Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-08-28
WASHINGTON, August y, 1856.
To the People af South Carolina.

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To the People af South Carolina.
FELLOW CITIZENS: Fourteen years have come
and gone since, as tho organ of the State Tenn
perance Society, addressed you on the great
question of Total Abstinence from all which can
intoxicated In that time what changes have
taken place The Washington Reform and Nor
al Suasion were the cries which grew louder and
louder, in every temperance circle. They were
things of but day-thc Washington Reform per.
ished Moral Suasion has been rendered almost
powerless by the fact that those who most need
suasion, tie manufacturers and ren2ors Of ntoricd-
tina drink, will not listen, and, like Demetrius,
the silversmith they cry out against the follow
ers of temperance, rs he did against Paul at Epl-
esus, saying, "Sirs, ye know that by tits cIaft
(the making or selling of intoxicating drink "'cs
hare oar wealth." "Moreoyer, ye sec md hear
not only" lore, ''but almost through all America,
the men Cary White, and others have "turned
away much people" saying, that there should be
no intoxicating drink ''madc with hands," and
that none should be sold or drunk, $50 that not
only this one crafts in danger to be set at naugh"
but also that the 'sreat temple" of temperate
drinking 'should be despised, and her magnif-
'and the world worshippeth,
This persecuting cry hers, as in Ep4esas, lils
filed the people with wrath, and they are made
to cry out "gren 10 MG making and selling Of in
to1icatng drnk," and they are really, if not to lay
their hands on the devoted ReasonGrs of Temper
ance, Morai SHdsiODists you may call them, at
least to circulate ali falsehoods of and concerning
them, as for instance Of Cary, when he was re-
posing from his labors in the bosom Of his own
family at College Hill, Ohio, "thni he had been
sri-ed in alabama, and inc0rcera'sd as an AboHHon-
ISL" or of White, while lie rousing the peo-
pie more and n.iPa TO temperance, that he was
given over to intoxicating nriEt;. Men and
brethren, do you not indeed, when reason, and not
madness, is present, cry out, ''Shame shame !"
The State Temperance Society at their recent
meeting at GreenvIlle objected their President to
address the people of the State. IN peri I'M g
that duty, beg leave to call their attcnti H. !st
to the State Temperance Society itself; End, to
the necessity of concerted action on the part of
the people to put down drunkenness ). Sd to the
necessity of establishing 4 Temperance Newspa-
per: 4th, to what we desire IN the part of the
Legislature to secure temperance 10 the People Of
the STATE
1st. Recolect, friends, that the State Temper
anco Society was first organized in 1929, that at
its head sat ile noble, venerable, and revolution
airy form Of the patriach Of Columbia, Col, Thom-
as Taylor He and his society have long since
passed away. But does not his pure and child
like spirit, abide in some part of Columbia Has
his mantle descended from the chariot offrc, upon
no iuhabitant of his o~n torn,
In 1888, q new State Temperance Society was
organized and Chancellor Job Johnson was pla-
ced at its head. In 184l, the undersigned was
called to the Presidency, which he has ever since
occupied In 1912, g, 4, IS, g, =, g, %, 80
sr - ;ol tbo go 10
tai abstinence, all over the State. Why did it
cease to do so in 80, '53, '54 ';5? For two rea-
sons 1st, the people became weary i'll we'll doing
the total abstinence organizations generally per-
ished from tho want of attention. A few glorious
exceptions such as the Head Spring Society,
Newberry District, and the Charl ston Mariners
Washingtonian Total Abstinence Society remain
ed. I'd, other organizations, the Sons Of Temper
ance and Recabites, it was supposed might sup
ply the place of the State Temperance Society,
and its subordinate Total Abstinence Societies.
But in vain their work, noble and useful as it is,
could not and did not meet all classes Of men, wo-
men anl children. Hence it became necessary to
organize the Gtate Temperance Society. This
was done on the 9Th and eth of August inst, at
Greenylle; and now brethcrn and friends, people
of South Carolina, we claim your aid to give the
State Temperance Society its former prominence
and usefulness by concerted action OIL your part.
This presents our second head. To you, there
fore, we say let there be no division among tenn
perance people Every order and organization
arerespectivcy entitled to be represented by send
ing I'D delegates las many as you pleAso,) to the
next meeting of the State Temperance Society, in
Columbia, on the Tuesday after the fourth Monday
in November next In the meantime organize
Total Abstinece Societies in every city, town, vii
lace and neighborhood in the State. So too, re-
yive former or create new Divisions and Sections
of the Sons and Cadets of Temperance, and Tents
of Recabites Remember that in peace you must
nrcnare for war; The war between sObricty and
drunkenness is not now exactly upon us, bnt it is
near ut hand they who cry peace, peace, arc de-
ceiyers. The State must be ruled by Intoxicating
drink or temperance. The next session OF the Leg
islature is an important era in the grea and holy
,rork Of sariny the people from Memselres. To for
ward this we need
Sd, A Temperance Newspaper Have you for
gotten the Temperance Advocate? Have you for
gotten how n few self sacrificing men established
It? Have you forgotten how nobly it sustained
the temperance cause against all comers and
coers? 1t shed light in every dark spot i'll South
Carolina. Even the Briar Patch where one of
the young men Of the Theological Seminary was
threatened to be rode on n rail for soliciting sub
ScriptlonS, received as Ryht, anu orShnzeua IOtil
Abstinence Society. After long sustaining the
hattie, it fell more from neglect of its friends than
injuries of its foes. The Temperance Standard,
the child of Zeal and uncompromising private
perseverance, is also, after much good and useful
work, in the tomb of the capulets. Men, breth-
rem and friends, why is this! Do we not need
temperance family newspaper? What are two
dollars per annum in comparison with it? My
friend Andrew Wallace, of Columbia, used to tell
me that the Temperance Advocate on the day OF
its issue was that first called for by each Of his
children We want just such paper now. Our
families, wives and children are no politicians;
they care precious little about the fiery articles,
wherewith our papers abound but they care and
feel for thnt which is to make them happy here,
which is to dry up the fountains of intoxicating
drink. They are stretching out their hands for
Temperance Family Newspaper, to be full of Tenn
perance, knowledge, Science, Art, History past
and present, Moral Tales, Religion, and News
Such paper sustained by one editor at Columbia,
and corresponding editor in every District city,
town and village, will be the organ of every order
and association of Temperance, and will also be
emphatically the Peoples Organ! Who will SUBJ
scribe for sucha paper? Let every friend of Tenn
perance, every Son, every Cadet, and every Reca-
bite answer the question by taking up subscrip-
t;opo nj oand;po he raep1t IN 0npd