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The following correspondence will
explain itself, and will he interesting ‘o
tr. ti -..ia well as Ain
ha.tl.i :
Oahaba, Oct, 3. i“r2.
.17/ r h..< .Nr: I wrote yesterday in
orent’’fl.'.te to your son in reply ion
most pve’lcttl !■ tcr which rh served at
my hands much more full and sat
isfactory answer, lint ns court ap
proach s, my litno is so much occuj>icd
that to do justice to those who engage
my services, h uvea me no time for per.
aortal gratification: 1 avail myself,
however, o! this Subbntli evening to aJ
tiiess you this, 1 believe, long as wo
have been acquainted, the first merely 1
social letter 1 ever wrote you. I hope
n failure on your part to give me one
in return, will not make it my last.
Man is so much of an enigma, so
much the creature of passion, und not
of reason judgment and the disci
ple of experience, that I confess I fear
that at last hII our labors in the great
temperance cause will be like the beau
tii'ul but deceptive fruit af the “Dead
Sea’'—turn to aslirson the lips. At |
any tale, 1 am and have been long at- j
islied that “moral suasion” will notae
cotnplish the work. Ifm* n were who’
‘.hey in the main are not —enlightened |
and prone to virtue —this would be suf
ficient; but that they ore not either
the one or the other, history proves by
far too many malanoholy examples.
1 ant now uma/.ed that we ever enter,
tained the idcu that we could revolu
lionizesociety by mere “moral sua
sion,” when we reflect that it is now
near nineteen hundred years since the
Divine Nuzarine proclaimed to the:
world the easy way of eternal life, and i
that with all the sublimity and purity I
of this doctrine, together with his life j
and martydom, has not yet given even :
faith to one lentil of the human family, !
and that this is ow ing to tin.’ fact that !
these doctrines stood in the “uy of sen.
sjiil indulgence, us would it not be
strange that with a mission fir less ex
ulted, and with powers which dare not
utter a comparison, we should succeed
in accomplishing our aim.
The Christian religion l) n ing in the
Imnds of omnipotent power, will even,
tuully accomplish its mission; hut our
cause can only have the Divine court |
tcMuncc—all else is tell to human a-!
goneios. Wo could not, I readily |
grant, legislate men religious and mor-1
al; hut the constnnt aim of correct h'g
islation is to remove from society provo
catives to crime.
To he familiar with crime is to invite
its perpetration. When the French
established the guillotine and put it in
tluily operation, the whole population of
Paris were seized with u ihrist for
Mood, and they became a nation of
murderers. And bo it will ever be.
The constant spectacle of drunkenness
before us, which is not only permitted
hut tneoureged by our laws, takes
Iro.n the crime and all its attendant
consequences their enormity. Then
is it not the duty of government
to remove the caus?-/ .Suppose the
guilo'.ine had not been suppressed, and ]
the reign of Terror had not ceased with
Hohespierc, would net the French have i
gone on shed.ling blood whilst there was
blood to shed? Hut at our age, and I
with our knowledge of tho hit man char
actor, I venture another supposition—
let me suppose that in every village
and neighbor! ood there was a lieonaed
house of prostitution, whore scenes of
debauchery were daily transpiring in ‘
view oilin’ wives and daughters of our I
country, how long do you suppose we |
would be able to boast of the virtue of
our females. Take as nn example |
again, that terrible French devolution
when the whole fruinc work of society
was unhinged, and what do we learn/.
We learn this —that fir the past two’
years of the so culled Republic of Fra nee !
it was estimated tint one half of the 1
children born in Palis were bastards.
You see, than, that I insist upon law,
potent and stringent law, to raoe man
from himttf. Tho weak need protec
tiou just as much ns n madman needs
n luiigeon, or to have hi.-, arm pinioned
Will cur Selma Coimnliolt have the
courage to demand? Will it be sufli
ciently imposing in point of numlx rs
mid talent to have its demands heeded?
I look forward to the time with intense
anxiety, for it we tail there, 1| is lon.
Now, my dear sii, will you be there?
