Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-07-11

say, He secondly believes, and believes
only unless he verities bis belief BY bis
belief-we have charged men with want Of
senSeSin saying we are certain the aforesaid
ciause,has no reference to the question un.
der consideration. Consequently, it will
be perceived that by bis belief against our
affirmation, he establishes the truth of this
proposition and calls upon an intelligent
public to believe and receive il as such be-
cause forsooth he believes it. Wonder if
he has arrived TO the same degree of per.
lection in matters of belief as the Pope of
Rome and lays claim to infallibility, If so.
wonder if his practice is in unisop with his
belief Win you, "Veritas," conc,de MS the
same modest claim which you so supercili.
ously assume to'yourself OF course, we
are as much entitled TO il as you are, as we
are both mortal If you do you will at
once perceive into what gIaring inconsis-
tencies, gross absurdilies, to say nothing of
the daring impiety your claim involves
YOU; for you Will agree that touching the
Temperance Question our beliefs are diam,
etricaIly opposed, they must of pecessiIy be
an,agonistic principles, and cannot possibly
harmonic, yet according to your mode of
establishing truth they do haimonize; for
whatever man believes is the truth. Con.
'sequently you render an impossibili,y pos,
sibie. Whea soiU ,oonders cease 2
"Neritas" endeavors to make the reader
believe that the manufactures of ardent
spirits is no more culpablo than ale the
growers of grain, raisers of stock, &c, be,
cause, says he, at is n fact admitted that
I'm, tlour,is death to most dyspeptc per,
sons; and according 10 medical authors
millions die short of three score and ten
Qhe age allotted man )lrom intemperance
III eatingp
Now, sir, VIC are prepared to show from.
these same medical authors also, that this
kind Of reasoning is the very qpintessence
Of failacy "sophistry" without alloy. But
even "Common Sense" if accompanied by
experience aud observation will prove to
the contrary. 1t scarcely needs so much
as a denial to refuteit. Bread is the staff
of life. Man is necessarily compelled by
the very laws of his being -=by the inhexi
bic, Interchangeable laws of nature and of
natnres, God, to eatEbread, either in a
wholesome or an unwholesome form, or else
die, The laws which govern his life cause
him to crave food. He. can cal and satisfy
the cravings Of nature, or in other words
his appetite; and d,prudence dictates that he
should take food IN that form which expe.
rience has. shown to be most nutricious or
conducive TO health If he will not take
it in this form, he must abide the evil con,
sequences. Now, can as much be, said. Of
ardent spirits 3 By no means. There is
no Hutricious form in which it.can possibly
be taken, for peryert Scripture, deny, sci.
ence, question your OWL senses, or argue
as you may, we reiterate the assertion that
there is not 4 particle of nutriInent IN, a
million gallons of alcohol. and we intend
to prove lhisto your teeth before dismiss
ing th:s point, by the very highest kind OF
authos!!TG by the most yeracioas and com
petent witnesses.
There are thousands Of the most respcc-
table, intelligent, conscientious, veracious
and yirtuous citizens--and rot a few of the
most pops---in every Slate in our Union
who viii make no scfuple in telling you
that they k9,ow from experience that. a.man
IN health is no more ,necesstated 10 take
alcoholic drinks into bis stomach than he
is to lake arsenic; and that nature in a
normal orsnnpefverled state, no. more re-
auires or Graves one than ii does the other.
But, objcms "Yetitas,p those persons.are
ultra or anti Bible Temperance fanatics,
they are wise above what is written. / do
not belive their word"
Yes aud there are some old fcsgiesp' who are
most lamentabiy ignorant of the Import of rwhat
is written" and we fear culpably so too; for we
are Inclined tobelieve they might take off those
slght-pervertng glasses of prejudice from their
mental optics by which they might be enabled to
see things as they reallyare.
Butas". Vcritas" is to the death opposed" to
any thing emanatiug from a . fanatic" We will call
{ ~ make testify against US. Let Us call upon the
learned scieniifc medical world.and hear what
they will testify in this case And,the frat whom
We pnt the. stand Ia DR.. MusseY an eminent
American Psychologist Hear what he says "tbat
alcohol Is poison TO our organization is, evident
from observation. What poisoni II Is that sub
stanee in whatever form il may be which when
applied to & living surface distoncerts lifc's
healthy n1ovements; such poison Is alcohol;sheh
IN oil its forms saix It as yop may. 1t IS DeyeF
diges!ed and converted into nourishment. Hear
that (" Veitase E,,dijesti6ie, we learn. and of
course eannotimpart any nutticious properties to
the system. Does II CRATE upon your ear like The
rawlings of fanatic,s What else do you testify
IN this case Doctor do you think q man in health
needs alcohol, "a bealtby laboring man needs
alcohol nomore than he needs arsenic, corrosive
eublimate or opium win you please take the
stand Dr. 9. A. LEE and tell ns,what. are the
opiaiopsof medical writers generally respecting
the Poiscrio;is properties or qpalitiesof alcohol
lNil air, snd prrsame can satisfy you on
tbispunt in q very few wofds,p eAlf writer's on
5atoFia Iiedied hon rank alcohol stpone The
most powerful ai,d fatal narcotic vegetable ls,is
ons9 The next npun v,iopi we eau Is Or, SAMg-
,EL ESltJNs He says, "Be should not admit tie
popuinr reasoniDgs as applicable here. that the
sbs.ss og athlng q 20 arg61eht asai1st lie 0seA