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Pledge oi tlie Sous of Tempe
r&ncc<"li without reserve, solemnly pledge
mi honor as a man that I willneithermake.buy,
•:11 nor use, as a beverage , any Spirituous or
Malt Liquor*, Wine or Cider.
Officer* of Mie Craiid S>i vision.
a. H. Mr bus, G. VV. P. Macon.
B. Brantlt. G. W. A. Peufield.
vr. S. WaufMß, S. Scribe, Macon.
B.C. Grasniss, G. Treas. Macon.
D. P. Jones, G. Chap. Palmetto.
Wm. Woods. G. Con. Madison.
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Extract from “Prison Life.’’
A Voice from Prison.
BY KEY. J. 11. riNLY.
There is a monstrous error in public
sentiment, in regard to men who have
been caught in some misdemeanor and
thrust into prison simply because they
| are thus stamped with disgrace lor life.
Men will not associate with them, nor
1 alford them any encouragement to ob
tain an honest living, but will frequent
ly, even discountenance them. Thus
many are put to the necessity of steal
ing, in order to sustain life. These
•ticklers about honorable standing in
society may, and no doubt do, clasp to
i their bosoms men a thousand times
; worse than the convict, and yet, be
cause they have never been detected m
the commission of crime, are none the
I- guilty. Here is a man who, by
inordinate love of gain, has been tempt
!ed to pass a counterfeit n n dollar bill,
or forge an order for ten dollars. He
jis arrested, and served from three to
live years in the Sate prison. He is
| branded as a convict, and treated with
| contempt. But there is your wealthy
j neighbor, who distills alcohol, and
j the poisonous cup, filling his coffers!
w itli the groans of broken-hearted wives 1
jor the tears ot starving children. Eve- j
| ry beam and every brick in his house]
] uas been bought with tile blood of his’
i fellows. He has been the means of
| peopling the penitentiaries, poor houses, j
and asylums. But while it is written!
in capitals over the gates of heaven, j
“no drunkard shall enter here,” there \
j are those who still peisist in entailing
misery and death upon their fellows; |
1 anil yet they (mss for “respectable men.’ I
God forbid that they sliou'd be cousid- ]
;iered by the sober minded part of tho
:; community.
There is no estimating the evil done
by such men; and if actions were ineas- ■
ured by their consequences, this res
pectable vender of liquid poi.-on would
be in the prison, suliering alike with
the victim of his cupidity. But habit
I blinds the understanding, perverts the
{judgement, and reconciles man to many
j absurdities. It is related of Bonaparte
] that, as lie was walking over toe field
|ol battle immediately alter an action,
amid the screams and groans of the dy-
I ing, ho saw unmoved, the wile of a
] soldier weeping over his dead and man-
I gled body, but when he saw a faithful
spaniel how ling over the corpse of his
master, he burst “into tears.” The
i first spectacle lie could survey calmly,
i bui lie cutild not resist the second.
Just so it is with community. They
cun hun<! a mail for taking the life of
’ another, or send him to the State pri-
I son, far stealing a calf; but the rumseller
may slay thousands upon thousands,
1 and yet be a clever, good man. May
God have mercy upon our iniquities!”
The Fury of the Conflict.
Wesaw, a short time since, a picture
of the battle of Waterloo, presenting
! the moment when the two mighty ur
mies were in the utmost fury of the com
(Let, uud men were rushing with ter
i rilio rage upon tlie deadly weapons ar
rayed against them, and strugling with
giant strength to overcome amid fall
mg thousands. It was no unapt picture,
we thought, of the of alcohol ami the
; cold water armies now in the field,
and striiga|ii|ir as men never have
struggled before in any moral conflict.