I trust you will. You can scare, ly
conciivc of the vusl amount ofinflti
eoce that you can exert—which influ
nice 1 trust Liod in his m.'rcy will
spare to us for many Vt ars.
I greatly f-'ttr that l shall not be
uldn to be with you on that occasion but
little if ary. Our court will be in ses
sion—but 1 shall try hard lor a day
with you.
Truly vours,
j. 11. CAMPBELL.
Dr. N. fl. Powell,Chutunuggu, Ala.
Ciicmenikgek, Ain. Oct. 7. 1852.
J. 11. Camebell, Iv-q —Dear Sir:
Your very highly esl. enied commu
nication of the 8 I ult. 1 have perused
with the deepest interest; ami enter
tiiuing the profoundest regerJ for vour
opinions, not only ns an able jurist, but
as a patriot aid pltilanthn pis;, I feel
nssurrd, from a inowltdge, of your
generous nature, tmt will pardon me
lor spreading them before my fellow,
citizens ut this important juncirue.
In the retrospection < I past events
during a long acquaintance, I am proud
to * ‘V, there always existed a coinci
dence of feeling and opinion in rela
tion to all public allaira of our beloved
country. Therefore, it is not ut all
ORGAN OF THE SONS OF TEMPERANCE AND STATE TEMPERANCE CONV KM
marvelous that we should be found
i co-labores in the arct nor. l reform,
warring .gainst ill-; u n Vico of
t!)p agt.
‘i in. limits of a It tier will not allow
i’t ojiportoni'V of r r|tnwiiiip fully
to youi positions and inquiries; but my
sanguine nuture inspires me with :! •
belief that wo shall have it glotions
meeting at Selma —one tliut must tell
upon the destines of our country. It
w ill he nn imposing affair. The great
and the good of the land, ull who wish
to arrest the ravages of a monster that
bedims the land with the widow's terns
i und fills it with the orphan’s wail, will
meet in thut grand Sanl.ediiem. ft is
a houven-born cause, in which all
friends of morulity should engage as a ‘
duty they owe their country and their
God—and 1 hope that men, women and i
boys, thousands, will meet in Conven
tion in Selma on the 24th November,
and put their vato upon the vile traffic
in poison and death. Surely, my dear
friend, the glad tidings from our si-uer
States where the Liquor law has been
; abolished, w ill cause you to dismiss
j your fears and take fresh courage, j
! One thousand dram shops have been
closed up in Massachusetts since thoi
\ law tlicto went into operation; an I in j
i Maine n radical change has be< n tfTec- i
led in the morals of her people. The I
j good old Slate of Georgia, through herj
grand juries, is speaking out upon t he j
subject. The rum sellers there know
their days are numbered —the hand
writing is upon the wall.
I am sensible of your kind partiality
; which causes you gr atly to overrate
Imy influence. I yield to no one in
j zeul, and am willing to spend and be
spent in a cause so near and dear to my
’ heart; but the liunil of afilictiou is upon
| me—my bodily force is gone, my eyes
; are dim, and my e"rs arc heavy, by
; which I am admonished that i shall
soon pass away, and 1 fear before the
j consummation of my hopes, viz: to sue
the liquor law expunged from the sta
tute book of our beloved Alabama. In
the accomnlishmenl of’ that noble oh
j'vt, u proud distinction awaits a geniu
like yours.
If alive, I shall be at Selmt with my
family, ns ull bi long to the cold water
army, and are proud to swell the ranks.
I trust thousands will do likewise, and
j let it be a meeting worthy of the great
occasion.
With high regard, yours truly,
N. H. POWELL.
BOMB OF TWlfElumiß.
lMt‘<li;e of lli<‘ Sons of ’f'eili |>e-
I'JVll'C. — I, without reserve, solemnly (ile.ffif
my honor as a man tliai I will neither make, buy,
sell nor use, as a beverage, any Spirituous or
Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
Off feet's of Ihe (irttuil Division.
11. 11. MvEttSf G. \V. P. Mocon.
I!. liRANTLV. G. W. A. IVllficld.
