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VOL. XVIII The temperance banner IS THK Oran of the Sons of Temperance AND OF THK ( j State Convention of f'eorgia: PUBLISHED WEEKLY, IIY BEMAMH BRABTLI. jj. i’ gR MS—One Dollar a year.m advance. Letters must bo Post paid, to receive at tentioo^^^^ >? Banner Almanack, for §- S y. S s -il 7- § ?■ ? si, * % f r? itll ° Is.Hi M and h ‘4 !■ !■ §. S3 3. and J 11” I §.'?§■! a ! v 3 f"?V §• S ! s i” 1 i T 1.2 ■? ! 0> =* ; ! |? t 1 J_L2 [_L!i j? J| 5j ! * # l|,, l 13j 5) 7 SL* 10.11 Nj | V ii 4 is miiTiisiia.au laiJJ Jt i. si t'. J* 6 O ‘| •” iV'M 2V2'* 27 1!>:J0 21 H 25,2T;51i31 I 3T, 27 2i|2j £’ April.;—l— l —1 =! 3:°ot.— -|~| j| j| \ a In Jnliiw iaiirl p\\ Q* Q .IV-;- :.TjL, ‘?! 1 2s{ sled v !,?jj! |i ls : Sit}!! ii is is 1 !? Is!!; & 0> 12 i; £,* ,5; 21 22 2".|2t 25 26 27 X < iiis! ill w r .2J il * ,[ _ Jm'2t 25;22 y aiM-g lETorr man in dft'iz-'r of l>Mnmin*a Arnnknt who is in \ the hnkit of drinking ardent picils, I. \Vhen heis WM-m. 11. Whon his ot work. N 2. Whim hois col<t. | 12. When he is idlo. rs 3. Whon ho is wot. ‘ 13. Jlsloie mcnls. A 4. When ho is dry. I 14. After me-Os. A 3. When h is dnlk i-S. U lien hesorsnp. \ . honheis Hvo y. IS. When he *oct to bea. j, 7. Whon ho travels. 2 17. OnhnlliiUv-. V R. W* lion ho is ft* homo, i IS. On I’nUic ocensions. iO 9. When he is in company 19. On nny it ijn or rt 10. When hois alone. 20. Onnny o caoon. ft X j-gs Kvery friend to Temperance take the Temperance Temperance men will not support N ftUie Temperance Press, who will?’’ %/,*>.A<A'iA'iA^. t MORAL AMD RELIGIOUS. g■’ ■ ‘ ~ Watching- Thb following lines arc printed from the proof-sheets of the volume of poems soon to be issued by L. Colby, from the pen of Mrs. Emily C. Judson. The poem wns evidently writen in the East, during Mrs. Jmlson’s lonely watches by the bedside of her dying husband. The lines are instinct with the gentle sorrow and trembling ten derness of a woman’s heart, amid the gathering shadows of a halt-anticipated j bereavement. No English poem wi.h which we are acquainted gives a more perfect reflection of an Oriental night. Even Heber’s beautiful lines to his wife must yield to them ii delicate beaut v, depth ol feeling, and that strange kill ofthe heart by which, Hamlet like, the writer gives the sombre hue ofher own soul to the distant tinkling! of the pagoda bells, the cool breezes of night, and the shadows which, “With gentle Iranian care, Compassionate and dumb,” sway to and fro around the lowl v couch of the Christian hero.— N. Y- Itecor <icr. Sleep, le*e, sleep! The du -y day is done. ’.o! fro in iifar the freshening breezes sweep,! Wide over groves of balm, Down from the towerest. palm, In at the open ensemement cooling run, And round thy lowly bed. Thy bed of pain, Bathing thy patient head, Like grateful showers of rain, They come; While the white curtains, waving to and fro, - Fan the sick air; And pityingly the shadows come and go, With gentle human care, -Compassionate and dumb. The dusty day is done; The night begun;’ While prayerful watch I keep. Sleep, love, sleep! Is there no magic in the touch Os fingers thou dost love so much? Fain would they scatter poppies o'er tlice now, Or, with a soft caress, The tremulous lip its own nepenthe press Upon the weary lid and aching brow. While prayerful watch I keep, Sleep, love, sleep! On the pagoda spire The bells arc swinging, Their little golden circles in a fiutto” With tales the wooing winds have dared to utter, Till all are ringing As if a choir Os golden-nested birds in heaven were sing ing; And with a lulling sound ’ The music floats around, And drops like halm into the drowsy far; Commingling with the hum Ofthe Sepoy's distant drum, And lazy beetle ever droning near. Sonnds ofdepest silence born, Like night made visible morn; So silent, that 1 sometimes start To hear the throbbings of my heart. And watch, with shivering sense of pain, To see thy pale lids lift again. The lizard, with his mouse-liko eyes, Peeps from the mortise in surprise At such strange quiet after day’s harsh din; Then ventures boldly out, ■\nd looks about. And with his hollow feet Treads his small evening heat, Darting upon his prey In snch a tricksy, winsome sort of way, His delicate marauding seems no sin. And still the curtains swing, But noiselessly; The bells a melancholy murmur ring, A tears were in the sky; More heavily the shadows fall. Like the black foldings of a pall, Where juts the rough beam from the wall; j The candles flare j With fresher guest of air; The beetle’s drone Turns to a dirgelike, solitary moan; J Night deepens, and 1 sit, in cheerless doubt, j alone. An Argumant for the Immortality of tho Soul. j “And the Psalms, —they ara living! piety, and not. merely the prayers and [ meditations of dead men. You can] now even hear David’s voieo in them,! sobbing and mourning, and growing j firm and clear, and at last joyous. 