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ton am! A. \V. M’Cloy were appointed a committee of reception. And imme- i diatelv they proceeded to the Hotel and conducted Rro. Hewlett to the Hall, vv;u m ho was introduced by the Mar shal, Hro. 7.. T. Murphy, to th • mat rons and maidens of temperance and to ; .he Division. Alter while procession; was formed, composed of Cadets, Mat rons and Maidens of Temperance, and Sons of Temperance ; and we nnmeJi i. !y repaired to the baptist Church, j where we found a very large audience in waiting. Arid after singing an 1 prayer by the Chaplain, liro. Hcwlet j was then introduced to the audience, and in a speech of an hour and a hall j he most completely uprooted the. battle- , ments ofour opposers, stormed the for- j tress of old alchy, uticapt llte pit of bac chanalian misery and di struction—— sang the song of teetotaler or no hus band. and sat down amidst tho smiles of j, gratifiedaudience. The matrons and maidens have initiated IS or 20, and , the Division Ins initiated nine, and still | they come. The Division held a called mission on ! the night of the 24th, and i terns ad-. journment a large number ol temper ; ance men collected in town, (it lining tho last day bv law, and by the moral j s ntimeut of tiie people that alcohol ; could ho vended in our v illage) and | (brined a torch light procession and; serenaded the town, alter which they | tanned in front of the office of Ardisj and Thornton, and M. E. Adair being called for, come lot ward, and in a short I address, most manfully and eloquently portrayed the evils attendant upon in - j temperance. At the conclusion of whose speech, R. D Thnmton living I loudly called, a rose, and in Ids usual,, bold and pathetic manner, dug up the; dead evidences of misery and ruin, and ; arrayed them with tho living, against j him who in this enlightened day, should j daro to put his cup to bis neighbor";; lip, and wound up by saying to the de funct groceties, Rcquiescant in peace. I Yours in J.- I’. Ai I'. 11. M. THURMOND, i K. D. THORNTON, > Com. j J. J. WILSON. ) CuLLODEN, fill., May stll, 1852. Mr. Jlrant/y : —living a Son of Tern- ; pcrance, and one who desires much I the advancement of the interest of the j order, 1 think that it behooves me as such, to do whatever is in my power for the attainment of that end. And it is for that purpose that I address this l communication to you, hoping and de- i siring that what shall follow below may 1 find an insertion in tho columns oftlie , “Banner.” 1 seek to repair the inju-I ries done to Subordinate Divisions, not i only in our district, but perhaps through all the Suite by a non attendance to! their duty, by the superior officers. 1 do not wish to chide them, nor charge 1 them with intentionally neglecting the business of trie order; hut desire to call upon them to their duly, not only 1 as Sons of Temperance, but us pliilan- 1 tliropists, and as men wlio desire the general welfare ol man. II they desire to see the universal dissemination of temperanco principles, it” they wish to see temperance with outstretched arms embrace all mankind, and if tlioy wish to see temperance stretch one hand to the Hast and and one to the West, and ; clasp earth to her bosom, and kiss away 1 the tears of orphans, and sooth the sor row sos widows, they will not, cannot, refuse to hear my call. Tlio object then, of my coinmunica-! lion may be summed up in the follow ing address : P To til3 G w. P t3ir:—Believing ii to bo my duty to ; address you, when the interest of our order is ut stake, from the negligence of a superior officer, I most respectfully! ask your attention on this point. Your: Deputies sir, have not properly attend-j od to th-'ir duly in our county. Ac cording to t 1 o onstitutioii of the Grand I Division, it is their duty to visit each Subordinate Division within their juris, diction, ut least once every quarter. — Now sir. u'f have no', had a visit for three years with one exception; we hire had one, and only one visit in these 1 three years/ One i>“ two Divisions inj the county have become completely ob solete, un i iu my opinion, it is owing to this oiromnvjanoe. 1 have heutd members from m arly all the divisions: in the-county make the statement, that thev were seldom or never visited !