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of the wenk and unsuspecting, and tin
wcarjr portions of our race. Let the
laws no longer hold up their lushes,
threatening and inflicting fines and im
prisonments upon all who may attempt
to share in this money making trade
without having first become one of its
privileged orders. L t the rights ol
nil he equal in this business, making
free trade and equal equal rights the
principle, the, motto, and the democra
cy of this measure. Hut if n majority
shall vote against having tippling shops
among them, make it highly penal Ibr
any one to sell in the district, except it ho
for medicial uses, and let that be well
guarded.
Such a law would enable the ma
jority of the people to rule in every dis
trict; and where that majority is wise,
virtuous and patriotic, it would relieve
them from the provoking curse of hav
ing bad men stationed among th<an, to
corrupt and destroy their children and
neighbors, and to make thievos and
drunkards of their negroes.
We 1 mow of no law which could bo
passed, that would ho less complicated,
or more easily understood. No law
could be mure pure Republican than
that which we propose. It gives equal
rights to all—destroys monopolies—
puls down a liquor selling ; listocrasy,
and places the rule and in ignol govern
ment, at llio expressed will oftl.e major
ity.
If the legislature should lie j titi ■ .-
cd to pass such a law, members would
sec it much easier to sustain thomselvr
in placing the power in the hands of lb
people to control this subj ct for them
selves, than they would Uo to sustain
themselves in a voto ofoppontion to the
measure.
Piar Brandy, please con.-iler mo
your humble brother, in L I*. & F.
LEWIS RKNK/VU.
Intemperance -Moral Suasion—
Legislation-
Tiro. Drantly :—The following arti
cle on “ Intemperance ” I find in a paper
1 take, and it embodies so fully my
views, that I send it to you mr publics
tion in the Banner, hoping it may ml,I
something to the furtherance of the
good cause of tempi rancu. L"t every
one read and ponder.
W.
Washington, Ga., Match, 1852.
How is the great curse of intemper
ance to be removed? One replies,
Isy moral suasion; another, By force ol
law. Our view is that both are nec
essary, yea, indispensable ! Wo must
have moral suasion first, to prepare
tlie people for the reception and main
tenance of law; tin in a free government
like ours, where the powe r of law is
lodged in the hands of the people, it i
obvious that a law can lie of no essen
tial service unless it he adopted and
sustained by the popular voice. The
peopla must si e the evil, and be convin
ced of the evil, before they will -eis
tain a law for its suppression. When,
then, moral suasion lias so far availed
as to prepare the public lor the en
forcement of law, it lias done much, it
has gained a greut victory. But much
more than this it cannot do. True, it
lias been successful in reclaiming tliotis
utids of drunkards; niso in persua
ding many liquor venders to abandon
the traffic. It still may be to a degree
successful, but the victory, we believe,
can never be completed without the
strong arm of the law, und that lor the
following reasons:
There are, and doubtless will contin
ue to be, drunkards, whom moral sua
sion will never reclaim; and there are,
und without law will continue to be,
ru nisei lets, who will persist in the busi
ness as long ns they can make a pretty
sixpcn.se. Human nature is the same
that it always has been; and as there
have been in the past; so there are and
will be in tiie future, men who will
mock at both reason and revelation, and
through a sordid love ol gain .stop their
ears, and steel their hearts, to all the
cries of sulfering humanity. With;
such unfeeling wretches moral suasion |
will avail nothing. It has done with;
them all it can do. What then? .Must
wo fold our hands and be the idle
spectators of their work of destruction
and death ? Must we give up ill des.
pair, and consent to he the mournful,
heart-stricken witnesses of their mur
derous, soul-damning trullic f No! my ‘
heart responds. No! no! responds ev
ery lover of his race. Every friend ol
humanity says. No ! Let the law 1
brought in, and let men who will not
feel lor others be made themselves to
feel; at least there arc bounds they can-;
not pass with impunity.
But, cries the runiseller, then you.
will take away our liberty, will you?
