The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1869-11-25
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rur people, especially the poor freedman.
Your article is well timed, for never
perhaps has the vice of intcmperancc
been so prevalent, nor so likely To in'
:, ease as at present. Y"u review the
disasters likely % accrue in t~o points
Of view, first, the drmoral;zing ff''cts
on the morals, AM! secondly, the Incvi
table ruin to tho lbur of The country
now ~,ilprortnnt tnrhe welfare Vi b1'h
employer and employee. -
What can compare with 'h" wide
spread decentralization sure to follow in
the wake Of such wide spread granting
Of licenses TO sell whiskey
The vericst tyro knows full we'll the
effects. temporarily and spiritually, of
such sinks of sin and iniqui'y; spread
broad cast over the land and brought
to the very tl'ors of an ignorant and al
ready tho muc!r deprav"l lc"Plc; II
people vicious and given t" excuses OF
all kinds; pruverbially fond Of strong
drink and now able, for the first time III
their history, 10 indulge with their
small earnings, in this hesotiing vice,
with no sense or virtue to restrain them
selves! The mind is appalled, at the
thought. The Indians passed away
under tho infections Of this dreadful
vice and We may expect. in few years,
to witness tho fruit of this wide-door,
opened by the cuprdiry of the 'whi>key
retailer aud by the NAL administration
Of government, wh"se only object Is
to benefit themselves at the expense OF
their fellow men
The writer OF this. has been made a
ware of the increase of this vice in a
wonderful degree, since emancipation.
by observing its increased indulgence
nn plantations, hitherto remarkable for
their s"bricty, order aud industry, now
exchanged for the nightly carnival.
These remarks ar intended t" pre-
face tic following quotation from "rie of
uur h,'st Sun'icrn religious periodicals.
Its 50 awful, that M further notice l.
necessary from US. Let the man, who
sells this pois"n, p;ndcr 1t we'll
This in the iprm "f a business cirru
lar, issued in the interest of the liquor
trade, by the well known firm Of Death
& Co.:
To TIE PUDLrc.-Dcath & Co ,
whrlc<ale aud retail dealers in spirits
and malt liquors, take this opportunity
of,nGo,ming their iricods that they com
iinue the irnIc of making drmnhan's,
jnnkrupis, L'Xyrrs, and mnmincs, on the
must reasonable terms, at the shortest
notirc.
TIE advertiser. return their sincere
thanks their nulnrrouscustomers, ard
to all the iippling part Of the cummunl'
ty, for the extensive patronage 'hry now
receive; and ihcy hope thar the many
proofs thar are now to be luund "f their
success in the above line Of bu>inrss
will secure them the increased smppn't
uf all drunkards and little drop drinkers,
az we'll Us forever silence the advocates
Of total abstinence societies, tho>r bitter
enemies of their loug.c>tablisllcd and
popular trade.
! Death 4 Cu. beg leave to assure The
public that the article in which they
deal is the bea and m's; ll'"nnmi p"is'n
in the world; aud they will wa'ran. ii
crrin'n MrM i" every cas" where the
individual pcrscvcrc, in the u:c uf it.
Death e. Go. bring themselves under
obligations to send more pcrs""s To the
poor house, the prison, the gall"ws an'l
The graveyard, than any other firm; and
they will also do it with the greatest
pus>ihlc despatch; t" accomplish thrs"
desirable ends, it is unly necessary Tor
the individual to take Il glass ucca$lonal'
ly, Till he feels tlra, quantity insufficient
TO crafty the craving appetite which It
will soon crca,c;aud Nhcn this whi>k' y,
gin, brandy, ale, or porter appetite Is
formed, the person is then prcprcl to
brave temporal and eternal misery Tor
the sake of another glass. In short,
Ncatl Il Co. will spare no pains ar cx-
pcusc to bring the wives and children
of Their customers to misery, temporal
and eternal, and drive to d'.lirium aud
death as nanyas the public COOL require.
They ar, instantly receiving new sup
plies of the poisonous liquid. which th"y
will sell by rhc class, the bottle, the bar
rel, or the hng,hcad.
i"r tho accommodation ofth"ir num-
crnus customers, ana Tor the despatch 1T
their Increasing business. ID &Co. have
appointed sufficient number Of active
agents who arc Stationed ut convenient
distances, in splendid palaces, beer
shops, and public h"u'es. these pal
aces, bccr shops, and public houses may
be known by the squalcr, filth, rbscrni-
ty. or misery Of the customers who con-
grceatc around them, os well as BY the
odors of the po;suns continually poi!u-
ting the air around.
Satisfactory references can be given