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VOL. XVILL
1 Hoi TrIGPERAWGS BANKER
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of the Sons of Temperance
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f 3 5. When lei', dull. t i.t. When he gets p. V
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ll). When hclulnne. / 2. Oaftny onenoon. ,?4.
\ Hvcry friend to Temperance A
(Jshould take the Temperance
If Temperance men wili not aiippori
Tempi ranee Press, who will 1 ’ \>
‘&AA -*-'’'a ‘dX and \X v \>o
Old Agk. Beautiful is old age,}
beauiiful a-; slowdroping mellow au
tumn iif a lie's, glorious summer. In
tho oi l man, nature has fulfill'd her
work; sh loads him with her hlt-ssiiiir;
she fills him with tin fruit of a well
spent life; and surrounded bv his chil
dren and Ins children’s children, she:
rocks him softlv away to a grave, to
which ho is followed with blessings, I
God forbid we should not cal! it hnauti-1
ful. liisbenmif.il, but not the most i
beautiful - Them is another life hard, {
rough, and thornv, trodden with bleed- j
htg feet and aching tirovv, the life of J
which the cross is the. symbol; a battle
which no peace follows this side of the
grave, gapes to finish before the victory
is won; and-—ttifange that it should
beso—this is the highest life nt man.
Look back along the great names of
history; there is none whose life bus
been other than tiiis.— Westminister
Review for July
Wealth-
The error oflife into which man most
readily falls, is the pursuit of wealth as
the highest good of existence. While
riches command respec’, win position
and secure comfort; it is < Kpected ih T
thev wifi be regarded by all classes on- j
ly with a strong and unsatisfied desire
But tile undue reverence which is eve-j
ry where manifested for wealth, the rank
which is conceded it, the homage which
is paid it, the perpetual wor-hijS which
is otfeied it, all tei cl lo magnify its de.
sirabletiess, and awaken longings for it-!
possession in tho minds of those born,
without inheritance. In society, is 81 j
present observed, the acquisition of mon
ey would seem to he the height of hu
man aim—the great object of living, to
which all other purposes are made sub
ordinate. Money which exalts the low
lv, and sheds honor upon the exalted—
money, which makes sin appear goo I
ness, and gives to viciousness the seem
ing of chastity—money, which silences
evil rpport, and opens wide the mouth
of praise—money, winch constitutes its
possessor an oracle, to whom men listen
with deference —money, which makes
deformity beautiful, and sanctifies crime
rrtonev, which lets the guilty go un
punished, and wins forgiveness for
wrong —money, which makes manhood
and age respectable, and is commenda
tion, surely, and good name for the
young.—how shall it be gained? by
what schemes gathered? by what sacri
fice secured? These are the questions
which absorb tho mind, the practical
answerings of which engross the life of
men. The schemes are too often those
of fraud, arid outrage upon the sacred
obligations of being ; the sacrifice, loss
of the highest moral sense, the destruc
linn of the purest susceptibilities o’ na
ture, the neglect of internal life and de
velopment, the utter and sad perversion
es the true purpose of existence. Mon- j
ay is valued beyond its worth 11 ' ms
gained a power vastly above its deserv
ihg. Wealth is courted so obsequious
ly, is flattered so servilely,is so iiifluou
rial in moulding opinions and judgment, I
has sue!) weight in the estimatf not
ftharac* r •hut men regard its acquwt
i . most pi u lent am: f ttt4.tr ‘tt
deovors, and its possession as bsoiute
enjoyment and honor, rather ihan the
means of honorable, useful, and happy
life. While riches are thus over-esti
mated, and hold such power in coramu
uity, men will forego easo and endure
toil, sacrifice social pleasures and aban
don principle, for the speedy and unlim
ited acquirement of property. Money
will not lie regarded as the means of liv
ing, hut as the object of life. All nobler
ends will be neglected in tin* eager
haste to bo rich. No higher pursuit
will be recognized than Uni pursuit of
gold—no attainment deemed so desira
ble as the aUainm nt of wealth. While
the great tnr nos every circle, is Hie rich
man, in the common mind wealth be
comes the synonyme of greatness. No
condition is discernible superior to that
which money confers: no loftier idea of
manhood is entertained than tiiat which
embraces the ixteut oi one’s posses
sinus.
