud
Africa, II has excited an interest, which will
never snhsidc, until il shall triumph on the
very spot, whence it dates lis origin.
And now.if:h Temperance Reformation
when in the cradle oi its n!iancy, was nur-
turcd: II IN lis youth il was sIppurtcd now
that IL has arrived to n,anloOd; with The same
care that watched over its infancy; with the
same effort, thai defended its yonih. with The
same interest, that gives effect and lnpnr-
tancc toit manhood, il will ever remain a
living commentary of your benevolent cxcr.
tons. You hay" in this enterprise laid a
deep and extensive foundation for the cree
tion OF grand moral cditcc. How orear
aud magnificent shall lie the supcrs,ruciurc
Is The work of pos,cri.y. AIny the beauty
ana grandeur of the c,licc, correspond to
HE extent and so!idity of lis iounLarion,
MAY lis towering height necessarily rise.
until The clouds of heaven shall ever lin.cr
and play upon lis summit!