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qease. I*lia.o 1 . f a'tm, : -i
nfK lecture brio” dv.fi v*>i*d intin>,of
lir’ jaß,fining county this year, i.tdess
by uui Sjnlqlectun rs. blocs are mak
ing Hii pfibfWi ouisuin of iheir Ridges; —
No ‘i” ijioraiu'• ililinere, no col-1 water
parlies/, no public ]feeiuren; anil Gill
s.m< -ay, ask ill _! •iii.Juip to grant
us a hiiv !
TcmpeiiiJuM’ ln.'inls! what w mb!
In’ iho toiU‘if* ol i Hiuuuj*in polililian.
iJ’lio wwh'-H htuim jit ii-'* C; ( :’
nod into olloot WahiHJ li‘ uol- t ilw*
the lit M, and canvass every nook, and •
corner, to llm : i igu l * thy good oiiiz. 7 ns ?
Nay more. In would lili every limns,
I ickels wiiu docmiu /lit. Wts know if
in* ili.l not purstt rt.i . foil 1o 1m would
not sUccfoii, uiid still wc win usx lor a
law, ~iul not make lln sum 1 1* * lioi 1 to
iiirn”ts ‘lie public mind in our I rvoT.
• luu wc ever do soy firing in this wav !
Sever. Mous. you uiu-it a Walt 0 liom 1
vour lethargy, and allow you me Ives;
temperaiico men.out ol your rojtim as,
well as in tlnm. Arid wc, who arc,
connected w ith no order, must do nil
we can. I will admit Ive havfc a foul
chance; for without some organized i
saysimn, but Rule can bp done. At thoj
outset, 1 promisi 1 not to yield,—l can j
do hut little, hut I fuel that I owe lint! !
little to a cause that's next to tin church,’
1 love.
Mere ale live now : tthucriber* to the
Haulier with the w:edjit/. I now pro.
prospofic to oiler the folio wine induce
im-iits to the umiiarrie l lurli’ sos I lons •
ton county : 1 shall procure as many
subscribers for the Banner as I candu-i
Him tin a year, and if any unmarried;
Imlv sends tip u larger mint her of names ;
than I do, she shall he entitled to cither!
of the following |i.j|)fiH for one year
Tcmperaiico Banner, Arthur'., Monte
Gazette, or any other dollar pa pci you j
may name. Young ladies make the
elltjit; the inducement is small ‘li*
tme, but ihu elforl to obtain ii will hen
< lit our race, nnd you will lm a thou
sand times paid for your trouble. H e ■
arc never so happy as in the discharge!
of our duly. The Editor shall b* judge,,
and if you win the prize, will notify 1
yon, and give me your name nnd post- ; 1
office, w hen i will nt once have any
one ol the uhovo papers you may do- ‘ I
sire, sent, to your post-office lor one i I
year, at my expense.
if we could have one hundvs l copies
dfthe IJnune; distributed in our cun- y
ly, it Would wield an inllueiiee that
would he fell. This can be done with j
a vi'ry small dlbrt. More anon.
ANNA FRANCKS.
For the Temperance Manner.
The liquor traffic and legislation as
the people may want it.
That the evils produced by the use of
liquor ure great, are neither denied nor I
doubted by any. So great indeed, are
they known to be, that all civilized mi
lions, so far as we are informed, have
been laboring for ages, to so regulate)
the snip, or the drinking of nil intnxica-1
ting drinks by law , as to prevent as 1
much of their evils a possible. With
a view to this end they have kept lip .
proems of legislative enaotfnesnts, whieli!
lias always been a business of experi
ment, and consequently they have been ‘
ditferent in dill', rent countries, and ol
wavs changing in the same country ; no
experiment ever proving satisfactory, nl
ter its provisions Imd w.eked mit their;
natural results. Laws after laws have
boon passed upon this subject fur cen
turies; still ilisiroying evils have boon)
found to attend them ull, producing dis-;
content, and causing partial or total re
penis of some oftlieir provisions, amend
ments of others, and often new enact-1
ments.
