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those of unrighteous ‘lends in , v,, ry do
par'ment of life.
1 have now given von a briefaceotin’
of the baneful iiifi'i--ne>; <>fstrong drink,
and when we consider tli extent in i’
ravages in tins and other countries, “’
cannot o'hrrwise ‘.lnin he 1 ‘ini no L
that tliis is not only a great theme lor
the Christian to nil and upon, hut ii i- a
great one for him to act upon ; but I
fear that many have grown weary ol
the frequent discussion of this sn’ jeet,
who have (lone hut little indeed, to ren
der its discussion unnecessary.
Moderate drinking does not onl\ “t
a bud example, but it is positively lay
ing the foundation of u dangerous appe
tite, from which, all intemp- -ranc ”
flows. 11l view of these taels, it Inis
long been a winder to me, how chrjs-,
liana can drink and v t keep “a eon
•cience void of offence.” 1 know it is
pietist to th'* palate, and • x hiliratirig to
the whole svstom for a while, when to
ken in small quantifies, tiud I know it
is a considerable cross to deny ones
self tin-luxury, after the appetite Im
.seen formed, /*ill all this urgties nothing ;
in favor of iis use ; ive can do better ,
without it, and those who cannot beat
thr.woss. make sacrifices, and deny Ui”
flesh its VrfivTfi**, shdfd resign the i
. cs.,, n huAw-.i k their only hap
piness in this world. My bible teaches
me, that it is obligatory upon the gen
uine convert to make nil needful sacri
fices, and that lie shall he amply n:-
tvarded tor so doing ; now if u man can
drink lifjuor and yet Is- a Christian, i:
really seems to me, that he can set any
other mean example, and still lie u dis
ciple of Jesus Cln ist.
Which is the greatest evil, “dram
drinking” or “hiir.se racing 1” I ;ms
iver, thi latter bears no comparison
with the former; therefore, if the pro
feasor must do one of the two, let him j
set that example which dm the h as’
harm. If lie is determined right o
wrong, to do something that is wicked
and mean, let him curso and swear,
cheat and swindle, gamble, or follow
some other little evil practice, for all
these are mere dwarfs compared with
the results of liquoring, or that huge
hydra-headed giant of a curse, turned
out of llm distilleries, especially, when
we consider all its effects, and view
the practice in the light of a had ex on
pie. Hut says one, notwithstanding
your reasoning appears perfectly sound,
you must bear in mind, that custom
does not sane lion llio-so other practices,
especially, among profess .is, while you
know it does that of taking a litltle bran
dy, egg-nogg, or wine occasionally.—
Well sir, who cares for custom ? is this
the Christian’s biblo ? \\ hen our dun
is laid down plainly, what right have
we to deviate from it, for the purpose of
follow ing that dangerous thing, called
custom? and what duty 1 ask. does!
Holy Writ more positively inculcate, [
than the setting of good example ?
Hut says the apologist, “these men sin
through ignorance, they think it no j ’
. liuiii) to diink a vert/ Ulth ■ now and I
. Ur,-.,. -'if i
OKU AN OK THE SONS OF TK.M I’Klt ANTE AND STATE TK.MI'EKANfK CONVENTION
again. It is my opinion, that the devil
makesjiim drink the first dram, after
which;the force of habit is quite smTi.
ei. ill to and ‘ the balance; of ti"; work. It
caused tru to have aw Ini I'-ai- for some
‘uf hi’ hen* rs. when I hear t him preach
‘iieli “I'iff, nii -1 the remark came with
t ,ree to’u.v miii-l, “if the blind lead the
h ind, both will fall into the ditch
I uud'Tf,! rod afterwards that he
does now ami then find tiie g utter s Lot., j
him. or which is the same thing, gets i
drunk! Now the prospects .o good
fm- a plenty jSf drunkn ids, at I .-,t for a
f. w \on rs income, without Iris assist
a-:c ; sol w mid advise him, if he has!
any thing else to do, to attend to it, so.
-hat wa may have a little lime to rally
ourlbrers against him arid bacchus.— i
There is a <si,'e lor everything bo. i
111‘eatli the sun, mid itm reason why his i
sermons sim-f stronger of whiskey than
the jjosp’ I, is because lie loves the!
former I>• ■ li< r than the latter.
