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the seller to sell all he can, but that it is
only lawful for the buyers to drink a
part of it. If it he right to sell, it must
bo right to drink. The latter rijht must
be coextensive with the firmer.
These arbiters admit, as the truth is,
that they feel no concern about the
welfare of other people. They are not,
they snv, their brother’s km pr>rs —eve-
ry tub must stand upon its own bottom—
they have a right to make money by
any means that the laws of the State
will allow—all of which prove that
they are willing to destroy men by
thousands, (as they really do,) if they
can make money by it.
Liquor sellers encourage and pro
mdte drinking, in order that they may
obtain the property of the drinkers arid
add it to theirs. To this end the most
tempting displays are made of their li
quor in their dram-shops. The whole
sale dealer furnishes all that is drunk
in tlie doggeries, and are in fact the
owners of many of them. They are
the life and soul of ih” whole liquor
traffic, without whose ail tho whole
business would soon go down.
This wholesale work of ,in, cor
rupts the conns Is of th” nation, the pu
rity of tlv churches, an I th ■ morals of
the people. It promot s vie ■ and crime
of every sort, taking from millions of
men much of their prop :!y, and from
thousands of fkmilii ill that th , have;
thereby reducing them to \vr. tc.ir du"ss
and want. It make tyrants of fathers,
husbttn 1 r.tid nt ‘ , fi 1 !': 1 <t! • u rid
with idlers, loafers, drunkards, gumb j
lersand vagabon Is. It fills tT world j
with strifes, contention, mischief and!
murder—with mi tery, wo ■, di ase and !
death. Vi t, even whilst coining on
tliis mighty w it’k of wh il ■ - ile ‘-in and
ruin, soimi of tho wholesale dealers, it
is said, arc in some places allowed to i
ha numbers of rhri ri < t'lrclit
This, if true, is torrihle !
If it he true that nr.y f th’ 1 men at
the present d.iv, are allow” I momb::r
ship in any chri - 1 i::i chureh, we sup
pose that they ati 1 tit ;r fJlow-rwin
hers, occasionally s t down in fellow
ship at the sacramental table, exhibit-1
jug themselves to the world as a hand j
of pious self-denying brothers, following
in the fioMeps of the m ok and nlf-de-!
uying Saviour! What u band, ifsuch
a band there be 1 -wlmt a iglit for an
honest Christian !—wholesale dealers
in liquor, and doggery keeper:, congro. j
gated together as Christian .. t the Lord’s
table! Men, who can hear without
compunction or sorrow, the heaving
sighs and moanings of mothers, and
hear the cries of cold and starving chil
dren, all caused by the in, allowed fel
lowship in a Christian church, and a
sent at the sacramental table, even
while the wail of their victims, are
heard in the very precincts of the
church where they are. To hold these
men in fellowship—in Christian follow
ship —in any sort of fellowship!—hut I
turn from the sight, as 1 would from a
ghost in my path at night fail !
If there be such churches, mid Chris
tianity he any thing more th in a hug
bear, we may well suppose that tho Al
mighty will punish with a heavy hand,’
all concerned in thus disgracing of his ‘
church, & the profaning oi’his ordinan
ces. Head the 22 I chap, of Ezekiel,!
especially the 13th and 26th verses.
These wholesale and retail sellers of,
liquor, tempt and entice weak and in
cautious men to part with their property j
for a consideration, which they know
at host will he unprofitable to them, and
will most likely operate to the final ru- j
in of the drinkers and their families.