There is a wealth of heart better than
go! “, and an interior decora lion fairer
than on'ward ornament. Tm-re is a
splendor in upright life, beside which
gems are lustreless; and a fineness of
spirit whose beaut , outvies the glitter of
diamonds. Mau’s iruo riches are hid
den in his nature, and in tlieii develop
ment and increase will be find Isis surest
happiness.— Portland E'-lect>c.
For the Temperance Banner.
A Leaf from tlia Life of a Practiclnj
! Physician- or a Day ia tl;3 Prac
tice of Medicine.
j July 12. h, 1 ??4—. Dr.’s first appoint.
! meul this morning was due at old Squire
j TVs at 7£ Evp ( y tiling ready to suit
| when a b.y rides t.-j> belonging to Mr.
| B y.—Missus say, little Gsorge is
| werv sick, and she want you to s’-nd
| some undersoil like dat you gtb urn at
! de dinner, to the cadeinv las year.
Dr.— (Thinking) Last summer, for
gotten ail about i'. Tom,do you know
wiut is the matter with little George.
Boy.— All me know bout uin, one of
de black unteus say lie iiab bowel sick
ness. lie bin cry all nito lust r.ite.
Dr. acting upon the negro; s sugges
tion, st uds medicine for bowel affection,
| as, send something, lie knew ha must,
i thinking at the saulo time, how unrea
j sonable it was, for a person to expect a
! physician to recollect a casual prescrip,
[tion twelve months. At this moment
} require TVs boy rides up at a rapid rate,
j Dr.—-Well, what’s tfie matter now,
i J .irk ?
Jack—Miss Angy sav she got heap
wusser, and wants you to go dar as
quick as yer boss can carry yer, or she
dead fore you git dar, for true.
Dr. was ut Squire T.’sin a few min
utes, and found Miss Angelina apparent, j
ly in a swoon, and P.i and Ma in a flood
of teats. Miss Angy, however, was
soon restored to speech, and addressing
the Dr., began,
Miss Angy. —Dr. you intend to let
me die, 1 know you do; when we get
sick and send for you, you make u<
I worse. You knew 1 would have hor )
\ rare last night, 1 know you did, amt
| didn’t leave me a single thing to make
i me sleep, and that nasty stuif you did
; leave me was mean enough for a negro
jto take. 1 took one dose, and there is
) the phial and the physick, I wouldn’t
take it to save forty Drs’. lives. What
are you standing there with your mouth
open for, and me dying? Why don’t you
give me something to steady mv nerves,
j you jack-ail opes? I don’t want you to
i trive me any thing bad, either. You
) nasty Drs. don’t care how- much we suf.
fer, and then when you do give us med
! icine you make it bad enough to puke
a dog—but 1 want you to know, when
i you give me medicine, if you don’t
j make it good you may take it yourself,
for l would see you in Egypt before 1
j would take it.
Dr.—lndeed, Miss Angelina, you
j are in a bad temper; l shall tel! the
; Major if you say much more.
Miss Aug. —(Looking exceedingly
pleased,) And if you don’t do some
thing for me pretty soon, I ll brake the
broom stick over your head, you ugly
mortal.
Dr.—Well, here is the very thing
that will cure you in less than no time.
Miss Ang. —What is it, will It cure
my nerves, Dr ? is it had?
Dr.— Yes, it will cure your nerves,
most assuredly, and it - not bad either.
Miss Ang. —What i> it though, I al
wavs like to know wh.i; 1 take.
Dr.—lts the pure, undiluted, elixir
lof life, Mi-s. It will make old folks
I young, and sick ones well, and even
i make the young feel younger, and well
‘ones bettei. It is elaborated by the
gods themselves, on old Parnn sus, and
1 flows ftotn a solit! rock six months in j
t vet y year for the healing of all nations, j
Miss A. —(Drinks.) It amt had Dr.,)
but you don’t think that the gods make’
it, do you ?