VV. S. Williford, S. Sciibe, Macon.
E. C. GttASNlss, (. Treas. M.ieoti.
1). P. Jones, G. Chap. Palmetto.
Wm. Woods. G. Con. Madison.
I’S M Blood worth, G Sent. Liberty Hill.
CADETS OF TEMPERANCE.
PLUDGU.
No member shall make, buy, sell or use
as a beverage,any spirituous or malt liquors
wine or eider.
Officer# of flic Ciruutl Sec tion.
J. W. Henson, G. P. Macon.
B. Burton, G. A. P. Pondtown.
L. 0. SiMsoN, G. S. &T. Atlanta.
Rev. .1. S. \\ t lson, G. (’. Deealur.
S. M. 11. Bvrd, G. G. Oxford.
W. P King, G. \V. Tliomaston.
1. O. of Iteeliabifes.
Ollieerß of Georgia Dist. Tent, No. 28, loea-
P'J at Washington, Wiikca Co.,Ga.:
John R. Smith, l). P. C. R. Washington,
C. R. fianleiter, D. C. 11. Atlanta,
Rev.G. G. Norman,D. 1). R. Washington
A. 11. Sneed, D R. S. „
E. It O'Neal, D. F. S. „
L. F. Carrington, I>. T. „
C. W. Hancock, D. L. ~
Iteeliabitc's I’letlge.
1 hereby declare, that I w ill abstain from ail
intoxicating liquors, and will not give, nor offer
them to others, except m religious ordinances,
or when prescribed, in good faith, by a medi
cal practitioner ; 1 will not engage in the traf
fic of them, and in all suitable ways will dis
countenance the use, sale and manufacture ol
them ; and to the utmost of my power, 1 will
endeavor to spread the principles of abstinence
from all intoxicating liquors
Weather Prophecies.—-If the dew ;
lies plentifully on the grass after a fair
day, it is a sign of another; if not, and:
there is no wind, rin must follow. A
red evening s! v p irtends fine weather; |
but if'it is spread too far upwards from
ilie hortizon in tlte evening, and espe-1
cially morning, it foretela wiud, or rain,
or both. When the sky in rainy
weather is tinged with sea-green, the
rain will increase; if with deep blue,,
it will be showery. When the clouds
are firmed like fleeces, but dense
in tlie middle, and bright towards the!
edges, w itli the sky bright, they are
signs ot frost, w ith hail, snow or rain.
‘Two currents of clouds always portend
rain, and in summer thunder. If the
moon looks pale and dim expect rain:
if red, wind: and tier natural color,
with a clear sky, fair weather.
T HIE lANWEjg
Pa.\ni;r M>V. 6, 1
I’i’ohibitoi'y Convention-
We mukc no anr-logy fur the space
occupied bv the proceedings which fal
low. The butijcct addresses itself to
every citizen of Georgia, and, to our
mind, is one of paramount interest.
We have not lime nor space for com
ments at present; and, indeed, com
ments are unnecessary. We make hut
one request to our f'ellow-citizens in re.
Ia t ion to the proceedings, and that is,
that each one throw aside all prejudi
ces and previously formed opinions, and
give the matter a fair and impartial
consideration.
(Kr And in behalf of the Convention,
| we ask each paper in the State, to give
1 the wiiouj proceedings one insertion,
at as early a dav as may be convenient.
*
Macon, 20th Oct., 1822.
Pursuant to previous notice, the hioinls
l of “Prohibition Legislation applied to the
l-iquor Traffic,” met at the Court House in
this city.
On motion of Mr. Clemmons ofMu.sco
gee, E. 1,. Newton of Clark, was appointed
president, and W. S. Williford ofßitib, Sec
retary.
The President briefly stated theobjeet of
‘he meeting, and eongratul ited the friends
of Temperance upon the movement, and was
responded to by Messrs. Clemmons of Mus
cogue, and Williford of Bibb.
On motion of Mr. C B. Jlond of Bibb, the
Convention adjourned to meet again to-mor
row evening.
W. S. WILLIFORD. Sec’y.
Macon, 21st Oct., 1852.