Tlieri- are mat v things agreeable to
■ the -flesh, w liich are death to vital re
jlioioii, deatti to morality and virtue,
(II'UCO mid happiness, amt our tiible
; teaches ns that such tilings must be ub
! siuim.-il from and put aside, and if we j
imo utjtJUlJjng to do it, does tliis not .
i clearly prove mat we are. not willing
to pay ‘ln*, price of that inheritance,;
j that Christians alone can realize? It
I also set-ins to prove that we are not ,
professors of religion becau.se we love
its attributes, hut wo wish just enough!
to escape perdition, and at the same j
i time allow us us mucli elbow-room in j
I this world ns possible. There are too
many “f these kind of Christians now.a
| lay s, and I tear they will find out too
lute, that “vain-hope” has ferried them
over the turbid waters of Jordan. In
temperance is a great moral curse to
the children of men, and it behooves
every uhrisiiun to oppose it; hut what
cm the pour modi'i.tie drinker with a
crippled anil guilty conscience do, to
wards pushing on the glorious reforma
tion ! Just nothing at all.
JAM ITS 11. 01,1 I’ll A NT.
December 28'.n, issu'd.
Blakely, G i., Dec. 10. It, 1852
At a regular meeting of “Persever
ance Union, Ni>. 17, It. of T.” held
< )cl. 30th, lisf>2, a enmmittee was ap
pointed to draft resolutions approving .
the “M line Litpior Law-,'” and declar- j
iugthis Union in favor of a similar law !
in our own State.
A true extract from the minutes of
ssid meeting.
ALHINIA F. Pliß.lt V, It. S.
Wlk reus, alcohol in all its dilFcreni
forms, w ith its blighting, witherin'’ in- ‘
flu once, lias sent discord and sorrow 1
into many families, once happy: And
whereas, the State of Maine has, in the
wisdom of her legislators, seen proper i
to pass laws prohibiting the traffic in j
spirituous liquors, in which worthy ex-’
ample she has been nobly followed by ! ,
several of her sister States—ar and in),
view of the rapidly increasing interest <
felt upon the importance of such a huv t
in our oa it noble State: Therefore be it i |
Resolved, That I lie recent adoption I
w n portion of the States, and the fa. j (
fcjde action of it law that suppresses I
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pression of the liquor traffic, and where
; .is the most indefatigable labors have
been performed, and the highest ordei
of eloquence exhausted upon th” prin
ciples of moral suasion, without dimin
ishing to any con-i i'-l'.'ble degree tin
“ Sufferings of Iff.'ding humility, and
w rthoul instituting as yet the only prop
, er effort for the annihilation of'tiic cau-e.
Tiierefore h” it
Resolved, 1 st, That the members of
Floyd Division feel impelled I,y every
motive of justice, of humanity and he-,
nevolence, to adopt the mens i res w ‘licit
to them appears the most effectual to
relieve the community of the multi
plied and destructive evils produced by
tho use of intoxicating drinks.
Resolved, 2 d, That the resolution
recently adopted by the State Temper
ance Convention of Georgia, on the
subject of legislation, meets with our
i cordial approbation, and to the accom
plishment of which wi* invoke the hear
ty co-operation of our sister Divisions,
as well us every lovrr ol the common
good.
Resolved. 3 d, That as the traffic ill
intoxicating drinks is a legitimate aiib
ijeyt of legislation, the thee tor the pas
sage of a prohibiting Itw is at the
meeting of the next legislature, and
| that it is not only proper but indispensa
ble to success in this endeavor, that we
! use all the power and influence at our
I command in order to secure the elec
tion of such candidates fin- the legisla
tore, who are uoiiously known as firm, I
‘emphatic and undoubted advocates ofi
such a law.
Resolved, 4//t, That we will perse
vere in the prosecution of the measures j
indicated in the above resolutions, both !
at the ballot-box and before the legisla
ture, until the full measure of what we I
desire, the entire prohibit inn of the
liquor traffic be couxurn. lated.
