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with us. YY'e ti'e prouJ to be nbU to ,
sijv to you, and the people of Georgia,
in the langu ige of truh, that tiie tem
perance cau-e in the Eastern part of
Cobh county, no longer wanes, or in im
pc,deil by the enthusiastic applause, ami
irrational panegyrics of the vain and
short-lived zealots, who fora time in
felted and poisoned our ranks. Ilut
the advocacy and management of the
cause have now fallen into the hands
of those who enn duly appreciate its
hie si igs, cherish its precepts, and han
dle with becoming respect (he noble
charge entrusted to their care ; who
can set a proper estimate upon intem
perance, its emissaries and pernicious
consequences. I o establish the fact
of our prosperity in the cause, we will
only sav, that we have a lively, active
and energetic Division of the Sons, who ;
are wide aw ake to the interests of their j
God, tlt'dr country, and their family eir
cles, to which we have ncc isional ac
cessions, but few, very few retrogres
sions. We also have a united temper.,
anen society, numbering near one i
hundred members, and which promises \
to be productive of much good. It J
meets monthly about midway between ‘
tire two groceries of our vicinty, and i
during ifs sessions the cause is open to,
discussion, for and against. On these \
occasions we are favored with the pres- \
once of a large number of our agreea-,
ble females, applauded by their eupho- |
nious voices, and encouraged by their j
soul inspiring smiles. Ilut the antics,
if present, hung their heads in confu
sion, and dare not, viva roue, in the j
face of day, advocate those principles
which govern them in action, and which
they clandestinely teach to others.—-j
Thus much for the condition of the |
cauae with us.
We now arrive at the last [tart of
the present ar'icle. Our prospects and
hopes of ultimate success. And taking j
affairs into our impartial consideration,
we can hut conclude that our prospects j
are somewhat flattering. For while,
our cause is emerging from the lethur- j
gic confusion into which it has boon i
thrown bv the satisfied, unstable curi- i
ous, wlio hitherto crowded our orders to
overflowing ; we also have many in- I
stances of the sturdy and influential |
yeomanry, who have ever stood aloof}
from all temperance organizations. |
taking a decided stund in favor of legal
restraint. These men will wield a |io
tent influence in their respective
spheres; yet, when wo say that the
cause is progressing, gaining firm and
undaunted advocates, we would not
carry the idea that the car of opposition
has ceased to move, that its shrill and
fiendish whistle is heard no more
among us; hut that wo are no longer
enveloped in the smoke, saturated with
deadly poison, which rises from its in
fernal boiler ; that this lowering cloud
bus been so rarifted and driven from
our skies us to admit the genial rays
from the star of legislation which are*
now hopefully illuminating our way
with benignant light, dispelling our
fears, stimulating us to noble, hrnevo
lent action ; and buoying us up with
a hope that cannot be crushed or driven
from our souls by a partial failure, nay,
not by a solitary signal defeat. Our
prospects being thus, our henes thus
grounded, with tho lights that aie be
fore us, we verily trust, that the day is
not far distant when affairs will hear
quite u different aspect. When our of
ficers of State, civil and executive,
{many of whom now, nre low, design- J
ing, unqualified persons,) will not be,
permitted to glide so gently ami honora-[
bly into their respective havens of trust, I
honor and profit, astride a barrel ofJu
tnuica, or a demi jolm of Madeira, when
many of those to whom wo are to look
for example and precept, will no lon
ger be perjured villains taking the oath
of office prescribed by our predecessors j
in the days of official honesty, if not of
legal purity, when our statute books 1
will no longer he stigmatized by acts of!
legislators, frenzied in brain, and cor- 1
rupted in heart by the influence of al
cohol ; the bauo of human reason and i
purity. When the penalties of our ,
luws be less frequently evaded by those!
guilty of crimes, and misdemeanors of
the darkest cast, lor “ant of honest and
efficient officers ; “hen unnecessary
and destructive (to some) delays of the
execution of justice between man & his
fellow.iiiau, will be less frequent,
through ike ilame and disreputable pro
e ceding* of the besotted functionaries
of our courts of judicature ; in a word, j
whor. public broils and private lauds,
will cease to find, food so compatible
with the evil principles of depraved hu
manity in the oblivious howl, where
confusion and discord hold undisputed
sway, whose work is utter ruin by rett.
tiering depravity doubly depraved. To
avert those with their innumerable con
comitant evils, and to shield the imio- 1
ceut from vile and brutal imposition ;
it behooves us, oh ! freemen of Georgia,
to consummate that with our free suf
frages at the ballot box, which reason
and eloquence, long, loud, and argu
mentative, Ims faded to accomplish.
