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Savannah, August 13th, 1852.
oor lirantly After a much long
er delay than was artticipntcd; when
we puled at Newnan, llro. Win.
1\ in/ an-1 I have nt length determined
to lake i l . field aguinsllntemperance in
i . i rid, aei! the ‘ traffic ” in particular;
hut we extremely regret that for the
want of time, our campaign must nee-j
esisfirily he h silent one. I fear ton, us
it has heen in times past, onr opposi
tion will !• a : oli.ni one, arid yet we
’ iu’d r- ;h uUiilly request any who !
i lav (hi]’ r from us iri opinion, ns to the
itii morality of the trnfli or of tho jus- j
ticc and wisdom to suppress if by legis- 1
hitvee < nactirients, to meet us in fair;
di-eus.,ion upon these qn srioqs, ut the
sever.*.! phtces tve shall visit. It may
!-• tli.it we are wrong in our views of|
ilie uinl that ourposiiion is un
t’ iU'h . ; i so, we most earnestly desire
1 . he < evinced of it, and then, and not
until th ii, in ill we he ready to declare
that the traffic in intoxicating beverages
i perfectly justiliahle, arid that our
weal, have nothing to do or say in the 1
matter.
We do .a: . slly hope therefore, that
those who illicit that the friends of good
order, who desire to sec the traffic sup
j> r< i- -d !i \ “Moral Suusion”—"God save
the mark —it vve can—hy more string
ent mums, if we mu-.; —am cnfrin'MD”
in any deureu upon ihe l ights of the
people, will no longer sutler the argu
ment to be all on one side, hut will
stand fearlessly forward in defence of
the trallir, j i all its horrible and mur
derotts details. Apart from any phi
lanthropic views, we boiieve that rum
“Jia v ru/eiLtlo churl, the ram/), the grave*
long enough,—that its corrupting influ- !
coco has pervaded all classes of society, 1
ami that there’s scarcely one of us j
who does not mourn in the untimely
death of.’ ue relative cr fri < ml, its sail
ravages. We believe, and honestly be
lic\ e, thnfthe legislature has the power j
loah.iiet/i as any otlnr evil. YVc be
ii ve— nay we know, that it is the duty !
ofbur legislators, so tar ns in them lies,
to lessen the burthens of the people in
the decrease of taxation. Is this the!
ease, when.they throw around the leaf
lie in int xicatiug di inks, the protecting j
ntm of le; islnlvee authority ? (In the
(ontrary, is it not u wol! e.stablishrd
fact, that for every dollar paid into the |
treasury for licenses, fifty ore von more,
is p;iill out for the’ support of paupers |
and trial of criminals, superinduced hy
this very traffic which they have an-’
thorised ? Now, wo wish to bring this!
matter fairly before the people ofGeor I
i'ia-we do not menu those in place and !
power, hut they who have no ambitions
aspiratiaiulo snjb.serve, nor selfish ends
to .ratify, and inask them in nil hones
ty: hmv much longer will ye tamely
submit to have your best interests tii
tb'il with—to have your property taxed
for the support of a system rott nat the
core, and which brings you no ndripiale
n linn ? To them, were it possible,}
i<■ would have the issue tomorrow,!
mu have one single lingering doubt of
the result. The people, the mass, the
l> me and sinew ol .mi country, if left 1
to themselves, are very apt to think and
net right upon almost any subject, 1
n\ ‘ ioli may be submitted to them ; and .
by and hy, a trumpet tongued voice
will he heard from the sea-hoard to the
mountain, proclaiming, Iha I Ilie reign
of terror is over.
I ogre invar, that this communication
\i i'.lnot reach you in time to have notices
ofottr earlier appointments spread very
dely, hnt notwithstanding, please give
them a place in your next issue :
Cassville, Thursday Kvo., 10 August.
“ Friday “ •>((
Marietta, Monday “ gy u
“ Tuesday “ n.f >.
A lantn, Wednesday “ 25 “
“ Thursday “ gi; <<
NcwQan, Friday “ *J7 <<
Gridin. Saturday “ gs
I irsvtli, Monday “ ;Ul “
Maeon, ‘l’uesdav “ :tj <■
Our friends at the several placet:
1 ‘lined, will please no.ice and make
preparations for these “appointment*;, for!
id though we shall write to those points,
s'dl it may happen that the announce
ment through your paper, will be the
only notice they will receive.
