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VOL. XVIII
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M.OLtALAND RKLltilOLlj^
American Indian Mission Assccia
tion-
Amcwigst the proceedings of this body,
at the session recently held at Marion,
Ala. we find the following :
Retort of Committee on the Li’juor
Traffic.
The Committee to whom was refer
red ‘hat pait of the Annual E port
which relates to “the Liquor trallic a
mong the Indians,” respectfully submit
he following;
The deterioration of the Aborigines
of America, since the first p,anting of
European colonies on this continent,
is universally conceded. ihe tiibes
occupying tbe territory now constitu
ting the Southern and Soutn-Western
States, were u noble and powerful peo
ple when 1)e Soto invaded their beauti-1
ful country. And, in the lime of the
fierce Pequuds, and of the gallant Ring j
Philip, the Indians of New England
were, physically and intellectually,
elevated as we concieve humanity!
ever can bo without Christianity, and j
without mental culture. But the glory j
has departed; their heroes have become
women, their warriors, children. ;
Their council fires are extinguished;
their war song hushed. Their people
have withered away and have perished
from the earth as the leaves of the for
est fall before the frosts of autumn.
But whence comes this blight, decay ;
and death, which has bloltled out of ex- j
sstence whole tribes and nations? We:
blush while we reply, it comes from |
the contamination of the savago Indian 1
by the civilized white man! Lt might
reasonably he expected that the inllu-1
ence of civilization, and especially of
Christian civilization, would be highly i
favorable, not only to the safety, but to j
the improvement and elevation ot any
barbarous people with which it should
be brought into connection. And this
would be the fact, if a perfectly pure
Christianity could shed its blessed radi
ance over the benighted and perishing.
Unhappily, however, the Indian on the
frontier meets a civilization almost en
tirely destitute of the Christian element.
Possessing, in common with all the
deseendantsof Adain, a depraved nature
he eagerly seizes on the follies and vices
of the white man, and becomes the ser
vile imitator of all that is low and a
bominuble in his vile exemplar. Mis
innate proclivity to evil is aroused into
fiendish energy by direct contact with
the foul harpies who < rowd around
their hapless victims like troops of hun
gry wolves, ravening for their prey.
Under these circumstances, the indirect
and remote influences ot a humane and
generous civilization, and of a pure and
benevolent gospel, cannot reach the
wretched object of imposture, rapacity
and ruin.
Towering pre-eminent over all other
malign influences which destroy the.
the poor Indian, is the giant evil, In-j
temperance. The woes which this,
monster vice inflicts, even on civilized
and Christian communities, the ele- j
meuts of number and uiaguitude vainly
attempt to compute. It mocks the;
might of intellect, spurns the fascina
tions of genius, dims the eye of beauty,;
blights the promise of youth, exhaust;
the vigor of manhood, and brings down
the gray hairs of age in infamy to the j
grave. It unnerves the arm of the j
hero, strikes down the statesman iu the
halls of legislation, and snatches tlm I
sceptre from kings. No sanctity ofi
time or of place protect from its ravu-!
ges. It enters the family circle, and j
turns a paradise into a hell. It profanes |
the temple of the Most High, paralyzes j
the tongue of the embassador of.Christ, 1
and supplies the means ot drunkenness
from the cup of the holy communion.
All these enormities intemperance per
petrates on communities, distinguished
for wealth and refinement; renowned
for arts and arms; eminent for learning
and wisdom and piety; protected by in
dustry and plenty, by an enlightened
conscience, by feelings of self-control,
and habits of self- respect; by strong do-1
mes'iic and social aitaciunjilts, by the i
entire apparatus of educational, poiiti- !
cal, moral and religious systems an 1 j
institutions. But if intemperance ;
thus spreads ruin and dismay among
intelligent Christian men throughout
tho civilivod world, how terrible inil'si
be the calamnity which it brings on the
poor Red Man of the Forest! Unpro
tected, defenseless, helpless, he is the |
child of Laocoon, expiring in the folds i
of the dragon. Bussing days and weeks j
in absolute idleness, restrained by no j
usages of society, by no sentiment of
self-respect, no sense of shame or of
decency, he abandons himself to the
tyranny of appetite, and exults and
rages with demoniac joy, iu the wild
delirium ot the intoxicating bowl. An 1
now, in addition to unspeakable individ
ual suffering, follow heart-rending do
mestic tragedies, bloody massacres of
hostile trines, and fearful outrages on
the neighboring white settlements.
