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|| I, 1830-
I and fear noi”
ii : ”
Erl We lay aside ab*nVhrco colutins of original
ja,. rmM ■trl/pej 10 nama room f«r the correa
it» pondtnee between Mk Wirt and Gov. Gil
'WfaiEß, respecting tho OLrokec Indians, .(fee.
id which, for various roast m .-/Ml can/ |»WI ‘ft J
mare of tatoroat to the ptHAic generally,
tjiiu tlimg oiso that couW bo qpred, « the pro -
mat limb,
- *>‘ ' l w ~" \ ~ 1
I'Y .Wo recommend to the of’the road- I
S. Mr, thd .ibla address of Maj. Ist*t N. Davis, wi
if J»«ho Object of Temperance, delivou d before the
If Elbreffl Temperance Society, in duly last; it j
I tv ill bo (bund well worthy a perusal, containing
I af*’ docs, some of tho strongest and nmst tm-
I yJU ?.* va arguments we have seen on tb\subJoct. j
I. Such is tho unprecedentedly low'stale of oor 1
1 Diver at the present time, that it is forded by ,
Drays, across from the city to Hamburg, without |
1 1 difficulty. In tho deepest part, extending about;
M thirty yards, the water will not cover the wheels, j
! in the wells, in many of them it being ‘
I , tnlrt 'ro than a foot deep. And bosiuos tlus,
r 1 .he long draught we have experienced, is pro
(iueing the most severe effect on all kinds of vo-
fetation, in the country around. (
The lust Millcdgevillo papers say nothing of ‘
the rumor respecting the intended resignation of 1
GoV. Gilmer; and they could not but but have *
L been aware, that tlicir silence on the subject, <
, would givo to it .somewhat of confirmation.—
Some think tlio Governor, should ho resign, will 1
\ boa candidate for the scat in the United States' 1
' Senate, IMuly occupied by Mr. Forayth, an elec- '
| tionlo fill which, will take place at the next »es- 1
sion of the Legislature. If ho should contcm- '
I, plate resigning, it is to be presumed tliatbe will
signify his intention to that effect, at as early a
pgriod as possible, that the people may be prop
«rly prepared to select a successor.
Census of Augucta.-~\\e are indebted to our
worthy follow-citizcn, J. S. Beers, Esq. for tlie
1 following tabular statement of the population of
Qiir city, as just taken by him:
kites. Stares. Free C. Tot’s
TT T~? pTT'i 1
$ S ■! S. II 55 £ I
i 8 i S |i 5
. w ,r 331 lifl "sm Ilf *1 in IMS
ffi assies ss
! 1878 IM7 17(16 1763 iB7 lift OW
L Tolul Whites, 3613 Tout Mala 3171
*■ Slaves, 3iO'J “ Y'cnialce, 34i5
K 11 Free Color’ll. 183. Whole Population, 6066.
Os the above, 21 am Aliens, mid I blind.
=
Salem trial—Knapp found guilty, —The Bos
s run Courier of tlie 21st- *H. m*w» r«<3t-tne jury
C tmpaunelled on the now trial of J. F. Knapp, re
I coivcd the case on Friday, at one o'clock, mid
■ v-lt twenty minutes past six they returned a ver
r -diet of guilty.
I FOB THE CHnoSICLE AND ADVERTISER.
I - REDUCTION'," nr. “ JffO REDUCTION.”
proposing a sclicme of
atre feel no confidence that it will be unmodiate
|y. popular. We doubt whether the subject has
J Jgten canvassed sufficiently to display its merits.
’■‘We doubt, moreover, whether prejudice is pre
pared to yield to reason—whutfier local, or sac
lionaUjentiincnts, can be easily supplanted, by
.the enlarge A and liberal notions of a comprehen-
aive patriotism. These doubts are confirmed by
tho that many citizens who have not
maturely,ronsiderod the subject of a Reduction
of the Legislature, deem a reduction of the
House alone, sufficient. But we believe it will
sntly be necessary to set the matter clearly be
fore them, to convince them that a Reduclibn of
the Senate is equally necessary. To do this,
fully, wd unfold tlie principles on which a divi
t «ion I. the Legislature into two branches is sup
seeed, as weU as to point out Uie intended con
slilational character of the Senate, would lead
jfi iato disquisitions, for which, only the political
icholarhc* afastc. Wo therefore, for the pro-
—
sent, will confine ourselves to tho subject of B
cosomv alone.
