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would expect vour friendship to catch a
wanner glow from the pity excited by
the infirmities of your friends and your
anxiety to reform them.
We regard the drunkard with pity, not
with scorn. We have no other than feel
ings of the kindest sympathy for him. —
Instead of lowering him in his own or the j
public estimation, we would rather go to
him, and in the spirit of the greatest be
nevolence and terms of the greatest per
suasion urge him to the abandonment ot
a set of habits which must result in his
degradation.
We believe too, that persuasive means
are the most effectual in reclaiming the
inebriate. We deem all others unneces
sary', and therefore we use no others.
No possible objection can be opposed
to our cause or the means which are used
in its advancement. It proposes to re
move a great evil. How ? Simply by
persuading men to abandon it. However
determined a man may be in his opposi
tion to the temperance reform, he eannol
he honest w ith himself if he objects ei
ther to the cause or the means by which
it is advanced. Will a man hate you
when you give him the best of reasons to
believe that you love him ? It cannot he.
Called on, therefore, to make no sacri
fice whatever—to do nothing w'hich can
create bad feelings between yon and your
neighbors, yet still enabled to co-operate
in one of the greatest revolutions since
the days of Luther—a revolution rich
with blessings and happiness to our com
mon country and to mankind, wc urge
you, fellow-citizcns, to lay hold wilhout
delay upon your privilege and your duly.
The success of our cause is now past
all dispute. Nobody can snv aught a
gainst it. Every body can say something
for it. The young men throughout the
whole country are coining up to its aid.
Go into any of our villages and it w ill ho
found that with very few exceptions, nine
tenths of the young men are on the side
of temperance. The bottle is no longer
used to stimulate their mirth in the meet
ings of their clubs. Go where you will
and you will scarcely find a tavern where
spirits are kept. Their manufacture and
importation are annually diminishing.
The voice of the whole country is getting
to be against their use as a beverage.
The day, we believe, is not very far dis
tant when they will cease to be used in
that way. What a glorious day for our
beloved country ! When harmony andj
peace and love shall rule the domestic i
circle.—When the tears of early disap
pointment and care shall cease to bedim|
the cheek of the too confiding wife, andj
the silence of midnight shall no more bo;
broken with her groans. When intern-;
perance shall no more consume the bread j
of helpless and unprotected orphanage.;
When the cottage of the poor man noj
longer the squalid abode ot pining and
want, shall assume the neatness and the
comfort of thrifty acquisition. When its
walls no longer echoing the mirth of Bri
chanalian revelry shall resound with the
praises of the living God. When the
blessings of Education shall be within
the reach of the hundreds and thousands
who are now enveloped in the darkness
of ignorance. When nil of our citizens
may qualify themselves for the discharge
of all their duties as the freemen of a free
government. When crime shall ho com
paratively unknown, and order, morality,
and obedienco to tho laws shall univer
sally prevail, our work will have been
done. Our country no longer enslaved
to immorality and vice, will stand erect
in the glorious beauty of her emancipa
tion. Superior to the control of her own 1
passions she shall have removed every 1
obstacle in the way of her prosperity. '
Tho mind unfettered in its action except
by the? most wholesome restraints will I
bring to light the hidden and undeveloped 1
blessings of a higher civilization and a ■
purer refinement. Our march will then
be omvard, ever onward to the high des- ;
tiny for Which our institutions were pro- 1
jected.
JUNIUS A. WINGFIELD,
L. D. LALLERSTEDT,
L. L. WITTICH,
P. H. MELL,
|W. FLINT.*
W T e present, in substance, the remarks
of tho Speakers at tiie Temperance Con
vention on the first evening. The skele
ton of the speeches only have been at
tempted. One can readily conceive how
they are to be filled. Another object
is, to diffusa materials for temperance
speeches ; tho common complaint is, that
we can get nothing new. By this plan,
the readers of our paper may make com
mon stock of their capital, and as they
are to address mass meetings of those
who have paid little or noattention to the
subject, they can use what is stale in one
place with good effect in another.
The speeches of the last evening were
noted, but are crowded out of this num
ber ; they will be noticed at a future time,
if not thought too late for good effect.
Mr. Wrrricusaid, the enlightenment
of the day seemed to render it unnecessa
ry to advocate the Temperance cause.