ALBERT T. IUCKETT, )
IV IV RAINWATER. v Com.
REV. WM. SAMPLER.
“Invaatisator.”
tiro. Urn ntly : Having taken up mv
pen to drop you a few lines on ousmess,
and being a sincere friend to the cause
of tempi ranee and the successor your
Banner, I cannot easily forego the temp,
la.io;'. tu not e • very briefly tf>< m<:
sisteiices, together with the evil tenden
cy of tiic communications of your mis
guided and prolific eorrerqiondeot, **/n
----testigator.”
ORGAN OF THE SONS OF TEMPERANCE ANI) STATE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION^
In the first place, he pro'esscs to be |
a warm advocate of the 1 einporance
reformation, yet in four closely written
columns of the Temperance Organ of,
last week, he does not say one wor I in
furtherance of the glorious cause, but,
outlie contrary, has labored throughout!
to prejudice the public mind, not only |
{ again.t the Masons and Odd Fellows,
Imt the secret Temperance Orders,!
I which every one must acknowledge,
have be ui a kind of (Japt. Bragg anil
! iery in the strife.
Iri the second place, he must b • a j
man ol soitie prominence * u i o-spectu
lelity ; and has, without doubt, enj >yed
a long experience, and knows the pow-
: erful influence a man’s principles ex
ert over his daily actions, which are so
much considered us testifying to their
I falsity or coredness, that even our Sa
j viour has said, “u tieeis known by its
Iruits.” “Investigator” enjoying these j
advantages, as a man of sagacity, must !
| be convinced, it would seem, that his
“animadversions” are visionury and |
l false, from the preeminence, morality, i
| benevolence, >tnd, i might add, deep j
piety of many Masons, Odd Fellows, |
Sous, etc., with whom ho must be con- i
, versanl.
Thirdly: He wields a masterly pen, |
! deserving a bt Iter cause than the whole- J
I sale abuse of “things” of w,licit it is
, vain for him to profess to know any
; thing—even from his own confessions. I
I The testimony of a perjured man can- ;
not be relied on with any degree of cer
tainty, and yet he says bis witnesses!
; have perjured themselves! But why!
does lie attack the Masons in the Tern- ;
| [icrance Banner? II lie lias truth on |
i liis side, lie does not lack the ability to j
! defend it, anti why not publish his at- !
tack in the Murieita Masonic Journal,
where lie will be likely to be replied to I
by those whom lie abuses, und who are I
thoroughly enlightened on the subject ?
Its columns are never closed against
fair and manly argument, but on the
contrary, “Investigator” will find that
he is heartily welcomed, provided fie
does not overleap the bounds *t com
mon courtesy, as far as be has done in
the pitiful ellbrls which have appearid ,
i from time to time in the Banner.
| Having thus noticed the inconsistent
-1 cies of your correspondent—lor whom l
! eiitertai i some feeling of respect, in
| consequence of his rarity 1 propose to
show the evil tendency of Ids communi
cations on the cause to which he pro
fesses to he so ardently attached.
The great Temperance army, whose
inartiul music is heard throughout all
our land, and whose triplicate banner
1 is fondly caressed by the four winds of
heaven, is composed of various parties, I
conflicting in oth r respects, and uni-!
ted only in their opposition lo 11/e com- !