The Senate consists of seventy-six persons.
This is one Senator to each county. If the Le- I
gislature sits tbirtt days, the per diem pay of
the Senate will be $9,180. If it sits forty
days, (which is about the average length of all
past Sessions) its per diem p/fy will bo, $18,160.
In addition to these sums, the travelling pay at
$lO per member, would be $760: thus making
the pay alone, in one case, $9,880 —in the other,
$12,920. But if the Senate bo reduced, by the
adoption of Senatorial Districts, to thirty, or
thirty-two members, tho expense of its ses
sion for thirty days, would not exceed S4,IG0 —
and its expense for a session of forty days,
would not exceed $5,440: —thus retrenching the
expenses of tho Senate, in one. case, $5,790;
and in tlie other case, $7,480. ,
But it is said, le* the comnostb.%l
, at id lY
House Well! we will go
through, on paper, the proces# of reduction.
The House of Representatives is now compo
. sed of 140. If each county must have a Sena
tor, wo presume each county must likewise,
have one Representative at least. We should
thus have 70 Representatives, at tho very small
est e.stimatq. A session of Thirty days would
coat, (making-the estimate the same with that
above, in regard to tlie Senate) s9,Bßo—and a
session of Forty days, $12,160. Tho expense
of both bodies, would thus bo, for a session of
Thirty days, sl9,ooo—for a session of Forty
days, $25,080. But in this way, tho great ine
quality, Which is now complained of in tho repre
sentation of the counties, would bo continued,
with groat aggravation. To what extent, then,
can the House of Representatives alone, bo re
duced, and the legislative expenses bo brought
to tho standard of Economy!
If Twenty be takKi from the present number,
the House would consist of 120 members. This
Reduction of the House, would save, on a ses
sion of Thirty days, (including .per diem and
travelling pay,) $2,000 —on a session of Forty
days, $0,400. The per diem and travelling
pay of 120 •members, tor a session of Thirty
! days, ■ would ()o 15,600 —for a session of Forty
d«ys $20,400. If tho House be reduced to one
hundred members, tho sums that would be saved
by the reduction, would bo, on a session of'
Thirty days, $5,200—0n i session of Forty
, days, $6,800. Tlie per diem and travelling .pay
of 100 members, for Thirty claysJwould V 1513,00
$13,000 —and for Forty days, Would
a retrenchment of tho Legislative! expense, to
tho extent last stated, bo an object worth tlie
trouble of attainment! But if tho reduction be
carried on to throe-nqvftrflis of tho present nura-
Jjjjr of the
bo, uu a session of Thirty pays $7,800, and on
a session, of Forty days, SIO,BOO 1 And at this
point, the old grievance, of unequal representa
tion would rise, staro us in the face, and mock
the abortion, which disappointed the hopes cn.
tertained of a Reduction! 11 If tho Senate is
not to ho reduced, and each county is likewise
to have at least one Representative, it is true Uiat
this arrangement would reduce our legislative
expenses about one half; nor indeed to that—
but rather only two-fifths. If Senatorial districts
are not to be adopted, shall Representative dis*
tricts bo established! The people would revolt
at this. If one branch of the Legislature ought
to be smaller than the other, and bo composed
of members of higher qualifications than those
fixed for the members of tho other, would it not -
seem, that the Senate should bo the smaller, and
tho more dignified! Would it not seem, and so
accord with all our experience, that a House of
Representatives more immediately and.dircclly
represents the people, and should, therefore, bo
the more numerous?
Convinced that a Reduction of the Senate is
equally as necessary as a Reduction of the Housa,
wo shall, in our next, sqbmit to public scrutiny,
a scheme of Senatorial districts, prefixing there
to, a summary of tlie considerations and princi
ples on which it is formed, with tlie objects pro
posed to bo attained by it.* AMLS.
» ii, nil (he cstimnlcs of expend? which we. have ntnlwl,
\\c have oiniuc'l any mention of continffuni
ofn Icaiflhii.vc They «M«-n <U I short of «!«.-
000. How grcuily will cadi estimate he increased by ll»e
addition oHIiIm mUaH
~~~l^iiJllEß<Ja Afi. ~~
Liverpool Colton Market, July 9.