.1. D. DICKKRSON,
B. n. HARR,
W. B. JONHS.
Flbcrt foinitj'.
The following rt solutions, we are in
fonned, were submitted to lie Division, by
brother N. Boothe, and p.is-ed without a
dissenting voice. Accompr.m ing the reso
lutions, we received some interesting state
ments in relation to the (orgress of the
I temperance cause in Elbei". county, by our
i brother Harper, whieli we w ould gladly
publish, but lor the crowd -d state of our
I eluimis.—Ed, Banner.
Antioch Division. No. -it, /
H. of TANARUS., Dec. 23th, 1852. <
Resolved, I hat we as memF-rs ol
this Division, will not vote for any man /
who uiity be a candidate for a .seat iiil
the next legislature, who will buyyrU
dent spirits, or cause to be b.-ngj/f in j
any shape or in,mm r, fin- the purpose
of treating his constituents; or who is
in favor of the liquor Lrnilic in any
form, or who will say fie will oppose
any bill that may Or bijbuglit forward
in the legislature tor tire suppression
of the liquf'i’ frall/c, üßr manufacture,
except fur medicinal find mechanical
purposes. J
Resolved a That w-a/will not patronize
or trade us h any merchant w ithin
bounds of who deals in and
ardent \ r
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I aible, the strides of this monster,
Therefore be it Resolved, That we
send a delegate to a Convention to meet
in Atlanta on the 22d February next,
to take intu consideration the best man.
tier of laving this matter le fore the
Legislature of the State.
Col. J. S. I! rail well then addressm!
the meeting, and on motion the pream
ble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted. The meeting then elected
the lion. K. Q. Andrews as the dele
gate to said Convention. It was moved
and carriod that tho procoedings of this
mei tbig bo published in the Temper
ance Banner and Savannah Evening
, Journal.
The Savannah Georgian and Repub
lican will please copy and oblige many |
of their subscribers.
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SOJiS OF TEMPERANCE.
Fledge of ll<t Sons of T‘ui|e-
I, without reserve, solemniv pledge
j my honor as a mau that I will neither make, buy, I
sell nor use, as a beverage, any Spirituous or
Mult Liquors, Wine or Cider.
Officers sS IlicUrauii &>ivisio-ai.
E. H. Mvers, G. W. P. Mac. n.
I!. I’i-.antly. <i. W. A. Penfield.
| VV. S. VVillifdud, S. Scribe, JMacon.
Id. C. Gita\mss, <i. Treas. Macon.
Id. P. Joses, G. Chap. Palmetto,
! Wm. Woods. G. Con. Madison,
i TSM Bloi>d\vortii,G Sent. Liberty Dill.
Earthquake at Acapulco.— The
Panama Star of the 16th gives the fol -
1 lowing account of the earthquake, from j
| a correspondent dating at Acapulco, j
I Idee. y.
“The first shock occurred a! 20 i
j minutes past 10o’clock, Saturday night, 1
i Dec. 4th, and the shocks, although less
I severe than the first, have been repeat
!rd every hour or so since. It came
without notice or previous indication,
except that about 6 P. M. the. mercury ,
suddr nly rose to 88, being three de
gret s warmer than during the day, j,
but even this cannot, perhaps, be atiri
i buted to the earthquake. The ground
roll'd like the oce.m in a swell, and
ttfen a trembling motion was felt lasting ’
Tvhirty seconds. About thirty of the
f best builuings in town have been luim-d.
some falling completely, while all of j
! any worth have been seriously injured. I
The loss is at least $200,000. The j
principal sufferers are Albeit Schoiler,
of the house of H. Virmond & Cos.,
Juan i.le Alq.ueyeta, the Government;
house of Gen. Moreno, Antonio IF-ina, .
Pierre Laforgue, J. Augustin Marin, |
Manuel Barrera, the Church, Custom \
House, A-Aguelata and Do. Billings, j
All the bottles, glass and ciockerv
; were in the hotels and private houses’
were thrown from the shelves and ta- i
hies. Yesterday morning quite a se-1
vere shock was felt, throwing down a
few wares which had partly fallen at;
the first shock. The Fulton Hotel fell
at the firs! shock on Saturday, but by
I almost a miracle every one was saved
|in town. In fact, 1 have not heard of a
1 single life being lost, although a few
1 were seriously injured.
