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Sta :kv(u.f., (T i,, Feb. 11. ,
Uiiclc ll.n: —Whilst many of your,
corrpspnnd •ills, tjjjellifr with yourself,;
have contended against lit” j.Vinoi|>l s
ot “ Moral Suasion” e,s connected with
•h temperance refoi million for years
past. I have been as decided in my
opinion that it would bo the only course
tor ua to pursue; and it bc.s been but a
few mouths that l leave abandoned my
premises. I now begin to think seri
ously I lint without a chango for the bel -
ter, our labors to win back the inebriate
will have been inn “rent measure in
vain; with but a few instances that
come within my knowledge, ihose to
whom wo hud extended the band of’
fellowship have gone hack to their
“Wallowing in the mire,” and are now
it anything, worse than when liny
plighted their honors to !> sist from,
using the vile Stull". This is a lainentn
bio thought to the genuine “Sou of
‘i CKipeuuicc.” Yet it is nevertheless
true, uud well may wo begin to 1 <>oU
about lor the cause, or at l"us‘. ask
what is to be done. Noun of us arc
ignorant of the cuts'-, where wo see
that instead of a decline in the “dog
gery” business, that they are increas
ing in number ami in their profit, ami
that they arc patronized by all classes
of men to some extent, we may natu
rally conclude liom whence originates
the evil; yel lilis is not all. ,\o|tss
titan lour cases iO my knowledge haw
b.'Cit bioagii! la lore ilie Giuiitl Jury of
this coimiy, lor a violation ut tiio n tail
law, on all c! which true bills were
found ; yet on tii,■ trial of the eis s, al
though in some ol tli in tiie evileuuej
vv us positive, verdicts of “not guilty,”
wore brought m. Thus n-t only set
ti Ig aside lb.: law, but giving them
fresh courage lo persevere 10 their nelii
runs calling. Js tile-re no reined v lor i
this? are lie: nniitl, the religious uud |
the virtuous part ol ilie eoumiy to sub- !
mil tamely to sucli a course ? Must wo j
in meckm ss ai ipni see ill su< h a lolul
ilisregurd and perversion of the law ?
Most wo sit lamely by an i see the I
tempting display ot “choice Inju ns,
cailuies ami cigars ’ held forth to allure
mu sons ami our neighbors within the
hellish i\ treats, prejiureJ by tlio devil j
iiimsetf to win sunjoets lor Ins kingdom,
(than which no belter agent Into i wt
been sent lurili lo llie “sous ol Adam
by bis Satanic muj.-bty.) Must we J
submit t” see our sous, our m ignbors,
ami our tcluliuus, reeling üboul im
si reels, wuliuwiug iii Die niiii', oi’ eu
gaged 111 lighmig, gambling, (j a a reeling,
profaning in ■ fc> ili.ioiii, m.tiiivaiMg tiit-ii’
taniii !■.-> —in shotl, engaged in i-vi-rv j
vice Dell original'•> Irani Ini’ iiiperuuce
finally must mi*, a.. lax ji.iwis, submit
otli'aelv,t ) ail oiioi iHH la\ ni be squan
dered in 111.’ prosoe.liio.i ol ciinin.al ca- !
vs t int liuii lain Ol I r 111 ill u UulTcl ul
•Red evi in lari’ u special jury cam- J
jtasctl ol iii'ii, ivvo-tliirds ol m Iioi)) lire
drunken sals, dependant upon Die moil,
crate ill Hike is lor a ilium, an<l wiio
would SUI/illlt l / illUlhlllg I.tiller loan
juinisii the man M'iio Mas .;a acconitllo-
D.iimg as So keep a “iliaj) ul tlin eld lor” |
lor iiu ir especial bciielii, m'lio liu 1 pail;
Ins six iloilais ami n quarter lor luvn-. \
(and la Clown all) had given a band ol
live iiunured dollars wild Joe fchiiiili oi
l’ciiu L ivelodtly lor security, (ueiilier i
ul* m lioiii were able lo pay uieir grog-:
lulls) and besides all this liad taken a
s ilem.: oath boloro Id 1 1 that lie would
“neitiier sell, barler or give, to all)
slave or slaves, any quuuuiy ol’ spirit
uuis l.quot's the verbal or w ritten con
sent ol their owners;'’ ul 1 of which ii
was business to know ii’ stuck to, it
neighbor Dang’s “nigger did get drunk
mid kill Hilt) H htu- s nigger. Now
to my mind “Uncle Den” tdesi* urese
liou.s matters, and sli u!d elicit the
strictest scrutiny from those who are*
in >st interested. Lieu. Martin, ol’ La. has
introduced u bill in the Legislature ol
mat State*, which piopota's to place hub
ituul drunkards in the same position in
regard to the management ol their prop
erty and their family alliiiis, . s thai
which the law ua.-igut to lunutie.s and <
minor: . It it seiiously doubled bv
come of the leading joarnais in that
Guile wlu tl.t r it Mill have llie desired
eil'ccl, and J think vet) justly. Why
not strike ul once ut the loot ot the evil?