Yes, take away y mr liberty, just as
we take away the liberty ol tlie counter
feiter, the gambler, the thief, the rogue,
and every other post o! society. \\ v
take away your liberty of doing wltat
you have no tigth to do, t o I put it t.■
every man of sense whether the rumsel
!er docs not commit a greater crime a
gainst bis God, and against society, t an
the counterfeiter does ? lie takes your
mor.ey it is true, but ho takes tuithei
health nor life. But the runva'ller
takes all. lie takes a Man's money,
and in exchange lor it gives him a poi
son that destroys health, kills the body,
und damns the sou.. 1 contend, then,
and I believe justly, that while the
counterfeiter should suiter lor his crime,
the rumseiler should sutler its ■; and that,
while one goes to the penitentiary, tin*
other should be wheeled along alter hitft.
The rumseiler is very stnsitive, indeed,
of liberty when his pocket is touched,
but he cat), wiiijouttho least compunc
ORGAN OF THE SONS OF TEMPERANCE AND STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.
lion, entail upon his fellow.beings a
more dreadful bondage than the most
despotic tyrant ever inflicted.
But another objects : “A resort to
law will load to the union of Church
and State, and thus you ure going to
mix religion nnd polities together!' 1
This objection would he equally against
the suppression of any other public or
social evil by law; and the presumption
is just as strong •hat the suppression
of cnutiterfeiting or gambling would
| lead to the union of Church nnd Slate,
us that tiio suppression of the liquor
traffic will. Guv eminent is instituted
for the protection end defence of society,
and all governments which do not an
swer iLisend are defective. It is, there
fore, not only within the province of
government, but u sacred duty actually
devolving upo i it, to prohibit arid sup
press by taw all evils of a public char
uetcr. If, then, the liquor traffic be
a social evil, an evil wi.i a aims dii col
ly at the well-b ling/ ol : - defy, (which
no one can deny,) it becomes the boun.
den duty cf government to suppress it.
We deprecate the union of Church’ and
| State as much us any one. Wo want
no Slate religions. Religion will fight
its own battles, and accomplish its ft wn j
work. But, though wn want no estub- j
lislu i religion, this is not to say we
want do religion at all. No, God for-j
bid ! the more of it wo have the better,
and liio inure its principle s are recog.
nis and and oh erred in any State the wis
er will be its laws, and the better its ■
government. L !, then, temperance ‘
i be a principle we cannot dispense with;
; and to obji it to its c nfbrceinent by the i
j State merely because of its connexion!
i vvi'ii religion, is the same us to iy the
.Siute .shall not make laws for the pre
vention of theft, because the Bib!,’ says,
Tlmu shall not steal; or for the proven
lion of murder, because the Bible says,
Thou shall not kill. And thus, if ihe
principle- involved in the objection were
c.miu I out, the consequence would be
not only the expulsion of all religion,
but the abandonment of nit law! So
much for (bisobjection. But, happily,
thi ide iof bringing in law for the sup
lire ion ol thi ; evil, is not utopian in
its character. It is not one which ex
ists only in the vision of theory. It has
in in practically tested, and we have a
living, oculur demonstration of its bene
ficial efit its in the law i cnitly passed
in the Statu of Maine. We see that it
works admirably, sweeping over the
land as a gale of mercy, snatching
thousands from an untimely grave, rid
ding society of numberless woes, caus
ing many a family Id leap for joy, ma
ny a bosom to thrill with delight.
With such fuels before us, can we fora
moment stand in doubt ? Can we lon
ger hesitate us to what is our duly ?
Have we not wasted time enough in
useless theorizing in mooting questions
of ,exp. diency, prnpiiuiy, possibility,
eonsiiiulionalitv, v'ce. ! While we are
doing this, rum is murdering its thous
ands. it is time, high time for action;
for prompt, decisive, vigorous action !
I'he struggle may indeed be severe;
hut w e have truth on oil r side, and truth
is powerful. It will, it must conquer.