Tiie whole population now sleep in
the streets or in the courtyards; and
| processions, with images of the Virgin !
i and Christ, perambulate the streets w ith
; solemn strains of music, singing, and
| muffled drums, imploring God for
; mercy.
As 1 write to-day, (Dec. 9, at noon)
l have constantly to spring from my
| desk, as shock after shock is repeated
i for fear of tailing tiles and walls.
VV rititig under such circumstances is j
rather an uncomfortable business; so
having given you the main facts, 1 will
j close.
Cholera.-Its Symptoms and Treat
ment —The New York Sun speakirg
;of this fearful disease, says that in its
I incipient stages it may be ranked with
ordinary diseases, and will then yield!
f to proper medical treatment. Its first
’ symptom is geneally, looseness of the
bowels, and to remove this we know of
no remedy more efficient, certain in
its effect, and harmless in its nature, ‘
than the following “Cholera Recipe.” j
We deem it highly important that |
every family and workshop should be
supplied w itli this mixture or iis equiv
alent, ready for use at all times. Any
druggist will supply it. The following
is the receipt:
Take equal parts of—
J Tincture of Laudanum,
|“ of C.iy t ime Pepper, treble strength,
t Rhuliarb,
P'issenee of Peppermint, treble strength,
■Spirits of Camphor
B The dose is lrora sloSo or even 60
Brops, according to tiie age of the pa-
IBiit and tii” viuience of the symptoms,
18. it sii mid iic n [>--ate.| ev.-ry 5 to 3d
HfHiutes until relict'is obtained.
.Vj^B' Mrn to a-io.i i” :i_ tly. says ‘i’ll idl-
tor it great pleasure nt life,
BBffmi'” w -. . admire
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TiffllE MIMEI.
I’M.yi’lllUff JO. 15, I£s 3.
KOTIC E. —Subscribers n c-iving
their papers with a straight blat k mark,
are therebv notili and that th-v are in ar
rears. One mark indicates one dollar
due; two marks, two dollars, three j
marks, tlirpe dollars, tfeo. Please re
mit the amount at once.
To flioMi win) •*we n>
Our Subscribers who arc in arrears, are
earnestly requested to make immediate
i payment. We have now due fur subscrip
tion to the Banner, at least Five Thmisand
Dollars. We agreed to publish the Banner,
lin its present enlarged form, at the low
price of one dollar [ter annum, if we could
procure Jive thousand Subscribers who
would fiaij yearly in lukauce. There are
from one. to two thousand Subscribers to the
Banner, who have not paid us a cent for
one or two years, and mme have paid
nothing for four or five years. Tilings can
not remain in this condition. Friends, you
must pay us. Last year, the high price and
scarcity of provisions, were plead in excuse.
This is not the ease now—and we insist
upon getting our dues. “A word to the
i wise is sufficient.”
To the friends of Tciiiperituce
in (Georgia.
Friends and fellow laborers in a good
cause.—Tin- Temperance Banner Jins just
; entered upon anew volume, and has un
i ilerlaken to weather the 19th year of its
age. it lias put forth its best abilities in
advocating the Temperance Reform for
\ eighteen years. It commenced its career
when the cause had comparatively but few
I friends, and it has never filtered. Three
years ago, it was greatly enlarged, and
changed from a semi-monthlv to a week I \
; issue, at the low price of oni: dollar per
; annum.
The Banner is decidedly I lie CHEAPEST
; PAPER published at the South. The!
Subscription is only One Dollar a vear,
ami the Postage to each Subscriber onlv
twenty-six cents, if paid in advance.— On
Dollar and Twenty-six cents J r a uhol>
year !
The. Proprietor greatly desired, at the
commencement of anew year, to enlarge !
and otherwise improve the Banner; but this
cherished desire was frustrated by the de- j
linquencies ol from one to two thousand Sub
scribers. So soon as we can collect our •
just dues, and meet the demands now ex- i
istiug, we design to carry into effect our ■
desire to give, the Banner an entire new :
dress.