U Jiy nut throw such restraints around
the trullio in ardent spirits ns to lessen .
il not wholly de.slmy tho evil ut vvhieli
till so justlv eeniplain.
SANCHO.
ConyjjbV, 1 Mth Fob., 1 > >-!. !
E editor lianncr .---11 aving u leisuic ;
numi'iit, I have concluded to give you
a brief li'sjoiy of the toii(>v ruiicu ri'r
tiuiioii in liii-i iieiglib.uii<n>il, which >
it you should think ol suliiv lout inter
est, (as you s. hlo.ii hear lio.u u-1 you I
will please (>u Utisli.
‘J'li!- s coon of country has been no
to no us throughout the County for the
loose and innuorul habits, that lime
characterized u Inigo majority id its in
habitants, fio.n the lii'si settle mein, un
til a lew years past. Four years have
elapsed since the utn nlion id the peo-J
pie was directed particularly tii tin
subject of temperance, Ulldei lis pn soul !
organization- OnllieStli August, Is
4J, it l mistake not, Pains Illusion ol
the “Sous’’ was organized bv tile Rev.
Charles IF Sandvis; it eoniuined I be
lieve ut the lime twelve or (if ecu mom.
bers. The prejudices id toe people ‘
w ere at once aroused, and a i the Invu-.
lons objections, usual on such occasions
were urged uguiiwt n>, especially by
gentlemen ol the “bar.” L’udism iyen
however, we have continued to do bat
tle until we nuuiuer upaurds of to m
member.-; uuJ hot a respectable t r o
eery, or distill. rv ui tile neighborhood. \
OK GAIN OF THE SUNS OF TEMPERANCE ANU STATE TKMffIKANCK CONVENTION^
I would that the only spirits w ith
in mv knowledge lit ’bis time Imrd bv,
is:- Inirrrl kept by a man professing to
be a Missionary Paylist , ami who once
Was a member of this Division: “wlu-n
the light that is in man becomes dark
ness, bow great is that darkness.” —
This fellow no doubt is like many who’
have joined the Divisions, not being ac
tuated from principle, so soon us the:
novelty of the tiling has passed, they 1
have to he exp< lied, and finally become .
! die vorst enemies to the cause.
The Division here is now doing well,
-oi I its influence is seen and fell by ev
j cry reflecting person in die cornu,uni
tv; no man, respectable f*r talent and
mlinminion, is found in opennjipositiou.
We hope by |>eisevi-rance and si riel ad
, liereitce to principle, that the da v is not
j lur distant, when under our influence,
jwe shall bn able to wipe away the
stains that twenty y. ir.- of dissipation
have imirlu ill the vioiolty where tie-
I I lull of Piilas Division now stands. I
d> not hesitate to give it as my Atpinion,
| that win n principle instead of excite
liru-nt, shall characu rize our orilei
dloougliout die Slate, that its'growth
will be permanent, r-ltd eonliou.il, and
! that ten years at farthest from this time,
die tocsin of the last drunkard shop in
‘die darkest corner 01 the Slate of Geor
gin will b : sounded from the sfule-liouse
ami meet tie-beany le.-.jioiist- ol a sober,
and v ir;uous pi ojde.
RICHARDSON.
Nanchochek, Feb. li, 1852.
Dear lira llmiil/y : —I notice an ar
ticle in the “15.umer ’ of the 7di inst ,
over the signature of Win. M. M'Mul-j
■ lan, bewailing Ins pn sent eomlition, —
lilt: cruel treatment he ll s received,
landwilli crocodile tea's in his mole-j
i ye.-, la Iks long and loud a limit justice,
; apje almg 10 the conscience of fils perse- j
; emors, iScj.
110 commences by tolling how happy
he was, wlien a member (enjoy,ngojfice)
ofL’nilur Creek Division in itoberi Go.,
enj tying every eondbrl tliat wealth unit
warm friends could guarantee.
