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.tyr. Editor :—li your pip-r, ‘hi*
Tcmpcranco Hjnn<*r, I s'** 1 you advo.
cate ihc republican principle of our fa
there most noble boon —liberty of xp* ech
and of the pbc.'.s. And now, sir, as 1
am a aubsoriber to tire Banner, ano
while trading it, I find so many strange
tilings therein published, (which liber
ty I greatly applaud) that some how or
other reminds fn** of that great city
Athens, about the time Paul, the apostle,
visited it on his missionary tour, and re
membering the liberal principles as es
tablished by Areopagus, though a heath
an as he was, he verv cheerfully sat
and heard all sorts of strange things,—
which courtesy opened a door to the
apostle for the holding forth the doc
trine of the gospel of the son of God,
which seemed to have been a strange
tiling to that people; vet lie was al
lowed to bo heard, ami this strange doc
trine of his treated with respect, as may
be seen by a ret reiioo to the 17 chap,
of Acts, It! to 2d versos- And now
friend IJditor, if > >u “ ill allow me as
much space in your paper as was al
lowed Paul ut Marsliill, I think it very
probable that I can introduce for the]
(consideration of Baptists, a lew
strange things which hsveoocnrred out
here in Western Georgia. But should
they cut against the notions entertained
by the Banner, you will please remem
ber that I’aul was allowed a respect-
fil hearing before Areopagus, and ei
ther baptists or editors would feel con
tempt for any that would denounce
them as less generous than heathens.—
Then friend editor, let this suffice for
my preface, and permit me to com
mence my tale by informing you that
l was at a conference meeting last
Saturday, at a Church some live miles j
West of the town of Newnan, Coweta ,
county ; and should strange thrngs oc
cur out here in the hack woods, as well
they nmv, you know, ‘till we claim as
much indulgence as though they had
happened in some of vour more relined
sections. But to the conference. Weill
sir, ut the item of references, a query
was produced of several months stand
ing, which read about as follows:—■:
“Will this Church fellowship a inern-
her who sells- nnd truftir s in spirituous
liquors?” Hereupon debate soon com.
monced.—For you must know that hy
hook or hy crook, six or seven preach
ers had dropped in, (though rather a
aoarce article about here in many in
stances) and one of them in debate took
this position : That il one member kept
a grog shop live miles oil) and he was
unmolested by the church, if another
one was not equally entitled to open
one two miles oil ? Yes, said he ; nnd
if so, why not another open a liquor es
tablishment right here before this meet
ing house door? Yes he said, nnd by
the same parity of reasoning, would not
the whole Church he justifiable in open
ing a full co-partnership doggery for
the accomdution of the society, right
there in the meeting yard, &c. Ls I’his
mode of argument induced an tßvocate
of the present retail system to rise and
request leave to ask four or ‘ive ques
tions himself, and see what he could
prove hy questions and answers on the
otherside. lie then asked the Modera
tor, if he should buy one acte ofgroutni
of Bro. W., (the owner of this lot of
land) right out there before the meet
ing house, if there would be ar.y harm
in that act. Here he answered this
question himself by stating that the
moderator and all the church was com
pelled in all honesty to answer no.—
Seeing the custom of the country rec
ognized all such legal bargain and sale.
Secondly, he asked, if he should employ
Bro. W., who was a mechanic, to build
him a house on that acre lot, it there
would he any harm in that ? To this
he also answered no: For the reason
that the lot was his own property, and
consequently no one could object to l>is
lawfully improving and occupying it.
Thirdly, he asked if lie should go to
market with what little money he had
left alter paying for the lot ami the
house, ami while in maiket—after hoy
ing some sugar, and some coffee, and
eoine cheese, and a variety of other
grooeries—should he also buy a barrel
of rum, would there ho any harm in
that ? To this he also answered no :
For the reason that the law of Georgia
and the law of the Bible, both had fully
authorized him to buy sell and traffic
in wine and strong drink. —See, said he,
the Georgia Digest, nnd also the bible,
11 chap. Deut , dl to dU verses.—
Which law, raid he, was tolerated by-
Christ, our law.giver, who made, dis
posed of ami used wine as u beverage
himself.—See Mat. 11th chap., 17th
verse ; —John 2d chap. Ist to 11 verges.
