The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-08-21
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Society remained. 2d, other orcaniza,;ors n.
Sons of Temperance and Recai,;,e.. &, ,...
supposed might supply the place of he S,s,s
Temperance Society, aud its snho,,i;na,. IT.,
tai Abstinence Societies. But ;n va;, .s,,.s;-
work, noble and useful as il ia couiJ nn, 80,
did not meet nj. glasses of men. wo,na, a,,S
children. Hence il became necessary 10 go, 81.
ize the State Temperance Soc;e,r T.;.
was done on the 9th and 7iL Of
INST, at Greenyiile and now bretbren anJ
friends, people Of South Carolina. we, c,.;r,,
your aid to give the State Temperance O..
eiety its former prominence and ussfulrsssh,
concerted action on your part. 7FF~'
This presents our second head r.
therefore, we say let there be NO d;v;,;on
among temperance people. Every order
and organization are respectivsry .n,;,Iai
TO be represented by sending up delegates
as many as You please,) to the next
Columbia on the Tuesday after the fourth
Monday in November next. In asbe n,aaS'
time organize Total Abstinence Soc;a,;as =,
every city, town. village and neighborhood in
,ne ota'e. Sotoo, revive formeror create new
Divisions and Sections Of the Sons aud Ca
ue's OF temperance, and Tents Of Recabites.
kemember lha, in peace you must prepare
Tor war. lhe war between sobriety and
drunkenness is not now exactly :pou as.
out IL Is near at hand they who, cry peace.
peace; are deceiverS. The State must be
ruled dy Intoxicating drink or tenperance.--
lie 'ieXt session Of the Legislature is an
important era IN the great and holy uoork
ef sae'ng The people from themselves. To
forward this we need
3D., A Temperance Newspape.! Have
you forgotten the Temperance Advocate q
Have you forgotten how a few seIfsacrif.
cling men established it? Have YOU f,root.
ten how nohly il sustained the tempera,,ca
cause agains, all corners and goers9 II
shed light in every dark spot in South Car.
olina. Even the Briar Patch where one of
The young men of the Theological Semi6a.
ry was threatened to be rode on a rail for
soliciting subscriptions, received its Eobt
and organized Total Abstinence Society
After long sustaining the battle, it fell more
from neglect of its frie,rds, than Injuries of
its foes. The Temperance Standard me
child Of zeal, and uncompromising p,;vate
perseverance, is also, after much rood and
useful work, in the tomb OF the capnle,s
Men, brethren and friends, why is this a.
do we not need a Temperance fa,nil, news.
paper? What are two dollars per anpnr,
in comparison with ita My friend Andrew
Wallace, of Columbia, used to tell me that
the Temperance Advocate on the day Of its
is-ue WAS that first called for by each of his
children. We want just such paper now
Our families, wives and children are no pol.
Iticians; they care precious little about the
fiery articles, wherewilh our papers abound:
but they care and feel foi that which Is tor
make them happy here, which is to dry nm
The fountains of Intoxicating drink. They
are stretching out their hands for n Temper
aEce Family Newspaper, TO be full, of TEN.
Perance, knowledge, Science, Art, History.
past and present. Moral Tales. Religion. and
News. Such paper sustained by one ed.
itor at Columbia, and IA corresponding editor
IN every District. city, town and village, will
be the organ of every order and association,
Of Temperance, and will also he emphaticalIv-
the Peoples Organ! Who will subscribe
for sucl, a paperY Let every friend Of Tenn.
Perance, every Son, every Cadet, and every
Recabite answer the question by taking mn.
subscriptions and sending the result to the
undersigned. Act thus, and we will soon
have temperance paper ready to aid in
asking from the Legislature security for the,
Temperance Reform.
4th. At present, we ask from ,oise, pirfu.
Gus, and patriotic Legislators u law which
shall prohibit by the severest sanctions "tte
manufacture or sale of Intoxicating drink,
TO be drank at The place sohere made or
Sold" This, it seems, cannot he consistent
ly denied. The law now permits distiller
to sell without "a license spirituous liquors
manufactured from the growth, or product,
of his own plantation, in quantities of and
above quart. provided il lie carried away
from the same plantation and the ilh Sec
ton Of the Act Of 40, directs that under
license 10 sell by the quart, liquors saano.
be drunk at the place where sold.
We ask this principle to be carried out
1t present, we ask no more! Before It's eff,
fects will fall all distilleries, grog-shops, and
taverns; and then 10 all South Carolina, $50
Der and an her right mind" we will say,
.'prohibit The manufacture, and sale of u,
sorioatin1 drink, except for mechanical and
osedicinc' purposes" When this is done
we shall cease To agitaie, but not before
Then we will look around upon our free and
happy State, AMI crown her with the no.
hlest wreath which can be plncked from her
MagnoIias and Palmot,oes, which will be as
much superior 20 the Roman crown Of oak