There has been an extensive tl man.!
for American Cotton during the week
A- an advance has been realised of id pet
it*. fTMim-allj,-. aarticttlarly in the middling
and low qualities. The inquiry t’.ii- llm
ails Iks also been good, an.-l prices have
improved jd per in. The stiles amount*
to 26.029 bugs, viz : 230rtea Island Oeor
gia, 13d a 17d ; 11,130 Upland Bid a 7id:t
3090 Mobile and Alabama, <i:,d a 7;[d;
4810 New Orleans, 6jd atid; &e.
Import 32,519 bags. About 6000 lings
American and 1300 Pernains have been
iaken on speculation.
Liverpool, July 9.
The demand for Cotton to-dny has
keen comparatively limited, and there has
been more offering on tlie market, so that
prices are barely maintained. The weath
er for the last twenty four hours has been
exceedingly wet and stormy, and con
siderable sales of Flour in bond have
been made to-day at 30 to Ois per bbl.
and higher prices arc asked.
XfiAIIIUED.
On the 30iti oil. by tlie Rev. Mr. Talmacr, JAMES
IV TVFVIIV. MefchaiA, of Ncw-Orleans, to Mirs
CLARENTINE. daughter ofthe laic John G. Ci * -
Ungr, of tills city.
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D 11.1! •
Itt Rioebnrohon I’’.’ 31-11 .’.it. Mr. SAMUEL WAL
KER. a*«l olKiutia years, a native of New-Etißltuid—
cmuc from Providence, B. 1. hml (fill. N^rGm-mbo
ro’, on tlio Ail. nit. Mrs. ELIZABETH BAN
g’ALL, age.l 26. Near .Moron, on the Hli ult. Mr.
AMUEL GILLESPIE, fio nteriy a raerchatitof
that Town, aced 2tf. In Huiictd'k county« on Uic 9lh uit.
Rev. WILLIAM B. SMITH, » nahvc of Edge
field District, S. C.
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FOB THE CHRONICLE AND ADVERTISER.
I*EBERTON TEMPERANCE SOCIETY,
, Jviy 11,'A, ISM). •
Resolved, That we lender otir thanks to
Major Isaac N. Davis for (he eloquent
and able address delivered before this So
ciety, on the 4th nit; and that the Secre
tary be instructed to request a copy of the
same for the Press; & that Tiles. J. Clark,
John B. Callaham, and the Secretary,
be a Committee to make arrangements
for its publication.
M. W. HOUSTON, Secretary.
A o> & m SI 'SB o
DELIVERED BEFORE TUB
ELBERTON TEMPERANCE SOCIETY,
On, July, 1830, iy
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dfrTF5 'csirUot: —l cannot flatter myself
1 with the hope, that I shall be enabled to
say any thing new, upon a subject which
■ has been so ollcn and so ably discussed,
■ by men whose known abilities and indefft
i ligable researches arc almost proverbial.
1 But, sir, if I should succeed in impressing
• upon your mind and upon this Society,
1 some of the truths which stand prominent
: upon the subject of Temperance, 1 shall
i consider myself fortunate, and be fully
, compensated for this endeavor.
C The leading features of this address, sir,
, ball be to answer some of the objections
urged against Temperance Societies; and
before 1 proceed, allow me, in no spirit of
vanity, to call upon our members .and
friends, to hold fast to the truths which they
have already espoused, lest at any time,
they should let them slip ; and to invoke a
spirit of inquiry to fasten upon the minds
of those who oppose Temperance Socie
ties. until at least, they be that,
their opposition , docs not origiqfatm/sm?
selfish motives. Weigh well, 1 Sty you,
friends, its importance, pro
nounce the advocates of
these institutions, arroawT C ontemplute
long an|T maturely. the probable con
■ •‘queuces ofsuch D'dd lor a
moment, at least, urdp you Rce fhero be
any youtli near you; qjkose Tnind is not yet
hie to discriniiriato hi matters of that
s- and whose cqiffidenco in you, may
induce him to laMf for granted, whatever
. y fall from yqrir Itp--. By such remarks,
p. with a mcmiiug ftnd
i sarcastic sovcrh%you may slide the mo- j
at ions which had whimpered in lufl cars,
“touch not, taste not, (Vsflidh n °f- -I cr
haps vou may engraft iipop* !*' 8 I traic, P , 9 ’
habits which hod often before rc P uls "
cfl, —perhaps break down the jpnece of
oatuo in his kisniu. no aaio-fel, in ...