If Uncle Dabney he nnv w here with
in hail of any or all of our meetings, 1
tell him Jo come along—w. want liisj
. ip. and wo like to be “in his crowd"-. 1
as we are then, sure to learn some prat?. !
iioMly useful lesson.
Now friend Banner, if you were not;
aware of the fact before, yet from the!
lojigtli ot the yam 1 have spun, you
would declare that I w s hrotight lip a
sailor—but the truth is, when the yarn
is “ii temperance, it reels elf so easily,!
that I scarcely know where or when to :
stop, (Hid the grand secret of it is, die
cause my heart is there. 1 dearly love
‘.he temper,'into cause for what it has
<! uie for me— l love it because it lm<
dried the tear of sorrow from the cheek
es that once almost heart-broken w ife
I love it because it lias fed and clothed
those once nuked and starving children; j
1 love it, because it holds out the bi u
con of hope and rainbow or promise to !
the despised and forsaken drunkard—l 1
l°ve it most, ur.d I love it lust, because
in its advani e, the tlod we worship lias
been glorified.
Yours most sincerely.
ciiAUj.Hs u. uruviiK. :
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Cotritißus, Ga. August sth. 1852. |
It i an uphill business, with us be re,
at the present tune. The Sons scorn
to have lost ull their previous energy j
and determination ; grog-shops are go. |
ing into operation every week, until
(>R(JAN OF THE SONS OF AXi> STATE TE:e'Ei;
i double the quantity of them are among
us than were ever he lore, i’rte Sons nr.-
dropping oil’one liy oo<; like the sow,
“they are returning In the wallow an J
the dog to his Vomit.” (low long thi
state of tilings “ili coniiiiu- I c.mn rl
divine, but Go I fin bi I that n shall v. . ..
■ tinue. long. The truth is, the order is
; not progressing in the Slate as it has
! done, and | very much fear that w<-
: shall all go back ten nr lw. Ive y. a'.s,
instead ot advunchig. Something must
I he dune, the wheel must be chocked, or
wo will run to the bottom of the hill,
jour leaders are nee-nawing, anil our
. wheel horses have become indifferent,
land ‘ otliers are discouraged. Can
; nothin 1 he done ? will our leaders give
us nun more long, Wrong, steady pull ?
Will our wheel Imr.ses exert tliernselves
! once more, as in times past and gone ?
II so, then shad we again start up the
mountain, and may purchnncn reach
the top. t'aii.fi. what an v vou {
the election for 1‘..-s, |. • : and our State
elections at. drawing hard upon us,
and our old enemy “ill take advantage
lof our lukewarmne.'D, and dislodge us
fioai our position, and then God only
knows where we shall stop.
There was some pin peel of our hav
ing a ma4-meeting of'tomnernuc.? men
In re, but ‘vhut lilt!. 1 feeling there was
seems to have died out, and I satisfied
li.r Columbus, that w ithout an dibit by
the .Sous, and that speedily, the death
km II of the institution here, will soon
he soun led.
CIIA TT A [ 100CIJGH.
For the Temperance Banner.
!“/// canid not drink without gelling
drunk, / would not drink at all.”
Often as this remark is made it is
1 nothing but delusion. My attention
was recently called to this subject hy
heating the remark, ami thinking of the
course of a young man with whom I
wasiaised, and Imin whom I have often
heard fall the < vpivs-oon : “If | could
not drink without getting di uuk, I would
not drink at all.”
In the days of my hoy in. flkihia youth
and myself iv. re frequently in thu con
puny of those who were drunken, and
who s:-. med not to understand the scrip
tural denunciation against him “who
puttcih the bottle to his neighbor’s
; mouth,’ for they put it to ours and we
drunk moderately, while they fr. quenl
ly indulged iiioiv freely—evetj to ex
•a ss. Hence the rent o k which I have
; quoted.
Hut u lew years have passed, and in
i my boyish uvsociatu wlmt a change!—
I lie moderate drinking hoy is now an
immoderate drinking man.
May he yet I am to abstain entirely
i —the only sale course in-such cases.