But wc have no room for amplification.
We now ask, tokat has caused these
private and public atrocities? We an
swer, Whiskey. By whom was this
furnished? By civiftved white men—
by men claiming the protection of our
Government, and professing obedience
to itslasvs. And shall these wretches
continue to make the innocent and un
offending Indian drunk, and then cheat
anil plunder him with impunity? Will
no one attempt to rescue him from tho
remorseless clutches of these robbers?
We are not unaware that for many
years past tho United States Govern
ment lias eincereiy desired to aiford to
the Indians all needful protection.
Assuming the relation of guardian to
a feeble and dependent people, the Gov
ernment has endeavored to extend over
them a parental supervision. It lias
encouraged them to abandon the chase
and engage in the pursuits of agricul
ture. It lias made liberal appropria
tions for furnishing implements of hus
bandry und tools for the practice of the
mechanic arts. It lias founded schools
anti supplied them with teachers. It
has encouraged the labors ot the Mis
sionaries of the Cross. And, in refer,
euce to the verv subject before us, it
lias passed stringent laws, inhabiting
the sale of intoxicating drinks to tiie In
dians. But, in tho language of the!
Report, “these laws are so indifferently,
executed or openly disregarded, us to
be almost a nullity.” Our Missiona
ries seeing tiie fruits of their labors
often blasted by this plunge of plauges
imploringly ask, Is there no remedy?
Deeply sympathized with our brethren
who made this appeal, your Com. will
not entertain a doubt, that at leas, some
important alleviation of the tlio may
be secured. The attention of Congress i
may be called to the present system of
protection against the tratlic in ardent;
spirits, and it may be found suscep.ible |
of improvement. The authority of tiie
Executive may be invoked to ensure
a more faithful and efficient execution
ofexisting laws. Too often, unques-1
lionably, have the Indians among
whom our Missionaries labor, reason
to complain like the chief from a tribe,
among the Rocky Mountains, when he,
addresses their Great Father, the pres
ident of the United Stales, in these
words: “When we ask our Fatheri
(the Indian Agont) to redress our griev
ances, he gives us much hickory, and
when we say we will go to the White :
House, and acquaint our Great Father!
with our wrongs, he takes a stick and
whittles, and saiji nothing lt arouses
our indignation to reflect that officers;
appointed and liberally paid by our
Government, for the purpose of carry
ing into effect its benevolent designs,
should basely betray their trust, and
themselves become the oppressors and
plunderers of their defenseless victims.
We respectfully suggest that the Broad !
eollect the facts connected with every
individual care of mal-administration j
of office within the field of their opera- j
tions, and present these facts, duly au
thenticated, to the proper Department
ut Washington. Such representations
will command the regard of tiie coun
try at large, at the Govornm >nt, even
though reluctant or in lilierout, will j
be compelled to accord to them a grave
PENFIELD, (iA. JUNE If), 1852.
consideration.
In conclusion, your Committee re- 1
j commend the adoption of the following j
resolutions:
llesoloea, That, in the judgment of;
, this A>soeiaiion, iiUumperatice not only
meets the most formidable harriers a
j gainst propagation of Christianity a
, mong tlie Indians, but also powerfully
tends to frustrate their efforts of the
; National Government to promote their
| civilization.
Resolved, That the Botud be instruef
!od to memorialize the Government,
praying for its interposition effectually
to prevent the introduction hv our
citizens, of spirituous liquors into the
Indian Territory.
Resolved, That the Board be reques
ted to invite all other bodies employing
Missionaries among the Indians, to Co
operate with thorn In appealing to the
United States Government for the pur
j pose übove specified.
M. IVJEWETT. Ch'n.
For the Temperance Banner.,
Blakely, Go., June Ist, 1852.
“•Rood news! glad tidings of great joy
■which shall be to all people, .”