Fourthly: he asked if he should hire
a wagon and team to carry all these
groceries to his lot, und put them all in
hia new house, rum and all; would
there bo any harm iu that ? To this
ha anawert-d no : For the reason that it
waa his duty to take care of his property.
He then asked if Bro. W. should come
over to his grocery in a day or two af.
ter he had opened, and tell him his
wife wanted a gallon of that rum to put
in aotne camphor, and some garlick to
cure the children of worms, anJ put in
aome cucumbers anil ghirkms to make
pickles, Aio., and he should sell it io
him at a fair price, would there he any
hrm in that ? Certainly not was It is
reply. But said he, some davs utter
this purchase, Bro. W’s. wife* had
been filling up the campnor bottle and
the garlick, Ac., Bro. W. gets hold ol
the jug and sucks at it until he gets as
drunk ss a toad ; was there any harm
in that / Most undoubtedly there was,
•aid he ; for the bible tells us that
drunkards, adulterers, thieves, tornicu
OKA*AN *>l 1 11fc SOJNh OF TKMKKKANCK AM) STATE TEMPERANCK CONVENTiON.
tors, Ac., shall not enter the kingdom
iof heaven. And now, bro. moderator,
I insist on your executing tin* whole
vigor of the law on bro. VV,, this evil
doer ; but you surely will not go h ick
now and punish me Inf bro. M s. own
act, after having cleared me of evt-rv
act of my life up to the dale of bro. VV’s
getting drunk, and now because he lias
noted thus immorally, “re you going
Pack behind all my lawful acts, as you
have all ju*t now admitted, a rid pass an
ts post facto law, and punish me under
lit/ Surely not said he. Ilerupm
strife commenced, and after much
speaking, and some pretty warmly too.
! ns you may easily imagine, there being
such a host of ktimes hearing and apron
] wearing gentry present. But our rum
seller’s friend alter a while uroio again
; to speak, bm was pronounced out of or
| der bv the moderator, (who hid worn
all sorts of hu nes and aprons) and ap
prehended I suppose, another ru m!r ,
speech. But an appeal was made to j
the Church on the point of order, and
! they decided him in order, and while* in j
argument, he proposed a withdrawal of j
| the query, and stated that if the rum
seller had been guilty of any untnorali- 1
! ty, for them to commence anew action
predicated on gospel principles ; where- j
upon a motion was made and seconded, j
when a most zealous petition signing
advocate, arose and made a tremendous I
inflammatory speech, and finally pro
posed to donate the rum seller with live
dollars if lie would quit the business of j
rum selling. This set blood to boiling
all over the house, when the rum sel
-1 let’s friend arose again to reply to that
(irritating speech, but was pronounced
j out of order again by the moderator,
i and the motion to withdraw the query
; was put by the moderator and carried—
■ leaving that member -still standing and
contending for his rights, —standing on
the floor all the time, who then said
something about bnrbarianism. and look
Ins seat.
And now, friend editor, in casting ;
about to see where this new parliamen
tary proceJure sprang from, and to |
shew church members where common
courtesy could be can ied to by piece- ‘
dents ol mi high order, I will give you i
part of a short article extracted from
the Georgia Banner of the 13th inst.,
on this same subject of order and deco- j
rum, being rode over rull-siiou to the
disgrace and violation of all termer j
Baptist usage :
“In continuation (of the same sub. |
jeet) I now beg to introduce the subject
of butter-milk and blackbery juice .is a
substitute tor wine in a sacramental ca
pacity. This I introduce to you us the
greatest phenomenon now extant, —yes,,
as the wonder of all wonders—Spiritual i
Wrappings not excepted. I cannot say ;
how long priests were hovering over
tliier mares-nest before they hatched out
this frizzly tion-descripi, but “ill only !
