Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-07-29

article, We would ask, in conclusion What con
fidencc can the public, in the ace of these facts
have either in the work or the workmen.
The great desire of the Union to have an i'm.
mcrsionst Bible would lead it to ADOPT the adj
vice given by tic Quaker to his son in setting ont
inlfe. "A[y Son make icmoncy-makc it honestly
if thee can-but make money"
CANDOR.
! For the Advertiser
INTEMPERiNCE.
This subject has claimed the attention of the
wise and good for many years. Every person
should be interested to suppress an evil that
has caused more sorrow and misery in the hui
man family than famine or war. Young people
in the bloom Of youth, which is the most i'm
portant rs we'll as the most interesting part Of
| life. should be much interested in cause that
would add so much to the happiness Of the
whole world. Youth is the time to improve
the mind, and form character. Young gentle
men, in the prime of life, if You have a just
sense of your character, you will have watch
ful regard Of the company you keep. You must
avoid intemperance in every form. Shun the
sparkling goblet as the greatest enemy that
mankind has ever known. Build you foun-
dation Of a pure character in YOUTH and it will
be Of nconceivablc value to you in all the re-
naming years of your lives If you frequent
grog-shops, bar-rooms, or any resorts for drink
ing and rioting; if you join the company of
those who frequent such places, you will be
robbed by a "thief that enters the mouth to
Tntemperahce has slnitten, enfeebled and car
ried 10 an early grave, many promising youths
of our country, whose morning of life was very
nattering. Many who had the very best adj
vantagcs the country afforded to become learned.
How useful they would have been had it not
been that they become slarcs to intempcrcnce--
IN evil that Llights with unsInling hand tic
(arcst flowers OF any land The evils OF III
temperance are and have been interviewer with
the very ligamcnts of society. ltnercr strike
but to destroy. 1t has done enough TO fill ten
thousand books 1t has slain thousands. What
Il waste of usefulness anal happiness it has made.
If all the crimes were recorded that have been
committed by the sal victims Of intcnpcrancc.
in one volume, what pOnderGuS look it would
he! it would be rccitalor tic poverty and dis
trcss SORROW and misery, dcsolation and ruin.
tliscorl and hloodshcd, which it has spread
over the land.
These arc Mr.. EDrroR, evils that could be
avoided, If there was no such an evil known a.
intcnlpcrancc. 1t Is true, we live in world OF
sorrow-whcrc there are thousand things TO
saddcn and alliict tic SOILS Of men. Sorrows
and trials we cannot expect to escape. We are
liable to meet m;slortunc-to lose hcaltll-to
sec Or friends smitten by the hand Of death ;
yes, the sllndcring Of earthly tics, and the cank-
cr worm Of grief that preys on the distressed.
bercaycd, can not be avoided. We are doomed
to suffer the loss Of friends and live in the fear
Of death, us die we must. But all can avoid
being slaves under the most cruel tyrant that
has ever rcicncd over the soils Of men. King
Alcohol is the most drccitful and rcnorclcS>
ruler that ever crSlayctl. man. lie invites his
slaves in the most cntcing manner. lie comrcls
no one 10 serve linn. all that serve him do it oi
their own accord Alas! low many follow him
till lie has made them shame and disgrace t.
the name, Man.
Some Of the most gifted Statesmen, Orators
and brightest gcniuScS that the world ever pro
duccd, have left sad story recorded for pos,
terity to read, and profit by their examples
They gave themselves up to indaIgences in plea,
sure, luxury and excessive dri"hig, which cut
them off at an early age. If we could sec al
the bodies lcapcd in amountain that have beer
victims Of intemrcrancc, even since the days o
Alexander the Great VIC would see mountain
as high as Mt. Mitchell, the highest in ourcoun
try. If all the blood shed by intcmperance wa
collected in stream we would sec river dccl
enough to float a steam slip
This great destroyer is OH its march Of ruin
STILL What can lie done to suppress it. lti
not confined to orc cline or nation, butts evil
arc known all over the world. Would TO Go'
that it were confined to narrow limits! Bu
the evil il commits 1t corrllpts elections AIT
endanecrs our Government. 1t dcgradcs tn
citizen, debases the legislator, and dislonors til
statesman. "With the malevalcncc of a .fent
it calmly surveys its frishtlu deSolations, an
insatiate with its havoc, it poisons felicity. kill
peace, ruins morals, blights confidence, say
the reputation, and wipes out national' honol
then curses tho world, and laughs at its ruin"
. If all tie causes of intempcrance could be dt
stroycd, what change there would be i'll til
, world for the better Wisdom would take til
, place of raslncss; joy that of sorrow; pcac
that of dscord and happiness and prospcrit
would attend all the human race. The wrong
S of intcmpcrance would only be known to po
$ tcrity as evils that existed. What a cheerir
y thought this would be for fathers and mother