Pursuant to adjournment, the “Convention
for the suppression of thu Liquor Traffic,”
met at the Court House in this city.
The meeting was called to order by the
Secretary, who staled that the President had
been compelled to leave thu c ity, and moved
that B. Brantly of Greene county, be re
quested to take the chair.
Minutes of las: meeting were read and
approved.
The chapman entertained the convention
in a short and forcible address, defining his
position on thu subject of prohibitory iegis
ti->u.
He was responded to by Rev. E. 11. My
ers of Bibb, who gave the movement Ids
hearty approval.
Mr. Williford offered the following resolu
tions :
Resolved, That in the opinion of this Con
vention, it is the duty of thu friends of Tem
perance to use their best exertions to obtain
the passage of such aLiwbythe Legisla
ture as will give to the citizens of e -ch coun
ty in the State the light to say, whether
-Spirituous Liquois shall be sold or not, in
ihuir respective counties —unanimously u
dopted—
Resolved, That a Committee of seven be
appointed to draft an address to the citizens
of Georgia embodying the object ol this Con
vention—adopti and.
Resolved, That the Legislature at its next
session bo requested to direct the voters at
the following election fur Representatives,
to endorse upon their tickets “Sale or no
Halo’’ ol intoxicating liquors—with a view
of testing the expediency of a general law
prohibiting the manufacture and sal. ol
spirituous liquors—adopted.
The follow ing committee was appointed
under the 2d rvsolti.ion:
Rev. J. E. Evans, Mu-eogec Cos.
Mr Daniel Banfokd. Monroe Cos.
Rev. E 11. Myers, Bibb Cos.
Mr. j. W. Burke, Cass Ce.
** J. IJ. Newton, Clarke Cos,
“ 1). F MuGeuee, Meriwether Cos,
*• C. Wellborn, Houston Cos.
On motion the Chairman and Seerci.nl
went added to the committee.
On tnotiuii the Com mil lee were requested
to prepare the Resolutions for publication.
Mr. Williford oll’erctl the following:
lit sol red, That when this Convention ad
journs, it adjourns to meet in tho city ol
Atlanta, on the 2Jd of February—and that
the friends ol this movement in each comi
ty be earnestly invited to send delegates to
that meeting.
On motion adjourned.
W. B. WILLIFORD, Sec’y
To (lie Citizens of ttae State of
Cieoi’ifia.
At a recent meeting in the city of Macun,
of a number of your feiluw-cuizens from va
rious sections of the State, to consider the
propriety of asking Legislative interference
for the suppression of the Traffic in Intoxi
cating drinks, the undersigned were tip
pointed a Committee to address you upon
this iill-iui|iortaiit subject.
The following plait of operation for ef
fecting the suppression of the Traffic was
proposed, discussed and adopted.
1. That the citizens of Georgia, who fa
vor this object, petition the Legislature at
its next regular session to repeal the present
License Laws, and to leave it to the citizens
of the several counties to determine by vote
regularly taken, whether the liberty to sell
intoxicating drinks within their respective
limits shall be granted or denied.
The same Legislature (ot 1853) shall
be asked to instruct the voters at the next
regular election in Oct. 1854, to indorse on
tin ir tickets, “Sale” or “no Sale,” —that
thus the general sentiment of our citizens
uiay be known, mid, if the majority of the
voters demand, a law passed lor the entire
suppression of the tralfie.
3. That for the purpose of securing an ef
ficient organization tor carrying out tiiese
objects, a Convention of the citizens favora
ble thereto, in which every county may be
represen.ed, be called at Atlanta on Tues
day ddd February, 1853. •
The object of ibis circular is to call the
attention of our fellow-citizens to this sub
ject, and to secure a representation of all the
counties in the Stale in the Convention
herein proposed.
We cannot within the compass of this pa
per, adduce a tithe of the reasons, which
wight be argued i.i favor of this movement.
