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the pructinal duti“s and enterprises of
life, than i< unotlii r of much and varied
knowledge whose miml lacks discipline.
Then lias been no toady and gen
uine progress, no lofty achievements,
no real greatness, where there has not
been thoroughly intellectual d'scipliue.
But to the extent and power of tlm
efforts ot a mind highly developed and
thoroughly disciplined, const anti v s"-’s v
ed, as it will then be, t>y the principles
of rational self-control, and exerting all
its energies methodically, limits can
scarcely he assigned.
If, then, we would bestow upon our
youth a sound and genuine culture,
and implant in them the elements of a
permanent and progressive growth, and
above all, if we would have them pos
sess the great inoral attributes of free
men, the first and last object in their
education should be discipline-— N. <).
Picayune.
Alcova Division still Alive-
Mr. Editor: —As nothing bus been
published of late in relation to Alcovu
Division, Newton county, at our last
meeting the undersigned were appoint
ed a committee to forward to the Tem
perance Banner u short - ketch of our
progress.
As the account will bo rather histor
ical, wc will begin by saying that our
Division was organiz’ and by the lament
ed Sanders, assisted by the. veterans
Means, Conyers, Buckie and others, ort
the ‘2Bth day of April 18P), with tvven- j
ty-cight members.
For some time we grew and
prospered, having initialed at various
times the rise of one hundred members, j
many of whom have moved from our’
community and joined other Divisions,
and some few alas! have turned to I
their cups again. But, thank Cod, tlm
greater putt still continue firm in the j
cause.
Though the best human institution
ever set on foot, and second only in im- 1
portance to the advent of the Rednemer j
into tho world, to save lost and ruined :
man front endless torment, yet our;
membership to too great un extent, be
came lukewarm, aml tin- pressure of!
times operated on the.pecuniary feature!
of tins institution to its injury.
Believing that the National and!
Grand Divisions could have tm further!
interest in our receipts than the per- j
centago on them, and that the remaind
er was purely conventional between lb
members, the Division reduced the ini
tiation foe to or.o dollar and the does to
fifteen cents a quarter; resolving to pay
to tho < I rand Division her percentage
us though our lees and titles remained
us heretofore, abolishing benefits and
collecting just enough to pay room rent
and other necessary expenses of the Di
vision. So soon us this wus done, u
weight which had been pressing ns
down was removed, now life seemed to
be infused into the membership, and
tho community said amen, that now wc
would prosper.
At our two first meetings after the
above change, we Initialed one each
night, such a thing had not happened
for a long time.
But, Mr. Ivlitor, our souls were made
glad, and no doubt angels rejoiced to
witness tlio scene which occurred at our;
last meeting, (Friday night, the “2-Silt [
May.) At that meeting fourteen wen
received into the Division, the most of j
whom were young men just entering
into life, and upon whose shoulders the j
government ofour country will soon fail
llow cheering the reflection, that we
arc aiding in training up a sober com- 1
muiiity. W ith sobriety we may expect ,
virtue ami intelligence. In addition to
the above (3) three were elected for in
itiation at our next meeting, and from
information there will be a number of
petitions then presented.
From present appearances with the
various influences at work, there will
be but tew left in our community to
advocate tho cause of prim e alcohol.— ;
W o hope none.
Most or all of this, we believe, lias
been accomplished bv modifying tho
expenses of the Division, and bringing
them down to the lowest stall.lard to
meet its actual and necessary wants.
I’leaso give the above an catly inser
tion in your paper.
Yours in L. P. W F.
.IAS. 11. BAUD. ) .
JOHN BASS. S tom
June Ist, 1 852.
—J. ■ - j
Cuvxnvsugukk, Ala. till May.
My Old Friend Brantly. —\V c'ks
ami months have elapsed since l lasi
troubled you with a temperance com
munication; not because my zeal or
ardor has abated one ioto in the great
and glorious moral reform; hut wc
have had no strange or marvellous
things to chronicle. Our order is m a
sound ami healthy condition; indeed
I may say flourishing, for the women
and the boys are daily lulling into the
ranks of the cold water army, to aid in
driving the monster vice of the age out
of the land. You have probably seen
a short notice in the Crystal F nut, of!
our recent Mass Meeting, which resul
ted gloriously. We had some ot the
velern spirits of our Heaven-born
order with us, and their labors were
not in vain.