>v your deputies. That this has a delete rious eifect no one will pretend to deny., Now if the Subordinate Divisions are bound to obey the Grand Division, and have to pay strict attention to whatever that burly may require of them, l think that the officers ot the Grand Division should do their duty to the Subordinate Divisions and not allow them lupine uway from pure neglect. It h but jus tice to us as Sous id Temperance, and if you neglect us, you do vmlouae to the cause ot temperance. Now sir, 1 have vou appoulc 1 to because we are in dangt r, and if you do not give us that attention that is due us under such cir. cumstanees, you will be culpable if wo fall. A SON. Columbus, Ga., Mn. Gth, 1852. Uncle Ben: —In my List epistle your compositor caused me to say something wrong. In speaking oft lie ladies cau sing the shop keep is to fly around drawing brandy, wine, &.0., your com positor put it drinking brandy, A’C.— The error is of very., halo imparlance, unJ 1 should not have noticed it, but that it conveyed a different id’ u from that which 1 wished to impress, i. e. that the ladies became truth, ers in this OItUAN OF THIS SOWS OF TKiMPKUAXCF and STATE TEMPERANCE CONVEX i ioy__ 1 lilthy business, and what astonishes me i more is that some of them are the wives 1 and daughters of Washingtonians and Sons. But sir, 1 will not fill tins sheet u ith strictures upon the conduct of our wives, daughters nml sisters, but leave them to tho mercies of their own tend. 1 er consciences, which l know will keep them in the paths of propriety, if they ; will but listen to its teachings. I see licit the major part of your cor. I rospoitciits are discoursing upon the! subject of legislation, and I would to I God that tiie major part of our people, 1 were in favor of it; were it so, then we ] should soon see that lor which wo have! prayed, labored, and toiled. Ourpeo-i ! pie are too timid for good soldiers ; our policy is to strike while we have the vantage ground, and not wait until wc have retrograded to the posit ion occu pied a few years past. That this will bo the consequence if we i.pt to, stand still, none can deny, or disprove.! | Taking it for granted that tins position is correct, “your duty brothci / ’ To 1 (gird on new weapons and scale the] ramparts of the enemy. An army he-1 fore a fort in . \ p- iv .. ■ for- e tiie ’occupants to a i-.apit dan m, by c an- j j munding, hut it in re frequently oc-; leurs that the invading army uro com. | i polled to charge th - tort and compel the enemy into submission, and no ar- t j my ever failed that had right and jus. lice on their side, that had the great! King of kings, & Lord of lords to sti ike I Confusion in the < neiiiy’s ranks, Well brothers where do we stand i We’ ■ have met. the enemy, and forced him; into his fort, (the law,) and wc have ; been commanding for years, yet still they do not capitulate. Uncle Dabney j thrown shell upon shell into their quar ters, which has stayed its thousands; i Hewlett has raked them foro and aft : w ith chain shot, and yet there are mu 'ny left to battle against us. Why un- j cle Ben, tho enemy seems to care no j more for uncle Duhnev’s shells, or j llmvletls chain shot than if they would j for :t squib; the fact is, they have a, j fort wo cannot penetrate. There is, ’ thunk God, one other big gun wc have the use of, but which we have not yet | brought to bear, that is the same gun ! they have been using, with a little dif ferent construction, the law. They j have never scrupled to force upon us what we know to bo trespassing upon our dearest interests! They have uev. er .scrupled to foist a pauper population ! upon us which we have to support!— ’ fln y have not scrupled to crush the ! hearts of hundreds and thousands of in j nocenl women and children, and to j blight the fairest prospects of our sons! j All this they have not scrupled to fas ten down upon our necks ; uml yet we, who have borne lliis burden for years, now scruple to remove tliut damnable curse when we have but to determined to do it. It is all nonsense to talk übout t lie legality or illegality of this question. 1 l! it is legal to authorize men to poison j and ruin us, it is equally so to pass a law to prevent it. But 1 have already occupied more space than I intended, and must close, not for the w ant of more to wi ilo, for 1 could write day ulicr day upon this sub ject, and then not tire or bo short of i ideas. CHATTAHOOCHEE. Palmetto, Ga., 27th April, J 852. Wo 3. Dear Banner : —My last comuiuni j cation left me at Salem, Ala. On Sat urday tho 10th, I leave Salem, and hail | for Waocoochoe Valley, where 1 arrive iu time to lecture. ‘The division in ses sion when arrived. Wo turn out in I retiulia and march to the church. ! ; found this division, though not a large , one, yet composed of such working mem. ! bers us will always (while they ure per severing) tic tho means of doing much ‘ood—some initiations at night. Sab- 1 haili 10th, attend church, and preached. I 1 The Methodist church here, the only j | one of tilt pleuee, is anew, nice, sub- ‘ i stuntial building. Monday 11 tli, c xiveyed by my young • ’ friend Key, to M ehatiicsvillu, where j | wc arrive in good time. Here 1 found 1 I the division about dead, I revived them i again with thirteen names. From , ( theilce igo to West Point, Georgia; I 101 l yotl l>- liquor abounds here to ra- 1 : ther a fearful extent, yet there are a| good i■ lunv eiuY. us and Sons here, ut 1 ; least iu principle. 