The crises in our enterprise, and the
connexion in which a well-conducted jour-’
mil stands to the success of any enterprise
in this enlightened age, render the present i
a peculiarly interesting period to the Pro-;
prietor of the Banner, and to the friends of
the Temperance cause throughout the
State. It cannot be supposed that the op
posers of the R-form will aid in circulating!
and sustaining the Banner; its fi i.-n Is aU lie
must be relied upon. The Editor feels it a
waste of words and time to make promises
in this place, and at once appeals to the .
friends of social order, and the well-being:
of mankind, to give him the support Unit is
merited.
The Editor asks, that each Subscriber
andiriend of the Banner, will consider him
self an Agent, and exert his influence to !
extend its circulation and insure punctual
advance payments.
To the fi'iemls of Tempera uce.
W ill the friends ol Temperance, in every
; county in Georgia, meet at the Court Houses
of their respective counties on the first!
Tuesday of February next, and select dele- |
gates to the Convention to be held at At- j
hint a, on tlu 22d of February ?
Those Counties that have already selec
ted delegates, of course need not respond I
to this call. It is hoped that all others will j
select a number at least as great as their)
representation in the State Legislature, and j
also a sufficient number of Alternates to
secure attendance on the Convention.
r§v’ Will all Papers in Georgia favorable i
:to this movement, give the above one or!
; two insertions ?
Jlcetiiig in Greene County.
The citizens of Greene county, opposed ■
to the License and Grogshop system, are in
vited to attend a public meeting, at Greenes-}
boro’, on the first Tuesday in February j
next, to appoint Delegates to (lie Conven- \
tion to beheld in Atlanta on the 22d of I
| February.
2‘Jd of February.
It will be seen from notices in the pre
sent isuc of the Banner, as well as in pre-’
vious numbers, that some counties have al
ready taken action, and delegates have been !
appointed. It is earnestly hoped that all!
the counties in the State will take immedi-j
ate stops to be represented. The questions !
|to come before tho Convention are of the
first interest, and will more or less affect tile i
Temperance cause throughout the State.
Let the 22d ot February speak a language
that shall be heard and regarded, by friends!
and tees of our great reform.
“Jacob,” in reply to “Investigator,” will
!be found on our first page. To our view,!
our friend “Investigator” has run foul of a;
Cleobulus being asked, why he
sought not to be advanced to honor and
preferment, made this ieplv: “Oh,!
friend, as long as 1 study and practise
humility, I know where I am; but,
when 1 ska!] hunt aft’ r dignilii sand 1
prom.niou, 1 am afraid | shall lose
nr. self.
riclclier Institute.
A Catalogue of this institution, located
at ‘I In in i>\ille, Oa., has been received
Tiie Board of I ist ruction consists of five;
an I a list exlii Bed of C 8 male students,
ami *.fitrm:des total 11 1. ’The Fletcher
Institute lias bee n in operation four years,
and its progress will compare favorably
with similar instil utions.
Btev. !>. S*. .s ones.
The 4tli Saturday inst. is appointed for
the Dedication of the Uall ot Sanders Divis
ion. The Division desire and expect Uncle
Dabney to attend.
Senator Dawson has forwarded ns the
6th annual R -pm-t of the Board of Regents
of the Smithsonian Institution, for which
we tender him our tlmnks,
A few of our Subscribers have taken ex
ceptions nt our admitiing the communica
tion of “Investigator” into our columns.—
A little reflection, in our view, will change
this feeling. We Inue, in time past, even
invited opposers of the Temperance Refor-
I motion itself, to come forward with their
objections in open fight in the Banner.—
We have always been strong —nothing
doubting in regard to our cause, and have
never feared the assaults of our enemies.—
An experience of more than forty years, in
1 managing a newspaper, convinces os, that
it is not the wisest eunrse to exclude oppo
sition from a fvir hearing. The remark of
President Jefferson, in his Inaugural nd
! dress, we think it was, “that error may be
well tolerated, while truth is left free to
! combat it,” has sound sense in it, and lias
I influenced us in manv cases.