But I seated myself for the purpose
of enclosing my subscription, tearing
those black lines that stare defaulters
in the fuce. 1 urn really glad that you
still have confidence mold friend Win
ter and are willing to take his Bills.
Ills indomitablo energy and persever
ance will 1 trust cnulile him to galva
nize new life into the old St Marys and
resuscitate her again. Like many
om.-AN OF I'llK SONS of anck am> kfatk tkmfkkanck convention
ntli-r great men, John CL has his hob- 1
hii one of which has shed a flicker
ing light upon bis pathway and lead
; him into the m .rasa, not the Sirborian
i borr, Dr tiien no fi imidly aid could
iracli him. not oven Ins favorite Pinuk
Road .System. Mr. Winter is a man
(ofgroat omerpri/,", and his failure may
be regarded as a public calamity, for
1 be is r ally a bnnetuctor to liis country,
and ins splendid manufacturing estab
lishments added to the wealth and inde
pendence of the country.
It may be said of the Sons of Tem
perance what Buonaparte said to liis
Army, after the many hard /’ought bat.
ties which covered them with glory.
• You have done much,” but there still
i remains much to do, “the enemy is
| still in the field.” In our beloved State
■ the cold water hosts have put on the ar
; tnour and will wage an undying war
fare against the old King and his erriis- j
| ,aries, (--j. eially l;nj vile Id, ;ur la'.V.
The i-sue will bo fair y undo and;
j none (doubt our success before the next 1
latiii-o. A vast majority of the
! people are opposed to the license law
and we will I:-arm the selfish and be-’
! sotted political demagogm , by submit
dug the question of doggery or no dog- i
gery to the popular vote in each beat, 1
! corporation, town, city, and village in ;
I the State. That there are a few dark I
places where a majority may be in fa
vor of locating these sinks of death and
; iniequily, may he, but they will bo few
1 and far b tween; and the eflTulgenoe
of that heavenly light reflected from
j a virtuous, intelligent temperance com
munity, will soon reach these solitary
j places and drive their darkness away,
j With iny best wishes for the success
of the Banner, its universal spread, 1
am Yours Truly,
N. IJ. POWFLL.
N. B. All regret i.ot having se
jeuiid the services of .Marshal Blucher
(alias Uncle Dabney.) lie is a great
j man in Ins way.
! (b.iuu i own, tin., May 28, ’ls.
dI//•. Editor :—The cause of temper
ance, in this section of county, lias, for
soiiio time, been retrograding. We,
the friends of temperance, have stood
still ami listened at the thunder of the
i enemy’s artillery, and saw their dis
i play oi banners, without advancing to j
j battle, until they think their victory I
; complete.
But sir, ours is the cause of Heaven,
j and if the Sons are driven one by one
Iroin the buttle field, until all are van
quished, the cause wilt go on. Moved
as it were, by the unseen hand of ‘'Nep
tune,’ it will still glide on the sea of
time, though tho waves be lashed into
; lui vby the storm ot opposition—there
j will some great event take in future
that will cause the blade diadem to be
(plucked trom the brow of “Prince Ai - j
ehy” and buried in oblivion’s eternal j
! grave. Like Christianity, if the cause |
of temperance was dependant exclusive- !
/y on the efforts of man tor its promul- j
(gation and advancement, it would ere
long be numbered wall the tilings that l
were. It can neither be pm down nor (
i upheld by the puny arm of man. 1 had !
jas soon believe that human skill could |
make a world, utul people it. mid throw !
it into the relms ot space, and command !
it to lake its eternal course around the j
centre ot the solar s\ stem in grandeur i
and harmony with the other planets, as j
to think he could change the purposes ;
el God in rek-rtiiioe to this subject.— i
This is the platform upon which 1 stand, I
and from winch 1 nevi r intend to hr
driven. Understand me, while 1 do j
not believe that human power can put ;
down or advance matenaly any cause
of Heaven, by its own strength ; yet
I feel authorized to assert most positive
ly, that we are commanded, as moral
agents, to advance, in the might ofour
(loti, cvriy good cause ; tins we can
do, uttd this we intend to do. But per
mit mo to remark, that if wo ever ex
pect to succeed in the great cause of’
temperance, we must select men oftlie
1 “right grit ’ to travel and lecture on the 1
subject. .Much depends upon this. We
want a man who will lecture for thc\
i good of the human raee —whose heart is!
m tho cause, utul not Jor money alone.’
