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VOl) HILL BE HASTED.
Take ■-mirage, my lad. W'bat if you arc but an
humble, obscure apprentice—a poor, neglected orphan
-a wolf and bye-word to the thoughtless and gay,
uho <l. j.ise virtue in rags because of its tatters.—
Have you an intelligent mind, all untutored though
it be l 1 Have you a virtuous aim, a pure desire, and
an honest heart ? Depend upon it, one of these days,
you will be wanted, ‘i'hc time may be long defer
red. You may grow to manhood, and you may even
reach your prime, ere the. call is made ; but virtuous
aim.-, pure desires, and honest hearts ure too few and
snored not to he appreciated—not to bo wanted. —
Your virtues shall not wrap always about you as
with a mantle —obscurity shall not always veil you
from the multitude. Be chivalrous in your combat
w ith circumstances. Be ever active, however small
may he your sphere of action. It will surely enlarge
with every movement, and your influence will have
continual increment.
“In the world's broad held of battle,
In the bivouac of life,
Be not like dumb driven cattle,
Bea hero in the strife.”
Work on, for surely you will he wanted, and then
comes your reward, bean upon the sacred verity,
‘1 have never seen the righteous forsaken or his seed
begging bread.” Never despair; for the lives of
good men abundantly testify that often when clouds
are blackest, and the tempest is fiercest, and hope is
faintest, a “still small voice” will he heard saying,
“Come hither, you are wanted,” andall your powers
will find ample employment. Therefore, take heart,
voting men, for ere long you will ho w anted. —Our
Drytctr.
SHEARING \ FENCE AROUND A GRAVE YARD.
ThoOknlona News, a Southern paper, proposes to
put the swearing power of the people of that town to
erne good purpose. Here is his proposition, and it
furnishes some wholesome rebuke of a very disgust
in;. as well as wicked practice:
Our suggestion is that there he organized in this
place an Okalona Cursing Association, for the pur
jio eof raising funds for some useful object. The
power of profanity which runs to waste in the streets
i- enormous; there is enough of it to bore an Arte
sian well in six months. A single objection, liowev
-11 , to that appropriation of what might he appropri
ately called the “f!od damn” power of our communi
ty i that none of our best swearers, that we know
of, are experienced well-borers, and from the present
scarcity of money arises the necessity of embarking
in some enterprise in which the contributions could
be paid in work, like our people's subscription to the
railroad, this leads us to suggest enclosing of the
grave void a> a praiseworthy and practical object.
l.'-l < v ery member of the association, whenever he
** 1 ’ out **•* “fttli, he obliged to rip out a palling, and
vvlu-iieier lie curses Any body, let him contribute a i
■ ail. We are well aware that the Bible forbids to!
11 “'let- railing for railing,” but we ore satisfied that
the injunction lias no more application to such eases
i the pn -ent, than St. I'aul’s example of restoring a
■ :h\e lave Ims to eases where tlicslave has a hlnck
Lin. \\ e don’t know lift* amount ol .w ork requisite
to enclose our cemetery, hut we are satisfied that it
is .imply within the means of the proposed associa
tion to accomplish il. There were sixty-one votes
polled at the late municipal election.
•Some few of our voters do not swear (the Rev. Mr. j
\ and l , for instance) lint there are usually
a number ol accomplished • wearers in town not yet
entitled to a vote, and many of the hoys can hold a ,
hand with any ol their seniors. All Ihings consul- ‘■
end, we think the income ol the association might!
lie estimated at half a. dozen puttings a day from fifty 1
regular contributors, which would pale fifty yards a !
day. A lew court days would supply all the rails, |
and the Sunday cursing would be especially set apart j
as a post-fund. The little boys, the “Cadets ol l J ro-
Uinty,” could find the nails, and after pailing was
completed the members who affect such phrases ns
“I’ll lie dogged,” “deni my -kin,” “Jecines River,”
A * . wtyihl white wash it.
A < UIFOHMA STtlltV.