i ; r.T!- ■ ,nf\iag; wliltT* > nm/ rankle niid
burn, engendering crime alter crime, un
il peace shall pronounce her valedictory
over Ida troubled soul, and ruin and de
spair, in wretched hallelujahs, sing his re
quiem to the grave. Do not, i beseech
you, make such remarks, to appease the
writ kings of a corroding conscience; to
gratify the gnawings of a goaded ngpctiio,
or to curry favour with some long aban
doned sot, who m*y aland by to lend his
gratifying appliprsC. Do not, by such re*
marks, uncork the bottle, perhaps to your
own dear hall* and thereby add another
brand to the burning.
If you cannot go with us yourself, wo
ask the dim ity of your silence; wc ask you
to tost our principles by experience, and to
judge of our usefulness by oui success; yet
remember, be that is not tor us, is against
us.
But, sir, wc arc told tluit’thc members
of Temperance Societies arc arrogant in
this, “(hat no man, or set < f men, have a
right, legal or divine, to set themselves up
as the guardians of others, without their
consent or request.”
Now, for one, 1 have not understood that
ibis, or any other Society, has sent out its
officers into the streets and highways, and
compelled the pcoplg to come in and enter
heir lists. 1 liavf not heard, as yet, (bat
those Socictiesjtfavc attempted to dictate
0 any man, and in (ho-plenitude of their
power, said “thusfar shall thou go and no
farther.” No, sir, such powers have not
been assumed, nor nidi doctrines udvo
-1 ated. Wc hold up a different flag, and
teach different principles. Wo rail upon
our neighbors and friends, as (hey love
themselves, as they would lift, the feet of
their sous and their daughters out of the
mire and clay, and place them upon the
rock; as they would snatch them from the
jaws of misery and beggary; as they woulcT
tear dow n the strong holds of rat an; as
they would make “Vice, in her wild career,
stand appalled;” as they would wipe ofi'tlie
covering from the mirror of Truth, and pre
sent Virtue in her primitive character; and
as they would “ cease to evil, and learn to
do wise,” “ and flee the wrath to come,
wc a«k them to join with us. Wo call
upon them, by the sacred principles of our
most Holy Religion, to lend their influence
against this Mammoth destroyer. We call
upon thom, for the preservation of our al
most inimitable and boasted Institutions,
to aid us in hedging up the ways of this
merciless desolater, and worse than
destroyer. Wc hope to lay such an
ample, and let our light so shine. thaV Min
ers, seeing our good works, Con
strained to follow. I V;
These, sir, are the weapons, of ouf war
fare ; this is the arrogance of ojr Tcwper
ance Societies; and this sir, is'“thehead
and front of our offending .” ' v
We do not attempt to enforce ouT^SWe- 1
ciples by the sword, Wc do not accompany
our recommendations with menaces er
■ threats. We lay violent hands on non*,
not even on our Children or our
Wc, arc not governed, in our regulatodßl
by the absolute dictums of some tyran
nical law-giver, or the whims, caprices or
nods, of a favorite few. No, sir, al! and
each of our members, have equal and cor
responding privileges; and yet, we are call
ed “arrogant.” May I not, in the lan
guage of a celebrated Roman orator, say,
“O/i the times! oh the customs!'’
Were our Fathers guilty of arrogance,
when they assembled together on this day,
fifty-four years ago, to untie* the knot of
1 British Tyranny, and finally, “pledged
their lives, (heir fortunes, and their sacred
honor,” to preserve, defend and support
this Government'! Were the founders of
our benevolent and charitable institutions,
to meliorate the condition of mankind and
. to mitigatory, vUr, )rs of suffering humanity,
; arrogance? —or were the A))qs
p together in Church discipline ? No, sir,
i the triumphant success of all those efforts,
revoaldftic smiling approbation of the Croat
I Am. The groans and sufferings of thou
■ sands relieved, rise up as witnesses to cheer
the philanthropist in his glorious undertak-"
: ing«. ‘ .