And at this point we w ish to bo distinct-1
ly understod.
The people of ibis Y alley are as fart
; from wanting a temperance lecture to
| “wear out his lungs and blow out his!
j brains for nothing’’ as any people that :
ever lived. But for a lecturer to show j
1 plainly that money is the only tiling tbr 1
which lie labors, ispositively erroneous,
and calculated, iu the highest degree, ;
i to lessen the influence of great unit good :
men w ho are iu the field lor the good ol
! the cause only. A temperance lecturer
has to live as weii as other men, and we!
are willing, yes we esteem it as a privi- j
j lege, to support them, when the huppi-;
! iuss i four race is their motto,
lours, A.c.
(!. D. UAIIMON.
[To be Continued, j
New York Cm Temperance Alli
ance celebrated its anniversary on Mou
! day, lull May, in the Metropolitan!
Hall. Risoiuti.His expressive of the
gratification of the society in tiie pas
sage of the Maine Temperance Law in
Minnesota, Msssucliusetts, mi J Rhode
’ Island, and pledging the City of New
York to a majority of temperance men
Ito tho next assembly, were presented
by Mr. Warren and unanimously'adop
i teil. —Southern lioptist,
\ man should never put a fence of
! words around bis ideas, because many
who would otherwise give him a tuir
j hearing, lock resolution to climb over
j such a rugged mclosure.
For the Temperance Banner.
Medical Colleges
lfenr Banner : —1 am gratified to see
the interest manifested in the discussion
of this vital question ; but I am pained
i to see some of your correspondents ac-
Diluted by passion, instead ot reason,
and descending into scurrility. l ul 11
not to he intimidated by any such dis
play of “fire-arms they are always
; used by unskillful hands, and are the
last resort of those who have shared the
1 misfortune of defeat. The people, the
1 masses, the sovereigns, the bone and sin
ew of the land, will not receive gascon
i ade, or idle insinuations, for argument
: in a matter radically alleeting their lives
\ and fortunes. The evil complained of
is self-evident ; no man in this mighty
t Republic of States doubts it, but him
j who is so blind that he cannot see, or
lie who is under some clique, or the
mere creature of some College 1- acuity.
From such men and such influence, we
do not expect, never dr aim and of con
currence, as to our views, and much
1 less do we expect to bo nr t in a spirit
!of fair, calm and honorable, disun.-ion.
Rut wo are ac i-tom I to have such
i Iforts. We know how to mci tid mc;
1 we are an old veteran ; our knife, i,
; ready—the edge win tied, aid w ■ ~-e
I now willing, and waiting lor the conflict,
j We are not at all alarmed, or in the;
1 least mentally agitated, at the slashing
reply of your correspondent “Second
Course Studtnl.’ We shall not imitate
his example in the way of billing- ‘ .te;
shall we take his antidote, as we tliink
charity should begin at home, and we 1
opine he has ample need for it in that
direction. Billingsgate and gross per
sonalities are not arguments, any more
than prejudiced, slanders and back door
scandal are truths ; and we are inclined
to think, in a question involving the
health of a million in our own State,
such shill’ will only recoil upon the
head of the sender.
The declaration that the. Medical Col
leges are, turning out men annually, who
are wholly unfit to practice medicine and
its collateral branches, is true to the let
ter, ami demands a speedy and radical
reform. This reform can only take
place by a calm discussion As exposure
oftlie abuses ot our College Faculties
! in the secular press, in brief, by tell- i
’ ing the people “how doctors are made.” j
The Medical Journals of the I in i, to a
large extent, are in the hamljs of those
who are subservient to some College
clique, or individual promotion ; conse
quently, they oppose all innovations up
on the present rail road policy of grad-;
uaiing young men. The Medical
Journals of the country are compara
tively closed to the discussion, and the
question can only be met in the secular
publications, V directly belore the peo.
pie. The evil is one of vast magnitude,
& steadily increasing. The diplomate is
attained with an equal facility bv the
learned or the unlearned, the silliest
or the man of talent; the schools only
want numbers. The American Medi
cal Association, seeing the growth of
the evil, recommended that the Physi
cians of the country should keep it be
fore the public that the present system
of education was defective. Does any’
man deny it l 1-1 very independent Med
ical Journal in the country lias taken a
! like position, and believe it attributable
jto the same cause. (<o read the N. Y.
