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AUGUSTA, JUNE 14, 1845.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE.
Rev. W. T. Bramtly, | Dr. D. Hook,
“ VV. J. Hard, James Harper, Esq,
u C. S. Dod, IA. W. Noel, Esq.
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willing at present to contract with any
new subscribers. The money which has
been sent us will be returned.
The approaching demise of the Washing
tonian.
A few more numbers will complete
the present volume of the Washingtoni
an. From present appearances, it is
more than probable that the paper will
be discontinued at the termination of the
current volume. To some, this intelli
gence will be highly gratifying. The
dealer in the destructive poison, who has
been scourged by our “ Lash,” and whose
conscience if it bo not hopelessly in
durated, must have upbraided him in
his mischief making traffic, will rejoice
in the silenco of a sheet which has at
times disturbed his repose. Those gen
tlemen who persist in taking their bran
dy and water whenever craved by their
palales, will not mourn over the extinc
tion of a journal whoso influence may
have cast some odium upon one of their
darling practices. The profligate and
the profane in general, will experience
some pleasurable emotions on learning
that a paper devoted to the cause of vir.
tue and morality has been stopped for!
want of patronage. Wo will say noth-1
ing to interfere with the prospective grat- i
ifica'ion of these different classes. It is j
be i poor pleasure, of which we are far
fro ■>. envying them.
But whilst there are some who will
rejoice when we are no more, we believe
there aro others who will regret our de
mise. The true friends of God and
man, who hail with delight every effort
to remedy the ten thousand evils with
which the race is afflicted, will be sin- j
cercly sorry when even one warning
voice, (and that a feeble one,) is quench
ed. Living in the midst of most power
ful temptations, we need as many bar
riers as practicable, to preserve us from
destruction. The removal of any one
of these is a source of pain to the be
nevolent as it increases the probabilities
of ruin. We are not without the con
solation in the close of our humble la
bors, that we have done something for
the advancement of the cause in which
our energies have been enlisted. Though
we act no longer as the conductors of the
press, we shall ever feel it a duty and an
honor to do what we can in any sphero
which Divine Providence may assign us.
No one can impute to us any merce
nary motive. The expenses of publica
tion of the three volumes, have exceeded
the receipts by about one thousand dol
lars. The editors have labored “ with
out money, and without price.” But we
cheerfully give our time, and labor, and
money, to what we believe, next to reli
gion, to be the most philanthropic enter
prise which has ever engaged the atten
tion of man.
Delegates to the South Carolina Temper
ance Convention.
At the recent Convention of the
friends of Temperance in this State, as
sembled at Macon, the following gentle
men were appointed to represent the
State in the Temperance Convention of
South Carolina, to meet at Pendleton C.
H., on the 6th of August next:
Rev. Messrs. James O. Andrew , N.
Hoyt, J. C. Postell, W. T. Brantly, Dr.
L. D. Ford, and the Hons. E. A. Nes
bet and D. C. Campbell.
Delegates were appointed at the in-
: stance of Judge O’Neall of South C'ar
i olina, who extended the invitation to the
Georgia Society on behalf of his Car
olina brethren.
The Georgia Consitutionalist.
This paper which has been for some
years under the editorial supervision of
Mr. P. C. Guieu, has passed into the
hands of Mr. James Gardner, Jr. The
courtesy and ability of the former gentle
man has secured for the Constitutional
ist a high reputation. We doubt not
that the new incumbent is fully able to
sustain the reputation of the paper. It
i 3 devoted to the interests of the demo
cratic party. We will allow Mr. Gard
ner to make his own bow to our readers.
We feel somewhat embarrassed in ma
king our appearance, after the too flatter
ing terms in which our advent is an
nounced by our predecessor. Though,
perhaps, we stand in no especial need of
a famous prayer, “Teach us to have a
good opinion of ourselves,” yet the par
tiality of our friend rnay excite expecta
tions that are not destined to be realized.
It will require untiring exertions, and
tall writing to come up to the mark. We
will, however, do all that any one could
be reasonably expected to promise,
“ We’ll do our best, the best can do no more."
