Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1839-10-31


spectacle and honorable in the estimation
OF the great mass of men; and, therefore,
any business whose usual ieudencyisto in-
crease panperisnl. crime, taxation. and IN
sanity, should never he licensed, and We
lament that under the present lawsso much
distress, poverty. and crime should be car
rietl into families and neighhorhoods. by
The agency Of tipping houses, every where
opened under the avowr" saIctiUn ol Le-
sislative authority.
"3. RYsoired, That while we conf
DENLY helieve ITO laws can efectually
check lle evil inques,inn, unless sustained
by wholesome public sentiment, we are
persuaded of their necessity to restrain
those who through the influence OLA base
interest, nr viIialed appetite, have become
callO,ls 70 the 'remons,rances, of The wise
aud virlunus.
~. RESOLVED. That we RE- olce in tile
eIowin. evidences. furnished hy various
popular meerng.o .oi surha wholesome pub.
lie sentiment heins formed. as will give
force To Legislative enaclmcnts; and view
with appnlsalfon the efforts which are
made TO urge thismaHer upon the attention
Of our own rulers, in the hnpe of having
Ihe prolific cause Of these Siiehtful evils
speedily remved.
8. S. ReSotred, That inasmuch as we
have the most abundant testimony, prov
in..lo the satisfaction leyerv candid mind
thai the grea'er Parrofall the taxati"n. inI-
morality, crime, aud lusaaily which Cypress
our country, arises from the use OF intoxi-
ealing drinks; il is the duty ofevery good
citizen and patriot to use prompt, euerge-
tic, and lawful means for its prevention.
and we regret 10 witness the backwar'lnrsS
Of some in every part OF the community
10 temperate with us, eitherlhroush Ii a mis-
apprehension OF our motives, or a gr0und-
less fear of being restrained in their liberty
-Md believe they olly need a better ac-
quaintance with ourim eN'ions, and a more
accurate understanding of what constitutes
our civ, freedom, in order to their hearty
concurrence in our proposed measures.
&c. Resoiued. That for diffusion oI
such needed Indignation, we earnestly re-
commend abe Snuth Caroliua Temperance
Advocate, The Temperance Banner, and
the Journal Of the American Temperance
Union, with other similar publications, to
he taken hv the friends ofrelonn, aud lihe-
rally distributed amans those who have
hitherto neglected 10 inform themselves
concerning the great work in which we arc
engaged. -
~. Resotred, That we will appoin' De-
leea1es 10 the meeting Of theEdse6eldCen-
tralBoarrl. on theTuesday Of Court week, in
October instant. 10 report our proceedings.
and to unite with lhenr in any proper mea-
sures To obtain the graad object OF our
tlesires."'
After the adoption Of these resolutions,
it was ordered by the society, that copies
of this portion of our proceedings he fur
ni<hcG by The Clerk for publication. in the
South Carolina Temperance Adsocate,
aud lhe Edgefeld Advertiser.
To TIC Editor Of The Edgefeld Adrcrtiscr.
Dear SIR:
In confo.tnhy with the foregoing or''er,
I'ransmittoyou copy file proceedings
referred 10, with a request, that you will
do us the favor Of giving them an insertion
in your paper.
]. NJ. MILLER.
Beech Island, Oct. 7. Secretary.