Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1859-09-15

mandment enJoins ian holy resting on the SAP
bath day, and in the exercise of public and pri-
vate worship Of God. The tendency Of your dis
tllation, in providing liquors to be drank by men,
is to pervert some from this path, in the seek
ing of some whiskey, and in the drinking Of it,
even unto drunkenness. 9th. The fifth command
ment requires honor to be given from interiors to
superiors, &c. But you are instrumental in pro-
ducing violation of this law, in many SONS to
parents servants to masters, &c., by your dis
tilling and this is the price of some of your ease,
profit, and pleasure. You also violate this COM
mandment indirectly, or cause it to be done, by
your counselling against total abstinence, and en-.
couraging and favoring distilling, which is the
support of this intemperauce. And in your dis
carding and discouraging its suppression, you
thus leave interiors exposed to temptation to dis
honor their superiors. 9th. The sizts command
ment says, "Thou shalt not kill" The duties re-
quired here are, that you do all careful studies,
and lawful endeavors to preserve the life Of your
self and others, by resisting all purposes, and
avoiding all occasions, temptations and practices
which tend to the unjust taking away the life Of
any. And it is forbidden here, that you be acces-
sorry to the taking away the life Of yourself and
others, unjustly either suddenly and directly,
by little and by little; or in the Withholding Of
the necessary means of preserving life by absn-
doning distilling which provides for this mmoder-
ate drink and which tends to the destruction OF the
life Of the drinker. 7th. You provide for the
violation Of the seventh commandment, by your
distillation as stepping stone, inviting to want
of chastity in body, mind, affections, words, and
behavior, in some of those who drink Of your dis
titled liquors. You by this distillation, provide
against the keeping of chaste company, conjugal
love, diligence in labor, in callings, and tempta-
tons thereto You, by distillaton, provide ways
and means for the keeping of stews, and resort
ing to them, idleness, drunkenness, unchsste COM
pany, lascivious songs, and some other provoca-
tions to this evil 9th. The eight commandment
is "Thou shalt not steal" 1t is required here,
that you and others render to men what is their
due, and to endeavor by all just and lawful means
to procure, preserve, and further the wealth and
outward estate Of others, as well as your own,
&c. Now, the tendency Of oil your distillation is
exactly contrary to this law. You deny to men, to
furnish to them the grain you have to spare alta
marketable price, instead Of this, you distill it
into whiskey for their drinking, which is either
useless or injurious to the consumer; and renders
breadstuffs 80 much theless. Nor is this all you
by your whiskey e1tort higher price for both,
and thus oppress the buyer, to build your fortune
up at the expense of his own 9th. The n'nm
commandment requires your appearing, and stand
ing for the truth and only the truth, in ell things
appertaining to the question now before us, and
an unwillingness to receive IN evil report against
Temperance Societies" and their pledge; nor to
slander them in their course, and the practioing
Of what is true, honest, lovely and Of good report
You are hereby. forbidden all prejudicing Of the
truth-Bible truth in this matter and the inter
preting Of the scriptures to teach false doctrines in
this matter and you are here forbidden know
ingly to appear and plead for an evil cause, and
out face the truth, or bear it down, in calling evil
good, and even to be silent in a good cause. Nor
may you here dstract from temperance men, nor
scof, nor revile, nor censure, nor misconstrue
their intentions, their words, nor actions, nor
think too meanly of them, nor raise, nor receive
ill rumors of them. Nor may you here practice
such things as procure an i'll name to yourself.
10th. The tenth commandments, "Thou shalt not
covet." Here your duty is to further all that
good which is your neighbors nor to,hsset tipor-
dinate affections to any thing that is his. Distil-
lation of spirituous liquors, to be consumed in
drink by your neghbors, to their injury and sin,
is at variance with this low. On the whole, by
fair construction, it is here found that to distil
spirituous luors with the intention that these be
drank as a beverage, or luxury. even unto drum
kenness, is immoral; because the distiller here
has not before his eyes to promote the glory Of
God, and the good of men, but, to build up his
own estate in life at the expense Of these He :s'
therefore, guilty of the violation Of one and all
these ten commandments, directly or indirectly,
in person, or as accessory. NOBODY.
TO BE CONTINUED.