! L“t it tuffics to i.nnt that we are u-ging our
j fellow-citizens to the performance of a long
liegh ted duty. It is an obvious truth, the
force of which every good citizen will at
once fuel, that it is the duty of every ciliz'-n
to do whatever lies in his power to advance
the public weal. We now assert that the
public interests will be advanced by the sup*
pression of the Traffic in Intoxicating drinks,
and if we can then make it appear that we
have the right and the power to suppress it—
that it is our duty to do so, will be conclu
| sively established.
Who can for a moment doubt that all
our interests pecuniary, political, social and
moral, would be greatly benefitted if, from
this day, no more intoxicating drink could
be procured in this State I But lot us look i
at the subject a little more closely, and no
tiue first what effect the suppression of the
traffic would have on our pecuniary inter
ests.
The thousands of dollars now spent in
gratifying a debasing appetite, would be
added to the profitable capital of the coun
try, and Would produce annually a valuable
return. That which this money purchases
is destroyed in the use, never to reappear
again in any productive form, while it it
were used for improving the land, or ter es
tablishing manufactories, or expended upon j
internal improvements, the wealth of the i
State would be increased, profitable employ-.
meut would be afforded to the poor, and J
new channels of trade would be opened.—
Every class of our citizens would partake of
the benefits of a wise investment of capital,
and none more than the vendtr, who would
find an adequate compensation for the de
struction of his business, in having new .
sources of wealth opened to him. ‘lliCj
change proposed, thus looks even to his per- j
manent interests, —and many who now sell
are so fully convinced of this fact, that they
are willing to forego this source of gain, if
others would voluntarily or under the com
pulsion of law, relinquish it.
These would be a lew of the results of a
profitable investment of the money now
spent annually in drinks, and which, if
burned up or buried in the ocean, would be
no more certainly a dead loss to all the eco
nomical interests of the community than it
now is.
Liut there is another view of the case
which adds strength to the argument. The
money thus spent not only makes no ‘profit
able return, but its expenditure in this way
makes such a return as diminishes very j
considerably the amount of absolute capital j
in the country. Labor is the poor man’s
capital, and intemperance destroys both the [
disposition and the ability tc labor. The
prouf is found in the multitude of men in !
our State, who have been enervated and j
made indolent or, wotse still, have become j
incurably diseased from indulgence i.t strong
drink. If collected they would make an
army—an army of consumjrs,—a dead
weight on the community, producing noth
ing to add to the general wealth ;—an army
perpetuated in our uiidst ly the Liquor
I r.iflio. Suppose that all our citizens were
such; where would be our Agriculture, our
Commerce, our Internal Improvements, the
general Prosperity of our Empire State ?
VVe would soon degenerate into barbarism,
and every individual among us of the class j
specified, tends to drag us back to that con
dition, or at least to hinder our progress to
a higher position. But there are thousands
such, and the public interests loudly demand
that we eradicate the traffic, the prolific ‘■
source of this class of unproductive citizens, j
The argument is not yet exhausted-— j
These citizens, non-producers as they are,!
are yet consumers, often of the most ex- j
pensive character, end they annually make |
heavy drafts upon the wealth of the com
munity, and thus reduce the absolute capi
td. Tneir poverty and lltrifilessncss throws
Mein and their families as burdens upon
the neighborhood or country, to be suppor
ted by private charity or public beneficence, j
I’lieir vicious habits and inflamed passions
lead them into crime, and our Courts of
Law and Officers of Justice, our Police, our
Jails and Penitentiaries, established mainly
tor the prevention and punishment of their
crimes, are supported by a tax, enormous in
the aggregate, which is abstracted from the
capital of the sober and industrious citizen.’
Let us add to this expenditure tiie eorrup- j
lion and consequent decrease in value of our
negroes—the loss of health and life among
them from drunkenness—and of limbs or j
life by drunken violence—the loss of prop-1
erty by their dishonesty—its destruction by 1
lire or other casualties, originating in the i
carelessness of drunhen agents, or laborers, 1
jor carriers, and we will feel that the sup-
I pression of the Traffic, the source of these j
j evils, will largely promote the pecuniary !
I interests of the entire community, and thus
advance tiie public weal.
