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YOL. XIX
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: . State Convention of Georgia:
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SONS OK TEMPEIUNOE^ 1 ;
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Mil nur lU, a a boverftge , any Spirituous or ,
Mftlt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
OlKlratnonhaWrit*!'! P/lTisioa. 1
E. H. Mtirr, G. VV. P. Macon.
B. Brartlt. G. W. A. Penfield.
VV. S. VViLt.iroan, 8. Scribe, Macon.
E. C. Gkarhirs, 8. Tres*. Macon.
D. P. Joses, <>• Chaj). Palmetto.
>W, VVoons. (i. Cou. Madison.
TS M 3i.oonvroßTn,(l Sent. l.iWly Hill. 1
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James Moigan.
James Morgan, u native of Marylaud,
married at an early ago, and soon after
settled near Bryant’s station, in the
wildso'* Kentucky. Like most pioneers
of tho west lie had cut down the cane,
Iniilt a cabin, deadened the timber, en- ‘
closed a field with a worm lence, and •
planted soma corn.
It was on the 7tliof August, 17G.—
The sun had descended; a pleasant
breeze was playing through the sur
rounding wood, the cane bowed under;
its influence, and tho broad green leaves
of the corn waved in the air. Morgan had
seated himself in the door of his cabin,
with his infant on his knee. His young
and happy wife had laid aside her j 1
spinning wheel, and was busily en
gaged iu preparing tho frugal meal, j
that afternoon he had accidentally;
found a bundle ofletters, which he had 1
finished reading to his wife before he >
hud taken his seat in the door. It was j
a correspondence in which they ae-!
knovvledged an early’ ardent attach- 1
merit for each other, and the porsual j
left evident traces of joy in the coun- j
tenance of both; the little infant, too, I
seemed to partake of its parent’s feel
ings, by its cheerful smiles, playful hu
mor, and Infantile caresses. While
thus agreeably employed, the report of I
a rifle was heard, another followed in j
(juick succession. Morgan sprang to i
his loot, his wife ran to the door, and i
they simultaneously exclaimed, ‘-lu-j
dians,”
The door was immediately barred,!
and the next moment, their fears were ;
realized by a hold and spirited attack i
of a small party of Indians. The cab- j
in could not he successfully defended,;
and time was precious; Morgan, cool,
brave and prompt, soon decided. While :
he was in the act of concealing liisj
wife under the floor, a mother’s feelings j
overcome her—she arose, seized tile j
infant, hut was afra.d that its cries;
would betray her place of concealment, j
—She hesitated—gazed silently upon
it —a momentary struggle between duty i
and affection took plaee. She oner’
more pressed her child to her agitated I
bosom, and again and again kissed it
with impassionate tenderness. The
infant, alarmed atthe profusion of tears
that fell upon its cheek, looked up in
its mother’s face, threw its little arms!
around her nek and wept aloud.— j
“In the name of Heaven, Eliaa, release ;
the child, or he lost” said the distrac-!
ted husband, in a soft and imploring j
tone, as he forced the infant from his|
wife, hastily took up his gun and hatch-1
et, ran up the ladder that led to his!
chamber, and drew it after him. Ini
a moment the door was hurst open and j
and the savages entered.
By this time Morgan had socurod his i
child in a bag, and lashed it to his hack, !
then throwing otTsome clapboards from
the cabin's roof, he rosolutely lenper 1)
to tha ground. Ho was assaulted by j
two Indians. As the first approached,!
he knackad him down with the butt end
of his gun. The other advanced with
uplifted tomahawk; Morgan let fall his’
gun and closed in. The savage made .
a blow, missed, hut severed the chord j
that bound the infant to his back, and ,
it fell. The contest over the child now j
became warm and fiorce, and was car- j
ried on with knives only. The robust;
and athletic Morgan got the ascender), j
cy; both were cut, and bled freely, hut j
the stabs of the white man were better i
and deeper, and the savage soon fell j
to earth in death. Morgan hastily took |
up his child and hurried off.
