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VOL. XVIII IHii. JJtifIPERANGE BAMviER i IS THE Organ of the Sons of Temperance AND OF THE State Convention of Georgia: PUBLISHED WEEKLY, nr BGVJAUM ItKAN'I'LY. O” Term*—One Dollar a year,in advance. Letters must be Post paid, to receive at- ; tention. jols OF TEMPERANCE. Plcdjfe of tin* Soils of Teinpe faiice.--1, without reserve, solemnlv pledge ! my honor as a man that I will neither make, buy, | sell nor use, as a beverage , any Spirituous or Malt Liquors. Wine or Cider. Officers of HieCiraiid Division, K. H. Myers, G. W. P. Macon. B. Brantly. G. W. A. Penfield. W. S. Williford, S. Scribe, Macon. E. C. Guanniss, G. Treas. Macon. ]). P. Jones, G. Chap. Palmetto. j \Vm. Woods. G. Con. Madison. ] T 8 M 3loodworth,G Sent. Liberty Hi 1 1 CADETS OF TEMPERANCE.! Vl.l :im. i: No member shall make, buy, sell or use ; as a beverage,any spirituous or malt liquors j wine or cider. Officers of tl Cirnild Section. ; J. W. Bf.nson, G. P. Macort. j B. Burton, G. A. P. Pondtown. l L. C. Simsov, G. 8. &. ‘i'. Atlanta. i Rev. J. 8. Wilson, G. C. Decatur. S. M. 11. Byrd, (j. G. Oxford, j \V\ P King, G. W. Thomnstou 1. O. of lietiiistbile*. Olßoers of Georgia Dist. Tent, No. Sip, loon- : ted nt Washington, Wilkes Go.,Ga.: John It. Smith, DP. C. It. Washington, | 0. it. Hsnleiier, D. C. It. Atlanta, Rev. G. G. Norman,D. D. R. V\ astiington ! A. 11. Sneed, 1) R 8. „ PI li O’Neal, D F. 8. „ ].. I‘\ Carrington, D. T. C. W. Hancocit, D, L. .1 tteclmbUc’s Plcdife. 1 hereby declare, that 1 will abstain from all ! intoxicating liquors,and will nol give, nor oiler , them to others, except in religious ordinances, 1 or when prescribed, in good faith, by a medi cal practitioner ; I Will not engage ill the traf- j tic ot them, and in all suitable ways will dis-i Countenance the use, sale and manufacture ol them ; and to the utmost of my power, 1 will j endeavor to spread the principles of abstinence Jrrtni all intnxioatinßliquors Fur the. Temperance Banner. Mr. Editor :—Having a little lcis-j tire, at present, from the busy cares of j life, 1 avail myself of your kind and! liberal tender of the columns of the j Banner, to scribble you another coin- j municaiion ; and although it may not be exactly suited to the “taste” of the! “collar boys,” it may serve as an agree- j able variety to many of your readers k who do nut wear the “hames and be | assured, my dear sir, that I am uncon- j sc'u’US of being actuated by any other! motive than that of “love, ” —love to! God, my country and my kind. I . have no quarrel with men, hut with j things, which I honestly believe are’ evil in their nature and tendt ncy, and which, in my opinion, clogs the wheels of the temperance car, freighted with incalculable blessings for my country and the human race. It is true, as you remarked, that 1 am ‘*still hostile to the Order of the Sons,” as I am to all secret societies, no matter fir what ostensible purpose gotten up, and lor reasons indica ted in a former communication; their iucongeniality with the republi can institutions ol our country, and their tendency to venality, corruption and crime. Another, and not the least, among other reasons for my “uncom promising attack upon the Order, is, their near assimilation to the vciou s in stitutions of Free Masons and Odd T el lows, which induces the belief they are thiir spurious offspring. And the fact, too, that they act as preparatory schools, (like the Order of Jesuits to Popery) to train our rising youth, the future hope of the church and country, to submit to the degredation and crime of being “ stripped, hoodwinked, cable-towed and led ’ like condemned culprits, to the Masonic altar, and there take upon themselves their impious oaths and hor rid, sanguinary penalties, disgrace!ul \eveo to a savage cannibal, much more a civilized man, claiming to be a c.hris lian, and contrary too to the laws of God and the country; than which, no institutions are, in my judgment, more dangerous to good government, vital piety, and individual rights and safety. A popular temperance lecturer, pop ular at least with the Sons, being on s yfthe fraternity, remarked, not I“"g since in a public harangue. iVg r re. t Masons and Odd Fellows ought, above allolhein, to join the Sons; because the Sons had and were still doiug so j much for them, by removing objections from the minds of the people against secret societies, and thus preparing them to join those Orders. In this re mark lliero is ceitainly much “more truth than poetry for truly it has been a time of unprecedented ingath ering to those lodges, since the organi zation of the Sons, which ought to afou.se to serious consideration and watchfulness, all who are acquainted with the true history, nature and ten- j dency of tiiose sinful, oath-bound se-j Ctet associations. And those who are) uninformed and desire light upon the