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VOL. aIX- THE TEMPERA ITCE BANNER IS IKE Organ of the Sons of Temperance AND OF THE State Convention of Georgia: PUBLISHED WEEKLY, By Ki*uj cuiisi Brantly. Terms—One Dollar a year, in ad- j ranee; $1 50, if paid within six months; j and 00 at die end of the year. No sub- Mription taken for less than a year. Letters must be Pest paid, to receive at trition. ]| Banner Almanack, for 1853. 8 1 1 mm I iiii S'-* -|7| l Ju ’“’"’ X I 9)10 11112 13 14115 10* 11 j 1213 14 !:• } 4 W 16 17il w .'L2Oi2l 22 17|i>*iii>{20 , & 2.T24 1 2.ij2M27;25|39 21 ( 25j2G|27,2 j j 30,31 ‘ i I *l s’ J. .r * X § rrt 11 U i ,gi,t|ll AUB ” *7 l l\ III? II .5 i k ts.lt IV li 17j15119 • VSiii'ir x 8 gkh***i*i* N ! ‘“ 0 ” 111! si I*l| 7 * ,10 $ j S 113 14!'15j ifi 1 7j It* j Il'lL* 13 14,15 , | Is 20 21122i23 21 25 26 IS 19 20.21 i22 17 r* t S !*7!iiW33l I 2Ji2(i 27|2S 29| 0; \ VA. ril O 13415!6l :S; 9’ *9 K! 11112 1.3 14 \° | B ‘lO 111 12 13 14.15 16 Is!lil7|is 19|2iV,21 a ‘Si-fern s! sfrarnrs <$ llSiirrl*‘! 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On any day: or £ 8 i-gs” Kvery friend to Temperance ft should take the Temperance Banner kj g-If Temperance men will not support k Sihe Temperance Press, who will 1 ’ &<<<*. ■*.*** ASXASXXXK SONS Ob’ TIMPERANII'E, 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. TS M 3LonDWoKxn,G Sent. Liberty Hill. Now is the time! Te encourage our Agents and triends, it renewed and increased exertions to ex tend the circulation of the Banner, and to eellect past dues, we offer the following VALUABLE PREMIUMS: Any Agent forwarding Fifty Dollars, for Now Subscribers, or collections for past duo*, shall be entitled to the Queens of England; large and elegant Gilt Book, with magnificent steel engravings of the English Queens, with Lives. By Agnes Strickland. Generally acknow I •dgeri the most elegant Gilt Book yet produced in this country. Price SI 0 UO Esrty Dollars, as above, Webster’s Diction ary, quarto, substantially hound in Russia Calf; or the Book of the Heart, embellished whb elegant steel engra ving; or ’l'he Homes of American Au thors, the most natural and truly beauii- 1 ful Gift Book of the Season, Either worth, 88 bU Thirty Dollars, as above. The Sons ot Temperance Offering—beautifully illus trated, and an appropriate Gift Book for a Son of Temperance —worth §3; Lucy Books, $2 for a sett of 6, and other Ju veniles, worth 81, 8b do Twenty-five Dollars, as abov—Gems ol Beauty, with very tine plates; or The Gem of the Season, fully equal to its eompetitors for popular favor. Either of which is worth, 8 > 00 Twenty Dollars, for new Subscribers or collections of past dues. Records of Wo man, by Mrs. lletnans, with numerous fine engravings. Gilt Cloth. §4 00 Ten Doll or above, —Juveniles in doth and more elegant bindings, from 25 cents upwards, • The above amounts to be forwarded to s free of Postage. The Premiums will be forwarded to Agent* by Mai), tree ol f-ST* Should agents prefer the Money to Books, the amounts may be retained from moner* collected. . £ Our friends who have not received a Prospectus ot the Banner for 1853, and who are disposed to aid in Its circulation, can procure a Prospectus by application. r-j*"Friends of the Temperance cause in Georgia: let the Banner have a circulation’ * es Ten Thoesa.nb copies, before the ciuse ,r isn 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.