: The indinns in the house, busily on-1
: gaged in drinking and plundering, were
not apprised of the contest in the yard,
until the one that had been knocked
jdown, gave signs of returning life, ami j
called them to the scone of action. !
Morgan was discovered, immediately I
pursued and a dog put upon his trial.
Operated upon by all the feelings of
a husband and father, he moved with
all the speed of a hunted stag, and
soon outstripped the Indians, hut the
dug kept in close pursuit. Finding it
impossible lo outrun or elude the cun.
ning animal, trained to hunts of this
kind, he haltad und waited until it
come within a few yards of him, fired,
and brought him down. In a short
time lie reached the house of his broth
or, who resided near Bryant’s station,
at Lexington, where he left the child,
and the brothers set out for ilie dwell
ing. As they approached light broke
in upon his view—his step quickened,
his lear increased and the most agoniz
jug apprehensions crowded upon his
mind. Emerging from the cauebrake,
he beheld his house in flames, and al
most burnt to the ground. ‘-.My wife!”
he exclaimed, as lie pressed one hand
to his forehead, and grasped the fence
with the other, to support his tottering
frame. He gazed on the ruin and des
olation before him, advanced a few
and fell exhausted lo eaitli.
Morning came, the luminary of
heaven arose und still found him seated
near the almost expiring embus. !n
his right hand he held a srnad sticit,
with which he was tracing the name,
of -Eiiz-i” on til ground, and hi> left.
PENFIELD, HA. APRIL 30, 1853.
hand lay on his favorite dog, that lay
by his side looking first on the ruins,
then on his master, with evident signs
of grief. Morgan arose. The two
brothers now made search and
found seme hours burnt to ashes, which
they carefully gathered, ami sitently
consigned to the mother earth, beneath
wide spread branches of a venerable
oak, consecrated by the purest and hoi.
ies recollections.
Several days after this, Morgan was
engaged iu a desperate battle atthe
lower Blue Licks. The Indians came
oil’ victors, an I the surviving whites re
turned across the Licking, pursued by
ithe enemy for a distaoo of six and thir
ty miles.
James Morgan was among the last
who crossed tiio river, ami was in the
rear until the hill was descended. As
he beheld ilia In liatis re-appear on the
bride, he fell ami saw his wrongs, and
recollected the lovely object of his af
fections, He urged his horse and
pressed to the I'rout. While in the act
of leaping from his saddle, he received
a rillo ball iu his thigh and fell; an In
|spi inging upon him, seized him by the
hair and applied the scalping knife.
At this moment Morgan cast up his
eyes uml recognized the hunkerchief
that hound the head of the savage, and
j J
which ho knew to bo his wife’s. This
ad .tal renewed strength to his body.
; and increased his activity to fury. He
Uptickly tiirew his left arm around tho
! Indian, and with a death like grasp
j hugged him to his bosom, plunged his
: knife into his side, and he expired in
, his arms. Releasing himself from the
; savage, Morgan era wled under a small
! oak, on un elevated piooe of ground,
; short distance from him. The scene
jof action shifted, ami he remained un
jdiscoverd and unscalped, an anxious
‘spectator of the battle,
i It was now midnight. The savage
: hand had, after taking all the scalps
, they could find, left the battle ground.
1 Morgan was seated at the foot of the
j ouk, its trunk supported his head. The
,rugged and uneven ground that sur
; rounded him was covered with the
slain. Tiie once while and projecting
j rocks, blended with the rain and sun
ofcarnuries. were crimsoned with blood
j that had warmed the heart and anima
j ilia hoßoiu of the patriot and soldier.
