Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-07-11
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FOR THE KEowkE COURIER.
Constitutionality Of the Maine LiquorLaw

Constitutionality of the Maine LiquorLaw
REPLY TO vBRITAs2
Mr. Editor: From your issue of the 10th
May, we perceive that "Yeritas," true to
promise, has administered to us his dose
of particular bringer." Aud, judging from,
the effect which his no, ,mediGine has bad
upon us, we have come to the conclusion
unless his Materia Metlicas contains more
potent remedy than this, for the eradication
"fanaticism, anti. Bibleism incorporate tem
pearance," &c, &C., that all his boasted
medical skill viii prove Intellectual, and flu.
tile. !"
Butseriously and truly, we are. some
what disappointed; for we had supposed.
from, his warning lin advance Of his tel.
rife onslaught that possibly it>might be-
as this is au age of Wonders--tlat he had
through the ingenr itY of his very fertile and
gigantic intellect, male a new discovery,
and would be able to offer. at leost
as much as, one argument which might
have the appearance of favorng the cause
which he has the unepved honor of advo-
eating. But it now appears that we were
most egregiously mistaken; for instead of
his meeting our Arguments with reason, he
has chosen quite different kind of weapon
with which to batter down ourposilion, and
has commenced lisbloodless attack by bold
and arrogant assertions based upon the tot
tering Foundation of his own belief, prcsum-
ing as it @ould seem that no man with
three grains of common sense would dare
hasegthe 'haSdidood TO question as unerrine
an oracleSas his belief
He.tells his. readers at the outset that we
played the ssophist" in our reply to his first
article, IN order1hat wesmight enlist. their
feelings on our side. But thank God for
directing our course in choosing a cause
which does not require being bolstered up
with deception aud falsehood TO enableit 10
stand. No, %Velitas," we have the exans,
lie pleasure of being in possession of an at.
proving conscience, which whispers us
sweet consolation shat we are, rigbt--that
we are--though in feeble manner it be-,
pleading the'oause Of poor suffering humar,-
ity, and we would not exchange this for all
the sensual and mo'peDIary pleasures which
all the iH-gotten, blood stained honors and
SPOTS OF Prince Alcohol could possibly
afford. Consequently we are not to be di.
veried from our purpose, or driven from on,
position byyour opprobium.' You -canhurl
forth your sarcastiGal darts, we heed them
not; we have onthe impenetrable breast.
plate Of right, we fear them not; and In
addition to this we are safely ensconced be-
hind the impregnable breast@ork ofTruth
and they bhrtr ii5 not. And we had much
rather be called "fanatic" for advocating
truth and right than TO be one i'll reality 10
advocating error and wrong.
but TO his arguments or rather assertions.
He.says he did not charge any one with
want of sense, but only said lie did oot be-.
9tese there was man in the Uaited States
imiea three grains Of common sense, except
louras.f. iisat ever dfeamt (ni,ch less used)
Ahat the eiause of the Constitution which
guarantees Religious liberty, had any refer
.ebcot 10 liqNor ID any shape He says that
fl is evident Ws meFe excepted and all 9th.
ers, as he did not believe iLere was any.
Nov, eestai1ly; N this eaanot be taken
as M apology, IL is 9erS soothing and pal
liaung to the wounded and ,iacerated
feelings, lie did aotehasge aa seith ieont
ofSenss, but hesdfd and does yet impeaeh
our yeraeity. as be does not believe a6y one
has used this clause for any such purpose
as. we say, Now, tVeritae,s we assert III
the most pasitiye tQr,ps that there are men
whoSSs asmaoh superior 70 you IA iHtel-
iectual endorsements as the meridian sun 10
Observation-Disclosures gIos,worn) at pjglI,
who, have ip ibis liquor question used this
very, clRpse of tbs Co9stitution,f But 10
eaptlis IIass;s; 'ssg s;it;s; s;i;s;So hla readers
4hatSe lale ehatgsa men viih want, of
sense, in saying that We were certain the
clause referred % hss. no fefefagee Ia the
eubjeet. 49, 81 s & ss
Now we ask shereadeFio sesliti0Tze close.
Jyand 500 II he can discover aty proof iltl !
dgccd 70 warraltabimsi, saying va bagS