Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1852-09-29
FOR THE AbrERTIsER.
LICENSE m EDaEF1ELD VILLAGE.


just passed through an exciting municipal election
upon tho issue Of " License or No License" to re-
ti spirituous liquors The " No License" party
have elected their Candidates, who will no doubt,
obey the authoritative wishes Of the thrtyve sort.
reigns who voted for them and refuse the License
which has heretofore been granted in Edgefcld from
! time nimemorial.
Indeed, unless the late election was a mere farce
the New Council must refuse license after the lst Of
January next, when the present permit to retail ex
pircs. No one imagines for a moment, that the re-
cent election for Intcndant and Wardens, pct
ty struggle in the Disguise of no license for the con-
temptble honor Of membership to Council. But on
the contrary, it must be presumed, to have been a
fair trial Of strength between two parties dianctrcal
ly opposed to each other, in regard to the principal
and policy Of retailing and each predetermined to
carry ont ts own views if successful in the election.
The test, in the late election then, must mean
something, especially when we consider, that it has
long been a cherished object Of some Of our Village
Rcrmers, who honestly believe in the perfcctabilty
Of human nature, to prevent retailing within the cor
poratc limits of the Village.
These Reformcrs, who are mistaken, rs conceive,
in the doctrines they hold upon this NATTER but the
purity of whose motives would be the last man to
assa, have frequently and zealousy made the qucs.
ton Of License or No License in municipal cleo
tons before, but never successfully till this year.
Hence, take it thatthey will hardly allow the pres
ent opportunity to escape, for trying the practical opcr
alton Of their favorte theory and that the New,
Dry" Council as it IS called will refuse License.
Now MEssRs EDrTons, do not claim to be the
Censor General Of Edgcfcld, nor am the champion
of drunkarls or drunkenness but as the unatcrablc
advocate of temperance and sobrety, beg leave to
offer few words Of remonstrancc, against the nl-
policy and mproprieg Of refusing License
In the first placcal mankind feel the necessity Of
using stimulus o! some sort, occasionally, or hab,u
ally. The system II every human being on eartl
whether sick orwelgold or young, male or female,
of the White; Black, Indian, Malay, or Mongolian
race, for oman is tllesamccvery where has the same
form, the same passions and the same five senses be-
comes at times, Collapsed and depressed, that moth
ing but stimulus % sanc kind, can urge the body to
action, or win thcMnl from gloom and desponden-
icy. @ope according 70 his or her
tastc will use Tobaceoin smoking, chewing or SNUFF
ting Another will destroy his body, mind and NOR
ais by eating Opium 4 third will take Wine,
Brandy, /" Bitters," or some other strong beverage
with Ia modest name. A fourth will console himself
with frequent strong and hot cup Of Ten or Coffee,
while fifth more from the constitutional necessity Of
stimulus, than from love Of gn for oil lose instead
Of making money by it. resorts to gambling, which IL
the most intense, wild and intoxicating excitement
of which the human system is capable. But why
need multiply applications Of the principle. The
boy rerorts to marbles, ball. or other play, from this
necessity Of his nature. And we all know the tricks,
cheats dcccptons and hypocricie4 such as Extract
of Ginger" and other Yankee substitutes for liquor,
that might name, which arc daily practiscd to evade
the Maine Liquor Law and the temperance Society
laws.
am ready to allow that all stinulants, when en-
poycd in excess as they too apt to be- by the
most prudent men, are very unriendly and destructive
in their effects. am equally willing to admit, that
liquor by producing intoxieation is perhaps the most
injurious and disgusting stimulus that man con en-
ploy especially in his social relations or in different
language, that it causes moro injury to others, as
families, friends and ncighbors. But utterly deny
that liquor is injurious to man as an individual,
than other stimuli. Who can count the unnumbcred
victims Of Opium in China, or of Tobacco in Ameri-
ca; or who will deny the pornciops influences of tho
Theatre, the Turf the Cock pit the Brothcl, and the
thousand i" Hellsn which
Arc open night and day,
Smooth the descent and easy is the way"
in our towns and villages, Of which thank God, We
have but few in the South.
could wish that all liquor were displaced by
Tea and Coffee, those admirable beverages which
afford the advantage Of stimuous without producing
intoxication or any Of its evil consequences. In
deed the introduction of these charming drinks,
into civilized Europe, about two centuries ago, hav.
already wrought tho most wonderful change that
overlook place in the die. of modern naons-a
change highly important both in moral and phys
cal point Of view. Great lovers of Tea aud Coffee
are, in fact rarely drinkers, hence the use Of these
beverages has improved manners, as we'll as health
and morals. Raynal well remarks that the use Of
Tea has contributed more to make the Chinese the
most sober and temperate people in the world, than
could tho severest laws, the most eloouen, dis
courses, or the best treaties on morality Tea and
Opium the substitutes for spirits in the Celestial
Empire, and they together with Coffee and Tobac-
co are gradually espelling liquor from this country
which may soon be done in grea, measure, if our
Legislators will only let things fake their natural
course and not attempt 10 re.urd their progress by
using coercion.
1t should be remembered that Tca, Coffee, Tobac-
co and Opium, have al been brought into general
use very reccnlIy-say within the las, century,
Yet what have been their untold blessings even in
so short time, in diminishing the supply ard use of
the fiery liquid. ANY intelligent merchantwill tell
YOU, that the consumption of Tea, Coffee and To.
bacco, has increased throughout the civilized world,
beyond that Of any other article Of commerce, cx-
cept Cotton. The three branches of Agriculture
now engaged in the production of these stimuli
are almost inestimable in vane, simply because the
common sense Of mankind gladly seize upon any
substitute for liquor and its intoxication.
Temperance, OF abstinence from the use Of spirits,
has been p, cacfsed from time inln-rnoria yet what
progress did it make, till "conso!ation' could be
found in tie substitutes above named, and ven
ture to say that bs. for them, We would never have
heard of Father MATTHEW and Judge O'NEAL as