I iielt! Den, it is amusing to see in
what glow ing colors he paints his Imp.
dy condition ; how lustily lie compluius
ol injustice, and how jMthellcully lie
appeals to the Sons Ini help. After
|n. tending in tell ilie cause us coming
io ln> present sliumelol condition, lie
!ri ii 111|> iinii Ily asks: “Dm I ho | us! I \
excluded Irom IHe oidi i to which I be
long.” 1 will now give a lew (acts,
winch I can prove, mid which 1 dejiy
any molt I > contradict, and then let t ve
ry iiom sl mull say, whether u response
ti'uiu the order should he given Io his
call or hut.
When 1 li st went to Hlbert, in Jan
uaiv, 1 H.i.l, lie was m the neighbor- j
nun I, nml I Immd that he was very low ,
in ill • i siimaiioii ol the people 11.• j
was considered liy the must respectable I
citizens ol I lie eo inniinilv, a notorious j
liar. Dy false ivpicseiituiions of hls|
; opulence, such as exhibiting largo
homls, h ties, deeds, bills of sale, Occ., I
and by u 1 1 at oilier means I know not , i
| he succeeded in obtaining, fr better
o’ lot w til se, til./ huntl ot oac <1 die in s.
respectable young lad.es ut Hie commit
liny, Wll >wa< p■ tvsess'd ol a Coiis.der.p4
i bit* lortulle. lie bgin lo si’lllo luni
1 e! lus a farmer, but n. ing s ) lazy llial
: lie “could not and g, and lu beg, ho was
ashamed;” and soon li,tiling that he j
had run through one or two hundred
dollars, given him hy his wife’s rla
lions us a wedding present, lus credit
gone, Ills every moans ot honest sup
poll, gone!—gmie ! In order lo obtain
i iht* n. t-.saury ol life, he must needs
praetieeyin'o, ry a little. Uc forged u
note on licuben T.iornlon , idsq.,
one of the ill si lespeetuhle Clintons ol
Libert, or any other eouniv, and who
was a worthy G. of I'., and a member
of the su nt’ Dirision Unit Me', tens, ha
lo re he jollied Uetlar Creels Division,
lie! tail on llie Sous for aid! Does
not his presumption cxvl the height of
impudimeo / 110 sold the hole Id .Mr.
Win. Stevenson, on tin; liver, for pro
visions lo support himseil nml wile a
while. Well, as the foolish rascal mighi
have known, ll was so on louud out on
him; which put him upon the sku.k lo.’
a iluv or so, until lie made a disposition
of W hul lillh’ plunder ho had; and lit
addition to till-, lie sold his interest in
the estate l-> which hi. wif *./. loir. J'or
the sum of two Imnilrca Uutuirs, miu so
It'll the country. lie took no curd from
the Division, audit is presumed that Jie
I bus not s en the i isiilu of a division
I since lie hft Elbert; and now that lie
is conlined in the State prison wiilioui
m me) or 1.1 mis, lie calls upon the Solis,
mini lie lias scan laliz in help him.
Anl now, I > iv, it nc to reCiice out)
as df lance Jn>:u t ie ->u/l >.
i 1 count .ell ut more ol ids meanness,
j but it is presumed, I lint what 1 have!
I made known is enough, unless it was
-relief; ail.l I will just larlhcr sue, that
il there is a ill an, woman, or child on
ear'ill, who don tils I lie truth of w hat I j
I have sal.l, let him make it known in!
j any wav he may think best, and he,
: shall never douoi again upon the sub
ject.
Submi'.tid tfco.
John ii. smith.
Red Flay, tin., Feb. 4th, 18>v2.
At a regular moo.ingot tied Clay Diets
am, No. 207, S. oi l'., on the night of the
-Ist us January, it w.t- uiiauiinoU'ly
li< s.ilitd, I'll a the W. t*. appoint a com
miltee of live, for tao purpose ol laving bo
t,,re the readers of our most excellent 0.-
gall, “Tne IVsuper.mce lliiiiuer,” tlie iuida
.i.,u mi.l expulsion of one Pleasant tt.
tlnad, vvi.h suaie of the eircuuistaiices con
nocloit there Mill.
I tv hereupon Ui.- \V . I*. proceeded to ap
-1 pout Uro. vi'Kiujic Rnsi, John \V. Law
reliee, Islnil lei Karly. .le~so Wade, an Mi.
J. Attesoii, sli I emu niuee. Waen on in .-
lion of IJrn. J. Wade, Itro. J, 11. Muff w -
appointed to act n clmiriiiaii of said com
mittee. In compliance therefore with da
above resolution, wo the committee beg
leave to report as follow s:
On the night of the 12th Nov., 1851.