Burning indignation lias roused the re
sistance of hall'the nation to the rava.
ges of that bloody Apollyon who has
tilled cities and towns with his carnage;
and the mighty tread of public senti
ment to extirpate and drive him from
the land, lias brought him Forth with all
his fury, with hell following; and now
w e see them hand to hand, breast to I
breast, each for life and for death; and
how the struggle is to terminate is yet
in the future. While we were mov
ing on under the silken banner of mor
al suasion, and in honeyed accents la
boring to persuade the liquor seller to
give up his murderous traffic, lie ad
mired our zeal, hut laughed at the
hounding of our weapons as they touch
ed his diick, scaly sides. Hut the
Maine Law, as it comes to put on the
; grappling-irons, and send the steel into
his very heart-blood, is not to be trifled
w ith, and lemce his rally, an I his
lurry. And it is amazing wh > are en
listened on his side; who stand afar off;
neutral, who question the Consii ulion
ality and right of our proceedings, and
who even plead for an unlimited liber
ty to his horrid ravages. In ourselves
we have never had hut one opinion of
the end. We know that this terrific
power, this Apollyon, this prince of
Death and hell, is to he vanquished,
(low and when we say not —only it i->
to be with weapons drwan from the ar
mory of God. We stand like one,
who, on some lofty eminence might
have been favored witn a vision
of that struggle, seeing tne end from
the beginning, the rush of armies, fall
| ing of thousands, the coming of Hlucher,
i the final rou 1 ; and waiclt movement af
ter movement, sometimes defeat, and
I sometime* victory, but always confident.
PENFIELD, GA. APRIL 9, 1853.
’ that truth, righteousness, and humanity
i will prevail. Now, a shrewd political
I movement; now a grave biblical ques
■ lion; and now, a great Constitutional
difficulty rise up like a high mountain
or unaonquerable fortress, and many
feel alarmed and distressed; but more
are they that are against us; we stand
by and see them dissolve and disappear,
to give place to some other opposing
column, which in time must pass away;
for we are mightier than our foe, for
truth is w ith as, humanity pleads, and
God will help. Courage, then, friends
of temperance. Be not dismayed.
Hos•. on, and hold out. ‘He that shall
come, will come, and will not tarry.’
We may not witness the final over
throw, but they who do, will bless our
memories, and praise him who gives
the victory.
From the Fountain.
Christian Liquor Sellers-
Quarles, an old English writer, says
that u sure test of llio riglilfuluess ot
uny thing he is going to do, is to consid- |
er whether he can heartily ask God's j
blessing u/on it or noil If he can, he
feels encouraged in his prayer to go on j
and do the thing. If not, lie is dis-]
cuuraged, anj held back.
It would be laughable to hear the
prayer that a liquor-seller, who fail- |
cies himself a Christian, would offer up I
to heaven, for prosperity in Ins trade ol
widow.making and orphan making.
In the county where 1 live, fnirteen
persons are know n to have died ot strong
drink last year; most of them husbands
and fathers, and one a your g woman,
who died not from her own drinking,
but from exposure and co'd, while
driven Imm home by her drunken lath
er, who was one of the fourteen. They
were all victims of the liquor traffic.
An aged Indian ciiief, morn folly look
ing around upon the wretched frag
ment of his once powerful tribe, now
thinned out and nearly destroyed by
the fuse-water, which men calling
themselves Christians, had carried a
inong them, —folded his blanket about
him, lifted up his right hand, and thank
| ed the Great Spirit for not having made
| him a Christian ! Hiw can aught but
j reproach lie brought, even upon Cliri-.-
tiauiiy, by a traffic so faithful to beg
gary, disease, crime, an 1 death !
j A rum-selling deacon is said to have
! been shamed out ot the trade bv the fob
I lowing incident:
j As tie was one day drawing liquor, a
! ragged loafer, who had purehashed
I poverty for himself and family at that
shop, ami who then stood by, waiting
| (hr three cent’s worth more, —suddenly
! burst into a laugb. The deacon, a
| grave man, and one who felt his dig
! nitv offended by such a graceless fel
-1 low’s laugh, sternly demanded what
he was laughing at ? “Why, deacon,”
] said tiie loafer, “when 1 see you here
! drawing liquor, and remember how ma
ny people j our liquor has made yaor
and sick, and bad, und dead, l can’t
help thinking 1 see the Did Boy stand
| ing by you, patting you on the back
ami saj nig,‘-4/t this is the deacon for
; me!’ ” •The deacon quit the business.
