The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-05-29
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TEMPERANCE LECTURES AND I,rcruRFp

lhey snooth, ana quiet, and comfort the hear.
er. PASCAL.
We have had of late two Temperance
Lectures from Gen. CAREY, Of Ohio. lie
told us that he hailed from Cincinnati.
where there are three thousand grog shops,
fifty Of which only are kept BY native
Americans. l should think that charity
begins at home, and that before leaving
such field, covered with such an abun-
dant harvest, that he would have first pro.
duccd reform at home; but not SO, his
expansive benevolence is extended to Us.
and here he wishes to begin the contempla-
ted prohibitory law. What that law will
be precisely, We do not yet know: but to
judge from his last lecture, he not only
wishes to stop the positive cxcesscs of alco-
hol drinking in the land; but he carries
sacr'leg'ous hand on our vineyards, and he
is of opinion that they ought to be rooted
up; for wine, according to the views of the
lecturer, is just as bad as whisky, and ought
to be prohibited also from general use and
here am Mt issue with the lecturer, and
with ten acres of persons holding his erro-
ncous ideas OH this topic.
"Christ wo know and Paul we know"
but who are you, Gen. CAREY, that you
should take upon yourself to address us in
so imperative tone on moral reform ?
1t man is not induced to keep sober by the
consideration Of his health, the dignity of
his station III society: his welfare in life, the
modification and dishonor that it brings on
himself and family and country, and last
not least, his duty to his Maker; it is in
vain that temperance societies are cstab
i'shed to correct and reform any such man.
lie is callous to the dearest ties of human.
'ty, and it is mere presumption to suppose
that san eloquent stranger" is to produce
this miracle.
was present when temperance lecturer
asked an Episcopal clergyman, "a friend OF
n'ne' to join their society; the clergyman
uniestatng'y answered, 81 belong to the
society Of Christ, and that is all sufficient"
The Rev. clergyman was right in his an.
swer; for to suppose that merely human
institution can affect that which religion
and the church have not been able to pro.
duce, is in itself an inspious assumption!
Gen. CAREY's description of making wine
in Europe, is all that can be considered
filthy and druggcd. There is good deal
of poctial license; though know tla,
most Of many kinds Of 'rines drank in this
country especially, are no acine at aN, or
the juice of the grape. That being con.
ceived, our people will have the gr'ifca
ton of drinking pure wine, when they will
produce it themselves. Tho next wisrst
step is 10 produce ii pure in our own roun-
try, 10y the small farmer rs well as hv the
large landed estate proprietor, wherever the
grape can be cultivated TO advantage, and
know no country better suited for it like
the belt of lands contained between the
3oth and 39th degrees Of north latitude in
the United S,ates.
Shall remain silent willie 4 wild boar
Is trying to root up my vineyard, or 1.-THE
vineyard Of the Lord 2" For according to
my IDEAS, these things arc the same. God
gave the vine, and saw that i. was good
God made heaven and earth and all that il
therein. Ile made the law of fermentation.
rs he made the law of gravitation that
holds the heavenly bodies together in their
sideral course. The universe il but one
continual Development Of the physical laws
OF God, and of chemical compositions an.
d's'ntegration or decomposition, and of the
formation of new existences hy the comb:
nation OF slightly modified elements. Win.
is one of them, and as important as anv
one of them, and equally essential to man's
welfare.
God, while creating man, has also crca-
ted, everywhere, all over the world, s,mu!a-
ting food and substances that can easily he
converted into stimulating beverages. Man,
from the savage condition to the highest
state of civilization, seeks for stirnulants,
not only to support life, but to produce in
him greater physical power for the time
being. The solid food satisfies the cravings
of mems hunger; but not the pleasurable
sensations, the result of stimuIant bevcra-
ges. This is q law of our existence that MI
the fine and eloquent speeches of lecturers
will not supply. GA hungry belly" says
the proverb, "lIas no ears" No, it will no,
listen even to the eloquent lectures of Gen.
CAREY, and '.othing short of n good dinner
and something to drink. whether it lie wine,
coffee, tea, or any Of the thousand other
beverages in common use among men.
The lecturer described fermented wine as
the result of rottenness and putrefaction.
By making such an assertion, he shows that
he never has witnessed even the making of
q loaf of lipht brand r,uoh loo. L,.o .