j subject, are refeired to the very able uml unanswerable letters of the late Hon. John Quincy Adams, upon the. “Masonic Institution,” and “Illustra tions of Masonry,” by William Mor • gun, u Master Mason, who was kidnap- ‘ i ped and murdered, by his Masonic breth- j yren, at the instigation of a number of! i “Lodges, Chapters and Encampments ” 1 |of the Order, in the year 1826, for re. , vealing the secrets of ttie crait, which he had sworn to keep inviolably, under the penalty of mutilation and death in its most horrid forms, to which is ap pended the confession of Henry L. Va lance, one of hisiliasonfc murderei s,pub ! lished in 1850, bv Mathew Gardiner, | Cincinnati, and to be had ofEward At i Goshoin, 161, Main Street, oftliat city, j Also, “Albyns Ritual of Masonry,” a j Knight Templet, who had taken thirty I degrees in Masonry and received the ••sealed obligation” by drinking wine ! out nj a “human scull,” called the! | “liftli libation,” and who was highly j I esteemed by the fraternity until hedis. i j closed the horrid murder of Morgan, to j j the civil authorities; after which, he I ; was persecuted with vindictive Masonic slander; which, with Stuarts and other works upon the same subject, may be procured of William Gowans, New York: all of them worthy to be read land pondered most seriously by every | Christian, philanthropist and patriot.— flu Masonic o.itli.s, obligations and pen : allies, as revealed by Morgan, were cer tified to be true by a convention of ae | ci eding Masons, held at Lo Hoy, New Yotk, numbering two bundled or more, soon after the cold blooded murder of : Morgan, by this pretended “hand maid of religion.” Tne too successful ei ; torts of this real “hand maid” of the devil in thwarting and defeating the just 1 administration ot the luwsol the coun : try, in the investigations of the Morgan | murder crimes, in the courts of New i York, for live years, is clearly portrayed by the graphic pen ot Mr. Adams, in ! ihe letters refeired to, which fully dem onstrates the vicioiisuess and danger of the Masoic ami all similar secret asso ciations. Franco was morally and re ligiously ruined by Voltaire and his unholy coadjutors through the instru mentality ot secret societies, gotten up for the purpose, which was soon fol lowed by the bloody “Reign of Terror,” brought about by secret jacobinioal clubs, or societies, in consequence.— And it will,no doubt,he remembered by many of your readers, the conspiracy ol the notorious Aaron Burr, once high the estimation of the people, carried on by secret combinations, which, had tie succeeded, would, in all probability, have involved this country in a bloody war with a powerful foreign nation.— And, sir, you have informed your readers in the Banner of the 18th Bept. 1 last, without note or comment, of an other similar secret, oath-bound associa tion, called the “Order of the lone Star,” with its numerous “Divisions” and “.veil-filled coffers,” gotten up in violation of the principles of our nation, al neutiulity and solemn treaty with a | friendly power, under the specious pre text of “extending the area of of Lib. : erty.” But it is to hoped “Uncle Satri” will keep a sharp look out uud frustrate the evil designs of those Lodges of ban. ditti, or free hooters. And we are told, too, as if that sanctified the deed, that some “ divines ” have joined this new “Order,” as is the case with all the se cret-oath and solemn vow-bound instilu ! tions of the dav, to the letting down of ! the dignity of the niinisteri il character, ! contrary to the hi hie injunctions, and to the injury <sf the peace, purity and ! prosperity of tho church of Christ, which they were under paramount obli gations to preserve and promote. ! When lam told by such “divines,” that God has require and me to “be notun ’ equally yoked together with unbelievers, \ but to come out from among them,” and that “the friendship of the world is en mity with God,” and “whosoever there fore will be the friend of the world is the enemy of God ;” may i not with pro priety use the language of my Lord and master and say, “physician heal. ’ thyself?” 1 think I may, and feel my ; self sustained by some of the best com mentators upon God’s word. Ihe Apostle Paul charged his Ephesian : brethren to “have no fellowship with I the unfruitful works of darkness, but i rather reprove them and that great antiquarian, Dr. Adam C ork, ->)•, PENFIELD, GA. DECEMBER 11, 1852. that tho Apostle had reference to the 1 very corrupt Eleusinian mysteries, or j secret societies of the ancients, claimed by masonic writeis of out day, to he the Free masonry of that day, which Dr. Clark further tolls us. was put down by the government of the coun try, for their very wicked’ practices. — Voltaire and Dr. Wieshaupg notorious lor their impious attempt to destroy the | Christian religion, were both gladly re- | eeived into the