Mr. President, if I know any thing of the
: objects of Temperance Societies, they aim
1 at nothing but to be humble co-workers
with oilier Institutions, to stop the widen
ing progress of misery and woe, among
the children of men. Lotus, then, not bo
i dheouroged by these rivilings and taunts.
; Let ns say to our enemies, if we be not cf
’ God, your assistance will not be required
i to tut us down, for fall we must; butifwc
be doing that winch is our reasonable duty,
miller the direction of our Heavenly ha
. thcr, take heed how .you* oppose
i agee Societies, lest at any time-gyrt migfl
. lit found fighting agaiusM 'rti. s>ir, ano
■ jfcher objection Temperance > ji
femtic?q IV-.Mwftti'such pledges are wholly
unnecessary, for if we are unable to ab- i
stoWav ithout, wc cannot do so with such
restrictions.”
Upon (ho same principles, Mr. .Presi
de it, you might tear down the sceptre of
Ulw ,jnd Government amongst us, and al
lrw '‘lawless misrule to lord it wide;” you
iftighj say to your officers, render up your
and return to private life, for
join;-legislation is vain, and your public,
ficteWe but curses and scourges upon the
people; you might scatter to the four winds,
or cow ume your constitutions, public re
cords, and charters, and you might bury
, vonr hoards ofTrcasure, and establish uni
versal anarchy.
' ■Agaip, sir, if these pledges be > useless,
you might throw off tho reins of Church
‘ Government, and say so each member,
yoiv'hu' e %(to long been tyrannized over,
'fiM i*mry.,.c :i.rn '.JuVC 1
ryou '■aiiiiot with them. And yet, in the
Holy Pjo/c, we find this thing commanded
by our Saviour, while on earth—directed
and advocated, almost without ceasing by
bis inspired Apostles —and practiced and
adhered to ever since, by the best, the
most wise, and most pious men, flic world
liaq known. Look around, and see the sa
lutary effects of (his meeting together; how
does it inspire the hike-warm saint, whose
religious feelings arc almost smothered by
worldly care! Piety springs afresh in his
soul; he receives yi a good soil, and with
Happy effects, the manna from his heaven
ly master. The glories of the upper world,
now stand in bold relief before his enrap
tured anticipations; he flings down bis
sluggish and toilsome load, and counts all
things as naught for his Lord and Saviour.
He now meets his neighbour, with a prayer
for his errors, and a benediction for bis
soul. The holy ardour of big life, and (he
heavenly glow of his soul, all speak of his
destination to that “house above, not made
with hands, eternal in the Heavens.”
Hu vo you not seen the way-worn Pil
grim, upon whose eyelids death bud al
most jdmitcd bis footsteps, and (hc’wintcr
of whose age hud bleached his !o ks, melt
into tears before the religious fervor-of a
worshiping congregation? Have you not
seen Ids dim eye lighted up, beaming with
im'versal love, while the fulness ofhissoti!
we.s poured Ruth in the most fervent spp
plications for his neighbors and friends?
Have you not seen this devotion accumu
late, until a whole congregation has yielded
to its irresistible influence? Yes, sir, by
milting together in this Church capacity,
ypu have seen the proudest sinner yield up
his pride and infidelity, and tremblingly ac
knowledge that the Lord was God indeed.
Air. President, n revolution cannot be
‘ 'e-'aTfteJ, Kt.r l>y unity of action and unity of
ventin'cut. The subject upon which I now
address you, is a full illustration of this prin
ciple. Kven (he faithful heralds of the
.Cross have faiWUn work of death
[amongst Us', iTTe horrid princlpins*rfii , irt-nd
i intoxication which are daily seen in our
Streets, have failed to turn the current of
this surgikg gulph-strcam, and the purity of
the Church has failed to blunt the sting of
this poisoner; for even within its pales, lias it
slay/Lits thousands. Then, sir, is this
concert useless, and arc these pledges and
r ytolutioas of no avail? If, indeed, they
, Should prbvc so at first, Mr. President, let
inis resolve and repledgc again and again;
? n f | If pH should be ineffectual, then lot us
’ solemnly swear to abstain, for, sir, unless
there be something to check the use of ar
dent spirits 4n the U. States, it is my hum
ble opinion, that her days will be but few,
and that short existence most wretched.—|
And this meeting together
pledges, lias not only th®
ftf each other with
i/d giving the
haps might otherwise slumber forever. —
Think you that the American Independence
would have- been achieved, without meet
ing together to deliberate? Think you that
(lie Bible would now have been the sweet
messenger of peace to so large a portion of
(ho benighted world, had not societies been
formed for such objects?—-Think you that
the people of Christ would now possess
the influence, moral and religious, which
they do, if Church Government and Socie
ties had never been established. No, sir.