Those who tempt men into liansares
sion, are never less guilty, though they
are often more so than tho actual trails- !
grosser. This doctrine accords with
tho feelings of all good men, and its
principles are priuticed upon, I>\ all en
lightened governm nts. II- who cau
ses a murder to be committed, is al
ways punished with as much severity,
ns the actual perpetrator. Those who
tempt others into treason or rebellion,
are often put to death, whilst the of
fence of many of those, who were
tempted and enticed into the wrong,
are often winked at or punished but
slightly. The Almigthy himself noted
upon the principle of this doctrine
when he pronounced judgment lor the
first transgression of our original pa-1
rents; and also upon Satan 1 : t tupting
them into it. In that ease the punish-j
went inflicted upon Satan for tempting j
our parents, was much more, may we
not say, infinitely more severe, than
that which was inflicted on them; be
cause fur thmr punishment there was
such a remedy provided, as made it in
effect, only temporary, but fur Satan's
sic, the punishment was Est without
mitigation or remedy. Satan was nut
punished f>r eating the forbidden fruit,
but for tempting our parents to cal it, —
though they were free agents and only
tempted as such.
If liquor sellers are foil! of their tub!
law, or tin ir doctrine tout every tub
must stund upon is own bottom, her,
is a easo of its administrati u by high
uutliori'.y: Adam cat the forbidden fruit,!
and was punished fir eating. Satan
tempted him into the transgression, and
was punished more severely for tempting
him to eat, than lie, Adam was Ibr eat
ing. As Satan was punished f r tempt
ing Adam, consistency requires that.
liquor sellers shall be punished for
tempting and enticing their fellow.men
into a practice which they know do
stroys its thousands.
Liquor sellers exert all their skill in
alluring and tempting men into the hub
it of drinking. They publish in the
newspapers occasionally, that they
‘‘have received a fresh supply of choice
ORGAN OF THE SONS OF TEMPERANCE AND Si ATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.
liquors,” &c. lu order to make the
temptation to buy and drink, as strong
ns possible, their liquors are
displayed on shelves, often, if not al
ways, colored and accompanied with
j sugar and spices, o that every one in-v
| have them propa- and hs h - may like to
1 have them ; thev ill tli -n tu'k oftli
goodness of their ii. • < i<r-, and how ne.
: cessary they an A; -. A id though t’e- .
will sometimes admit (beciu.se they
1 cannot deny it,) :'nu m -.i may, ifilmv
will, injure thorns dv--s by drinking,
| but if they do, they say. it istln-irown
| fault.
Hotli classes if the-’ traders haw
each bis own a- i-artineo:. in carrviug
!on their havoc of morn!) mil human
happiness—of seducing and swindling
the people out of their property, for that
which they know can do them no sub
stantial good, but which is known to
have ruined in ou-.tnds upon thousands.
The In- mess of the one, is necessary
to t llilt of I lie other, 1 local! re neither call
carry on tho business of his own tie
i [lartrn nt without the aid of the other.
| They arc kindred spirits of tho same
! feeling, and of the same morals. The
one K'dls drams because he loves dimes,
and cares not another’s welfare—tho
jotli r sells barrels of drains, because fie
j !ov< h dollars, and lias no heart to feel
for another’s woe, or to care fir his in- j
! ter. a. Tim same degree of covetous-;
ness prompts tho action of both ; and j
they make common cause in the do
•troying of all they can, for the love of
| gain. They play into oath other’s!
| lend-;, and divide the spoils. “In their 1
I lives they are lovely, and io their deaths
! limy shall not bo divided.”
; -Some of these men will sometimes speak j
|of temperance, and tell its friends that
moral suasion is the only in” ins by ‘
which intemperance can he mile to 1
cease. The friends of temperance feel I
very thankful for their condescending,
disinterested, patriotic, and benevolent!
eoim- Is ! ‘J hoy know that moral sua
sion operates on them and all they can [
influence, as it would do, ifaddressed toi
the wolf in the sheep-fold, or to the hun
gry tyger with his prey in his claws;
or to Arabian pirate roaming about tin:
souriherti sens in search of booty and j
plunder. Moral suasion to liquor sol-I
lers! Now think of that!—how hope
ful and full of promise would be such a
labor!