Dr. —Nothing surer, Miss.
Miss A.—And how do you Drs. get
’ : t ?
Dr. Old Esculapms presides over
j.hi it irv, and we have n Jibing to
PENFIELD, GA. OCTOBER 9, 1.852.
do but send our orders, and a chicken
rooster to pay for the physick.
Miss A.—Dr. it tastes lik) brandy,
but upon my soul I feel better.
Di.—O, you will be well by to-rnor
row night, and go to Mrs. H’s party.
Hi re is yourticket, and she charged me
to be sure to give it to you, and tell you
to come without fail, (speaks low) the
Major will be there.
Miss A --Dr. do you think I can go?
Dr.—Certainly, if you take my elixir ,
you will. Good bye ; 1 shall tell toe
j M ujor you will be out.
Dr. leaves the house, cursing from
, tlte inmost chambers of his heart, tin
cruel fashion of raising girls without ex
ercise, and with their chests screwed up
’ in corsets till they never get one clear
S breath.
| Next appointment at A's. Mrs. A.
is quisical. Dr. resolves to give an
swers so evasively that she will have to
quit. Enters the. house.
Dr.—Well, Mrs. A., how is James
this morning?
Mr*. A.—Party bad where you bin
up this way?
Dr.—(Feeling child’s pulse.) To
Squire T’s.
Mrs. A.—Who's sick there?
Dr.—Miss Angelina. James is bet
ter, 1 soe.
Mrs. A.—Mity sick last night. What
ads Ange 1.?
Dr.—(Perplexed.) She is—she is
rather lucophiegmatic, madam.
4> + * * * *
Mrs. A.—-Think she’s got all them
disea3 s, Dr 1
Dr.—Yes, madam, and many more,
no doubt. Your son James will not
need any more attention; good morning,
Mrs. A.
Mrs. A.—o, stop, you han’t told me
what he is to eat.
Dr.—Anything light, madam.
Mis. A.—My Billy told ma he seed
you and a negro gwine up the road yes
terday, like you would break >oui
necks, wliar was you gwine?
Dr.—(lmpatiently.) To Col. L’s.
Mrs. A.—Who’s sick that?
Dr.—No per. on.
Mis. A.— What you gwine foi?
Dr.—Because tiie Col. had sent for
me.
Mrs. A.—Sent for you—eat dinner
I spose; hud amity site of good things,
1 recon?
Dr.—l can’t tell. (Starting.)
Mrs. A.—Billy said he seed you
gwine in u lope, what made you ride so
fast ?
Dr.—The Col. sent for me to go in a
hurry.
Mrs. A. —What was lo pay thar?
Dr.—(Starts ) Mrs. L. was confined.
Mrs. A.—De lordy massy, has Sal
ly got another young un? Wiiut did |
she have this time?
Dr.— A baby. (Going.)
Mrs. A.—Gil or boy?
Dr.— A daughter.
Mrs. A.—Wnut she call it?
If the Dr. heard the last he did not
answer, but rode otf at a rapid gait, mad
to think that she had triumphed so com
pletely over al! his evasions. Dr. vis
aed several cases hut nothing worth
note happened till five, in the evening,
when lie is overtaken by Tom.
Tom.—Lfr., Missus say if you don’t
go as quick as you can, little George
will be dead fore you git tliar. Sue
say he bin yet wus ebber sense she gin
em dat stuff what you sout. Site say
taint like de stuff you gin Iter las ye a r
to vie dinner. Sue say she do bleve
iiu>:der dose would kill em for sartin.
She say for massy sake ride sass.
Dr. reaches the house uud Mis. S.
begins.