\ miner, who had been much respected, died some I
tom since, at tin G.-difoi-oia diggins; ami it was do- I
let mined to give him a regular lum-ral. A digger in >
lint vicinity, who, report said, had once been tTpovr-’
< Mid preacher in the United States, was . ailed upon ‘
to officiate; and after “drinks all round,” the party :
proceeded with becoming gravity to the grave which !
had been dug at a distance of a hundred yards from ‘■
the camp When the spot was reached, the ollicia-1
tme minister commenced with an extempore prover !
dmmo.which all knelt around the grave. So Tar’
WHS well, liut the prayer was long . Hu <1
‘U h‘M some of those who knelt began in annlistm
*” u:l - v 10 rtn ' vv the loose earth that had hem thrown
ftp from the grave. It was thick withhold, an PX
clement was immediately apparent in iho\„eeling
f P °'“ “" s,ho stopped wud inquir-
said. “Boys, what’s that” “GoVd-” he con
l :; !: of diggins -tlmeon-j
gu gallon are dismissed. M
‘ , 7. r U,i T ,rtU ” ,K,m l‘is auriferous ■
-vtve and turned clsewhure. while the funeral party
wltattio parson at their head, lost „ 0 time i,,,. *1
fioetutg the lo w digging.
MA\ \olih COAT-TAIL ARISTOCRACY.
The cut of a man’s coat has become Urn uuh-.v to!
em, tail short plebeian ; waist
;”AA compromise—wearer evi
a. > a dougWnc -belonging both parties
, ’ . waist fnri
**-
uvd.e* Horn collar UU , ‘ ,T ‘ •’
quarters from ground kid a threc
aristocrat, so far I***""*
aristocrat, mi Ur !u ‘ . , ‘ **”
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puny f short tails tuuM Wcm ‘ . “ eom
promismnuH, writTob C ?’ h ’ ;
ally, but must not associate vt ith Im'u ‘!°"i
good eomitany borrow# •oeaaionall'v-V * * n K haT
1 t Uen hn is in fashion. s| lan ■ .” ’ oWl ''er
A SCENE AT THE GATE OF PARADISE.
A poor tailor, being released from a troublesome
World and a scolding wife, appeared at the gate of
Paradise. Peter asked him if he had ever been in
Purgatory.
“No,” said the tailor, “but I have been married.
“Oil,” said Peter, “that is all the same.
The tailor had scarcely got in, before a fat, turtle
eating alderman came, puffing and blowing.
“Hallo! you fellow,” said he, “open the gate.”
“Not so fast,” said Peter, “have you ever been in
Purgatory ?”
“No,” said the alderman, “but what is that to the
purpose? You let in that poor, half-starved tailor,
and lie has been in Purgatory no more than I.”
“But he lias been married!” said Peter.
“Married!” exclaimed the alderman, “why I have
been married twice!”
“Then go hack, again,” -aid Peter, “Paradise is
not the place for fools.”
RECIPE FOR FLOATING.
Any human being who will have the presence of
mind to clasp the hands behind the back, and turn
the face toward the zenith, may float at ease and in
perfect safety in tolerably still water—ay, and sleep
there no matter how long. If, not knowing how to
swim, you would escape drowning when you find
yourself in deep water, you have only to consider
yourself an empty pitcher—let your mouth and nose,
not the top of your heavy head, be the highest part
of you and you are safe. But thrust up one of your
bony bands and down you go; turning up the han
dle tips over the pitcher. Having had the happiness
to prevent one or two from drowning by this simple
instruction we publish it for the benefit of all who
either love aquatic sports or dread them.
£iibice’ GVUo<
„ For the Manner.
KIND WORDS.
A kindly word, a kindly deed has a beauty—a
musical touching, soul-stirring eloquence, incom
parably more moving than “dignity or grace.” YVe
ask not, we care not for the rose on the cheek—we
see not, neither (eel the sparkle of the eye, but the
mind that’s tilled with holy thoughts has a charm ’
that never dies.
The rose may fade and lose its bloom, the lustre
of the eye be quenched, but (lie glory of the soul of
sympathy will live when “all things earthly shall
have passed away.” Though life depart, thy gentle
words will lie enshrined in the casket of the heart,
“where thieves ne’er break through and steal.”
Death may conn-, rob us of existence, and gather
ns into the garner, where is all that he reaps and
mows, twit there is that lie cannot take—the love
that kindness’ smiles bestows.
Gharity covers many sins, and silence sits where
I hey have been. Tbe lips that utter kindly words,
we long will mourn and miss their ready, gladden
ing smile. That Mossed look forever haunts the
soul, when thou art lost in the darkness of the tomb,
it glances down from each bright and holy star, :t
hathinger of “bliss on earth and hk*ssedness in
heaven.” Thy voice may he shrill, thy form un
couth, yet thy words of sympathy to a tainting,
aching lie-art, shall lie lasting as the “sun in the fir
mament. I liv cheek may be sunken, thy lips be
j pale, but thy gentle words will have power to give
I life and vigor to the soul where there is naught save
j the “coil of the serpent,” to stir within the soul its
(mint of tears and wake the echoes of the heart's
; deep chords.