Aiiso, then ye lovers of your race!
advance to the contest with renewed,
combined i libit. Let not past defeat
dampen your zeal or discourage youi
hopes. Temperance is destined
|to triumph. Its tide is rolling on. Its
sun has already appeared in the eastern
horizon. It is ascending higher in the
moral heavens. Soon it will over
spread the laud, and with its triumph
will i: ■ime our deliverance from one of j
the most awful scourges of our race. ;
Waynesboro’, March 18, 1852.
Ih'o. Brant/y :We celebrated our
lirst anniversary of Pine Hill Division,
8. of TANARUS., on Saturday the (Jth day ol
March, and a glorious time wo had.—
We met in Division at 9 o’clock, A. M.;
arranged the business of the day, which
u as as follows:
Formed in procession, and inarched
to a stand, where wo were met by Miss
Walton, and after ait appropriate and
chaste address, was presented by her
w ith a beautiful banner from the ladies,
which was received by Bro. J. G.
Mathews, accompanied hv an appropri
ate response. After this ceremony, we
had an address from Bro. 11. lleneau,
and uncle Ben, 1 tell you ho gave it to
them in style; if I hud been a grocery
kt epor that day, 1 would have udver
lis.dtho whole concern to let. After
the address wo proceeded to a sumptu
ous dinner, prepared by the ladies, and
o!t, such profusion of viands, cakes, tur
keys, hums, etc.
Alter dinner an invitation for candi
dates w as extended by brother Scruggs,l
after a few’ remarks, when the names of
ten per-ms, most of whom were, and
had-bet n dear lovers of the critter, were,
presented, and they regularly harnessed
in the cold water teams. It was a day
long to be remembered by the friends,
as well as the foes.of temperance. —
Tlie boys down in old Burke ore deter
mined to do a thing or two, and if we,
can get suite of your tompe ance lec
turers to come down ohoo in u while,
wo are certain of succucss ; wo have
no right to com; lain though. So adieu
Uncle Ben for the present; if you like,
you can hear from us again. 1 send
the address ol MissG. S. Walton, and
the reply ofJ. G. Mathews, which you
“ill please give a place in the Banner,
it the length of them does not forbid.
Yours in L. 1\ & F.
G. B. POWELL.
The failings of good men are much
more published in tlie world than their
good deeds
Tor the Temperance Danner.
No :i.
I suppose that all sane persons are
tempi rahee advocates. 1 am aware
that then* arc individuals who think
, themselves eu lowed with even more
1 than common House, that do oppose tne
cause of temperance. 11 does not, how
ever, (oecasiurily) follow that a nun is
; sensible, because lie thinks himself so,
Out i,i.her the contrary.
All pliihinilirnpi-ts, 1 believe, are re
. ally teinpi.'iance advocate s. AI! chris
| tiuns really arc philanthropists. There
\ fore, all genuine Christians are temper
, once advocates. Some persons believe
that the church t > which they belong,
j is temperance society enough for them- 1
ISo 1 think t >o. But please don’t op-j
i pose temperance movements outside of,
| the church. Hull church members!
would do their duty, 1 am inclined to;
I think very little would be left fir o'-her
I temperance organizetion ; to and .
But perhaps, you thin!, it it. • i l’> !
! you to be temperate your- Iv s, ;.r. i
’ that it is not your duty to teach olhrr-:
to do likewise ? It this j-; the e sc, 1
brother, 1 awfully fi - r thutyo .r n !ig-‘
I ion was taken funn Davy Crocket's AI
| manack, instead of the Bibb . The 1 ,
Bible rcquiri s elußiiun.s to teach clinri
j ty, brotherly love, lucekne.is, patieii c, j
! >V,e. Did your ever see a drunkard!
indued w aii tin. • vinue.s ! If you are
la Christian, you must b; a follower of
Christ. Christ was a teui-hi rof t on- !
| pcruncc; and tells “in that no drunkard j
can get to heaven. Uo commands us ;o
j keep Ins sayings, and says, if y ou don’t j
|do it, you are none of ilis. You are
Commanded to teach his sayings to all j
mankind. Then, think you, that you
can oppose temperance and be a chris-.
tiau ? But says one, this is u mere hu
man society, and we are commanded to
coine out troin among them. And I
please, who are they that you are to’
part company with ? Drunkards, a-1
du he re is, liars, Ate. Now, good friend,!
it looks very much like you ure in a
fair way to be left among them ; at
least, you are advocating the same doc
trine that the drunkards advocate.