Among all the 1 xpi riments made In
law to prevent the evils complained of, 1
not one lias ever succeeded, in every
country, in every age and instance,
each one has resulted in entire fail- ’
uie.s. The cause ol these results hu>
been and is in the nature of the subject
legislated up a). The use of itrtoxica
ting liquors operates directly toa perwi
sion ofthc appetites anil reasoning of
those who drink them, deadening tin
moral sense, and rousing into violence
the worst exercises of the pas ion . t Rv
in” to a dilloreuce in the ooustitutiivisof
men, these clients are different in tla'ir
degrees in different persons. So far,
however, as the quantity drunk oper
ates, iis whole tuudeuoy is to evil. It;
never niaa. s anv one more healthy, j
happy, rich, wise and good, than h was
before he drank : hut on the contrary,
it tir’k s thousands upon thousands, if
not a. , more poor, less happy , less wise, j
and less good than they had previously’
been. Therefore to think of regulating ;
a practice by law, which is active and
efficient in producing evil, without ever
promoting tho exercise of any one vir
tue, moral principle, useful social feel
ing or disposition in any one; hut
which on tho contrary, weakens the
body, impairs the health, destroys the
moral sense, pushes the reason from it*
throne, deranges the exerei ‘ t uiC
passions, and begets iu the appetite a
raging aivl insatiable de>ire for more
and mill more of tho loudening dii.uk.
To think, we, i.av- of legislating 011 an
agent, incapabletd ny gooJ, .and yet
so iJOletit iu evil, i 11 1 * > u harmless and ra
lion at use, i about as uiv.ie to under
take by legislation t<> make the rivers
roll their waters up tho upc-nt <>l fliyir
channels.
Wc shall no. uivesiigate the merits
or demerits of a nysx stem ol fg'e latioiu
designed to.tu regulate thegnufom ti.
quor a:: to tie .cat the evil ol dfiiiking
it; fin he t.njciui “ a.id <d i’ >
li’ l'M si ‘!) < on' - , ‘ bethel t \ ‘•
0,1, .AN Os Til I’l SONS Os TKMPKtUS™ AM) STATE jJgKAM’K CON VKNTU>I
, ohiu;t. ! an 1.1 i’ l. it) e nforntiiy with
i. kind of a iia 1 uao'hor, or without
‘or contrary to )a. There, is l.nwcvar,
>u* principle ole I on by b gi-dator-, in
lli ir c.ut ;iin . 11 uj>jii th<* ii jU'ii* trfHiiki,
on w.fiidi \Vd wr'l* l>- sow u no.
tier. We im in iii* creation nf mmiep.
di.* ~by mrans e| license tew.'ii byMhe
malt. Tnis lues, ij j liouht, done neich
evil. If we silj'l’ i e the :> llillg Ol lie)
‘mu U> Ic lll.l'll 111 and li'Cflli, s|||| p,
pHlflti’ e WOlfl Ib l :t| j’ et to ohp oiio i,r
viz :
■ It on dll’ aal -W tin.ii, in rxclu-i .11 if
al! 01 ill rs, In make lill the Inoltcy fltal
i.i all owe i to l>e tiiade by if. II tho
ti,idf he supp i.v'd to he mniicent, nil
i unai have an equal j tgot to *jcll, Uiid
the law giving all ils profits a t > licensed
‘ ti-vv, must Ii ■ an odiou > monopoly. .Stu b
Ia policy cannot he right among men
who are fi'< ■; aid equal. •)rit We cfili
-1 del tin* trade to have a demo ali/.ing
j cfieci, as it rnafiy ims. then ofl g'i'al
ini 11 ougtlf l) Ojipfi.O it. In either
view, loser ft iiquor-S* Her with a ii
cous'i in hi. packet at th . day, is, in
deed, a dorp is piojcti tod ho country
1 and a- law n> ki 1 . Th iiigji the puli
- e-y I the k, ws cnniiiii ■ tfo nmkinv of
i money tp the hards el a itCenst and lew,
; yrt ils evils are sovyu broad oust,
I throughout the length and urotvUh of
‘the laud. From these -sellers rtH may
buy and drink, as many do, and be
swindled out of the last dilno they may
have to buy a liitlc bread for a huliga
ry family. ‘1 hose liquor sellers have
tho licensed privilege ol corrupting
j the morals, destroying l,he sense and
pocketing the property of as many men,
, women ami chtraren, as they may be
I able to tempt and ensnare into their
(iuwrr. Ii if weir not for the credit
given to lhi:> monstrous trade by tho
1 law, it is hulieverl that its odiousness
wi.'uld he inuro uiudily scon tiiau it is.
But what, it may Bo asked, ought the
legi datum I • do ojion this subject ?
