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VOL. XIX THE TEMPERA.rJGH BANKER IS TIIE Organ of the Sons of Temperance AND OF THE State Convention of i-eorgin: PUBLISHED WEEKLY, Sly ESuii.ianiiH IS.'suatly. ggp* Terms—(>ne Dollar a year, in rul vnnee; stl 50, if paid within fox months; and §3 00 at the end of tint year. No sub scription taken for less than a year. Letters must be Post paid, to receive at tention. —pm■■SlL'W ham* wT'-ftwr-o,- ?rra gggfir-'>?SBBK2?CB!l § Banner Almanack, for 1853. ‘ £ |-/. - ? ’*• - ;• . k § I t=jf § i l 111 jv 3 |s |j 3* k P 111 ff Jr® >?? i ! 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On any o cti-ion. iris” Every friend to Temperance/ take the Temperance banner:/ Teni|i■.•ranee men will not support \ Teinp ranee Press, who will ?” JUViENILE DEPARTMENT. Childrens Praises. Around the throne of God in heaven, Thousands of children stand— Children w hose sins are all fo’given, A holy, happy band, Singing’, Glory, glory. In flowing robes of spotless white, See every one arrayed. Dwelling in everlasting light, And joys that never fade, Singing, Glory, glory. Once they were little things like you, And lived on earth below, And Could not praise, as now they do, The Lord who loved them so, Singing, Glory, glory. What 1 iroiight them to that world above, That heaven so bright and fair. Where all is peace, and joy, and love? llow came these children liter, 1 , Singing, Glory, glory? Because the Saviour shed his blood ‘J'o wash away their sin : Lathed in that pure and precious blood, Behold them white and clean; * Singing, Glory, glory. On earth limy sought the Saviour’s grace, On earth they loved his name; So now they sec his blessed 1 c l , And stand before the Lamb, Singing, Glory, glory. What I have seen and Heard. A friend of mine has a little boy whom 1 have heard wish that lie could do something to make people happy. He lias read ofsome few great acts of benevolence, and ho wishes he could imitate them. If he only had money, he would give a great deal to poor peo ple; lie would give tood, and clothes, and books lo nil the poor children. 1 believe the little fellow really takes comfort in thinking of the good he would do if he had money enough. I have sc n this liife boy rush into his mother’s parlor, w ithont cleaning his boots from the mud before he enter ed; toss his cap into a chair, and begin some fine story lo his mother, without noticing that every step lie loft a quan tity of mud or sand upon the carpet. I heard his mother say : “Thomas, is that the place fir your cap? I shall have to forbid your com ing into the parlor unless you remem ber why a mat and scraper nr 1 placed at tho door.” Then 1 have seen h r get adust-pan and brush, and carefully jemove the traces of his feet, w Idn- he to put away the cap. I wice in a single day l have seen this done. Thomas dots not wish to give hi mother troublt; he loves her, notices that her cheek is pale, and she looks weary. Ho tuinks that if ho lives to be a man, hi-dear mother shall not work so hard and gel su tired as she does now. But a little, more though* would enable Thomas to save Ins moth er much tatigue, and give her much jTileasure even now. Let her sec him ’ weeping his things in order; his cap and tip; t alw rt in the pi'op-r places, his books wlmro they In. long, ni n- l on xor under the sul’a. L> him sec that.the bi-ootO,aml duster never i mow 1 him through a room. Let him a 1 trays I obey quickly and cheerfully . Finally, As above ail, let her see him growing up in the feat of the Lord, and a strict observer of the truth , and lie will do much good by his influence ; and example; he will confer happiness j mote true and lasting, wherever he is, than, without these iialiits, any amount of money would enable him to confer. ! He that is faithful in little things is the one who would bo faithful in much.— Well Spring. For the Temperance Haulier. Mr. Editor : A certain tippling in . <fivieiur 1, who lived about two miles 1 1 from a’ little town iti the old North j JSiu'c, vviis occa.