The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1842-09-07

letHoVe Your pICJuu'C|'' W. -
to "come and 60 with U.s." 10 persuade
you to do so, we would say, do wish
TO serve your country? If you say
yes, we ask you again,s is sobrlety or IN
dui9ence in intoxicating drinks that which
will best qualify you for her serVIce!I
We know that you have too often scorned
the drunken public officer, to believe that
YOU will dare to clothe yourself with IN
toxication wien yon seek her service
Do YOU wish to be the useful citizen,
"provding for your own household, ana
doing good towards your fellow menu
Be sober-drink not at all of the lntnxl-
eating cup, and you will be blessed! DO
YOU wish to be healthy? Swallow not
poison, for alcohol, the Intoxicating quail.
iiy of all spirituous and malt liquors and
wine is poison-the most deadly poison
known to medicine. Do you wish for
length of days! The incorporate man
is cut short before he has half run his
course! The sober man, the man auho
drinks no Intoxicating drink, doubles his
chances for long life. Do you wish Tor
wealth! Is it to be found in the protuson
and waste of the man who drinks mtem-
pcra,cly? No! is the answer on every
lip. Let the temperate drInker, how
ever, calmly examine his own a"count.--
Let him ascertain the annual cost OF the
wine, beer, ale, cider and spirltuous IL
quors which he drinks or gives to his
friends: the amount even to the most eco
nomical will be startling-to this let him
add the time lost in drinking, the annual
bills for medicine and medical attendance,
which he incurs by diseases caused direct
ly or indirectly by temperate drinking
and he will find it sum worth saving
In the language of DR.. Franklin, "a pen
nv saved will be penny earned" If he
becomes one of us "who touch not, taste
not" Il
Do you desire to be happy? 1t is well
known that intoxicating drink is, IN no
shape, an ingredient IN the cup OF human
beIongs to wretchedness, to
poverty and to crime. But water, clear,
pure. cold water is Gods own beverage
bestowed upon man, for his benefit and
blessing, and is typical of that 'water OF
which if.any man drink ne shall never
thirst acain!" 1t is to this element we IN
vite YOU to return, to drink, and TO be
happy; not only men, but women and
children. In this way it is, we expect
hat the sigh of the hcart-brokcn Wife,
and the waiings of the worse than Or
onan children of the drunkard, will cease
in the land.
Do you wish crime to cease! Every
man answers enthusiastically. yes! We
reply, destroy the parent! Give up IN
toxicating drinks, and crime will cease:
Men will cease to quarrel, to fight, and
to slay, when the spirit of dIscord-ln-
drink, is Withdrawn from a.
mong them!
Do you wish drunkenness to cease IN
the landl Yes. oh yes, is the answer OF
mothers clasping their ragged children 10
their bosom: of children, who arc crouch
inc down around their hearl-strcken mo-
thcr. to avoid the demoniac glance OF their
parent: and Of men who love
God and eschcw evil! To them, to all
men every where, we say, in total abstl-
ncnce from all which can intoxlcate, is
found that charm which saves the drunk
ard in his worst condition. Toprove this,
in the language of our fathers we say,
''lel facts speak, Enter into the homes
of the tn usandS of Reformed DrunkardS
in these United Sta es. and they tell you,
that in cold water, they have sunk and
overcome their deadliest foe. Their
wives and children are no longer IN rags
and poverty: they are no longer in wretch,
edncss and woe: they are now clothed
and surrounded with abundance; their
faces are radiant with Joy and gladness.
Who will, who can retard this work.
Who can be so unfeeling as not to unite
in this excellent attempt to save noble and
erring men? Fathers, brothers, sons, can
YOU resist the drunkard's appeal when
TO you he stretches out his arms as ne
sinks in the food Of intoxicating drink
and cries, "save me or | perish!" Moth
ers, wives, sisters, and daughters, can
you look on with indifference at the effort
which is making to save all who are dear
to you, and with their safety to secure