How many professed Christians in
Maryland and Virginia, still carry on
the trade in tears and bluod! Like the
Spoor loafer, 1 never see such .a profes
sor hut 1 fancy the devil to he patting
him on the shoulder, and grinning
; forth in Satanic plaudit “Ah, this is the
■ Cnristian fur me!”
For the Temperance Banner.
The Anti-Liquoi Law.
1
NUMBER THREE.
Il is not unconstitutional lo legislate
against the Liquor Traffic.
Many are accustomed to assert, in
loose and general language, that it is
unconstitutional to legislate on the sale;
ui ardent spirits. By this assertion,!
they must mean one oftwo things ; lirst,
that such legislative action is directly
jor indirectly inconsistent with some-!
thing expressly guarantied it. the Con
I stitution of, eithei their own particular!
S;ate, or the United States; second,!
thai sucli legislation infringes upon 1
some privilege of the people, to which
tiie Constitution makes no reference, !
but which it allows, merely, because it
does not forbid. 1 his second meaning
ma) he considered as tquivdlenl lo the
assertion, in general terms, that it is
wrung to legislate against the liquor
traffic. And this assertion, so far from
being a specific argument uguints legis
lation, i>. a gioss assumption of the very
question at is-un. The question is
‘•all things considered, is it right to leg.
islate against the sale of ardent spirit*/”
Those who offer the above named ob
jection, asie.rt that it is not right, and
attempt to use that bare assertion to
prove that it is not right ! As for this
question, let not our opponents decide
I too soon ; it is the business of this en
tire essay to prove Ike opposite of what
they assert. “Adbuc subjudicibus Its
• si.”
But this assertion which they make!
cannot prove the unco/ishtutionahty of
prohibitory legislation, in regard to the
iiquor-traffic. Let us notice how they
reason in a aircle. They assert that
an “anti-liquor law is wrong, btcauss it
infringes upon their rights.” Wby does
it infringe upon their rights 1 “Be
cause it is unconstitutional.” Does
the Constitution direoily forbid nuch a
law—or does it guarantee to them the
right to sell ardent spirits 1 “No; but
such a law is udverse le the spirit of the
Constitution.’ 1 How can an anii-liquor
law be “adverse to the spirit of the
Constitution ?’’ “Because whatever in
fringes upon our rights is adverse to the
spirit of the Constitution ; and this law
does infringe, upon our rights !” Mas
terly argument! Conclusion worthy
of that l’liumix genius, who proved, be
yond the possibility of a doubt, that the
moon was made of green cheese ! Thus
they argue in an endless circle; infering
their conclusion from a premiss, which
they grant to depend upon the conclusion.
Those who assert, tnat a law against
the sale of ardent spir its is unconstitu
tional, often deceive themselves and oth
ers with the following fallacy: They say
“as the Constitution of neither our own
Slate, nor the United Slates, prohibits
the sale of ardent spirits, therefore, we
have a constitutional right to sell ardent
spirits. But the proposed law violates
that constitutional right ; and is, there
fore, itself, unconstitutional. Tins fal
lacy, logically staled, stands thus:
1. Whatever law prohibits the e*er
ciseofu constitutional right is, itself,
uiicoiistitulioiial
‘J. Whatever exercise of freedom is
not prohibited hy the Constitution is a
constitutional right.
3. Therefore, whatever law prohibits
any exercise of freedom which is not
prohibited by the constitution, is, itself,
unconstitutional.
Hut, stealing is an exercise of freedom
which is not prohibited by ilia Consti
tution.
Tnerefore, whatever law prohibits
stealing is an unconstitutional law !