Mrs. S.—Dr., you’ve sent me sump,
en here that lias killed my child, purtv
ni; f can tell you it has, what upon the
yeath made you send that stinking stuff)
here? It was enough to spue a buz.
xard; it nearly made George poke eve
ry time I gin it to him, uud the second j
dose, ! stove it into the fire and sent I
Torn arter you, for! node that was vvliat
you wauled all Ike lime. You gi t sent
that pison sh/Jf to make my little George
sick so you could make a bill against ue
you node my ole man filers paid up!
and you wanted the money, that's it • |
tole nny ole man l’de tell ye of’ it it I
was spared; you node that warrtt the
same kind cfstuff you gin me for George
at the big dinner, so you did.
Dr.—But Mrs. S. I don’t recollect of
having given George anything.
Mrs. rs.—O, but I got you. Fast
enuf fir you this time; liere’s the same
bottle, does that smell like the nasty
stinking stuff you sent this mornin*.
A ray of light hurst upon the Dr.’s
mind us Mrs. 8. brought a phial that
had had essence of min, in it directly
under his nose. O, yes, Mrs. S. 1 ro
collect all about it now.
Mis. S.—Yes, 1 recon you do, now
you've got tue chance to charge u.y ole 1
man with a visit. Nobody thanks you j
no -v.
Dr. Where is George, though?
Mrs. S-—O, he is dun got well now j
and gone with his daddy to the field. \
Dr. now goes home, and in hts sane
turn thinks over the day’s business, and
i decides that any mail is green who do
’ sires to be u popular doctor.
AN OLD DOCTOR.
BVah, Ga.
B'ikna Vista, Ga., Sept. 2d, 1832.
Mr. EUtor —In the Banner of the I
llili inst., appears a communication j
over the signuture ol il. F, P ttillo, con- -
mining a series of disgraceful inueu
dos and vituperative remarks against
riyself and the Division of which I have
ilie honor to boa member, in conse
quence of the action of this Division,
o>.tiling the resolutions of the Newnan
Jenvenion. The communication was
•videnlly neither designed nor calcula
ted to subserve auv good purpose, or in
any manner to advance the cause of
I Temperance. But under the ostensible
object of‘•informing the brethren of this
I Division tiiat they are totally mistaken
in regard to the character and purport
of die rasolutioes,” &c., we must think
the brother conceals his true design of
flourishing in the newspaper uud w in
ning for himself a litile newspaper no
toriety. Taking this view of the mat
ler, it is hardly proper that l should re.
ply at all, but my apology for doing so,
will be found in site personal character
of the communication ; and 1 ask it not
as a favor but demand it os a light that
my reply should have a place in your
columns.
Aside from tome vague insinuations
and little smatterings of ridicule, the
substantial charges against u j are Ig
norance and Falsehood. We are charg
ed with being ignorant in the first plac--,
••in regard to the character und purport J
of the resolutions.” Let us examine j
the resolutions of the Newoan Conven
tion, and see if th * resolutions of the
Buena V/sta Division contain any un
warranted assumptions or uninistaka
Ule evidence of ignorance. The first
resolution of the series is in these words,
‘•That tiie traffic in intoxicating drinks)
as a beverage is un immoral and public
grievance.” The second states, “That
it is a wise und just exercise es the leg
isluiive power to prohibit the trade in
intoxicating drinks;” and the third de.
dares “That it is the duty of the advo
cates of good order and national pros
perity, to awaken a public interest to
warns the duty and benefit of a |pgal
prohibition ofthe liquortrulliu.” From
this “series” of resolutions the Buena
Vista Division deduces the conclusion,
that the members of the Newnun Con
vention ‘ have expressed their intention
o call in question the strong arm ofthe
iuw to suppress the use and sale of ur.
■lent spiriis.” The quibbling of the
Brother on some of ttie terms used is
senseless uud unmeaning j irgou. The
phrase “to call in question,” occurring
in the connection that it does, admits ol
no doubtful signification in any sane
and candid mind, r.nd can signify noth
mg but to “invoke,” &e. Tito term
traffic signifies nothing but the sale, and
as in the suppression of the sale th**
only laudable purpose could be to pre
vent the use, we certainly felt ourselves
warranted in substituting the words use
and sale for trajfic; nor did we pretend
or profess to quote the words of the res
olutions, but only to use words equiva
lent in meaning. Thus translated an l
explained to tlm comprehension of our
brother, is there anything so monstrous
or startling in the above conclusion ?
