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Sr.Ml’TKtt County, Nov. Ist, HV2.
)llro. Urnvtljf :—\ have !)•••■ 11 con
s’ ntly trivfli;ij, hem ring und organi
zing temperance societies, ever sine:
like lost S’ute ‘IV.„p. r.n -p Cmv* nlion.
T:uiu:jli I would not bunt, permit rn*• to
x'.y lit .ii I have lull lit.’ pleasure of or
•z mixiiiii mam ui theses eii iit*s, wlioro
iiuik’ had existed Indore, ns well as at
places win re 1 Divisions of tlie Sons”
Bud been previously e*lablishcd. The
pledge signed by ttifso societies is :
“We promise! not to make, luy, sell or
drink as a beverage, any kind of inloxi
i aiing liquors.
These societies being composed of
men, wnmen children, willio.lt expense,
afford t all, who are not in heart op
posed U. the temperunce cause, an op
■ portunitv <d i lentifying themselves with
it; and also an opportunity to those
who are oppos'd to manifest their op
position h. refusing to sign. Among
those who tints refuse, are many mem
hers of tin t'hurch. I his is lamentu
hlo ; still it is true, that many of the
most talented and uselul members of
most of the denominations, have be
come membeis, and many go f'reelv in
to pledged societies, when opportunities
are afforded tliein, who ohp cl to joining
the Sons.
Though many of the Divisions are!
languid and cold, and some have ceased .
to hear up, yet it is equal,y as true that
a great many if them are doing well.
The temperance cause, however, taken
as a whole, is evidently prosperous.—
This is manifested hy the continuing
fidelity of the Hons to their pledge, and
the increasing desire every where, both
in and out of the societies, -o bo freed
from the liquor traflic. Though some j
individuals have been faithless, this noj
more proves the departure of the spirit
of the reform, than the treachery of Ju
das did the loss of the spirit ol Christi
anity from the followers of the Saviour. !
The day is fast coming, when the
temperunce people with their neighbors, i
as free titiz as, will petition the legis
lature to aut u|ioa tliis corrupting und
ruinous trade. The temperance peo
j)l- will ask lor nothing to ho done lor
their societies. They desire no power
hut that which they now possess; but
their rights as citizens, Christians, and
friends of their country, not having
been lost or surrendered, they will unite
with other good people, in asking the
legislature to free their liiends and
their country from the grout curse of
the liquor sellers. Thu Sou? ol’Tem
perunce having undertaken to advise
the people to guard against the evils of
drunkenness, hy entire abstinence from
the use of all intoxicating drinks, forms
no more reason, why tlmy should not
petition the legislature to free the coun
try from the scourge of the liquor sel
ler, than it dot's why they should not
petition heaven, if the pestilence was
raging through (lie land, to free the
country from its work of death. II u
foreign army was to invade our peace
and plunder our citizens of their prop
erty, Sons of Temperance as well as
others, might resist their march; but
when we see drum-sellers, and the still
worse class of men, the sellers h) the
great and larger quantities, unite in
carrying on a work, more ruinous and
destructive of morals, religion and hap.
piness, than invading armies und pesti
lence is often Capable of being, the
“Sons of Temperance” we arc told,
should not interfere. They should
stand oil’, w bile these enemies of all
that is honest and good, shall carry on
their work of destroying the minds and :
morals ol all whom they can tempt, en- j
lice and ensnare into their power, and
when they have them there, client and
swindle them out of the last cent ol j
their property The property that
should buv bread for suffering women
and children, is the object ol their law.
less avarice, and having no hearts to |
feel for tile injuries ami suffering ol ;
others, however innocent and helpless,
they adopt the mentis ol obtaining it, by j
destroying the reason and self.respect
of its possessors, ami without giving!
them an equivoletit tor i’.