1w as sorry to lintl! the division down ! dow nI ! And it up- j poured they would never meet again. I succeeded in rallying a few’ good ur.d’ true men who entered their names a gain, resolved to reorganize and buttle i again ugainst the monster. Success at-! tend them. she next division 1 lee- I lure oefore is Rising Hope in Harris! j county, nothing to note more that it is a ; good division, composed of good materi- j al, and one that will last, mark it; my I reception was a warm and hearty one. j Chi the 15th 1 hail tor Whitesvillel and lecture before Good Samaritan Di v isiou and a good audience. Good old j Samaritan is right side op yet, there are lew hotter Divisions in Georgia, tliev : work and work on, “hope on and hope i ever.’ 1 received eight petitions and saw seven initiations. Thev sing right —work in harmony, and ‘stand by! each other erect.’ Friday 10th, lec : lure in the grove before 1J >pewe!l Di vioti and public. At night tlia ladies I gave un entertainment, consisting of pound cake, ike., die. Well li. once more 1 was the Ladies man; why bless you, supper over, what should I sie but one of the prettiest pound cukes 1 ever : saw, in the shape ot a triangle, with u little flag flying from the top, with Love Purity ik Fidelity beautifully painted on it. Well Mi>s K. of Mt-rri- : wether was selected to present it in the name of the ladies (and there were not a few present) to uncle Dabney ; wed bless you I responded you can’t t 1; how pretty. For once B. you would have been convinced, had you hn present, your popularity with the l-idi- s would have been nothing in comparison to mine. Bless the ladies, and 1 less Miss R. who presented it in their name. I tell you 1 look it home,arid though iny children and little grand children are clamorous for it, yet my old lady has kept it unharmed us yet. I lectured oil .Saturday 17th at White Sulphur Springs, u good Division and good audience. 1 go', one petition, him self an host—-old Bro. M. M., father of the Uev. W. D. M., an age-1 Dried. i to, 1 saw him initiated. Ah! if the venerable men every where would just throw the weight of their character into our scale and wear our cold water uni forms, alchy’s throne would . n totter to its full. The lv>t place I lectun at is Mountville, nothing to not. farther than I was kindly treated, had god audience and go< and Division to hear me O.u; word more, dear cold water comrades in all Georgia! once more to II <• breach Buns, and Washington ians ! Templars and Rachabites, and last, not least, “Daughters! ’ come by scores to tlm Convention at Newnan, don’t let u> iugloriuu.qy surrender Ibcground taken from our enemy—yon will find our Newnan folks uid do their duty, hearts and houses will be open to receive you. Come then as to a cold water jubilee. Truly in L. 1* iSi F. D. P. JONHS. l’.S. I forgot to mention 1 lectured at Berlin, Alabama, where was once a flourishing Division, but bud gone down, partly from emigration, and partly from u large number withdrawing and fum ing anew Division on the Georgia side cf the river. I got eleven or twelve oftlie brethen to sign their names, pledg ing to re-orguuize—success attend.— Bro. 11. and his friends must rally again to the breach. D. P. J. Mr. Editor :—1 have noticed in your | paper a number of ways proposed to put an end to the trade ami traffic in ardent spirits. No two of which l have seen exactly agree. 