state that the lirst time that I heard of
this Mahometan young one, was shortly
| after it had, by stealth and trickery,
usurped the place ol wine in someone j
or more of our churches. This enter
ing wedge (tor the Maine liquor law)!
cl outed a great dual of excitement in j
some of the churches. This state ol j
tilings induced one ol the churches to i
send up to the Association by letter and 1
delegation the following query : “Is
it Scriptural to substitute blackbery
juice or any other liquid, in lieu ol wine,
in a sacramental capacity ?” You will
see that the question is plum and direct; i
strange to say the new lights, under the
maun'eiinuit of one wlm was designa
ted Pope John, by some, re I used even
to refer it to a committee. But some
day or two after the question lud been
disposed of, a grave Deacon arose with
a paper in hand which he offered as an
answer to the query, staling thut if it
gave rise to any debate, the answer
would bo withdrawn. Do you suppose
such humiliating terms could bn enter-j
mined a single moment by men who
boost of republican principles—by men
who are so clamorous about majority ■
voting in counties ; yes, even m dis -
trict sections. But I fear that I shall
get warm if I puisne this disgraceful
ti unsuetimi any fu rtner; yet l do de- j
clare to you that tho very motion thut I
above described was seconded and ear.
ried by some of these identical persons
who are now so busily engaged in get
ting signers to the Maine Liquor Law
Petition.
The tallowing query was sent up to
the same Association by the Newnan
Church: “Do the scriptures of eternal;
truth disallow tin* use of intoxicating
drinks as a beverage ?” Flits query
was treated with due respect, a-ul re
ferred to a committee who were to pre
pare a scriptural answer, l’iie com
miilt-e not being oousi lore I strong
enough, a motion was made and carried
to add tvo more to it. Some utmtlv
member then moved that T. W. B. be
put oir that committee, which motion
by u drag, was curried. The appoint. ;
ing of this last committee man, was
rather unexpected to Pope John auu
Ids strikes. He was considered ungov
ernable, and tht* rest of the committee!
avoided a session with him, and tiierel
was a likelihood of no report being!
made. At length an old cats-paw, with-l
out any legal session of that committee!
offered tte following report: “The!
’ committee on Temperance, to w-lion!
was referred the query from New nail
church, “Do tho scriptures of eternal
truth disallow the use of intoxicating!
drinks as a beverage ?” Respectfully!
report that we think the moral lesson!
taught us in ‘.ho scriptures, Ac, and els<|
where, and the fiigti and holy positioiJ
that God has given us in aociety, as tliej
suit ol the earth and the light of tin]
world, with the command to shua eve
ry appearance of evil, admonish us not
to use the article as a beverage.”—Bee
the Minutes of 1852, page 11.
Now I say nothing about Duddyism
here. But Ido nay that T. |j. felt
something like a sensation of shame
pass over him about the time this comi.
cal scene was acting; seeing tho hi hie
so shamefully inrulteJ, after being
called upon us urbitor in this ciw, he
i ok sides with the hible, and offered
tie following minority report : “The
minority of your committee most re
spectfully beg leave to present to your
consideration this their minority report:
i hat if the bible is to be depended on us
answer to your query, that, with the
lights of the bible before us. we are
compelled to answer No to your query.
And we herewith offer you unquestnna
hie oible authority, as we believe, to
sustain our answer j —beginning with
, the 9th chap, of Genesis, 21 verse, to
j shew the introduction of wine into the
world by Noah; —an I next the 14th
1 chap, ol Dent. 24 to 20 verses, to es- :
j tahlish our unquestionable license for,
buying and selling ho'h wine and strong
drink, (yes alcohol if you piu.fi.r that !
term,) and then prop wd Io read twen
ty other scripture passages t sustain
I the above position.”