It is time that honest men, both in
and out of the temperance societies
should wake up to their duty, and try
to arrest the progress of this evil. No
man’s children are silo, whilst these
men are permitted to carry oil their
work of ruin and death. They cor
rupt and ruin our sons, and do the same j
for the sons of our neighbors, who are
to make husbands for our daughters, j
Whether wo be temperance men or not,
we are citizens, and the* path of duty is
plain before us. We jshould employ
all the innocent and lawful means of
removing the evil cl which we com.
plain.
The friends of the country should de
termine, not to patron.zo any man in
anything, who sells liquor, tor while
wo buy their salt, sugar, molasses, cof
fee, cigars and oilier articles, though
we may buy none of their liquor, we
are enabling them to carry on the trade
of which we complain; for if they
were left entirely to tin ir liquor eus
turners, as they ought to be, they would
soon v ind up ; at least tins would be
so with those who sell bv the quart and
larger quantities, ami also with many
ol the others. To patronize these men
in any parts , their business, is an in
direct support of the iiquor tridlio,
though hum st men tin not so intend it.
Thou let all good men seriously think
ol the etl-ect ol this patronage, and do
their trading with such us are not ear
ly mg on a business that entices and
wwipis their children and friends into
muus, deadfalls, ruin and death.
Let “every man be u ulgeil by his ,
trorfr*,” arid as these traders make a
OK(;AN OK TIIP: SONS ok TF.iMI’FUAN<F, ANIO STATE TIvMFKIi AN'CF CONVENTION
business of enticing and templing men <
into their power, for the purpose of du
i frauding them out of their property, !
and literally robbing the (amide of
their victims, all around them, of all
their means of comfort, they should be .
shutiod as the worst of all bud im n.—- 1
We bear of a few of them, the sellers j
‘hy the (juart and larger .piantities, he
ing yet in the (Jhurche ,! This is ter
j rihle ! This class of sellers is vastly j
worse than the dram-sellers. Tin i
j drum-seller lets his customers drink!
and get drunk und do much of their
mischief at his own house ; but the [
, merchant that sells by the quart, Aio-,.
sends his customers off to drink and get:
| drunk among their families and to a-’
! bus-them. If the doggery keeper be
unworthy of u seat in the Church, these
| sellers are much more so; tor they in I
I fact, furnish the doggeries and the coun- •
try all around them, with the means of!
intoxication, and every cuts, queut evil. 1
i -Should not the friends of viitm* > very ;
where, make common cause, in trying i
!to relieve the country of the business !
of these bad mer. ?
LEWIS RENE \! .
Rf.hohotiivilu:, Morgan Go. /
Oct. 21st, 1H52. $
| liro. Urantly, Deaf Sir —l forward
you a few lines in relation to our great
und glorious cause, tho cause ol IVm
perance. My main ol j et in wi-tiug
to you is, to let you know the opi.iion
of the people in this, and I think, in the
adjoining neighborhoods, iu relation to
the effects that would inevitably be
produced, should the Legislature of
Georgia pass what is commonly called,
j “the Maine Liquor Law.” The propri
oty und impropriety of a step ol tiiis
kind was discussed, to a considerable
! extent, in the Academy of this place,
now occupied hy Rev. J. I. \\ allttee,
on J''riduy night last; which night was
set apart expressly for that purpose.
Our own citizens, and others of the
| surrounding neighborhoods, uiet at the
| Academy about dark, after which Rev. 1
J. .). Wallace, was called to tho chair
l as President. We then proceeded 1
to discuss the proposed subj'ot,!
! “Should the Legislature of Oeorgiu[
pass the Maine Liquor Law?” After a
lengthy debate, und some very inter
esting speeches, by Messrs. Garland,
Prior, Rev. J. 1. Loudormilk, R? v. C.