Nor would the suppression of the Traffic
I be less advantageous in a political point of
I view. The immortal Washington said in
bis Farewell Address; “It is substantial-
ly true that virtue or morality is a necessary
spring of a popular government,” and the
sentiment finds an echo in every patriotic
bosom. Ours is such a government, and its
stability depends esssentially upon the self
government u( its citizens. But Intemper
ance ol any degree destroys all self-control
by tiring the passions, debasing the habits,
and dethroning the reason. Who can safe
ly trust liis character, or bis property, much
less fiis political liberties, the conservation
of which depends so tnlirelv upon a sober
judgment and a sound patriotism, to the
keeping of drunkards? And yet the ine
briate lias quite as potent a voice in the
popular government as the purest and wi
sest patriots. laT Intemperance corrupt
and degrade the masses and our liberties
will be under the control of those who
have incapacitated themselves for a wise
direction of the government, or a judicious
choice of law-makers and executive officers.
By is fir as men of this cl .84 have sway.bv
so far are our Institutions placed in jeopar
dy ; diminish their number, and we lessen
tiie danger; and all experience teaches that
we can remove this cause of apprehension
only by suppressing the grog-shops—the
centres of power to unscrupulous and as
piring demagogues- Every patriot owes
this duty to bis country.
Our limited space forbids that wc should
’ undertake to portray specifically all the so
cial and moral evils, to which the Liquoi j
Traffic gives rise; nor need we do so.—j
“Their name is Legion,” and they lie open |
to the observation of all. Half the domes-1
tic want and wreteheduessa, and more than I
j half the social vice, and the secret and open
J crime, which shames our moral sensibilities,
detracts from our high character as a peo
-1 pie, and deluges the land with tears, result
from the Intemperance of either the past
or the present generation. Io abolish the
Liqaor Traffic will be to introduce sobriety,
industry and thrift,—to restore brotherly
j love and domestic peace,—to diminish pau
pcii.sm and crime,—to send a flood of joy
1 through the heart of many a poor wife and
} shame-smitten household, —to arrest the
I downward steps of many a noble youth,—
1 and to remove the temptations to the most
1 debasing and brutalizing of vices out of the
! way of our servants, our sons, and our
! daughters’ husbands.
In view of these facts, we maintain that
i the public weal demands the suppression of
| the Traffic ; and now assert, upon tiie axio
matic principle, thateach citizen is bound to
! advance tile public weal, that it is our duty
I to suppress it if we have the moral power
! and the Constitutional right to do it.
Whether we have the moral power is an
open question, which is now submitted to
yourselves. in many counties, without
doubt,the Traffic can be easily abolished;
and this Committee is loth to believe that
there is a county or even a community in
the State, .vlieru the “Liquor Influence”
predominates over the power of sound mor
ality, wise patriotism and good citizenship—
where these elements of our prosperity shall
succumb to tiie demand of the liquor-deal
er and liis besotted adherents. Experience
has proven that we cannot extirpate this
vice by “moral suasion.” What can be done
in this way has been done; but inexperienced
you lit is 100 easily seduced from the path of
sobriety,—the slave is too entirely the sub
ject of his appetites,-—the moderate drinker
!is too secure in bis own strength,—the
I drunkard is too much under the dominion of
j a diseased physical and moral nature and of
| depraved habits to avoid tlie snares which
! every where around are spread for their
i feet; —and the vender, ready to take advan
tage ol this fact, and anxious to accumulate
! gain, even at tiie saerifiee of every private
and public interest, will not abondon the
traffic, and withdraw tho temptation, while a
victim remains to be ruined, unless the Law
compels lii.n to do so. “Moral Suasion”
can do nothing with him, nor save bis http
less victims; —the moral power of the com
munity must do it, acting through !'e Law.
We believe tlul this moral powt ,t not
lie with the erring young, or the jlerate
diinker, or the inebriate, or the vender, and
that, therefore, we can array it against the
traffic, and on the side of right, virtue and
humanity; and we now invoke every citizen
to do his duty to his race and his country.