This so alarmed Pope John, that be
! begged for a stop to he put to tie* rea l- 1
ingot this bible authority. This ap
peal caused srmie cat’s paw of his to j
move for the adoption of the majority
(rather the unscriptuml) report. The
vote was put and carried notwithstand
ing the minority, the bible sustaining
: portion es the committee, had the floor; j
| and, shameful to tell, the cheering and ;
stamping ol the feet by baptists, would ,
have done honor to the greatest politi- ’
I cal demagogue in the land,
j Bo you may now see, friend editor,
; where this our back country names-j
wearing Moderator got that unchristian
1 precedent from as practiced in that j
j country church live miles West of
I Newnan on Saturday last. And you j
i may ulso see the ruinous effects such :
j dictation and arbitrary conduct is liable
! to bring upon the Baptist denomination j
! here m Western Georgia.—Fur I doi
i hope and trust that such popish dicta
| lion has not as yet been practiced in
; baptist churches or associations in any
1 other section of this our republican
Slate of Georgia.
And now, friend editor, let me say lo j
you in the conclusion of these remarks,
as I premised in tin* outset, that should !
| they rather cut against the notions as
entertained by the Banner, 1 shall still
i hope you will give me a hearing in be
; hall ot the bible. For though I may !
love the Banner, still I love the bible
j much more. And but for this I never!
should have ventured my little bark on .
so wide and troubled an ocean to buffet
against the mounting billows of ihe
learned, the doctors of divinity, ami the
high!) intelligent clergy who are in
churgeofthe Georgia B iptists. For I
too am a little old b.ip:ist Deacon, and !
but for the truth and the hible I stan I,
and if in error, it is your duty as well
as those ieurued do* tors of di\ mily, who
can translate aright the truths of the
t bible from the original Greek and lie- !
| brew tongues into plain English, so
clearly and demonstratively, that all
runs may read, and that too so plainly, j
that though a fool, we may not err there- !
in. Then sir, on this horn of the di
lemma our positions D admissible in 1
your Banner without tu possibility u
offence on your part, lor we shoe! .. r
all the resposibility by subscribing
hereunto our proper name.
THOMAS W. BOLTON.
A Sabbath at Home.
Dear Banner: —in many resprets the
filth Sabbath in May, 1853, was one (to’
:ne) of peculiar interest. Notwith
standir g in Palmetto and vicinity the
; church at this time is at a low ebb, and
vice still holds a formidable hold, yet*
there are many things calculated to!
I cheer the hear t of the Christian and!
! philanthropist. We have at this place
six drygoods stores, all owned and kept
by high-minded, sober and honest men.
We have too in course of erection a;
Methodist K. Church, forty by fifty
feet. We are anxious to have it comple
’ led, and obtain tho services of that great
and good man of God, Dr. Lovick
Piero , to dedicate it to God by his pres
ence and prayers, and an appropriate!
sermon. There is at our place a Sab
bath school ot more than one hundred
scholars, in which there is a bible class
ot about twenty interesting youths and
voting men. This Sabbath school has
been in existence going on two years. ■
and the writer recollects but one death,
a lovely little girl, a lovely child whose
intellect, like the ro*e, was just burst
ing forth, and like lire rose opening and
expanding, was taken from us and
transplanted in the L ien above.
We have in Palmetto in course of
erection u beautiful (or will be) Mason
ic Hail ; in which the Masons and
Templars will meet, and it may be
; close of services 1 repair to the Camp
Ground hard by, with the .Missionary i
to the negroes, he bail to preach a iit
j rieral of one of the color* and church mem
bers. With the missionary Rev. L.