Launttts and others, it wus decided hy
the President that “it is not expedient,
and would not ho wise in the Legisla
ture of Geoigiu to pass anv act to
abolish the use of ardent spirits.” We
do not intend hy this, however, to set
lbrlh the idea, that we, us a community,
are opposed to tier cause of Temper
ance, and in favor of un excessive use
jof ardent spirits—by no means. We
J long to see the day, when King Alco
i hol will be compelled to take his evor
! lasting llight from our laud; and when
| communities, churches and families,
! will no longer bo distressed by bis des
tructive, contaminating and demorali
zing influence. We believe, that the
most elleotual remedy is now being em
, ployed for the expulsion of this -‘fou*
■monster,” that could he employed, the
! Society’ of the Sons ol Temperance.
■ This Society has done much already,
I towards subjugating, and destroying
! our great enemy; and il unimpeded, u
will yet do more and continue to spread,
until “old red eye” will have many eu
i emies mid but few if any friends. We
| believe, however, thut the Legislature, ‘
■ should it tako any action on this subject,
! will very much hinder the success and !
progress of the Sons, hy exciting hawtil- |
ity against them, und any measures
that may or can, he adopted hy the j
Legislature upon this suhjout, however,
stringent, will fail to produce the de-;
sired ell’ect.
We are led to this conclusion from
the known fact, that men cannot he
driven contrary to their opinions; il
they are wrong, you must convince’
them that they are, before you can get
them to desist. Let Georgians- exam-’
ino this subject well, ;east they, uctua
ted by a strong desire to re 1 i ve sutler- j
itig children, distressed, women, and to
reclaim drunkards, should take some
step which would injure, rather than
benefit them. 11.
/<n the Tttxjierance lianner.
Tips Drunkard at Home.
Follow him, if you have a heart to
do it, as he staggers and ret Is along,
now and then licking the ground, till
he reaches li is once peaceful home.—~
“I le’s coming!” cry the little i nooents,’
as they look through the window, but
it is not the cry of joy, that welcomes
the parent us tie approaches his tender
family ; ah, no !it is the cry of fear— !
of horror. See them (lee from him as
from a monster—look ut the broken,
hearted mother, as she takes up her uf
frighted boy and bathes him w ith her |
tears, “Ah,” says she to her child-1
ren, “your father once loved you—once |
he loved me—he was a kind husband,
and a provident parent ; hut now we
are forsaken; your bodies shiver with
cold; your (uttered clothes are fulling
from you, and I have no new ones to,
give; you are hungry, but 1 have no;
bread for yon; the necessities of life
your father was once wont to bring)
home to cheer our hearts, are now
changed for the bottle, which some de
mon hud furnished him with, perhaps
as the reward of his day’s labour. Oh,
eruel distiller ! Oh, inhuman vender!
come and behold the fruits of your iniq
uity ; see the miseries entailed upon
the wretched mother, and worse than
fatherless children, by your thirst of
gain !” The next will end the scene
of this awful picture. BETA.
From the Motile Register.
T'.xb Licensa System --No 10
I have endeavored in the preceeding
numbers • without embellishment, m
plain homespun st\ I.—to expose a great
public curse. Language is inadequate
to a graphic picture ol the terrible ef
fects of intemperance — familiarity, W ilh
misery, alone, can touch the heart.
That spirituous Liqu -r detracts from
miturul vigor and depreciates t'ue stan
dard of of moral excellence, its results
sufficiently prove. That it lays waste
tile affections, degrades the intellect,
und levels tiie dignity of man to the
beastly condition of a vagrant; person
al statistics will verify. That its sale
hy draught is udver.se to public safety,
[subversive of social restraint und not
demanded by any domestic necessity
no one can successful!v deny. Thai
the law is shorn of its dignity, and trait
or to the I)’ si interest of the object, in
its toleration und direct sanction of the
medium to vice, as in the license sys
tem, the combined judicial wisdom of
Hie State cannot disprove.
If liquor must be .trunk, let it hr done
at home. Tn u the silent,eioqu. rtt up
peals of affection, the .solcmi.iiy of do
mestic influences, will i.i ‘Ve a more
e. ilain guide and dc-ieiice • virtue,
than the seductive, eorruoiive applian
ces of a bar-room. The gr at mijoii
ty of intemperate pencils go home
drunk ; and the most besotted feel the
reproof of virtue and innocence
UOl SO.