Tho right is clearly on our side. This is
not, tis the last, an open question. Whatev
er it may have been in past lime, it is no
! longer a debatable point, lor it has been de
finitely settled by the highest tribunal at
I which our civil rights and our Constitution
lal law are adjudicated, tile Supreme Court
jof the U. States. Chief justice Taney lias
said: “// any {state deems the retail and in
ternal Yrajlic in ardent spirits injurious hi
its citizens, 1 see nothing in the Constitu
tion to prevent it from regulating and re
straining the ‘Profile, or from prohibiting it
i altogether.”
Mr. Justice Grier has said: “It is not
necessary te> array ttia appalling statistics
of misery, pauperism, &e.,&c., which have
their origin m the use and ahu.su of ardent
spirits. The police power, which is exclu
sively iu the Btates, is alone competent to
the correction of these great evils, and all
measures of restraint or prohibition neces
sary to efleet the purpose, are within the
i scope of that authority. All laws for the
I restraint or punishment of crime, or the
preservation of the public peace, health, and
morals, are from their very nature of prima-
Iry importance, and lie at the foundation of
social existence. T hey are for the protec-;
lion ot life and liberty, and necessarily com-
pel all laws on subjects of secondary im
portance, which relate only to property,con
venience or luxury, to recede when they
come in contact or collision. Salus populi
suprema lex. The exigencies ot the social
I compact require that such laws be executed
j before and above ali others. It is for this
i reason that quarantine laws, which protect
public health, compel mere commercial reg
ulations to submit to their control. They I
restrain the liberty of the passengers; they j
I operate on the ship, which is the instrument,
’ of commerce, and its officers and crew, the
! agents ol navigalii n. ‘They s. izc theinlec
icd cargo, and cast it overboard. All these!
t things are done, not from any power which i
the Suite assumes to regulate commerce, or;
interfere with the regulations of congress,
but because police law s lor the prevention
ol crime, and protection of tne public vvel
lare, must of necessity have full and free
■ operation, according to the exigency that re
quires their in Idle relive. If a loss of reve
nue should accrue to the United States
from a diminished consumption of ardent
spirit, site will be the gainer a thousand
loid in the health, wealth, and happiness ol
the people.”
We believe, fellow-citizens, that the argu
ments now set forth are irrefutable, and
that they fully establish our right nnd our
duty to suppress this obnoxious Tiaffic ;
and it may be further added, that if we have
the power to do so,and refrain from exerci
sing it, we become participators in the
crimes, which originate in our neglect of
duty.
L;t u no !o iger shah >ur liaty. Our
county burdens lor the support of U ie p au .
purism mid for the prevention and punish,
ment of the crimes, originating in Intemper
ance in our several com.lies, give usa claim
to determine whether or not within our
own county limits, the Traffic shall
tinued. Let us demand that our Legist,
ture shall first repeal the License Law, so
that no man can legally defy the moral sense
ot the people ofan entire county, and that
then it shall he left to the citizens of the
respective counties to say, whether or not
the Traffic shall be carried on in their midst.
Let the people, as the sovereign power,
claim and exercise their own rights; and
who shall deny them this liberty ?
Let all the Counties of the State send
up Representatives to the Atlanta Conven-
Hon; there to devise the proper measures to
be taken for the suppression of thu Liquor
Traffic. God save the Slate !
B. BRANTLY, Greene Cos.
W. S. WILLIFORD, Bibb Cos.
J. E. EVANS, Muscogee Cos.
DAN’L. SANFORD, Monroe Cos.
J. W. BURKE, Cass Cos.
J. H. NEWTON, C.arke Cos.
D. F. McGEHEE, Meriwether Cos
C. WELLBORN, Houston Cos.
E. H. MYERS, Bibb Cos.
Oct. 27th, 1852.
