Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-11-10
S. G.
FOR THE ADvRRTIsER.
LICENSE IN EDGEFIELD VILLAGE.


MLssRs. EDIToRs:-I had proposed to my
self, First, To prove that men will uSe stimuli
in any event, and Second, That they will use
them in grog.shops, or some such places, in de-
6ance of all opposition. But the resignation ot
two members of our Town Council, growing
out of difference of opinion with regard to
granting License, causes me TO leave chasm in
the argument and pcrsuAdcs me to discuss the
impropriety Of refusing Tavern or Retail Ii.
ccnsc in our Village. AS there will be another
election on Thursday, lllh inst, to supply the
places of these two ultra ex-nembers | hope
the good citizens of Edgefeld will reconsider
their former vote, as is often done in parliament
tary or elective bodies, and that they will reflect
we'll upon the following facts before again cast
ing their votes for no License.
There is not stimulus in general use which
is not relailed in some such manner as Liquor
is in grog shops.
Tea is rctailcd in Chins in precisely the same
way that Liquor is here, and the Tea-Kettls or
Teapot, or both, are carried and replenished by
the traveller on tho way-side, just as our TASKS
are rcflled with Liquor at the grog shops. The
Emperor FITZoNG, who ascendcd the throne in
IA, subjected Tea and Tea shops to a small
tax, which was loudly complained Of by the
people as grcvious and insutfrraLIe oppression,
because it fell upon " necessary efHte," as they
called Tea twelve centuries ago, and the law
had to be repealed. Public Smoking Houses,
where smugglcd Opium is rctailcd and smoked
in defiance of all authority are also in common
use in China, and are not unprepared Tea and
Coffee daily retailed in nearly every store in the
United States.
Coffee Houses are not only used in America
aud England, but they are the sole substitutes
for Grog Shops in Turkey. The Turks are
forbidden the use of Wine by their Religion,
and yet it is said that they consume great guam
titles Of it clandcsincy. But Coffee is the
great Turkish drink. Some Arabian Dervises
first employed Coffee to keep themselves awake,
as students sometimes use Tea now for the
same purpose A Mufti Of Alden next carried
Coffee into Persia, whence it found its way into
Consaninoplc where il was first sold in Public
Coffee Houses in 1854. 1t soon came into great
request among the people Of that ancient -eilr
on account Of its exhilerating qualities, in Con-
sequence of which numerous Coffee Houses
(such rs we have in every town or city of the
United Statcs) were established and much fire.
quented, SO as to cause great neglect OF the
Mosques Or Mahomcdan Churcl,s. This pro-
duced solemn complaint from the Ministers of
the Mahomedan Religion, and Coffee Houses
were not only ordered to be suppressed, but the
drinking of Coffee itself, even privately, was
prohibited by The Aufi. Yet all to no purpose
and SoLYMAS, the Great, seeing this, allowed its
use freely to his subjects upon their paying
moderate tax. This was the last Legislation
against Coffee or Coffee Houses in Turkey, and
they are now buth universally employed in all
parts of the Empire. Again | put the question
as above, are not unprcparcd Coffee and Tea
retailed in every store in this Village or District
Tobacco Houses or Stores where Cigars &C.
are constantly and daily rctailrd, are not only to
be foand in Edyefcld Village, or EdgctieId Dis
trict, but they may be seen anywhere in the
wide world that Tobacco is known, for wherever
it is known it is used, and wherever it is used
it is sold in Tobacco Retail, OF Tobacco Grog
Shops, or Stores, or whatever else you may
please to call them.
Opium Houses have already said are COM
mon in China, where the juice is rctacd, either
for smoking or chewing purposes And it may
be had here in all Apothecarys Shops, of which
there is at least one in every village. You may
call it an Apothccary's Shop. or Doctors Shop,
or what you like, but shall style it an Opium
Grog Shop.
Gambling Houses, or Shops, or places where
Gambling excitement is retailcd, or may be had
at any time, are common in every country from
the North to the South Pole or from the East to
the West, and it is in rain that they are opposed.
What mean your Race Tracks, your Cock Pits,
your Bowling Alleys, Billiard Tables, &C., &C.,
but so many Grog Shops for retailing Gambling.
Are there not Gambling Houses in every city,
or village, or country on tho face of the earth,
and at the same time are there not laws nearly
everywhere prohibiingi it. Gambling cannot be
prevented, and that Legislation is folly which
attempts it. Moral suasion ought only to be
used and this can no more prevent some Gam
bling than can Religion stop all sin or Irrcligion.
But more of this anon. At present will only
add that some of the German States knowing
this, have put Gambling Houses upon the same
footing with Grog Shops. For instance in tho
Duchy Of Baden, if am not at fault, Gambling
establishments pay heavy license and arc kept
openly and publicly like Grog Shops. In short,
insist that stimulus is as necessary TO man as
food, and that places or retail shops where he
can always get the former, arc as indispensable
to his welfare as Hotels for furnishing or retail
ing the latter
Grog Shops proper, or retail establishments
for Liquor, next claim our attention: and my
history is again at fault if these are not allowed
In all civilized countries, except in Maine and
some other Northern States where they have
recently been abolished but where they will
soon be restored again if the past is any critic.
rian by which to predict the future. HUBBARD
the liquor law candidate for Governor in Maine
has just been beaten by CROSBY, Wing, not
wilhstanding Maine is usually Dcmocra' )
several thousand majority, The Judiciary oil