For the handsome terms in which the
editor of the Chronicle & Sentinel wel
comes us to the fraternity, we make our
acknowledgments. While disclaiming
pretensions to ability superior to that j
which has characterized this press here
tofore, we feel authorized to say that the
tone of our editorials will approximate
to the prediction. Never did neophyte
at the threshold of the sacred Temple of
Eleusis, approach its mysteries with a
step more uncertain, than our own in en
tering this new vocation. As yet wo
little know
“ Through what variety of untried being,
Through what new scenes and changes we must
pass.’’
But wo are fresh from the gladiatorial
contests of a profession, whose very ;
wranglings serve to give a keener zest to j
the social hours of friendship, and to ex
cite a more genial glow of kindly feel- j
ings. May our new position not bo de
ficient in these solaces to a laborious life.
We shall act upon the conviction that
editorial bickerings are offensive to pub
lie taste, and weaken the influence of
the profession with an enlightened com
munity.
Hater Melons.
Mr. Jesse Johnson has already brought
to our market some clever specimens of 1
this delicious fruit—the product of his j
farm, in this county. Our friend is a
thorough-going tee-lotaller, and is anx
ious, we suppose, to supply his fellow
citizens with a little eating and drinking
less expensive and less pernicious than is
found in some of our city confectionaries.
The Weather.
We have had one or two slight show
ers since our last, with a little diminution
of heat. But at time of penning this ar
ticle it has again become very sultry, i
We are glad to learn that there has been
abundant rain in the vicinity.
An Onderdonker.
A gentleman from Philadelphia was
recently informing us, that when any of
the rowdies of that city had occasion to
call for a glass of the ardent, extra-strong,
they would designate it in honor of the
Episcopal Bishop who has been recently ;
deposed for drunkenness. The liquor
proprietors all understand that “ Give us
an Onderdonker ,” means a pretty hot j
dose. The Prelate on retiring from his i
chair, has given himself a place in the i
grog-shop catalogue, in company with j
Messrs. “ Tom and Jerry.”
We congratulate the pious Episcopa-j
bans of Pennsylvania that Mr. Onder- j
donk has been superceded by Mr. Potter, j
a gentleman of very different stamp, j
moral and intellectual. If Bishop Pot-1
ter carries his total abstinence principles 1
into practice, (and we doubt not he
will do so,) we suspect that wine-drink
ing will not be so fashionable among the
Episcopal clergy of the State, as it was
under the administration of his predeces
sor.
Young Men Consider it:
The Boston Mercantile Journal savs
the following statement was made at a
late temperance meeting. Young men
should consider it.
A young gentleman, whose name we
did not learn, then came forward and
signed the pledge. He then narrated in
a very impressive manner, the touching
tale of his ruin. He had, he said, been
brought to ruin by fashionable wine
-1 drinking. Six years ago he boarded at
! the Tremont at the rate of S3O a week.
He was not now worth a dollar —but at
! the time to which he referred, he could
have drawn his check for $20,000. He
; had a most tender-hearted and pious
mother, and when he was leaving home
her words to him were—“ Remember
i God and temptation ” In 1836 he was
engaged to one of the most respectable
I young ladies in this community. He
iwas mariied in St. Paul’s church; but
in consequence of his misconduct, his
I wife had obtained a divorce. He ad
; vised all young men to take warning by
| him. Had it not been for wine-drink
ing, he might have been as respectable
i a young man as any in the city of Bos
| ton. Wine, and theatres, and bad com
pany had ruined him. He had signed
! the pledge—and prayed to God that he
might be able to keep it.