“ I hat voice is sweet and musical as the tone
Os far .Kolia,i music heard in sleep,
Dr the wild cadence of a spirit lone
D i-r the hushed waters of the midnight deep.”
; July Kth, 185",: FIDELIA EEYY.
THE DUTIES OF l MOTHER.
she should tie firm, gentle, kind—always ready to
attend to tier child.
She should never laugh at him at what he does
that is cunning—never allow him to think of Ids
looks, except, to tie neat and clean in all his habits.
She should tench him to obey a look to respect
those older than himself; she should never make a
command, without seeing that it is performed in the
right manner.
Never spunk m child's faults, or tiiibles, or re
peat his romurks before him. It is a sure wav to
Mpoiiu child.
Novel reprove a child when excited, nor let your
tmieot voice be raised when correcting. Strive to
) aspire love, not dread respect, not fear. Remem
ber you are training anil educating a soul for Eter
nity.
Teach your child to wait upon itself—to put away
a tiling when done with il. But do not forget that
you were once a child. The griefs of little ones are
too often neglected; they are great for them. Bear
patiently with them, ami m ver in any way rouse
their anger, if it can Be avoided. Teach a child to
be useful, whenever opportunity may otter.
CHILDREN HAY^T"LUNGS.
This fact is either not known to parents or verv
little regarded. The first thing a baby wants is
fresh air and plenty of it. From the moment a
child is horn it should have air and light, and nei
i ther be shut up in a dark room, nor have its head
covered up in a blanket.
I'hc ruber morning, making tny first call on a lady
with an infant, I saw a heap of blankets lying on a
i>h king chair beside the bed, but there was no baby
insight.* When l inquired for the newly arrived,
the nurse came, and after taking otf fold after fold,
there at last was the poor little half-smothered baby
gasping for breath. Mother and nurse got a lecture
that time.
Returning in an omnibus, a pretty woman got in,
with her baby completely enveloped in blanket*.—
Perhaps it was none of my business, hut I think it
was. The babe had as good a right to breathe, and
to have the purest air to be had, as anybody; and as
there was nobody else to take its part, 1 did.
Madam, said *T, “you are smothering that child.”
! S! ”’ and shook her head she did not be
lieve a word of i^.
“Y,m are rn.kS.g it breathe its own breath over
amt over again; and m, ah is ft, breathe but once.
I -'A p,, J rsicw ” !l “d can’t let you make your child
the temperance banner.
She uncovered the baby’s head, it took a long
breath, and if it had been old enough to talk, and
been up in its manners, it undoubtedly would have
said, “thank you, doctor.”
15?“ Women are inclined to fall in love with
priests and physicians, because of the help and com
fort they derive from both in perilous moral and
physical maladies. They believe in the presence of
real piety, real ympathyy where the tone and look
of each have become merely habitual and conven
tional I may say professional. On the other hand,
women are inclined to fall in love with criminal and
miserable men out of the pity which in our sex is
akin to love, and out of the power of bestowing com
fort or love. So, in the first instance, they love from
gratitude or faith; in the last from compassion or
hope.
% temperance gunner.
PENFIELD, GEORGIA. I
Saturday Morning, July 11, 1855.
t oil UOVER!VOU,
B. 11. OVERBY,
or FtJI.TON.
GRAM) DIVISION—QI'ARTERLY MEETING.
The members of the Grand Division will bear in
mind that a Quarterly Meeting will be held in Atlan
ta, on the last Wednesday (25th) in this month.
HUY AIR. OVERBY SHOULD NOT COME IKIHN.
A great many, who profess to he very excellent
friends of Prohibition, (and we have no right to
question their conscientiousness) are continually in
quiring why Mr. O. does not withdraw his name as
candidate for Governor. It does seem to us, that if
our friends would look at this qnes'ion from the
proper point, and uninfluenced by extraneous inllu
euces, they would no longer feel any doubts as to
the propriety of Mr. O’s continuing the race which
he has so nobly begun. What purpose will lie ac
complished by withdrawing his name? Will this
course contribute to the success of our principles?