The honest confession of’ihu most
regular drinker will charge the bar
room with his delinquencylie knows
it to be true, that this public induce,
j merit, is the direct cause of excess, and
he will not deny, that lie does out of
doors, influenced hy association and
[ convenience, that which would offend
j tiie propriety of home.
The only defence of a bar-room, its
convenience, is the secret of its cor
-1 ruption. It is a numan.ee,, und no .nan
should be allowed to (ili bis purse at the
1 expense of another's health and virtue.
// is ail immoral business, and those,
engaged in it. cannet urge a single ex
-1 tenanting considei ation.
Let t he proprietor take his 3tun ! and
toll tho people of a single goo.! lie does .
Let the work of a season puss in review. -
Let the speaking tableaux of deisease ,
and death, sketched hy a demon’s pen
oil, present its vived outline. Let the!
‘still small voice of conscience’ make
vocal tiie silent lamentation of domes
tic misery, and where stands morality,
nay the humanity of the business.
Is the terrible responsibility of this
immeasurable wrong to be visited upon
the bar-keeper alone ? He responds to
u public demand, sheltered, sanctioned
and licensed by the law, and that law
is tho expression of prevailing senti
ment. He ) ieids to tin 4 com.non de
sign for gain.
Let the people calmly, dispassionate
ly, honestly, examine tins subject.—
Lit the Press* the great engine if
good or evil—rise in its moral manhood
and fearlessly investigate a custom
fraught with such momentous conse
quences.
When our good friend , has open
ed his lino stock of Liquors and can
ters, to the ‘most fastidious taste,’ let
j our useful friend the Sexton, respond
with his melancholy record of deaths
’ by intemperance, or the many agreea
ble substitutes, as paralysis, liver com
plaint, Kic. Let these public sentinels
• take u census of our charitable and
criminal institutions, the desolate homes
: within our city limits, trace efioot to
I cause—from personal observation alone
I —and then couple it with the oompli
nieui to a julep. Tell the people,
there your desires may be gratified but
here are the consequences. Let our
: modern Pharisee, who, on Sunday, dis
! hubs the melody of heaven with lauu n
; tulion over the wickedness of tliis world,
avoid the bar-room on Monday —nay
! direct the rising generation by example
: as well as precept.
The advocates of temperance desire
no arbitrary impositions, no legislative
restraint, inconsistent w ith our recipro
cal, social obligations- In plain lan.
guage, they demand the suppression of
the public medium to intemperance;
that the bar-room be declared —as it is
—a public nuisance and shut up.
If the law be so jealouss of its digni
ty and the peace of society, as to inter
dict the public shuffle of a card, and
punish with severity any infringement,
let it not legalize drunkenness and he a
party to the Liquor-shop hy selling the
privilege.
Let tin’ people d> cide through the bal
lot-box, whether their respective munic
ipal authorities shall grant a license or
not.
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
The amherst (Mass.) Express has
the following shot against the use of
tobacco. Deacon Ebenezer Rice, of
Rowe, aged 71 years, mowed on the.
•.2d day of last August, (it being his 71m 1
birth-dav) two acres ot stout grass,
beginning one hour after sun-ris ■ and
finished before 12 o’clock. The Dea
eon about one year ago left oil’ entirely
the use of tobacco, having been a most
invblerate smoker for forty years He
savs lie has paid out nearly three hun
dred dollars for tobacco. Since quit
j ing the pij>o be has greatly improved
in health und bodily and mental vigor.
1 He weighs over twenty pounds more
than he did ot.e year ago, and says he
feels twenty years younger than at 70.
These are interesting facts and speaq
I volumes against ihe use of tobacco.
LADIES DEPARTMENT.
Woman s Rights
a story Os leaf veer.