moil enemy. Each Division of the j
army has its piejudices peculiar to it- i
self; and the triumph of the cause at
heart depends o i unity of feeling and |
! sentiment, which can never be main- j
tabled only by avoiding oßJ'orcign ques- ;
funis and controversies about ••things” I
which tend to e.xoito those prejudices:
and create disaffection and division in
the ranks. Those prej tdioes should
be guarded “w ith zealous cure” by eve- j
ry friend of temperance and mankind, j
waiving, at all times, and under all j
circumstances, every personal feeling i
and animosity, for the sake of the one
great cause. If we desiie to he big',
men, and have tilings our own way, let j
us try an,l subdue our personal vanity
until the great battle is t night an I v ie
lory perches on our banner. When
1 the bleak winds of winter are passed, 1
and the rain is over and gone!—when
the flowers appear on the earth, and
the time of ilia singing of birds is come; i
and the voice of the truth is heard in the I
land!— then, Mr. “Investigator,” you
may publish what you please at the
’ head quarters of the army, as “Othel
la’s occupation will he gone.” Many j
!of your subscribers, Bro. Brandy, in
I the county of Crawford, in this State, j
’ have ordered the discontinuance of the \
| Banner, because they believed you si- j
iled with your correspondent in bis dis
| ingenious attacks upon Masonry and
i Odd Fellowship. In fact my opinion
is, that hundreds of your paying subscri
bers, hi various parts of die country,
have esteemed the communications of
“Investigator” as altogether out of
■ place in the Banner, and calculated to
do evil and only evil.
In conclusion, permit me, in a!l kind
ness, to say to you, Mr. “Investigator,”
j that, surrounded by your massive vol
i nines of “Disclosures,” “Lights,” and
I “Rounds of Masonry,” you remind me
of the ‘ Infidel blacksmith of the Moun
tain Bass,” who, little dreaming that
“the secret of the Lord was with them
that fear him,” had read Tom Bayne’s
“Age of Reason” so much that he final
ly concluded it was a correct exposition
am! triumphant refutation of the Books
of the Old and New Testament, and
resolving that such a farce as religion
should he done away with, and that im
mediately, l.e determined to whip every
Methodist Preacher he might happily
meet up with ! But the sequel shows
that Mr. Stubblewoith,(l believe 1 have
the name,) turned the joke on
the resolute blacksmith, making him
promise to go where he might learn
the truth for himself, and not have to
depend on Tom Payne or any other un
enlightened witness. How very difler
'em did religion appear to the poor
blacksmith’s heart after he had tasted
it, aud known vvliat it was! So would
Masonry change its hydrous appear
uucu to you. Mr. “Investigator,” if, in
-stead of relying on the productions
of “perjured men,” you should enter
the sanctum sanctorum voursclf. Until
I
j you do lids, you will never be enlight
en'd on tile subject of Masonry more
than you art* at present, neither will
i you ever be honored with a reply to
such communications as vou have seen
fit to publish in the honorable columns
|of the. highly esteemed Temperance
Banner. As you readily perceive, I
! have not designed this as a reply to
! your wordy communication, but mere.
Iv ns an exposition of your inconsisten
cies, and tfie serious evils yon were
doing the temperance cause, which I
j hope yon have done through ignorance,
aid not unworthy design. Inviting
you, at a friend and brother, to employ
your able pen hereafter in indicating
the justness and necessity of the pas
sage of a law in our Slate for the suc
cessful suppression of the liquor traffic,
uinl wishing yon and bro. Brandy to
receive and wear all the deathless
laurels you shall win in your mutual
labors in the noble cause af temperance,
1 bid you both a respectful adieu.
’ SALAMANDER PISTTAS.
Macon, Ga.
Mr. Editor: —Allow me n brief space
iin the columns of your paper to reply
jto the article of “Investigator” against
I secret Societies—in so doing I assure
him that my “vindictive ire” has not
been aw aliened, and I trust to exercise
that Christian chanty to winch my
friend seems practically a stranger.
lie asserts that “all organizations
that seek to hide their principles and
practice behind the vails of
arc dangerous in their tendency to good
government, sound morals and vital
piety, arid should bo watched with
sleepless vigilance by every friend of
his country.”
We must of course infer, fr. un the!
tenor of liis article, dial he intends this j
language to he applicable to the Divi.s.
ions of the Sons ol Temperance, the Mu
sonic Fraternity, und the Odd Fellows,
if.so, we contend that all organizations
w hich observe secresy in their modes {
ol procedure, stand on the same footing. I
Lot us apply this proposition. The j
family circle, the session of the Grand
Juries of the country, and the secret!
sessions held in Congress, observe as
mticli privacy as to the principles and
practice as do the Sons of Temperance,
the Masons, and Odd Fellows; there-j
fore all these are dangerous to good
government.