Will it be any intimation of public “feeling or ex
pression of pop ilar sentiment upon the subject of
prohibition, for us to ignominously drop our candi
date, and with him forsake our principles, for the :
purpose of affiliating with someone of the domi- j
nant parties, and by this means achieve a victory at
the polls? Defeats are sometimes better for n cause
than victory; and this is true in our ease. The I
Temperance men of Georgia will do more for the |
cause of humanity, make a deeper and more lasting j
impression upon public sentiment, advance their j
cause more rapidly and sooner remove the great evil i
which it is their object to drive from the land, by j
suffering defeat under the leadership of Overby, j
than by forming the tail end of a triumphal march
of some party, that has no respect for otir princi
ples. Success is not the only or the important end,
to which our attent'rn should be directed. It is a
result that will naturally and readily How, from con
cert of action on principle. Our plan is not to ac
complish our objects by the low means of political
intrigue, but by forming ourselves into an organi
zation, around which, as a nucleus, those who agree
with us in sentiment may collect. Party success and
the success of principles are separate and distinct
and must not be confounded. The former may he
achieved by wire-working management, the latter is
the result of principles working like leaven upon j
tlie mass of public opinion, until the whole lump
shall be leavened. The former may last for a time
and aid in promoting individual aggrandizement,
the latter is permanent, unchanging and immuta
ble, and influences human destiny and happiness in
the aggregate.
Sneli is the success we wish to achieve—a success
that can be realized only by laying its foundations
upon those fundamental principles that support
every just law, every good institution. Withdraw
Mr. <>., and by this very act we admit that out prin- j
cipies are not good ones; that we are ashamed to!
own them, or that we canno#ssicrifice our love of
popularity, our prospect of promotion, our share of
the public plunder, for the very principles which we
pretend to so much admire. There is no such in
quiry as expediency, to he made upon this question.
This same cry of expediency in the mouth of poli- j
ticians has set back our cause for years, and encour
aged the fell monster to boldly ravage the fairest 1
fields of humanity. If we listen to this stereo-!
typed objection to the movement, we will find our-1
selves, in the year lmio, right where we are now.
Ami who can calculate tho muttering and sorrow that!
shall desolate the human heart, the innumerable
multitude of human souls that shall be consigned to j
a dreadful eternity in that time.
No! there is but one wav for us ever to aceom-’
plish any progress in our great and glorious cause, I
and that is to nominate some man as the exponent ]
of our principles, and vote for him, not because he
is a whig or a democrat, or anything else, but he-’
cause he advocates prohibition. If he is defeated,’
our only source of sorrow will be that the masses
do not appreciate the great evil that is preying upon
them; and our effort will tie to educate them on this
subject; to lecture them, persuade them, organize
them into associations, and use all the means in our
power to secure the votes for the exponent of our’
principles. This is our plan. Not deterred from
our course by fear of defeat, nor seduced from our
principles by the prospect of success, but with a
fixed and settled determination, battle with error
and uphold the truth—for truth, though crushed to
the earth will rise again.
The eternal years of God are hers.
We will finally achieve a glorious success—a suc
cess founded upon principles, and principles are un
changing and eternal as the everlasting throne of
■ God himself. *
PRESSES*OR !SALE.
W e would say to all who may be engaged, or are
expecting to engage in the printing business, tliat
we have at this office two good second-hand Presses,
.which may be purchased upon very reasonable
’ terras.
TOO LONG TO PUBLISH.
We have received a comniimieation from Carroll
ton, wliich is entirely too long for our paper. It
would exclude too much matte ■ that must necessa
rily go in. If our correspondents would take more
time to condense their thoughts, they would have
their articles published; however much we may like
the article it is impossible for us to publish. Be
sides, whenever we receive a long article, we look
upon it with suspicion. Authors who write long es
says on common subjects, are apt to “spin the thread
of their verbosity finer than the staple of their ar
gument.’ And though it does not hold good in the
present ease, still it is generally true, that the author
who is atHicted with a “diarrhoea of words, is apt to
suffer at the same time with a costiveness of ideas.”
M e are glad to Itear that the ball is in motion in
Carroll. Keep it moving, till it shall roll over and
crush all opposition. If all the counticsof our State
could say as much as Carroll, we would have no
fears for the results in October. Well done Carroll!
$
THE RIGHT SORT OF A SUBSCRIBER.
We would refer our readers to the following let
ter, which we have taken the liberty to publish,
without first having obtained the consent of the
writer. If all our subscribers were like the writer
of this letter, we would pray earnestly for them to
be blessed with children, and that all their children
might be sons. We earnestly hope that the Father
may succeed in endowing his sons with the rich
legacy of temperate habits. If he does, a sure and
lasting foundation has been laid for future useful
ness, as members of society and citizens of our
country.
