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t * 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. 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