Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1844-02-21
Eageheld Court HOUSE, S. c., February "a, AsAA.

to lay up in store for yourselves food fu
future enjoyment
Merit. We scarcely need remind you
that To- l0reso profit is as much an act o.
self: denial as to contribute out of our &C,
iquired possessions. So that if you should
be prevailed to abandon The traffic in thai
which is likely to bring you certain gain
you may be regarded as contributing tina,
amount fnr.he suppression Of vice and the
mitigation Of wrelchedness.
Aguin. We would remind you lha,
responsibility and standing in the eye Of
the community carry with them high and
important responsibilities. They enhance
and sci forth the good, but they ageravate
and spread abroad the evil consequences
of every act or opinion; and 10 say that
the public always expect to receive atone
and impulse in matters of great and gene
raj interest from those whose education
and station, and influence. render them
most likely TO arrive at Just conclusions, is
only to stale whal in the promntion Of the
temperance cause in this commonwealth
we have 100 often been made painfully 10
feel.
We would neIt beg you seriously 10 con-
slider lha, the importation and sale of in :
roxicaling liquors by persons whose pames
stand among The highest in the community
is an example. which those whu are sIriv-
ling 10 suppress inlemperance by the disuse
of these liquids as an}ordinary beverage
find it extremely difficult TO withstand.
The retaiIor receives his supplies fronlyou,
and is the only negoiator between your
selves aud the drunkard who iulicis under
the influence Of those stimulants which you
introduce into the State such fearful inju.
ries upon himself, his family, his. friends,
the community and the Stale at large.
We would further slate that the present
is no attempt 10 compel you either by the
strong arm Of Legislation or by tine force
Of public opinion 10 furego the profits
which you have been accustomed to make
in this business, but we desire onlyro per
sua,lc you Of your own accord 10 do thai
which we.are satisfied philanthropy, pa
lriotism, reason, good feeling aud religion
will never permit you TO hlush al or resrel.
Aud with inc same confidence that we
wou ID call npun you among the very first
to help forward by your pecuniay eonlri-
buiious any cause which had Tor its end
Gods glory or man's best welfare, or the
public good. We respectfully aud earn
estly beseech you to cease, even at a Pc
cuuiary sacrifice, TO carry on "A busine~
which we think none can deny is supply.
ing irtemperance in our stale with its most
periluus jrovocatiYe, its most fatal stimu.
lanl. ss
We are aware that others might take
your PLACES, but those Others would noi be
you. and the moral weight of your high
responsibility and deserved influence would
he all on our side. We know that our pro.
.Iuce is exchanged for these articles, and
non importation may diminish The value
OF our staples. Blu, the best aud most
valuable staples of commonwealth are,
men. virtrous, intelligent. honest, sober,
pious nen--and any exchanges which in
juriously effect hesc must be dsadvanta'
seous. The misery and degradation, aud
positive pecnniary loss. Of which these ar.
licles are The prnlifc seed. are but poorly
compensated for by the highesI prices foI
The mos, abundant harvests. Crowned
heads as well as free republics are begin
ming 10 count The cost of iniemperance
and if the aulocrat of Russia has been viii.
ling, a, the solicitation Of au American
friend Of importance, To abolish number
of his stills, the emolument of which went
directly inlo the imperial Golfers. we will
moi permit ourselves TO suppose that the
highly intelligent and patriotic merchants
of South Carolina, will turn deaf ear lc
a respectable Judy of their fellow citizens
who, engaged in confassedlv good, bul
arduous enterprise, solicit their co-opera
lion, By. The abandonment of the compare
lively small profit derived from Tile trade
in these n0xlous sllnnianls.
If the Emperor Of China, at the cost o.
so many millions, at the hazard Ola Iearfu
war, was content To destroy an immense
quantity Of that fatal drug, which wa:
crushing the energies of ils subjects, shal
il be that there is not in America, epishr
ened Anslo-Saxon, Free America. mora
virtue enough TO Danish spontaneously
these liquid poIsons, which have been oil
frsing through our veins such silent and
sow but inevitable death, We will no
believe it. Tell il not n Russia-let i
mi be whispered in the palaces Of Pekin
Desputism would revolt at the thought
and the friends Of republicanism would
sicken al the intelligence. Rather woulc
we indulge the hope, that this our earncs
and afectionate appeal. will not be los
upon the minds of our fellow countrymen
Then may prosperity bless you as thei
bencfacIors.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
w. Ii. B iRNWELL, Chairman.
The Hon. John BeIton O'Neal. Chair
man of the Committee appointed to pre-
pare an Address to the Militia Officers o
tue Stale OF South Carolina, reported tht
following Address, which was adopled;
T'ohe Officers of the Militia Of the Stat
nf ,Sourb Toroj;oo