W<- answer, Jl ought to re -train tho :
Sidling of liqUor, as a majority of the
people wish it re.silaincu 1 . i* l passing,:
laws of expediency our government
rests upon innjuritie*, und its principles
arc to he found iu their will. All, V VI - j
suppose, will admit this to he sound ro- 1
publican democracy. The retailing of
liquor to bo restrained whenever the l
people wish’it. Some who wish this I
fear that the people are not prepared for 1
a change. The mnulured ghost of the
Flourtioy petition haunts their imagine- j
lions, and they are fearful and timor- j
(JUS.
To such Wo say, that no great und
1 good work in ntdrals, religion or poli
) ties was ever achieved without a con
test. Tho success of ull such incus
: ui'cs d.-pends upon the labor and ener
gy of a determined tew. To wait lor
‘every one to manifest a desire for good
1 laws, is in eii'. ct 10 abandon all ctforis 1
lor good government. Wo believe,
however, that tho public feeling and :
judgment.are now sufficiently prepared .
: for such legislation, as we will present
-Ily suggest, lithe friends of good mor
als will unite, m utt ellort to produce a
reform according to the plan we have
hinted, our opinion is that it can ho eu
| sily effected by large majorities that
w ill sustain it in defiance of what little j
‘opposition may he found to it.
To promote the happiness of the
American people, in accordance with)
1 the general w ill and local wants of the j
j w hole, as much as possible, the const i- 1
Union and laws have organized the uu-1
1 tion under a genital government for!’
! curtail) purposes, and 11 s territory into;
: States, and .Stales into counties, and j
‘counties into still less divisions, all in
tended to give effect to tin! enlightened 1
w ill of majorities, and to provide for the
local wants of all, so fur as may lie con
sistent with the welfare of all. Then
as the liquor tin the, carried on by whole
sale and retail sellers, the very worst;
soi l of bad men, is known to constitute .
the greate t evil w ith w hich mankind )
is a til ie ted, we propose tho following
remedy tor such districts as wish to bo j
freed from it, viz.:
Let the friends “f good murals, no
matter to what church ot’ other society
they’may befong, or whether to any
ot tlicin or not, aIT petit toil the legisla
’ lure at its next session to pass a law,',
pj'ov idiug that an election shall he held !
1 n a given day, in every justice’s dis- ;
Uriel Mir igliout the Slate, to ascertain |
whether 1 majority ot the people are’
tor, ■ t against having liquor shops!
j among them. If a majority in any ot'!
• them shall vote in favor of having)
i them. let the act provide that in all-sueli,
Jisti'i’ ts, , very one nt.tv soli that choc- i
ses to do sv. Let there bo no nnreliq
• tier 1 iii'ii 1 , dies among them. Lot the
rights of ail he equal, and the people be ’
lived be.u tue’ blighting shade of the 1
privileged orders ot alcoholic nohleg-,
licensed to corrupt the morals, and to
• plunder tiie pockets of till tho weak
men and boys that thev nmv be able to j
entice into the snares ol their seductive!
inline;,e s.
But i.i all stiGi districts as may give
a maj ait v ol votes against having tiies^’
,) nuts utevt to a., votxl among them, Rt
. tue act provide with proper penalties
against tin selling t'l liquor 111 them to,
I be usC'l as beverages. l!v such a law,
i ‘it 1: were passed.- every justice’s dis-
I I triet in the Niate, in telaium to the sale.
, cl liqtii". would lie governed bv the e\.
. piesscd w ill ol its own majorities. Who
1 coirl't otq (• ju i! sgoverpnment by ma
. jorttics ?
It |(frit: -. • tlii i elicet vver pteseu*.