Reader! are you a moderate drink
er? I)> you repose in your own
s: length as a il.'fcng.? against the force
..I habit, to save you from a drunkard’s
.doom? Trust not the delusion. A
band.m the practice while yet you may;
i lest when you wool I you may not be
able to do so. D> rot experiment on
your own powers of resistance. Vou
may nt some time take too much,
Unco drunken you think you will for
’ the tuture indulge less freely. For a
time you .In so, hut ut some unguarded
moment the fiery liquid again gets the
better of you, and so you go on from
time to time, each time promising your
self to lie more careful, but each time
gradually diminishing yours. If respect,
and therefore weakening vour powers
of resistance, until finally your moral
sensibilities become blunted. I hen
the thoughts of the loss of the good opin
ions of your friends, and combining
your own loss of self control and self
respect, render you superlatively mis
erable. Then to drown the hitter an
guish of vour soul, you rush furiously
on, and with apparently ten-fold thirst,
qmitr the accursed liquid which Ims
already hrohght you to the very verge
ol ruin. Horrors succeed and you
drain the bitter cup to the dregs and
die. In what condition to enter eterni
ty ? l.amentabb’ !
Moderate drinking youth, pause in
your career. Nme can be certain of
safety save in total abstinence. All
are subject to the influence’ of this fatal
habit, ns Well the thief’s soil, as the;
cottager’s boy.
l'iNF trim:.
111 W KsTKHN, Go, Aug. (i, ’52.
i lr. Editor :—As 1 am not in the
habit of trespassing on the lair columns
of your paper. | hope you “ill give
placeto a few hasty reflections.
Believing ns I do, that temperance
>V moderation are intlispensibly necessa :
ry to insure success in every underta-j
king, ami that iqion these successes
more or less depend our happiness,!’
cannot refrain from sayjug a few words!
to the temperance brtehren of South-i
Wes', rn, G.t. (I say hrnhrcu ofSouth ;
Western, Ga.V because I am more inti-j
mntc’y acquainted, and know better
their position as regards the temper-j
uncc cause in Georgia.
In our midst are. many called w orthy
“Sons of Tufhpcrance ; v but where- i
fore? Do their works prove to the
world that they are such? Alas! 1
1 fear not. Do they meet as often as is
even convenient at their Division rooms,
to revel in brotherly love and atlection?
Do they persuade their neighbors and
their neighbor's children to fly from,
’their eminent danger, and to step un
der thorf broad banner of security ?
And last, but not jiVnst, do they take the
Temperance Banner, the organ of their 1
j profession, and read it, pay for it, and
| persuade their friends and their friends’
j children to do the same ? If i may be
allowed to speuk for some of them, I
I would s.iv, to our shame sad utter
disgrace, b• it sail, we do not. Quit.’ a
number get round some ot tl**”> * f ‘■
lions, (as they think ; admirably well,
especially thus.’ in r -l ition to subscri
bing and paying Ibr the “I’.u)p?r.”
Not ‘infrequently have I ‘ .surd “Sons
o.‘ Temperance”.say, ll t tho H-miicr
as their organ, wns a burl, sque on Ui p
institution. Well then, a-bnilting that |
it is not us good an organ a.; the oe!. r
desires, the question naturally arises,
why it is thus? Hccau? • the Sons of
Temperance, and t■ ■ in[.•. of people
generally, who are its recipients, do
not feed it on that fiourishment so well
udnpted tb its growth and prosperity,
(money )
Many there are who seem to think
that the IS iitors are all as rich as the
lLothchilds-fully able to edit, print, pay j
ull expenses,-and send their paper to!
all of their iiumeroussubscfibi.rs gratis.;
With vividness 1 remember when 1 was
a school-hoy, it iv. 4 s thought a disgrace
to receive black marks lor misdemean
ors or non-compliances. But riot so in
these modern &. more enlightened days,
our people have learned a steamer phi-!
iosrphy—they have learned to read
their paper, (the margins oi which are
striped wi h black marks) lor thr. •.*
years arrearages, without a seeming
blush, or the slightest compunction of
conscience.
As to the W( ..ltii of Hdi’ ns, I have
very limited knowledge, hut I aji sure
if they are all as badly pail Dr their
labors arc “Uncle Ben ’ is, corn
imihity, it they ar*? riot already poor,
they soon will bo.