0, j it is very wonderful. And how it lives! lon among us, David’s heart —he.lping, j | and blessing, and inspiriting its. And j this life of his heart in this world, is it j j not a sign—a token—some evidence ol | David’s own—his soul’s life with G>d’ j For it cannot have bean extinguish’ forever, —a heart so strong that its words are echoing about the world still, j and as loud as ever; age after age men ; worshipping in his spirit, and David himself perished! It cannot he. Livery, where now and three thousand years, men have been affected, as 3on and 1 are, with the feelings and movements of David’s heart. Its thoughts lasting on, thousands of years—its devoutness still yearning—its remorse still weeping and groaning among us —its fait it still living and—its hope and trust still ma king themselves felt among us, and the heart itself extinct! It cannot he No, David, no, your heart shall live forever. And live it does, and helps our own belief in immortality. The, heart of David, it sustains our faith; for it throbs in our breasts, and thrills us with feelings by which we are sure of beiDg more than earthly, more than mortal. That great heart —re-ieccive it into our souls, and it is life in them, and strengthens them, and makes them feel earnest—creatures ot God —anu to live forever.” Tits Dark Hours of Solomon. Every man Ins a dark period in Iris career, whether it is publicly known or concealed, whether the man outlive or sink before if. Solomon, too, had his ‘‘hour and power of darkness.” Stern justice forbids us to wink at its principal cause. It was luxury, aggra vated into sin. Fullness of bread, so. curity, splendor, wealth, like many suns shining at once upon his head, enfeebled and corrupted a noble na ture. Amid the mazy dances of si range woman, he was whirled away into the embrace of demon gods. He polluted the simplicity of the service he had him selfestaolished. He rushed headlong into many a pit, which he had himself pointed out, till “Wisdom” refused to be “justified” of this her chosen child. Sorrow trod faithfully and fast in his track of sin. Luxury begat listless ness and this 1 istlessness began soon to burn, a slow fire, about his heart. His misery became wonderful, passing the woe of man; the more, in the obscuration of his great light, enemies, like birds obscene and beasts of darkness, began to stir abroad. The general opinion o's the Church, founded upon the Book of Ecc! sinstes, is, that he repented and forsook his sins before death, lie this true or not, the history of his fall is equally instructive. The pinnacle ever overhangs the preci : pice. Any great disproportion between gifts and graces, renders the former -fatal as a knife is to the suicide, or i handwriting to the forger. We ardent. Iv hope that. Solomon became a true | penitent. But, though ire had not, his writings, so far from losingtheir value, would gain new force; the figure of their fallen author would form a strik : ing frontispiece, and their solemn : warnings would receive an amen, as from the caves of perdition. A slain j Solomon—since fell Lucifer, son of i tho morning, what more impressive iproofofthe power of evil? And, like him, he would seem majestic, though in “ruins”—not “less than archangel ruined, anil the excess of glorv obscur ed.” Alas! is it not still often so in life? Do you not often see beings— whom, for their powers, accomplish i ments, or charms, you must always worship—-on whom tiro sun looks with fonder and more lingering ray—attract ing, by their fatal beauty, the dark powers, and becoming monuments of folly, or miracles of woe? Is there not what we must in ignorance call a mys terious envy, in the universe, which will not allow the beautiful to become the perfect, nor the strorg the omnip otent, nor the lofty to reach the clouds? That envy (ifwe dare use the word) is yet unspent; and other mighty shades, hurled down into destruction, may be doomed lo hear their elder brethren, PENFIELD, GA. JULY 31, 1852. from Lucifer to Byron, raising their| shriek of gloomy salutation, “Arp ve also become weak as we?” as they fol low them into their cheerless regions. Joy oka Missioaky in ius Work.— it was in no common transport that Paul wrote the third chapter of Ephe. siutls.