ted I.* tt>( legislature, the l'epreseuta
lives welt! 1, vw siipj-Use, illlhl'slt UUlglvi
;a s th’ law ti ■- tit and ; 1.1 111 ,1 iug so,’
” lie would !<e jilii.ant,’ tut u’q 1 tinder
ugnts in every dis iic'. 1
lh*i, woithl reHevc him l r 11 *• ■ ■
cult resuonstbiiMy ; wdn: e 11 •>
ijtMiify Inniself in ret wuii > f'p
irujoriiy in eacitjust'c
lint the hiisine-s iv.itnin it - ‘*' V! ’ ■ 1
Tim most of die lij'tq I '', I”‘
jciitlly the whole -a ■■ *!eio 1•, w.iiiel, ey
I ujht, be opp >s.'d to tie la v su r ”. T ’
is they tvouhl he ti any dinu and a
‘Others which might lie in the way -
t their enticing and swindling iuc lutious
‘men out of the lust dime they might
have to iiuy a little bread for the sup
; port ofahungary family, fhey, li ev -
ever, are nut the peojile, though tn y
j areempliatieally Hie peopl s worst dc
stroyqrs. They me. the guilty promo
lore of every kiud-ot sin all I crime tiitit
fills flic with land woe and misery. 1 tie
1 deaths, of tlio unnumbered thousand - ol
!their victims, the wailing, ol weeping
nqntliers and widows, the suilermos of
I hrokerw hearted wives, >■. g
!children, crying piteous. • ! mi
for bread, all cause ii y 1 •••> •
. traffic, works n1 r ,1’ c ■ h
ipg hearts. Ttl.-rt- in C: n
:os they eau iii Hui nm 1 ■■ ■
posed to the law *gg
expected ; lorn. ai mi ;h. .0 •>1
sutfering lium.ii.tiy. s<*
j liility prompts tin mt. ..
fur* of others.
Ifnogo id wot Ii w.-* v■. I■. * - :
■to protect goo ici ./ o lr in 01! <1 ‘.
until these nnn and t'e.'i a ■ . 11
. should cease t jr. 1.. i; • .privi
’ luges,us tliey can Umi, we.slinuid m
er Imve laws to eitcduragc go> 1 m la.-,
or to punish hud men. The caiumg
use vvtiicii they and many ignorant men
. make of tiie word yricdtgc, lias no
Misuse in it. They insist, taut because
die liquor which they mike or soil, is
’ the product oftlieir labor, that there*
j lure, they ought to he hindered in . ar
-1 rying ou their trade.
This argument inis uu mute reason
j in it, than it Would have, if it were ap
plied to tho sale of the lleali of an ox for
j good beef, w hich it was known had
(lied of the inilksick, and was couse
j qqpntly poison ; for the raising, skin
-1 ning, outing up an I selling this lies'),
j would he as much the produce ol the
seller’s labor, as is the malting or sel
lin” of j.’quor. Mu') too, in the husinc s
of making u.'id passing counterfeit mon
ey, for tiie diet, stumps, Ovc., and the
labor of making the modny and passii'g
it are all the work anJ tin produce of
tiio.se who engage in it. ‘J’he morality
of all iluse mid similar works ajd htist
tiess, is tho same in principle; und
that qualification of heart winch fits a
man to carry on any one of them, equal
ly qualifies him to curry on either or
both of the other two. Indeed, all the
wicked works of had men, with their
iruits and results, are as much their
own works, with their labor, fruits and
produce, as is the making, luiyinc and
selling of liquor; and it would bo un
iust to he otherwise.
Ureal as the evils produced I . th. (
works and business of bad nun are, we 1 j
know of none who hava prod need at,
largo an amount of human misery as',
the liquor seller. Whilst the counter
feiters have injured their hundreds, tii
liquor sellers liuve ruined their lens of,
thousands. Ouo whole-sale dealer wiih
his under-workers does more injury to
society than all the counterfeiters hi!
the nation.
Tlio only objection wo have to our’
plan of suppressing the evil complaint and |
of, is, that it is feared, hy some, that if
all were authorised to sell li ( juor in
such districts as might give a majority
vote for its sale among them, it would |
probably cause liquor to be more oasjl\
obtained by slaves titan it now is, and
consequently that their masters might
be in some degree injured hy it. This
is not admitted. But suppose that in a
tew instances this might be the case, it i
is supposed that at most there would not ’
be more than n tilth, perhaps not lull’
that number, that would vote to ooutin-1
ue the sale of liquor iu their districts,
; and consequently that the evil to slaves
would not in the whole be unc-fiftn of
its present amount.
By such a law the amount of evil
done by liquor sellers to helpless faini
\ lies and others, would, we have no
j doubt, he lessoned more than four-tilths,
I lor we believe there would be, compar
atively, but a very few districts that
t would not vote against a further contin
uance Oflhoevii. But if it should hi
i thought best to continue the present
; system iu such districts as might vote
for it, be it so. What we principally
contend for, is that the people shail ho
; freed from all sorts of liquor sailers, in
such districts as do not w ant them.
LEWIS RKiNEAU.