Ye, who contend that it is unsiiiulion
al to prohibit your infernal Gallic, be
hold the absurdity, to which your prin
ciple leads you ! The very argument
by which you maintain the right to
traffic ill poison, would lead you to tear
down the fabric ot society, da away
with the tight of property, and thus ut
terly annihilate the only foundation
upon which you can base a olaiin to
exercise the functions of satan's agent
upon earth! Is arJuiu spirit* eonsij
eied property, and do you claim the
exclusive right to dispose of your prop
erty, as you please? Hut the argu
ment, by which yon defend the liquor
traffic, would shield from punishment
the thief, who violates your right of
property, und would thus wrest from
you that exclusive authority over your
own possessions, by which you claim
the right to dispose ol your property, at
your own pleasure. D not disclaim
this absurdity, unless you intend to dis
claim the argument which leads you to
it. Be, at least us candid us man was
at tlie gales of hell, when he uckuowl
edged Death to be his son; and acknowl
edge this absurdity to be your own off
spring, even though,like Satan, you re
ceive no oiler satisfaction than to see
your hideous child “grin horribly a
ghastly smile.”
The term “constitutional right” may
he used in either of two senses. It
may signify, first, a right expressly
guarantied by theConslitution; second,
a l ight, which the constitution merely
dues not forbid. Any law, which vio
lates a right that is constitutional in the
lirst sense, is an unconstitutional law ;
but a law may take away a privilege,
which is constitutional only in the sec
ond sense, and yet be entirely consist
ent with tlie constitution.
But there is not one word in the Con
stitution of either the United States or
Georgia, which guaranties to any man
tiie right toeell urdenl spirits. Neither
of these document* mention that traffic.
It is true, they do not forbid it; but
that is all.
Besides our own reason, on this point,
let us see if there are any authorities to
support our opinion. It i* the peculiar
duty of the .Supreme Court es the Uni
ted Stales to interpret tiie Constitution
of tlie Union. It is the decision of that
entire Court, that such Slate hat the
right, under the constitution, to legislate
on the liquor-traffic, even to tiie entire
prohibition thereof. I might multiply
authorities upon this point; for 1 have
before me a document containing tne
decided opinion of many of the most
eminent judges and lawyers in tiie
country, all going to confirm the opin
ion which 1 have expressed. Jkit
enough has been said to convince any
one, unless il be some of those lovely
rcfoimed romsellers of Savannah* who
are just now finding out that it is wrong
to poison men on Sunn ays, that the pre
position with which we set out is true
viz: “It is not unconstituiioi*l to leg
i-lute ugainsl the 1 iqnor-traffic.
ALBERT ALONSO.
Speak what you think, hut not al-1
ways all y*ju think.
For Uni Tsuiperauvs Banner.
Mr. Editor :—l give below an ex
tract from Dr. Hodgkins’ lectures on
tbe wsorbid rfstis of intemperance.—
As it may paradveuture be the means
•f rescuing from a drunkard’s grave
scuae unfortunate being who may medi
taia and ooneidar that a premature
death is inavitablc to those who make
use of “king aloohol” as a beverage,
and palliate the sufferings of some wo
man that unfortunately has a husband
addicted to this degrading vice.
Dr. Hodgkins is well and advantage
ously kuown in England us a Patholo
gist, and is therefore known to speak
the language of tho truths of observe
lion. He is not hers advocating the
cause of the “tempeianoe reformation,”
but pouring forth the stories of his ob
servation and judgment directly for the
promotion und preservation of hoalih—
the noblest ellbrtof the medical man.—
The destructive effects of spirit-drink
ing are forcibly dwelt upon without
exaggeration, and the following r
mmks muy interest your numerous
readers :
“The futal influence of intemperance
in drink, is occasionally seen a little
beyond the middle period of life, at
which times persons are not very un
frequently subject to what is culled cli
macteric decline. Some are favored
to recover frooi its attack ; but to the
spirit-drinker it almost always proves
futal. Premature old age is another
result of spirit-drinking. I have often
noticed, with surprise, in the coufse of
my practice, that when I had suspicion
of the habits of a patient, and have en
quired his uge, that with all the marks
ol age and decrepitude upon him, lie
was some years my junior. The habit
of spirit-drinking unfits iis victims to
bear the wounds, fractures and acci
dents of vurious kinds, to which all are
liuble ; and the skill of (lie surgeon is
often bullied, or foiled, by the ill condi
tion of ins patient, who, by a long
course of spun-drinking, has destroyed
llio powers of liis constitution. It is
also worthy of remurk, that the spirit
drinker is peculiarly susceptible of dis
eases of all kinds, and, consequent!\, is
likely to Fall'the first to fevers, er other
epidemic distempers. The ravages el
the cholera have ceafirtned this by un
numbered proofs.