Medical Gazette. Nelson’s Lancet, Fast
Tennessee. Record of Medicine, and
a host of other Journals, and see what
they say. The question is not novel to
the profession; it has agitated it for
years, and is now convulsing it from
.Maine to California, and the masses,
the people, those who receive the igno
rant boluses, are those who most stren
uously demand reform. Justice and
legitimate regard tor life and health
call for early and speedy reformation.
With these facts staring us m the lace,
are tho Cold ami candid men of the land
to be met by calumny and abuse, for
their declaration of opinion, endorsed as
’ they are by the first medical minus in j
tho Republic. Wecu.l upon the people j
; —the musses of the country —for w hose
benefit this discussion is waged, to see
( us righted, and we honestly believe our
j destiny will be “success.” In our next,
I wc will show how “doctors are made”
! iu the Colleges of the country, premi
sing, however, that our own College is
not more guilty than any other; for
there are really some redeeming sea
! lures in her former position and present!
attitude, which we shall speak of as the ‘
discussion advances.
To our old triends “Student” and
“Second Course “Student ” we sav rock
on, ami to “Civi we suy “be so good
\ cheer,” the cause is just, success even
tually sure, so just hit him again” and
. givt him a “whopper.
MFDICUS.
Cor iif T mperance Banner.
Meson Acauemy, Lexington, Ca.
The season for the “feast of reason
and llow ot soul ‘ has again relume I.
‘The anniversaries ot the various semi
naries of learning, with all their attrac
tions, are at hand. Nothing renders
Southern life more interesting than these
continual rounds ot literary jubilees, in
which it is our good form tie to partici
pate. Ail attendance on these occa
sions is not only a source of pleasure,
but it demonstrates to the world the en
thusiasm with which Southern people
j have entered into the cause of educa
tion. h gives name to our literary in
’ stitutions, and, at the'same time, greatly
; encourages those who have t.te c loca
tion of tho youth of our laud confided
to their trust. But while vv.’ are anx
ions to rear colleges, and while < !• u ma
C3 ‘ O
particular! v can boast ot a greater num
l)..r of colleges than any other State of
the South ; still we should not overlook j
the interest of our academies. It is not
intended to di-cuss here the compara
tive advantages ofour education in col
lege and in ari academy, yet 1 am
strongly inclined to the opinion that the
latter is fur preferable.
Meson Academy is one of the oldest
and most respectable in the State. Near,
a half century ago, it received from
FaANCis Mescn a liberal endowment,
which by the vigilance of the board of
trustees, has been greatly increased. —
With this large fund in their hands, the
tiustees have been enabled to com
mand the first order of talent in both
departmeftts of the Academy. The lo
cation of this academy is also the most
happy. Near the rail road and situa- |
ted in a quiet village, noted all over the \
State for the good order and intelligence
of its citizens. To those who wish to
giv • their sons and daughters thorough ;
literary cdueati ms, and at the same j
time not to subject them to the tempta
tions which so often lead the young
;ii;id astray, no where are there more
indue! up ills held out tuan by Meson
Academy.
B it the object of the writer, when
ij iic.:n’_ r i ii.> uriicle, “/as to notice
1 1;r* n cfiit evwnmatiou of the students *
connected with the female department !
i->t this Academy, which took place on
the “Till and “Stli uit. This depart
ment is un ler the charge of Miss F. li. 1
Killian, whose r< potation as a teacher
is well established. -There are now in j
attendance in thisdi purtment alone be
tween sixty and seventy pupils. The ;
examination was largely attended ; the |
beauty and intelligence of tiie surround
ing country were present, and well j
were they repaid. Never was there
at; examination more interesting to vis- j
itors and more creditable to teacher and
students. The studies on which the \
scholars were examined embraced ev
ery thing usually taught in academies
and many college studies, livery one
present must have observed how thor-1
ougli the pupils were in all their stud
ies. Livery question was answered
with promptness and correctness. It
must have caused the bosom of the f ind 1
parent to swell with joy to witness tlm
i triumphs of the young intellect; and j
were /called upon to portray “the beau
\ liful of earth,” 1 should certainly pic
! ture a class of sparkling-eyed Misses,
each vicing with the other in exhibiting
; to parents their acquirements in litera
ry merits.
