Smyrna times., 1856-07-16

IL notorious that some of the merchants in on
Il cNy are engaged, far more extensively, in tn
IN same traffic.
le Conclence-Be it so "To their own mas
is ter they stand or fall" But if &ir dcaline
consists in doing as we would be done by, ,
l. HOW can man of your established mercantile
= and christian reputation sustain himself if he
r continues t0sdcal in an article which he know.
Is TO be more destructive than all the plaques o.
it Egypt!
e Dealer-Do you intend, then, to make me
ahswerable for all the mischief that is done by
t arueht spirit, in the whole State and nation =
u "hat sell is mere drop of the bucket, COM
S pared with the consumption of a sinole conntv
"here is the proof that the little my respccta-
Die customers carry into the country, with their
other groceries, ever does any harm? How do
you know that 1t helps to make such a FRIGHT.
ful host OF drunkards and vagabonds! And if
dld, whose fault would it be | never oove
} nor sold glass of whisky to a tippler in nv
iHe. Let those who will drink TO excess. and
make brutes of themselves, answer for it.
Consclence-Ycs, certainly hey must an
swcr tor 1t (; but will that excuse those who f,r.
nlsh the poison! Did you never hear of abct-
'o'S ana accessories, as we'll as principals in
CRIME When JUDAS, in all the AGONY of re-.
morse and despair, threw down the thirty pieces
OF SILVER before the chief priests and elders
c%clalmlng: " | have sinned. in that have
betrayed the innocent blood they coollv an
swered, "What is that to us See tbou ,o
that And was it, therefore, nothing to them!
Had they no hand in that cruel tragedy Wos
i nothing to Pilate-nothing to IIerod-notb- |
'ng 10 thc multitude who were conserving to
The crucIilXlOn of the Son of Gol--bccausc thew |
dld not drive the nails and thrust the spearl
Oh' when think of what you arc doing to
destroy the bodies and souls of men. | cannot
rest. 1t tcrrIics me at all hours of the nipht
Olleh and often, when am Just loosing myself
III steep am startled by the most frightfnI
@ro"ns and uncarthly imprecations, coming out
OIL these hogshcads. And then, those long rro.
cesslons of rough-made colins, and bepoare5
'amllles' which dream of, from nightfall nm
I'll daybreak, they keep me all the while in n
coId sweat aud can no longer endure them.
Dea.er-Nelther can |. Something must be
done. You have been out of your head moro
'hah halt the time for this six months. | have
tried all the ordinary remedies upon you with
out The least effect Indeed, every new rclne I
dy seemed TO aggravatc the disease. Oh. what ,
would not give for the discovery of some ano.
dyne which would lay these horrible phGntasms
Ihe case would be infinitely less trying. if )
coud sometimes persuade you, for a night or c
t"o' 10 let me occupy different apartment
'ronl yourself, for when your spasms come ON. d
one might as well try to sleep with cmbcrs in '
his bosom, where you arc. .
CJnscience-WouId it mend tho oo,,o.
ALL II, instead of sometimes dreaming. were b
to be always wide awake y
Dcaler-Ah, there's the grand difficulty
For ind that when you do wake up, Won are
more troublesome than ever. Then vou orc
always harping upon my being professor of II
Fele'lon' ana bringing up some text orScripturc o
which might as well be let alone, and which n
ron would not ring in my ears, if you had anv n
regard TO my peace, or even your own. NIor. =
man hity tImes within month, have Won N
quoted, By their fruits ye shall know them :;
IN fact, so ncharitable have YOU grown oi o
ate' That from the drift of some of your admo. tc
lltIons, stranger would think me but little :,
i any, better than murderer And all he. -,
cause some vagabond or other may possibly II
happen to shorten his days by drink q little g
'l the identical spirit which passes through nv
ands.
COnccInu0p---N Won Il l..
'ou say that have often rcprovcd you, and fc
more earnestly oflatc than formerly did. But .,
ny remoastrances have always been between rc
'ou anu me alone. If have charged YOU with ot
nc quit OF hurrying men to the grave and TO ro
lell, by this vile traffic, it has not been unon
he house-tOp. | cannot, it is true, hclp know. sr
ng how 1T grieves your BRETHREN gratGies the co
nenles OF religion, and excites the scorn Of II,
rnnkards themselves 10 see your wharfcover I.th
"a with the fiery element; but | speak only in di
'our own ear. To yourself have wished TO to
'roVe faithful monitor, though | have sud in
hisgVlngs, at times, even with regard to that. co
on Will bear me witness, however. that 7 m
nave sometimes trembed exceedingly, for fear m
nat should be compelled, at last, to carry the in
natter up by indictment to the tribunal of Eter. W
nal Justice q
To AVOID this dreadful necessity, let me once :,
more reason the case with you in few words.
ou know perfectly well, that ardent spirits ,v
Illls Its tens OF thousands in the United States -
'Very year; and there is no more room to doubt .
nat many OF these lives are destroyed BY the q,
'ery liquor which you sell, than if you saw +, r.
heH' staggering under it into the drunkard's -
grave. low then can you possibly throw off
'loodguIltlncss, with the light which you now -
'nIoy! In faithfulness tc your soul, and to -
Him whose vicegerent am, cannot say less h.
han this especially if you persist any longer u,
n tie horrible traffic.