On this subject, 1 wish to say much,
biit it is digressing too much from my
plan. Thanks to heaven, most relig
ious persons, as well us denominations,
arc temperance advocates, —and oh ! i
w hat a field, lor your labor of love is
lieic presented ! Christians, liave you
drank of that pure fountain, whose wa
ters make glad the city of On I ! Have
you drank w'uter from salvation’s pure
well, to slake ymr thirst? Then you
tremble when you see one of Adam’s
race staggering under the influence of
alcoholic potations. For he that gave
you the wutersof life said no drunkard
shall have eternal life. Your religion
is love’s sell; then is it possible that i
you can see this poor, deluded mortal, 1
standing on so dangerous a precipice
and not warn him ? You will warn him,
no matter whether y ou are a temperance
man (in common parlance) or no; in
temperance will exclude him forever
from any right to the tico of life, and
you love Ins soul, and will warn him.
1 lien you are to all intense, a temper
ance lecturer, —you long to see that
day when the “wolf shall dwell with
the. lamb, and the leopard shall lie
down w ith the kid ?” This can never
happen while intemperance stalks a
broail the land.
It is expected that temperance orders
keep their armor always on; and while
we do our duty, Christians (of till de
nominations) Help. We look for it;
| yoGr Saviour also looks for it. I lmve
; ulieii thought that the reason we were
jSO olteu foiled, was, that we trusted too
much in out own strength. We are
. taught that it :uo or more agree as
touching the same thing, and us.;, vva 1
shall have our request grunted. Is not
the cause of temperance of sufficient;
■ importance,t<> warrant us in asking God
to aid uS ? Surely it is. Then it) pre
paring for tl e buttle again, let us ask
fervently for divine aid, am) then stand
linn in one unbroken phalanx, and
j light the enemy until lie is effectually
routed. It you are a Son, und lam a
Washingtonian, let’s not disagree about j
that; we are all lighting against the!
same enemy. \ou strive tostrengthen 1
! your ranks; 1 will do the same, and
we will all do buttle under the same j
colors ; aiuf let our motto ho “in God ;
;we trust;” and let each ‘do his duly,!
and we will soon start tlie glorious car !
again. We will soon have the SHtisfac-’
lion to see the old prinqo hide his hid-!
cous head. We will hear the reclaim- i
ed inebriates shout victory, where now
is heard itis bacchanalian ogeries.— i
The widow s tears will be dried up, and ;
naked orphans clothed. The rose “ ill
again bloom oti the faded cheeks of in. |
jured beauty ; peace w ill reign instead |
of con fusion, and the greatful shouts of j
the reclaimed drunkards’ wives and
starving children will be heard, instead
of drunken husbands’ dire imprecations.;
That this happy time may soon come,,
is the devout prayer ol a close observer, i
ANNA FRANCES.
March 12, 1852.
NVre. 1 have heard within tlie last J
few days, jhat the Sons are making a |
strong clfort at Fort Valley. May
Heaven bless their etlbrts and speed the
time when this grievious nuisance shall 1
, he forever removed from our land.
A. F.
i t u t
A cloud of Pigeons were seen in
Washington on Sunday morning.
They appeared to cover a space of three
miles in ’engtli ami one mile in width,
and were passing to the Noith East
! from the South West.
SOM OF TEMPERANOfi.
I'leilS*! of tlie Sons of Tempo
r:iiJ<!e.--l. without reserve, solemnly pledge
my honor as a man thru I will neither make, buy,
sell nor use, as a beverage, any Spirituous or
Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
Officers of tlie Grtuiil Division.
