The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-03-14
WhiSkey and Pistols.

your last weeks paper there was an ar
ticle from the Circuit Rider on liquor,
pistols and the devil Now, Mr.. Editor,
we want more Circuit Riders. Men who
will pull on the gauntlets of character
and bravery and show their disgust for
cowardlv, bloody aSsassins; men who
have not lost the blood of their fore
fathers; men who hate crime; men who
hate whiSkey; men who hate towards;
men who are always ready to do their
duty and let public opinion see their dis
gust for such wrong doings; men Of honor,
that make character their religion; men
who make country happy, glorious
people whose God is the Lord, wanting
to Go good at all times, and hunger and
thirst for the destruction of that evil,
whiskey, that causes SO much harm and
pain, braves up towards and causes men
to violate human and divine law. 1t
enters the splendid mansions of the rich,
the humble cabins Of the poor, and
wherever it goes it spreads 4 moral blight
and mildew on all who come within its
circle. Look at the pupils in the school
of drunkenness: their bloatcd checks,
staggering gait, who taint the very at
mosphere in which they move, and yet,
deplorable and odious as their condition
is, every one who drinks liquor is in
danger of becoming just such character,
for he is playing with viper that will
sooner or later inhict upon him deadly
wound; and so we'll drugged with strych
nine and other poisons is the whiskey OF
this day it will not take them long to
arrive at the gulf of woe and shame that
lies before them. Intemperance, like her
twin sister, death, is greedy monster
whose voracious appetite no number Of
victims can satisfy. War, pestilencc and
famine have slain their millions, but they
only occur at long intervals, while daily
and hourly the slaughtered victims of
this monster are falling into the drunk
ards grave. The asylums, the jails, the
penitentiaries of America receive nine
tenths of their inmates from among the
wretchcd customers of the grogshop, and
there are few, very few, of those who
have ended their careers on the gallowS
who did not learn their first lesson from
the bottle. The moderate drinkcr isa
pupil in the school of drunkenness, and
his teacher, the devil, knows well the art
of drilling him through all the various
branches and grades until he is entirely
graduated. When his graduation is COM
pleted he then is ready for any work, no
matter how dirty, his master may direct.
He can break the heart of dear father,
crush the heart of devoted mother. and
disregard his loving sister, or violate any
law. Every drink he takes leads him
farther on the road to ruin, and Oh,
mothers, sisters, and fair ladies, upon
whose innocent heads many of the woes
and sorrows fall from intoxicating drink,
your attention is called to the fact that
since the fall of Adam woman has had
an irresistible influence over man, and
she has until now
Man when sober cannot resist the spell
of love that womau's charms throw
around him, but when infuriated with
liquor he spurns them all. 1t is the
proudeSt boast of temperance that it
capacitateS weak and erring man to ap-
preciate woman. Heavens best and
brightest gift to him. Upon you, fair
ladies, who chance to read this article, the
temperance cause mainly depends for
ultimate success. Throw the weight of
pour allpowerful influence into the scale
and you will know no such word rs fail
With your sweet voices to cheer it on
and the sunlight of your smiles bcaming
upon it you will drive your greatest enemy
and ours from the land, and your banners
will wave in triumph in every breeze.
Written March 10th, 1901, by an old
Confederate CLoD HOPPER