1 believe that if the vote was taken in Georgia, at this time, any great alteration in the present law i on the subject would fait. A heavier tax might be laid or something like ii; but 1 am sorry to say that 1 do not be lieve the people are exactly prepared tor it. Vet 1 will submit a plan tor your consideration, which shall cost you nothing, and every man will be ul , liberty to try it or not, as lie pleases, i 1 am very certain it would do a great dual of good, if all the friends of the j temperance cause would try it. Now 1 1 know of no man whosells ardent spir its but what lias to resort lo the sale oi l a great many other articles in order: j enlarge liis profits; the smallest and i tho meanest, all have to deal in other | tilings to make a living, and am vert much mistaken if there is a grog-shop any whore in this country, where a man could make his bread by retailing liq. uoi alone. Ihe best bar-rooms result lo the sale of other articles---the whole sale merchants do the same. Now there is u great many, both town ami country merchants, who and o not sell it. Just let ever) true friend of temperance j resolve, and stick to it, that he will bu_\ no article whatever from any man whoi sells liquor, if he can possibly help it, be lie town or country merchant, shop keeper or not, and when he can bin from other men who do not sell it; ami 1 am of tho opinion that a large uum her would be starved out. No country store in ibis section would attempt to keep it, if they knew the people of the | neighborhood had come to that conclu sion—the trade in liquor would not pav I for what they would otherwise lose. Jefferson Cos., Gu., May, 1852 EXPlilll MFNT. For the Temperance Banner. J. P. had imbibed a strong appetite! ; for stimulants, which he sometimes in | dulged until it was with difficulty that |he could navigate. On those occasions i his friends, who hud not partaken quite’ iso freely, would assist him home.— Though the potutions taken in him’ j would sometimes prevent his walking, still he generally retained his reason. And bo would generally make some ex euse in order to conceal the real cause >ot his weakness. And his mother who I loved him exceedingly, would believe : anything that appeared any way rea -.unable. On one occasion having Li kert rather too freely of the Obbejoy fti , lie was assisted home by some ot; nis companions. And as they were carrying him up stairs, his mother ve ry anxiously said J-—, what is the mat- I ter with you my son. Oh, said he, / hare sprained my ankle again (he hau sprained it about a week before in the ! same manner.) He was carried to his room, placed in bed, and was in a i'< w minutes asleep. His Mother who was very anxious about his recovery troin the sprain, soon came up with a con siderable quantity of clay and vinegar i to bind to the sprained ankle, but as she ‘ could not find any signs of swelling or any thing else to indicate a sprain on’ either, she thought that the belter plan was to bind up both. which she accor dingly did. J—, ufter sleeping ofl’tlie ’ t fleets of the brandy, awoke, and being quite astonished to tind a large bandage around each ankle, asked his mother what it meant. Why J— said she, . you told me you had sprained vour a:. kle. Ho understood, that was enough for him, so he quietly said, I think it I is well now, you can take them off. J. H. S. j An Expensive City.—The expense! of the New-York city government du. ring the last year, says the Times, were more than three millions of dollars. It cost over three times as much to govern the ciiv as it did the whole State, inclu-: I ding the city; three times as much as iit did to govern the six New-England I Suites, it cost the city more to get I governed fora fortnight,than it did any j i one ofsixteen States for a year; and i half as much to get itself governed j j for a year, as it cost all our thirty-one ! ! States for tiie same time. Mr. Editor, —Some two weeks hack | i saw in your columns a eommunica i lion from the hand of “Civis,” asking a ; (question, which he says should inter- ( I I st all—men, women, and children. It I past it unnoticed until a lew days since, ; I I see a piece from our worn out friend, ‘ (.Medicus—l w ish I could sympathize ‘ ; but I cannot. Thinking some other j - poison might become inoculated with j ; the same poison, I oiler an antitode, j which is more than my friends have j , done. ‘They say tho M. D’s. know nothing. So it may he, but we want ’something besides assertions—some proof also, if they plea*e. ‘The anti- t j dote is this, a little common sense. If I “Civis” is a nonprofessional character, |he might be pardoned, but I fear he is j one ol those that dislikes to hear any one called Doctor but “Civis.” Are the Medical Colleges justifiable in turning !out young men who know nothing at all übout the practice of Medicine? I i answer they are not, and so will every inan, woman and child that has the nn (tidote; but do they doit. In reply I say I they do not and 1 challenge “Civis,” Medicus, and all others to whom this | may concern, to prove it—if they will j prove it, then I will give it up. I think jour friend Medicus is rather ashy from the way he wiites, and bold assertions he. makes. I would not make such if I were he. He says there are scores turned out that know no more about the practice of Medicine than the ani mals from whence their Diplomas came. In reply to this, l say it is not so. One thing is certain, if there is a man j i calculated to practice medicine, liej | will do it.