Real and (JfiiMi-:.—These Sinnu so
! twins, says the New York Tril'tnta of
.Monday, figure largely in our City
items to-ilay. O.io woman mauled
;to death by a dr auk uu husband: one
I man stabbed and another's skull broke’
by two drunken sailors, severe.! in. a
and boys wounded ill a row at a rum.
shop last night; a man’s head hacked
upon with a pick-u.N by a njW’.'v ah
, gitimalo child of the grog, simp;- three
or tour men found drowned, ptobablv
drunk when dun fell uuo the riverU
these are the cUiefdev elopements of the
I • accustomed ami innocent .averages
]of the people,” which the la ‘ Legis
lure w ere so tender if. It will be oth
erwise ero lung.- > \'u- ■!: v\
rid.
If Anything will make a ma. fo.> ;
1 ‘‘juicy about die hens;!,’ it i- tall,
vciv'i ! to a p.m e <kv msi i- • <>,• ‘; in a
clovei livid i utie a m • mshi 1 ,
veiling HI .Blue <
Americii3 Potr.dls luslituis-
IY undersigned, acting u<‘ a .iT’oti J
Vi ‘ ))>.” atten led the first Semi an
"iift ■ xaminuliori <>!’ tho pupils coiiucc-.
•and m I' : ! tl V f 1 usL’ 1 rti hi, “.1 Tuesday
Hid W'"ln''"'lav Mia Ist and M l days of
.1 .in —and it tiie request of th” Princl
,.•! (Rev. I’. A. Mti.u.iki..) at- proceed
to report the result .of our observations :
The examination embm ■’d liie cut -
sc, iii the lriiiriary Department, as Well
as those in the more advanced stum s, j
which ure necessary to constitute a.po- ;
lit, and 11 elui education. Il"ading,
..veiling, Defining, Geography, Philoso
phy, History, Astronomy, Grammar,,
(both Murray and Bullion) with critical
reading and parsing in Milton’s Para
dise Lost, Arithmetic, Algebra, &e.
.iSso., were amongst the branches which
our attention was directed. Upon all
these subjects the pupils evinced a pro
iicii nev whi‘;li was alike creditable to
.1. >’ a 1 <ticir instructors. We!
.i; • cularlv, the attention :
1 , 1 ~ - uli :u • and spell*
....• id,mi • . i,: ’ in: study of the |
.. 1:i “ .. in tii two firmer,
V” •(•"!• s 1 ‘'ii, . w . :: • correctness in’
si..’ ~c";uuu • 1 ■ (•( ulv oppreheu
,. it Ii j i. ... the various
..1 . u's, as w .-i I ... 1 ipidity w ith
wII the 1 v ii speli fl'lftl de
• line, CV.,iloJ.nl . t( flic tilt words ill
,or l.m: In iC lgljft grannner
au'i aiiimvi t'l examination was
vcm .i.i.. so i ficiorv, and-we veil. |
iiiirc .. !■• ‘.. 1 1 ait if the fortner >
■■) 1.1 qpn !11 ‘::.(': (grammar) is more
ih o’- j.VIy t .o_. ‘ in any school or col
lege in the rfmte than it is hero, then
■ we (Jo no*, know it.
The classes in astronomy and phi
losophy, manifested an interest in those
studies and a degree of progress, which !
wore ns pleasing as they were surpri*’
sing. Som* of the pupils in these clas
ses were very smalt children, and yet
! the subjects seemed to have awakened
j in ull, an amount of attention and adis
nositioii to grapple wit., them, as won
derful as it was ugreublc. The “black
board” appeared to be a favorite imple-i
;11 icnt with teacher air! pupils. !t was
: the thread of Anadue, winch seemed to
, help them out of every labyrinth.
Besides the usual course, the pupils j
arc taught map- Rawing and pen-man- 1
.-ship with great care. The specimens
exhibited on this occasion wore highly
l creditable. Some maps of the State of j
! Georgia were remarkably well execu-,
j tod, and we doubt if they can bo ex-)
j celled tn any institution in the State. I
in the department of drawing and
! painting, which is under the cure of
Mrs. M. Cook, the pupils manifested
very decided improvement and gave
j promise of g. r cat proficiency in future.
The clases it, French, taught by Mrs
| Foyer, as far as wc were able to judge,
‘displayed considerable knowledge of
) this language, and Mrs. F-’s scholar
ship and method of instruction, furnish
I the host guaranty that the pupils in
I thisdepartment have not spent their
time in vain.