It has been the happy lot ofiiio wri-!
ter to travel several thou u.d miles j
from his native .State, and how hissoulj
has been lifted to In ar the praises of
the people in behalf of’ the int lligence,
wr-allh, and hospitality of the dtizens of
this country. But little did :hey think
thr.se wealthy men of whom hey spoke,
“. iv three or four years in debt for the
only paper in their State advocating the
glorious cause of temperance.
Gentlemen of “South Western Geor
gia,” let these things lie not so,—come
out and show to the world that you are
not ashamed of the good old “Banner,”
under whose stripes you have fought
so valiantly lor a long time'—though
those stripes through negligence have
turned black—come up and pay the
debt of gratitude you owe your leader,
(Undo Ben,) and the stripes of vour
Banner shall assume all of their former
colors and brilliancy—whilst your heart
shall gladden us you read the signs of
the times in her floating folds as she in
furls them to the balmy breezes of sum
mer.
.Step forward, gentlemen and Indies,
ot “South Western Georgia,’ and pay
your dues, and “Direle Ben,” I doubt
not, will soon show you a paper wor :v
of the order and the iulelligene. of its
readers.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Palmy ra.
The Liquor Traffic, No 1
Mr. Editor :— ll is known to the
readers of the Banner, that at the re.
cent session of our State Temperance
Convention, a series. >l resolutions ivea
introduced, in relation to the umil'ic in
intoxicating drinks ; and thnt tie y were
adopted by that body with remarkable !
unanimity. As the subject of those j
resolutions may occupy the attention ot
the public, and perhaps give rise to i
warm discussion, at no distant day, J
propose, through the columns of the j
Banner, to discuss them briefly, and
express the hope that you will throw
open your columns lor a free and full
hearing of both stiles. If’there are any
arguments that can be successfuli\ used
in tuvor of the converse of the proposi
tions embodied in the resolutions, Ictus
Ilnur them ; let us compare notes with
our opponents, and if our course promi
ses to eli’ect u greater amount of good,
present an i prospective, than theirs, let
them adopt our vie"s; if not, we will
adopt theirs. lam very well aware
of tire fact, that it is a difficult matter to
have this question argued upon its mcr
its. There are certain stereotyped oh
juctions, always ready for use, by eve
ry body who chooses to oppose this
movement ; and a great many pet ms
use them at second-hand, without troub
ling themselves to think fairly upon the
subject, or to examine the arguments
upon the other side. In truth, it is 1
a much easier matter to convince a
man’s judgment than to control his ac
tions ; and the difficulty is greatly in
creased, when reason has to contone
ajotie with prejudice, passion, and the
host ot vitiated appetites, that are mar
shalled on the side of king alcohol, in
this case, “error is not harmless where
reason is left free to combat :t, although
error may finally bo subjugated by
reason, alter a. lie roe and protracted
contest, for
•Truth, crushed t> earth, will rise again,
The eternal years of Clod are hers;
Hut error wounded, writhes in pain,
And dies mid her worshippers.”
On this question, let us have a fair,
open contest; the frit nds *of temper
mice, (those of them, at least, who are
in favor of these resolutions,) desire no
concealment; and wo call upon Our op
ponents to show their hands, bring forth
tueir strong arguments, give Us a fair
field, and we ask no Favors. The first
resolution in the series is as fallows ;
Revolved, That the traffic in intoxica-’
tin if drinks is an immorality cunl a pub
lic grievance.'’ This resolution con
tins a self-evident proposition, --> el, ar
that it needs only to be stated, to chal
lenge our belief, and enforce our assent
to its troth. And accordingly, it elicit
ed no discussion in the Convention,'and
passed without a dissenting voice. It
is, t er. foe, unnecessary to argu n it in
this place, because, as an abstract propo
sition, its truth will bo acknowledged
even by those who are opposed tol**gis
lat ive action upon this subjec.
Ttie second resolution in the series,
r■a ’•• thus ■ “ Resolved. that it is a just
> and wise exercise of legislative power, /•>
prohibit the Ira flic in intoxicating drinks.”