Dear Banner: —Knowing that some
of the ladies in the vicinity of Blakely
; were much in favor of the cause of
j temperance, and that they might, by
; uniting their efforts and concentrating’
j their influence, be the means of raising
some fallen son of the human family
from drunkenness and poverty to sobri
ety, prosperity and happiness, l thought
it nothing less titan iny duty to endeav
or to get up a Union of the Daughters
of Temperance.
1 wrote out an application for a char
ter, presented it to the ladies, and in a
few days I had die very great pleasure
of seeing twelve names signed to it.
On the 6th Alay they met at the Acad
emy, in Blakely, for the purpose of giv
ing to their Union a name, and also to
a; point a S. of T. to organize for them.
Tliey requested me to propose a name,
and knowing that the ladies persevere
in any good cause in which they cm
hark, 1 proposed the name of “Persever
ance Union” which met with the appro
bation of all. They then did ine the
great honor of appointing me to organ
ize for ’.hem, and here 1 must declare
|my gratefulness to the ladies for repo-
I siiijj the trust in me, for it is no common
o _ ’
mark of confidence, esteem or regard,
to have placed in our charge the organ
i ization of such an order. I sent the ap
plication for charter to Mrs. Oslin, G.
JS. S., and on the 23th last month re
! ceived the charter, die. Yesterday the
-! ladies met at our Division Room (it hav
; ing been tendered them by the Division)
and were organized.
j Having-had tho honor of being cho
sen by tiie ladies to organize for them,
! I did so to the best of my ability.
The following is a list ofoflieers elec
ted and installed for the present term :
F. A. E. Williams, B. S.; Sarah Q.
Bowers, A. S.; Albinia F, Berry, It.
S. ; Mary J. Robinson, A. It. S.; An
gerona Christian, F. S. ; Annah L.
Bowers, TA NARUS.; Elizabeth C.;
! Nancy Cross, A. C.; Eunice ltucka
! mon, G. ; Laura 1. Berry, and Murga
relte H. 11. B. ltobinsou, B. B. P.
■*** * * * %
| Daughters of America! you have it
in your power to redeem and regener
-1 ate our beloved country from that blast
ing and blighting scourge which lias
: desiroytd, and is still destroying so ma
: ny of those beings who were, iu the be
gnning, created in the likeness of God.
Gan you longer look with indifference
upon its devastating influence ? Can
you stand unmoved, when you see so
I many of God’s creatures pressing on
: to that dreadful precipice over which
they may soon fall, and from which you
might save thorn by one kind act or
gentle word ? Can you longer listen to
the sighs and prayers of widowed mo
thers, and make no effort to bi ing back
the son who has gone astray, und
who is the only prop upon which tier
; declining years may rest? Gan you
look upon the tears of the worse than
orphan child, und yet do nothing to dry
1 up tiiat fountain of tears, when perhaps,
the simple act of joining an order, 1
which has for its especial purpose tho
eradication of this evil, would be suffi-j
j oient to accomplish this noble object ?
‘j Can you see the fathers, sons and hus
bands of your country’ driven by the
power of alcohol far into the ocean of
intemperance, and yet without the least
exertion to save them, see them carried
by each succeeding billow farther from
the shores of sobriety ? Do you say
J that you like 100 well to take a social i
glass of wine with your friends, to join
!an order like this ? Uu ! no, 1 cannot
believe that you would allow such a
j frivolous thing to prevent you from per-1
I forming a duty which you owe to your
country, your fellow-beings ami y our •
Got. J can never believe tiiat many
; of the fair daughters of America have
so habituated themselves to the use of
wine and other beverages of like uu
! litre, that they cannot give them up!
1 win.utnuy sec that ‘the prosperity and 1
“happiness us tluiir country depends up
on it.