The heart and kleod-resaels da not
escapa the injurious eff'eciaof ardent
spirits. Tha former is subjected to a
great varieties of excitement, and the
palpitations so pro luced limy lead the
way to permanent disease. Ossifica
tion ot liie valvua, and thickening of the
lining membrane, are tiie probable re
sults. The arteries, both large and
small, are very liable to become ossi
fied; and when this effeot is produced,
tue individual is vary liable to apoplexy
and gangrene. In a former part of this
lecture, I have hinted at tlie injurious
effect* which improper drinks may pro- j
duae on the lungs. There is perhaps,!
no error af this kind by which this es. >
feci is so strikingly produced as when
ardent spirits are taken. Besides the
obvious effect which they must’ have in j
promoting and aggravating inflamrna- 1
; lion of tlie lungs, whenever these parts
suffer from irritation, at a time when
j tlni system is under tlie influence of
[ spirits, there are two oilier modee in j
! which initchief ia produced, affecting
| these organs, which are less obvious.--;
First, it lias been ascertained by experi.
mem, that a greater exorcise of respi- >
: ration is required when the eystem is
excited by spirits; hence, divers can- j
not remain so long under water after
they have bee* taking spirits, as they
can at other times. Hunnsrs, also, find
their wind shortened after drinking;
j spirits. Now those who take spirits tu
sufficient quantity to affvet the system,
and then, under the excitement which ‘
they tiare produced, upply themselves
jto some laborious or active exertion,
must expose the lungs, or organ* of res
piration, to the chance of very serious
[injury. Tlie other effect to which 1
aliudde, may seem at first to be at vari- ;
; uiHif with what I have just related, as
well as opposed lo the vtsfgar or com
mon opinion respecting the etfVot ofspir
its. It is generally supposed that they
promote the warmth of the body ; on
which acoouru they are frequently la
ken by persons who have noffnciin*. l
lion to intemperance, when they are;
peculiarly exposed to cold. This is a 1
very fallacious practice. A transient
glow may indeed be produced by the
quickened circulation which for a short
, tune succeceds the swallowing of the
dram; but tins afterward* becomes
proportionally tnoro languid ; in oori
sequence of which the surface,, and
more especially the extremities, become
pale ami 1 cold, whilst the internal parts
ure both stimulated by the spirit, and
loaded with blood which has left the
surface of the body. The object of
maintaining and equalizing the warmth
;of the body is completely lost; whilst
the internal organs are exposed to tlie
; danger ol inflammation. This effect of
ardent spirits is seen carried to its
ami mokt daugeroue extent in)
Russia, and other countries, where ex
treme cold prevails; The inhabitants
of tlieso countries are apt ttf ghfl tftfy
to ill-? temptation to take spirits to an
amount wnioh produces overpowering
intoxioation. If, in this State, they ex
pose themselves to the cold air, *r ar
driven out of dramshps and turned into
it, the Ccrißlriiied influence of tho be
tfumbing cold, und the lic/uor th'ey Bavcf
taken, produces a profound degree of
torpor. Breathing, which is olossly
and necessarily conttocicd with the pro
duction of animal heat, is almost sus
pended, and the individual, unless res
cued from his dangerous situation, is
soon frozen to death.
J lie deleterious effect of spirit on tbe
skin, is seen in the production of wliaf
are usually called grog-blossoms’ spir
its, likewise, promote uttacks of erysipe-’
las, which are often severe, and ater?
fatal, in persons whose constitutions are
shattered by the usu of spirits.