Society tias famed the family circle ;
for the promotion of mutual happiness,
t lie laws of the country have appointed
Grand Juries to preserve the common
weal, the voice of a free people semis
representatives to congress to enact
wholesome laws to regulate the migh
ty machinery of the nation ; thus Li
the principles of these assemblies are
known ; but who can tell the mysteries
that lie behind the curtain that vails
their secret actions,
The Sons of Temperance have pub- \
| lislied to the world the solemn pledge j
which is the foundation ol their Socie
ty, that “no member shall make, buv,
i sell, or use as a beverage, any spirit
nous or malt liquors, wine or cider.”
These are their principles; they oppose
j the use of all liquors as a In verage—
’ “by their fruits ye shall know them.”
VV hat is their practice ? Arc they not
o derlv, quiet men, and do wo no’ find
them pleading with the inebriate to for
: sake his fatal draught, saying, “Look
not thou upon the wine when it is red,
when it givoth his color in the cup,
when it moveth its If aright; i.i t.e
last, it bitetli like a serpent and stingetii
like an adder.” With them the dos-
pised and fallen drunkard may find an
asylum, and by their efforts joy ugain i
beams on the oiloe down cast face of the
despairing wife, and little children hail
with gladness the return of a wander
ing lath r.
Can he deny this? 1 know many
who have been r. claimed from the!
depths of degradation by this instru
mentality, und who are now ordcily
members of the Christian church.—
Does lie ask who they are, if necessary
I can furnish their testimony. Has
“Investigator” seen no such results?
Strange it is that on who denies opposi
tion to the temperance cause should op
pose so vehemently this great engine of
temperance !
I have shown the good resulting from
this cause, —can he show me any evils |
arising from the secrets of the or ler ?
Which is the greater, the evil or the
good growing out of this institution, for
by this rule we may determine whether;
or not, it is “dangerous to good govern
ment, sound morals and vital piety.”
Is the solemn pledge the grand ob
jection to the Sons ? Would lie or any
other rational man object to one as
strong to secure the payment of a prom
issory note ? Is not tho obligation as
strong in one instance as tho other ?
The Sons and the Old Fellows are
objectionable to this vv riter, but none
with hearts so black, designsso base as
1 the Masonic Fraternity. These f Hows
not only observe a solemn promise, but
they are sworn. Some ofthe penalties
’ of their obligations enumerated by him
are these: “No less penalty than to
have liis throat eut across from ear to
ear, his longue lorn out by the roots
j and Ins body buried in the rough sands
ofthe sea, Ac. S) help me Hod, Ac.’
‘•No less penalty than to have my
! left breast torn open, mv heart and vi-
I tals taken from thence, thrown over my
’ left shoulder and carried to the valley
! of Jehoshapfiat, there to become a prey
j:o tlie wild* beasts of the field md vul
tures of the air ; should I wilfully vi).
| late or transgress any part of this my
‘ solemn oath or obligation. So help me
God, Ac.”
“The master Mason swears that he
will apprize a brother master Mason of
ail approaching danger Will not vio
late the chastity of a master Mason’s
wife, &c. “that a master Mason’s
secrets given to me in charge as such,
! shall remain as secure and inviolable!
in my breast as in his before communi
cated, murder and treason only except
ed, mid they left to my election.”
The Royal Arch Mason “will up
| prize a Rij al arch Mason of all ap-,
jiroaching danger if*in his power ; w ill
1 employ n companion Royal arch Mason
! iri preference to any other person of;
| equal qualifications. I will assist a!
Royal arch Mason when I see him en- ;
gaged in any difficulty, and will es !
pouse his cause so far as to extricate!
! him from the same, whether he b-[
! right or wrong. &c.”
Now, though this Masonic fraternity
! have no legal right to administer any
oath, if a man should voluntarily take
upon himself the obligations above writ
ten,and should then wilfully violate
! them, will he stand acquitted of all mor
al guilt? and is he a “respectable”
witness? I ask a candid world if such
a man is to bo believed at all—is he not |
perjured in the eye of all just and good j
men ?