On you mainly depends the future
character and fortunes of the United
States. Your smiles and beauties are
the roses that border and bloom along
the pathway of human life. They
cheer and comfort the soldier in the
battle field —the sailor on the bound
ing billow —the sage in the deepest re
cesses of the closet. When you ap.
prove, virtue becomes more bright, se
rone and beautiful; when you disap
proves vice assumes a dark and more
hideous aspect. Into your hands is
placed the future destiny of this coun
ty. You are rearing up those who
j are to be its rulers in after years, and
unles you teach them to shun the evils j
‘that lie in the pathway of the young
and thoughtless —unless you instil into
their h “arts those traits of character
i which are essential to their happiness,
and impress upon their young minds
■ the temptations with which they are to
I meet, and the manner in which they
may overcome or escape the snares
which beset the innocent and unsus
’ preting youth, you may be the cause
of shaking to its centre the great found
ation upon which rests our liberty.—
! Those who are to be the pillars of the
! nations, unless reared by you in a prop
jer manner, may fall, and with them,
the glory of the American people. It
’ is to your eyes the first looks of child
nood are directed in search of affection;
from your lips the first lispings of infan
cy are caught; boyhood repeats his
first lessons at your knee* and manhood
follows where you point the way. Ex
ert then, all your influence; scatter
wide the blessings you have the power
to bestow. Let every breeze be per
fumed with sweet odors from the ever
blooming flowers of ‘"Virtue, Love and
Temperance.” Let your example be
as “a oity set upon an hill,” that all
may see that touching, tasting, handling
ardent spirits is the way to degradation
and death. Speak the words of in
struction and encourage men, dictated
by your own pure hearts, and the Uni
ted States of America will, indeed, be
made free, prosperous and happy by
the graces and virtue of her daughters,
and the wisdom and incorruptible in
tegrity of her sons.
J. J. R.
For the Temperance Banner.
Fathers are you moderate drinkers?
This question is asked with the view
of commenting on the example of those
who are. Jtis a truth, and one much
to be lamented, that respectable men ot
our community, having enjoined upon
them the responsibilities of raising fami
lies; holding in their hands the desti
nies of the present generation, hewing
and polishing the posts that are to sus
tain thut portion of the frame-work ot
society, tiiat rests upon their shoulders,
are moderate drinkers.
For me to detail the evils of drunk
enness, or to show how very probable
it is that moderate drinkers will become
drunkards, would be a work ofsuperer
ogatiou. Suffice it to say, that there
is no sin, a debased, wicked and übuii-;
doned heart has ever perpetrated, no
evil that has ever befallen an individual;
or community, hut what drunkards in-;
Uerit. Aud the moderate drinker is!
very little more secure from becoming
a drunkard, than that soul is from in
heriting eternal punishment, who three
times a day knowingly and willingly 1
sins against his creator.
Tito enormity of the evils of intem
perance, und the peculiar liability of the
moderate drinker inheriting them, be
ing trulii, is admitted by all sober mind
jed, rational creatures it remains to ex
amine the bearing of the example of
the moderate drinking father oil the
child.
The relation a child sustains to liisi
parent is very close; like a minor to
the natural lace, it is tiie reflector ol
the parents example. Whatever pa-:
rental impression is made on their sus
ceptible minds is reflected immediately
in their conduct; and-freely too be-j
cause Wright f rom wrong is only known
to them as taught by their parents, and
whateverjparent practices, the child re-1
gardsas wright. Cnildreu think, act,;
liuve the same mental peculiarities, the,
same moral defects, the same predjudi-;
ces, partialities, aud peculiarties ot dis-;
position, in a woid they are their pa-;
reuts in miniature. How are they sou
thoroughly identified ? The closeness,
of their relations, and their constant as
sociation, brings to hear in the most
powerful manner every example of!
word or act. The duties then of pa
rents to their God, society and them
selves, demands of them taut they shall
practice no example by word or act, j
whose influence may he detrimental to |
the well being of their child, or to the
community on winch they are after
wards east.
Now the question arises, docs the la
ther violate any of his moral duties by i
drinking spirits in the presence ofliio !
child ! Gould l arraign the confession [ 1
of that inebriate son, whose daggeri I
smokes with a brother’s blood, that
fellon who swings from the gibbet, be
tween heaven and earth, and those thou
sands of fiendish demons, who stalk
abroad in our land perverting morals,
disseminating wickedness, and destroy
ing peace, 1 would have the testimony
of a host of witnesses, tracing their ru
in hack to a father's example, lie
profered the fatal cup and I drank.—
Though the father feels and knows it is
wrong, and that its influence is gaining
ground on him daily, and thut it is an
evil that contaminates and ruin his
progeny, ho cannot, lie must not, he
will not furnish a child or by any
means prevent his doing that lie is daily
guilty of himself.