though every man in the then colonies,
had felt that he was oppressed —though
liililes might always have been as numer
ous as they now are, and though religion
might always have found advocates iu the
world, without this unity of action, —with-
out. this concert and working together,
these tilings could not have been aoconi*
■ pn«wfc. ; . > “r —“t- ' 1
Mr. President, this part of my subject
can bo well illustrated by reference to a
fable, the moral of which si clearly de
ducible from the facts. It was the dying
admonition of a father, to his family of
" contentious sons, to whom ho presented
a bundle of sticks, closely bound together,
with a request that each in his (urn should
break it, neither of whom could effect if;
but when he had untied and seperated them,
the tusk was easy. Now, without this con
cert, we can effect nothing, but when we
unite together, bound by the same laudable
desire, and actuated by flic same motives^
1 we shall be enabled to yilhstond the
of public prejudice, and the !’ n *
i vale railery. But, not left alto
sethor to till*- of reasoning, and specu
latioF- idr (lie establishment nl this truth, '
rand for the confutation of this objection. 1
Lot facts bo hear* l in this controversy.— f
VVJmt have the Temperance Societies al- <
ready done? Many, many are the living ex
ample* which trumpet-tongued proclaim the
glorious consequences of these little Institu
tions! Our own County, is not loft with
out witnesses. I will not stop to enumer
ate, or to enter into statistical calculations.
These you may find in almost every Jour
nal and Periodical which floats in your
public mail-bags. Then, to your fellow
citizens, who think you will not bo pro
fited yourself, or benefit your neighbor, by
joining a Temperance Society, take heed
icst your min mid misery should oneday,
thunder in your ears, that “you knew your
fluty, but you did it not.”
Another objection to joining Temper
ance Societies, is, that “by entering your
name as a member, you thereby acknow
ledge to tho world that you are a drunk
ard.” By tho same course of reasoning
y6u are brought to the conclusion, that all
who do not join are sober men, or that 1
I ThT assertion
pro \ lositions, seems to mo to be illiberal, j
ym, in the abstract, vvholy untrue. A
inibscripbod is presented for your name,
v. itJi tho amount which you are willing to
pay for building a Church. No soo-ior is
your name down, than your astonished
neighbour remarks, that he never knew
you were opposed to religion before.—
Would such a conclusion be just. Yet
glaringly irreconcilable, and foolishly in
consistent as it is, it cannot be more so
than the former. No, the very act of sub
set ibing your name, ns a member, is evi
dence to tjie world, that you love
and that you consider a drunkard nn ilic
most unfortunate and miserable ot'beings;
and that you will contribute, in whatever
prudence may dictate, to avert his miseries
and turn aside his calamities from your
children and neighbours. But,-sir, 1 would
that all ihc drunkards could work up their
courage to the sticking point, in hones
ty, so ns to acknowledge publicly, or even
privately, their besCttii g sin; we might, un
■fc-r such a sense of their situation, still hope
tor ihcir restoration; wc might still flatter
ourselves that they had not sold their happi
ness and their lives for a bottle of liquor.
But, while they scrupulously dispute cve
.y inch of ground occupied by the friends .
of Temperance, and construe every resoJj
luiion they pats, into infringements
mdividiiiil rights, we most-awiiilly foorjflH
lin y arc given over to a “hardnessofjflH
end vi probacy of mind,” at Jeast somHH
regards drunkenness. flH|
Hut, says tho objector “if your
does lot amount to an acknowlodgtHHj
ll.st vou are a drunkard, you will not
but i: is evidence that you arc fcmfullgJ^B
will bc< o.Tic so.” I for one, am not
ed to c< knowledge, thatifl weretojwlfcM
rlt'i every day, 1 might have
oi’d', i a ili-uukartk
Human nature is
i* i, i* -. ! it is :■ iuful *vlf , hH
I . not ,411,rw- I < -111 pi.! t
IV, (41! 011 p'lll i H 4-H
h>sv > g ■ii - < 1
i V. o' “ 1 m'U' - ■!