I ——WWBWWIi
But men required line upon line and pre
cept upon precept, &c.—are so consti
tuted, that there can be no great moral
'movement, unless by stirring up the pub-!
lie mind—yet it did seem to be a work 1
iof supererogation to attempt it before so
intelligent an auditory. All had seen the
■ ruinous consequences of intemperance in
i the dearest relationships of life—it was
. past the power of any to paint the picture
.of its injuries. Calculating the expense
f‘of drinking at 12$ cents per day, gave
5 £46 per year. The expense of the th
ither would be a fortune to his children, if
3 put at interest from their birth to 21 years
:• of age; yet it was all spent to gratify
. the appetite of a day or hour. Some
; would claim ability to set them out in life,
1; independent of that—but what good re
fsults from this 846 per year? Gone
. down the throat to appease a morbid ap
i petite, that still cries more! more!!
, When did it relieve want? Where its
. acts of kindness and mercy ? The Min.
l istry were unsupported and orphans were
. pining in want, while this useless expen
diture was going on. Suppose it had been
, placed in the missionary treasury; the
jlyouth it would have educated would have
Jdone incalculable good in enlightening
. heathen nations. Suppose Putnam coun
ty expended SIO,OOO annually for spir
r its—(and the history of sales justify the
B supposition)—having been settled forty
, years, $400,000 had been expended ; a
, sum sufficient to set every debtor free—
. to provide a teacher and fret school in
ojevery district, and plant a church near
( every fireside. But it is gone, and the
Jchihlren of the land have gone uneduca
t j ted, and churches are yet few and poorly
.'filled. It is true in reference to all coun
,'ties —The expenditures of 93 counties
!at this rate, if returned, would remove
all hard times, pay all taxes and carry on
, a splendid system of internal improve
\ ments, colleges and schools.
, The speaker disclaimed reference to
» politics or party movements, and eschew
, cd all connexion as a Temperance man,;
I but claimed that each was a freeman, a
, sovereign in himself, and that when a
| candidate attempted to procure a vote by
unfair means, he offered insult In sover
, eignty, which should be resented by those
who were careful of their rights. Many
pay devotion to votes by half pints, and
, offered insults gross to freemen, which
I could never prevail without thwarting the
I judgment. The liquor makes such votes;
the man virtually votes the half pint; and
. such things being common in the land,
arouse every freeman to assert his
| sovereignty, and at least, independence
.j of half pints. When kings reign, sy
jeopbancy is found at the feet of the no
bility—wo have here the same spirit mo
jdified and perfected in demagogucism;—
j the people' should rise cn masaeand reject
its influence. What is to he done? Is!
it to go on ? Is the stream of bitter wa- :
ters to roll on unchecked in its current ?
No! no! throw across its turbid chan
nel the Temperance Pledge with its life
preserving power, and the ruinous move
ment will be stayed. Can we not do this ?|
Let all step forward to the work. Will!
any say, I’ll not do so for various rca-l
sons ? All should yield their objections, *
when fairly answered. One can see no •
propriety in taking the Pledge, because'
sober without it. He is no less likely toil
be sober by it—his benefit results not;*
from efficiency in the pledge itself, but in 1
his promise to others, which he is more 1
likely to keep. The man promises to be (
religious to himself—does he. keep it ? f
No! for the reason that there is no other!'
party, and he justifies himself by a spe- *
cies of moral casuistry that allows nojl
wrong, because no one else is injured. *
There being other parties to the com-1 c
pact, this reasoning does not hold, and the*
man adheres to his pledge. All drunk-;*
ards arc conscious of the injury to them-!*
selves, and time after time resolve to quit | lO
and as often fail; but when they make
their resolves with others, they are morel l
apt to hold. ’ i'
Again, a class of Christians, with their
Bibles in Their hands, with all the rights *
and immunities of the church, can see] 1
no reason for any other society. Are; 1
they to do nothing for the common good 1 !
of men? Will the drunkard go to them *
in the church ? If not, is he to be lost ! I
Should they not meet him on common!
ground, and if possible save him from ru- 1
in ? Christianity is at war with such a 1
spirit f it says, save not only thyself, but ; 1
. every other man, by a diffusion of good;
■ principles. Others say it is a good cause
—that they are its friends, but beg to be!