Sir, you have brought upon the stand
just such witnesses, when you ar-!
ruign this fraternity under the charges
above stated by you. You cite impar
tial minds to Avery Allen and David
Bet riard, a Baptist preacher, from whom
* you get your facts. Are Baptist preach- :
i ers infallible ? The course of this
man proves the contrary. According
!to his account, he swore all-the oaths
enumerated by him and lie violated them.
A perjured saint, a lying follower of a
meek and lowly Sivinnr, are to me j
strange characters. From his testimo- j
|ny and the evidence of men of like!
stamp you form your opinion as to the,
principles arid practiceof the institution, j
You cite us to the murder of Mor- j
jgan,—allowing that he was murdered
I by members of tie Masonic fraternity, j
does it follow that all Masons, or a ma- ;
j irity of them, are murderers ? Judas,
j a disciple of the Saviour, betrayed him; ]
j does it prove all his disciples to have
I been like minded. Their lives give an
i unmistakeable denial of such an infer.
! ence.—So do the lives of good and true
! Masons prove that the charges against
j iheir order of secreting crime, commit
ting foul offences against the law, and
| other kindred acts, arc wholly unfound
ed. If Masons murdered Morgan, they
were unworthy the regard o! good men,
they should have paid the penalty of
: the law ; —if Masons refuse to testify in
I court us to the guilt of one of their or
der, they betray either a profound igno-,
ranee ofof their solemn duties, ora base
and depiaved heart, and as such belie]
their professions. A Mason’s great Ju- i
ties are to his God and country !
Do we not find these men doing good? ’
how many children, boys and girls, are]
educated by them <*—how many pen
uyless creatures arc fed and cloth- and by !
; their charities ? Are Masonic colleges !
I doing no good ? II your eyes have not
been open to these facts 1 despair of con- 1
vinoitig you.
You presume too much when you
venture the assertion, that if Washing- j
ton hail lived until the Mirgan tragedy,!
lie would nave quilted the ranks of Mu-j
j sonry and used all nis influence against
] the order.
Washington was a great, good and!
wise man ; lie knew the beautiful les- 1
sons taught by this brotherhood, and he !
practiced them ; this act of a few des-;
; peradoes would not have brought his
I disapprobation upon any but the orimi-!
j rials, their aids and abettors. Here is
where tlie guilt belongs, and not upon;
the whole fraternity of that and future;
Mimes. Give us the proof that Win. j
Wirt renounced Masonry. Mr. Wirt j
says in his letter of acceptance to the ;
Baltimore Convention, “1 never took
the Master degree, and, although 1 soon |
; discontinued my attendance on lodges, j
(not having entered one even from curi- j
’ osity for more than thirty years 1 be- j
1 lieve,) it proceeded from no susnicion ;
j on mv p <rt that there was anything cri-n !
mal in tho institution or any thing that;
placed its members in she slightest de- j
jgreo in collision with their allegiance
Ito their country and its laws; on the j
cuttrary, having been before my ini- 1
tation assured bv a gentleman in whom}
I had implicit confidence, that there!
was nothing in the agrement which
could atfect >ithe r my religion or my
politics, which 1 considered as compre
hending the whole range of my duties }
, civil and religious, and as extending j
; not to the first degree only, but to the;
whole Masonic order, and being fur
ther infoimed that many of the most il
lustrious men of Virginia, with General
Washington at their head, belonged to
that order and had taken the degree of
Master, 1 did not believe that there
cou/u be any thing in the institution at
war with their duties as patriots , men
and clirislians; nor is it yet possible for
me to beheve that they could liaoe under
stood the engagement as involving any
such criminal obligations.”
Could they have misunderstood the
full force and effect of their engage-!
ments ? Mr. Wirt evidenntly does;
not believe it, nor can the gentleman !’
This hue and err again st the order was
for political effect, and doubtless the!
mantle of the deluded fathers nay have,
; fallen upon the children. The tniuori-,
ty was small then and so must remain
while truth shall triumph over fanati
cism and error.