G. L. M’Clf.skey, G. \V. P. Monroe.
.1. S. Pisckakd, G. W. A. Forsyth.
\V. S. Williford, G. Scribe, Macon.
E. C. Ghannjss, G. Treasurer, „
.!. E. Evans, G. Chaplain, „ j
I). E. Blount, G. Corductor, Clinton, j
J. 1). Mavis, G. Sen. Houston, Cos.
t.'rr r rnr. C rand Worthy Patriarch. , J
Monroe, Ga, .March 23th 1852. j j
Dear lie", liruntly.— l’lca-e liave the fol
lowing changes made in the list of Deputies 1
tortile next No. of the Banner.
Talbot, J E M'N'iel, Talbotton. j
Chattooga, EOKirley, Summerville.
Richmond, A G LaTaste, Augusta.
G. L. M’CLESKEY.
Office of the Grand Division. ) j
Macon, 20th March, 1852. y j
The Semi-Annual Ses-ion of the Gtand J
Division of the State of Georgia, will be
held in the city of Savannah, commencing
on Wednesday the 28th April.
It is earnestly hoped that there will be a |
full attendance of Officers and representa
tives, as much important business will be
presented for action.
By Order
W.S. WILLIFORD, G. S.
Office of the Grand Scribe. (
Macon, March 20, 1852. ( j
Dear Brother , —Will you please state j
from the Grand Scribe, that- the Journals of
the G. D, for 1851, have been forwarded
nearly two months ago, to all the Divisions
arid 1). G. W. P’s in the State, and that
Blank returns for Sub. Divisions to last the
year, have also been sent. 1 have constant I
enquiries for both these articles. D. G. W. I
P’s. or Divisions, who have not seen them j
can ohiain copies on application at the office
of the G. 1).
Our mails have been and are r in a'sad |
state of confusion, there is not a day but I |
learn of something wrong. 1 hope they will
get straight soon.
Yours fraternally,
W. k WILLIFORD.
At a meeting of Excelsior Division, No. ]
182 S. of T. in the University of Ga., the j
follow ing gentlemen were duly chosen olti- j
eers for the next quarter, beginning Ist
April:—J<>iin C Whitner, W. P.; E. S. Ham
mond, W. A.; S W Bowen, R. S.; Leroy
Napier, A. 11. S.; Alonzo Church TANARUS.; D W
Banks, F. S.; Tlios. W. Walker, C ; W. J.
Gorham, A. C.; J. F. Baker; I. S.; W.
l’’ouclie, O S.; Win. E. Eppes, P. W.P.
Officers of Kingston Division, No. 18C, S.
of T.—W. H. Vernon, IF. P.; Joseph !
Sprouts, W. A.; James C. Hateiy, R. S.;
E. W. Vernon, F. S.; J. T. Grore, TANARUS.; E. I).
Cheshire, C.; J M McGuire, A. C.; J) Robi
son, I. S.; J L Bishop, O. S.; J. E. Johnson,
A. R. S.
The following is a list ot the Officers
elect for Fidelity Division. No. 230 Sos T.
II F Thigpen, W. P.; J. G. Phinizee, \V.
A.;N. W Newman, R. S ; W W Stephens,
A. R. S.; J. J. Brown, F. S.; R. Davis, TANARUS.;
J. F Patterson, C.; B. F. Watson, A. C.; I*.
H Mills, I. 8.; IF Holder, O. S.j C. C. Wil
son, P. IF. P.
Thomasville, Ga., March 30.
We are getting along very well in our
division, w e sometimes have to expel a mem
ber but always got a better Son ia his place.
i Since the organization of our division there
has not been but one death, and that was
Ironi poison administered by someone un
j known, for which there was an arrest hut
! the party was not brought to trial—broke
jdl tie loro court. Our election came off
last night, and I send you a list of the otfi
i vers which you may publish ifyou can spare
a sntali corner;
Charles H. Pennington, W. P.; James
M. Gray, W. A.; Joseph M. iSelon, R. S.;
Jno. M. Waddy, A. R. S.; James H. Hays,
F. S.; James T. Hays, TA NARUS.; William N.
Benton,C.; Mellville A. Curruth, A. C.;
William 11. Sharp, I. S.; Hamilton VV.
