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PLL LET YOU. v .- A q*rr-:.
- ‘• *! ‘i,’\ ■
If a kiss be delightful—so tending f
That a thousand soft wishes besetjyou, # {,
I vow by the nectar that Jupitar ?*, .... J;!
On certain conditions —l'lllat ‘
If you swear by my charms that Crne. ■
And that no other datnsefcsbpdl gal yowl
By the stars that roll rouid. Jpotf sumw efijlua,
Perhaps sir,— m y<W- . .
If not urged by a passign as fleeting ;
That makes all the virtues forget you.
But affcgtiQß. wTCUilhtd* ssftt foment ana mild.
You ask for a kiss, then—l’ll let you.
,J’ * /../ V(4tsp>U ‘ * ~ .
sggjf*There is something beautiful in the
lollowing lines :
Take the bright shell
From its home on the sea.
And wherever it goes
It will sing of the sen. ,
So take the fond heart
From its home and iU hearth,
’Twill sing of the loved
To the ends of the earth.
“MY WIPE IS THE CAUSE OP IT ”
It is now more than .fort? years ago
that Mr. L. called at the house of Dr.
B one very cold morning, on his wav
to H
“Sir,” said the Doctor, “the weather is
very frosty, will you not. take ‘something to
drink,’ before you start?”
In that early day, ardeut spirits were
deemed indispensable to warmth in winter.
When commencing a journey, and at eve-,
rv stopping place along the road, the trav
eler always used intoxicating drinks to
keep him warm.
“No,” said Mr. “1 never touch any
thing of that kind, and I will tell you the
reason; my wife is the, cause of it. I had
beer in the habit of meeting some of our
neigh bore every evening, for the purpose
*>f playing cards. We asseinbed at each
other’s shop, and liquors were introduced.
After a while wo met not so much for
playing a* drinking, and I used to return
home late in the evening more or less in
toxica ted. My wife always met me at the
door, affectionately, and when I chided
her for sitting up so late for me, she kind
}y replied,.“l prefer doing so, for I can
not sleep when you are out.”
“Thisalways troubled me; I wished in
iuy heart that she would only begin to
scold me, for then l could have retorted
and relieved my conscience. But she al
ways met me with the same gentle and
loving spirit.
“Tilings passed on thus for months
when I at last resolved that I would, by
remaining very late and returning much
intoxicated, provoke her displeasure so
much as to cause her to lecture me when i
meant to answer her with, severity, and
thus by creating another issue between us,
unbnrtheii my bosom of its present trouble.,
”1 returned in such a plight about four
o'clock in the morning. She met me at j
the door with her usual .tenderness, and |
*aid, come in, husband; I.hare just been j
making a warm tire for you, because l|
knew you would be cold. Take off your!
boots warm tour feet, and here is a cup of j
hot coffee.”
“Doctor, that was tuv much. 1 could
not endure it any longer, and i resolved j
that moment that I would never touch j
another drop while 1 lived, and 1 never
will.
He never did. He lived and died prae-!
rising total abstinence from all intoxicat
ing drinks, in a village where intemper
ance had ravaged as much as any other in
tiie Srat-.
That man was my father, and that wo
man my mother. The fact above related
1 received from the Doctor—himself, when
on a vis ; r to my native village, not long
since.
May we not safely assert, that were
• here m- re wives like my blewse 1 mother
‘here would bo fewer confirmed drunk
ards.
— - + iEE i %
FLOWER LANGUAGE.
For the benefit of our lady friends—
libis being leap year, wiiual—- we extract
Irhe following from the “City of tbo Cma
leenr, with pictures of Harem Life:”
One curious effect of the seclusion in
■which n Turkish woman, whether married
Im* unmarried* usually lives, is, that ]ove-
Indvanet* mu*t always come from her.—
■The man would not presume to notice her
I—and, besides, it would be vulgar to do so.
■ Hence the language of flowers, of which
I the following specimen ia given by our
1 author:
I “Ami not pretty ?” and she holds up
■ n white
“He holds up a flower of Paradise.”—
I ion jmv lovelier than the honris in Kork-
I ham—. Paradise.
“Do you love to look upon me s-ked
I h;, presenting a blush-roe re.
‘* *As the t iger-lil y loves to gaz* -1 upon
I it* own’ .
I “ ‘Can vou love me ri and she shown a
I daffodil.
I “ ‘As the daisy loves the sun sand he
I terns towards her the flower in question.
“ ‘Would you die for my sake V and
■ j.nllsa rosebud in two parts.
I ‘I would submit my neck to the bow
luting without a murmur;’ and he pulls
1 “If the bead of a yellow geranium, or a
■ VlOlC'i.;
*• ‘You are good, and 1 love you !’ and
■ mm? shows him a jasmine.
“He makes the teraina (a gesture of ac-
Bknowledginent) with tho rapidity of light
ening.
“‘Will you be my husband!’ She puils
lit hair from her head, and winds it round
■he jasmine.
I “He picks out a rose, and holds it with
■he flower pointing downwards to the
■artb.
■ “ ‘I cannot live without you; but if you
■ fuse to have me, I shail die.’
■ “She takes a sun-flower, and holds it by
■c side- of the jasmine.