masonic fraternity, and j many others of like kidney; and the Sons tell us they will receive just such) execrable charaote p s into their fond | j fraternal embrace of “Love, Purity and j I Fidelity,” and entitle them to uil the I privileges of the Order and the benefits] of their charity funds, in preference to 1 a so lie ring disciple of Cinist, wiio hup i pe.is to he an outsider.” How far such j tilings tallies with the word of God, let 1 the intelligent Bible reader judge. It is matter of surprise to me, that ; while the nations ul Europe are perfect 'ly aw ake to the danger of secret socie i ties, and historians tell us of their cor rupt practices in ancient times, and modern developments from their vi eiousuess and criminality, the people and our State governments, particular ly of the South, should ba so indiffer ent upon the subjectjnotwithstauding the warning voice of a Jefferson, a Han cock, the two^Adams’, and a host of other patriots, distinguished for wisdom, virtue nod patriotism. It is, no doubt, known to many of your readers, that the negroes of some of the free soil States have been formed into Masonic Lodges, and very probably into all the ! secret organizations of the day; and j who knows hut they may he secretly I extended to our black population, free j and slave, uml used by abolitionists to ! carry out their fanatical ami diabolical schemes of emancipation. No organi zation, in iny opinion, would he better suited to effect or facilitate their schemes of revolt among our black population. Mr, Adams and Mr. Alhyn, infirm us in their hooks referred to, of the pro scriptive policy of the Masons in order to monopolize office and accumulate ■ power, in the States and federal gov ernment, which caused the regretted , necessity of organizing a political unti f | Masonic party at the North, in self de ! | fence and to preserve our republican j institutions iii their purity; and I have Ino doubt the same proscriptive policy : j is, to some extent, practiced by all the j secret societies of the day, both in trade | and politics. Already this leaven of | unrighteous has begun to work among ! the immaculate Sons, filled with love, purity and fidelity, as the following fuels prove: Fruvious to a lute general elec tion, in the county where I reside, the two political parties in the county, se lected their respective candidates for tho State legislature and placed them before the people for their suffrages; one a Son, the other not. A few* of the old I whiskey drinking political friends of the Son, determined not to vote tor him because lie had become a Son, and it was thought ho would not bo eluded in consequence. In this state ot uncer tainty tiie day of election came, when som twenty or thirty Sons of the oppo j site political party, (according, no I doubt, lo previous arrangement,) oast | their votes for their mystic brother in | “love, purity and fidelity,” ard sueceed !ed in electing him by a few votes; and j this abandonment of their party was | lauded to the skies, by many, of the ! leading Shis, and others, us a “triumph |of principle.” Yes, sir, this übandon ! ment of political principle and virtually jof the country, for the interests of a j secret society, or for one of its members, ! merely because lie was a member, was i called a “triumph of principle.” How ! preposterous! and may I not with pro priety add, wicked and dangerous toi jour republican institutions, religious! | and civil \ Was this act of tiiose Son.*,! I pious, moral or patriotic? I wait for an answer. J ’hat the good cause of temperance ! reform has, not only been retarded, hut j has actually retrograded since its con nection with secret societies, is, to my mind, evident ; and that it will contin ue to do so as long as that inexpedient ‘■and unnatural union exists, as a chief instrumentality, 1 have not the shadow of a doubt. Secret societies are hate ful to the people, generally, and arou ses a feeling of opposition to all that is j connected with it, consequently will in jure the cause, however good, which is connected with them. Very many of the stauchest advocates for temperance re form have been driven from the field ot active operation, and thousands, yea, tens of thousands have been prevented from enlisting in the crusade against the “Old Prince,” in consequence of the restrictive, mercenary, and anti-re publican policy and policy of the Sons; and I fear it will have an injuriousef feet upon the legal suasion campaign. With these impressions and views, Mr.Editor,l cannot but regret the union bet ween the temperance cause, winch I very heartily embrace, and secret so vs :an enterprise i. : which all j interested, whether they feel it or not, Hiid should he allowed and encouraged to participate, without let or hiudor anoe, upon the broad basis of republican equality. 