The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1854-06-07

| -! - -" "es hUcfty we propose 10
You I" do 50 likewise, and we promise YOU
lI'"'ty- sober liberty. freedom now and
forever from the reign o. the tyrant OF the
cup!
he constitution is in the way, is anoth-
or objection. Read the constitution of
lhis State and the United States, and you
VIII tlnd that the power 70 legislate in this
| particular Is left to the Legislature Of the
State wilhont restriction. The decisions
OF ;lic courts OF this State and OF the Unit
ca States affirm tins 10 be so
| But It's restrictive of the rights Of prop
crty, is another objection. The manuiac-
iurer-thr d.st'lrr-says, :" thus turn
my corn, rye, ana barley, into money!
You urn he SiGU Of life into the desiruc
ton q il for money! Are you kearllcss
enough to hold up the pr.cc Of blood and
say this is our wealth. Judas sold his
master, but did ii profit him! This an
swcr is in his voluntary death, and in the
po'ter's field. Oh. our cunn,rvrcn. ,v
from such accurscd ayarice! There IS no
necessity for yielding to il. You can sell
your corn, rye, and barle: for better and
more certain reward The railroads have
hrcuEt, Il market 10 Your doors South
Carolina does not raise enough OF ll,c bread.
sluttS or the consumption Ui The pcopic.
and hence there is no necessity to Gisli!!.
Ihcr: Is no Surplus. Every husllcl dis
titel axes tka mach b,c0A from The mou,hs
Of he hnMSrN SiGrcing ard rcsr!
/ lie vendor has not even the POOR pre-
tc!sce o. the Gistlcr. lie makes money
out OF The blood, tears, ''scry, poverty,
dcGrada'lon, insanity, and crimes Of men,
women. and chjdrcn, and, Nesparinn-L Ike
holding it up, he says, can you tell by lis
smell whence II came! The human sense
may not lie able to ascertain, bu, the eve
oi the everlasting .Av cn"cr has seen from
the beginning whence ii came. and he is
ready 10 say OF tho dealer, "cut han down,
why cunhcrc'h he the ground
That prohibition is 40 now thing, is shown
Ivy our laws prohibiting lhr sale of rtoxl
eating drinks III quantities. less than three
gallons m;"hom iccn%c: rrohiJ ting r;fr..
ing; our quarantine iawsl the laws wh;ch
prohibit Idle gentlemen FROM going at
large, 10y Chasing inrin as vagrunlS, and
many other similar cnaclnenls.
That prohibition is necessary, is shown
by the fact Chat moral suasion has utterly
failed. That as long rs temptation is be-
fore the drinking man, hr The sac OF in
toXIcaiiny drink, sobr!ety can never he
obtained. That the vGndcr; can O lv ic
reached by law. Tha, II Is by Prohibition
alone ti.n the tra.iic WIKI slaves can be
cut oil and destroyed.
Mostn: YOU viii say; how can yon cfac-
tua!iy prohibit the sale. Declare by Law
that wherever Intoxicating drink is found
to be KEEP, for sale as Il beverage, it sna!l,
upon the conviction q. the offender upon Il
irai III Tie CoC!t OF General Sessions o.!
tl!c peace, he deri' lu:lHi,cd, In.i order.
cd u be destroyed, aud the wll,.c t!.i:;r is
done.
bi'lcr States !'arc made i'c experiment.
Tor u, and found 1t 10 be easily done, and
productive OF the most happy results. Oar
own incorporated towns-Edgr grii.l, An-
dcraon, tncenvi!ic. Sparlanburs., l.aulcns,
Newhcrry ANA SnnlcrviiIe-h.,ye shown
how easily The traffic is suppressed, and
how huppIiy peace and rood u:de. result
from Il. ShuU ~c hesitate 10 frM Oar
past glorious history answers nt. Our
homes, oar wives, ciI.!lren, G9r s.nycs,
and ourselves answer "uo.'
Show Yourselves ~ La ircv:icn, worthy
Oh Il irccihAnS : heritage, by saying 10 your
representatives, give u We upportuutv 10
say al lnr p",!s whether W. w,sh prun.D-
nGry lax or vur. Do that, ana then when
The privilege is granted, write prohibition
upon every ballot. and n.>cr.bs II rann
every homestead, 80 that Your ,h..lrrn
and rh.ldrcn's children may rcgard /. as
equally To Ec cherished VIII. l!.e, l:2crtv
AMI prosperity.
JOHN FELTON O'NEALI..
t.kGITIitl,t OF m. (uutr;,I ',,,.,,ii,no