Sharp, O. S.; Rev. P. P. Smith, Chaplain;
Francis 11. Pennington, P. W. P.
IgCTCTCTJ HI ‘ i, !..—I ~ —■ — ll
CAPETS OF TEMPEKANCE.
PLEDOE.
No member shall make, buy, sell or use
as a beverage,any spirituous or maltiiquors,
wine or cider.
Officers of tlie Grand Section.
J. U. Benson, G. P. Macon.
15. Burton, G. A. P. Pondtown.
U. C. Situ son, G. S. &. T. Atlanta.
Rev. J. S. Wilson, G. C. Decatur.
S. M. 11. Byrd, G. G. Oxford.
MM* King, G. W. Thotn aston.
1. O. of Kerliabiteti.
Officers of Georgia Dist. Tent, No. 28, loca
ted at Washington, Wilkes Co.,Ga.:
Washington, Rev.G.G. Norman, D. P. C. R.
„ J. D. Burdett, D. C. R.
Atlanta, C. R. Hanleiter, D. D. R.
Washington, John R. Smith, D. R. S.
„ George Dyson, D. F. S.
St. John Moore, D. Tres.
„ R. H. Lynn, D. Levite.
lSeeli:il>ite*s IMerige.
I hereby declare, that I will abstain from all
intoxicating liquors,and will not give, nor offer
them to others, except in religious ordinances,
or when prescribed, in good faith, by a medi
cal practitioner; I will not engage in the traf
fic of them, and in all suitable ways wilt dis
countenance the use, sale and manufacture of
them ; and to the utmost of my power, 1 will
endeavor to spread the principles of abstinence
front all intoxicating liquors.
Discord reduces strong’ll to weakness.
Ml IBAMTO.
PENFIELD* APISIL 10, 1552.
I 00“ iJOTIOE Subscribers recei
; ving their papers with a straight black
| mark, ore thereby notified that they are
!in arrears. One mark indicates one
dollar due; two, that two, &c. Please
remit the amount at once by mail, with
! out waiting for other opportunity.
To Correspondents.
The great length of Bro. Reneau’s
concluding article to the Churches, has ex
cluded some other articles we desired to
publish this week. We hope, however,
that bro. R’s article will be attentively read.
In our next No. the original Tale of
“The Moderate Drinker,” written for the
; Banner, will be commenced.
Our poetical correspondent, “Emmett,” ;
has furnished us with a production that suits j
; our taste. Wc hope our corner dovoted to j
the muses, will often be graced by Ids pen. I
The Slate Road.
Complaints Imvo existed for some time, ■
in relation to the management of freights
leaving Chattanooga. We see by the last j
Augusta papers, that some persons can |
make shipments of Corn, &c., while others j
cannot. We have satisfactory reasons for
believing there are good grounds fur com- j
plaints; and if Mr. VVadley, or the Govern- j
or, (which ever has the power,) does not j
reform the abuses that exist, the fameac-l
quirecl will suffer loss in this region at least, j
Finn Flour.
For a few days passed, wc have had the j
privilege of using a very tine article of Flour, i
from the Pcnfield Steam Mills. A superi
or lot of white Wheat has been purchased,
and the Flour, we think, will well compare
with the best article manufactured in the
State. Mr. Holtzclaw isacquiring a fame in
his management of the Penficld Steam Mills.
Messrs Snowden & Shear, of Augus
ta, offer to the public, a most extensive as
sortment of Goods,"suitable for the season.
Thtirs isan old established house, and they
know how to please purchasers. Sec ad
vertisement.
Temperance Address.