();i Wednesday evening wo altunded
an exhibition of vocal and instrumental)
music and original compositions writ-j
ton by the pupils, The specimens in -
music were very respectable, whilst i
tho compositions were marked by origi-;
nality, showing nothing of the ‘'image
land superscription” ol the teachers.—
flic exercises ou this occasion were!
• peculiarly interesting, and a very large
an ! rcspectublo audience here tuiqitali
-1 fied approval to all the performances.
The edifice, though not as imposing
is some, is neat and comfortable, and
lean, conveniently, accommodate one
hundred pupils. The principal has sup
; plied himself with a goodly number of.
the latest and most improved maps and 1
j diagrams, to explain and illustrate the \
study of geography and astronomy,
; whilst the text books are amongst the ;
most approved in the United States.
The institute R in its inl&ncy, (hav
ing been organized or ly five months!
since,) but numbers already nearly fif
ty pupils. A; to its future prospects, :
j we cannot hut think they are highly!
flattering. The health fulness of our
village, together with the advantages)
here afforded for religious improve
ments, and social intercourse with an
intelligent community, combined with
the comforts of a quiet and happy home,!
furnished by the principal *0 all who;
; board with him, justify the expectation!
j that this institution must succeed.—
- U e take pleasure in commending it to;
tho confidence and patronange oi’ our!
: IVien L and the public generally.
I Singed
G.M. DUDLEY,
T. (’. SULLIVAN,
U. .!. MALONE,
\. M. D. KING.
W. BRADY,
R. C. JKNKIXS,
E. R. BROWN,
11. M. D. KING,
I. R. M‘CANTER,
11. 11. M KAY,
N. MT.AIN,
R. .1. HODGES,
T. M. 1-TRUttW,
A. REIdS.
Am lieu . Gu.,sth June, T og.
‘‘l didn’t like the miiiistei’s sermon j
hist Sunday,’ said a deacon who had >
i-slept all seem jit time, to a brother dcu- 1
eon:
“l>rdn’tji!i’ it, hi oilier \ ! Why,
■hit’ tuscr.i to the proja
sidous el the parson.
I ‘1 do vied.ue eai, yon do look plot- 1
t> eiiul iu ’ t: ■ W;ril, S loann, ain’t.
aS la.i’ S-I em, ’ I •S’al.j
” ’I- •’ Ti ,* h f\j|J
.iriu .* * I’a *v j
-V ‘iifirTr
V
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.\iilionai Division.
The Committee on tiie State of the
Order would submit tiie following rs
-1 pert : . . . ‘
The Order in every locality with it 1
uur jurisdiction, has been fulfilling its,
‘mission with more or less faithfulness
and success. The attentive and care- j
ltd student of the temperance reforma
tion cannot biii to see that it lias been
marked by distinct eras, each one more
important than the proceeding, and yet j
all necessary parts of one great and per-)
teet whole, l hiis each association for’
! the promotion of this great cause h is
| been adapted to tiie particular work j
assumed to it. None can fail to reoog-1
nize in every successive step ol prog
ress tiie guiding hind of God. Iu tiie;
inception of our Order, and through all
: the years of its useful existence, there
have been these who doubted tiie pro
’ priety of such an organization; yet no I
cue al day will deny that it has ac
complished,. and is accomplishing, a
mighty, beiiilicent an 1 glorious work. I
- Our past is iuterestiu r. our present full |
of importance, our future pregnant 1
with nope. But wc have no time to)
rejoici over past victories, or exult in |
■ present attainment.;; the Providence of,
God clearly bids us press forward;
while tiie su"ie Providence as clearly 1
! says —“This is tue way, walk ye in it.”
h seems to vour Committee, that wliut
| ever ditforenoes of opinion may exist
!to the means by which, the work is to;
be accomplished, there can be 11 > doubt
that the mission of our Order is to so-)
cure the utter annihilation of the man- ]
1 ufaetim; of, and trade in intoxicating |
1 drinks. To tho accomplishment of this
l end, all our energies and efforts should !
; he directed.
We regard those as indisputible
j facts:—Tnat the trade in intoxicating
drinks is die fruitful source of pm per- j
) ism, wretchodtv s; and crime : —that the j
! train of evils is not incidential to the i
j trade, but inseparable from it:—iii.it
no police regulations, however strict,.