The pale glimmering of the moon 00,
, casionall v threw a faint light upon
J the mangled bodies of the dead, then a
| bassing cloud enveloped all i;i durk
j ness, and gave additional horror to the
! feeble eriesol a few still lingering in
j the last agonies of protracted death,
j rendered doubly appalling hy r the hoarse
j growl oi the wolf, the varied shrill
notes of the wild eat and panther, fee
jtling on the dead and the dying.—Mor
i gnn btdield the scene with heart ren
ding sensations, and looked forward in
I the apathy of despair to his own end.
| A large, ferocious looking hear, cev.
i ered all over with blood, now approach
ing him, he threw himself on the ground,
silently commended his soul to Heaven,
i and m a breathless anxiety awaited his
fate. The satiated animal slowly pass
led without noticing him, Morgan
raised hia head—was about to offer
thanks for his unexpected preservation,
I when a cry of a pack of wolves opened
upon him, and awakened him to a sense
|of danger, fie placed his hands over
i his eyes; fell on his face and in silent
! agony awaited his fate. He new heard
a rustling iu the bushes; steps approach
-1 ed; a cold chill ran over him itnagin.
| ation was actively engaged, death, the
’ most horrible death, awaited him; his
limbs would in all probability to torn
Irom him, and ho devoured alive. He
felt a touch—the vital spark was ul
mosf extinguished—another touch more
violent than the first, and he was turn
ed over. The cold sweat ran down in
torrents —his hands were violently
forced from his face—the moan passed
from under a cloud—a faint ray beam,
ed upon him; his eyes involuntarily
opened, and he beheld his wife; who
in a scarce audible voice exclaimed,
“My hushind, my husband!” and fell
upon his bosom.
Morgan now learned Irom his wife,
tiiat after the Indians entered tiie house!
they found some spirits, and drank
freely, ail altercation soon took place 1
—one of them received a mortal stab;
and fell, and his blood ran through the
floor on her. Believing it to he the
blood of her husband, she shrieked aloud
and hatrayed bar place of concealment.
Site was immediately taki n and
hound. The party, after setting (irr
to the house, proceeded to Bryant’s sta.
tion. On the day of the battle of the
Blue Licks, a horse with a saddle and
bridle rushed by her, which she knew
to he her husband. Dining the ac
tion tiie prisoners were left unguarded
—made their escape, and lay conceal
ed beneath soul: hushes under the hank
of the river. After tiie Indians had
returnee from their pursuit, and left
the battle ground, she with some other
persons, who lud escaped with hei,de
tenmn-'d to in ike a starch tor llieii :
friends, and it o i the fi -Id, and living,
to save them if notsthle ljo.it in ■ i., ; - •
!of prey. After searching some time, I
almost despairing of success, she for !
j lunately discovered him.
j The Party of Col. Logan found Mor
gun and his wife, ami restored them to
their friends, their infant and their
homes. — Mon'htown .Ichci/iium.
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; For the Temperance Banner.
Friends andj'cHote-ciliiens
of Morgan County :
, I have been anxiously and impatient
ly waiting to hear from some of you
upon the subject of Temperance in ae
eordunn ■ with the proceedings of the
Atlanta State Temperance Convention, j
■ why delay longer, when time is so pro.
eious and is rapidly closing in upon us; ;
we have much to do and hut little time
to work. Shall we remain silent, care
-1 less and in.liflerent upon so important
a subject, and let our opponents em
brace our weapons of warfare and turn
against us with their united ellorl and
battle down the glorious structure part
ly erected lor the liberty, prosperity and
happiness ofthc rising generation !
I hope not; hut tiiat you will, on the
■ first Tues lay in May next, in the Court
! house in tho town of Madison, at thel
hour often o’clock in tho fore-noon, as
semble yourselves, ratify and endorse
the (proceedings or) platform of the
Atlanta Convention held iu February
lust, and pass such resolutions us will
more olFeoluully carry out the same,
i and advance the cause of Temperance
jin our county. Come, friends of Tem
i perance, without further delay, as cili
; zens, philanthropists and patriots, arise
‘iu your majesty, and lake one more
I strong pull, a long pull, and a pull al
together, to the pulling down of the li.
j cense luw, which lias been a foul blot
lon the statute books of Georgia, ami u
I scourge to human happiness,—blight- I
; ing the prospects of thousands of the!
