Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1852-1852, 1852-03-02
To the People OF South Carolina.

The friends of Temperance have, after great
deliberation, determined on forming a Temper
ance Publication Society in Which all pledged or
unpledged men can unite.
Its objects are two fold first, disqualification
and distribution Of books and papers on Temper
ance and second, the employment Of Lecturers
The payment at one time OF $50, VIII collSti-
tute any person pledged to total abstinence, Il
Manager; $50 will constitute any person Life
MemIcr, and $5 annually, confers the privileges
of membership; and So annually paid by any
Division, Tent Section or Society, will cntltic 1t
to dcleg te for every IS so paid. The 1cm-
pcrunce .idcocate r;W be Furnished mitho"t al
dit;onai cha,yc, 10 tie arcmbcrs OF tbs Society,
and to dissertations represented IN Il.
All the officers are obliged to be mcn pledged
to total abstinence.
This explanation opens the way to say to the
whole people Of the State, that the object IS to
raise large fund, which shall give us books and
publications, written at the South, and publish
ed at the South, and which shall place Temper
ance properly before our people. 50 too, we
will Mas be enabled to keep one or more Lectur-
crs constantly in the field.
That we are greatly behind our sister States
in the work Of Temperance, is true. " hat Is
the cause oft 1t is that we have suffered all
other interests to have precedence oft. So too,
in mercantile phraSe-wc are not 'ostcd up on
this interesting subject We lave not that full
information, which we ought to have. The lem
per;lIlce Advocate ought to be in every house.
But in fact. it is in many places rare guest. III
Georgia, the Temperance Banner has 5000 sub
scribers. What hinders our most excellent pa
per, full of temperance and every other interest
ing matter. from having As many 1t is because
our people are not informed Of what is doing III
Temperance Many snccr at Il as a" crplodca
hmJug They do not know that the world is
full Of it; that in our sister States the hquor
traffic is Welding to its influence and that So
briefly rel gns triumphant. Many now unntorm-
ed Of these matters will, after reading books,
tracts or papers, or hearing a Lecturer, be either
strengthened for the work, or will be brought in
as fresh laborcrs.
In New-York is published the Temperance
Magazine: it abounds in articles Of great inter-
est It contains biographical sketches and por-
traits Of many of the old soldiers of temperance.
What hnders similar work Aere2 Means, is
the answer. a publication Society will soon re-
alize these.
Tracts are continually published and most
advan,agcouSiy SO, at the North. Why Is 1t not
done hcru> Money i; necessary. The lectures
delivered before the Charleston Total Abstinence
Society has, fear, subjected is President to a
heavy loss. + this to Dc always the case. Are
the Iaborcrs in the cause of temperance ALWAYS
to cork and pay> Are YOU not, my friends,
prepared to help:
Many can spare $50 Or $40. Certainly all
can spare So. Any temperance man saves a
rr,.at deal more than that annually, by lis l!ab
its and principles
The Constitution and names Of the officers ac-
company this. We hope every Division, OF the
SolS Of Temperance; every Tent Of R"chabItcS,
and every Total Abstinence Society in the State
will, at once, take this matter under considera-
ton, and by appropriating the requisite sum en-
title itself to one or more repre- III this
Society. 1t is also earnestly desired that every
individual who is favorable to the cause, will i'll
stantly OH the receipt Of this Circular, send up
whatever contribution he can 10 the CorrcSpon-
ding Secretary. Edwin lIcriot, Esq, Charleston.
We hopcthc Society will bc forthwith in funds
to act: and that before the scm-aunual meeting.
of the State Temperance Society ut Spartanburg,
on tn" Wednesday before the fourth Thursday
in July next, We shall hay large fund to IT,
port, and thus be able to say, the good work
goes bravclv on.
JOHN BELTON O'NEALL,
President p. Society Of S. C.. and Of tie
.State Temperance Society.