At a final examination in our male
colleges, and a fortiori in our female i
colleges, it is considered quite a ‘breeze’
if a student can recite some three or j
! four pages in such a study as Blair’s
Rhetoric without making a blunder or
| being corrected ; what then would be
| said of young ladies who could recite
(so many lectures with equal perfection?!
A’et at this examination tnere were
! lengthy recitations in several studies, j
j particularly in “evidences of christiani- \
! ty” and rhetoric, without blunder made
|or a question asked. Such an exami-;
Ination was pronounced by all present;
! unsurpassed and unsurpassable.
I The exercises were closed by read
l ing compositions. Many ol these showed
no ordinary attainment in the flowery
! paths of liteature, and would have been
well received from u college rostrum.
But the grand tin ale was tho pic-nic
given at the Academy on the evening
oftlie 28th, in honor of the occasion.
Tiie Lexington brass-band were in at
tendance, and when
“Music rose with its voluptuous swell,
! Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake
again,
And all went merry as a marriage bell.”
After doing ample justice to the splen
did treat that had been prepared, all at a
late hour returned home satisfied that this
occasion was such a one, “take it all in
all, the like they would ne’er see again.
R. R.
Twenty-Five Hundred C-YilJren in
Fiocession-
The National Intelligencer of the 21st (
inst. contains the following account of.
a most interesting display and ceremo
ny, which occurred in that city the day
previous. We cannot conceive of aj
more soul cheering scene than that of
two thousand five hundred school eiiil-;
dren gaily attired, all marching iu pro-j
Cession.
‘The Puulic Schools cf Washing- !
I ton. — Y esterday one of the sweetest
days oftlie season, was a proud one for
tiie Public Schools of this city. Much j
as our citizens had seen and known of j
these schools, and long and faithfully j
as some of them have labored to give :
enlargement and permanency to the
system of public school instruction,
they could hardly have been p'epared
for such a creditable display us was
’ exhibited yesterday.
The various schools, numbering a
bout thirty, and embracing some tvven-j
j iy-fivß hundred pupils, met at the City
Hall at 1 1 o’clo.U, A. M., where they
were joined by the Mayor of the city,
tiie Boards of Aldermen and Common
; Council, theTi ustees of the Schools, Nc,
and attended by several bands of mu
! sic, proceeded to the Capitol, for the
purpose of presenting to Congress a pe
tition asking its aid in behalf of the pub
lic schools of this city.
From the Citv Halt along the route
(of the procession our streets presented
an uni.u.dug spectacle. Hundreds up
on huiiuieds ofour i kiz ns were out to
witness and to welcome the pageant. —
Faeh of the schools, under the dilection
’ of its teach’ r bore a standard or banner.
Un arriving at the Capitol an im-
inense multitide was to mi I ul- j
ready on the ground. T.ie schools
were fumed upon the bcuuiilul green
on the Fast front of the Capitol, and ot!
! copied every part ot ttie centre, lrum
the fountain to Washington s statue.
A committee of one pupil from each
school having been appointed to perform
the oflioe of presenting the petition, !
headed by a band of music, and uttend-
j ed by Mr. Lenox, tiie Mayor as l'resi
dent oftlie Board of Trustrees, and sev
eral other persons connected with the
‘schools, they proceeded to the east por- ;
tico, where tiie lion. Mr. Hunter, of
the Senate, and Hon. Mr. Chandler, ot
the House of Representatives, were
present for the purpose of receiving the
petition.
At this point the scene was beauti ul
j beyond description. Members of the
i Senate and House of Representatives,
Utficers of the City Covcnimeiit, Trus
tees of the Schools, Representatives ot j
the I’ress, citizens and strangers, all
’ looked upon the scene with delight.
