Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-09-23
For the Yorkville Enquirer.
THAT TRIP OUT WEST.


bly, by his twelve years close confinement to Sim
pie food, plain dress, little talk and hard sbor.-
It IL said that he did not return to his former
modes Of life, and that he died in the faith and
hope of christianity at last, as have others who
have made IN stir in the world."- sd"
Lam strongly inclined to stop and write hom'
lily on "the great men Of our world"-the politi-
cal world especially. 1t was recently said in the
papers that Mr.. BENTON like to have been
christian" He came very near confessing Christ
before he died-as ifit would have been any more
honor to religion for THOMAS HART BENTON to
have trusted in our Redeemer, than for old SAN.
cHo, the servant Of Dr.. COOPER, who still lives in
Columbia serving the Savior as be was advised to
do, even by lis master in his Inst moments. Why,
Mr. Editor, what can We think Of the repentance
of one who, when driven from position, spends the
evening Of lfe--when personal, social and politi'
cal passions should be allowed to oool-.in writing
"thirty years view," hundreds Of closely print
ed pages, along whose paragraphs, pages and
chapters, the undiluted virus of deathless hatred
of one far his superior in every respect, is allow
ed to flow and color every debate, and sgnalize
every crisis or epoch with which be could remote
ly, or directly, connect the name of JOHN C. CAL
uouN. do not claim Mr.. c as having been a
Christian. I do know that be made no preten
sons to be heralded to the public for posterity
do know that every whereas far as I have
read-he recognized the authority Of revelation,
and admitted Bible principles and facts into his
glowing pages and glorious speeches. do know
that his lifelong moral character was "above sus.
>picion," and though he did not serve God rs
aould have wished, yet the manner of his life and
death, to my taste, and to my conscience, is nfu-
iely preferable to anything in the one or the 9TH
er Of his living and dying detraetor.*
But leaving the Penitentiary, MuRRELL, BEN
TON and CALHOUN, and all homilies for the pres.
ent, will undertake to furnish the accounts prom
ised, Of ga walk before day to the Nashville Mar
ket," and Of "a ride before breakfast in, through
and around, the environs' of the self same city.
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and will proce.dto details in both cases as is ft-
ting.
mime host" sometimes complained of loss of
sleep. We sometimes heard footballs before day,
passing our door, and knew not the cause. We
always found our table-breakfast and dinner
provided with choice meats and vegetables and
having little curiosity about me, one day ask
cd about the character of their market, the yesr
round, when 10 all the above matters and points
found their solution ut once. Our hostess-may
she live forever!-replied "that they always had
good market as to fruits, vegetables and meats
fish. fowl, and flesh; all save fsh-their river
not furnishing any great variety Of the dnny tribes
But auoth she, we are under the necessity of 60
ing before day in order to get choice art c'es' and
Mr. s. is hard to wake, so that after get him up,
he Notwithstanding along, and
makes noise enough in unlocking doors, fumblins
chairs, getting hat, basket, and other items Of
outfit for the morning marketing .
Ireplied, 'if he will wake me, and wait for me
to wash my eyes open, I will go with him and see
for myself as to your market"
You know, Mr. Editor that great deal depends
upon our eatng-life even is one of its results
unless bad food, or drink, causes death as in the
instance of the mountain milk. sickness with COWS
or the strychnine whiskey, which it seems is
likely to rid the world Of some Of the lower class
of drunkards (The higher classes die too, from
from other luxurious excesses into which wines
and finer liquors unavoidably lead them, and so
Drunkenness -intemperance-will, and does kill
fearfully.) Irepeat great deal depends upon
eating and drinking, so We would all do well to
task some questions" and make some inquisitions
into dairy, kitchen and market places. Why, Sir,
I know an unconrert,d Larger who will not touch
butter unless he knows whose hands handled it;
and if such an one the disciples of Blackstone will
please purdon me !! is so particular about butter,
why sir, it is not wrong for any Of US to go to the
market, or elsewhere, and see how our food looks
in the raw state.
So was awake in due time-up, chad and wash
ed, when our faithful and very liberal hosttapped
at the door, telling me it was time to 90, or we
would not see and get all we wished. We were soon
on the street, and having full half mile to go,
right through the heart Of the city, we soon found
that early as we were, yet many were ahead of rs.
We met men and maid servants, white men and
boys-women, old and young, and some very gen.
teel in dress, and bearing-all through with their
marketing for the day-the day not yet having
dawned. -
Such is life-but will not moralize. With
hurried steps we bent way to the public square,
where justice as well as food sis bought and
pushing our way into the crowd Of
butchers, cooks, and eaters, we soon found our
Sunday afternoon preaching place, all astr with
an excitement more general and profound, than
any We witnessed under preaching there, or any.
where else during stay in this city Of the west
The wants of the body-natural or artificial
In alluding to Mr.. BENTON, you perceived fol-
low the Bible habit of giving the shadows as well
as the Eghts of human character. do not sub
scribe to the maxim "nothing but good OF the
dead" but choose to look ut things as they really
were, and judge accordingly. | think the public
mind needs corrective just at this point, and am
not unwilling for this note, and that to which 1t
refers, with your permission. to put it before the
public Let mep know that their own evil deeds
will stigmatize their memories, and you may hold
auother inducement to we'll doing before the no.
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