Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1862-03-15
PIcKENs COURT TgHoUsE, IS G. SATURDAY, MARCH l5 1862

OF irreligion and wickcdnesS were opened
ofrcsh, aud citizens and soldisas began to give
free vent to their dcpraved PASSIONS and appc-
titcs. Profanity, Sabbatl.-brlhking, oxtortion
and anten,pcrancc weregpraitised with un-
blushing boldncss.. Travollas and ncwspa-
pers brought up reports fronihur camps, thor
oughfarcs and cities through Which our soldiers
were passing and repassings that our army
was fast departing from that high standard Of
morals which they had at Asst set up yea,
that wiokcdncss in every slkspc aud forn,--,
eas pfsotissa s asf, &
extent sbY Dur sstdicrs, and even
by our Gcncra7s aid o,Ies a|Eticcrs who ought
to set good, examples beford their men; and
who, above all others, .needao be sober men,
in order rightly to discharg3tho high and re-
spo,'sible duties that God Iaad their country,
have imposed upon thenl.
And, to add to these 5cffhes, and furnish
fuel to these flames, --shalE speak Of IT,.
fain would I, with thea.ns,,sEeet Psalmist of
1sraol, ,''Ssay, Tell ita1iot iH Gath, publish it
,not inftllo streets of Asheor for I blusl, for
my country and my country Acn- but, fidelity
to the OCCASION that has sassthiblcd us togcth.
or, and to. the cause Of iol and humanity,
requires sthat / should spthk Of it, that We
may perceive at least, orc rcSson for 9. fasting,
Shulnil!atlon 10 and pr9y !. bafoiei God. say,
to add Tue 40 heso ishmcats
,s,ru'.giHl,, ass hasic, and in in
s the grai,,s sec
stiensF our. distling liquid
ito bodies and souls
lot 1hrsoltl efs were not per.
,ishlnS Stasss enoug tt!nary diseasc-to
saynotilingo bullets ll % bfls .and os though
they had not s.! sattica9 temptations to sin
Sfoa IN IN OF camp
ne = Apd I'm port horrible crime
thoss m estabis u tltehts aie s!so ~ th
t.fe as any the
{ py'raIsllisSt rYfe ofproyisons for
our 9, army amds puttingit Heyond the reach ef
the the poor tshllies OF our sold
iers ITO proeo9ro,tllo 4 ncceshr'oso lif Who
would EliaSe believed ltsg summer while all
oias5es were. . oveatlle abnunding har
vests y, sls tilat God had in Law
isled supon section et tsse
Snd nisii I,
y
sss,s Rs9gie Inns
only FIJI ,asn
but conyertine tIom$intg strea'ns nf n,s;snn
Alas ,lls human nat % w. :. i"s po.si;
its thousands, But sclGsh,rss and oren1;,,os. T
for aain has slam its tf thona,nls iSTsnr;s
this that scts as nntriot is,, nnd x;rt,,o tl,at
fills tho Golfers With uol d3thot scank cra' sn,a
thatscausos the earth sto rio wthSthc cT;os af
widows and .orphS,is Il is not INV ,n,rnosc
to on 4, "a t,it;nn
the evils Of iintempperance, either an,opr sol,l.
HRS or citizens, orof tho dangers of avenpnod
crate drink;n1: bntI T61ns Il n,,otn i, f,,y :,
8. e,.s Of EHolV Writ d shnw ],,sy a,1cb tl,{nns
ara rewarded nv tl,e &IniDbtv 9 "a ooi. f,ot
tl,ea.anon tho winc whon$it Is rch -wh MI;
yiyefh. Shis. color IN thefcuupn. when i noyetS
itself Alright at tho anstIit bi,sth like sSr.
pcnt aud Istinseth likeiaI nller" Nj sunh
things be esaidI Iof ,ciug a. tle insnirod swri.
ter hcrc sncaks 6f the ssc1s;;.e ,,sc 1T IA q
shall be sai of ,ohishev Ta as oas;.
sly and schoanlys intoxisot ID tISnt y;a;;n
"Who hath woe /? vic |l,dtb sorrow Mn
hath contentious Who shatL babblina twho
hath wounds without cadse? who nth red
ness Of ewes? They th,;t t,,,ru loav nt the
wine; theV that 80 'tosse(k 6yrc,, ,c;,s ~
g Woo unto tban1,thnt Iao m carlv IN tho
morning that thcy 5maysfJIIow strong drink
woo. u6ittol,n, thataise,h l,sheioh1on nlyiuh',
who furnishes f. for hi,1 and tonnts him 70
drink 9s Ea
| Let those passages suflild Ii to show how I'D
regards this evil. IIc nel e. nronomnces. {: =
woe :" without mcan;no IN ;s ;,,dcSd = Gin
of tho first magnitude. 'fot II ;s thc naren4 nr
many other sins. y When then ;t ;tbccomcs ucn.
eral, or is ,winketl nt bv ,cI;slotures and Mog.
isratcs, oyis covuicuauce,fbU nuIi,c o,,;,o,,;un ,,,;
It bccomcs Ao,;onol s;u < ~ ,vl;e,, III No.
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