— But those who are engaged in the same work to which he devoted ; himself, are permitted at times to enter into his feelings of rapture. Says Mr. ; Schneider, in recounting the scenes; that were passing at Antnb : “ l'hc ; ministry of the word i;t such circum stances is most delightful. It is worth a!l the sacrifices the missionary is called to make. There is no pleasure corn par;, Me to it. There u a satisfaction, a refreshment to the soul, a heartfelt gratification and happiness in it, to be found in no other service. Though toils, and wearisomeness, and trials, fall to the lot of the missionary, yet seasons of such spiritual refreshment,! such feasts to the soul, far more tltau counterbalance them. The meaning of tho declaration is fully’ realized — “Unto me is this grace given, 11 1 art 1 should preach among tho Gentiles the unsearchable riches ofChrist. —Journal of Missions. Reply of the Duke of Welling ton. —“The gallant Duke” lately met a young clergyman, who, being aware of his Grace’s former residence in the East, and of his familiarity with the ig norance and obstinancy of the Hindoos in support of their false religion, grave ly proposed the following question; “Does not your Grace think it almost useless and extravagant to preach the Gospel to the Hindoos l” The Duke immediately rejoined, “Look, sir, to your marching orders; —‘French the Lrnspol 10 every creature.’”—(Mark, xvi. 15.) For tiro Temperance Banner. A plan for a State Temparanoe Hall. To the Cr. W. r. Dear Brother : —The following views respecting our proposed Temper ance Hall for the use of tho G. D-, are presented respectfully, and with due defforonce, for the consideration of you r sel 1 ami lire G. D. It is propoposed lo erect or purchase a house which may be remodeled in Savannah at such point as may be most convenient to the depot of tlreC. R. R. and the wharves on the Savannah river. The house to he arranged on some thing like the following plan : The two lower stories to be arranged for Tern perance stores or such other business as will best suit the location. The 3d, 4th. and sth stories for a temperance hotel, where temperance men by sea ami land, from different States and dif ferent countries may talk of our conn mon cause, and in communion at the ta ble drink good coffee and cold water. — The 6th story will then make a spacious and convenient hall, which should have a bell or a clock above for tho purpose of the hotel and hail. It will be seen that such a building in such a place must cost considerable, perhaps from 41) to 50,000 dollars. The money can be raised by independent joint stock companies in the Subordi nate Divisions, or as many of them ns will adopt the plan in the following way; Let the G. D. make it the duty of the G. W. P. to appoint, by himself or through his deputies in each Subordi nate Division, a suitable brother to open a hook for the subscription of stock in shares of 25 dollars to bn paid on a giv. en day for two, three, or four success ive meetings, and report to the G. S. the amount subscribed, and by whom. The money to be paid over to the G. T. to ho deposited in bank subject to the drafts of trustees, elected by theG. D. to purchase, superintend and hold the property in trust. The stock must be made by the stip. ulat.ed terms of subscription to belong to none except S. of TANARUS., who pays his weekly duos as soon in tiie F. B’s. book, or by his certificate. The (4. T. must then be required to pay dividends to none without a certificate from R. S., there is no charge against the claiment, and additional one below (on the same paper) that he lias paid his weekly dues signed by the F. S.,so that if a stock, holder should cease to ire a true Son, iris stock will be worthless to him, and fie must sell it to one who is true. If the 23 dollars thus vested will yield dividends sufficient to pay the weekly dues ot the stock-holders, the plan must work well. And the compa ny scattered all over the State, holding stock under such restrictions, will occu py an elevated position in the ranks of temperance men, while the small peon niary interest cannot fail to strengthen the bonds of union. The writer would regret exceedingly the erection of a builing for the G. J). of the State of Georgia, that would not ‘-y its size and finish reflect honor on our noble cause, and do credit to the | good taste and largo liberality of the very many noblo soul* who compose that venerable body. And he would quite as much regret the location of such u hall where it would cost most of the members much time and money, which could be saved by having it judi ciously located. If the G. D. will se lect a suitable time of the business seas i on in Savannah for its annual meetings 1 in lhat place, its members from almost ; every section of the State can attend ; without spending more of time or money than they would have to spend in pursuit ofthc’r own private business. 