We submit it to any candid mind, if it
is not a fair and logical deduction from
the premises- When our brethren ol
the Newnan Convention say in nno res
olution, “ That ii i a just arid w ; sfi ex
ercise of legislative power to prohibit
the trada in intoxicating drinks,” and
fallow this up by la} itig down the broad
position “iliat it ii the duly el'.im advo j
cates hood order mid national pros
is . .. . ,
purity to awaken a public mu-rest toll) ’
duty and benefit of legal prohibition,” .
&c., is not their design and intention
clearly shadowed lortli and to all in
tents ami purposes fu ly expressed, to;
invoke the k uisla'ive power to sup
press the use uud sale ot urdeut spirits.
If they he the “advocates of good order j
and national prosperity,” (as in charity I
we hope they are,) does not tli"ir own
resolution lay it down as their plain
arid palpable “duty to awaken a public)
interest towards the duty and benefit of
a legal prohinilion of the liquor traliic.
And can it be that such a deep arid cm- j
scienoious conviction of their “doty
bus nothing to do with moulding tucir j
intentions or controlling their will?
In the mind of every manure not con- ,
victuals of duty and iutc.ition to perfirm
it ever linked together —in a word Hre I
they not one anil inseparable? When
good men state what is their duty we
certainly understand th -t it is their in- j
tent ion to perform it. I heir intention j
then is fully expressed.
B ,t sir, how are they to awaken the
public interest ? Is it not by discuss
ing it publicly, before tho people, mak
ing it a test question in elections and :
petiti ning and supplicating the legisla
ture ? And are not these the only
means of in vokiru’ legislation on am
subject ? Reciprocating then the char
ity of Bro. Patillo C>., and indul'-
ing the belief that ‘ they are mostly!
| good mi ij,” i must conclude that they
j l |ttVe expressed their intention to call
jin question ?lie strong arm of It g'sla
) Hon to suppress the use and sale of ar
j dent spirits. Hence sir, if we are igno
j >'mt of the purport of the resolutions,
‘ mv brother has failed to show it.
I We are charged with ignorance in
j ‘he second place “as to the character of
j ihe hody” tlmt adopted the resolutions.
, In what way we have betrayed such
ignorance, we ure certainly at a loss t<
conceive. We merely alluded to i t as
•i “Convention recently ess -mbled <■
Newnnn,” and in c ‘nnectiou wjihthi.-
I Stated that “the 8. of T.’s in that Con
’ oention had expressed their intention K
call in question trie strong arm of the
law to suppress the use and sale of ar
dents. These are the only parts of the
j resolutions tlmt can possibly give nur
I brother any clue to our op nions of the
character of the Newnan Convention,
and lie has certainly failed to show in
, what respect they are erroneous.—
j There is no doubt,! presume, that the
j Convention did assenr ble ut Newnan
■an I us brother Pitlillo himself admits
that tin.’ Convention was composed of
I represensatives of all Temperance S~>-
cieiies in the State, we must co iclude
that not only Washingtonians, Teto'al
let's, Rcclmbites, Daughters, ike, were
represented, but that the Buns likewise
were represented; und that the repre
sentatives of all the aforesaid orders en
dorsed the resolutions of that Convert
lion, and committed their respective or
ders to the principles therein contained,
j Tne Sons then, us well us all other or
j dors have expressed “their intention” in
these resolutions. Si much then for
our ignorance;—arid in connection with
this part of the subfoct, we will advert
briefly to u cdat ral issue presented
by the brother, as to whether the Sous
arc bound by the resolutions of that
C invention. Ha concludes (and he
| thinks very rationally too) that they
are not bound, because tbe “Srate Tetn
perauca Convention is not the legislative
head of our order. Unlike the brother,
we hold ourselves bound not by legisla
tion alone, but by all moral obligations
arising either from express agreement
or by implication. If we by tbe assist
ance of the brother, have ut last arrivail
at a correct knowledge of’ the charuo
ter of the Newnan Convention, vve un
derstand it to be a State Convention as.
