Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-08-22
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NJ. Editor: am somewhat advanced in
years, but il has never been my misfortune
to sec in print more unfair and pucrilo an
article on any important subject than that of
=" Vindcx" in your issue of July llth, 1857
1t IS unfair, because he rs misrcprescntcd
my arguments, and denies having charged
men with want of common sense Any one
who takes the trouble to read his piece before
the last, will see that hc says nc is cortain
that the clause about religious liberty has no
reference to the subject but nevertheless, they
use it in default of something Letter, &c.
What is this but charging thcm with want of
sense? And in his last little, big article he
goes further, andsays, "now Yeritas we as
sort ia tho most positive TERMS that there arc
men, who arc rs much superior to you in in
tellectual endowmcnts as the meridian sun is
to the most Insignificant glow worm atnight
who have, in this liquor question, used this
very clause oftho Constitution. What clause?
Why that which the wise " "Yindcx" says he
is certain has no reference to tho subject
What All inconsistent contradictions!
First they are as much wiser than am
az tho sun is brighter that glow worm, and
next thoy use this clause, which tho wiscst
nian iii Pickcns is certain has no reference to
the subjc they useit for. Consistent ce,-
tainly!
tits both unfair and puorile, because IN
stead of sticking to his assertions or coming
out like white head" and acknowledging
his error, he denies his own words.
Any one who will take tho trouble to read
the fifth clause of his article of tho 2Sth of
March last, can SEQ thct ho did positively as
sort that 90 in every lU0 moderate drinkers
become drunkards.
Ills words are these. "And We still furth-
ersaffirm, that it is the manufacture of ardent
spirits which promotes, yea causes its use !;
yesits temperate use, which makes every drua
kard in tho land; that the drunkard's school
istaught by Ycritas, temperate drinking !;
that temperate or more properly moderate
drinking is the first rudiments of drunken
ness; that at, this elementary school every
poor, bcsotted inebriate in the laml is taught
the alphabet of drunkenness, And having
once learned his lcttors, he is in possession
of the key whicl, opens wide the door, which
leads to destruction and in 90 cascsi in every
100 he enters in, consequently, we boldly as
sort that so long as there arc moderate drin,
kcrs there will necessarily be img,oderate
drinkers
Now tits o fact known, that itroquires moro
genuine moral courage fora self couccited
mortal to acknowledge an error, than it does
TO facc q cannon and ."'YindoSp instead of
plGking any Acknowledgements sneaks out
by5inmltins every intelligcnt reader by say
Ing that he meant when q man becomes Ia
drunkard, henevcr reformod in 90 cases in a
100. Shabby, decidedly shabby.
But what seems to hurt him worse than
anything olso is, that farmer should know
or have an opinion of his own. Ishould not
be surprised Mr.. "Yindcx," that although
use no learned worGs which hayc learned,
nor manufacture any ofmy own like some
folks, j have studied moro of seionce and,tho
classics than your craniun would hold. Il
judge of'yo0r attainmcnts by thewa5s you
spout out what little you think yosi know
That clause next 20 the last in your 6rst ar
ticlo has stuck in my throat since fret read
1T, Who, now wcask can show as such Il
manf Echo apswers to echo. no ono, no one;
for mep's interest and happiness in civil So
cIety are so concentrated, connected and in-
tcrwoycn'-.'thrce awordsofs nearly aynony.
NOUS meaning. ~
4 am not much ofaCritlc, but I shoaIld not
wondor flour bost critics ~eresocalI this not
only supurb but oyenpoos article.
Mr.p yindox," about that shooting match
at the'dollar. Whore IN tie world did you