Duty admonishes and warns himofi
his station ; he sees his child indulging
in that) that lias destroyed its thousands:
before ; he beholds him rushiug denjotl
like along the road of ruin; aod last of
all lie sees him when his race is nearly I
ended, at sight to meet a fathers heart,’
brute-like, his reason destroyed, and bis j
brain frengied with evil spirits. But;
his hands are tied, the beum glaics in 1
i his own eye; his guilt has pre
ceded and induced that of his son, und
lie must hear tiie tortuies ofconscience
and the curses of another world for ru
ining, destroying and damning a soul,
the offspring of his loins. Now father
I ask you if this heinous sin, and its
disastrous consequences are confined to
you and myself? The sins of the fa
ther shall be handed down to the third,
fourth and fifth generation. It is you
and myself, and such like persons that
are the great stumbling blocks to the
onward progress of the temperance ref
ormation. Whilst these dear philan
thropists are laboring daily to reclaim
drunkards, you und I are rearing oth
ers to walk in their footsteps. Whilst
their efforts all lead to restore to their
pristine brilliancy the morals of our
land, to improve society, and bestow
happiness upon all; you and 1 are
their secret, unobserved, but most pow
erful enemies, rearing u family of ine
briate children to perpetuate the evils
and vices of their ignominious ances
try. Then if you look to the welfare
of your children, to that of community,
to your own, (for there will be a day
of reckoning, there is a record in heav
etv of your every thought, word and uct,
of every sin you have committed by
example or otherwise,) renounce that
love, groveling, sensual indulgence,
and by precept und example lead a life
tiiat children will not reproach you
with in this or in the world to come.—
For if there are degrees in punishment j
; yours will he enhanced tenfold, if you
’ have hanging to your skirts in eterni- \
ty’s flames, a train of wild frantic chil
dren, who will swell the wailing of a
1 damned father, on account of the exam- j
pie ot a moderate drinker.
You have it in your power to make!
a drunkard of your son, or to prevent i
his being one. But that power does,
not consist in the compulsive force of a
tyrant’s rod ; no, it is the gentle, easy,
persuasive force of example, whose
balmy influence falls upon the heart of
your loving child, like the dew-drops
of heaven upon a duwny bed of roses ;
and implants a gem, which will swell
witli all the refined feelings und pas- 1
sions of our nature, until the moral;
rectitude of the full grown man ac-1
knowledges u father’s care, or one
whose malignant infection shall not on j
ly taint his own heart, hut like the pes-;
tiferous atmosphere of the upas, shall
contaminate all vvhocomes near him. ‘
Y,EM BIOC A. i
Columbus, Ga., June Ist., 1852.
Uncle Ben :—l percteve that some
of your correspondents are proposing
different plans to rid our country of the
curse of alcohol. Thatof Bro. Bos tel I,
in the Banner of May 15, No. 20,
1 comes nearer up to my notion than any
other, aud would answer admirably
with u little amendment.
My proposition is this, and I wish to
read the views of the brethren through
out the Slate, in reference to it. Let
i each senatorial district and county,
hold a convention previous to our next
Gubernatorial election, and nominate j
! candidates liom our ranks to he run for
1 these several offices, and also to contin
ue it down to ail our county offices.
This, iu iny humblest judgment, is 1
the best means of putting u check to
the iuiquitious traffic. 1 have no sou
of idea that wo should succeed in
electing the entire legislative body, biff
we could w ithout doubt, get a [notion.
This course of procedure would bring
the subject directly before the State at
large, and teach aspirants to office, that
it were well for them to look a little uf
ler tiie votes of decent, sensible, and
peace-loving citizens. Wo will teach
them that we demand some other quaii-1
(motion*for office than the refined and ‘
legalized art of making brutes of men.
We will teach them thut We wish men
who have perjured themselves, (for it is
a notirious fact that -two-thirds of our
legislature are perjured men) to legis
late and dictate laws, to govern men of)
honesty. This is strong language, but;
it is nevertheless true. 1 am satisfied
that we as temperance men, have only
to take our position, and thousands, who
have not united under our banner, will
oome and help us in tlnr battle, fur the
suppression of this vice, is a feeling in
common with them. Numbers of our
merchants engaged in the traffic, will
sustain our candidates; iu fact 1 have
been informed by several gentlemen in
this city, that they would be proud to
see the day when Georgia would rid
herself of this monster evil..