If lie thought that wo are too severe,
let it b<- remembered that the friends of
the temperance cause have been for
years, laboring to pioinote. not a self
ish purpose, but the benevolent object of
freeing the world from all the evils ol
intemperurfee; and that these men place
theinsclvs in the way of the desired >'e
form, and do all they can to counteract
and destroy all its benevolent influen
ces The temperance men work for
the good of the country; these men
vv irk for its plunder. Temperance
m-n tax themselves, and labor to re- :
lieve suffering humanity from all the I
vices and miseries, which the use of
spiriuotis di inks produce; and livjuor
sellers of both classes, tax their inven
tion, to put in practice the most effec
tive. means of defeating the temperance
effort, ami enabling themselves to glean
from poverty, as well as from wealth—
from destitution and distress, as well us
from cjmfirt and plenty. Shall the
fiiends of reform and humanity, stand
and tremble in the presence of liquor
sellers, who are destroying our neigh
bors and kindned, and the morals and
happiness of our country, and still fear
to speak of them and their business in
their true character ? No. Longer
forbearance ceases to be a virtue !
There are, no doubt, many who haye
suffered themselves, without reflection,!
to go into the liquor tratiie, to whom,
much that we have said, is not applica
ble j but there has been so much writ
ten an 1 spoken upon the subject of
temperance in the last twenty years,
that lew intelligent men, it’ any, have
been able to keep out of the light that
has been shed upon the subject. Our
excuse for those who have not reflected,
is therefore only intended for such as
have lived in obscure neighborhoods, or
on some other account, have not had
the light which has been generally en-
I >yed hv otln r-. As to those who have
lived in the light of the temperance ref
ormation, and have still ii: defiance of
its influence, carried on their work of
sin an I ruin, either l>v the wholesale
or retail of liquor, no human language
can too strongly paint (licit criminali
tv.
LEWIS REXEAT.
r - the TV.vywiv Banner.
1-3 it want of principle or reflection
that makes men retail spirits ?
bile surrounded by the joys of
y ur own fireside, do you ever suffer
yourselves to reflect on the misery you
I; :\o scattered abroad through the day ?
U e hope the answer is no; wo have
; only tline to think for ourselves. It
that is the case, e will invite your at-j
tention to a ramble in your vicinity.—
biist, wo will call at the moderate;
diinkei s; here weseeutroubltd coun-1
tenancc, —.having spent more time at
the tavern than he expected, many
things are neglected ; he feels (inspite j
of liereilort to he pleasant,) that conli
| din g craature, who has linked her les- j
tiny with his, is not happy ; she has
ample tune for n flection, while lie is
i the exciting atmosphere of the tavern,
where sober thought never intrudes, and
i fear for the future sits on"her brow.
Look in at this circle: here sits the
tuimly of a father, who is striving to
| conceal his real situation from those vet
dearly loved oik--, hut the shyness with
which they view him, plainly tel-sthere
is S-,in- tiling wrong. Ma, what makes
p i look so simple ? look ma, lie ‘ V >U
tie i inter IY 1 . be can t walk good.
Ah ! tltfe pent up gri- f th it is sirugiing
to ‘j i>a forth in ihc m 0..; *r\s'‘OSOin, tis
vie i".nl- tb-'in >;f n h I and calms
■ t m by mi ving. Y'/'cr ■ > . r is not well
to ill gilt.
11- r.- lies one by th- fo.id ; lie lias
o a It a u abb- to link - borne, but thinks
aims- If miiiglv hus and and is doing
ti.udv, all unconscious of the anxious
‘solicitude that is created by bis ah
settee. [lot will look in, notwithstand
ing, as we piss bis ;;lu mv abode; here
-it - t In- ninth l iofhi - - diil ‘ : n, pale and
emaciated toiling to support them—the
.i-• ar -u I’ ri rs btv crept off to bed to
lose their sm row in sleep, for it makes
: them sad to see mother weep an 1 look
so pale.
What means that shriek and confu
sion over the way! O, it is only the
j old man proving bis bravery; he has
j been insulted at the grocery and being
i a little afraid that be might get hurt,
! thought it most prudent to wait until
Isafeh lauded at home, where he is dis
; playing it at no risk, by whipping his
| wife.
Now you have in your pockets a few
limes, can you onj >y that money for
j whioh you have ivitm ssed so much suf
fering? if you can, we fear it is want
| of principle.