-ionally in the !inhii c.f visiting a doggerv in said town, and ta. | j king an independent spree. One eve ; ning of court week, after getting gen-| teeiiy corned, he started (or home.— 1 Some mischie\ions wags (knowing that - he would take a nap “it the way, as usual,) followed him to play off sum.•! tricks. Sure enough they saw him li’ down—.and while w siting till they cold 1 hear him snare, di ‘V saw a huz/.uru ; light down, a. and warily apprnach him, i it gave him a sit l ien pick i 1 the eve. ! Tno pain and surprise roused hie up- j i raising up his head, and leaning upon ! his shoulders, he calmly looked at tin ! . buzzard, (who stood a few yards oif with expanded wings.) and exolai nod : ■‘.See here Mr. Ihin ml, you’re getting a Utile (00 — smart.'’ Such is the case j with a certain Mr. Investigator who ! figured in tho columns of the Temp r i mice 11. inner a few weeks ago. I With regard to his remarks about j Masons and Odd Fellows, 1 have noth ing to say—not having the honor to bc j long to either of ttiem. 1 just believe 1 as Lttle of the story of Morgan’s abduc tion, witnessed by H. L. Valance, . Mather, Gardner and others, as the In ifian did about the thn-e Hebrew child- I ren coming out of’tiic fiery furnaced un j scathed. A certain Divine, once hired an ig !no rant fellow by the name of David Holder, to split rails lor him. Holder, after mauling a long time on a tough stick, called tite I’reiichcr to help him ; by his aid the stick was opened.— “What u pity,” remarked the Divine, “ive have not the strength of the men of old, —If Sampson were here, lit could have torn that l >g open with his j hands, and taking the pieces on hi.- shoulder—could have carried them I awmy on the ti pof that bill —llolder j gazed for sometime in utter surprise,! | and then in a nasal tone remarked, “it j may be so, but curse me if I believe it!”, j Investigator himself may make the up- j i plication w henever it please him. j My object however, is not to justify ! or con temn neither Masons or Odd Fel | lows, but to vindicate the Sons of Tem -1 perance — premising that you Mr. I—, ’ have been acting like the Fox with the i grapes, by jumping again and again to j j pave a way for your entrace into some; jof those Orders, ‘ tit being found uu-j j worthy, you were denied admission, 1 j and in revenge for wounded honor, you ! are now trying how far you can defame ! them—rest calmly Mr. Fox—they are j ; only sour grapes, and not w orth jump-; ing for alter all! The Sons of Temperance lay no j claims to perfection; some Divisions: are cold and indifferent, and others, in I their zeal, carry things a little ton far. | “To err is human.” If to array! i against them all the votaries of alcohol, I and a wicked, ignorant and supersti tious hand—if to have the railing mal edictions, curses, and bitter denuncia tions of the agents of doggeries, daily showered profusely upon them; if to rouse up the wrath and indignation, 1 ! and call into full play the dormant in- j lelfect of one Investigator and his abb coadjutors; if all these things are 1 chargeable to the Sons, then let them he j the scape goats to hear these sins! Heap denunciation after denunciation! ’ upon them, lor they are worthy to be i condemned. j The Sons of Temperance! I ask all 1 candid men, what evil have they done? iTheSavii ur surrounded by a persecu j ting th |- ong—driven to a judgment bar; ! while standing there in the midst of his ! enemies, hut one had the courage to ask “what evil has he done ?” The same hitter persecuting spirit in this enlight ened gospel day, is still exhibited—the same that characterized the jews of old. i If to rescue poor, tni-eable, degra ded drunkards from the haunts of dis sipation and crime—take them intoou 1 (order—give them a brother’s hand, and 1 u brother’s welcome —-lead them through t a course of beautiful and interesting ceremonies—exercise a watchful care ! over ail their conduct, and finally, muk* ‘ them sober, respectable, and honorable members of society—be evil and anti -1 republican in principle—then Mr. In -1 vestigator, we are worthy of ail the > nee, malice, and persecuting \ou and 1 voiir friends can hurl.upon us. i (Jut sir, we fear you not, we eha!