Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-02-21

And why should it not be thus in ouI
Navy. Why should the gallant sons o.
our Navy be tempted to drain The cup oi
woe. by the very government which it is
their ambition aud glory to defend; aud
"hich Government has enacted severe
laws for the punishment of inlemperance
in the Navy.
We rejoice to know that selfresr rect, as
well as the high principles of philanthropy,
have constrained many of them TO take
and keep the temperance pledge.
Recent statistics show thai large num-
Gers IF The men composing the creU Of our
public uessels voluntariiy reiinquiSh their
grog for the stipulated commutation, aol-
wilhstanding it is found that the practical
working of the late reduction TO one gill
per day, is against Total Abstinence" p"
asthe inducemenl to abstain for The COM
mutation Of two cenls per day is small in
comparison with the previous allowance
Of six cents per day-whiIe it is admitted,
throughout the service, that the reduction
was good one, as il furnishes the men
with lea, sugur, Sc, in lieu of the extra
gill and it is confidently believed by
your Memoralists. that the entire Danish
ment Of spirituous liquors from our public
ships would tend vastly 10 insure good dis
cipline-for, il is universally stated by the
officers of the. Navy. that it is the arch
enemy of good organization and mild mill
tary discipline.
The developments of science, and the
sound judsmeuJ of The age, based on the
experience of the past, condemn it as a
b-verage.
III The Mercantile Marine, The progress
of Temperance is even more striking than
in the Navy, hence there need be M fear
that men will not volunteer for the Navy,
when The Spirit Ration is abolished. New
York City supplies the larger portion of
the enlislnents in the Navy, and in New
York there is single Marine Temperance
Society. numbering over fourteen thousand
members, and We believe the SONS Of the
sea keep their pledges quite as sacrcdly as
those on The land. Every Mercantile
City in The Union has large Temperance
Societies, and our temperance ships float
in every sea.
The time then, we believe, has fully
come, when recified public seutNent,
as we'll as sound policy, and the princi-
Piles of right will justify. and the country
viii commend The granting of the prayer
Of your petitioners, who, as in duty bcnud,
will ever pray
The Rev. Mr. Barnwell. Chairman OF
the Committee appointed to prepare an
address to The importers Of and wholesale
dealers in intoxicating liquors, reported
The following address, which was adopted
address on ihe part Of the Temperance
Conupntion. held IN Charleston on the
9Th day of February, lSl4, 10 thr i'm
porters 8 lcholesuLe rtnders Of ,ntoriGGt-
ing liquors in the State Of South Caro-
lima.
FRIENDS s. FELLOW CITIZENS:
We venture TO appeal TO your i5erality
and philanthropy in a matter Of some deli
cacy, by which our regard for our race in
general-(or your own hes, welfare-for
The prosperity of our Stale, and, the honor
OF God suffers us moi To overlook. We are
happy to believe ,ha, those whom we al-
dress are too intelligent not 10 perceive
The prosperity ofour State. and the honor
of God suffers us moi TO overlook. We are
happy to believe that those whom we ad-
dress are too intelligent not 10 perceive
the propriety of our application, and too
respectable TO receive it with any Thing
but attention. The interest which yom
unquestionably feel in the well being Of
the common. heallh--the readiness which
many of you habilually evince 10 make
personal sacrifices for the general good
the nncOnsciousneSs under which we are
persuaded you labor as to The extent Of
The moral evil which grows ou of The
custom 10 which we would direct your al.
tention. all conspire 10 urge US in our
course, and we should be mortified in the
extreme, if II should appear in the least
degree uncaled for or offensive. :
We deprecac all suspicion of desire
10 dictate. We disdain all inleulion OF
censure. But without pretending to ques
rion your perlecl righ 10 import or receive
upon consignment any quantity, and any
kind Of liquors that the state OF The mar
ket seems 10 call fur. we. venture,in The
name of the many reformed inebriates in
our Srate--In lhe name Of their wives,
children, parents aud friends-in the name
of oar loved Stale, which oucs blushed al
their downfall, but now smiles al their re-
covery; aud above all, in The name Of our
God, who has rejoined US by precept and
| examnIe 10 deuy ourselves for The sake ul
doing good to others-we implore ) ou 10
abandon the importation aud sale Of such
liquors as can inloXicatc.
As we are aware that The application
we make is one of no ordinary character,
and this is the first time that you have
been specifically addressed upon The sub
ject, it may he expected that we should
lay before you some considerations, which
we hope may have their due influence
upon. your minds.
First. We would beg you to bear in
mind that TO make personal sacrifices for