! was tolrl by . a gentleman, when 1
a-.ked if his conscience fully acquitted
him, that he did not think it altogether
right; but if ho did not sell spirits some
oi.e else would, and lie made it a rule if
a lady sent a request that he should not
s il to Iter husband, be would not doit.
I) it what lady would make such re
i] st? They would rather bear the
di tress titan expose themselves in that
w v.
Not many years since, a youth called
at a grocery in the West to buv some
whiskey to take home with him, on a
v--ry inclement evening. At night the
cry of distress was heard ; perhaps,
says coriKideuce it is the yojtir to whom
ymi sold the spirits this evening. No,
no; lie is at home by this time, whis
pers your evil-spirit. Mistake—he is
not home ; that strong and manly form,
so lately rejoicing in its strength, lies
prostrate in the snow which is falling
fast, helpless as an infant. Were you
then to witness the terror and despair
that takes possession of his soul, as he
(eels the icy hand of death spreading
over him, in that wild and fearful wood,
could you still your better feelings by
saying he would have gotten it else
where if not from me? But you only
hear that ho was picked up next morn
ing, almost lifeless, and carried to the
first house and expired. You are told
that being left a moment, he was found
with his feet broiling in the lire, near
which lie ivas placed to bo warmed.—
0, how humanity shudders at the sight!
hut you only hoar of it—a dreadful cir
cumstance—but n man of business must
not let trifles weigh on his mind But
in the stilly night, conscience tells you,
you caused his death, and if all the
dimes in your possession could recall
the deed, you woul I lively give them,
for there is an hour when man feels for
man, and there is a time when the
deeds of the body must bo rendered in
and accounted for; and fearful must be
thine account, thou that putteth the bot
tle to thy neighbor’s mouth.
CHARLOTTE.
Seclusion, March 11th, 1852.
For the Temperance Banner.
Mo. 1
Dear Banner :—Seeing an article in
the Bgmier a few weeks since, headed
‘Common Sense,’ brought me to reflect
tor a moment, upon the present, past,
and future prospects of the cause of
the Sons, generally, and of Tallulah
Division, in particular.
It is now nearly four years, I be
lieve, since the Division was establish
ed. For the first two years not a cloud
arose to darken its bright prospects.—
Uncle Dabney, Hewlett, and many oth
er noted temperance lecturers, called
and addressed the members and citizens
of ill.- place. All praised the members
for their perseverance, magnanimity,
&e., and they gained constantly new
additions to their list of members.
They frequently turned out in mass,
and visited churches in the surround
ing country, and delivered spirited and
appropriate addresses, enforcing the
doctrine ot the order, and enjoining the
necessity ot all men becoming temper
ate. \ cry distinctly 1 recollect thev
advised the girls to spend their days in
single blessedness, rather than marry
a man who wouin not take the pledge.
(This was good advice too.) One
tiling, at that time, struck me very for
cibly; that was, the confident manner
in which they spoke of their victory,
over the old prince ulchv; none seem
ed to doubt, hut lie was forever van-
I’.ihhedy lew, lii.it he was reully dead.
i, for one, could but fear that the old
.itchy was only playing possum, i
knew that he was a wtley old general,
and su-pectod that it was one of his
schemes to lull the fraternity into apa
thy by appearances, and then take ad
vantage, while they were off their
guard to make a general on slough t.
I should have said, that about
the time of the greatest prosperity
ol the Division, is members were
presented with j beautiful banner by a
young lady, accompanied with one of
the must I; autiitil a ;r *. g 1 ever
heard. In the response, th donor re-
Ci ivtd (in the names tie division,)
tiie most positive promises t.,at it should
“never trail m the dust,” that tliev
were not enlisted for a limited time,
but “during the war,” that the war
they raged was “one of extermination,”
A:o., i&c- 1 merely allude to this, to
remind some of the Nous, of what they
said, and done that day. The sequel
u ill prove that 1 was right in supposing
the enemy playing “possom.” About
this time he began to manifest signs of
vitality. A dag-shop was erected be
hind a thicket of bushes, a few hun
dred yards from the village. From
this battery, the enemy soon began to
throw his poisoned missiles into their j
midst. Some of the most ardent be
gan to “cool down,” and now and then j
one of the Sons was said “to he drunk.’ j
Appearttces however, were still kept
up, and some little disposition manifes- j
ted to make another attack on the old
prince, till July last. The old general I
put it into the head of a good old Baptist |
brother, (hard-shell) (on tho opposide ;
side of the town from the dog-shop,) to j
avail himself of an advantage, the good j
lord had blessed him with, to make j
money. Old uncle Hardy had a fine j
peach-orchard, and it never hit better; j
he had a pond near also; and who !