- ’ len- • investigation,—if you art in hou-: oiituie nun, and wm .. Is.lt 1> in tr.no, PENFIKLD, GA. JANUARY 15, ISA*!. wnd avoid misrepresentation, wo \riw\ not you nor n thousand like you. Hut poor human nature is always liable to err—so are you—and now pardon me while 1 relate an anecdote. A tippling Indian once went to the agent of a doggery, and said, “If white man fill Indian’s jug, Indian give whitemati a fine fat deer.'’ Hut w here ! is the deer ? asked the doggery keeper. “Humph,” says the Indian, “about halt a mile up that hollow is a large p ip- • lar tree, —does whiteman know dal i tree ? Yes. Does whiteman know aj large brush heap near -i t, . t “Humph, behind dat brjijse isb*n vhif ! man finddedeer.” • >*• quiyk. ‘ ly filled, and away ■\ and tew moons afterwards; the dogg-’-v i kce.-.-r again encwsnte r * - ’d- the hnOir.o and bawled out, “You infamous scoun- j drd, v\ hat made you tell me such a no torious lie l ’ - “Humph,” replied red j skin, “did whiteman find de tree?”— “Yes.” “Did whiteman lin l do brush heap ?” “Yes—but I found no deer behind it.” Humph, den Injhi tell two truth, and one lie. “Dat much better dan whiteman do, for whiteman lie all de time !” Now sir, Investigator, so far as the Sons ol Temperance are con cerned, instead of telling two truths and one lie, y ou have li—li—no not lied all the time, but us the Frenchman sail, “/ny gar, you no c me iu live hundred yards of de'Vrulh.” Are you sin ■ere , when you come out sir- ,giy in favor of total abstinence, al so m nw&rofab fishing the liquor iruf-j lie I - w ? ’an ,* he [lossible you are in favot of toe fjgor law of Maine ! \ Then why th.-o to of humanity condemn ‘.he F ts M’ id -nperance, who iiave accompli hod so much good in the great re lon’ - At in, &fid w. rathe first individuals, at l< . s in tH*? Sm. >, who j hud boldness enough to riv oj Jaelr voi ces ami banners in t'avo of 4.tat law. | You recommend all im ■ m- cf the old temperance societies, 1 :'DkaU the 1 members ofonr dill-rent ch ire as,- wn h ive united with the Sons, tot. a di vorce and come out from anion. iheVn. You say to the churches wh . h’ vK nit tubers belonging to any secret < 1 tiers, first, to reprimand, and tell then - get a divorce, and if they fail, why ! then they should ho exptiled.” Now I alt tlrs is very lim ! (as the girl said |to her bashful beau,) “ain’t you a j shamed to talk in that-away.” 1 have j known some churches thus to act. 1 jean refer the reader to one Association which expelled three preachers and sev- I enteen members, because they dared to I join in the war against the tyrant ulco- ! hoi. 1 can til Mr. Investigator, and prove it too, that one half tlio ministers of 1 hat Association, (if worthy of the j name of ministers) were in the habit of attending their different preaching pla ces, and preaching too, with a hihle and ! hymn-hook in one coat pocket, and a j large bottle of whiskey 111 the other j would he like to be ranked among such j a crowd us this? Those very drunk en ministers would (as Virgil says,) i extol his name to the stars, and snout aloud, “Well done good and faithful servant, thou art our man, and great shall 1 e thy reward.” You rail out against the Sons in your county because they had the patriotic independence to rise above party and elect one member of their Order to the! Legislature to make their laws, and j then dared (you remark with scorn) to I call it a triumph of principle. Now! sir, all this is very fine, and very con sistent 100. Notwithstanding your sweeping denunciation of their conduct,; you come out strongly in favor of abol. j ishitig the liquor traffic by law. Why man yon arc inconsistent • you aro