1 would therefore, with due deference to the opinions of others, again advise their divorcement, and the uniting of the temperance phalanx upon a more republican and expedient or ganization, where all may unite iti liar, inony to effect the great end in view.— “United we stand, divided we fall ,” is | undoubtedly u correct maxim, applied to church, or State, or to moral reform of any kind. The well filled coffers of the Sons might he made lo tell most gloriously in the effort for legal suasion if expended in the gratuitous distribu tion of appr. . and tracts and essays upon tho subject, and liie employing of able and eloquent advocates of that just, righteous und necessary measure, fraught with incalculable blessings lo our country. The came of temper unco retorm commends itself to every intelligent and candid Christian, patriot and philanthropist, who has reflected seriously upon tho subject; hut there is still a large portion of the people who need light, especially upon tlie ex pediency and necessity of legislative enactments to remove the evil and curse of intemperance audits legitimate fruits, and the fostering cause, grog shops, wholesale und retail. But this needed light is not emitted from the temples of tho Sons, who trunsaot their business in secret oonclave ; thus put ting their light, if they havo any, under a bushel, instead of lotting it shine be fore uil for the public benefit. I live near a boasting Division, which hns not had, to my recollection, a publio ad dress delivered upon the subject in two years or more, yet, they assume to he the greater lights, or best temperance organizations, und if uny fair Anna Frances dare attempt to urouso them from their lethargy, they are ready to scratch her eyes, or, at least, give her a severe “castigation.” If the people needs “line upon line and precept upon precept, here a little and there a little,” in order to keep their attention awake to divine things, surely the cause of temperance reform need to ho kept con stantly and vividly before them in or der to impress tho very important truth upon their minds and cvnsoienees of the evils of iiquor drinking, making and selling, which is sanctioned and en couraged by law, and the vast impor tance to the well-being of our country, of having those laws repealed and the traffic interdicted. My mind has long been convinced of the constitutionality, expediency and necessity* of the repeal of our lioenso retail laws, in order to the purity of o-ur government, and the peaoo, order and happiness of the people ; and 1 fain hope the sovereign people will speedily he brought to see the necessity ot legal suasion, and choose those to represent them m tho law-making department of the Stale, who will blot out from our statute hook so foul a stain. And to this end the friends of reform will ever find me battling under the broad repub. lican banner of total abstinence, or Washingtonian associations, where my “wife, children and friends,” and ail who may he disposed to enlist in the good cause, may fight, shoulder to shoulder, with me in the noble enter prise against “Old Aloliy,” as they are| in Sunday schools, Bible, missionary tract, and all other truly benevolent so cieties, against his sulanic majesty , whose liege subject arid agent aloohol is. 1 object to the Masons and Odd Fel lows’ oaths, and the Sons’ solemn pledge of secrecy, as unnecessary and sinful, which often leads to perjury. A sol-j enrin vow partakes of the nature of oaths ; and ought never to he administered or taken except when required by the 1 “powers that he” und fur “llio end ofl strife.” All extrajudicial oaths, or solemn vows, are, in rny opinion, and in the opinion of many sound casuists, a violation of the laws of God and the country. All oaths, not absolutely nee- ; essary, is a taking the name of God in vain, and I place salemn vo.vs, espe cially those that are promising, in the same category. How any pious, pru dent, or sensible man can bring himself to take oaths and vows to keep indefinite secrets he knows nothing about, is pass ing strange to me. j These reasons, with those before j mentioned, induce many members of churches, and churches, to stand aloof; from secret societies and oppose chris tian brethren joining them, for which opposition the hue and cry has been raised against them, as biggots, fools, covetous and liquor lovers. Admitting, for the sake of argument, that all the se cret societies of the day were perfectly innocent, they should not he joined by members of churches, if their doing so would bn a afflicting to “weak breth ren’s” feelings. This sentiment is plainly taught by the Apostle F , aul, j when lie says, “I will neither eat meat, nor drink tviue, nor any thing else, it it cause my weak brother to offend, ot be offended, or made weak. How un like Paul are many professors of relig- ion who Join and an here to secret sum j ties, obviously sinful, in despite of the opinion