Plensant W. Rudd was regularly i 1 1 iat<•<I
into Red Clay Division No. 207, 8. of T-
Me continued f.d.liful a few short weeks,
land the I retlireii generally lino hopes of his
being delivered from hi- worst besetment—
intoxication. Hilt ala-! “ihe dog relumed
to his vomit again,” and to our great nm -.i
tic.ition, we learned that lie had not only
heen drunk, but had actually divulged the
very last private ce.eriioriy. pas.-Word and
’ expl illation, with the private atl'drs ot the
older, ill it Ids shallow bruiox would allow
nim lo reeolleet.
In di-charging tliedu'y we arc called up- j
mi lo pci form, we Would not abuse, bill
| sympathise.
llesolced Therefore, That vve beg our or
der throughout ilie whole World to sy'inpa
lliise wil'i this poor, wretched, undone crea
ture.
llesolced, That we consider this man a
ruined man, both morally and politically.
, and vve fear eternally.
llesolced, Tnal vve have some hope of a
in ail who lakes upon himself the obligations
jof a Son of Temperance, and violates his
[hedge by drinking spirits. Hut the man
who will voluntarily take upon I tittiself
the solemn obligations of a Sou of Temper
ance, and pledge his whole honor not lo di
vulge niiv jias—word, e.vjdniia ion, or o her
private eeremo iy. or p i.ale all nr-, &v*.,and
men volnni..rdy be ray lln- liu-i oy ui
’ idging said private cei\ monies, all ir- &e„
that vve have no son.ulconfidence that lie
ever will reform.
llesolced, That while vve give bin over
as lost,and ruined, and disgraced, to all ia
lents and purposes—lo-l lo alt sense ol
honor, ill it vve deeply sympathise vviili hi
amiable lady and Irlemls.
llesolced, I'nat vve eoaimend bill) to tin*
Fill Iter of all _ood and pray that he may
! vet, ashy a lull'..vie, be saved.
II tinned, Tii.il vve do not von .i.ler him,
by iinv means, it suitable [a rson to be in
.rusted will) any thing of a secret or hnpor
lilllt cliar.ieier; nor do vve believe he
should ever he believed in any thing w here
in he is interested. He had a I fir irid and
was expelled from all the privilege* ot the
order on the night of the gi st January, 18 52.
.). 11. HUFF, )
MKINZigRO-SE, I
.1. W. LA WHENCE, ‘ ~ „
ISll.vl.AlaL IkVIILV, C
JESSE WADE, |
g. J. a r risuN. j
On iiintiiui tile iibuvo was miaiiinioiisly
adopted hy oar Division at regal r meeting,
anil ordered to be signed by our \\ . I*, ami
11. S. llie day and year above written.
JESSE vV.ADE, \V. I’, j
T. H. lbrxEß, if. s.
from the Crystal fount.
Pujliiher’s Correspaadance-
MoNTGOAIthi V, Jan. BJ, ISod.
The Liraiui Division of the Slate ol Al-
tibam.i iiuM its l’Vlh Annual
oil 1 lies.lay, Jail. 1 7 1 1 1 Wlilelieoiltlini.cl
I iis silting unlit the li.lth. A large num
! her ol Delegates were In alleudailct,
and harmony and delei'mmailoil, on im
parl of mcml) .'l's, lo triumph in too grom ,
work mui'hod tile pioeedmgs oi die body,
i’iie following Dios, wore elected Li rami
| Oiticers for the present year:
It. 11. I’owELb, Cliinmyitiggee, G. W. I*.
\ \V. I*. Lnmrov, i'n-kegee, \l. vV. A.
J SO. l'\ vv AlirtlvX, t'll'ealon>.i, (i. S.
S. Russkll, Dudi. y vole, vi I'.
E. iVuitT.iX, .Vlou.gtimry, vi. Oliap.
A. ii. Cui U.ntWLL, Oarollntn G. Coll.
J. .VI. I'aVLoH, .Uonlle, vi. S.
# ThejLiiand Division elected Dro. J.D
I’ernum ot Sohna, Grand Lecturer lor
iti®Souihei ii District. au IS. Al. Hew
lett, of North Carolina, for Hit: n trlin rn.
l lie following elianse was made in
the Districts, to-wit :—l’ne coumies of
Chambers mid Tallapoosa, attuned loilie
Southern Distriei, and the Uoumy ol
Sumpter to the Northern.
Next Setni- Annual fS -ssion will he
held at D.catur, Weduesdav, 1 tin
July, 18-rd.
Dos. K. 11. Dowell and \V. Ik Har
alson were elected Special Delegates io
the National Division.
The following Dros. also, were re
turned to tno N itioiial Divi-ti ni—liev.
It. 11. Drown, Jacob Al. Jcaiimgs, ii‘o.
D. Slim ii i Ige, Caleb H m y ami al. ‘V'.
j Creagli.