What docs Edward lngersoli and
j Richard Rush say upon the subject? I
really do not know, and you may not
be much wiser than myself, as you
were mistaken as to Win. Wirt, you
may be the same as to the others. —
Give us the proof.
Is ti e Bi'pii't preacher your witness
again, or Mr. Avery Allen ?
Friend, remember the words of the
Apostle, “though I speak with the
tongues of men and angels and have
not charity, 1 am become as sounding
brass or u tinkling cyrnhal—hence
forth let not your intemperate ardor so
mislead you, but
“Let sliinig charity adorn yonr znafi
The noblest impulse generous minds enn
feel.”
I).
Sparta, Ga., April 2nd, 1853.
A Thrilling Incident.
A merchant, wishing to celebrate his
daughter’s wedding, collected a party*
of lier young companions; they circled
around her, wishing mu di happiness to
the youthful bride and her chosen one.
Her father gaZ'-d proudly on his favored
child, and hoped that as blight prospect
for the future might open for the rest
of his children who were playing
am.iig the guests. Passing through the
j hall of the basement, he met a servant
j who was carrying a lighted candle in
j her hand, without the candlestick. He
blamed her for such conduct, and went
into the kitchen to see about the supper.
—The girl soon returned, but without
tiie candle. The merchant immediately
recollected that several barrels of gun
powder had been placed in the cellar
during the day, and that one had been
opened.
‘Where is your candle?’ he iquired,
in the utmost alarm.
‘1 couldn’t bring it up with me, for
my arms aie full ot wood,’ said the
- fr! ’
‘Where did you put i ?
.Wei! I’d no candlestick, so l stuck it
in some black sand ill it’s in a barrel.’
Her master dashed down the stairs; ;
the passage was long and dark his
knees threatened to give way under him
—his breath was diked —his flesh
seemed dry and parched as if he .
already felt the suffocating blast of;
death. At the end of the cellar, under ,
the very room where his children and j
their friends were revelling in felicity,
he saw the open barrel of powder , full ]
to tiie top; the candle stuck loosely in j
the grains, with a long red snufl* of!
burnt wick. This sight seemed to with I
er all his powers. The laughter of the j
company struck his ear like a knell of
dealn. He stood a moment unable to
move. The m tsick commenced above
—the feet dancers responded with vi
vacity; the floor shook, and the loose
bottles in the cellar jingled with the
motion.— Ho fancied the candle move
—was falling. YY’iiii desperate energy
he sprang forward—but how to remove
jit! The Ugliest touch would cause the ;
red hot wick to fan into the powder.
YY'ith unequalled preseucj of mind,
ihe placed a hand on each side of the ;
! candle, pointed towards the objects of!
] his care, which, as his hands met, was!
1 secured in the clasping of his ling, rs,
and safely moved it away from ilsdun
i gerous position. When he read lied the
head ol the stairs, he smiled at his pre- !
, viousalarm —but mo reaction was too :
: powerful, an-J ha fell into fits of the
I most violent laughter. ll s was coveyed
to iiis lied s'-nceless, and many weeks
elapsed ere bn nerves recovered sutfi.
cion tone to allow hi n to reiihiu his
business-
Ttia last Best Gilt-
Hen. Frank 3 mle, Senator in Cali
forma, while speaking upon a bill au
thorizing women lo act ass >le traders,!
paid the following tribute lo the tender
sex: —“1 love woman, i have loved her
ail my life—through boyhood, vouth,
manhood, and maturer years. Icx
peel to love her all my life, and dying!
be found faithful to the same high and
! aspiring sentiment; for and all the
varied scenes, temptations, struggles,
| und hopes of exi stence, one star, brigh
! ter than all others, has lighted and gui
ded ine onward, If l had any high
’ and noble ambition, the exciting ener
| gy has been in the approving smile com
i ing Iront the eye ot woman. Aud 1
| judge tier influence is upon others.