of the church and conacicncious brethren. Too Georgia Association declared many years ago, if 1 am not wrongly informed, that it was wrong for members of churches to join the Mason?, mid that the churches should labor w ith such members us joined, to induoe them to withdraw, and upon re fusal, to expel them. Ami so has ma ny other Associations and synods deci ded. And why should not the princi ple apply to O ld Fellows, Sous, Reoha bites, daughters, dto. ? The church was established by her Great Head, as tho moral lever by which the world of mankind was to he renovated, and her members are forbidden to form any in timate und unnecessary association with unbelieving and wicked men, and for obvious reasno-q hut little attended 10. INVESTIGATOR. Atlanta, 30th Nov., 1852, Temperance, Moral Suasion —skining a Drinker, and a callfor law. Dro. Brandy : —ln addition to trav elling and lecturing, we liave been ever since the last Temperance convention, oil allsuitubie occasions, engaged in or. ganizing Total Abstinence Temperance Societies. Though these wore expect ed to do good, we did not even hope for the degree of success ami prosperity, wliioii we luurued on our return to this plaoo, Imd attended those hoard from. These upon an average, we think, judging from wnat wo heard, had about doubled their orignal numbers; acting on advice given, to hold meetings as often us practicable while the warm weather lasted, many of'them have met once in every two weeks, and some of them had pruetioed adopting subjects for discussion at their succeeding moot ings. Among these, the expediency of suppressing tho liquor traffio by law, seemed to havo been a favorite. This isas it should bt, boos use it is consist ent with the true spirit of tho temper, ance reform, and the best feelings of the good man’s heart. ‘To the temperance societies and their • members, wo beg leave to say, that as thousands oi good men, who have nev erjotned any of our associations, arc now ready to coine to the rescue with • petitions, calling on the legislature for luw, against the liquor trade, there is for us, who work, us well as protisaa to work for the good of our race, hut one consistent course, uud (list is, to unite with our neighbors as citizens, and with them petition tor such legislation, ns • will best free society from the evils of inteniperunce. There are u few, und but a few tern • peranoe men, who through mistaken views, fear that an attempt to legislate will injure our cause. ‘They think thut “Moral Suasion” is all that is sufo.— If by this, they mean instruction, good advice and intreaty, (as we suppose ■ they do,) wo admit thi.-> always works well with good men, who are doing wrong without so intending. To con vince them is sufficient. But no states man ever believed that uny government or association of men, could protect so ciety from tho depredations, of had ones, by the means of “Moral vuasion” alone. All good governments operate in penal j restraints upon such exercises of liber- j j ty, us are known to ho injurious to the | common rights and happiness of the; people governed. As in tile ouso of laws against murder, robbery, theft, as. j saull, fraud, &.o. At o. These ami all j such practices arid business as produce i evil in society, are rightfully made pe- j rial, because, and only because, that iri their operation they produce misery among mankind. Therefore, ns the 1 liquor traffic is attended with more evil j than all the vices just mentioned, it I ought to he suppressed by luw. A sensible man would never trust the protection of himself or Ins rights, io an address of moral suasion to murderers, pirates, thieves, knaves, &c.; yet he would succeed full as well, us an ad dresser of “moral suasion” has ever dot'e, when made to liquor sellers, in behalf of suffering women and children, and their tempted, deluded und dying victims; for its influence is unable to find atouder placi in their unfeeling hearts. Why then should any Chris tian or temperance roarr oppose putting a stop to their destructive trade l Since sensible men havo become ashamed to defend this business as be ing right, the most common reply is, that uii attempt, they say, to suppress it by law, will injure the temperance cause ; even some liquor sellers and dram drinking members of tho church, give this reply. We wish these friends would inform us how it is, that they can feel so much fear of our injuring tne temperance cause, while they are en couraging tiie use of liquor as much as they can, and keep as far off"from all temperance societies, as if their mem bers had the small-pox. But the advocates of moral suasion do not, as we believe, have as much confidence in its capability of effecting its object, as they sometimes think they have. Would they he wj.lirtg to have NO. 50. the property, morals, und respectability of themselves and their families, ex posed lo