Sain Smith fat tit home cn New
Year’s day, in dishabille. Ilis beard
was unshaven, his hair uncombed, Ins
i long rf.ois wore unblacked, auJ lie was
i leaning back iu picturesque attitude,
witti his heels against the rrian
; tie-piece smoking a cigar. Sam
thought to himself tfaut if it was leap
year how glorious it would be i! tiie
Lillies would pop the question in accor
[dance with their ancient privileges.
As he was watching the smoke which
jso gracefully curled, Ids fancy glowed
with the idea, how delightful it would
1 be to have dear creatures endeavoring
to do the agreeable.
As ho meditated his heart softened,
and he began to feel a squeamish, wo
matiish sensibility diffuse over Ids fbcl
! irigs, and he thought lie would faint w ith
propriety the first time a lady should
squeeze hi* baud.
> Rap, rap, rap, sounded at the door.
| Ham peeped through the Venetian;
! blinds.
‘Mercy !’ exclaimed he, ‘if there
isn’t Miss Jones, and 1 dishabille, and
! looking like a fVignt; good gracious.
I must go right away and iiv myself.’
As he left lhe room, Miss Junes en
-1 lerod, and with a composed air intimu-
I ted that she would wait. Miss J ones
1 was a firm believer in woman’s l ights,
and now that tiie season was propitious,
she determined to take advantage there
of, and do a liitle courting on her own
| hook. It was one of woman’s privilo
[ ges, which bad been usurped by the
tyrant man, and determined to assert
her rights in spite of'the hollow form
alities of the false system of society.
‘Dearest how beautiful you look,’
accompanying her words with a glance
of undisguised admiration.
‘Spare the blushes of a modest young
mail,’ said Ham, applying the cambric
to Ids face, to hide bis confusion.
‘May, my love, why so coy V said
Susan ; ‘turn not those lovely eyes,
dark us jot, bit sparkling as tiie diu
momi. Listen, rest,’ said she, drawing
him to the sofa, ‘there, with my arm j
around Hue, will i protest my true af
faction.’ ■ j
‘Leave me, oh, leave me!’ mur- j
mured Sam, ‘think of my youth and in
experioticc-spare my palpitating heart.’j
‘Leave thee V sain Susan pressing
him closer to her, ‘never until the story i
of restless nights, of unquiet days of as
piration, fond emotions, and undying
love is luiJ before thee. Know that
for years l have nursed for thee a se
cret passion. Need 1 tell how each
manly beauty moved me; how 1 wor
shipped like a sunflower in the lurid
ligiit ol those raven tresses; how my
fond hear, w as entrapped in the meshes
of those magnificent whiskers; Ii >tv 1
would yield to tho government of that
imperial ; thy manners so modes’, so
delicate, enchanted me—joy to me ; for
thy joy was my joy. My heart is for
ever thine—take ri—but first let me
snutchakiss from those ruby lips.’
The overwhelming feelings of the
delicate youth were too strong, and he
tainted from excess of joy. Meanwhile
the enamored maiden uung fondly over
in.n, and—
Slowly the eyes of Samuel Smith
opened; he gazed widely about him—
then meeting the ardent gaze of his lov
er, lie blushed deeply, and from behind
his handkerchief faintly faltered out,
•asii my ma.’
A young lady explained to a printer,
the other bay, the distinction between
printing and publishing and at the con
clusion ot her remarks hy way of illus
tration, she said, “you may print a kiss j
on my cheak, hut you must not pub
lish it.”
Love is like a hunter, who cares not
lor the game when once caught, which j
he may have pursued with the most j
breathless and intense eagerness.
Love is strongest in pursuit; friendship}
in possession.— Emerson.
One ot the most important female j
qualities is svveatness ot temper.}
Heaven did not give to women insinu- |
ahon and persuasion in order to be im-}
penous; it did not give them a sweet j
voice to be employed in scolding.