, excused say to others goon, but will not!
stir. It is iiko one lull armed, urging his'
comrades to resist the assaults of their
i common enemy and at the same time;
begging to be excused. If a friend, he
should help—his influence would tell up
on his neighbor, and that upon another,
and so on. All objectors plant opposi
tion on the ground, that it takes away li
, berty. If this were true, the pledge 1
would have few advocates, but those who
, have taken it are as free as any. What
liberty have they List? Is their property
less secured ? Do they not enjoy the;
I rights that pertain to freemen generally ?\
I No, says the objector—they can’t drink,
&c. Does not he that will not drink act
'thus of choice as well as he that does ?
And is not liberty unrestrained volition ?|
jlf the cold water man, with his mind un
clouded, his moral sense clear, and his
j body erect, as he attends to the duties of
| life, is not freer than he that staggers in
the streets, borne down by intoxicating
drink, an object of scorn and derision to
: every passer by, then is freedom an emp
ty name!
f Mr. Piiixazee said, he came with no 1
, expectation to make a speech, but as call
ed on he would contribute his mite in the
; enterprise, and felt proud of the privilege.
, As a son of the forest he had not jbe ad
. vantages of many others, but would no
. tice the reminiscences of past days.
. His lather was a revolutionary soldier—
| fought many hard battles, but the wounds
. all healed, leaving him still a soldier, only
,to be conquered by Prince Alcohol. His
, two oldest brothers were conquered by
. intemperance—the third was on the down
i ward road, but Temperance dawned on
, the land in time to save him—it had saved
, many such upon the verge of ruin. With
r a view to these great and glorious results,
. he had fostered and nursed it in its in- i
. fancy. From a small begining there!
. were now in Monroe county about 900 to
the Pledge—many of them reformed
i drunkards, and some of 20 or 30 years
. standing. He made it a rule to take!
great pains with the young—to train
them for usefulness—believed that much
was to be accomplished in that way—was
training his little boys in the way of Tem
perance—to show' their innocence of li
quor, would state that one enquired of
him what a dram looked like. Had
come to Eatonfon to unite in a common
cause against a common enemy. Each
one should leave a little stone to help 1
build a monument to proclaim the deeds!
of the day to after generations. The
Bunker hill monument set forth the deeds
of the fathers to stimulate their sons to
valor, Aic. The Temperance monument
would be equally lasting—would live!
through all time—it came from heaven
and will survive all opposition—no enter-;
prize equal to it, and the deeds and sacri
fices of the present day w ill never be for
gotten. Ile was pleased to sec the young
men of Putnam county leading in the
cause—would encourage them to go on
as their labors might do much good and!
sure no harm. Let their motto be, buc-j
klc on your harness for the grave. He !
had been fighting for 13 years—had!
many dark days and gloomy "trials—the!
genius of liberty seemed to. sleep, but ni
j.Spartan band held on—those were the!
kind of men to relv on—would rather
storm the gates of "he!! with a Spartan
•band thansiart to heaven with an unfaifh-!
1 ful multitude. If men never betrayed j
j the cause, it would prosper—the world]
| would be redeemed soon—the trumpet
I blows, and blows, and still they come.
IHo related several anecdotes of his good!
brother Methodists and Baptists, illustra
i live of a disposition to stay in the church!
j with the liberty to get drunk, one of which!
iwe will notice: A green preacher, preach-1
ing up the final perseverance of the saints,:,
seeming rather to balk in the argument, ;
said he would present them a case in i
proof: That there was his old brother ini
the pulpit w ith him, who had been drunkj (
500 times and yet a good Christian—is it ;
not so brother ! Yes !he answered very : I
drily. Such men claimed that the tem- i t
perance people were too strait—that they{i
would never give up their liberty. BuF<
the enterprize promoted Christianity.— |
He would sacrifice the liberty of drinking <
for the good of the cause—every good /
cause require sacrifice, and he was ready [
by his labor or his money to do all possi- s
ble good. He contended that the appro- (
bation of the ladies would secure success, (
and that none had more at stake in the l
Temperance reformation. Many inci- (
dents and anecdotes are omitted that .
were interspersed with good effect.
Dr. Branham said: He had been ta
ken by surprise, but felt it to be his duty i (
to respond to the call; and as long as!
able, w ould never shrink from such obli- !|
Igation. He would state freely that hep
had been a victim of intemperance and!
j predicate his remarks upon experience.)