Pennington, who for three years like a
noble philanthropist and man of God,
has served the colored church ut Ibis
place,—was tin* Rev. P. A. King, who
closed the services in able addresses to
■ the negroes. Well, while in the stand
I had an opportunity of surveying the
I croud as it collec'ed. What an air of
decency marked the crowd, and as to
apparel, they were absolutely ahead of’
many white congregations. If I want
to hear good singing, let me go to a rie
gro meeting. The grove about the
| venerable camp ground rang with th-ir
! voices. l lie preacher prayed, these
simple hearted people responded. As
: it was a funeral, he preached on the
resurrection of the good and bad. Well
;we had a glorious meeting,—l felt
much myself. One gooj negro man,
j a large and athletic man, once a very
1 wicked man, whom his master could
not control, approach me with the big
tears rolling down his face and sum,
“I am perfectly sadslied, I have but In
1 tie ol earth, I love God, as to different
i conditions of men, the grave will level
| all. rtiese Northern fanatics, who
now wipe their mouths, mid are’ so
’ sensitive about Southern slavery, say
our religion is a b ’g bear, and that there
is no reciprocal affection between the
pious master and Ins converted slave;
it. is a falsehood ; and yestei day’s scene 1
more than ever convinced me. (J. ye
Scribes and Pharisees, 11 ’s of the !
North, who are now living in fine hou- j
ses, inherited from your fathers who!
mude princely fortunes from the slave
trade; ye, (some of you) who have j
sold your negroes at the South, went;
North and wiped vour mouths and shed
crockodile tears over negro slaves. 1
O, ye who grird down and oppress!
your poor whiteslaves, barely allowing ;
them enough to keep soul and body to- j
getlier. O, ye who love Southern ne
groes, and let the poor while and black ‘
suffer around you ; O that ye had been 1
Mrs. Stowe too, among you at the camp i
ground yesterday to have seen muster ’
au J slave embracing each other, both i
shedding big tears of joy in hops of
living together in Heaven.
ik e rewus a lit In disparity howeve ,
the set vaiiis many were a little better
clad than their masters. Well the
servicesover, a venerable colored man,
a class leader, arose and proposed col- 1
lection for tln-ir b -loved pastor. Well I
they came with their dimes and quar
Hers, and threw into the hat for their
preachers. Well says someone at the
North, how do they get money 7 Fill
toll you, they hardly ever Work until
Saturday night for tiieir owners. They *
have their corn and cotton patches, they
have tfieir gardens, fowls, Ac. ; some
make trays, horse.collars, Ac. They
know their bread and meat (not cotton
seed) are sure from tite.r master, and
they get the ov. rplus ; very often hard
by the negioes comfortable cabin, is a
hog in the pen, fowl.house, Ac., vvi h
this they have something extra to teed
their friends on Sunday after church.
C >ine. Bro. Northerner, gn with me on >
a Sabbath in their house, (| know what
1 am writing about, the sense is laid
pretty near my do r,) see tiiat table
set, —with clean cloth, good earthero
ware ; see this decent bed with pfett,
bed quilts, see the little negroes as they
play around and welcome master and
.mistress. How does this figure com
pare with Northern freedom, to the
poor, dirty, lousy, free negroes of the
North / Here, our negroes have the
gospel,—we care for their souls, as well
as bodies. In the name of heaven,
. Northern people, iv hat do you mean ?
and what do you want / Gad will
manage this matter after his own way ;
just compare the temporal und spiritual
i condition of the negro slave of the
; South, with your free negroes, with
Hayti and llio British islands, and,
i again 1 say, let us and our negroes
alone. That there are a good many
inhumane masters ut ttie South vve don’t
deny,—and we deplore this as well as
j you ; —an I some good masters may
; have to correct their servants. But who
i causes this ? You gentlemen of the
North ; you w het the lash and draw the
blond by your audacious interference,
with the relation of master and slave. —
If it is a sin it is our sin, and you had
better obey the eleventh commandment,
or bestow your charity upon tiie miser
able, poor around you, white and
; black.
[ a >4]iiit iiiivert a moment 10 Palmetto
ami Inn done. With all its advan
tages I spoke of, is it not strange there
are three liquor shops ? It is true—
hut we are pouring in our grape upon
them, and we hope yet to gain the vic
tory.
Truly vours, <fcc.
U.P. JONES.