sembled to deliberate upon tho interests,
not of die Sons alone, but of all Tern
peruncs Societies, uud to promote the
cause of temperance generally through)
out the State. Tho representatives of
the Sons, represent the Sons through- j
out the State, the representatives of the I
Daughters represent the Duugetera
throughout the State, and so ot ait the
other orders. Now it is a settled prin
ciple I think, that tho constituent is
bound by the act us the representation,
ami if that representative is duly ap
pointed by the diifereut orders in theirj
legal assemblies, they cannot in good I
faith repudiate the act of* tlint represeri-!
lative, but are bound by it to uli intents)
and purposes. If how v-r, as in the j
present instance, the representative is
appointed informally and without tho
knowledge of the several Divisions and j
meetings, his acts bind only tbos” who 1
tacitly or expressly acquiesce in them.
With this view of the subject we cer
tainly should hava been hound, not in
public opinion alone, but in fact, by tbe
acts of our representatives “in that Cot*.
veutinn” had we not expressly repudi.i- j
tod the ucUcf that Convention, lienee I
the necessity for our lust resolution.
But we arc told by brother Batillo,!
tl- ii the Sous are not bound or commit- ;
jof course by parity of reasoning, no
other order is bound ; in a word that
! the whole proceeding in a nullity—a
farce. The Shades of departed Wash-
I ingioniani'in are called forth to no pur
pose. and the Ghost of the lute “Flour*
: nnv Petition,” deceased, lias been star
tled by a false alarm, from tho deep
grave to which the people of G’ giau
few years ago consigned it. Well this
)is “Georgia Theatrics” on a broad
bede. We recollect some years since
to have mad an amusing incident, rota i
ted by Judge Longstreet, in which it
appears that the author ivas riding along
the road indulging bis own quiet nnedi*
I tations, when suddenly his attention
• was arrc-sied by a great tumult •“ lit
] tie distance from the road us if of fun-
Lius contending parties. The author
, inv.i.icti'/ely rushed towards the s•• .
ing combat to mr* n mo furious tray’,
1 when lie heard one of the supposed par.
I ties exclaim : “My eye is out, my ey~
is out !” His iumgnaliou W l\& it I C>l. -
jto the utmost, and on approaching the
battleground lie saw the hero of the
combat sneaking oil* in tbe tlirec ion of
his plough, who on being summoned to
return and assist in replacing the oyo
iof his unfortunate antagonist, lie re
plied : “Tliar’a nobody thar, nor hein’t
been ; I was just ..eeing how 1 could
Got. ’ M ich sioil.ir it seems to us, is
brother Patiiio’s account of the New.
nan Convention. A number of men
have assembled together under the
pompous and high sounding’ appcl-
Union of a “State Temperance ConvuO*
lion,’ pas. eri a serit sos obnoxious res)
elutions, and when we express our iu
digmuiun, we arc told not “to kick bo
fore we ure spurred, tho Sons and nit
body else uro bound by.them, no harta
is done, and wo were just seeing how
we could Imvo nsolved.” This we
onceive to be u Hinder on tho Convrn.
tiori, and we shall indignantly repel
and ir jin no other cause than that, that
und noble man chief justice
Lumpkin wus its chairman.
1 iie charge of falsehood is muett
l raver one then tout of ignorance, and
is founuoil it seems on a supposed mis*
newer. Uro. Putillosays that we haw
set the Convention forth us a Conven
dun of the fauns of i t inperancs, and in
duced the belief that none but yon*
weie present. To abstain tiiis charge
we uto sorry tiiat he has condescended
to distort und guide the record, and pul
words in our uiouihs vviii#*h wo lievor
used—thus placing us in a false light
before tire readers ofthe Banner. Hr*
says that we tuseu that “TheS .ofT.’a
.<! Uie State of Georgia assembled in u
Convention at Newnan;” whereas,our
u uc words are “The S. of T’s. of tile
State of Georgia, in u Convention as
sembled ut Newnun,” &e A little dis.
crimination wul disclose to him a wide
difference. But admitting tiiat we had
turn'd the Convention a Convention cf
the fa of i s., we feel tiiat iv*j should
tiu ve been justified by the fact that near
ly all Temperance Societies are swul.