: Gentle in her a flection, yet mighty
through her influence, her medium of
j rule is us powerful as ihe b.dlot box.
| She has ruled me from my boyhood
with the soft and winning influence of
her virtues aud her beauty. 1 remem
ber tny first love; my baby utlee'ious at
four years of age. 1 have been in love
i nearly every month of my life since,
save the dark and rayless days and
.years which succeeded the desolate
health, and made the heart too
| desolate. And never, sir, while 1
! remember my mother, long since
m her grave—[ remember the
night she died—never, while I hold in
my memory one other—and her mem
ory is all that is left to mt shall I re
, fuse to give my voice, my influence
and my vote, for any measure lo pro
tect anu cherish the weaker and better
part ot creation against the oppression,
neglect aud abuse of my sex.”
The Date.—At a concert recently,!
at the conclusion of tho song, ‘There i
is a good time comiu ‘,’ a country far
mer get up and exclaimed, ‘Mister,,
you could’m fix the date could you?” j
Falsehood is like an arrow shot from t
a long bow; p* tiirce depend on strengiii j
.it the arm I hat ... e w it.Tr util is Id., un
arrow shot from a cross U>w, it has the
same force, w bather th : bow !> ■ sprung
by tlie finger of dul l or a gwnu
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iiintrevviuK Affair.
It is our unpleasant, duty to record .an
event which has east gloom and sorrow
ever our whole, poptsl .lion. On Monday
a. t moon, in the progress of a game of
marbles, u dispute arose between Masters
Benjamin F. WiLr.ET and Felix W. Janes;
rough words passed, and Wiilet presented
a piste!, which was discharged, the bail’
taking effect in the abdomen ot Janes, who
languished tilt the evening of Tuesday,
when he expir- and. These youths, a uim: e
before this sad event, were upon the most
friendly terms—they were members of the
Freshman Class in the University, ulld pro
bably neither over seventeen years of ug-.
The affair is in the hands of the civil au
thority, and we shall leave it there without
further comm nf.
Temperance aud
We have heard of one county in which
some of the poli iei.nns are determined to
make the license que-ti n eiihcr pro or eott
the question on w hich they will suspend
their claims to a seat in the legislature. VV
of course regret that tile cause should in
any way become complicated with par r
suite. But politics or no p-ditics, we
shall not he detered from doing our duty.
‘Bne subject is one which intimat y
affects tile moral int rests of multitudes.
In such a cause lucre should be neither ne -
tr diiy nor indifference.
Fiibltc nii'etiiigv.
We are happy to see that public meet
ings ot persons opposed to the liquor traffic
as itnow exists in our Suite, have lieeii call,
eci in several counties. This is the proper
mode of procedure. Every discussion of
the question will satisfy the discriminating
o! the reasonableness of the demands of
temperance men on the subject. Our friends
may rely upon b, that they have the strong
side .and that ,\hieb must Ultimately prevail..
VV c may not succeed at. first. Demagogues
miy prejudice the people against the mea.
sure. The. strong party feeling which
some are striving to excite, may operate un
favorably for a season, but the day of tri
umph w ill come. We are not asking the
legislature to prohibit the traffic; we nru
merely asking that each county may have
| the power to say whether or not the arti
cle-shall be sold within its limits, and if
sohl, on what eo alilioiis. VV’lio ought to
: object to this? We have not heard a sin
gle argument against it. Thu Editor of tha
Constitutionalist lias said as much in oppo—
I sition to the measure as any one in the
tstate; but we have searched in vain for
any logic in liis paragraphs. He declaims
about tlie impossibility of compelling men
to do right; on the superiority of moral to
legal suasion; on the rights of minorities;,
the privileges of American citizens, &c. &e;
but on no occasion have vve seen from hinii
anything which could be called an argument
against the proposed application to the Leo
i islalure-
Mrs. Fillmore, wife of the late Presi
♦lent, died at Washington City, on the 30th
ult.
, >;rs - Cass, wife of Gen. Lewis Cass, died
at Detroit the last of Mareh.
Egotism— Is a prmonitory symptom
lof insanity; and when we meet with a
j swelled top ignoramus, o- blear-eyed
: nincompoop, sweating beneath a load
of sell-imporiance, our mind instantly
1 reverts to anosylurn for lunatics and
wonder if there is „ siruiligt jacket
witiiin its w il.s in want of an occupant.
Ihe gr atest misfortune is to have
j u depraved head.