Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1847-06-02
From dc Temperance ADVOCATE.

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From tic Tempsrrncs dduoeate.
To TBE FRIENDS OF TEMPERANCE.
The Executive Cnmmiltee 10 whom
was assigned The duty Of fixing tho time
when the State Society should assemble
in Convention, on yesterday discharged
that duty, by appointing Wednesday, the
7th day OF July next. The place Of mee-
ting, Wmnsboro', bad been previously
fixed by the decision oeFths annual mee.'
ting in December last. sls3 /.
The time selected was for two reasons: !:
lst, that it might avoid the actual COM
memora,ion Of our country's siudepen-
dence, by leaving sufficient lime for each
member 10 attend TO that duty at home,
aud s,ill to reach the Conventions. 2nd;
that the meeting nigh, be 50 near 10 the
4'h Of July, that for all usefulspurposes it
might be considered ,as meeting with the
people Of F fairfield District, loeommemo-
rate that glorious triumph offIee govern
meni; aud to secure still more glorious
triumph, that q temperance from ALL sraidt
can intoricate.
The Executive Committee lhatter them
selves with the hope that there will be
full representation of all the Temperance
Societies in the Stale, in attendance on
that occasion. Theiime haa:cone, when
every man who l1vesthe cause of Tenn
perance must bestir hmseIflo maintain
| its existence for it cannotzbe disguised
that we have seriously retrog gfaded within
the las, rear or Two. This. {ry probably,
is robe asrrlbed 10 -ylfree calses. ISL, Cur
tpopularelectiousy carried on 40 thev loo
frequently are. under the influence Of in.
toxicatins drink. 2nd. The war feeling
which has arisen ou: of;our war with
Mexico. This has pervaded all ranks. to
the merging, for a time, of temperance
So. 100, it has given occasion to the freer
use Of intoxicating drink among The peo-
pie than was befors usual.-3rd. The
baneful influence of our grogshops.-This
has, for The time, obtained, Il had almost
said, The complete mastery of every thing
like decided effor, for the spread Of ten
perance. has indeed, melancholy as it
is to acknowledge it, broken and paraly yzed
! the free and noble spirit of many tenn
perance reformer. Many ,vho once 10ere
| ,uith US, are no,c against US. Temperance,
10 other words, like every other good Thing
often is, is no,g unpopular! and retailing,
like every Other wicked device Of Satan
ofpen rs, is no,0 popular.
IL is our business, men and brethren, 10
look these hin6rauces 10 our noble cause
boldly in tho face, and set ourselves about
the work Of correcting them. Beyond all
doubt we have lost many. and shall most
probably loso many more, OF theilukewatm
and Indifferent followers Of Temperance.
The cbaE must be separated from the
wheat, before The latter is useful. I,his
process loc huue undergone, and are STILL
undergoing. It's 10 be hopsd no,o. that
noue but The good end true ara or will be
in our ranks, and that therefore, looking:
to such materials, we shall be united in
the most efficient means Of carrying on
the work Of temperance.
The Aiken Resolutions arei horer to
be unfinchingty maintained; and lheir:
recommendations INCREASINGLY pressed upon
The people, until South Carolina shah place
herself alongside Of NJ Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, New York, Maine, New Hamp
shire, aud Vermont, in placing the retail
ing Of intoxicating drinks uader the ban Of
the law Gl.. 1l.i.
We have only to maintain the positions
which they embody, for year or, two
longer and opposition will go downs. for
magma est ueritas !-Great is The truth.
and like The little leayen spoken osin.lhe
scripture it will suon leavens slhe whole
lump. Every honest, unprejndiced. man
admits the truth Of the propositions main.
tanned by the Aiken Resolutions. Their
expediency is the only question raised by
any one. The doubt about,he expedien-
cy is the result oftimidily. Let the peo.
pie of the Stale simply do like Colonel
Miller, try 10 carry out the measure which
they recommend, aud like him, They will
succeed. TX ss.,lislGs zs;s Is =
Before YOU assemble your delegates
will have me. the Georgia Convention.
and will therefore return to.you laden with:
glad tidings from our beloved, younger,
but greater, and more energetic. sister.
Wehepe that Georgia, will honor US by a
full representation at cur meeting. al
1--we can. succeedi OBJ.
tanning the presence of her gifted sons,
Lumpkin, Mesbitt, Bragg, Kendriek,. k,.and
others, we shall feel.lhal our, cause will be
greatly aided.
North Caroline, too. We hope, will be.
represented. Portions'of her ,noble:ppPu.
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