1 wi-d up in the S. of T’s., sotlmt what,
evsr name the Convention may assume,
it was virtually aCo ntion of Sens.
Iho charge of falsehood is alleged
against us in a dumber of -scattering
expressions, throughout the communi
cation, but as tho refined circles in
which it has been our privilege to move
for some years past, have barred us
•rom all familiarity with modern .lung
and billingsgate, we find ourselves un
able to retort in our brother s vernacu
, lar. VV c reco ! lect however, when we
were school-boys, that when ouo boy
called another a “story” tue other wounl
invariably reply ; “you are another.’’
Fur the want of a bettor expression, wo
must quote this on our brother, and as
he convicts us of falsehood in a sup.
posed mianower, wo shall find no diffi
culty in convicting him of the same.
Our brother suys, “But Bro. Oliver !f
Ca. must make out a case ugainst the
S. of T’*., &o. Now sir, who is the
“Cos.” spoken of? It mut,t be Buena
j vistion Division. Thus myself and
Buena Vista Division are represented
as firming a partnership “under th*
) style and firm name” of Bro. Oliver &
Cos., by which it appears that I am the
Ifutiing uud prominent member of tha
him, and Buena Vista Division a mere
) dormant partner. Such sir, is not tha
; (latne with which wo were christened
)at our birth by tho Grand Division.
In styling the Stute Convention, a
j Convention ol Sons, 1 should certainly
’ have applied to it a name equally lion
orable, and done it no injustice. But
we must fuel that gross injustice bus
been done our Division in calling it by
the less honorable appellation of “Bro.
Oliver & Cos.” Hence, whatever
clime we may have committed in culling
things by the wiongname, nur brother
certainly stands “in pandeheto.”
In conclusion, Mr. Editor, l must
ask in justice to myselfahu B'uarfit Vis
ta Division, that our resolutions may
httvc a place in your columns. To
my Bro. Pulido, 1 would say that,
though he wields a “graceful quill,”
yet he has taken a ha-ny and ‘jperfi.
cia! vie v futhe whole met er and or atvn
conclusions by no means warranted by
the premises. For inyp If, I asit noth,
mg, but to the Division, 1 trust lie will
vender at his earliest convenience that
apology which his good sense will
teach him is so richly due.
THADDEUd OLIVER;
Mr. Editor: —Thinking that a brl<?f
account of a temperance meeting, lately
held .n the county of Buiioi h, would
e.ot be wholly uninteresting .o u major
ity of your readers, 1 wul occupy (bv
| your lea.e) a place in the columns of
ih’- Banner for that purpose; fi'g', pre
mising what I n.jy say in regan.’ iotas
I meeting, by short exposi'.iof tho cir.
oui.isiances under vi.ioh it was held.
Bulloch, though an old county, has
advanced but slowly in the rnaren of
rtdiiiem i‘; her ciuzviis e goner
•’! / i .burs of a bruch of the Baptist
S drnotriuaiion, known as tho “hard.
shelL,” which is, in my opinion, quits
;,iropii..:> appellation. Jam not
. ■ qua- and with their particular tenets
ol hid it and, but I know this in relation to
i them, that they da nut believe in tem.
, per.nice, that is judging by their ao
ii nis ; hut I am happy to say that, tin fa;
a my knowledge extends, tlm nek
borhood ol'fellowship church, at which
j place the meeting in question was held,
j :.j an exception to th.s general enure-v
ter. Thu people in that neighborhood
I are intelligent and extremely liberal i;.
hoi’ view* toward all socl.-tiesor pi ms
) Gr the um Iteration ol the a > tuition of
I tho unfortunate. Actuataf these’
NO. 41.