After the performance of a national |
air by the band, Mr. Lenox, addressed
Messrs. Hunter and Chandler and in
formed them that the children then be
: fore them, us a committee from each
of the public schools, were present to
place in their hands a menjjmal asking
Itlie aid of Congress in behaltoftlie Pub-j
lie Schools of this City, and to request j
; them to have the same properly presen
ted to Congress. He said that he
1 would forbear to oiler any remarks in
favor of the objects of the memorial, as
the children before them were both tho
witnesses and the advocates in this no
ble cause.
The Secretary of tiie Trustees, Rev.
Charles A. Davis, then read the peti
tion, and stated that it was signed by
i about eleven thousand of our citizens.
The petition was most kindly re
; ceived by the honorable members. Mr.
! Hunter expressed his deep interest in |
i the cause of public education, and the!
! great pleasure it would give him to pro
j sent the memorial to the Senate; arid
! Mr. Chandler responded to tho objects
lof the memorial in a most eloquent ud
! dress.
This ceremony over, the Schools re- .
tired in the most perfect order, and
nothing occurred throughout the day to
mar the joyousness of the occasion.
Os the petition presented wo take
pleasure in saying that it bears the sig
natures ofour very best citizens. Per
sons of every rank and profl-ssion— j
ministers of the Gospel, lawyers, phy
sicians, merchants, mechanics, laborers
—the rich and the poor alike have sent
; up, in this memorial, their testimony
as to the beneficial results of this sys
i tern, and expressed their wishes as the
aid which ought to he extended to them.
Wc trust that Congress may be in
duced to consider this appeal favorably;
and nothing could be better calculated
! to produce a favorable impression than
the scene and the ceremony of yester
; day. YVe cannot doubt of tho issue of
! this appeal.
Woman. —A man cannot possess any
: thing that is better than a geo 1 woman,
! nor anything that is worse than a bad
| one.
W rjDELf rr _ f
ioNS of temperance!
I’letß'e of (lie Sons of Ti'iiqie
ranee.—l, without reserve, solemnly pledge
my honor as a man that I willneithermake.buy,
sell nor use, as a beverage, any Spirituous or
Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
Officers of tiie Grand S>ivi.ssi,
(r. L. M Cleskey, G. W. P. Monroe.
J. S. Pixckard, G. W. A. Forsyth.
W. S. Williford, G. Scribe, Macon.
E. C. Guanniss, G. Treasurer, „
J. B. Evans, G. Chaplain, „
I). E. Blount, ({.Conductor, Clinton.
J. I). llavis, G.Sen. Houston, Cos.
CADETS OF TEMPERANCE.
- -■■ -- ■
FLiil>G£.
No member shall make, buy, sell or use
as a beverage,any spirituous or malt liquors,
wine or cider.
Officers ot the Section.
J. AV. Benson, G. P. Macon.!
B. Burton, G. A. P. Pondtown. i
L. C. Simson, G. S. cNt T. Atlanta. !
Rev. J. S. Wilson, G. C. Decatur. I
S. M. 11. Byrd, G. G. < ixford. i
I AV’. P King, G. W. Thomaston. j
I. O. of iCecliabites.
Officers of Georgia Disl. Tent, No. 28, loca
j ted at Washington, Wilkes Co.,Ga.:
Washington, Rev.G. G. Norman, 1). P. C. R.
Washington, John R. Smith, L>. C. R.
Atlanta, C. R. Hardener, D. D. R.
Washington, A. 11. Sneed, ]) R. ,S.
~ L. F. Carrington, D. F. S.
„ St. John Moore, L). Tres.
j Atlanta, R. 11. Lynn, B, Levite.
Kcrhabite's I*ledge.
I hereby declare, that I will abstain from all
i intoxicating liquors,and will not give, nor offer
. to ■■in to others, except in religious ordinances,
or when prescribed, in good faith, by a medi-
I cal practitioner ; I will not engage in the traf
fic of them, and in all suitable ways will dis
! countenance the use, sale and manufacture ol
| them ; and to the utmost of n v power, i will
; endeavor to spread the principles of abstinence
j from all intoxicating liquors.
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Temperance t onvention.
Wednesday, 30th inst, I
The State Temperance Convention of
Georgia, will be held in Newnan, commen
cing at 10 o’clock, A. M.,on the last Wed
nesday in June—which is the fifth Wednes
day, and the last day of tho month.