could doubt but these advantages were !
sent by providence, to increase his for-;
tune. But so it was, old alcliy en- I
gaged him to run some devil drops, \
which were recommended as a first- j
rate medicine, (purely vegetable.) As j
soon as these drops began to he sold at!
the pond, the poor Sons, at once, saw |
that they had to sustain a fire in front j
and rear, and at once struck colors.— i
Though the shouts of victory had scarce-!
ly died on our ears ; we had the morti- \
fication to see them flying in the wild- I
est confusion, and the field surrendered !
to the wiley old enemy. There are j
now three dog-shops in active operation .
in Fort Valley. Injustice to the cold
water army, 1 would say there are a
few veterans who still contend for the
cause, and are active in trying to rally !
their forces.
May God bless them, and enable
them once more to wave their Banner
triumphantly over our pleasant little
village, and finally to repel the enemy
from tlie land.
But to the faithless, to those that have
not only deserted their own ranks, hut
Give joined the enemy; what shall 1 say?
You have not only proved traitorous to
a cause that you should have sustained I
by your united and unwearied efforts; j
but you have placed the “single ladies”
in a most unpleasant dilemma. You
extorted a promise from many of us,
never to marry a man who was not a
Son of Temperance. Now what shall
we do? You have all turned your
bucks, and in a glass of old Uncle Har
dy’s “purely vegetable, life invigora
ting drops,” have drank a health to the
order, and bid it farewell. Now please
tell us what we should do? not marry
at all ? for of course any sensible wo
man would dislike to marry a man who
had proved himself capable of so much
treachery, as you have practiced. 1
am inclined to think, gentlemen, that
you have not gained character by your j
had faith, with any, unless it bo with ;
tlie grog-shop rowdy. I have much to j
say, but must defer it foranotherarticle. j
In my next, (No. 2,) I expect to make
some remarks on tlie Sons, as an order, I
and other temperance societies, with a i
plan for a revival.
ANNA FRANCES.
Fort Valley, March 12th, 1852.
Govorning New York City.--On
the subject of the expenees of the City
of New York the Times says:
It would draw very hard on a man’s
reputation for good sense to he over
head saying that this was one of the
best governed cities in the world. Yet
it costs something more than three mil
lions of dollars last vear to govern it.
It cost about ten thousand dollars a day,
exculsive of Sundays, to administer I
such government as it had. It costs!
over three times as much to govern
this city, and three times as much as j
it did to govern the six New England!
States. It cost the city more to get
governed for a fortnight than it cost
! any one out of sixteen States for a year.
And it cost New Y'ork city half as much
to get itself governed for a‘year as it
| costs all our thirty.one States for the
! same time.”
Singular Facts. —ls a tallow candle
he placed in a gun and shot at a door,
jit will go through without sustaining
any injury; and if a musket bull be fir
ed in water it will rebound and be flat
tened as if tired against any hard sub.
| stance. A musket hall may he fired
against a pane of glass, and if the glass
j he suspended by a thread, it will make
no difference, and the thread not even
vibrate. Cork, if sunk two feet in the
ocean, will not rise on account of the
pressure of the water. In the Arctic
j regions, when the thermometer is be
i low zero, persons can converse more
than a mile distant. Mr. Jemerson as.
setts that he heard every- w ord of a sor
tition at the distance of two miles on u
still day, with perfect distinctness.
