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VOL. XVIII the temperance BANNER IS TUB Oninof the Sous of Temperance s anl> of the State Convention of Heorgfr; published weekly, Y BBWAIIW BIUJfTIA. I jj. Terms— One Dollar a year.m advance. , Letters must be Post paid, to receive at- j 1 - ‘ 1 Banner AluwnacL for 18& jf if „ ‘at x si = -=‘j ?'■ &K. | % i?i? si? 3 p 5 i | | I A I lllkt I!'? if! p ! | i niihlflfnli! i iPtji p.r„,- -HH- Jj Jj* J '"d- T V -oj t| i| ll| $ A J, ri:,s 3$ 31 2.V 27! 28 k fS- r , \* Vi 7 Axtg—l 1 2 1 31 1 K.i <;l ‘} A p‘'sitp!lis O asUn-l ... I X l Marsh ib rk!-r ~j'J i Nov- tI 2 3 s| 1 A piiolll 12 13114115 7 8 ‘•! ‘2 jj.| -./A A 1,5 I?l w i<) 22 Hl.H>>7 l” if j 21 23 2. <J o, gn i 23j29 30 I Ml X , , •>! J 5 TVc ! I2! 3j 4hk I i iitissite Every mm Hi,, .lan** ufhcwmtota dwnkjrt who UmX /; the habit of ill-inking ardent spirits, Q k 1. When lie is warm. \n. When he is atwofk. X A 2. VVliiiu he id eoUl. ( 12. When he is idle. Q hi 3. When he is wet. / i3. Before moils. Q Q 4. When lie in dry. ) i4. Aftetmcals. A v 5 5. When he is dull. \ *5- VV hen he gets up. v RS <i. When he is lively. ( ui. When lie ow to bed. Cs 7. Win nhe travel*. / 17. Onholhdays. S When hei.i-t horn.. \ IS. On Pnttlie (MivftsiOiis. A 9! Wl.eu he i-in company ( IS. On any d„y: or A & in._Wlienhewnh'ne.._ „i\v■ m-’cn-roiu A R Every friend to Temperance should take the Temperance blf Temperance men will not support X. Ntlie Temperance Dress, who will 1 ’ NXt-y 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.