1 Submitted with deference, and in L. P. & F. PROVI3US. ! V; .ander, Burke Cos., July 13, ’o'i. I’lte following address was deli ; verod before the Atlanta Union, by ona 1 of its members, at a recent meeting: My Sisters: —By your appointment, lit is inv privilege this evening to ad -1 dress you 011 the important and most de i siraLie object that has associated us to gether as Daughters of Temperance, ‘namely: the suppression of intemper ance among our fellow.creatures. I attempt the performance of this duty with much pleasure. 1 fell that 1 can not do justice to the subject ufTemper | ance, hut it pleases me much lo do i what 1 can ; I feel honored to have my i name called as one of the laborers in j this great work of moral reform. My Sisters, —1 am confident that the co-operation of our sex in this enter prise has had an influence ot much greater imagination than is generally supposed. Because we aro not soon on tho public arena in this conflict, the 1 ! thoughtless may suppose the aid- we render is not very efficient, but by the thoughtful, and those who reflect upon the influence of moral power upon the actions of men, a very different estimate ! of our usefulness will be found. It is known lhat our sex are enlisted in this cause, and in our appropriate sphere at 1 the altar of God, and in the social circle we are doing all that purity and zeal caneirect ; this is known, and its power r irresistable. Our fathers, husbands, brothers, die., when tempted l to drink, when tempted to forget their God and families, and bru'ulize themselves, remember our tears, our prayers, our warm and affec tionate anxieties, and they turn- away from the temptation- with horror and disgust. This fact is proved by the violence of the opposition now made to legislate against the ruinous and shocking vice of intemperance. Be fore tho order of the Daughters of Tem po rnnee was established, the friends of Temperance from the male sex, hardly dareii to use any other weapon in the warfare, but moral suasion. They were thundered as the enemies of liber ty, and their defeat in various localities was secured by merely hinting that they intended to appeal to the legisla ture against the liquor-traffio. Such was the state of things up to too organ ization of Unions in our oountry, but no sooner was the moral force of woman’s love, of woman’s zeal, brought to sustain the men in the noble contest for all that is dear botli to men and women, than the violenco oft'h?‘app<wrtion suIWWM ; yea, it has almost entirely cessed. The i heaven inspired resolution to repeal the laws which license crime in licensing ! the sale of intoxicating drinks, and to arrest, by proper enactment.*; the 1 shameful, polluting, practioe of dram -1 drinking, has gone forth to the world, : and we have not heard the first objeo j tion to it; far otherwise, we have heard that even a dram-drinker and a dram seller have declared the proposed meas ure to be a great one, and that it should have their zealous support. Sisters, let us take courage —let us remember that two mites have been greater considered, been more highly ‘esteemed than larger sums. It is God that gives the increase,and lie may help our efforts, so that our brethren shall know that l hoy would have not sucoee |ded without thorn. My sisters, my i heart is in the resolution referred to.— j Our country is disgraced until all laws favoring intemperance are repealed it is in danger until there are efficient laws for tiie suppression of internper. ancc. Let us then direct our energies to the accomplishment of tiie object of 1 this resolution. Let our influence be I constantly exerted to put down all op position that may rise up against it ; let jour prayers daily ascend to the throne of grace, that it may find favor among the voters of America. What joy will fill our hearts when our country is re deemed from tho foul stain of granting indulgence to the commission ol crime-- redeemed fiorn the degrading vice ot intemperance; it will be a jubilee to the soul. Often will our posterity celebrate our victory over the great de. stroyer; unborn millions will bless out memories for tiie happiness they in con sequence shall enjoy. In conclusion, my sisters,let me give force to what I have said in arresting intemperance. Just legislation, hv re-^ minding that not only I, but many of; my friends and acquaintances would have been preserved from the most bit-, ter pangs of past life, if this wise and absolutely neoessary interference of; government hud preceded our