A Curiosity. — Wo saw a few days!
since, one of the most singular spici
mens of the horse kind that we ever he,
held, except the hairless horse from;
South America. It was owned by a
I ennessee horse trader, and is said to
have been taken among the Rocky
Mountains. It is about the size ofu
common mule, and covered with long
w °°*': hair run mbling the fleece of a
sheep. It lias no hair oil the tail, and
none “oq the top of its head, the place
where the tnaine ought to grow.” It is
remarkably and mile, and was rode by the
trailer s . — Darlington Flag.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.
Plotlge <f the Son-* of Teinpc
j ranee. --I, without reserve, solemnly pledge
! my honor as a man that I will neither make, buy,
j sell nor use, as a beverage, any Spirituous or
I Mail Liquors, Wine or Cider.
Officers of tlie (irantl Division.
G. L. M’Clesket, G. VV. F. Monroe.
!J. S. Pinckard, G. VV. A. Forsyth, j
VV. S. Williford, G. Scribe, Macon.
F.. C. Ghannjss, G. Treasurer, „
J. E. Evans, G. Chaplain, „
D. E. Blount, G. Cor doctor, Clinton.
J. I). llavis, G. Sen. Houston, Cos.
Office of the Grand Worthy Patriarch. {
Monroe, Ga, March Cth 1852. j
A L,i*t of I> . W. *’s.
Appling, O. B Stanley, Holinesvilie.
Baker. RQ, Dickinson, Albany.
Baldwin, II J G Williams, Milledgeville.
Bibb, J W Benson, Macon.
Bryan,
Bullock,
Burke, R S Scruggs,
Butts, C F Newton, Indian Springs.
Camden, H R Fort, Jeffersonton.
Campbell, VV R Pennington Cedar Branch
Carroll, VV P Parker, Carrolton.
Cass, A C Day, Cassville,
Chatham, C C Wilder, Savannah.
Chattooga, Robt. Early, Summerville.
Cherokee, J Grisham, Canton.
Clark, E L Newton, Athens.
Clinch,
Cobb, M L Ruff, Marietta.
Columbia, A Paschall, Raysville.
Coweta, WVV Thomas, Newnaa.
Crawford, JVV Oslin, Knoxville.
Dade,
Decatur,
DeKalb, L C Simpson, Atlanta.
Dooly, VV’ B F Oliver, Drayton.
Early, JLC Franklin, Fort Gaines.
Effingham,
Elbert, John Loftin, Ruckersville.
Emanuel,
Fayette, W P Allen, Jonesboro.
Floyd, II B Ransom, Rome.
Forsyth, G N Ees'er, Cumming.
j Franklin, JB E Evans, Bushville.
| Gordon, W H Dabney, Oothealoga.
| Gilmer, J L Reed, EUijay
I Glynn, A Scranton, Brunswick,
j Greene, B Brantly, Penfield.
Gwinnctte, J C Patterson, Lawrenceville.
Habersham A Erwin, Clarksville.
Hall, Win, Sitton, Gainesville.
Hancock, N C Sayre, Sparta
Harris, J H Traylor, VVhitesville.
Heard, VV VV Hughey, Houston.
Henry, VV T C Campbell McDonough.
Houston, J D Havis, Perry.
Irwin, R A Peeples, Fiat Creek.
Jackson, R J Millican, Jefferson.
Jasper, .1 M Newton, Shady Dale.
Jefferson, B S Carswell, Louisville.
Jones, J M Carter, Clinton,
Laurence,
Lee, A Paris, Starkville.
Liberty, J A Hendry, Taylor’s Creek.
Lincoln, J Bently, Leathersville.
Lowndes, SVV Ellis, Troupviile.
| Lumpkin, R Moore, Dahlonega.
j Macon, G C Carmicheal, Lanier.
| Madison, T B Anthony, Brookline. L
Marion, C F Maddox, Buena Vista.
! Mclntosh, 1
! Merewether W Turentine, Greenville. 1
i Monroe, J W Patterson, Forsyth. i
! Montgomery John Mcßae, Boxville. j
Morgan, R A Prior, Madison.