Uu this resolution, the battle was fought
■in Convention, and 1 presume, in the
1 future disou : ion that may arise upon
1 this subject, this particular resolution
will contain the principal “hone of con
nection.” Now, to my mind, the sec-
ond resolution embodies a eorrollary,
so fairly dcducible from the first, that it
forms an irresistible inference from it.
‘i'llis- will be evident from a difierorrt
statement of the subject matter, thus:
The traffic in intoxicating drinks is an
immorality and a public grievance; it
is the duty of the legislature to prevent
immorality, and redress public griovan-;
c f, s ; therefore it is tho duty o! the leg
islature 11 prohibit the traffic in intoxi
cating drinks. By pulling the two to
gether in this way, their mutual ue
pciid.mce will more fully appear, aud
ilie, truth of both he rn n!>: more evident.
For if we confess (and no one can deny
it) that the traffic in intoxicating drinks
is an immorality and a prrblic grievance,
it is tint easy to see why it fsnot a prop
er subject of legislative action. That.it
; is clearly within the scope of legislative
; power, is evident, not only from the very
i nature of the ease, but from the fact,
! that that power has air ady bceu exer- 1
i cised upon this particula- subject, and
‘no one has yr-t ben found to question
J ilie propriety of its ex rcise, so far us it !
I has gone. By the law of nature, ull I
j men have undoubtedly the liberty to
j sol 1 wliat they please, when they please,
and how they please; and this natural
right has been so far restrained by the
legislature of Georgia, us to require
! the payment of five dollars, and the
observance of some other conditions, by
anyone who wishes to retail spirituous
liquors within the State; aud the fail
ure to observe these statutory regula
tions, constitutes a [renal offence. Now |
it the legislature have tne right to de
mand five dollars from the retailer, for
die privilege of retailing, they undoubt
edly have uu equal right to demand fit'-
ll) or live hundred dollars for the same
j privilege; and, by force of tho argu
| merit, they have tire right to prohibit the
| traffic altogether. There can be no
doubt then, but that the prohibition of j
the liquor traffic, is a just, exercise of
legislative power, aud tiie question then !
recurs as to the wisdom of its exercise, i
This brings up the question of expedient- j
cy, which is emphatically the question, ’
and it is to this particular point, that |
your correspondent, “-Rosette,” seems j
to direct his argument. T hat writer I
seems to f ,r that “ agitation ” upon this!
subject will do no good, and will have |
a tendency “to cripple the operations of I
our order, ” (the Rons.) 1 do not feel
this fear ; and the only dillerence be
tween “Rosette” and myself is about
this; tfiat while we both desire the de
feat of the common enemy, I believe
: there is a necessity for “a little more
grape.” Those wlto advocate the prin
ciples, embodied in the resolutions, do
; not propose to discontinue the use one
! of a single one of the means, hitherto so
• successfully employed in advancing the
j cause of temperance. ‘They still be
j lieve in the virtue of “moral suasion,”
j and advocate its continued use; but
‘they are, nevertheless, in favor of the
: employment of other means tQ reach
I those cases,-that are beyond the reach
jof this remedy,; jut as the skillful phy
j sician uses tiie most powerful medicines
jto eradicate a disease, that palliatives
j haye failed to relieve. Aud here per
: “dt tne to remirk, that the “Sons,” as
i Temperance organization, are not re
sponsible lor this movement, and if odi
um attach to any otto on account of it,
j that odium should not fall upon the or
der of the Sons. This will be evident
jto any one who will reflect upon it for
! a single moment; because there are
Sons oi Temperance “ho are opposed
!to these resolutions, and who spoke
against them in Convention, and their
j opinions upon this subject have nothing
j to do with their connection with the or
i lor. A ciin, there are men in favor of
J these resolutions, who are not, and nev
er expect to be, Sons of Temperance,
j If then, “Sons” may t tke either side of
! this question, without affecting their
! character or standing, as such, then of
htours- they arc responsible tor their
j opinions as individuals only, and not as
“Sons.” 1 hold my opinions upon this
subject as a free citizen of the State of
! Georgia, and th State of Georgia is just
as responsible for those opinions as is
the Division with which 1 am cunnc
---1 ted.
Mv sheet is foil. If you think this
worth pu dishing, I wish to trouble you
I with one or two articles upon thisques
; tion of expetniieticy.