) can preveni, or greatly mitigate these |
) evils :-tiiut tho object and duty of G >v- )
eminent are n n to regulate, but proliib- !
it wrongs; not to license, but punish
crime:—that fur the injuries iulliete i
) upon society by this gigantic wrong,
) there is and can be no redress after the !
| injury is done; and that consequently 1
the only adequate remedy must be a )
preventive one.
h has been settled by the supreme I
) judicial tribune tu this country that no 1
| person has a right to introduce in'o a!
j community any tiling w 7 liich will cor
• rupt its morals, destroy its lile, or en- j
i danger ils peace. Upon this aeknovvl- (
| edged principle is based a!! that legisla- j
tion that asserts the right to seize, con- 1
! tisoaic an J destroy the tables of tiie j
i gambler, the dies and implements of •
j the counterfeiter, and which absolutely j
inter'lids the earyirtg 0:1 of certain •
useful und lawful trades iu given local
ities —in short, all that class of enact
ments which is founded upon tlu- inlicr-’
) ent right ol seit detenu :. Vour Com
mittee, from the very nature of the evil
10.be removed, are I'ully convinced liiut
any legislation will be utterly inefficient’
| which does not provide for the seizure !
and destruction ofthc instrument--
1 which does not brand it as an outla w
) & abate it as nuisance. If Government!
; has no right to interfere with a man’s
business when that business is destruc
: five to all the best interests of his fellow
men, individually and socially, then is;
the declaration that we have a right!
to enjoy and defend life and liberty,
acquire, possess and protect property,
pursue and obtain happiness, a miserli
’ Ble falsehood, a worse than poetical tlc
-1 tion; as no mail or society of men can ;
en joy any ot these asserted rights in a j
land ofdistileries and dram-shops.
Those facts being all admitted, it has 1
yet been denied tiiat our Order is in'sti-!
tuied to interfere with the legislation of
the country and it is asserted that as j
Sons of Temperance, we cannot legit-!
imately assail tho established usages of
•society. U’e apprehend that as citi
zens, we have a right, and that it is our
duty to exercise it, of interposing the!
strong at m of law—embodied public i
opiooion—against the terrible outrage’
upon the peace and well-being of soci-!
ety perpetrated by the manufacture of,
; and tralic in ardent spirits. i!y unititi”
• with this Order, we surrender none of
| our rights as citizens, and the very
J fact tiiat temperance is the basis of pur!
: organization, and the bond of our union, i
; imposes upon us an uddilioual obligu- 1
| tiou to unite in removing every obsta-j
i cle in the way of the ultimate & speedy t
1 triumph of our godlike reform, his’
, expected of us by the world that We I
should point out the way by which our j
race is to be delivi red from this boJv
•of sin and death. It is also expected
i that we shall stand with our armor on.
in tho front of the battle.
Your Committee feel, that while the
memboisot our t )rdtr should be true tb
; their Division rooms, an t to all then
•negations as Sous ot Temperance,
limy should be exhorted to regard the
extinction of the !i<piur manufacture
1 and ‘.raiic, ihtlieirsever . ,i r•.. .<
as ix.i .p* cut bu'-ei. . ii ~_. c.t.ig
jut , ‘*'g Dainwiiuij (t> iiicc ‘ 1 - ‘ 1 uttcu
ing that all foreign liquors Dial!
idy placed undere lomi/■quarantine’' ’
Lot Iho brethren, not merely ;i , g ‘
gul ii> ci I lathers,* brothers io
S"C I hat the public mind is enli,r|,’ lo| '” i :
I'lickonod, energized by addressee 1
muus, temporanco tracts and neivl *
P ‘ lrtl minting to employ, where it p’
possilile, the secular press in the
lication ul short articles on the subject
of legal enactment for the supp ression
of tin* Iro lie: and take care that the
public sentiment is properly
ted in the legislative, judicial, and ex’
| ecu live departmeins of the govi'i,,
inent : that laws are enacted m r^ j (
appropriate jurisdiction, embodying ,l le
principle ol seizure and conliscaiim, of
liquor; and lhal such laws when euac
ted, are enforced in their letter. and
sj irit.
Let these things he done, and with
the blessing of God, not many annual
j sessions of this b >dy uil have passed
: before other and less laborious duties
will devolve upon those who wear the
: badge of the Sons of Temperance.
ddie Committee in ooncludin” this
. Report, would submit the follmviiw
I • O
resolutions :
1. llcsoloed, That as members of so.
i ciety, as citizens, we have the rij/lit
and it i- our duty to exercise it, to sup.
press by all legitimate and honorable
j means, the manufacture of, an,l trade
in intoxicating drinks.