green, and need penning up among the geese. You, yourself know, that we have been governed by drunkards and raging partisans long enough ; and if drunk”: unis still continue to reel into our con-1 gn -„< halls, or utter trembling, stain, j meting, nonsensical speeches in the! legislative assemblies of our different! States, consuming time which might hefl far b tier employed, and loading ujl witli burdens ol ruinous taxations thfl history of our glorious country, l.mt.J many years roll round, will tell a ji-fl fill tale ! V ‘1 < s sir, a- scornfully as von call c’ limmtof the .Soti-'-“H ‘triumplJH i ,ni ciji'e’ •—all sober, reasonable, jy9| li~ent, and chiislian men, gaid it in no olln r light. >iie •'•'us ot T<• <-1 p• .• |.,... j., our AH id ‘ll! v . „ r af ■ i.iir t -1 are. aH , • ■ I ; . V : eel : lililipßfli v HHj n secrets nr: 1 , and save Von the trouble of investigating any farther. Ist. We have one liU/c. watchword, which we change feii v times year, to enable us to know w' a are tr;*; Sons of Temper, ance, and prevent tlmsi’ who do not be long to us, from imposing upon us, and 1 claiming benefits. 2ndlv. We have another secret, of raising degraded man from the nu~a pools of doggeries, and making him a sober, res; eutablo ami worthy eitizeii. Now s'r, you ltav<’ onr roost, important and dangerous se ; crets ; Irfw’ do you like them? Art jj t- •- T'\ ’Ylfnr t. pm pa * you ! stonyet,.c |fi.v - : > •? rfc ii.ii vi- -s and ‘I ■-setiii i ,r . - f ■ de fines p ijur'y thus : “The act. or crime of’ making afleoath, when lawfully admin. ■ istered. Do the Buns make false oaths? if so tell us how. Have you anew lex icon defining perjury ? B not, you! are evidently great, and the cows might] Idle you instead of grass*. The Sons do take some solemn vows, and I admit that some nf the members break these vows, as solemn ns they are. The vows taken by the Washingtonians are also solemn, some of them too, violate t cm. The vows taken by the mem bers ofour different churches, are more suh inn than all others, yet you will : find black sheep in every Christian church, a iiuug every society ot Wash ingtonians., as well as among the Sons, j Why then condemn them alone, and pass Washingtonians and church mern ; hers by ! Will the iable of the farm ! cr’s bull and the lawyer’s ox, or the lawyer’s bull and the farmer’s ox ap. ply here ! Come sir, he candid, try ; some inatliomatioal investigation, and < see if the rule will not work both ways. 1 now say, without the fear of con j fradietion, that the Sons of Temperance have done more to arrest tho career of I drunkenness, destroy the influence of doggeiies, and elevate poor degraded i man, than all other human* institutions übined. Many of their enemies ac s ki.uv.vdge this, but because, in many Ife cum,popular prejudice is arrayed ag-v isi; n ; they, o iid probably you me- .id, n, aro willin ‘to glide along SI -’ ‘b'ifip ‘he popular current, and ■inn !#& _ ,;r Boos, in all probabili- 1 1 \ • Ht\r o i--Lflaoi bw,.er judgment. A ooHjimt. t hem, bcCaus - they V lUige ot nioney on han”- and: i, tt.- |)av(3 aoi trton. ey mi ban \- iha ben tii of the member. 1, -fietr c but does that matter any V, ‘ / you? Versons sometimes by iutending own l!| ’ • -o'! j II VI- IIOII^ ■ ■ tillery M n fl is me m any M ■ M M “V Ljfl j Aaguft 7, 185 .’ ; i:l ! the diliusion ot and mltiva-! lion “I intellect, —upon l|ie siune prin ciple dial makes them coifejernn that rx - ce.Hniey in others, which them ■ selves can never attain. Now sir, in conclusion, if yiHiuw I sincere in thinking Hint our secrets ito ■ “'angeu-u.s and anti-repuldieany just j i he candid, am! act the patriot far once ‘ 1 , before you die. For the small sum of’ two dollars you can he initiated into all ! mir secrets, ami if you see any of4hose dangerous and anti.republican nrirmi pb;s ttmaijM, i,A - m . . ‘ u* up von, • .’•** .