(iraud Diviniou,
The annual session of the G. D. S. of T.
of tiie Slate of Georgia, was held on Wed
nesday and Thursday the 27th and 28th ult.
in Touiochicchi Hull, Macon. There were
between seventy and eighty Representatives
in attendance. The returns from the Sub
jrdinatc Divisions were incomplete, and the
condition of the Order in the State, could not
be satilaclorily ascertained. Thu G. S. was
anxious to put thu Minutes of the session
in thu hands of the printer, and consequent
ly we did procure any of the proceedings
for publication. Indeed, we do not think
the details of the session would be interest
ing to our readers.
Oglethorpe County.
The Grand Jury of Oglethorpe county, at
the Out- Session of the Superior Court,
made the following very judicious and
praiseworthy Presentment. Eight mem
bers of the Jury entered a protest, upon
the pica, that the subject ought to be left
to “moral suasion alone.” No doubt all the
makers and sellers of the ardent in the coun
try, will agree to the protest; and we have
no doubt are greatly opposed to any expres
sion of the public mind upon the subject;—
“Believing that the retail of Ardent Spir
its is a great evil, one from which originate
many ot the crimes oi our country, wo rec
ommuid to our next L -gislature to have
the people say on luei. t;c.,uts —Retail, or
Ao Retail.”
Tlie •- oiisliluuoiialist.
V\ hilst we rejoice that one ol the Augus
ta papers lias spoken in terms of rep.oliutiou
of tiie present system for making drunk
ards in voj.ua through the State, we regret
that so i.diuenlia! a journal us tile Consti
tutionalist, should be opposed to any legis
lation w Inch contemplates a suppression of
tile evils of the liquor traffic. Borne weeks
ago, a correspondent, in that paper adverted
m terms of commendation, to the celebra
ted Maine Law, and expressed a desire that
a similar statute might soon 1 u found on
tiie law-books of Ueorgia. The Editor,
though admitting his communication, dis
sented from his views, and argued against
all legal iuterterci.ee in behalf of temper
ance. We were not able .o see much force
in tiie reasoning then adduced. Perhaps ho
lias better logic vvuicii lie tar. app'y to this
subject. We should be pleased to discuss
the merits of this question with him iu a
gentlemanly way! VVe would pledge our
selves to publish whatever he might write
on the subject, provided t.iis courtesy were
teeiprocaitd. It this challenge is accepted,
We pledge ourselves to assume the burden
of proof, and to show that it is wise, hu
mane and jusl to prohibit, by law, the in
discriminate irafiie in ardent spirits. What
say you Mr. Caa.dnu ionalist!
Health of Charleston.
The Board ol Health have discontinued
their daily bulletins, the health ot the Ciiy
being so much improved, as to render daily
reports unnecessary. No danger is now
apprehended by visitors to the City,
Ulucon itlercliuiits, &c.
t^*Readers of the Banner, who trade
to Macon, are r furred to several noli
ces in our advertising columns. George
W. Price and Bostick & Johns, are ex
tensive wholesale and retail dealers in Dry-
Goods. H. Fitch & Cos. in the ready-made
Clothing business, have a Store that reach
es from street to street, filled with all qual
ivies and det.itiptious of Goods. E. J.
Johnson, wholesale and retail dealer in
Watches, Jewelry, &c. &c., can furnish any
thing in his line, at reasonable rates; and
Mr. H. P. Pveddijig, at tiie Washington
llali, furnishes entertainment good enough
tor a S. of T.
‘l it American Fima, a History of Plants
and W ild Flowers, coni lining their Scr
entificand General Description, Natural
History, Chemical and Medical Proper
ties, mode of Culture, Propagation, cj-c.,
designed as a Book of Reference for Bot
anists, Piiysicums, Florists, Gardeners
Stadents, by A. B. Strong, M. Dv,
in 4 vols. each col. illustrated with about
70 beautiful Engravings.
Illustrated Natural History of the Three
Kingdoms, containing scientific and popu
lar descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds,
fishes, reptiles, inserts, Sic. Edited and
compiled by A. B. Strong, M. D.. author of
the “American Flora,"—in 3 vols. illus
trated with beautiful Eugruvings.
The above are the titles of two works,
now in press, and shortly to b-j published.
Mr. <’i l vw...v. mi Agent, is now canvass-