1 regret to say to you, that our cause
iu this city is downward und onward,
our people seem to have lost all their
energy, and to all appearanoes, have
! surrendered thu battle. Our regular meet
j ings are but thinly attonded, and on
every occasion we liuve to exclude two
!or three. 1 trust things will not last
: this way much longer, for 1 expect on
the approaching fourth we will again
i declare our independence.
Judge Dougblery, of Alabama, is our
; orator, I understand. I have never
; seen him in battle, but are told tiiat he
1 bears our banner aloft ami shows no
quarter to its enemies. That he may
succeed in arousing us to energy and
action, is my sincere desire.
CHATTAHOOCHEE.
For the Temperanoo Banner.
Dear Editor: —ln an arliclo pub
lished a few weeks since in the Banner,
I expressed the opinion that a more
general diffusion of temperance prints
j would tend greatly to sustain the cause
of temperance. So fully am I con
vinced of this fact, that I, for one, have
resolved to use all diiligence, on all oc
casions, to procure subscribers to thk.
Banner, and other temperance papers,,
tiiat I may from time to time believe,
will material uid oui cause.
The Banner, at present, is my favor
ite, because it is the medium through
, which all the temperance orders in this
State presents their proceedings to the
public. 1 am not a member of any order,
5 simply becaus there is no society in this
beat that recognizes females as suitable
; persons for membership. This I de
plore, but if there be not another wo
! man in all this land to raise her voice
in favor of temperance, l will not yield.,
the enemy is in our midst, and is daily
’ gaining ground. One speaks of driv
t hig him out by legislative enactments,
another by moral suasion, a third be
’ lieves the Sons will finally rout him;,
i but all are idle, each waiting as it
were for the other, and nothing is done..
Friends of temperance this will not.
, do. If the vice is to be remedied by
legal enactments, you must iirst obtain
a populur majority. Are you tryiug
to do this? 1 feur not. I will admit
it would be a very pleasunt thing to
shift off the responsibility from our
own to Uncle Sam’s shoulders. But
if this could be done now tho law would
be constantly evaJed.
Our noble Sons, are at present,doing
more to sustain themselves as a secret
than a temperance order. We have no.
■ other organization, and in consequence,
nothing is being done only wtiat tho
Sons are doing. Alone this order can
do nothing, comparatively toward a final
extirpation of intemporunce. I am
avvuro that some (and perhaps many),
think differently. 1 believe, however,
that my opinion is based oil facts.—
There are at least ono third of all th
men in the land, that are not near
enough to join a Division, and visit it
olten enough to be useful members.—
If Division were placed in reach of all,
they could not lie sustained. I muy
put down at least one-fourth part of tho
mule population, violently, and uncom
promisingly, opposed to secret societies,
and among their number too, some ot
the warmest advocates the cause ever
had. There are others, who would like
to give all their aid and influence to the
j cause, who cannot turn out at night and
ride half a dozen miles, owing to somo
[ bodily infirmity. Others again (and
j this class is more numerous than is
generally,) are not able to sustain tlie
expense. Will any deny that all these
classes exist ? None I presume. Then.
Iliero are but a few left, comparatively
speaking, for tho Sons to operate with.
Most tliat ever will join have joined
them. (1 mean in Georgia.)
Now there can be no doubt, that tho
order oi'Sous is by lur the best organi
zation that bus been instituted. But
alone it never can cure the disease, good
a remedy as it may be. There are a
number of other reusous for this re
mark, that 1 withhold at present.
For a time 1 think the cause of tem
perance was better defended, and more
manfully defended, by the Sons, than it
ever has been by any other order. But
to the present. (I must be understood
as speaking of central Georgia,) I am
sure that the cause oi temperance has
not been at so low an ebb in number of
years. The Sons, as above stated, are
tiie only order that make any preietu
sions to an advocacy of the cause.—
They meet perhaps regularly at their
rooms, and attend properly to their bus
iness as a secret, and there their efforts
NO. 25.