- but if not he will be caught 1 in the same trap that Medicus is in, I though lie may have been in the field for twenty years—yea forty. 1 will close by saying to every man, j woman and child, that just before the | young man gets his “Sheep Skin” he is j taken before the faculty, and if he is ’ (bund to have a sufficiency of theory, j he is put before the people, then they I are to judge for themselves. If Civis land Medicus will go before the faculty iofour State, they will find before they [get half through the examination, that | they are after something, In sides “mo ney and names.” Y T ea, they will find | that a sufficiency of Medical know ledge is the thing, and 1 fear that they would be disappointed when they had | examined them. You will hear from me again. A SECOND COURSE STUDENT. SONS OF TEMPERANCE. i Pledge of t lie Sons of Tempe rance.—l, without reserve, solemnly pledge inyliouorasa man that 1 willneithermake.buy, sell nor use, as a beverage, any Spirituous or Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider. Officers of I he Grand {Division, G. L. M’Clkskey, O. \V. P. Monroe. J. S. I’iNuKARD, G. W. A. Forsyth. W. 8. Williford, G. Scribe, Macon. E. C. Gran mss, G. Treasurer, „ J. E. Evans, G. Chaplain, „ 1). E. Blount, G. Conductor, Clinton. .1. I). II avis, (i. Sen. Houston, Cos. CADETS OF TEMPERANCE. PlXUlilf. No member shall make, bnv, sell or use as ti beverage,any .spirituous or malt liquors, wine or eider. Officers of flic Grand Section. J. W. Hf.nso.n, G. P. Macon. E. Burton, G. A. P. Pontltown. L. C. Smsos, G. 8. &T. Atlanta. Rev. J. 8. Wilson, G. C. Decatur. 8. M. 11. By tin, G. G. Oxford. W. P Kin , G. W. Thomaston. I. O. of ltcciiiibitcs. Officers of Georgia Dist. Tent, No. 2S, loca ted at Washington, Wilkes Co.,Ga.: Washington, Rev. G. G. Norman, D. I\ C. If. Washington, John R. Smith, D. C. R. Atlanta, C. U Hanleiter, D. 1), R. Washington, A. 11. Sneed, 1> It. 8. .. 1,. F. I ‘arrington, D. F. 8. ~ St. John Moore, D. Tres. Atlanta, R. II Lynn, D. Levite. KCeeim bite's Pledge. I hereby declare, tiiat 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 medr < a! practitioner : 1 will not engage in the traf ticofthem, and in alt suitable ways will dis countenance the use, sale and manufacture ol ; them : and to the utmost of my power, I will endeavor to spread the principles cf abstinence Loin all intoxicating liquors. TOGS IMimi. |>U>FI£LD, IWAY 22, 1852. OCT NOTICE —Subscribers recei ving their papers with a straight black mark, are thereby notified that they are in arrears. One mark indicates one j dollar due; two, that two, &c. Please remit the amount at once ly mail, with out waiting for other opportunity. To our Subscribers. The Bills of the Bank of St. Marys, under five dollars, will be received in pay ment for all back dues for Subscriptions to the Temperance Banner, it pay ! nient is made by the first day of July next. New Subscriptions and advance pay ment.-, fiom .present Subscribers, may also, be made in St. Marys money. is hoped this proposition will be accepted by every Subscriber in arrears , and that we may no longer have to make black marks, or in any other way, ask for what is justly due us, after the first of July. This may bo considered our “finality,” so , far as moral suasion is concerned. The Weather and Crops. On Monday we Were visited with a fine rain, and our planting friends have been bu ; sy during the week in plowing and other operations. The young Cotton is coming ! on as well as any one should desire, and the season lias afforded a good opportunity 1 thus far to put forward the young corn, j The Oat crop promises well, and if two i weeks pass without damage to the wheat ; crop, scarcity of bread in this part of Geor ! gia, will not he complained of for twelve I months to cotne. Corn can now be pur ; chased in our village for ninety cents per I bushel; and our Tennessee friends, who j calculate so confidently upon keeping Georgia “poor and dependent upon them,” ; had better get lid of their notions and sur j plus produce, at an early day. Cliiir-lacs suit! Tobacco. We publish tiie following extract of a letter from an esteemed friend, with peculiar satisfaction, The First Baptist Church of Savannah, generously threw open its doors for the accommodation of the representa tives to the semi-annual session of the G. | D., for the purpose ofhearing the address usual upon such