Agreeable to the public notice, a large
and respectable audience—at the ringing of
the College bell, (which acts as a herald in
such eases,) —assembled in the Chapel. The
Division ot the Sons of Temperance did not
turn out cn masse, hut there was a respec
table number present; showing that though
they thought best not to put on their rega
lia and march from their hall with their
banner floating in the breeze, still, they
were fully alive to the important subject of
total abstinence. We, however, regretted
to find that, on such a clear, beautiful and
pleasant night, so few of tile fair sex graced
the meeting with their presence.
The Worthy Patriarch, having taken his
scat, called the meeting to order, and pre
sented the Rev. I). G. Daniell, of Atlanta,
who supplicated the throne of grace, and
commended the cause of temperance audits
youthful champion to the over-ruling pro
vidence of God. Mr. Mathews was then
introduced to the audience, and chained
their attention for nearly fifty minutes. Ilis
main object was to rouse the slumbering
consciences ot his hearers to trie importance
of legislating on the liquor traffic, and thus
“beard the lion in his den.” lie deemed it
inexpedient tor Georgia, in her present junc
ture, to pass such a law, but hoped that the
time will soon eouie, when from the length
anil breadth ot the State, its importance
shall be fully lelt and such a law demanded.
Were it practicable, we would make a few
extracts from Lis well digested speech, and
thus show the position lie occupies; but it is
sufficient to say; it was well prepared, well
deii\cred, and taken as a whole, his views
were sound and equitable. His remarks in
reference to the tenders of ardent spirits, we
can ticely endorse. We hope that we may
have the pleasure of hearing him again at
no distant period.
Temper since Lecture.
Tiie Central Georgian mentions a lecture
at Sandersville, by Dr. Cooper, of Hancock,
on the 28th ult. Those ,vho heard the lec
ture, report that the Doctor fully sustained
his reputation, and clearly demonstrated that
intemperance was tlie greatest curse “un
der the cerulean vaulted star spangled sun
lit heavens —“that by its enticements and
allurements, the will of the stoutest was
soon captured, subjugated and enslaved.”
The greatest Conquerors.
History recordsa few names which have
acquired large and enduring renown ascon
querors. Their brilliant deeds have been
commemorated in the glowing strains of
poetry and in the fascinating language ot
oratory. They have served as standards by
which all military greatness waste be as
certained. Inferiority or excellence has
been predicated of warlike achievements as
these have approximated or come short ot
the exploits of these illustrious characters.
Bue!i a man was Alexander. Pushing his
conquests to a point, surpassing that which
had been attained by any ot bis predecessors,
carrying bis arms over regions so extensive
that he has been called the conqueror of the
world, his fame has llveithrough more than
a score of centuries, tilling the world with
wonder. Such a man was Hannibal. For
twenty years he kept the mistress of the
world in constant dread—performing feats in
the art of war, which before his time, had
nev. r been attempted, and only overborne
by the greater power of numbers and dis
cipline. In later times Buonaparte is an
other illustration. 1 hough he has been in
the grave more than thirty years, fresh ac
counts of his conquests and defeat* are eon
stantly issued from the press, and the world
is still gaping with astonishment at the ex
ploits of the “man of destiny.”
To be an Alexander, or Caesar, or Napole
on, falls to the lot ofa very few. From
the very nature of the cuse, such men must
be rare—presenting themselves only occa
sionally in the history of thousands of years.
It is well for the world that the combina
tion of circumstances so rarely occurs, which
produces these terrible destroyers. But
there is a sense in which it is practicable for
every moral being to reach eminence sur
passing that which has been attained by the
envied and renowned of earth. True his
victories may not e identified with ensan.
gained fields, with the shrieks of the dead
&. of the dying, with the anguish of bereaved
and broken hearts. No martial pomp may be
there, none of those wreaths which entwine
the brows ol common victors, may be found
upon him. But nevertheless he may have se
; cured more glorious triumphs than have ever
j been achieved by the hero. The conquest
| of which we are now speaking is that which
j a man acquires over himself. Arid it has
| been declared upon the highest possible au
| tliority, that “lie who ruleth his own spirit
is mightier than lie whotaketha city.” .