As usual, a Miss Meeting was held
at C ne. r, il.dl, • n W edm .-day even
: lilg, J.u and ■), Milieu was num.'ll uslv nl
lendetl; on vvhieli occasion, Cn.mcellor
D. C. Ligou, Judge \V. D. Cull on,
iiotl. l’rkt! vtillia.n-, and Hon. Jas.
Delser, deliveretl very mile, bold, and
eluipicnl address s. Ii was Universal
ly leiu .r.ved tii.il it was one of the |
! liue.-t m ellugs u! the Kind ever In Id j
l in tlie Srate, and had a very .salutary
elil ct.
Hope to be able in a short time, to
give a more detailed account of Die pro
cetanes, vVe® In ing veiv busy al lilt*
present.
J. b\ W.
Evading the Maine Liquor Law.—
Some ingenious devices are adopted in
.Maine to evade the stringent In; i n’ law
of mat State. A lew day s ago u uottiu I
at lust supposed to contain the rein mis
of some deceased purs ill, was cu ti led
■ luough l lie strut is id Portland, but ibe
suspicions ot tllo police being eXeilcil,
It Was opened, ami lo ! it was toUlld to
be lull of bottles of whiskey, which
were immediately confiscated. It is
said a wug who saw the operation re
,narked that coutfai y to the usual course 1
ol the tilings, the collin ill tins case con
lamed not the body but the sjdnt.
A lady, talking over Mis. Oakes
Smith’s Lecture und its advocacy of
w Oman’s voting, the other evening, said,
“La 1 “hats Hie use? Is lucre uny
woman worth trusting with a vote, who
can t make two men ut least, vote us she
i likes r \
I ill-. CONCMiKL'M AiVSWKIIKU. — 100
following is ilo- only cmreul answer vve
have ri ci iced lo the coi'iinduini pull
li-lied in the Kveiling Post a I- w
nun. We subjoin the eomiundrmn,
itself, for the benefiit of those who have
not already seen it:
New York, Feb. 5. 1852.
To Editor of Evening Post:
Dear Sir—The answer to the connun
drum in your paper of this day is
“Evil.”
Yours, &0., Veritas.
•* Like Pallas, from the Thunderer’s head,
full formed, to life I came,
And iliougii I of e. eh mge my shape,
My heart remains the same.
“ Come, tell my name—some says it is
A sy limit me for p df:
Then add a letter, and I am
The father of myself.”
Bv the addition ol the letter “D
the word “Evil,” the full answer is ob
luincri.
Cured or Druxkexnsss.-A Norfolk
(Va.) paper says lln.t a nniil not fitly
• Di|. s from there, notoriously addicted
lo 11 1 is vice, hearing all uproar m his
kitcliingone evening, had the eunosiiy
I to step, vvitlioli t noise, lo th* don't 10
1 rii .vv what was tin- mailer, win „ In
11,> In-lil his servants indulging in the
most .unit lUndeti roars of laughter ala
eoiipfe of in-gro boys, who were nv
mieking himself in his drunken Ills,
showing how lie realed and staggerei;
how lie looked and nodded—how he
hiccupped and tumbled. The picture
which these ciiiluren ol nature drew ol
him, in their met riment, struck him so
Ibreildv that he became a pi ih cily so.
her m.m, to the unspeakable j>y of his j
wife and children.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
Pli!ili,'i’ of tin* Sous of Ti*iii|><*’
I'll IK'U.—•!, w'itlmnt rest-rve, aolt-innlv pintle*
my honor as a man that I will nnitlmr makn.biiy.
Fall nor use, as a liavaraira, any Spirituous or
Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
Officers ol (lie Gritml IMvision.
(J.L. .M'lTkskev, G. VV. D. Mmirot*.
,1. S. Dinckakd, (i. VV. A. Forsyth.
VV. S. VVii.lifohd, <i. Scribe, Macon.
E. C. (iiiANNISs, G. Treasurer, „
.1. E Evans. G. Cliaplain, ~
I). E. Ili.ou.NT, G-Goi duetor, Clinton.
.1. I). llavis, G.Sfii. lh#-toti. Cos.
I'AllliTS m s TUMI’Iik’A.VCK
PMvlXiiL.
No ineniher shall make, buy, sell or use
us a beverage,any spirituous or mall liquors
w ine or eider.
Officer* of Hie* Grants Section.
.1. VV. Denson, G. D. Mueon.
it. Dun ion, G. A. P. I’oiitltow ii.
1., Ll. Sivisov, G* E. &. T. Ail mtii.
Rev. .1. S. VVu.so.v, G C. local nr.