The coining whiter will, we learn,!
be quite a brisk matrimonial season,
Cupid having been extremely busy with
his love-tipped shafts for the last three
, months. We often wonder his quiver
is not exhausted, and no doubt, it w ould
he, did not I’lutus frequently furnish
ft supply. Long flourish the reign of
Hymen, since, to use the language of
Benedick, “the world must be peo
! pled.”
Trie following is from “Revenge,”
an w novel by the author of the “Smil
ing Axe,” “The Sanguinary Crow
iiar,” (See.:
“His eyes were ript from their sock
ets, and melted lead poured in—and
the liend veiled again—‘lla! Hell’s fu
ries!- —wretch!—tiend!—demon!
—daggers !—frenzy !—parricide!—fra
tricide !—martrieide !—suicide !—mur
i derer!—villain!—pirate!—robber!—ras-
cal !—scoundrel!— revenge !—im ! ha !
he! ho! ho! ah!—oh! oh!—c—d—O !!!!!’
and lie died ! ! ”
Hurrah for ! We were very
near becoming political, in opposition
ito our express desire. (Hiccough)
some water, Dick, cold wutci—mind.
Tilllß IMHNISR.
! NOV. 20. IVG.
Oxlinv Academy,
Thu examination of the pupils oftliis in
stitution will take place on Friday the 3.1
day of December next, on wliivh occasion
1). H. Saunders, Esq. of Greenesboro’, will
deliver an address to the pupils and patrons
Os the .School. The public are respectfully
I invited to attend.
I*ii*lberrie§,
A cluster of the above fruit, well ma
tured, was gathered from a bush upon our
premises, the past week. We mention the
Let, as some indication of the mild season.
A iv.-ek .ago, and apple and other fruit trees
I exhibited many blooms. But a change has
ceam . For several mornings, heavy frosts
1 have covered the earth; ice a quarter of an
j inch thick, is common; and the yellow leaf
[of the forest trees and the prostration of
vegetation generally, proclaim that winter
is near.
To Close wlu> want Husbands
tttid Wives.
“ The following most capital article ive
Lind as a communication in a late number of
[ the “IVnliehi Banner.'’ Shun dram drink
ers! Aye, if the unmarried ladies of our
: land would adopt this as their motto, many
I years would not roll over their heads, be
fore Prohibition would he the law of our
whole land. Georgia may well be proud of
sueli as “irl a “Martha Ann,” the writer of
v. ...it follow s. She says l ’i want a husband,'’
[ and then commences.”
We clip the above paragraph from the
Editorial column of the Pennsylvania Olive
j Branch. It precedes an uitide recently
’ published in the Banner, under the signa
ture of “Martha Ann;” and is evidence
[ that girls of .Miss Martha’s opinions are ap
preciated in Pennsylvania, as well as in
Georgia.
insiiiilii: Wheat.
Mr. D. Dickson, of Newton county, has
sent ns a few grains of extra large and hue
| looking Wheat, bearing the above ilj.me.
We are very fond of such presents, even in
| .small quantities. Wo have deposited the
seed in the earth, and when the season rolls
round, should vve he spared, and no mishap
befalls them, the result shall be faithfully
chronicled.
Ketftil Licenses in
By l; ite Augusta papers, we notice in the ,
proceedings of the Ciiy Council, that the j
Committee to whom was referred the Peti
tion of two hundred und sixty’ citizens,!
against granting retail licenses in certain I
limits, have been discharged from the duty :
assigned, and that applications for two li-!
censes within the limits speeilied have been
granted. The committee made no report,
■ and the minutes of council are silent upon
i the subject, further than what is stated
above. We have watched this movement
with some anxiety,and are disappointed in
not seeing something more upon the sub
ject. Will not some of our friends in Au
gusta, give us more light?
Tiie Watch and Morse sin ap.
j We have received a ludicrous account of
ja raene and trade, which transpired a short
! time since at Bairdslown. After many
i propositions and haulers by the parties in
; regular jocky style, a horse, supposed to be
worth (S3O, was exchanged for a Watch, es
timated at -$3,50, and a “jug full of liquor.”
l’iie article was received during our ab
sence, and only met our eye this week. }
Perhaps, at present, no further notice is :
necessary.