be e ' ’ C : f r. *
pi.. 11, yet 'lf !
a.-, w.t lv - * v ;. y' v
,:n < -. I:■-.!»/ V,-,
to<' iiijiiiv in iiW; S v ' t;£ vVjl's'V c
id- v- . J *!s~ ■■* ,'b, ■; >'V".' >|
(ia. e wc lay claufl ''.'t'- 1, .'*< * :•* I
i'l ifilllH : WI>H J-y '•*’ ‘*4 * *.*. j
st; > .«’> .igmftt-i■'*j
M-iid i
da:■ gtas. *;/}
h;t<
and genteel, but who are now sleeping with
their fathers, from drunkenness.
Tell me not, then, young man, that there
is no necessity for your joining a Temper
ance (Society—because you do not yet drink.
You are the proper person to unite with ur.
Your feelings have not been blunted, nor
your appetite grown incorrigible, by the
constant potations of living fire, which has,
'perhaps, doomed your father to the g*ave,
and you to orphanage.
Tell me not, that you arc above tempta
tion, and that you are able to govern your
self. Remember that the wicked one had
power to tempt the immaculate Saviour,
while on cartli—(hat he lias power to trans
form himself into an angel of .tight; and,
for ought, I know, he mav assume the
shape of a bottle of spirits, which shall be
your and haunt you dov. -
the grave.
Another olylPou by w "OttO.mg, ip.
‘that it belongs
■airs of
i a
' H|||- a
itii'■
ctllfl
w hole c. ■
• ivti d iodic i 1 11 -
••love thy oc :. •.
■ , HI men ;m yc v. add ’
onto you," are mju,. tn .i - \
universe. Kve.u the o.. 1 -. liei
and iin blaspheming U- .-i. are
e.. They me ImHi mn; . ahjp'
their violation, all must be mv-
Bui, aside from iluS diviuc uuir *;
you willing that your ch;istui/' J> ' - _ .
shall alone relieve 'he wains
ing fellow citizens? Are yob
pass a whole life here, in Laopueimg Irptftr
the mercies oftxod, and uo> c-oab-tbutc to
one solitary humane or benevolent object?
Is there hot something in your bosom which
prompts to deeds ot chanty and nine. ■ css,
and is there not something there >mch re
sponds to such acts with kindred fdulmgs f
Yes, sir; even the cold and icy lechsygd
of the stoic mustyield, and bear y, it*'.* sst H *
this principle. Let us, then, unite, r oi,.
tian and worldling, sain* and ainm ..; die
work of reformation. It cannot .rjui e you,
young man, to associate
with your Christian hoys; but tuu*** 1
prove “unavor oflifeiutio Idp, ~, .-^ r vv •'
P iMr.Pies.dem;
me to say a word by we/
m ,u„t 1 wind! *.>t ho, Ulteu.Hs
or intend saying, to uisnuiate
aaco Societies will save us spiritually, alto
lit as foi die chines above; no, so , j./o
it foi g ....fed, (out Ten.pci ant e 5.«.-iuieK
and saving grace, are v. dolly distuTct, and
widely diHi •••; it. liu;. as iron » ... k
means, in ibe salvation of sinners, ib. ought
we know, Temperance Societies u.a con
tribute Inigcly, under his direction, .« to •
accomplishment of that work.
in addition to the foregoing o p.viions,
members of the church, car, a.unu; in ii»*ir
turn, refuse to jon these snciebea, h-.,< ause,
ussy they, *wc twvc aireiidyjoiiu.o u 1 nm
perance Society, iu joining tie m.arch."
And is it so, Mr. IVc.. . I oat. mem
bers of the clrurch drmk nothing, «ad drat
you have never seen any of ih.rn returning
from the shops aud taverns, toti-ridg »
and fro? Is it so, that, so sooUttAyOU
the church, the inroads of (Ins tic :r
--are seen no more, or that you are
cd from hin death-bearing, m?h.
■-o. sir, tha; jo.uing the
mi. Ho- .igif.nst lliii
hr. 7 ~r a :. •
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