The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1853-01-05
LANCASTER C. CAROLINA WEDNESDAY MORNING. JANUARY 1853

divinity, and wine is held to a liLation
\ worthy Of the gods, Fools, fools!-th6y
need to have poured forth their blood rs
tears like me, to know that it is a fountain
of final dalnnation! DO not fancy that
allnde' todronkneS$; do not class me in
" Your Indignation, the sensual brute who
d grades himself to the loss of intoxica-
7. ton. q" Against ~ vice So flagrant, how
easy torarm5 ones yirtuel 75N No! the true
danger lies many degrees within that fear
tu limit; and the Spartans, who, warned
their sons against wine by exhibition of
:. their drunken Helots, fulfilled their duty
blmdly: Drunkenness implies, in fact, an
extinction OF the very faculties of evil
Inc cnfeebied arm can deal no mortal
blew! the staggering step retards the per-
i petration of sin. The voice can neither
inodulate its tone to seduction, nor hurl
the dcfiance Of deadly hatred., The
drunkard is an IDIOT thing which chill
fen mock at, and women chastise. 1t is
the man whose temperament is excited,
not overpowered, by wine, to whom the
snare is fatal. Do not suppose Inc the
apostle of u temperance society; when
assert on my life, my soul, my honor,
that after three glasses of wine, am no
longer n'aster of my actions. Without
.beng at the moment conscious of tho
change, begin to see, aud feel, and hear,
and reason differently. The minor tran
sitons between good and evil are forgot
ten; tic lava toils in my bosom. Three
moro, Ind become a .niadnian.'se sez's...E .
"Bnttlls Constitutes a positive PHYSICAL
intirhity," said T. IYou must OF coarse
regard yourself eas an cxcrptiou."
p "N3,!"' + am convinced Tie case IS COM
mon. = &urong my own acquaintance,
Know fifty men who are pleasant compan-
frionsih therf morning, but intolatlo after
dinner; men who member like wine nor in.
bdulye an itS bItnwho, while simply fulfil.
ing the forms and ceremonies of society.
frequently hecome odious--to others and n
.bpr. en- TO lthemselvcs.""b, ,tjv,y - /.
81 really believe you are right ~.
81 know that 4 am right; listen. When
bAl6ecaiae YauEr brothers friend, at West.
minister lwss on the Foundation, an. on
1lyEso. iptepded tor the. church; aud the
Importance WHICH my father and motller
attached to my election for. college, added
tsHtha' stimulus to my exertionS, that NJ
the esrly age Of fourtcen,l tlieir wish woJ
accomplished. WAS the Iiirst boy of ,niv
years. a sturieHebip SWt- Ghrist's Churr,
fetowned y'higlicst ambition; aird all that
rearaiiictl for sme NJ NYesttnhiater wins 10
| preside overase4 fhc@clft supper ,inIc.
fspcnsiblc' 'diftoccasions of these rt,iunpbs
tsw''s ss;c'IsIDslieNt ~ Nttr, svr.ils t,s,lSI,s
bjtad, probably taken silent note ID tue in
trmiiYr 9fslaY, NATURE; and y very small
! prepQriion .of the iitry tavern port, which
| .tQnns tie ncctqr OF s:ruilaf ftstiyijicf, suc
| feed t6, elcyatc my spirits 20 fm:i IiicsS.-
llt;ttca GS noise ami intclnpcr;mce, NC all
! sal'ci- fds't!: together, rrcpamdE TO riot,
bHlyi, insult. 81 "a 1fhshtaehSie{l:r if;. was
lost. EXPuIsioussuspen,lcdmyeIec,ion.--
ia never r@phe,i' - DxioiSi. my professional
hpnSpe0ts were bliglitcd; an,L within f,w
months, anlB father died OF the c'disappoint-
menl. And now, What was to be done
! with mel My guardians decided that in
tic army the influence Of my past fauh
f'wvttld prove least injurious; and, eager 10
escape the tacit reproacl of motheFspa!e
face and gloomy lNeeds, Il gladly acceedcd
TO their adyise,, yAt fifteen, was gazet-
ted in the Regiment Of Light Dragons.
iAtbeWesapipister they used To call me
5..MJargraves, the 7peacemaker.n ]. never
had a,quarrel;, | meyer had an enemy
! Yet, twelve months, after joining tbe.th,
| had acquired the oppr6brium of,beina
'a'quhrrcisom6 fellow; I lisd fourbtone of
my brother Officers, aud was on the'mss,
dnconifortabctterms with four othcrs."a
"And this sudden cham nse----'',sEe
y st''SNas arsss attributed to the sourness
! arising from my disappointnents in life.
II have lnce aseribed it TO u truer Origin
! .the irritation of tue doses of brandy. ting
! ed with fsloc Juice, which formed the luxu-
l rs of j. meSs-celar. Smarting uuder the
consciousness of unpopulutitS, fancied
hated my profession, when in Met tfonly
hated myself I managed TO get2oh half
,pay, and returned to my inothers tran
| gull roof; where, instead of recrvttinr the
Driiliaat lifc Ihad forsaken, nv peace of
/ n;nd and contentment came bacl. to me
at once. There was no one to bear me
eompsny over the bottle. ! was my moth
\ constant companions; i seldom tasted
wine; ] became healthy, happy, beloved as
n neighbour and fellow citizen. But hirl,
CT. distinctions OF affection followed. A
young, and very beautiful girl, of rank
! ard fortune superior to nay own, deiyned
Z 10 encourage the humble venerntion with
llwliiclr regarded her.. became embold-
ened to solicit her hand. Ny mother as
ksnrcd her Twas the best Of sons. Tread
4 ily promised to be the best of husbands.
She believed US both; accepted mc--mar-
ricl me; and, on welcoming home my
] lovely, gentle Mary, all remcmbfancc Of
f,past sorrow seemed to Be obliteratcd.--
II Our POSITION IN the world, II not brilliant,
was hoiiorable Ny motier's' table re-
'fnowcd those, shospinslitiesl iover which my