The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-07-21

| Mh. tpiron: Having lad the pleasure
on attending meeting last Saturday at
iicrcetowi on the subject of Prohibition,
| desire to give you Il sketch OF the orca-
| sion, though il will be a very imperfect
! one.
| :, ,ccor'hng TO previous announcement.
Mr James Mullikin, the Oldest gentle
man III the upper part of the county, ad-
| dressed large crowd, who had assem-
| Dlcd at the above named place, on tho
/ subject of Prohibition, taking a bold
| stand against it. At tho outset he said ft
| Christian; that it is contrary to the teach
| ings OF the Old ard New Testaments
| ana that there would lie more drunken
ness under prohibitory law than there
| would be If every man was allowed to
make and use Just as much as he pleased
| without restriction. He derived all his
| authority from the Bible. do not re-
member all of his references. but ho re-
| 1crrcd to the place where all were invited
10 come and buy Urine and milk" with
out money and without price, which he
claimed showed that wine had been
placed mere Tor good purpose and was
lntcndcd to be used by mar. He referred
| TO the institution Of the Lortl's Supper,
| where Christ said, It will drink no more
OF the fruit of the vine until that day that
| drink it anew i'll the kingdom of God, F"
| which he said showed clearly that Christ
| and his Disciples were in the habit of
drinking wine. lie made mention, also,
| of the turning Of water into wine al tho
marriage feast, which showed that Christ
recognized the custom OF usilg wine on
such occasions, and which, he further dc
clared. proved, from the amount of water
| changed into wine, that the Saviour
aimed TO have plenty. He used this fact
to prove that thcro would bo less drunk
enncss if all wero allowed to have, mako
! and use just as much - they pleased
without restriction. His remarks were
| somewhat tedious. He concluded bv
| saying that he could prove his last prop.
osition rs well as he had proven the first,
was most ingeniously arranged, and
showed great care of preparation.
After Mr.. Mullikin was through, Rev.
G. Med. Rogers replied, saying, with all
due respect Tor his venerable friends age
| and honest convictions, he took exactly
tho opposite view, viz: that wine was
the greatest curse ever placed on earth, !,
and Tie use Of it as . Beverage is anti
Christian. In support of his side lie re-
ferrcd to the case Of Noah, Lot, the two
| sons of Aaron, who were Priests, and
| other passages in the Bible. lie said al
| though Noah was at the time Of his
drunkenness the only ricst, the ONLY
prophet and the only Preacher of right
| BUSINESS on earth, three hundred and fifty
years of his life was lost to tile people in
| consequence of his getting drunk; that
| two short verses wound up the history of
this great man, who lived three hundred
and fifty years after ne got drunk. In
the case of Lot, ho said, history had never
recorded crime Of deeper dyo-it is too
| black to speak Of. In the case of the two
sons Of Aaron, it was shown that vino
would cause the violation OF law, end
that their lives had paid tho dreadful
penalty of their drunkenness. Take a
| little wine for thy stomach's sake which
shows that it should not be used as a
beverage. "a Bishop should be man
not given TO wine "a Deacon should
not be given TO much wine''
AT the close of Mr.. Rogers speech,
Rev. 5. Lander of Williamston, was
called by the crowd, and responded in IL
very appropriate eNtcmpore speech. lie
said wc must take tho Scriptures accord
ing to their general tenor, and not accord
| ing to detached sentences. That it was
no argument to say a prohibitory law
would not bo enforced, for the laws
| against murder, burglary, arson, larceny,
&c., were not perfectly enforced. That il
could not be said ii we would not trou bic
whiskey IL would not trouble us, for his
own experience taught him better.
Tho discussion was very pleasant, and
not the least animOsity was exhibited.
| All who spoke Of it in my presence said
Temperance had gained u decided vic
tOrV G.