W e hope that the author of the letter will live to
read our editorial announcing the victory of our
principles, to see them embodied in our laws, and to
unite with all friends of the cause, in rejoicing over
the success of our efforts, in behalf of suffering hu
manity. Let us “learn to labor and wait,” and
sooner or later, we must and will succeed :
Dear Sirs —Enclosed 1 send you two dollars to
pay for your valuable paper, the Banner. My re
ceipt shows that I am indebted from the Ist April,
l"-.if. I expected to have met with Uncle Ben Brant
ly, or some of your Agents, is the reason it has been
neglected. The paper has been sent in the name of
my eldest son. He has been married 12 months to
day, and I subscribed for this valuable paper for this
son, in his name, before he could read it. After he
could read it, lie saw I guarded his morals and so
briety before he was subject to the tempter. I hope
he has the ground work of temperance laid for the
superstructure of his future life, and I wish you now
to send the same paper in the name of my next son,
and should 1 live to see him married off or grown, or
passed over in the land of safety from the tell de
stroyer, I have one more—the youngest, honored
it 1 1 his father’s name. I will leave the legacy (your
paper) to him during life, as from present appear
ances my wife will have no more boys to perpetuate
the memory of the Temperance Banner, that has
been a messenger of peace to hundreds of the human
family who have read it. Perhaps I have subscribed
too lon r for the Banner. Should Overby be elected,
and Georgia will send up Representatives to co-oper
ate with her Governor, your Banner will have ended
its labor ol Love, unless it goes off into sweet dreams
of rejoicing over the greatest victory ever won on
American soil. .May your Banner long live to wave
over this happy land!
A NEW CONTRIBUTOR.
We welcome Fidelia Few to our columns, and
hope we, and our readers shall have the pleasure of
hearing from her again. *
I’UBLHMIOUSE.
R. f. Foster, Esq., of our village, requested us to
state to the public that he has made preparations for
the accommodation of a goodly number of persons
during the commencement week of our Institution.
We would also state that several other private
houses will lie open to accommodate visitors on that
occasion.
ROSSITER'S PAINTINGS.
W e had the pleasure of witnessing in our village,
i on Saturday evening last, an exhibition of the paint-
I ings of the inimitable Rossiter, and can safely say
they surpassed anything of the kind we have ever
seen. The Artist, in giving life-like size to his sub
jects, in making some appear in the rear of others,
and in so beautifully and successfully showing
the effect of light and shade upon them, has
placed before the public, exhibitions of skill which
cannot be surpassed in the whole range of the
fine arts. The representation of “ Miriam re
joicing over the destruction of Pharoah’s host,” and
the “Daughter’s of Zion hanging their harps on the
Willows,” strike at once the fancy of every culti
vated taste, and tills the soul with deep and solemn
emotion. The Artist has truly immortalized himself—
his paintings show forth ns much skill in execution,
and elegance in taste, as if they had come from the
hands of a Raphael, a West, or a Debnffe. We re
commend this exhibition as worthy of patronage,
and the proprietors as high-minded, gentlemanly,
clerer felUars.
WATERING ENGINE.
Messrs. Rowe & Cos., of Augusta have sent us up
a specimen of small engines which they have for
sale, used principally for watering gardens. It is a
complete arrangement, and every person who lias a
garden should have one of these Engines. It will
throw a solid jet of water 70 feet—would be fine in
! ease of a fire; one would do as well for our village as
those of a larger size used in cities. With one of
them there will lie no necessity for complaining at
the weather —bectyise it don’t rain; no need of living
without cucumbers, beans, squashes, and young
“pumpkins;” no need of burning up by “spontane
ous combustion;” for, so long as the wells hold out,
you have a shower at your command. If you are
not washed away by the rains which are now visit
ing us we invite all gardeners round to examine the
I Engine.
I -#“ We call the attention of persons who are in
.the “[.and Market,” to the advertisement of Mr.
Dawson, in our advertising columns, headed Oconee.’
25r"We invite the attention of the travelling pub
j lie to the advertisement of Doster, Lankford & Dol
-1 vin in another column.
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THOUGHTS SUGGESTED BY THE TIMES.