Palmetto, Jl>th May, 1H53.
Habits are more easily formed than
they are altered. It takes more tune
to abridge one book than it does to
write half a dozen. The same remark
i will apply to letters. Fite only reason
’ people write .a three paged epistle, is
! because they have not time to condense
it into one. It may seem like a para
dox. still it’s a fact, that almost every
editor finds it easier to write a half col
umn article, than he does to get up
one that only contains two or thre par
agraphs.
Every moderate drinker could aban
don the intoxicating cup, if he vould;
f'erv inebriate >roull if he ron/d.
TOE BAITOBJB.
i:\field. iinijii, tero.
The <-n<l, ho S !!
I) nr Editor: —I know that every reader ot
the Banner must feel rejoiced, that “Investi
gator’’ has ut last emptied his fulsome bud
get; and that tie has reached the bottom is evi
deni from the fact, that *T,is last artieles are
nothing but a reiteration of his firmer
squibs.
1 have taken up my pen to make “laves
tigator” a proposition, in ease lie should
have left a single drop more that he intends
squeezing out at some future time. It is
simply friend, to select some other paper or
wait till the present campaign is oeer. and
give your name in full, and show the world
that you don’t do tilings in secret. Do this
friend, and as I have obtained some charac
ter myself for having a pair of long ears, I
will promise, every time you bray, to bray
too,and will give my name in full also.
WHALEBONE.
M ay 20. r
Iff” We have now on hand a commit
mention from ‘-Investigator,” of eight close
ly written pages, with a promiso of -‘Per
haps more anon.” We have, also, four or
five articles in reply, and from these indica
tions, we see no prospect of a termination]
of this discussion, within a reasonable period.
We think enough has been published to an
swer all good or useful purposes; the pro-J
position of “ Whalebone,” we consider
reasonable and fair; the demands on our
columns, iit the temperance cause, are in
creasing;—and under these circumstances,
we have coino io the conclusion to put a
stop-to - the discussion, at least for the pre
sent. In this course, we trust nil parties!
will acquiesce without a murmur.
We have this proposition to make j
to our delinqu -nt Subscribers:—So soon as j
we receive what is due us, we will enlarge ‘
the Banner to an e.x.ent, that will admit the |
favors of all our correspondents—or at least,;
to the extent o! all u.el’ul and practical pur- ‘
poses. It is just and right that we should be
paid, but with this additional consideration, j
we trust there may be no further necessity I
for duns.
NOTICE. —Subscribers receiving
their pnpi-rs with a straight black mark,!
are thereby notified that they are in ar.
rears One mark indicates one dollar ;
(In ; two marks, two do’lars; three*
marks, three dollars, Ac. Please re
mit the amount at once.
i
State Temperance Convention.
Keep it before the friends of Reform,.
that the Annual Session of the State Tem
perance Convention of Georgia, will be
held in Atlanta commencing on the last i
Wednesday (29th of June) at 10 o’clock,
A. M. !t is always important that the ses
>i>ms of this body be well attended, but j
recent events render it doubly important j
that the approaching session be attended
try all the friends of the cause, as far as 1
is possible. Matters of unusual itnpor-;
tauce will come before the body, and we
hope to see vv ise heads, stout hearts, and
all the tried advocates of our noble cause
promptly at their posts. Come, friend*,
and show our opponents that oNW.utu is
the order of the day.
*2’ Wo have but little inclination and
less time to make any comments upon the
communication from Mr. T. W. Bolton, in I
another column. The points in relation to ‘
liquor soiling mid liquor drinking, have so*
often been refuted in the columns of the 1
Banner, and at this dry, are so tir behind
the light of the Gospel, lh.it any serious at-;
tempi to retire them, would be a waste of
words. 1 1 regard to other in ittofs in his ‘
communication, we leave them to those
more immediately concerned.
One of the Judges of the Supreme Court
of Georgia, has declared it would be consti
tutional, if the people desired it, to expel
Alcohol from the State in toto. So says a
correspondent.