occasions. The members !ol Toonaliowie and Yamassee Divisions, ; with tho Cold Water Army, united with the ; Representatives of the Grand Division, and j u particular portion of the House was as j signed to the members of the Order, l’re. vious to leaving the Division Room, the sub ject of tobacco chewing and spitting was ad ! verted to, and the members of the order j agreed that it was an ugly practice, particu j larly in a house devoted to religious purpo ! ses. The fact is, the crowd of Sons and Cold Water boys, that attended thedelive j ry of Dr. l’ieree’s address, were a pretty de cent -set, and the following extract will bear j us out in the remark : “Savannah, May 12th, 1852. Halve been trying to find time towriteas promised. In the first place, lam glad to i say that the “Sons” proved themselves true j temperate men on the night of the address by the llev. Dr. Pierce; at least so far as Tobi icco is concerned. There was not found the slightest trace of the “filthy weed” in any of the pews oftlie center idsle, where j the Sons were seated. I made a careful ex ; animation and found the church, after they : retired, in the same neat condition that it ■ was before they entered it. If all temper i ance men would act thus, at all times, the trustees of churches would not be so reluc j taut about opening their doors for temper j ance meetings.” The relation of Liquor-selling j to Government. The organization of Temperance Socie-1 . tics for the promotion of personal sobriety ! has been productive of incalculable good.! Hundreds have by this means, been ro i claimed, ami thousands prevented from ev-1 jer being contaminated by the pollutions of ardent spirits. In connexion with this great benefit, there has been an incidental evil from which we ; ; are but just recovering. Because the j | friends of Temperance were organized into i Societies, a notion prevailed that they were | 1 a distinct class, having separate interests ! j and claiming peculiar privileges. If a tern-1 peranee man dared to intimate that the Leg-1 islation of the country was defective or in-: jnrious in any relation in which intoxicating liquors were concerned, there were not; wanting even well-meaning men to cry out! j about Liberty, and to take the alarm about j exclusive rights, and the encroachments of! a separate class. The idea seemed to be 1 that in becoming a Temperance man, the in ; dividual had lost (in that respect at least) his citizenship, and that while lie had a right to be heard on all other subjects and while Government was bound to remedy I all other evils, on the subject of intemper | ance audits evils, the citizen must be mute and the Government powerless. This error is passing away. Wears all citizens. We are all equally concerned in the blessings and in the evils which flow from w ise or unu iso Legislation. As citi zens we all have the right to discuss ques tions of political economy, or political ethics, ,or public expediency. It is both the right : and duty of the Legislature to consider all such questions, guarding by wise expedi ents against the evils and securing the good of past experie ice. Thai the selling of in toxicating liquors involves many most im portant questions of political economy and ethics is indisputable. That Government has enacted laws which involve the absolute i jurisdiction over all these questions is unde niable. ,\o good reason can be assigned why the evils of the liquor selling should constitute an exception which the powers , ofLegislation are not to touch. All municipal laws to a greater or less extent are iiitendcd to control the licentious exercise of natural liberty, for says the great Commentator on the Laws of England, “municipal law is a rule of civil conduct prescribed bv the su preme power in a Stale, commanding what is right, and prohibiting what is wrong.” The language of law is different from the words of an individual; the latter may in. deed bind himself by a compact and say “I will do this.” But to be bound by such a j compact, bis own const nt is necessary ; the promise proceeds from himself. The Law commands, and speaking by authority says, “Thou shall do this,” and whatever the in. dividual thinks oftlie wisdom or expediency of the command, lie is hound by it. By commands of law, individual liberty is con trolled by jury service, militia service and road and patrol duties. Individual liberty is controlled by all laws of police, by all regulations respecting public health, public morals and decency, and private property. Indeed no relation affecting the rights of the citizen are exempt from the all-prevading authority