We have been informed, that the same |
parties left Bairdstown, on Sunday before)
the Presidential election, each with a bottle
in pocket, avowing their purpose to go to ‘
preaching. On the road, the question was 1
asked, Who are you going to vote for?
The answer was, for Gen. P. This prefer
ence not pleasing the interrogator an ug
ly reply was given, and a fight ensued.—
Both came to the ground; knives were
used, and several cuts made upon each;
but, as old Bald Face had pretty well weak
ened each, no fatal wound occurred. A
nice comment ary upon the license and)
Grogshop system! Is it right that the}
moral aud religious community of Bairds- j
town &. vicinity, should have such establish- j
meets quartered upon them by authority of !
the law of the land ? Will the people of
that district tamely submit to such estab
ments and such scenes ? “We pause fora
reply.”
Among the most pleasing incidents of tile
late session of the G. D. of our State, was
the passage of a resolution, inviting the
venerable Dr. N-. B. Powell* of Alabama,
j (who was on a visit to Macon,) ton seat
j with us. Dr. P. is a member of the G. D.
j of our sister State, is a true S. of T. and a
devoted and Influential friend of the tem
perance reform. The Dr. was introduced
} to the G. D. by a committee, and was re
ceived by the Representatives standing.
He entertained the body for some twenty
minutes in a happy style, encouraging the
friends of the cause to renewed zeal, rela
ting many circumstances as evidence that
the cause was onward in our sister State,
and that its triends there entertained the
right sentiments and spirit—and gave it as
! his opinion, that the days of license and
doggeries were numbered in Alabama. So
| mote it be every where!
A curious decision has just been
made by the Custom House autiiorities
of England, viz: —That dead rabbits
are poultry, and are therefore subject
!to an ad valorem, duty of five per cent.
They Were not specified in Sir Robert
Peel’s tariff bill. Had they been ad
mitted ns dead meat, they would have
been exempt from dut\ .
We have felt no hesitation in giving pub
licity to the communication of our corres
pondent at liel.oliothvillc, Morgan county.
Our columns are open wide upon this sub
ject, believing as we do, that discussion will
assuredly result in good to the cause. The
only source of regret we have felt, is that
good friends of the temperance reform can
remain so long in the dark upon this inter
esting subject.
I The quesiion as stated by our correspon
dent for discussion, and the decision ot the
President of the meeting, have no sort of
j resemblance to each uiln r. We do not
know that any proposition has been made
by any body of lenipehmce men, to ask the
Legislature of Georgia to enact the “Maine
Liquor Law;” and wo are very certain that
we have never heard any proposition to ask
‘•any act Iu abolish the use of ardent sjririts.”
That a large portion of the temperance
men, as well as other citizens of Georgia,
are opposed to the license system and dog
gery establishments —nr in other words,
are opposed the traffic in ardent spirits, as u
beverage, and contend that it should be
abolished or restrained by’ legislative enact
ment, is a fixed tact; and we have no doubt
will ere long become the absorbing ques
tion of the day.
Our correspondent speaks for himselfand
those engaged in the discussion referred to,
and says “We long to see the day when
King Alcohol will be ctitopolh and 16 take bis
everlasting Might from oar land,” and adds—-
<f We believe that tire most effectual remedy
is now being employed for tffe expulsion
of this/uu? monster, that could be employ
ed.” if moral suasion ah me is relied upon
to compel the “fiil monster” to “take his
everlasting flight,” we give rt as Out belief
that our correspondent, is sadly at fault.
Moral suasion alone has never accomplished
a work of the kind, and never will. The’
next ten thousand yenfs, with moral sua
sion alone, will find d.-ggerres and drunk
ards, and distress and ruin,- following i:v
their wake.
