Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-11-24
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FOR THE ADVERTISER.
"TrmpERAECE BUTsLICENSE,"

is the proposition or assertion. it might be
measured precisely by the arg,tmem adduccd in
its support. IIc tells us the mass of mankind
use some stimulus or others This is admitted.
But the prevalence of the habit is not proof of
the necessity of the thing. We admit the ne
ccssity of a stimulus occasioaally-i. E., when
nature is unable to revive byfrest. 1t is injuri-
Gus to the system, when needing rest, to stmu-
late. 1t makes nature oycrdo herself, and there
by waste in greater measure, her remaining
strength If rest, and tired natures sweet
rcstorer" fail, then stimulate. We doubt not
the patient s feels the necessity of a stimulus
occasionally. But shall we3eonclude from this
that ardent spirits, obtained from licensed grpg.
shop, is the rery Thing. Wfcna man feels the
necessity of using it habituqlly, we suppose the
necessity is found in his viliaied TASTE 1t is ne
ccssary for a habiual drinker to drink to keep
up "his spiritsn and to keepffrom wanting it
present. And it is true that he feels this ncccs-
sity-he feels it not in his.head or heart, but in
a ritiatsd appetite In common terms he feels
like he ,rants dram. 1t does not follow from
| this, however, that any ueH man reeds stimu-
lus of any kind. Nor doesIt follow that the
sirky portion of the community need stimulus.
And if some of them dotneed stimulating. it
does not follow that out ofthe many slimuants,
ardent spirits is the zone thing necdful." 1t is
IL bud symptom for man toihavc disease that
can be cured q by going in person to a sroS-
shop.
We intcrposc an objection TO the apparent in
nocencc which t. T. But L.nSgivcs ardent spirits,
BY chasing It with other stlmulants ofa compar-
a,ivcly harmless nature. He classes it with
sTea, Coffee" &C., &c. SD far as stimulus in
TIC abstract goes, they may thus be classed But
arden, spirits is something more. lie admits
that Liquor by producing inforication, is per-
haps the cause of more injury to others than any
of the other s,imulants." ;a'liis admission is i'll
substance this: thatsif a man drink liquor till he
gets drunk he : perhaps" does others more inju.
ry than if he were to takcts:a frequent strong
and hot cup Of of Tea or cqStfse.". But as if lie
were aGrsid the readerM: 3 oIeadily believe
his perhaps, sT. BUT L." says in the last SEN
tencc, I" But utterly deny that liquor is more
injurious to man as an Individual, than other sti-
null" do not at present remember ever see
ing or hearing it denied before, and not expect
ing to sec it again soon shall not attempt to
prove that drunkenness Is "pcrhdps" more inju-
rious to the individual than would be q cup of
coffee or qud of tobacco. Notwithstanding the
above denial, he says soon after that he " could
wish all liquor were displaced by Tea and Cof-
fee, which afford the advantage Of stimulus
without any of its evil effects" We can, how
over, reconcile the two sentences, by fonhning
the g evil consequences" to others
Although many who use Coffee, &C., do not
use liquor, yet the drau,-drinkcr does not always
(loos he erepD ponfnc himself to the liquor sti-
muus alone. lie generally chews, or smokes,
Frequently both; the gambler is Il dram-drink-
err often drunkard have heard of one gam
bier in my life who was not tipplcr Indeed the
user of liquor is generally the indulger in the
other stimulants as the " Theatre, the Turf the
Cockpit the Brothel, and the thousand IIclls,"
which serve 10 stimulate that fell necessity of
his nature, and properly mature his =" Individual"
body for the drunkard's vault, and his soul for
the specific stimulus of hell.fre.
ct. But L." closes his first article by telling
hi. readers what Southcrner and the South
will do and what they will not do. They will
not submit to dctaton," "t the many headed
monster" sc. It might do for GraniteviIlr,
Greenwood, or Cokesbury, TO say you shall drink
no liquor in gros-slops in our village, but it ILL.,
becomes this little capital to tell the people Of
the district so. A grog-shop is necessary"
traffic i'll Edge6cld village. So the villagers
must submit and keep open grog-Shop for thv
accommodation Of country tipplcrs, to drink and
curse, and blackguard before their doors, and
sometimes in the doors of their dwellings, re-
gardIess of their wives and children-and fight
! and murdep and snoak off home. And TINS il
is we oaD account for what we often hear
Edgc6cld village is one Of The worst places !
ever saw"
at. But l." would not have the villagers to
Hdutatc" even though they do it soberly, as free
men at The baltot-bor, under The prerogatrc Of IN
corporation. No, no. This would Le monstor.
Bat if they silently submit to whatever a g wet''
council, grog-sollers. dranl-deinkers, and drunk
ards may choose to do, why this at once by a
wonderful talismanic transmutation converts
EdgcfeId village intoa Glorious Southern Re.
public, or a folded snake" which would say, to
all Intermediates, Let me alonc," 60.
The sum of the second and third articles OF
IT. BUT L." so far as they have any relevancy
to the subject of his first is, that the venders and
drinkers of Rum, Gin, &c. in England, Ireland
and Scotland were and are like many Of tho
same CLASS in tho United States-opposcrs, ha.
TORS, dcnounccrs violators. and evaders Of any
law whose spirit does not chime with tippler's
throat. From the hilure of legislation and ex'
ceution to drive the use of liquor from this and
other lands, are we to conclude that the efforts
were wrongs Great efforts have been made by
Legislation and preaching to get people TO quit
slpaling, but they steal Onto get them to desis1
from robbing and murder, but they will not dc
it. Shall the law be repealed. Shall We abol
ish the law existing against dram.shops because
unprincpcd men will sell rum-in defiance of the
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