times, Yours is one ot the best of causes, | and in the most ardent hopes of onr tri- ’ umphaant success in keeping aloft the noble banner inscribed with Love, Pu-1 rity (j- Fidelity. A Daughter of Temperance. July Oth, 13511. A word to Tattl3 3. Nr. Editor :—lt is natural for the majority of mankind, (and among them many otherwise good men are included) to grasp with avidity and even credit, any rumor which may be circulated detrimental to the moral character of persons, occupying responsible positions in society. This is truly'a melancholy fact, for in a majority of instances snch reports are based upon imaginary found ations, which under similar circumstan ces, but at different times, would not afford sufficient cause for suspicion, while, if its merits were properly weighed, it would be just ground for commendation. To illustrate lhis point, it will he nec essary to adduce one of many similar in i stances, fresh in our recollection; In Ia little village in one of our seaboard | counties in Georgia, lived a minister iof the gospel, whose character was j spotless, and reputation unblemished; against whom slander never dared to spit its venom, or suspicion turn her doubting face. In tho same village, re sided a young lady, a cousin of ono of his relatives, a member of his church, i who bid fair, by proper training, to make a useful member in society.— But she had none to advise] and instruct her in tho “way of life;” those who were legally constituted her guides, were in that “way which leads to death.’ From her position, isolated as it was, she must neoessarily have had claims upon the sympathy und counsol of hor minister; she had no other religious guide. Inconsequence of this, he be came a regular visitant of the family. In his intercourse with her, he seldom failed to impart instruction in right eouosness ; he strove to elevate the I standard ofher morals by exhibiting to ; her the beauties of that godliness which | is “profitable to all things,” and recom mended to her regular periods forsorip turo reading and serect devotions.— His labor* were not bestowed upon an unworthy object, for often when she was discouraged and raady to “faint by the way,” or lulled into indifference by the apparent security of the ungodly around her, his “word spoken in seas on” sustained and edified her. Do pas tors and class-leaders perform this duty as they should ? Do thoy watch over I the tender lambs, as they who must! give account 7 Would you suppose that such Christian conduct, such puroi motives would be questioned ? In this, instance they were ; the tongue of.slan der, without the shadow of truth, tried to stain those persons with’ obloquy and ; reproach ; it misoonstrued good mo tives, ohristian advice and brotherly love. But a sense of rectitude, confi- i ilenoe in bible truth and Divine assist-; ance sustained them ; like David, when j similarly tried, they applied their ca uses to this encouraging scripture, “cast thy burden upon the Lord and lie shall, sustain-thee : he shall never suffer the 1 righteous to be moved.” “But the un-1 godly shall perish, and thoy that hate I the righteous shall bo do olata.” It is a lamentable truth, that tiie j practice of impeaching ihe morals on motives of individualc, is too much Pcs- i tered in these petty villages or densely peopled rural districts. Tiie news- 1 nearer from house lo house soon degen erates into tiie village tattler, before 1 whose tribunal arc arraigned tho con duct and even the motives of their supe-; riors. “The poison of asps is under! their lips.” “Where there is notale bearer the strifes cease;” “tiie words of a tale-bearer are wounds.” Folks having little to do ure apt to become tat tlers, who aro more to he dreaded in a community than the most daring incen diaries. Tiie state of their morals (if morals they have,) is low and degraded- The fruit of their iabors in the present instance, was a family feud, which, j when the truth became known, speedily i subsided. 1 have related tho above, with the hope that it will lie read by some of that class of persons, who not content with slandering humble members of society, dare to “speak evil of magistrates and minsters.” ALETIIELX. The first book printed in the United ■ States was “the Bay Psalm Book,”, printed at Cambridge, by (Stephen Dayc, in 1640. Mrs Partington asks, very in dignantly, if the hills bes >re Congress; are not counterfeit, why there should be such difficulty in passing them? A Blow at the Root. We invite attention lo the communi cation copied from the “Centrul Chris tian Herald”—it is truly’ u Plague and a parallel. The authority fir tho Plague, being the Life o f John Calvin , it is likely tho “officers” of tfte Church at Campbell’s Station will credit that portion of the story! The Parallel, every iitEtt in Christendom knows to be true; The Plague and Intemperance- A Parallel.