But wc cannot pnranv this subject this
week. We ask our friends at Reliobotli-’
vulc, to appoint another meeting, and dis
cuss the qiiesl’irn ~ —lt’ moral suasion is’
“ibe most effectual remedy for the expulsion 1
of this foul monster,”— ’.Vliy not repeal all
law, and rely upon it as “the must effectual”’
in “the expulsion” oT theft, burglary, arson,’
counterfeiting, forgery, &c. &o. Let the’
worthy President give his decision, and for-”
ward it to Ihe Banner for publication. We
should like to see such a document.
Colrf filter Girls/
A correspondent of the Penn. Olive’
Branch, writing from Squint Valley, relates”
what follows. We like that girl vastly, ant?
if some of our Georgia girls—some do—we’
mean all—would act in the same way,*
young- men wuid be cautious, and very far’
from drinking rrmi before they started ona*
courting expedition :
“It is only when strangers ebtne umono-st
us, that any thing Decors lo cause a scene.’
One of these took place hist week. Two’
i well-dre-sed, gOod looking yttuug men, re
i ported to be, rich, from a distant nei'dibor-”
| hood, came into the Valley. No one should
| blame onr girls for casting sheep's eyes at
them; iormany a mother how’ li\inrr | uls
done the like. J’he young men accepted of
an invitation to an evening party, and after’
all had collected, and while oiie of them 1
was closi ly engag-d in conversation with
one ot our girls, she suddenly got up and-*
left him in rather a rude manner. 1 wont;
say that for mother wis thinking about:’
gold or silver, or any such thing, but she’
saw her daughter leave the vouno man,’
scolded her, und ordered her to go and take
her seat again. Tile daughter’s reply wasp
“I can’t. ’ llcr mother looked dainrers at
her, and wanted to know the reason. 0 Now”
mark the spunk of our cold water girls.—
She spoke loud enough to be heard by all—
“ Mother, 1 wont; lie smells of rum, and I
ain t going to have the steam of any rum
keg blown into my face.”
Transactions oj the. Solliern Central Ag
gricullural Society,Jrom its organization
in 1846 lo 1851, with an introduction,
gicing the origin aud brief history of the
Society, by David W. Lewis, Esq See.-
of the Society.
The above is the title of an octava vol.
ot 408 pages, from the press of Mr. B. F.
Grilfin, Macon. It is neatly printed and
bound, and may be had of Mr. Griffin, for
$1 and postage. The title sufficiently ex
plains the character of the work, and our
citizens, interested in the planting interests
of Georgia, we suppose, will hardly fail to
procure a copy.
Bilis have pissed the Mississippi’ Legis
lature, prohibiting tin-granting of licenses
in several townships and counties, upon a
\oteota majority ol the people requesting
the boards of police to withhold license.
Hie Essay on the Liquor Law, by
James Clarke, Esq. prepared at the request
of Howehitka Division, we will endeavor to
publish next week.
Salisbury, N. C„ Nov. I3th, 1852.
Dru. Hrantly : —Do me the favor to an
nouce through your paper the following
appointments. J will L cture thus: Mon°-
day Nov. 22, Danburg, Wilkes, 11 o’clock,
Washington at night—State Rights, 1 1 o’-
clock, l’uesday 23, Lexington at night
Athens, Wednesday night 24—Jonadab Di
vision* Walton Cos. 11 o’clock, Thursday 25,
Lawrcnceviile, Gwinnett at night—Pinck
neyvilfo, li o’clock Friday 26, Roswell,
hfohb Cos. at night—Marrietta, Ga. Saturday
Grand Division’ have reccotnmended to
the Sons and people to memorialise the
Legislature to refer the question of license
or no license lo the people. They are sign
ing it all over N. C. It is bound to go.
Do send me a few Exchanges to Athens*
Clark Cos., and request all who wish to com
municate with me to do so at Marietta
In L. P. & F.
S. M. HEWLETT.
Always pay vonr debts to gentlemen,
and respects to ladies.