\ours ast vt r. RUSTICUS.
A Pointed Blow. —An invalid sent
tor a physician, the late Dr. Wheelman,
mid after detaining him some time with
a description ol his |min. aches, &c., he
thus summed up with—
“ Now, Doctor, you have humbugged
me long enough with your good.for
j nqthitig pills and worthless syrups; they
■do*’ t touch tv cans, of .n- ’ .yint, if
lit i’ in vour power to rub it.”
‘it shaii be iL.v, ” said the Doctor,
at the same time lifting his cr.ne, and de
molLhing a decanter of gin that stood
■ upon the sideboard !
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- OF TEMPERANCE.
Pledge of tlic Sons of ‘S’empc
rance.--l, without reserve, solemnly pledge
my honor ns a man that I will neither make,buy,
sell nor use, as a beverage, any Spirituous or
Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
Officers of the Grand Division.
G. L. M’Clf.skey, G. W. T. Monroe.
J. S. Pinckard, G. W. A. Forsyth.
VV. S. Williford, G. Scribe, Macon.
E. C. Granniss, G. Treasurer, „
J. E. Evans, G. Chaplain, „
D. E. Blount, G. Conductor, Clinton.
J. D. Mavis, -G. Sen. Houston, Cos.
Office of the Grand Division. )
Ass si ci ad Icctiug.
Tire Annual Meeting of the Grand Divi
sion will be held in the City of Macon, com
mencing on Wednesday the 27th October
at 9 o’clock, A. M.
The D. 0. W. P’s are earnestly reques
ted to make their reports to tite G. W. P.
as soon after the close of the present quar
ter ns possible.
Subordinate Divisions will not he furnish
ed with printed certificates of Election this
year, as-it is supposed that all are now fam
iliar enough with the.form to write out their
certificates correctly.
W.S. WILLI I'ORD, G. S.
For tho information of the Recording
Scribes, we insert the form of certificate.
Division, ISo , S. of T.
October 1852.
To the Grand Division
of the State of Georgia;
This is to Certify that
P. W. P’s.
and W. P.
hov • b'.">n duly elected to represent this Di
vision in the Grand Division until October
next.
In Witness whereof we have
.•..used this to be Signed bv on • It
£ S. and the Seal of the Division to be
“ attached.
R. S.
Office of the Grand Division. /
Macon, 12ih Aug. 1852. (
To I). G. W. P’s.—The Temperance
Tracts purchased some time ago by the
Grand Division, arc now ready for distribu
j tion among the I). G. W. P’s. They are
! put up in packages of about 40—containing
: an assortment and will be forwarded to any
I I). G. W. P. making application stir them, to
| be by him distributed in his county.
W. S. WILLIFORD, G. S.
CADETS OF TEMPfiRATO,
FLEDGE.
No member shall make, buy, sell or use
as a beverage,any ■ plrimousoriiiaitliquors
wine or cider.
Officers of the ftraud Section.
J. W. Benson, G. P. Macon.;
J3. Burton, G. A. P. Pondtovvn.
L. C. Simso.n, G. S. &T. Atlanta.
Rev. J. fc>. Wilson, G. G. Decatur.
S. AI. H. Bybd, G. G. Oxford.
Wd P King, G. VV. Thoraaston.
E. 4>. of ilechabitcs.
Officers of Georgia Disk Tent, No. 28, loca
ted at Washington, Wilkes Cos., Ga.:
John R. Smith, D. P. C. R. Washington,
C. R. Hanleiter, D. C, R. Atlanta,’
Rev. U. G. Norman,D. L). R. Washington,
A. H. Sneed, D. R. S. „
E. fl O’Neal, D. F. S.
L. F. Carrington, D. T. „
C. W. Hancock, D. L. ~
Kceh:i bite’s Pledge.
I hereby declare, tiiat I will abstain from all
intoxicating liquors, cad will not give, nor otler
them to others, except in religious ordinances,
or when prescribed, a good faith, by a medi
cal practitioner ; I will not engage in the traf
fic of them, and in ah suitable ways will dis
countenance the use, sale and manufacture ot
them ; and to the utmost of my power, 1 will
endeavor to spread the principles of abstinence
from all intoxicating liquors.