S. .VI. 11. Itvkn, (i. D. Oxford.
A 7 .l’ Kivu, (J. VV. Timniastoii.
1. O. of IteelialJile*.
Odioers of Lreorgia Disk Tent, No. 28, loca
tedat VVaslungton, Wilkes Co.,Ga.:
1 M'asliington, Rev.G.G Norman, D. P. C. R.
„ .1 D Burdatt, D. C. R.
Ailantii, C. 1C llunleiter, D. D. R.
Wiisliinglon, Joint R.. Smith, D R. S.
„ George Dyson, D. F. S.
„ St .loliii Moore, D. Tres.
„ R. If f.yiin, D. Levite.
Kci'liiiitifFti Plctlgi!.
I hereby declare, that I will abstain from all
intoxiratina liquora,and will not give, nor otF**r
them t” otaers, except in religious ordinances,
or when prescribed, in go ml foil/i. by a nietli
eil practitioner ; I will not engage in the traf
fic of tnein, mid in all suitable ways will dis
countenance the use, sale and manufacture ol
lle-m ; and to the utmost ol my power, 1 will
endeavor to spread the principles of abstinence
IVimii all intoxicatin'* liquors
lJaiiglitoi'ii of aViiiperanen.
The Odiucrs elected tor the ensuing year
! :\r.—
i Airs I M I luvr, of Atlanta, G. P. S.
„ E. Reid, „ Giillio, G. S. A.
„ .M. A. OsSLIS, „ Atlanta, G. S. S.
~C. Tavloii, ~ Gritlin, G. S. T.
„ M.E Brewer. „ G.S.f'on.
„M E Lash, „ Atlanta. G. S. Chap.
*■„ K InvivE. „ Greenville, G. S. Sen.
„ .Vi ( luiliiV. A'hmt i. I’ G j’-
The Semi AiiiiU and Session of the Grand
Union, will he lieb: in Admit*, the Fourth
Wednesday in April, lii-VJ.
Graiiil Union I> ui filter* oS
Ttiaiperiiuce. talc oi t*a.,
Is ready to grant Charters to ladies vvi-li
ingiouni e llwir etfurts to c.rry out the
principles of total abstinence. Fm 11l of ap
ptie iim\ lor a Cli rler woieli must be signed
by eleven or none ladies.
“The in and rsigned, inhabit; nts of
believing the Or.h.r of the Dang iter, nl
; Tempi- mice a field in w hich Lilies might
with safety labor vv it Ii siiece-s for the lamia
| ble purpose of lianislung iutemper..nce Irom
our laud, re-pee fully peiitiiui the Grand
Union to grant them a Charter lo open a
new Union lo he cdleil - Union No
i , and under your juris lie ion. We
pledge our-elvcsas 1 idles In be governed liy
Die Kill. S nil ! Usages of sai l Grind Union.
Enclosed is ilie Charter l ee, §). ’
Applications lor Charters, or letters #, n
business, must lie addressed (po-t paid) to
Airs. Al. A. OSLI.'v.G. S. S.
• Atlanta, (ia.
ma ibamsb.
PKIFIIiUI, I I.lf. 21, Ihsß
-and rngn of the ruui
sellers.
It appears that pinions have been ad
dressed to the Legislaturef New York now
in session, begging die enactment ot la" 8
in teferenee to the traffic in ardent spirits,
similar to those which have been rttint y,
and with such salutary results,carried into
effect In the State of Maine. In accordance
with the prayer of Ihe petitioners, the legis
lature began the consideration of the sub
j, et of a bill embracing ‘he necessary prov is
-I„,S having been reported In tlm house.
I'hu liquor dealers of ~Vvv York city, learn-1
[no that the source of their gains was u.
d.moer of being cut off,congregated in large
(lumbersand took it upon themselves to m
f„r,n the legislature that the passage of the
bill would be the occasion of violence and
bloodshed; that the men who should be
.■.ctivi- in the matter would be marked men ;
.•Hid that any attempt to execute sucli a law
if p use I, would be attended with a commo
li.ui li tie short of civil war.
Ami has it come to this? Has this ac
cursed traffic grown so powerful and im
pudent that it, attempts with threats of vio- ■
lenee to repel legislation. Is tl.is America,!
tin- Uui ed States, and are the representa
tives of a free people to be iiiiiniidated ny
-ucli lie-pel', does ? For ourselves, we have j
no fear of any thing serious from the wrath of j
the traffickers, should the bill b;couie a
law. Their consciences would be against
tlii'in, and men cannot iff. et much against |
such opph-i'ion. It remains to be seen!
whether the New York r- presentative.su ill j
be deterred by sucli threats from the per
lonnai.ee of what they believe to be their
du'y.