of law, and wherever that, authori ty is interposed the will, the judgment, the right and the power of the citizen must, succumb. As we have said, Governments have applied well these known and universal principles to liquor selling, and laws already of force and maintained by the liquor seller and his friends :ire based upon the very principles for which the enemies of intemperance con tend. The license system involves the whole question and was adopted for the ex press and avowed purpose of controlling the sale of liquor and diminishing the evils of liquor drinking. Had Legislatures the right to pass these laws? The liquor-seller maintains that they had, and so do we. Upon this question there is no difference between us and the retailer. Are the laws which have been passed wise? And ought they to con tinue in force? In regard to the first of these questions, we do not know that any one maintains the affirmative; but ot the second many do. Yet we humbly suggest that the continuance of a law in force ought i to depend upon the wisdom of its provisions • especially when that wisdom lias been test- I” ed by experience. ; What then does experience teach con ■ cerning the economy of the license system ?: . Does it not spend dollars where it gathers s dimes? Donut the pauperism and crime 1 produced by liquor-selling cost far, very far i more than the treasury collects from the’ sale of licenses ? And even if it were oth eru ise, what wealth could remunerate for’ ignorance and vice? What shall we say then, when ignorance and vice are pur chased at the expense of exhausted treas-- ure, and squandered fortunes? What does experience teach of the ef fects of the License system upon public morals and public decency ? Every one knows the answer. The eye of modesty dares not look upon the scenes, and the ear of virtue dreads to hear the voices that are the constant, certain, and legitimate fruits of legalized liquor-selling ? Are these laws expedient? As citizens, and as Legislators, let our people look ut this question. This is the relation in which the question is indeed considered iu many States, mid we are glad of it for two consid erations. It shows that men are beginning | to regard liquor-selling not as an abstract I moral question, but as a prau.ic.ul legislative j question, and thus indicates tiiat the preju l dice which has had so long sway is dissipa ted. We are glad too, because the new laws which are enacted will give us the benefit of experiment and enable future- Law-givers to scan the whole ground, more cautiously to avoid error and more firmly, j to protect the right. Small Pox. We hear of no ease of small pox existing 1 at this time at Public Square or in the vicin ity thereof; death has terminated the last. Henderson, a servant man belonging to the 1 estate ofE. S. Hunter, died on Sunday loth inst.—There are however several persons who have been exposed to the disease that have not taken if as yet. The committee Jof safety think it still advisable to guard \ the infected region, both day and night, till, in their opinion, the danger is over; and if other eases should occur, the public may rest assured that provision will be made for I them in the best possible way. in behalf of the committee. V. R. THORNTON,„Ch’n.. May 17th, 1852. Cap.rolton, Ga., May lltli, 1852'. The cause of temperance is rather dull i here—a fault in most of our Divisions is a prevalence of opinion, that the vote of the Uh i -ion is paramount to law or constitution. 1 believe it injurious lo the cause of temper ance that ours is by its members considered a “charitable institution,” or at least, the construction placed upon charity. It is cer tainly rightto “be just before being goner-- ous.” Again, the practice of receiving can didates by dispensation—without the extra, 50 cents—the Subordinate Division assum ing the payment to the G. D., thus dispensa tion candidates are worth hut f 1,50 to the Division; whereas, petitions who come in in the regular way are worth !s2,uo to the treasury. This I consider inequality and j contrary to the letter and spirit of the con stitution. I should be glad to see an Editorial in. the Banner upon the subject of dispensa tions, &c. Yours fraternally, W. P. PARKER; The liquor dealers in Boston declare I tiiat they have been humbugged iu the | election of Mr. Parris as Mayor of Portland. He turns out too good. a. Maine Law man lor their use, and they, already look upon the 814,000. which they subscribed to elect hint, as a dead, loss. “ Pa. ain’t ligrowing tall ?” “-Why, . | what’s your height, sonny?” “I’m* | seven feet lacking a yard !”