— -In Henry’s Life of Cal vin, vol. 2, page 50, is the following statement ofa horrible atrocity, commit ted three hundred years ago: “A pestilential disorder had for man/ years, prevailed in Geneva and the sur rounding districts, to such a degree that the population was, in fact, decimated, two thousand inhabitants dying out of twenty thousand, the highest estimate of the population of this little city. All 1 lie relations of life were disturbed ; tlio courts of justice wereclosed, and tho evil would have becomo \vorse, had net circumstances led to tho discovery of a conspiracy of rare iniquity, even in those times, formed by a set of wretoh es, who diffused the infection, by’ means similar to tiiose employed in 153(1. Their practice was to mix up the virus drawn from those who were sick ot the plague with salve, and then to place it on the locks and bars of doors, and on tho lines in the public streets. Tho disease was thus spread in the most aw. ful manner. Even some oflhe inspec tors of the hospitals were in league with these wretches, whose only object it was to share among each other what belonged to the dead. They had bound themselves by an oath not to cease from this course, till Geneva, as they ex pressed it, could ho led with a single measure ol corn, when it would be pos sible lor them to take possession of the entire city.” The abovo roveuls a diabolical atro city, not often equalled in a wicked world. A set ol w retches propagating the plague, and destroying the lives of their neighbors for the sake of gain ! Thirty-one of them were apprehend ed and burnt. ‘1 ho physician and two assistants were quartered. It is proba j hie that these three furnished the virus I from the ulcers of those sick of the ! plague, and manufactured the salve— -1 Are you horrified gentle reader, and do j you say, they deserved for their orimes the doom which they met l But look, 1 pray you, ut the plague ; which is propagated for gain among us, ; and which prevails so extensively. — Drunkenness is a worse plague than that which has been the ecourgeoftho East for so many hundred years. It des troys 10,000 lives annually. In the last ten years, 300,000 of our countrymen have gone to the drunkard’s grave and 1 the drunkard’s eternity. The plague ;of drunkiimcss has destroyed more ! lives than was ever destroyed by the i Asiatic plague and cholera combined. I But this is not all; drunkenness ex ] cites its subjects to the commission of crime—three fourths of all the crimes committed in tho land are tho product jof drunkenness. Iho plague does not excito its subjects to commit crime.— Drunkenness reduces man to disgraoe ; and poverty, involves his family and j friends, his wife and children with him. ; The plague does not reduce to disgrace,, 1 or entail poverty and ruin upon a wife .and cltiiren. Drunkenness sends its I victims to hell. Tho plague carries those who are Christians to eternal ! blessedness. Who would not rathei I have his friend die of tho plague than and e tho drunkard's death. The Geneves burnt to death thirty ono of those who, for gain, prorogated the plague among mem. We give men legal authority to propagate, for the sake of gain, the plague of drunKennes* among us. The Geneves quartered tlie men who aided in propagating th plague, by furnishing the virus and manufacturing the salve. Those who manufacture the poison among us, and furnish it to others who are direotly en gaged in propagating the plague of drunkenness, are high in honor. Fellow-citizens! shall this death* dealing plague be propagated forever! Shall men ibrever be allowed, by law, to propagate poverty and crime, disease and deatti, for their own private emo!u modi, and seduce your children and mine to fall under, me inlliience of this dreadful plague * What would wo think of a man who would propagate the smull-pox all over the country, lor the sake of gain T or whut would we think of a people who would give him legal authority to do sc by paying a paltry tax 1 We do not ask you to treat the propagators of drunkenness us the Geneves treated tha propagators of the plague among them, Hut wtio should have blamed the Gene, ves for burning up all the plague-infeo tod salve which they found, even if tliero had been a great cry that they were destroying men’s property ? This, then, is what we ask ! Give us a law which shall authorize the proper authorities to destroy that which ere. ates drunkenness.. NO. 31.