Murry, D J Johnson, Spring Place, i 1
Muscogee, . Woodruff Columbus. ii
Newton, McK. Tucker, Starrsville. i
Oglethorpe, E C Shackelford, Lexington.
Paulding, VV E West, Cedar Town.
Pike, J C Adkins, Zebulon.
Pulaski, P I Scarborough llaivkinsville. j
Putman, D Slade, “ Eatonton.
Rabun,
Randolph, D Kiddoo, Cuthbert.
Richmond, L Lu’l’aste, Augusta.
Scriven, G Oliver, Armenia.
Spaulding, A A Gaulding, Griffin,
Stewart, J L Wimberly, Lumpkin.
Sumpter, G M Dudley, Americus.
Talbot, A G Perryman, Talbotton.
Taliaferro, F C Moore, Crawfordville.
Tatnall, J P Preston, lleedsville.
Taylor, J E Roper, Daviston.
Telfair,
Thomas, J S Hayes, Thomasvilie.
Troup, S T Johnson, LaGrange.
Twiggs, M Wilder, Jeffersonville. i
Union, G Hughes, Blairsville. |
Upson, VV A Cobb, Thomaston.
Walker, 118 Johnston, Lafayette. I 1
Walton, II J Kennedy, Monroe.
VVa*e,
Warren, I B Huff VVarrenton.
Washington. B Crafton, Sandersville. !
Wayne, E Fort, VVaynesville.
Wilkes, J M Jackson, Centerville.
Wilkinson, M L Burney, Irwinton.
P. S.—Should any ot the above named
brothers find it impracticable to attend to the
duties ofthe Office of Deputy for their respec- !
tive counties, they will please inform me ofthe j
: fact immediately, and be kind enough to fur
nish me with the name of someone suitable,
who can fill tlie appointment. Also, should ,
any brother s name appear in the list above as
Deputy, who has not received a commission
this year, lie will please inform me by letter.
And if any of the Deputies or Divisions have j
not yet received tlie Journal oi Proceedings of.
Grand Division for the year 1851, they will j
please inform our G. S. at Maeon.
j I beg leave, respectfully, to request each De- j
j puty to visit all the Divisions in the county nil- I
derhis charge early ill the month of April, to
j install the Officers, and examine the work, and
stir up the members to renewed zeal and en
ergy in our cause, as the Spring opens upon
■ us Truly Yours, in L P. & F.
G. L M .M CLFSKEY.G. YV.P.
Ann Odd Theme for a Public Lec.
ture. — h rom tiie Newark Advertiser !
we learn that the subject of a Lecture
to be delivered at the Tabernacle, in
New Y'ork, one evening of this week,
was “The Natural History of the Loaf,
ers” by Mr. Patton, of Hartford. Tlie
Lectured l> ing, as the Advertiser ob
s rves.” “competent to treat this class
of beings as they deserve,” it ‘‘advises
all 11 1 a ’ have the most distant relation-j
ship to any portion of them to ku p a.
way, unless they like to be shown up
to tlie public in their true colors.”
rais samki.
PEIFIELD, ITIAUCH 20, 1*52.
OCr NOTICE. —Subscribers recti*
j ving their papers with a straight black
mark, are thereby notified that they are
in arrears. One mark indicates one
dollar due; two, that two, &c. Please
remil the amount at once by mail, with,
out waiting for other opportunity.
jcgf” We trust our subscribers will put us
to no further trouble in regard to our ac
counts. It will cost more labor and ex
pense to make out and transmit our ac
counts in a different form, than we ean af
| ford. The terms of subscription, are One
Dollar per annum, in advance. These terms
have not been complied with by a large num
ber of Subscribers, and we are now com
pelled to press payments. We ask for
nothing but our just dues, and these we
MUST have.
oThe communication of Robert Hes
ter, Esq., in reference to the article of fir.
Myers, is received and shall appear next
week. We are pleased that this discussion
has been introduced into our columns.