The worst effect of spirits, as non
nested with bodily health, are those
which it produces upon the nervous .v*-
tem; by which, l mean she brain and
nerves. The first effect of a large and. j
ol sjiirits on the system, is almost inmm
diate, und quite notorious, causin'’
swimming of tho head, confusion < f
ideas, and staggering gaits. Tho iu
Dr. Spurgheim, who is almost univer
sally known, in consequence of the long
continued und close attention, wliioh lie
paid to the brain, declared that he had
found brains peculiarly hal'd in this
country; which he attributed ur the
gen'ral abuse of spirits. A strikiiif
and often immediate, effect of intoxica
tion, upon the brain, is apoplexy. When
this is not immediately fatal, palsy is
almost suro to remain. Epilepsy is an
other very serious diseaso of the brain*,
which, when not produced,- inky be
greatly aggravated, by the influence of
spirits, in females, they greatly pro.
mote a tendency to hysteric. One of
the most serious discuses of the brain,
brought on by the use of spirits, is called
“delirium tremens.” Persons, whose
age might induce one to suppose tfnK
they were in the prime of life, are some
times carried off in a few hours by this
dreadful malady. Those are the mosl
liable to die from this affection, who
have kept up au almost incessant state
of excitement by moans of ardent spir
its. It is not necessary that the quanti
ty taken should have been such as la
produce au extreme degree of iutoxica,
lion. The individual may even hare
been able, in some degree, to attend’to’
the various concerns in which he might
happen to be placed ; when, after tire
sudden removal of the stimulus, or the
uiisiraction of blood, or some powerful
influence ou the mind, or sometimes
without uny assignable cause, a state
approaching to nYadiiess, und often
marked with tremens, muttering, and
prostration ot strength, suddenly ceniee
on, and if not pretty prompty relieved
by well-directed medical aid',’ is very
apt to prove speedily fatal.”
A BtUDBNI OF MKDICIIf As
Augusta, March 26th, 1 b.'i.'i.
For the Teatperanoo Banner.
Lebanon, Cobb Go., March, 20, ’33';
Hro. lirantly :—lnasmuch as the
day lias arrived, when it both become*
and btehoove* every (Veem’atr of Geor.
gia, to fall upon tlie right er left of tb*
demarkntion line drawn between terrfc
perance und anil-temperance principle*,
and inasmuch as we have professedly
espoused the former, we are unwilling
to be mute and inactive spectators, of
tlie gteat moral drain's, which is being
played upon tbo stage of the “Empire’
Sitate of tlie .South;” therefore, wo are
both reedy auk willing to bo known as
co-operators wait the actors in this mor.
al reform; whereloie, it has pleased
the members of Lebanon Division, Nv.
UU, t# appjrotiH the undersigned Coin,
miltee, to forward to yob lor public*,
lion an urticle, deliiuiug our position,
giving publicity to ihu condition of the
great cauee with us, and our prospects
iV hopes of ultimate success. And’in the
first place, we are ol the Temperance
genu*, and legislative species, heartily
subscribing to the proceedings of the
Convention held in tlie city ot Atlanta,
ou the 22nd and 231 ult. Hut at tint
same time, many el us wish that morw
effectual means could have been pret
cured for successfully obtaining sup
pressive enactment, it isourhope and
prayer to almighty God, that our legis
lalors will grant us such laws, as will’
give the sovereign people tlie privilege
of banishing ihe lulLinoitster, intemper
ance, Irom our midst; lor obtaining
such laws, we pledge our sacred honors
to use uli constitutionally, honorable
means. Yet, if they in thoir wisdom,
see fil to withhold from us suppressive
or restraining enactments, while we
submit lo the wisdom of tho supreme
legislative body of our State, with re
publican humility of spirit,- we do sol
emnly declare our oonvictiori of the im
pious uncoostilulionuniy of extending
the protective arm of tlie law around
finis vile, licentious traffic.
Secondly, the condition of the saue
NO. 15.