! young and talented of our land, and is I
yet stalking abroad seeking whom it
may devour. .Such a foe to our pros
perity and happiness should he abolish
ed ami abandoned by our Slate and
county. Wo want a law that will pro
tect us, that we may sit under our vino
und fig-tree, ami nano shall dare molest
or make us afraid. We want those
dram shops closed up, out of which is
vended blue ruin to the destruction of
Ufa, liberty and happiness; wo want
iliisdune by democratic, republican
principles; wo ask nothing more; the
; people, we believe, are ready for tho
‘issue, anxiously waiting to oast their 1
I votes to that offset, and why, any, should
oppose it, is strange to mo; though
some say that it is unconstitutional and
abridging their liberties. In one sense
of tho word tiiat is true, and I agroo
with them; it abridges dram shops,
drunkenness, corruption, degrution, pau
perism, crime, a id in a great measure,
convicts to the Slate prison ; it will al
so abridge the liberty of wallowing iu
llm mud and mire,—and many other
such liberties. Friends, be not alarmed,
the passage of the law contemplated,;
. will not retard, hut advance our liber-j
‘lies, —will not oppress, but unburden-;
i und remove a galling yoke—a tyrant's
! chain—a foe that has fought manfully j
‘against our host interest, moral, civil;
j Such a tyrant should;
no longer reign, nor remain among a
( civilized people. Come, forward them
I fellow.citizens, and take your stand,
i remember what tho good hook says,
I ho that is not for us, is against us ; gird
on the sword of truth, justice, e<|uity,
! and go to war valiently and effectually
j in the cause of temperance, and never :
I give up the ship until you shall have
accomplished the end and object of the
; enterprise iu view ; now that you have
! commenced a good work, never look
; buck, hut onward an! upward, und j
; heaven will bless and crown yout es
! lorts with success and happiness,
i Come, friends, lay all prejudice aside, J
if any you have, und let us act in con- j
ci rt as freeman und accountable be- ‘
ings,—let us strike an eliecluul blow,
and rid our country of the great and
growing evil complained of, —let us, by
an overwhelming majority, instruct our;
representatives to the legislative, to re- 1
peal the license luw, that those places
; of sin and folly, temptation and crime,
, may no longer blight the fair fame of
(Jeorgiu, the Empire State of the South,
uric especially the county of Morgan,
where science spreads her Incut ray, ov
,er lands which long iu darkness lay ;
visits fair our Georgia, and is extend
ing her blessings to the West, and may
she still grow in greatness, and become ,
a shining luminary iu the midst of the
Union, upon which all may look with
profit and delight. O, may she speedi
ly abolish tiie use of ardent spirits us a
bevetage, and with it, ail tho train of
abominations that follow in its wake.
Come, fathers and inolners, what say
you, are you leadv und willing to en
gage in this glorious warfare for the
cause of Temperance ! have you iio
sons that iu an evil hour, ma; he led
astray into those snares of sin and crime,
that have blasted the prospects of many ,
who hid fair to he ornaments to their’
0.l f #••.!-• ‘
I have filled un early drunkard’s grave!
land left the family circle in mourning:
i and distress —with sad and broken!
hearts, who soon follow with sorrow to
Ithe grave / And have you no daugh
ters that are subject to come under the 1
1 coin role o( miserable drunken husbands, !
j who mat blast their own as well as your i
happiness ? How often has this arch j
1 enemy stolen in upon innocent families’
, and driver out peace and happiness by
j the acts of a drunken son, liiishuiul oi !
| father, it would he iu vain lor me to;
j attempt a description of the sonow, 1
i woe and misery that has been occasion.