A Mock Duel and Death. —The keep
er of a hotel in Cincinnati, Robert Bland,
wassbotafew days ago by his friend
and brother Englishman, Mr. Samuel
Pownil, who keeps a variety store.—
Bland died of his wounds, and Pownil j
was arraigned before a Justice on a
charge of fighting a duel. It appeared from
the evidence that both had been drinking
till they were much intoxicated, when
they commenced bragging of their skill in j
shooting fowling pieces, which termi-!
nated in boasting of their tact and
courage in fighting duels. Bland in or
der to test the courage of his friend, took
down two pistols and told him to take
his choice, assuring him that both were
loaded. Pownil, after examining the
pistols to ascertain the fact of their being
loaded, chose the brass pistol, and Bland
told him he had chosen the best. One
then challenged the other to go out into
the street, and decide the matter. They
went out, each expecting the other would
back out, when Pownil shot Bland through
the body. Pownil was deeply affected
when he became sober, and during the
examination in Court went into the most
terrible convulsions at the deed he had
perpetrated, and tho consequences at
tached to it. What more solemn warn
ing could be cited against the efils and
vices of intemperance. — N. Y. Sun,
May 28. .
Uncle William's Talk to the Boys.
We remember some years ago, when
wo lived up in the country, there was a
very good old man who went by the name
of Uncle William. He was always talk,
ing about old times. His thoughts seem
ed to be there much more than upon the
present; though the old man had his eye
pretty well fixed upon what was going
on ; and when telling some story about j
old times, he would give a tremendous
knock at something that svas now a
doing. One day, in the month of June,
he got the boys together under a great
elm tree out by the school-house, and he
told them about Independence, or Fourth
of July; how the British red coats down
at Boston undertook to keep down the
Yankees, and make them drink tea, and
they woul’nt bear it; so the Yankees
were shot at, and they would not bear
that; but levolted and declared them
selves free and independent. They got
together and signed a pledge and so
swore off front Old King George. That
was done July 4, 1776. But they had
an eight year’s war; a good deal of hard
fighting, and many a hard knock, till at
la-t they got upon good strong ground,
and then they were acknowledged by all
the world free and independent. And
Uncle William told the boys about some
of the battles, and said to the boys, “if it
had not been for them, we should have
had to bear the yoke to this day.”
“ Now,” said he, “boys, you have got
a worse enemy to fight than King George.
This is one, called King Alcohol. He is
a sly, deceitful, tyrannical, cruel old
creature; and he means to take all the i
boys slaves, and unless they turn to and j
fight him, there is no knowing what he j
may not do with them. Now my advice
is for the boys next Fourth of July to j
draw up a declaration of Independence,!
and let the war come; no matter how j
soon or how hot. Never be afraid, you’ll j
conquer at last.” Well, this was the j
beginning of the Cold Water Army ofthe !
little village. The boys all met on the i
morning of the Fourth, and commenced j
their operations, under the same old tree, j
Twenty-four signed the pledge, and the
army has fought a good many battles and
never lost a single man, and now it num
bers 1616. Now we are sure if Uncle
William would come and speak to the
boys and girls this month, and tell them
what Alcohol is doing in the land, he
would rouse them up, and bring them out
in strong force on the coming Fourth of
July, and we should soon have a great
Cold Water Army, and gain as glorious
a victory as the annals of war can any
where furnish. Come, boys and girls,
be making every where a good prepara
tion for a fine temperance celebration.
We advise you all to have a procession of
your own, and a pic-nic party; and let
all the liquor sellers see that they are
! never going to have a single one of you,
to drag you down to a drunkard’s grave.
From the Richmond Enquirer.
letter from His Satanic Majesty,
! to a Lawyer, who wrote an “ Appeal to Lawyers'' j
against the Temperance /Society■
Satanic Hall, Feb., 1845.
Friend and Cousin —I praise thee.
Whoso doeth or sayeth aught to widen
the sway of Alcohol on earth, is a labor
er for me ; and, as my servant, he shall
’ have his reward.
Among them who serve me thus, are
many degrees. The least, in my ac- 1
j count, are the common head of drunk- ■
aids who wallow, and are noisy. They j
: curse, yea, and fight. They roll in the
mire, and have redness of eyes; their
j laces are blotched, and filthy odors en
compass them round about; so that men
and women turn from them with loath
ing. and none are enticed by their ways.:
They come to me in the end : but each
cometh alone drawing none other along
with him.
