Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-31

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75OOO* Two hundred and thirteen ttou-
sand. seuen hundred and Gydollors ! Now
do Nessrs. SYLVESTER & Co. design to pay
this L? They are certainly liable forlt, since
no hing is said about deduction and, a.
customed as they must be 10 advertising
and publishing, as they do, a paper them
selves, they must be as able as ourselves 10
estimate the probable cost. But, suppose
they honestly design to pay, and ob ain
deduction, in each instance. can 1t De more'
in the aggregate, than one half! SuPPosns
it so very large, still it would leave them
m IRE than 100000 to pay. Do they mean
to paw such a sum, or even one.fourth,
which would be over $4,000? lf'hey do,
what must be the general profits of Lotter'
les, and what The chances. of The eereg'ous
dupes who encourage them =? Talk OF
gambling-we believe there is no gambling
worse, more delusive, mischievous. d"mor-
aizing aud ruinous, than Lotteries! In our
former notice Of the subject. we illustrated
their deadly influences, and gave instances
within cur own knowledge, of the misery,
ruin, and crime, occasioned by them.
1t is time for the public to reflect on this
subject, especially parents and guardians
and to consider whether they will longer tol.
| crate such curse-sucha fascinating vor
tex of ruin and shame, 10 their children and
wards. We particularly appeal to the
Press! Will it longer permit itself TO be
made the lure and pander Of a vice so de-
lusive, mischievous, and demorallzlng =
holding forth the fascinating temptations OF
these gambling shops, before the eyes ofalI
their readers ? Is there single editor that
doubts their deadly influence Not one
Why, then, should any one suffer his COL
smns to be disgraced and perverted by
,hem' For The sake of few dolIars-or
rather, the mere "chance" of them-for
we need not say to the conductors ef the
press, how faithfully or literally such adverI
tisemements are generally paid for And
is any editor so low, that he would prostitute
his press to acknowledged evil, for such a
consideration. Was the press established
for such purposes, or can it maintain ITS
proper character and influence, in connexon
with them? And is it enough for an editor
TO saw, while he condemns lotteri"s, that
he is not accountable for wnat appears IN
his advertising columns? As we'll might
an unfeelng vsnder Of liquors, to those
whom it infurates and maddens or poison,
TO the inexperienced and unwary, say he
was not accountable for its effects ; or the
man who rents his house for gambling Pur-
poses, or brothel, that he lsno wise res.
ponsible for the wickedness done in it.
Iii gratifying TO witness what has already
been done on this subject and wetrust the
good work will 90 on. till it is completed.
Georgia has prohibited lotteries, and lottery
advertisements, also, under severe penaI't'rs.
Virginia, also, by an act OF her last LegIsIa.
lure, has prohibited lotteries, after brief
period and this State has inflicted tax on
them, amounting TO prohibition. This suffi-
cienrly marks the feeling and policy OF our
State. Us doo;d-dly opposed to lotteries and
as every good citizen will yield ready as
sent TO the laws, and the will Of the people,
we trust that the press will not set an evil
exampl., by acting in conflict with them in
the publication ofthe Lottery advertisement
in question, or any others. IT, however,
any of our papers should do so. we hope
they will come out openly and independently,
and give their reasons for it. We should
like to see if any one is willing openly to
advocate lotteries or lottery advertisements,
or can do so with any show of reason or
prop-iety.
But, though lotteries are prohibited by
law, in the States referred TO, it is believed
tha, they are still carried on by secretagen.
cies and these. such advertisements are
calculated geatly TO encourage and pro-
mote. We trust the people will set their
minds decidedly against every thing Of the
kind and should be gratifed to see the ad.
vertisemcnts, also, prohibited, as in Georgia
by our Legislature. .at its next sesslon.-So.
Corohnian.
1T did not occur to Us, in making this call
culation, that a large portion of the papers are
published semi.weekly, trl-weekly, and daily
which will greatly increase the entire cost
probably at least three fold.