b. f. ‘fciaiiciiiticc Adrocaie,
I Te a t number annou cos the sale ar!
triasfe o ‘ the piper In’ Mr. E. Uerriot,
t til - Ma e Tt nip. Society, and its publica
tion i llice removed from Charleston to
‘Camden. Mr. Uerriot addresses the friends
| of Temp r nee in S. (J. at suin-i length, I•-
tailing the circumstances under which be
“’as induced to engage in the Edi ing ar.d
pil’ and Id'g the Advocate; the promises
made, inducements In-Id out, &c. &c. The
Advocate is very little larger than the Tem
perance Banner, and the Subscription is two
dollars p-.-r annum. A: r. Herriot owned the
\ilvocatc only on| tear, and says: ‘‘'flip
I result of the Ini .iMess leaves me to bear tr
’ey ] ■iiniavi/ loss, be.xidi s twelve mouthy
1 of uncompensated toil and anxiety.”
Other Edi ors and Proprietors of Temt
p-i-ar.ee papers at the South experience
nb lit the same results—with this differ
ence, instead of twelve months, twelve yeavS
may be named.
Bio. W. P. M. of Griffin, forwarded
us a list ot live new Subscribers, on the
first instant, and remarked as follows:
“I will just say, that the good c-iuse of
temperance is rapidly oti tin* advance in this
| section. Since the session of the G. L). Wl
tkmk the time will smn some when Star’
Division, 19.5, will not be one of tin, small)
Divisions of Georgia. Our prospects are
i 11 itteri igfor the future.—We have already
locked up one doggery and rented nut anoth
er. \\ e have also, taken tile G ueral anti
his Aid, ami vve tnink the privates are jii'6
o t tiie eve of surrendering, ‘i It,- time is at
liaial, when doggeryism will be one of tbe
‘‘things that were”in our beloved Georgia.
A correspondent at l’r.ittsburg, writes
under date of Dec. 31 :—“We have Iwoea
ses of small pox in Butler comity, and four
in the South Western part of Talbot.”
Extract dated,
Campbell Cos., Dee. SB
“I am ol opinion that tin- people of Geor
gia are ready for llm question of-license or
no license,-’ and whenever they got a chance
nt I lie question they will erase tint foul
stain I roin our statute book in short ordoj.’J
lit te We received some days ago, a list
of seven new Subscribers to the Bainitp’
from Carrollton. In l’orwarditig the names
to us, our friend Parker disc lursed in til
language, which follows, which, we think, is
to the point:
“ i he first name on the list is the man.*
” no but little over a year since, quit a bttsi--
ittss which lie had followed almost all his
liie and thought it an honorable
llw Banner, among other causes, caused
him to pause and refleet. 1 board*d with
him, lie read my Banner and sold whiskey—
but in a short time sold out; but did not join
the bons, as might have supposed lie would
but done what? he now faces the music
square up ! against the liquor traffic. And
lu- is smart too—argumentative and influ
ential.
I find there are some men amongst us,
who would like to be considered patriotic—
men \\ ho profess to lie him aue—men who’
profess to sympathise with the poor drunk-*
ard, his wite, the children, &e.—men who*
claim to be philanthropists and lovers of
morality : yes, some who profess cliristiani- ■*
U men who will acknowledge tile, liquor
ti'atlic as an evil ot the (list magnitude , wiil
aekiiow ledge it to be a nuisance, a blighting
r ” “i udhout any redeeming good. Yet
v range to -say, these men, making all these
assertions and declarations, from some
strange motive, falter at the republican
proposition of submittiug the liquor Gallic
to the voters ol districts, towns, cities and
iocorpor,. tiuns. They seem to say, that
ratio-r than brook difficulties and face public
opinion, or risk popularity, they will sutler
the cause ol tru’di and humanity to go by
default.
Please contrast the picture and see how ‘
much more honorable, patriotic and inde
pendent. are the Grand Jurymen of Jefferson
and Man Dun counties, Florida. Are their
*c, tiint iits upon this subject truth 1 Pfso,
lew con. i-tent would it have appeared in
tco - men—believing those things and pro--
’ h'g those tacts, to have reversed their
::.mi r.datten to the legislature, and said