They that make strong drink, and the
sellers thereof, are nigher to me. Each
of them enlisteth many soldiers for my
host. Each maketh many drunkards.
Each causeth men’s passions to rise, and
blows to be given, and blood to flow,
and sin to abound, until my soul is glad.
Each maketh widows, and orphans, and
many woes. He that said, “ Sure I am,
a hundred men have died by my hand ;
as sure as if, man by man, I had shot
them down,” —was he not a liquor-seller? j
And he who hearkeneth not to the wife’s I
and mother’s prayer, that he will no more
make her husband drunken, nor bring her
offspring to penury —is not he also a li
quor-seller? And he that causeth mur
der to stalkon earth, and crimeto abound,
so that I and all my demons laugh, is not
he, too, a vender of strong drink ? He
doeth ine good service, and verily, he
shall have hts reward.
Mayhap, he calleth himself a servant
of the Most High, and uttereth prayers
before men, and communeth with the i
true servants of God. Yea, oftimes he
reckoneth himself truly one of them,
and deemeth himself a good soldier of
mine enemy, who cast me out from hea
ven—me and ray angels. Chiefly doth
such a Christian please me. When he
draweth liquor for his customers, and
scattercth the seeds of misery round a
bout, of a surity I am at his elbow, un
seen. While he groweth rich upon the
spoils of his neighbors, I pat him on the j
shoulder, and say to my imps, “Ah, this
is the Christian for me!”
But he standclh not higher in mv halls,
than thou and thy brethren, and the
Doctors, who espouse the cause of my ;
great ally, strong drink. Mighty among j
men, are doctors and lawyers. What- [
soever they do, seemeth right in human
eyes ; because they are knowing of good
and evil: and doctors are held wise
touching what hurteth, and what helpeth.
Therefore, is their word taken for true.
To all of them that use alcohol, and to
them that counsel thereto, say I, “ Well
done . good audfaithful!"
Yet be not puffed up, ye dealers in
Law and in drugs, as thinking that ye
stand nighest unto my throne! Ye stand
not nigher than all they of riches and
knowledge, to’) whose words other men
give ear, and in whose ways the com
mon herd follow, even as the flock follow'
the belled sheep. The man who sitteth
high in the synagogue of law'-givers,
who is marked as he walketh the street?;
and the woman clothed in silks and fine
linen, who maketh rich feasts for her
neighbors ; both serve me when they set
the wine cup before their neighbors. I
am there, and I bless that cup, and make
it sparkle: and I give it flavor, and
strength to its juices, and tempt even him
who is pledged against drinking, to drink.
He refuseth at first. But I prompt the
giver of the feast to encourage him; and
divers guests to say, “It is nothing but
wine—it will not hurt thee—it will do
thee good. Art thou a cold water man,
and afraid of the Society? So we are
cold water men, but we drink a little
wine. The president and thy brother
members drink it. Be a good fellow
and take just a little.” Then drinketh
he a very little, yea, he sippeth cautious
ly. But again I put it into his mind, and
he sayeth within himself, “ Now that I
have broken the pledge, I may as well
have my fill of pleasure.” Then quaff
eth he plentifully, till the end cometh.—
Now the end is death.
The givers of such feasts (whereat,
mayhaps, none is drunken) serve me ex
cellently. They are seed-sowers for my
harvest. Yet do they loathe a drunk
ard. He is a scoffing and a buy-word to
them. They scorn him, and point the
finger, saying, “ Poor beast!” And veri
ly, he is far low'er than they, in my ac
count. For he maketh me one subject,
but they make me a hundred subjects.
But give way, all v c of whom I have
I spoken—give to one who outranketh y ou
: all! Ye are as minnikins in my service
•to the temperate-drinking Christian .*
J From him no man tumeth away wiilj
loathing. He is pious—he is a pattern
for men. Whoso imitateth him, hath
merit. To him, point the reclaimed
drunkards, and say, “Surely, so good a
! man would not drink if it were wronn ■
we will drink, but temperately like him.”