*>•< ‘qn A,* *’ 1 -,te , 1* J ••-u d’i Mr- r ‘ •*nd i* J. ... •-/. ran agnin, you’ wm find fileTuy of livxe.s to pull yon ■ out hv the horns. This proposiivrt uj reasonable —it is fair, —accede to it at; once, or forever, hereafter, hold your peace. ; ‘ JACOB. Red Clay Division, Jan. Ist, 1852. For the benefit of Investigator and Others, l will relate an accident, which I happened here on Christmas eve. A ; company ofsmne forty dr fifty votaries] of alcohol —black and white —assembled j at Tracy’s doggery, for the purpose'bf giving tho Sous of lied Clay Division, a. glorious serenade. Tho rain had fallen copiously drying the evening, and till <) o’clock at night, when it ceased for a time ; then, this numerous company ot respectable whiskey volun teers, taking advantage of tLo storm, s diietl out, (one halfofthom drunk and probably tho other half too) on their holy mission of love. Over the creek, which washes our valley, there were some four or live large troughs, eleva ted about twenty feet above the water, for the purpose of conducting the water out of a ditch on one side into another ‘ ditch on the opposite side. A foot log was Lid over the creek, (which was i overflowing at the time) diieetly under 1 the largest trough. While Mr. P. W. * Rudd, of Temperance Banner memory, ■ ; and oup or two others were walking in ‘ 1 the trough above, a valuable negro ’ man, belonging to Mr. Richard Nay. t, lor, was'walking overon the log ; the t; trough (which was twenty feet above L the w ater) suddenly broke, knocking the negro on the head, throwing him : into the stream, where ho was quickly drowned. At the same time, P. W. i Rudd, slided down tho trough, and be • ing caught between it and the foot log, ’ narrowly escaped being also drowned ; • l , 1. was However, rescued by his s on companions, with his li.i’ iUi. ’l, and liken to i . e.t vs**',i v. da* Wnsliitiirton Hotel. Macon Ga. i Nov. h, Ifi*. ‘ 43--1 J 4n massacred army echoing.in bis ears, itti! his conscience const,• iriily tilling | Inm that he had committed suicide in l he most outrageous manner ( onsri nee, ihe torttirerofthesMufiiipscen, 3 !> Thiri*e)y bniwrlisli a thorp scourge with ‘ SeveTo derives may keep our tongues in owe (hit to our thoughts u-lwt edict can give law? tve you yourself to your own breast shall tell, \r>nr crimes, ami your conscience bo your LL-ilfag"* +•■ •' ;h -■ ‘if ,f ; ■ ’ ‘ ’ ‘A -le is by :/■ ‘ ‘■ !t o,We -v ---; grave. Our own towns aeg not excrrp j fed of scYr%sirnrtes ; hero is the anu I who has been educated, ut great ex pone*? —lias an honorable profession, ]and once was a rt’iodd of usefulnes r - Hut now he is a miserable sufferer, la. | boring under various diseases, brought on by his habits ; ho lias almost comm; - I ted suicide—lie must soon die “of I cessivo drinking !'’ and end an impious ! life by a miserable dentil. ( lie traffic in ardent spirits is cover ing our land with misery end death, and in all probability will do f,> ns long as the tralfic in urdenl spirits is sustained by the law. In L. P. & F. _ brevis". A crumb or two tor needy Christians Mr. Editor :—One of the greatest evils that nllliuts our land is intemper ance. If there is a greater, I have yet to learn its appellation. Go to our cit ies alter night has shut down her sable curtains and view the actions of men • you will find the majority visiting bar rooms and drinking houses, and so soon as they get under the influence ofur dent spirits, they are prepared and ready to commit the vilest deeds known among men, to say nothing of gamblin'* and profaning the name of God, which are the common practices of those who visit these unholy places. It may bo set down as a stubborn truth, that nine tenths of ihe wickedness of any city, originate m and about those places, where the beverage of hell is vended in gills and half r ints, to turn the brain, stir up, mid pul in action, the vilest pas sions umJ principles that satun can im plant in the human heart. Go to our country villagu^mri^i^^ obsi'lVi; ill, if . tn it i 1 ‘ iiiinr a short iiotice, nmj warranted. y U.r..M ‘ M NO. 3