M. llcsoloed, That in becoming Sous
of Temperance, wegivo up none of our
! moral rights, and are exempt from 110110
i of our duties as citizens.
R. Resolved, That we desire, will
have, mid will enforce laws in our rrs
-1 poctive localities, lor the suppression
i of this man-destroying, God dishonorin’
| business. S. F. CARY,
JOUM BELTON O’NEAL,
NEAL DOW.
Guano Dbj ioxst k a tion .—Friday,
’ tho ‘fib ol June, was a great day for the
j Order in Richmond and the State.
] iviriy on that morning the streets were
lie mmg wim ms ’ ofthc city and
: 1 otn ab otui. At nine’ o’clock tue due
lof procession was formed, nu.iiO iriit"-
about IdOO sou.a. About ten ihc line
comme toed io move up Broad street—
Daief iMarsiial, Capt. Wtliiam W. isig.
j er, wi.h aids O. F. Weisigcr and \. A.
jdiurdtvaiH directing tin tr movements,
) assisted by twelve mounted .Marshal,
) and tltc usual couiplinuni on. foot. The
| morning, had been very vultry, but 1 *
j about mis lime tiie heavens became
clou led. serious atm n'uiuse “as felt
; in tiie clouds of dust which were borne
on. tiro wings of a stormy wind. Not
. witbshiudiyg tiiis, however, tiie t>r.ooes
s!''i moved through the siieets ofthc
1 city, eliciting everywhere the highest
1 cncomiumy. It was a noble domou-.
) stfuton. ludecl, many unconnocted
‘ “’Uli me Order, did. not hesitate to pro
; tiouuce it the most imposing ever wit
i nessed here. .Alter passing down .Main.
’ and iTth to Broad street, tiie Natiomii.
Division look open order and perusitnd.
j the entire line to pass between the dies.,
| thus bringing themselves face to face
| with eacit man and hoy in the line, af
j ter winch they maerhed up tho hill to.
j the Air can Cnurcjs.
The church doors were tiu'eawed
j with individuals desirous of obtaining
j eatiatfoe, and when the doors were
thrown open the spacious building was,
immediately crowded to its utmost ca-
|iaci> v * -A tier un adiircss to the Throne:
oi Grace by M. W. C , Rev. L. M.
iur, L>. D., and music lrom.hi band,
W. R. Driukard, Esq., i'residem of tiie
■ .introduced I’. Al. \V. p #J p. g,
vV'liUc, wno, for forty-live minutes, en
) Uirtainou the audience iu a mast felici
mils mauiier. Next came Gen. Sunuel
f‘* Uircy, of O.iio, who entered upon a
m jsL power! and, interesting and convin
cing argument in favor ot the principle
embodied in the law of Maine for the
suppression ot tiie liquor traffic. It
was a great ellort, it we judge of it by 7
tiie ell• ct upon the audiiory, after all
Hie uuc test ol oratory. His views
were new to the people—their prepos
sessions were in opposition to these
views—and yet such was the force of
j Ins logic, and the earnestness of his ap
peals, that had it been put to the vote
)of the assemblage, there would have
been a unanimous voice in favor of the
speaker’s doctrines.
At tho conclusion of the addresses,
the line was reformed, and proceeded to
Howard’s Grove, where a magnificent
1 dinner had been prov ided under the su
perititenneuce ot Uri Jaques Taylor,.
Bio well-known caterer. Unfortunate
ly for the exercises of the dinner hour,
)it began to rain soon after the line of
march was resumed. This did not de
stroy the appetite which the long walk
had created, and ample justice was done
to tno well-spread feast. The strang
ers present were particularly well
pleased, und many of those from a dis
tance took with them bills of fare to cx
j iiil.it to their friends.
i Ihe meeting is over and the guests
i I,UVo departed, but their coming has
not been in vain. The community and
; the butte will feel the influence of this
• gatli iting for months auu years. Ala.
uy nave been aroused from a lethargic
state, i'lio propriety and praeticabili
jfy of adopting the Maine law, in this
! fdmte, begins to agitate the public mind,
;md many who, two weeks ago, were its
> strenuous opponents, are now warmly
engaged in its advocacy, liven hotel
>; kt-'p’-:s are praying for such an issue,
;iil 1 ngb it is doubrnil whether iheir pe
tho..s “ill avail all 1 i ! ; .nd >,■ wh >
liav. in mile.slud no c-inc-ril I•, tin.,
• V i t i loi'nl nI t now , , Ur i
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