We are indebted to Rev. I). P Jones
tor a list ot six Subscribers to the Banner
this week. Our friends in all directions ac
knowledge the usefulness of the Banner in
aid of the cause. A little exertion upon the
part of our friends would double the circu
lation of the Banner this Summer and Fall.
The campaign is becoming nioro and more
interesting—Let tlie people have the docu
ments,
A correspondent in one of our upper
counties, gives an item of information a lit
tle gratifying. A lawyer, of talents and
fame, engaged in the work of preparing
himself to oppose the present temperance
movements, and anv reference of tho tem
perance cause to legislative action. In his!
investigations, and attempts to find argu
ments in opposition to legislation, lo and
behold! he has become thoroughly eonvin
eed ol his wrong, and the expectation is en- ’
t- rtained that he will, ere long, come out!
the champion of legislative action to sup
press the liquor tratlic! We incline to
think, where we lose one, wo shall gain
two; and that our cause gains strength
daily.
Cottage Mills, Muscogee Cos., Ga., J
May 24, 1853. \
To the Editor <f the Temperance Banner: —
1 find your Banner so useful in tile pro- ‘
motion of Temperance in the country at 1
large, and so interesting to my children, that ]
1 can't well dispense with it. Therefore, I j
enclose you one dollar for the present j
year’s subscription, to be sent to this office,
not Roland, as formerly.
Very respectfully,
NAT. M. THORNTON.
We sometimes receive a letter from
a grumbler, which we lay aside, as the kind
of coin Editors often receive for their toil
and care. The above is so opposite that we
trust to be forgiven for its insertion, though
it is ‘ omplimenlary to the Bann-r.
The KigS.S fouiw.
1 1 •’ Ai -! e . > hie ids, in several
i -ounties, speak ..f ho! ling public meeting,
j to noinina'e 1 a-idal tu-s for the !, _isi ,ture,
who will advocate a reference *>,’ n- R tail
j question to the people in their r-spt-ctive
comities. \\ e think the oclter cour-,* will
I*-, to let the candidates be announced; and
; upon interrogation, if found to i>e opposed
i t*> their views, tin n nominate independent
■ candidates, who tire favorable to their wish
-1( s. J-i count) s i\lari- a particular polit
ic"l p>r-y has a dcci ic l ascendency, be
sure to have c.nid..,u.cs ui that n-irtv. In
Democratic coin, ;; s, select from lin- Deni
oc-rn's; and in *A ,ig vonr.t.e-, from
that p irty. A In vie rll ction. wa are iti
clined to thii k,-a i ‘ !i,.i mo i e our friends in
this matter.and the propriety of the cour*#
here suggested, we have no doubt will
he at once admitted.
Augusta.
Several of our temperance friends in An
gus a, I ist wee <, gave it to us as the r opin
ion, that tne “No License ’ advocates would
show a majority in Richmond county, at the
tall elections. Some of the gentlemen spo.
j ken ot as candidates for the Legislature,
h ive already declared their determination,
jif candidates, t 0 advocate a reference of the
j question to the people. We were informed
that the proprietors of two of the most ex
tensive Retail establishments in the city,
have declared their readiness to relinquish
tl.c traffic, and vote “No License.” Take
courage friends, the great majority of llio
people are with us, and when office holders
i :ll 'tl offi u seekers clearly ascertain this
i truth, many scruples will be overcome, and
; the friends of the retail system will be found
t-w and tar bet ween.
l’iie I’resbyti-nan General Assemble,
! Nvw School, convened in Buffalo, N. Y. on
; ilie n ortiing of May 19;h. Two liundr.d
j couuuis.-inin is vvi re found to be in atten
d.im-c. The meeting is represented to
j have been an interesting one. But we re
j Ter to the assembling of ibis body more
particularly on aceonut of the Temperance
m .tiersconnected with it. On the evening
<.t the 24tli a large temperance meeting
, was held, which was addressed by several
distinguished speakers, it is said by one of
our exchanges that tile New School Geiier
al Assembly may be set down as a teetotal
Maine Law Asseml !y. The correspondent
jof the Fliilad-lphhi Sun, speaking of the
: procoedings the next day after the temper
; aucc meeting, discourses in this wise:-
“One ot the most notable things of tba
morning was the. address of Rev. Mr. Per
! ham. the Delegate from the General Con.