‘ed by the use of ardent spirits. vSutlio
tit to say, that it’s the greatest evil our .
nation is cursed with. Brothers and
sisters, I call on you to lend your aid
iu this glorious reformation of temper
ance ! Home, and let us strike at the i
root of tho evil against our cause, and j
abolish it from the land. Come, nnrul :
suasioniit, there is more than one road ,
that leads to Madison, we liavo tried that j
way till we think the.ro is other und |
better roads, we will not fall out with ;
you for your opinion, hut we ask you t
to let us enjoy ours, and lot us all pull •
together iu harmony und love, uml
wo shall reap if wo faint not, for if you
persuade a man against his will, ho will
he of the same opinion still. That lias
boon the cause of so many of thu
friends of .uinpcrauce organizations
forsaking the assembling of themselves
together, und ol violating ilietr obliga
tions ; they were persuaded against
their own inclination, and so'sooiius
the monster alcohol’ made his apoour
arrtse, they partook of his uaturo and
was charmed by his deception, until a
a chance for sober, candid reduction.
And whenever this tyrant is left to them
at tho ballot-box, lie will receive from
them a wound tliul will tell upon him
; for time to coine, that ho shall no lon
i gor lead them into temptations and vio
j lulions of their sacred honors as men,
, hut that their time is nw at hand, and
he shall reeoivw the power of stern jus
tice legally administered us tho only
safe remedy ; the truth is, moral sua
sion never will roach or accomplish tho
object of tho friend* of temperance. It
| has done its work, un\J if she can retain
j two-thirds of her advocates, she will do
I more than she is doing at present; then
jis it not high time that tiie temptation
! was removed before wo gel any weak
,or thau at present. It is high lime
tiiat tho stigma oast upon our nation,
! thould bo wiped off, und our country
freed from & tyrant more powerful and
! ruinous iu iiis effects than the yoko of
British tyranny.
Come friends, one and all, lot us
reason and ant together, for who among
you, have not directly or iudirecfly
j been injured by tiiis wiley foo l U,
I oould I hut picture before you us a mir.
ror, all of the crimes that have boon
committed b_v the use of ardent spirit*,
the quantity of tears shed, the amount
of blood spilt, the number of souls lost,
and all tho evils utteu luut irr oonsc
; quoi.ee of the sums, 1 know that you
I would- not hesitate for one moment to
strike the fatal blow uguinst tbs demon
alcshol. For onu, lam ready to ban
ish him at once and forever, from our
’ domain. So nroto it he. Amen.
R. A. TRIOR.
Oa* Uidgk, Meriwether Cos., Ga.
Ilro. Jlrantly :—1 wish to inform
! you that wo are “wide awake and dulv
sober” in this regiou, and are diligently
laboring to udvanoe the cause of tem
; perance, und knock thu doggeries, (not
; only into the middle of next Novem
ber,) hut from there into oblivion ; arid
I will say that I think our prospects
quite flattering. I am well satisfied
that the intelligence and virtue, of this
county are already committed to our
favorite measure. I huvo delivered
several addresses, and lulkcd much in
privuto upon the subject, and l have
not met with tho first psrson yet, male
or female, old or young, who has, iu
my presence, opposed the scemo ; and,
I urn well satisfied, that if wo are do
feuted, it will he done by the rabble ;
us you know, my culling does not throw
me much among that class, arid U muv
possess more numerical strength than
I suppose, hut I think our success very
sure iu this county.
1 regret exceedingly that our friend
“Incestigrlor” has taken this particular
time to let oll’liis sterna against “Mason
ry, not that Masonry has any danger
to fear from his ebullition, hut because
1 think ins time uud strength could he
much better cnqdoyo}, iu lolioriiig to
advance our glorious cause. 1 hope
however he feels easier now, und thut
he will clinrig’- his theme,, and p*in in
lli*; general crusade ugainist tee old
prince, and when we get him Jixvd,
then if “Investigator” can’t tinU any
Bung worse, he may huuim-r upon
Masonry the balance of his days. It is
suid “all gieat men have their weak
|x>ints r ” one weakness manifested by
“Investigator,” is iu hit supposing that
any sunt Mason would join issue with
him upon the simple quest inn “t ‘*
! states about Masonry, and then of
: course, tell what it is, and prove it by
! every intelligent Mason in the land,
ami then “Investigator” would not be
liovo a word of it. lie reminds me of
an old neighbor I Imd u few years ago,
who worked himself up into u statu of
: most poignant gi id, bordering on plirrn
j zy, and 1 really don’t know hut that it
hastened his death: Best missionary
operations as carried on by Methodist,
missionary Baptists and l-rrshyteiians
iu this country, shrub! up-heave tho
pillars ol our gloribiis republic, by flood,
ing the laud with abolitionists uml cut
throats, iitiii the poor old man would
.have shouldered his musket and match
ed to the rescue,- at a day’s warning, I
verily believe, although so blind that
:it would have been doubtful whether
j lie could have hit a barn door'JO pa.