The truth is, that there are more States
than New York iu which the law makers j
are afraid of the rum-venders. This dread i
prevents us from securing that reformation
in the license system, which is so desirable. J
Our politicians are afraid of the influence of j
these people. Where parties arc pretty j
equally divided, these men hold the balance j
of power. I’y a system ol treating, bribing, I
threatening, &e., they can command not a
few votes. These arc invariably east against j
the man who dares to do or to say any :
thing against their unhallowed business. !
Il is not common, however, for these peo
ple to cone! quite so boldly as the liquor
dealers of New Aoi k. VVe rejoice that
they have lakea such a stand and issued
Mieli threats. It must open the eyes of
people to the true state of things. WeJ
shall now see whether lin n ean he permit
ted to carry on a trade vvhieli incr-uises tax
ation, multiplies p.iup.-ri-mi and crime; fills
up or.r jails and penitentiaries, and then
threaten w ith violence any who w ill dare
to interfere “i h tin ir traffic. Jt is said that
wben an ancient I’retiehcrd. ch imed against
idolatry, those who thought their business
imperilled hy Midi preaching, began In cry
out, “Great i< Diana of llie Ephesians.”—
They seized and would have destroyed the
I. Mil'll! preacher. Such is the disposition
of those w hose business would now be de
stroyed, if men would generally become so-
ber. But the ancient preacher was not in
jured by the rabble. Nor do we apprehend
that tile iiti.lit’ul friends of temperance will
now sutler from the tumult of their ene
mies.
T uiporuiice ia Charleston.
We are happy to learn that our cause
has, of late, been very much revived in the
ei yof Charleston. Mr. I hlip E. White,
a temperai.ee hc.urer, of remarkable power,
lias b mi aild r essing crowded ailtlieliCes tor
a number of nights, lne re-ull is Dial ma
ny who had grown lukewarm have been in
spired with tVe-sh zeal, whilst numbers who
have l.iilierio stood aloof, have pledged
themselves to Die good cause. We are
glad to know that the acee -moiis are of
such a nature us to promise great good.—
Not a few individuals from the influential |
ranks of society have espoused llie refur-j
ilia, ion.
Now why can there not he a similar re- (
viva! all over our land? Wo are persuaded,
ihiit to accomplish this result, it is only
in cessary lor nurfrh uds to make the reqiii
site ilfort. It is searei ly possible for men
lo have their attention fixed upon the appal
ling evils with which intempe.aiice is lining
Die land, without resolving that tin y will do
something for the abatement of so direful a
c.damny. Let a man examine the records
of crime, ami remember that truthful stalis
iics declare iliat a majority of crimes are per
petrated under the inlbk iice of ardent spir
its: let him investigate the reports ot pan- (
perism and bear tu recollec-ioit that tarecj
fourths of the pod r.y vvhieli nffliets the land
isdue directly or ivmoli ly to the cthc.s ot
si l ong drink ; let him examine the fearful
a"’. ’ regate ofnuman w rcleln dness in its mill
lipled forms which every year is rolling up,
ami consider how much the terrible mass is
I swollen by this one eallse, and he must be
wofully desliute of every generous, of ev
ery humane feeling, il he dues not put lortli
some exertion for the arrest and extinction
of ills so terrible.
self-control.
A writer whose wisdom has been eele
i br.ited for many cen mies, has decLred that
j tlie man who governs himself, achieves a
; imbli r triumph than tile conqueror of cities.
The importance of self-emiiro I is a ilientc
.vliieh is in 1 lie mouth of every body. The
sehoiil buy in Ids juvenile attempts at orato
ry, the puli ieiaii upon the stump, ilie minis
ter of the gospel io tile sanctuary, may all
be heard declaim ig upon the value of self
government. And even tlie miserable
slave id'pissi tn or of appe ite will exhori
his friend to cherish thi - principle.
But, notwithstanding all this declamation,
i how tv w men , ir e iff re, wl.o can be said to
! cxeicise a proper self-control? There are
many things which m .ke such riding diffi
cult U c shall mention two or three, that
those who aspire to this excellence may
know the points upon which it become*
them to be especially guarde .
j T | le very fact that self is the subject of
this discipline makes it difficult. Every man
is biassed in favor of his own opinions, his
own habits, and his own preferences. His
natural self-love disposes him to look with
leniency upon his own delinquencies. In
dulgences which would be deemed wholly
inaduiissable in others, are readily tolerated
in himself. Me may flatter himself that he
is acting with the most rigid impartiality,
that lie is even exercising over his own de
portment i jealousy wiili which he would
not scrutinize Ilie aerions of others, at the
same time viewing his conduct through that
distorted medium which self-love rarely
fails to create, he forms an estimate singu
larly unfair of his real character.