teiyiicc ot Maine. The description ot tli •,
religious condition of that body ofChri.x
ii -ns was pleasing; but his remarks con
cerning the Maine law ;„ 1( t its effects vm-io
j impressive.
“ l’he high position of .Maine,” said Mr
jP * ‘‘upon Temperance, ha* brought her
; into honorable and enviable’ i otorieiy.
. j he celebrated‘Liquor Law’has become a
t ct, and it m y now be regarded as out of
, oul ‘ chartered, endowed, and most ttoUlish
iug institutions-. Wc have’ railn ads, and
: : re to have more; we Ivi'e colleges,
seminaries, hospitals, and other State cor
porations <f great value bus we
have nothing instituted by leghhitive au
thority that has done so much for all the
; intir, s ts i,fhummii-v, and that lias grown
j s0 much in public favor in so short a time
j ;‘S the Maine Law. Its efficiency for good
is wonderful. It has been estimated, that
by a thorough application of the la'V to tho
single eitv of Portland, its honored birth
|d"ee, will” save to it- inhabitants annually
rk326,uuo, a sum sufficient to furnish house
rent,ai §IOO each, for 1000 families; to give
to ea-'liol these families, five cords of wood,
five barn L of flour; and §BO worth of
clothing; and then leave a surplus sut
! ficient to build fif;v dwelling to uses at
§tii)o each; twenty school houses at §IOJ
each; live meeting houses at §2OOO for ir
j struction in its temples of religion and sci
ence.
” l’!ii> calculation is bused on the suppo
sition that tli-* money paid for ruin all, .its
300 grog shops, estimating the sale at §7
per day at each shop; was a total loss to
the purchasers. Is it strange that an in- ‘
strunieiit that can accomplish such an
amount of good in one year should find
ti “lends wherever its deeds are known and
i s benefits arc enjoyed? And is it strung*
that when some of its provisions needed
modification to give it more efficiency, that
a Legislature whose members had seen its
wholesome operation for eighteen mont.:
should stand ready to give to it the requir
c t modification by the sanction of a majority
larger than thut which enacted the law, a id
so great that the Governor’s veto, had it
o-'i-ii interposed, as it was not, could not
have affected the result? Such was the
lava rcspcciing the recent stringent enact
ment of our Legislature, which is to take
effect on the Ist day of June next.
“We B iiy < 0 01lr f r ; en( j s every where,
the. Maim- Law is safe—to God bo tho
praise. If his finger was, seen, in the far
mer stages ot the Temperance cause in
Maine, his hand is seen in this grand
achievement. Although tho Law is Maine’*
constitution, plained in theeongeniai hearts
ot her virtuous daughters, we arc not so
tenacious or exclusive in our guardianship ‘
jotit as to bo unwil ing to trust it in other
States. We would like to have it national-
I iscd through the action of all the Slates, or
i>y the con sderatad action in Congress as
sembled. Nor siiould we object to its *
; being transported to other continent!-.
Wherever it goes it will honor its pnren
t.-.Sc nnd hum hi birth place, and more than
pay the expense of transportation.
Who would entrust an in.port4Rt law
! suit in the hands of a drunken attorney/
Wtio would employ a drunken clerk
j to transact his business?
Who would vote i. place a drunk
aid in an important office of trust?
Who would trust his life in the hands
; of a drunken physician? •
Who would employ a drunkard in
almost any capacity?
Not even the drunkard himself
Olive Branch x
In Paraguay, ii is sail, that nearly
very \>'->ivimi chews tobacco-