BSP Our correspondents, “Charlotte”
and “Anna Frances,” :re thrice welcome toe
the space they occupy in our columns this*
week. The Ladies are taking hold of our no
ble reform, and our hands are becoming
strengthened. Not only are the Ladies be
ginning to occupy our columns, but our
list of subscribers is receiving additions
from their ranks continually. This week
we have added the names of three Ladies to
our list of p atrons at one Post Office.
But we took up our pen to invite atten
tion to the articles by the fair hands desig
nated above. The S. of T. are very partic
ularly invited to read attentively the article
of “Anna Frances.” Recreant Sons re
ceive some as hard licks from soft hands,
as we have ever heard, —and they tire just.
We have on hand two more numbers from
the same pen, for which we bespeak the care
ful attention of every reader ofthe Banner.
Gita- Cause.
Many ot our correspondents complain of
the coldness of the professed friends of the •
Temperance Reform, in different parts of
our State ; and some have come to the con
clusion that tlie cause itself is on the de
cline. The wheat is being separated
the chaff, and that the casual observer
should form the opinion that the cause is
waning, is, natural enough. That some
who have proclaimed themselves temper,
j ance men, and united with the different so-
J eicties, have become recreant, and like the
dog, returned to their vomit again, is true;
and that there is not as much noise and
show, in our State, at this day, as was seen
and heard a year or two ago, is also true.—
Rut it by no means follows, that the cause
itself is on the decline; or that the true
friends ot temperance are in dispair, or in
the least discouraged. Far from it. In our
warfare ia this great reform, for the last
twenty-five years, we have seen by far dark
er periods and more discouraging signs,
than any that now present themselves to
our vision. YVe are thoroughly of the opin
ion, that the men who advocate our noble
reform from principle, are stronger in tire
faith of a glorious triumph at this moment,
than they 7 have been at any previous period
of the Reform. The n dure of the evil
against which we war, is beet tiling more
thoroughly understood every day, and the
j means to he employed tor its suppression,
are more and more apparent. Not only in
othci .states are the friends of reform uni-
I ting upon the measures to be adopted, hut
in our own Istme, we aro clearly of the opin
jio:l ‘Lit light is breaking in ; that old preju-
I dices and doctrines are giving- way ;••%))if
‘hat the true friends of the cause are becoui
! ing stronger and more numerous every
day. The very signs that our opposers
seize upon as indications of our failure, to
us are “proof strong as holy writ,” that our
cause is growing and taking root more
thinly,and that the day 7 of victory is nearer
at hand than is imagined, even by many of
the most ardent and devoted friends of the
j cause. Cheer up, friends; our cause is of
God,audit cannot be overthrown.
“The legislature df Vermont, at its re
cent session, enacted a law forbidding tlie
employment of conductors, engineers, hrake
inen, or switchmen, “who shall make use of
intoxicating liquors as a beverage.” If any
company within tiie State fail to comply
! with the requirements of the law, they are
liable to a prosecution, and a tine of from
! S3OO to $3,000.”
, We find ‘■* foregoing in an exchange.
Lvery light thinking man in the communi
: ty, whether he be known as the opponent
or friend of the temperance reformation,
must admit that this is a very wholesome
statute. Re, sons tilling the office mention
ed above, not unfrequently have in their
power a large number of human lives.
Three or four hundred persons may be ri
ding in a train ofcars, and for the lime be
ing, confiding their lives and their limbs, to
a single individual. The passengers, under
ordinary circumstances, have very good
reason tor believing that the engineer will
exercise the utmost care and attention, v/
which he is capable; for whatever endan-r
gers the persons of travellers exposes him
to the same peril. Y\ liilst lie continues to
be sober it tnay be hoped that there will be
no serious accidents.
Rut let this man he under the influence
ot intoxicating drink, and he becomes not
only reckless ot his own life hut of the
lives of otheis. Indeed such a man w'ill
become reckless of eiery thing. Bereft’ofk
reason by the poison vvliieh he hits taken
into his mouth to “sieal away his brains,”
his appropriate place is an insane asylum,