2. Self-control is difficult because it im
plies self-denial. Mow hard is it tor the in
ebriate to refuse an appetite which is crav
ing the stimulus to which it lias been so
long addicted! Mow difficult it is lor the
avaricious man to deny his passion tor the
acquisiiion and retention ot money to such
an extent as to restrain within the boiquts
1 of justice, his efforts to gratify his temper!
I How imrd for the man of vindictive feelings
jlo repress the temper which leads hit* to
I revenge himself for a real or supposed
j injury which may have been inflicted upon
I him ! To control desires which are periet
mdlv clamoring fur indulgence, to impose a
veto upon the most powerful propensities
jof our nature, implies a victory which can
j only be attained through earnest, ajid jierse
vering effort.
3. Self-control is difficult because w;
have not so immediately before ns the suo-V
jeet to he governed. It might seem to |a
: supernal observer that this subji et wiglld
j be constantly present to our minds; tluifif
there be any one thing of which a man Would
take cognizance most constantly and accu
rately, it would be of himself- Hut it Tre
quently happens that an object may bo in
distinctly seen by us on account of its nMr
ness, as well as on account of the dist^^B 1 .
Thu- i is will ourselves. Could
our own actions as palpably as vve
Ihe aci ions ol ‘others; emit.l our (. b v .W
manifest
of Olliers, we shutt'd he esseoti
e\. rci-iog that government vv i h ABBS’
;here cm he no salutary se 1 f-c<
If w hat vve have stated he
sell-control, let everyone who would attain
that most desirable distinction of ruling his
own spirit guard diligently against thos*
causes which may hinder such control.
Orpliau Asylum iu Auguste’
We are gratified to learn that !ll^e^|r'Ul■s i,
will be taki n to build an Asylum far
children in the City of Augusta, undegfl
I'roNi-nons of nn J,n • I
ly granted by the Legislature. The ” ’ ,
Council have eomnierieed the work ofe;
dovvineiit, very handsomely, by appropiat
ing the annual income of two hm.died sli.res
of the Stock of Die Georgia Rail Road Com
pany. Tliis will be equal to SHDU per svnjl
num. In addition they have granted a Ijtt
upon tlie Commons for the erection oflhe
buildings. This is a nobltt ehatiiy. If there
are any persons who liav™a claim upon our
sympathies surely it is those who, in the
providence of Gad, have been deprived of
tlu-ir natural protectors and who are thrown
upon the world at till age when they are en
tirely too young and incxpi rienced to make
provisions for their own wants. We hope
to see the Augusta movement followed up
until a home is made fur all the poor or
phans in the State.
< bailee in Postage.
The committee on I’ostal Reform in CoiA
gross have reported a hill materially
I cing the presen rates on all printed maker
sent hy the mail. We sincerely hope that
lit may become ale v.
JiD> and Printers. \
Sometime lasi Spring, vve forwarded sev
eral accounts for Subscription to llie Ban
ner, to a friend ii Campbell county. Among
the accounts there was one against Alt.
1’ F , for Jice jenrs. Our Agent in. A
, forms us that Mr. F. promised to pay tliejj
; account on several occasions, hut finals I
left the neighborhood, without
liD promise.
Our Agent, under date of the 9lh
returned the account, and after inforniiiHj
us of the violated pr, rn'wes and.Tilths
squalnlation of our Subscriber, addsHiel
following note: I
j Mr. Editor: —ln some book, I have rcr
of tlie patience of Job, and somewhere else®
1 hive read of the patience of wool m, find
the w riier gives the preference to the latter!
But if a man maybe allowed to doubt thfl
perfection of the patience of Job, I woukfl
give the preferci ce lo an Editor; for weal
1 mi Editor and had printed a teinperaixfl
paper fur a tem/ierance man for five year*
and then lie foiled to pay my account, a ft'l
repeated promises to do so, 1 should iJou®
tin t:ier lorbemanee being patience; and ff
should nrakeone more service my bounded,
duty—and that would be, to collect if 1[
could. J. J. D. f j
In this number of our paper will befowm®
the advertisement of J. M. Newby &. Cos.,
dealers in Ready-made Clothing in Augus
ta.
We sdvise all our friends who may visit
Augusta, to call in ami see them, as
saii-fied they keep as good ami us cheap
clothing as can be found in the State.
Ferris & Pacl, of Augusta, keep on
hand an excellent assortment of Clothing
md other ar.icles in their line, and will sell’
at satisfactory prices.