lint grasping avurio? of the liquor sellers, wiihout uny other pro motion than thut which could he se cured by “moral suasion 1” Wil) they, ufier due comsiitarntion, and without let ting us, know how much of their own means ot happiness, they are willing to trust to tne simple protection of moral suasion, continue to insist that liquor sellers, without any restraint upon them, but that at’ moral suasion, should be protected by law, in seducing und destroying m.ti’s reason and moral sense, and then taking l'rrvn them all they have ! Will they do this ? We hope not. Many of them are honest, hut are mistaken in their views, and in the degree of confidence winch they think tlioy have in the power of moral suasion. We therefore ask them to give the subject unolher consideration. Some of them sometimes tell us, that j the drinkers are free agenti, and there | tore ought to take care of themselves. Auditing this, we reply that the liquor sellers are also free agents, so too are the moral suasionists ; and that if it bo wrong for the drinkers to destroy them selves, it is equally as wrong for liquor 8-dlers to tempt and furnish them with the means of that destruction. Nor can it he right for any one, to oppose the legislature's suppressing this work of tempting men into ruin. Trie liquor seller, in order to get oth er people’s property, without giving them any thing valuable for it, tempt them with the loudening liquors, and when the drinkers drink ami lose their reason, ihe liquor sellers and others so manage, as in the end to get uil they have ; und If we speak of arresting this evil by lavv, Mr. Suasionist opposes it, though ii is the only means that can give relief. Let none but myself, suys lie, interfere in this business, for 1 am the doctor that oun cure and reform the liquor sellers. By this means, Mr. Suasionist keeps oil’the only power tout can reach the evil, und in effect, koeps the way open to the victim to go to the liquor shop, whore Mr. Liquor seller skins him, and keeps on skinning him, and all depend ant upon him, until they are all stripped uud skinned of every valuable thing they have. This being done, the Sel lers’s struggle is over. He wanted live drinker’s property, und he has git it. He therefore has tio more use for him. In this knavish work, the drinker has lost, all, and the liquor seller has got all, and is well pleased with Mr. Sua siouist. He thinks him the very dandy jof moral courage, prudence and tein j porartce ! But as the skinned victims j are now, or soon will he in their graves, and mothers, wives und children are ruined, Mr. Suasionist is mighty sorry for them ; yet, lie does not see tits pro priety of a legislation on their behalf'.— Upon the whole, we suppose he thinks they might have had hatter luok. But mere they are, his sorrows not withstanding, broken-hearted objects of misery, skinned and ruined by a nefa rious practice, which we might put down, if wo would make tho proper of fort. But Mr. Suasionist thinks theso savage people of the South, are not suf ficiently civilized, us the people ol the Nortli urn, to support benevolent and liu until laws, designel lo protect simpler and unsuspecting people from the enti cing lemptutions ofcunuiug knaves, or tliu weak uud helpless fiotn the avarice of ensnaring swindlers. Therefore, wo must wait, says he, until the people be come better, when good laws may bo passod and maintained without a struggle ! Hence we often hear it said, “The people are not repared for legis lation on the liquor traffic.” Will our brother Suasionist, tell us wiien (he people, as he calls them, meuiiing, a.i wo suppose,liquor sellers && liquordrin kers, will he sufiihiently civ ilized lo hear legislation on this suhject7 Will he inform us, when, in the history of the woild, any great law or measure of morals or politics, restraining the evil practices of men, whs ever carried without a struggle ? Will ho tell us of uny such measure ever being oar ried by leaders, who waited for the en courugement of those whose practices were to he effected by it 7 No. Ife will not ; for all great measures that are carried, ure first moved in by a few, arid carried, if carried at all, by a strug gte. There is a tide in the affairs of na tions, us well as in those of individuals, which, if improved at the right time, will lead to important results. The in fluence of the temperance cause is, and for some time has been, sufficiently strong to justify a fearless declaration of war against the worst enpiriy of our race, — the liquor traffic. The public fueling will never be better prepared for it than it now is. We havo already delayed too long. We ought to have applied to the lust legislature. If we continue lo stand still and do nothing much longer, we may sing a song— a long farewell song to the departing spirit of the temperance cause. Al ready the societies have become lon-