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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. M ISAffimifL eieniii., .li j£ laTissa. IfsT” U3TICE- —Subscribers recei. ’ ing their papers with a straight black mark, are thereby notifn and that they are in arrears. One mark indicates one dollar due; two, that two, &c. Please remit the amount at once by mat/., uilh. out waiting for other opportunity. To our Subscribers. jJ3F"The Bills oftlie Bank of St. Marys, under five dollars, will be received in pay. inent for all back dues for Subscriptions to the Temperance Banker, it’ p n y. inent is made by the first day of July newt. New Subscriptions and advance pay. meats from present Subscribers, may also, be made in St. Marys money. 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