The milt-conqueror is then the greatest eon
queror. ilis laurels are green with a ver
dure which shall never tilde. In conquering
himself lie has overcome him who is often
times the most formidable foe.
He has conquered the evii tempers of his
heart. Covetousness, revenge, envy,jeal
ousy, and tlie whole brood of wicked pas
sions which are lodged in every nature, and
which, when unrestrained, utterly destroy
the peace of all who indulge them, liave
been subdued; and if at any time they
should attempt to rise into supremacy, they
are quickly reduced to their proper subordi
nation. In addition to passions or those af
fections which have their seat in the mind,
the man ot whom we are now speaking, has
imposed a veto upon every appetite which,
should not be indulged, those desires
which have their seat in the body, and which,
clamor so furiously for gratification, have
been restrained, and he lias nothing to ap
prehend from their terrible mastery. In
short, the whole “world of the passions”
which are found within, and which make
every man a little kingdom within himself,
have been subjugated and are now so vigi
lantly guarded that no danger is to be dread
ed from an insurrection. Our sell-con
queror we need scarcely say, is a temper
ance man. it or the drunkard is the man
who is conquered by bis passions, the slave
ot appetite in this world, and the miserable
victim of despair in the world which is to
couie. “A drunkard cannot inherit the
kingdom of God.”
Opiuitiaiid Fraud.
The recent agitation in tlie legislature of
New \ ork ol a measure for the suppression
ot the liquor traffic, similar in most of its
provisions to that which has recently been
adopt'd in the State ol Maine, lias excited
most vehement opposition on the part of
those interested in the city of New York.
Some have declared that such a law would
be tlie signal for bloodshed and rebellion,
such as lias not been known in the annals
of the country since the Revolution. They
li.tv e declared that they would resist such
an infraction upon their lights with all the
zeal with which our ancestors resisted the
stamp ict. But the two reasons which
the h-ttcr iiiloruieU have urged as
those which would operate most effectually
to prevent the passage of such a law. are
that it men be cut oil lrom ardent spirits
I they will betake themselves to other stimu
lants; or il this, expedient be not resorted to,
they will seek in some fraudulent manner
the evasion of the law. On these grounds
some of those who are usually regarded as
judicious counsellors, though at heart per
haps in iavor ol the law, have thought tin t
its passage at tlie present time would be
inexpedient.
And has it come to this? Have men
yielded their senses so entirely to the in
toxicating fumes of ardent spirits, that they
j t ' : “ l 1,0 satisfied with sue 1 1 logic as this? Js
it a valid objection to a law obviously whole
some in its provisions, that men will con
trive some method of evadingit? If so
we may as well abolish all law? For there
are very lew statutes which thoso who are
so disposed, cannot find some means ofren
| dering nugatory. As to the objection that
; opium will be rescorted to, if the fash
| ionable stimulus be taken away, we should
! suppose that no man, having legitimate
| Haims to common sense, could be influ
j enced by such an opinion.
tU‘v. E. T. Winkler.
! We are happy tu learn from the Southern
; Ba P ,ist that this gentleman has received and
accepted the invitation to the Editorialship
of that paper, and also to the chair of the
Corresponding Secretary of the So. Bap.
Pub. Society. Mr. Winkler is well known
lit this State and elsewhere, as a talented
and able writer. We think those boards
have acted judiciously in their selection,
and have been fortunate in securing the ser
! ‘■'* of °ne so well qualified to perform the
j unctions of those offices. VVe hope that
j will meet the most sanguine expectations
jof his friends. IBs address is Charleston,
_ __ M.
Pretty Good.
The Worcester Cateract thinks it curious.
; th,t tlle lovers strong drink in Massa
chusetts should oppose the Maine Law,
when they are continually asserting that
tiquor is more plenty, and that greater quan
tities arc drank in Maine now than eien he. ’
fore.
Oglethorpe University. )
... _ , March 30,1852.
tou know, Brother Brantly, for I have
j told J°u before, that one of mv weak points
is to forget to “pay the printer,” though .J