B. 11. Overby is the man ! At least two-thirds of
the voters of Georgia are, no doubt, convinced that
the weal of the State would be promoted by Mr. (>ver
by’s election. Every man of this class ought to sup
port him. Nothing will prevent his doing so, but a
want of personal independence. Would it not be
more manly, more dignified, and every way more
praiseworthy, that lie should take an independent al
titude in behalf of prohibition and its able represent
ative. If any. man confess that prohibition is a mat
ter of paramount importance; a thing- of more inter
est to Georgia than any other issue now before the
people—how can lie entertain a proper self respect,
if from a blind adhesion to party or a timorous dread
of being found in an unpopular attitude, lie fails to
cast his vote according to the dictates of an enlight
ened, patriotic, Christian conscience. \Ye repeat,
how can a man respect himself, or feel the least sell
complacency, when he would commune with his own
heart in hours of loneliness, if he knew that heart to
be so cowardly that it will not permit him todo what
he knows, lie ought to do in the premises? It is
not strange that timeserving politicians should not
take a fancy to Mr. Overby. His very purity and
nobleness can but strike them as a standing rebuke
of (he low tricks and base expedients, by which they
accomplish their purposes. He evinces so much of
the olden-time patriotism -shows so signally that he
will not skulk from the call of duty because the mis
sion seems to be unpopular—it is not at all wonder
ful that the timorous or the mercenary should not
sympathise with him, either in the principles, his
feelings or his fortunes. Nor will they ever learn to
love or to appreciate him, until they can see no du
bious shadows resting upon his future. It is to lie
hoped, however, that in the light which now begins
to dawn upon tho prospects and political destiny of
Mr. Overby, these prudent politicians will begin to
exercise a more discriminating taste, and adopt a
more patriotic line of policy during the remainder of
the campaign.
It is, indeed, a matter for gratulation to the friends
of prohibition, that there are many thousands in Re
state of Georgia, who have not “bowed the knee to
Baal” in such hopeless subserviency; but that they
are ready to obey the call of duty in an emergency
like the present — ready heart and hand, to rally to
the rescue, and save our own Georgia from a curse
which has buried more of its bright hopes than all
other curses combined. What good man, or what
patriot can think of it for a moment without feeling
a glow of indignation! That the peace of so many
innocent hearts—the harmony and happiness of the
home circle, the tears of widowhood and theories of
orphanage—millions of treasure and rivers of blood,
the best hopes for this world and for that which is
to come —should all he offered up annually, upon the
altar of this Demon vice, is enough to make us blush,
and sigh for the folly and degradation of our race.
There is still greater cause for shame and regret, in
the fact that when we propose to lake some legisla
tive action for the extermination of this soil —we en
counter patriots and Christians, nominally so, who
have not the spirit to co-operate in this work. They
see and acknowledge the evil—the best interests of
society going to ruin in the clutches of Alcohol —and
yet they will not rise against it—but rather tremble
before the august majesty of this modern Dianna,
and reverently exclaim, “great is Dianna of the
Ephesians.” No doubt the ininions of drunkenness
chuckle with infinite satisfaction over the pitiful in
consistency of that man who prays in his closet,
“thy kingdom come,” and then goes out into the
arena ol politics, or to the ballot box, and throws his
protecting arm around thus most cllieient instrument
of evil —this fearful ravager of Christ’s heritage upon
the earth.
Be it far from us to assert, that every man who
refuses his co-operation or support in the struggles
now pending is the friend of dram-shops, much less
that he intentionally encourages orsupports them. —
Y’ct we do assert that the necessary effect of his re
fusal is to give countenance and “comfort to the en
emy,” and moreover that were we adopting the
course which he does, w ith our ricics of his relations
to this question, and of the moral intiuence while lit
is exerting against virtue, we could not help feeling
that we were somewhat a party to the liquor traffic,
and to the blighting evils which result from its per
petuation. YVenre w illing to make every allowance
for honest difference of opinion. Good men, patriot
ic men—may sometimes deceive themselves however,
by a false reasoning, and really get to believe that a
course of action may he right, when, indeed, the only
argument in favor of its being so, is its agreeableness
to their appetites, their prejudices or their passions.
And to a man whose moral sense has been loosely
disciplined, those are always the most potent argu
ments, which harmonize with his present inclina
tions. As question of some importance however,
j has respect to the issues of a future retribution. It
j ought always to be asked, will the arguments with
j which I quiet uiy conscience be of valid force in the
| estimate of our final Judge? There is the question
. which it may be worth while, always to investigate
’ as we are passing along through this tieeting proba-
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