The gentleman who had gone before, had j
answered the most ostensible objections !
to Temperance—the enlightenment of j
the day lbrced all to allow it to be right
Ito be temperate; yet many object, ma
king the plea of encroachment upon their
] liberties, &c., the pretext; but the main
| objection was yet untold; the secret of
‘the matter was, that they loved liquor.
He used to oppose the movement, for fear
of its connexion with politics—after that
fear was removed, he still found himself
jopposed with but one valid objection in
! his mind, and that was a dislike to yield ;
the indulgence. He commenced drink
ing by the advice of an older physician
during the fatigue of a sickly season, and]
had no idea ever to be a drunkard ; but,
it was so delusive in its effects that he was
| a drunkard ere he was aware of it—was!
Igrossly insulted at a friend for telling him!
——— wmmmmm ■
!in the streets that he was drunk and;
ought to go home, when he thought him-j
jSelf perfectly sober and upright. The
delusion continued until fortune was
squandered and the w'orst of consequen
jceV presented themselves. Now he pre
sented himself to this respectable audi
ence a saved man, in his right mind, with]
the delusive mania removed by the Tem
perance reformation. He believed he
now knew something of the spirit of reli
gion, and could bear witness, that the
Spirit of God and Alcohol'could never 1 .
' dwell iogelher. Could any persuade
themselves, that drunkards would stagger
around the judgment seat, claiming the
privileges of the saints? This considera
tion should urge all to come forward!
with a helping hand, if for no other rea-|
son, to save them from future woe. He]
called the attention of the citizens to the]
> graves of the drunkards in their own!
( church yard, that were speaking trumpet-!
> tonguedfor reformation—called their at
tention to the time when he toppled upon
•its verge, as-an evidence that Temper
tjance was effectual in its purposes—urged
i upon the friends to stand firm to the
i,pledge—that they bad no cause to be
,jdiscouraged, but ratner should be enerva
■ ted to redoubled exertions, as their labors
■were telling well for the country.
» Mr. Flint expected to be “ a looker on
t in Venice,” but was ready to join heart |
( and hand to help roll on the reformation
■ ball—was ever ready to do what could be
done in such a cause. It was a revolu
tion that would do nothing less than re
i deem the souls and bodies of men ; yet
there were many classes to contend with.
Men of decency will not join, and argue
' that every creature of God is good in
moderation. Erroneous notion of theirs,!
!to call Alcohol a creature of God. Ask
i the animal kingdom where do we find it ?
land the answer is not in me. The vege
table kingdom? not in me. And the
mineral responds—not in me. It is no
where in nature. It is a production of
'art and the creature of the devil. Others
drink occasionally, and think it no harm.
Saw an old deacon on a Sabbath day,
after hearing a sermon on the sin of]
idrunkenness, mixing his honey and pencbl
and coinciding with the sermon. Glori
ous preaching, said he—fine sermon that
—drunkenness is an abominable thing—
what a pity that men will make brutes of
jthemselves; but it can be no harm to
take a little in moderation. Others drink
| regularly, and arc going down a preci
! pice with increased velocity and such
!delusion, that they are unconscious of;
impending ruin, until overwhelmed in its
vortex.
In passing Eatonton on one occasion,;
he hud stole out to a grocery to drink, se-!
jcrctly from his family, but felt the low-;
'ness of the trick. Upon another occasion
;hud provided himself with a tickler of
jliquor when travelling—drank at dinner]
'time, but feeling impressed with the im-;
! propriety of such course, poured out the)
| balance and pledged himself to quit.—;
had kept the pledge, and felt proud that
he was able to aid in the support of so;
noble a cause. Its friends have innu
! merable evils to contend with : the drunk
;ard, the dram-drinker, the selfish and
mercenary, the politician, &c. were
throwing obstacles in their way; but let
ilhem continue their exertions, nnd the
icauso will still be onward and onward,|
and at no distant day drunkenness would
]be banished the land. The ladies should;
use mildness in their efforts—their power
is invincible, if properly exerted, and al-! 1
ways felt most forcibly when insinuated
by gentleness—should never marry a
drunkard. Their motto should be teeto
tallers or no husbands. Gentleness and
prudence are the means most effective to ;
stimulate men to take the pledge, and the]
only means to help them hold out. Un
der the guidance of these principles, the
blessings of Providence would crown the;
efforts of Temperance reformers.
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