Absolute Death.— A man named
Death, still a resident of Ohio, formerly
lived iu Cincinnati, where lie sold li
quors. Over tho door of his store was
tiie sign of “Rectified Whiskey,” and
was directly under his name, “Abso
lute Death.” An old Indv from the
country with her son, a hearty lad, was
one day quietly wending their way
through the street in a wagon. The
sign caught her eye. “Stop John !”
She read it. “Rectified Whiskey, Ab
solute Death.” That’s a fact. “John
ny let me out, there is one honest VVhis
j key seller in Cincinnati. 1 want to see
! what Ire looks like.”
“Paddy, honey, will ye buy my
watch?”
“And is it about selling your watch
ye are Mike?”
“Troth it is, darlint.”
“What’s the price?”
“Ten shillings and a muichin of the
creature.”
“Is tho watch a decent oner”
“Sure an I’vc had it twenty years and
it never once desaved me.”
“Well here’s your tin; and now toll
me does it go well?”
“Bodat an’t it goes faster than any
watch in Bonnau ?iit, Munster, Ulster,
or Leinster, r, t barring Dublin.”
“Bad luck to ye, Mie, th - you have
taboo mo in! Dr i’nt you say it never
desaved you?”
“Sure and I did —nor di ! i'—for I
nevir and. chided on it !"’
A wager is a fool’s argument.
■JJM lAITOI.
PEIf FIJBKiDt AUCif. 21, 1852.
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with another fact, that is, that the advocates
of the Resolutions passed by the Strte
Convention, design to carry the question to
the people— the sovereign people of Geor
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and our columns are open to a fair discus
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Fair at Atlanta.
We had the previlege of spending one
day at the Agricultural ana Industrial Fair,
at Atlanta last week. The attendance of
visitors was very large, and the articles for
! exhibition in the various departments, were
i numerous and attractive. We did not re
j main to hear the Premiums awarded. The
| list was respectable, and tie? fiiends of tha
enterprise are encouraged to believe that
thc-y will succeed beyond their expectations.
The communication of “A Subscri
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fail to claim a perusal. We designed to ac
company its publication with some remarks
of our own, but must content ourselves
with simply saying that remarks desparag
ing to the Banner, always proceed from
those. who do not pay their subscriptions, and
| who do the least to promote the Temperance
Reform. TVe h ive never known an indi
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j paid the Subscription promptly , to find any
1 fault with it. It is true, it is not what
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(£2F' , Our friends King and Duuyee are
out upon a campaign against Prince Alco
i hoi, and in support of the position assumed
by tbe State Temperance Convention at
Newnnn. We regret that tbe communica
tion of Bro. Duryef, did not reach us in
time for our last issue. We did not re
ceive it until the first of this week. We
invite the friends of the Temperance Reform
to turnout to the meetings, by all means.
A correspondent at Lanmdmseo, Stew
art county, gives it as his opinion that if
some good lecturer would visit that section,
he would be kindly received, and no doubt
a great deal of good would be accomplished.
He thinks a little stiring up in this way,
would make the Division at Lannahassee,
one of the best in he State.
White Sulphur Springs, Fla.
A subscriber at the above Tost Office, un
der date of July 23, writes us that the Ban
ner reaches there “sometimes onco a month,
and sometimes not so often.”’ We regret
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ours. Tin; Banner is mailed regularly eve
ry week, to each Subscriber; and if it does
not arrive regularly, the fault is at the doer
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detect the cause, we will endeavo* to apply
the remedy.
P. 15. Cox’s Town Property.
We alluded to the -•:,! off proper
ty once before, ami im respectfully
call the attention of our readers to it a
gain. As the time is near at hand when
the sale will positively lake place, we
; think tiie public generally would do well
,to call and examine the premises, as a
bargain doubtless will be offered. The
location is certuitily desirable, bring some
fed higher in elevation than any resi
lience in the city, and on one of the pub
lic streets. Wrre we a capitalist, we
should not hesitate a moment to make
an investment, and should expect a
jlucrat:-, profit in return, to keep it or
ilu sen again. Rea l advertisement in
j another column.— American Union.
Avoid spending a dollar’s worth ot
time to save sixpence worth of silver