I So they try to drink temperately, but ex
| cess always overtaketh them at last
I To him point those that only stagger
somewhat, or have red faces, but never
fall down, saying, “ that good man drink
eth temperately ; and we are content to
do like him.” To him point the young
men, children of his neighbors; saving
“Lo, who is better, or wiser, than he?
■ And he hath been a drinker these forty
| years. We will walk in his footsteps.”
So they drink; and many among them
list under my banner. His own children
point to him, and say, “ He gave us good
liquor in our childhood, and made us love
it—no doubt he trained us up in the way
we should go, for he read his bible every
day, and when we are old we will not
depart from that way. So, they also,
drink more and more, till many of them
die drunkards—more than of the drunk,
ard’s children. And the husbands ol his
daughters likewise become drunkards.
Os a surity, the vender of strong li
quor sendeth me his thousands, but the
temperate drinking Christian his tens cf
thousands. His name is great in my
courts—and even if he cometh not tome
himself, his good services, make me large
amends.
Yet, even his name is greater among
us when he is a Preacher of the Word.
Exceedingly, then doth he serve me.—
He argueth subtley against entire absti
nence from good drink : and he quoteth
Scripture to prove his argument. It is
I, then, that speak through him ; for still,
as of old, I can quote scripture for my
purposes. I prompt him to dwell upon
the wine-making of Cana of Galilee,
and upon what one Paul saith, “Take a
little wine for thy stomach’s sake, and
thine often infirmities.” Now a little,
in such a preacher’s meaning, is a quart,
or any less measure, daily. And as ho
taketh it more and more, his stomach al
ways needeth it more, till he groweth a
bibber of wine and strong drink. Per*
adventure, he seemeth to the people not
drunken, hut afllicted with aches, and
stiffness of limbs, and divers ailings, be
cause of his preacher-labors. He com
mendeth the drink, as one of the good
creatures of God ; and telleth often how
it caseth his pains, and relieveth his wea
riness. At the long table, he filleth his
glass with strong liquor, and drinketh it
before many beholders. The drunkard,
seeing him, is comforted and strengthen
ed in his own course. They, whose no
ses are red, say one to another, “ What a
liberal minded man ! He is no puritan;
but is even as one of us.” The young
men, and the middled aged fill and drink
likewise : “ for,” they say, “ what a
preacher doeth, cannot be amiss.” The
dealer in strong drink praiseth him, and
saith to his friends, “ He is the prince of
preachers.” And I, who am always
near at such times, also praise him 1
laugh and say to my imps, “ Ah — thin is
the preacher for me!”
There were of late two brothers, Chris
than preachers; mighty men, learned
and eloquent; called by men Bishops;
who presided over the elders, in their
synagogues. And great was their word
among the elders and people. On whom
soever they listed to lay their hands, and
say, “ go-preach !”—he went and preach
ed. And he to whom they said, “sit
down !”—straightway sat down. Now,
these twain looked often upon the wine
cup. Os wine, and of strong drink,
quaffed they plenteously. For I whis
pered one of them, and made him believe
that it eased him of certain pains. (But,
in truth, it made them worse afterwards.)
And the other I taught, that it was good
for the spirits. So they increased their
draughts. And certain persons, my en
emies, called cold water men, urged the
two, greatly, to join them, and drink no
thing alcoholic. And their own con
sciences urged them likewise, with many
reasonings. But I, and Belial, and Beel
zebub, cunningly urged counter reason
ings, and fortified these great tempta
tions, which at length, prevailed over con
science and cold water men; for, not
liking to loose two such subjects, one of
us attended them every where. We
threw, continually, new enticements into
their way—we contrived new and lusci
ous draughts—we gave them to eat, pro
vocatives of thirst—we caused reverend
elders,—and the fairest young women with
wreathed smiles resistless, to hand them
the glass, and press them to drink—we
taught them to say, “ Worldlings may do
well to abstain from these good drinks—
but for us the Bible is a sufficient law-.
The Pledge of Total Abstinence is a mero
human invention, not needful or proper
for christians. A higher law bindeth
them to be temperate — temperate in all
things: audit would disparage that law,