;ces. Come, friend “Investigator,” lot’s
go in for the suppression of doggeries,
and when we get tliuf thing arranged,
then we’ll talk of other matters.
Let me say iu conclusion, that wo
have tho right sort of committee man
iu this county, mid 1 am sure that all
! that can he done by sound urguiscut,
j touching appeals, uud indomitable por
, soveranee, by any mull of strong mind,
accomplished imu:tiers uml great popu
larity, will he accomplished.
As ever yours.
I ‘ ML I>. HILNVTL.
David Paul Brown, Esq.
We are happy to see that this oiot
qubut gentleman is baldly advouatisg
the Muitio Law in Pensylvauia. H
brings forward no small amount of
sound logio und legal learning; con
futes with much üb.lity Mr. Wohster’s
argument before the Supreme Court
in 18111, and gives authoritive abundant
for just such action as the Maine Law
prescribes, long before the Maisin Law
j was thought of. In conclusion of hi*
| argument, he says:
i 1 am no radical—no ultraist—no
I fanatic; but allow mo to say that the
j annual Revenue of tho United HftalM
would not pay for the ruin which i.ieu.
tailed upon thu nation by the simple
importation of these foreign poison*
The fortunes alono wasted as the almost
inevitaWo and doroct consequeuoee
would annually treble tho amount eJ
the imposts or duties; and the physioal
and moral and social evils attoudau
upon wide spread, legalized drunkea.
ness, would not t**> compvnsated- to lbi
great and glorious country by tho
amount of England’s National debt.
Wo say, therefore, and wo ask you
nil to join in the practical en forcemeat
of the doctrine;, that the sale of intoxL
eating drinks as a beverage should W
prohibited by law, beouuso—
I. They deprive men .d’their reso*
for the time being.-
3. They destroy men of tho groots**
intellectual strength.
3. They foster uml encourage otary
species of immortality.
4. ‘They bar the progress of olviU,
zutioti ami religion.
5. They destroy the peace and hap
piness of millions of families.
0. They reduce many virtuoM
wives and children to beggary.
7. They cause many thousands of
murders.
8. They prevent all rcformatioM \A
I ohuraoter.
0. They render abortive tho sirvuf.
•■st resolution*.
It). Tier millions of property uxpso
dod in them is lost.
11. They cause tho majority of on stir
of insanity.
12. Thoy destroy both tho body and
tho soul.
Id. They burden sobe people with
| millions of paupers.
11. They came immonse cx|ivnds.
i tures lo prevent crime.
15. They cost sober people iiii.nMMe
j sums in charity.
1(1. They burden the country with
enormous tuxes.
17. Because moderato drinkers want
; the temptation- removed,
i le).- Idi uiikamls-want tho opporttmi.
: ty removed.
11L Sober people wunt the nuisance
removed.
| 20. Tux-payers want the burJeu
; removed.
21. The prohibition would save
j thousands now falling.
22. The salo exposes our families to
insult.
j 23. The sale exposes families to des
truction.
‘-J !. Tire sale upholds the vicious an.l
idle,at the expense of the virtuous and
industrious.
tio. The sale subjects the sober i*>
great oppression.
20. It takes tiie sjber man’s earn
ings to support tiio drunkard.
27. It subjects numberless wives to
untold sufferings.
2<i. It is country to the Bible.
211. It is country to common sense;.
tit). We have a right to rid ourselves
of the burden.
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