Writers for the Press will do well to
lu-ed these hints, viz; —Use black ink ; clear,
good paper, written on one side only, in let
ters large and plain enough to be read like
print; and, if you suspect defects in style,
grammar, or punctuation, get a friend to
correct itftnd do not call upon the editor to
do it. lie has no time, audit is not his bus
iness.—Ex.
TlieCoiiiitig runpttigu*.
Our readers will very soon know who are
tie aspirants for the highest honors oftlie
Republic. As these political excitements are
usually suggestive of other excitements, wo
beg to urge upon our friends the importance
of renewed vigilance. It is must unfortu
nate in a country like ours, where
popular elections, must be a matter
of very frequent occurrence, that the habit
of treating in ebunexiou with them should
be regarded with so much favor. We be
lieve that the evil lias been somewhat aba
ted in comparison with former years. But
it is far from being arrested.
Surely if there ever was a time when an
American citizen needed to be perfectly so
ber, and to have every faculty of tho mind
m its most unclouded exercise, that occasion,
is tumid when lie is called upon to illustrate
uv his vote the highest right of the
man. To select the most judicious men for
making laws, and the best men fur their ex
ecution, is a duly which implies penetration,,
knowledge, coolness, cautiim, foresight, in.
short, all those qualities which are most
promptly and elf .dually impaired by ardent
spirits. It is said noon the highest authori
ty lli.il no drunkard can enter tiie kingdom,
ot God. And you may proclaim it upon, the
authority of the Editor of the Banner that
no drunkard is til to lie an American citizen..
PrcdesUuiti iiiiasiii abused.
Undo Dabney tells a story of a certain*
iLard-sliell ul bis acquaintance wbo was over
beard one day deploring the progress of the
temperance cause in most dob lul strains.
t hoc., use of his trouble seemed to be this::
lie believed that it was predo.-tina ed that
‘here should be a certain quantity of liquor
drunk. It temperance men continued to*
curtail ti.ie number of drinkers, this would,
devolve upon those, who might continue to
drink, the necessity of consuming such large
quantities, that it might prove injurious to
them 1
a Temperance*
1 in.- evident signs oi the times at present
-ire that the people will, erelong, have such
a modification of the law tor vending ardent
spirits, as wiil abridge the crime, pauperism
and sut'ering which are the, almost, univer
sal fruits ot the tr.ifiieas now conducted.—
Massachusetts has adopted a very stringent*
law on the subject; Maine lias spoken in.
lerms which cannot be misunderstood;
Rhode Island, du. do., Texas, do. do.; and
the prospect is that other States will soon-,
toliow’ suit. People are now beginning to
have their eyes open to die fact, that for ev
ery dollar which the State receives for li
censing liquor-venders, she is obliged to pay
at least one hundred to repair the mischief,
uiucli is the inevitable result of the traffic.
; W hile the injury which is done in other re
>peels cannot he estimated by any array of
figures, faking it as a matter of profit and
I lus> S ‘hey perceive that it would be vastly
more economical for the State to abolish
I the business and support, at the public ex
| ] >ense, every man who might find his gains
i destroyed by such an abolition, than to tol
cl.lit* ji commerce which is increusing l our
taxes, filling our prisons and hospitals” and
plunging men, unprepared, into the eternal
world.
We hold it to be the duty of every friend
id’ the cause to co-operate in this good work.
Wholesome legislation on the tralfii n ar
dent spirits is, we are persuaded, the point
to \\ liicli it becomes us now to direct our
energies. Here is a field in which every
one aho has an influence, (and where can
you find the man who hasnonp) may work,
and work to great advantage. Let our
friends confer as to the best plan; and when
they have agreed upon this, let them leave
no honorable means untried by which wu
can hope to conduct it to a prosperous issue.
At tlie same time whilst we urge the impor
tance of legislation, let us continue to ap
preciate Lite value of moral suasion. This
lis a powerful engine. It has accomplished
| much. It will accomplish more. But there
j> s a large class of persons whom you can
iic-tec reach by moral suasion. Those
whose profits are derived from the traffic,
( “Lose hearts are so hardened by avarice
I 11,1 tll, y W deai'to the cries of wives and
. ehildien eniivaiuig them not to furnish the
means of destruction to the haaband and