Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-12-18
GAMING.

has been, Or Will be rGDDcf. haihlliH i
IN evil in the first place, because it i: Il prac-
tice which produces nothing. If the whole
human family were all skillIul game>ters,
and should play constantly for o"e whole
year, there would not be Il dollar more in
the world at the end Of the Year than at its
commencement.
On the contrary, there would be m.uth
less, besides an immense loss Of time. But,
secondly, gaming favors corruption Of mind.
+. is difficult to trace the progress of the
gamblers mind from the time when he be-
gins his course. but We know too well the
coal at which he is destined to arrive
There may be exceptions, bat not many
generally speaking, every gamestcr, sooner
or later, goes to pcrdilon, and often adds
to his own woe, by dragging others along
with him.
1t discouragcs industry. lie who is ac-
customed to secure large SUES al once, which
bear ne proportion TO the labor by which
they arc obtained, will gradually come TO
lceaIu tlc HlOuClalc, put CoHSl'Hl 'Hu S'i-
tain rewards Of industrious cxcr:ions, IS in
Sipid.
The famous philosopher, Locke, i'll his
thoughts on cducai!on, thus remarks: 1T
is certain that gambling leaves no satisfac-
ton behind it, to those who reflect when il
is over, and it in no way profits either body
md i. t,, bnIr 1 n Il.,s ca,
deep as to concern them, it is trade then,
and not recreation, wherein few thrive :
and at best thriving gamcStcr has but 4
poor trade oft, who fills his pockets at the
price of his reputation"
}. 7. lIcadly, in his letters from ITALY.
and the Alps, and the Rhine, says that l
"gambler carries his rcpulsiye soul in his
eyes, in his face, nay, almost in his very
GAIT. His very presence causes i c!.i!;ir"
atmosphere around him, that upset all that
approach him. Gambling more completely
mctamorho>c> i nan than any other crime
except murder
Canning is always criminal, either i'll Itself
or in its tendency. The basis Of it is covet
ou>neS>; desire to take from others some
thing for which YOU have neither given or
intend to give IN equivalent. | have often
wondered how sober and intelligent people.
who have conscicnccS, and believe the doc
trinc accountability 20 t;vl-how profess
ing christians, ,> is sometimes the case i'll
this country, can sit Whole evenings al cart>.
What notions have they u; thc value oI time:
Can they conceive Of Him whose example
We are bound to follow, Us engaged i'll this
way: What hcrculvan tax has rhri:!ian-
ity Yet 10 accomplish:
The excess of this evil has caused even
the overthrow Of empires. II leads 70 con-
>piracicS and furnishes con>piratvrs. Per-
haps the vice has nowhere been carried to
greater excess HAN in France. There it has
its administration, its chief, its Stockholders,
lis officers, lis prie.tS. 1t ha$ its domc*tics
its iniormcr$ It's spies, its pimps, It's a$$aSsm>,
its hullirS, It's aiicr$ It's ;Jettur$, in fact, its
scoundrels Of every description particular
ly it. hireling swindler$. who arc pail 10 ell
ticc the unwary into the hrllS upon earth ST.
odiou> to morality, and 50 destructive to yir-
tue and christianity.
In England. this vice has been looked up
on rs one Of paGnicuuS consequence to the
commonwealth, and been fora long time pro-
hibitcd by law. Every species Of gambling
is strictly prohibited, aEd is Frequently pun
ishrd with great severity. Men Of immense
wealth have been known 10 enter e..',bing-
houses, ANA in 4 few short hours to be redu-
cel to beg@ary.
The young should be warned never TO cn-
ter this dreadful road. Shun it as YOU would
the road to eternal destruction. Fly the
temptation Us YOU would the bite Of IN asp
or 4 scorpion. Take not the first step; ii
you DO, all may be lost Say not that YOU
can command yourself when YOU approach
the confines Of danger So thousands have
already thought aS sincerely as yourselves,
and yet they fell. The probabilities that We
shall fall where 50 many have fallen, are as
millions to one and the contrary is only the
dream Of lunacy. When you arc inclined
to think yourself safe, consider those who
ouce felt themselves equally SO, have been
corrupted, distressed, ruined by galuing, for
this world and that which is TO comic Think
how many families have been plunged by it
into bc.gary, and overwhelmed by it in vice.
How many men have become liars at the
gaming-table, how many perjured, how many
drunkards, how many blaSphcmer$. If Eu-
rope, says MonteSquieu, is to be ruined, it
will be by gaming. BurSh, in his dignity
Of Human Nature, SUMS up the evils oi "a
min1 as follows:
1T is the cause Of Infinite loss Of time, os
enormous destruction Of luuncy, Of lrrltatln"
the passions, and stirring up avarice Of i'll
Vulnerable Sncakiny tricks and frauds; Of
encouragement Of idlrne>s; Of disgusting
people against their proper employments,
and Of dcbaSing all that is truly noble and
valuable in the human soul. ~. T. OL-
S|rr"r.
TuE LORD LOOKED lpnN PETER.-
Surely, no lnalrtactor condemned to suffer
for the violated laws Of his country, ever
heard the las, hour strike upon the prison
bell with half the agony Of feeling with
Which that cock-crowing rang upon the cars
Of Peter. Still, there was sight which
smotc far deeper than the sound-''Thc
Lord turned and looked upon Peter" What
can portray the silent elonuence of that last