■*‘ ‘Meet me to-night, at twilight;’ now
Rilv is quickly added; ‘by the fountain
111.’ Then ala vender-bud,’ ‘there is noth-
Hg to tear.’ Bat a white rose is, ‘be as
Ireful as you can.’ And then she re-ad
■sts her yashuiak, which is; ‘there will
■ ,a mark where you should climb.’
V&S&igpm&iZ
them A|imp<sftible, but tft
jjjbpiii: lovei honor, innocence,
inn|t:>ieligi||Require. The voice of pieaa
of may pass them unheeded
thoi Vdice.of Miction never. J/:
rij Ttm chamber of the eick, the pillow of
i;tho dying, the vigils of the dead, the altar
of religion, never missed rhe presence or
the sympathies of woman f Timid though
she be, and so delicate that the winds of
heaven may not too roughly visit her,, on
such occasions she loses all sense of dan
ger, and assumes a preternatural courage,
which, knows not, and fears no consequen
! ces. When she displays that undaunted
| spirit which neither covets difficulties nor
; evades them, that resignation which utters
s neither murmurs nor regrets, and that pa*
I tienee in suffering which seems victorious
* even over death itself.
DICKENS’ PICTURE OF WOMAN.
; The true woman, for whose ambition a
; husband’® love and her children’s adora-
I tion are sufficient, who applies her milita
i ry instincts to the discipline of her house
! hold, and whose legislatives exerc’se them
selves in making law’s for her nurse; whose
intellect has field enough for her in com
munion with her husband, and whose
heart asks no other honors than his love
ami admiration; a woman who does not
think it a weakness to attend to her toilet
and who does not disdain to be beautiful;
who believe* in the virtue of glossy hair
and well fitting gowns, and who eschews
rents and raveled edges, slip shod shoes
and audacious makeups; a woman who
speaks low and does not speak much; xvho
is patient and gentle, and intellectual and
industrious; who loves more than she rea
sons, and yet does not love blindly; who
never scolds and never argues, but adjusts
w.th a smile; such a woman is the wife
we have all dreamed of once in our lives,
and is the mother we still worship in the
backward distance of the past.
From our Correspondent.
A TEMPERANCE LECTURER,
Brother Crusader, —In backing up the
proposition of Mr. H. Phinizee, of Forsyth,
you pen some remarks in reference to the
want of. a Temperance Lecturer. That
one or more is wanted, and of the right
stamp, no one having the reform at heart
will doubt. But how shall the object bg se
cured? That’s the all-important question.
We have propositions from one here, and
another there, to be one of a certain num
ber, to raise a certain sum. with which to
pay a lecturer to canvass the State. But
the propositions are isolated : one proposes
one amount; another,a different amount, —
one can, or is willing to do more than an
other ; but, somehow or other, none agree;
there is a want of harmony—no response
from one to another, and each finally gives
over, and counts the cause as lost
And l am sorry to 9ee that you. 100, some
times indulge in despondency, because of
the apparent quiet which prevails. You
are wrong. The contest ot last fall, it is
true, left us badly beaten, but not whipped;
nor are our forces scattered, or dishearten
ed, or unprepared for active service. The
| ball is still roiling—it is still silently, gradu
ally, but most certainly gathering strength;
and, when the time arrives, you will find
the Oi.d Six Thousand Prohibitionists at
their posts, and every tr.an with a convert.
Politicians fight differently from what we
do, and that is why they succeed. Thero
has been but little feeling since last fail, —
the political parties propel, seem to sleep as
well as we. The Presidential campaign,
even, is beginning to open, but still there is
but a little npple on the political waters. —*
When the time comes, though,—when ac
; tion becomes important, then you will find
on every stump, in every locality, every
where, a patriotic friend of each of the nomi
nees, speaking by the hour. Now, no effort
is made, —then, no stone will be left unturn
ed. and all the energies of their natures will
ho brought into requisition.
1 have not a doubt, but that the different
lemporance Orders have been gaining
members ever since last October. Some
Divisions and some Lodges of Knights have
died out, but in most eises, it was whore
there was one of each,, and one had to go.
In such cases, the strongest survived.—ab
sorbed the other, and received all new re
cruits. Jhe contest of last fall, wili be found
to have strengthened Prohibition.
Now, instead of a Canvasser, let as many
as possible of the Division* of Sons, and
Lodges of’ Knights celebrate their anniver
saries,—-let the ‘i parade in regalia, and let
them have speeches from able and tried
Temperance men, and herever possible,
a dinner. This will exhibit the strength of
our numbers,—our enthusiasm, —and reani
mate such as have become lukewarm. Let
this be the programme for this year. Noth
ing political can be gained,—so let us pre
pare the way this year for a mighty effort,
and a mighty work the next. Numbers we
have-— speakers we can have—and much
can be done for the piesent without a regu
lar Canvasser.
Next year let the onset be made, after
everything is properly arranged, and our
forces organized. Then, one speaker will
not answer,—but many,—and thev can be
had for the money. They cannot’ be had,
however, all the year. Politicians find time
between the Courts, in the Bummer, to do
all the work belonging to political warfare.
“They all, with one accord,” range from
; river to river, and from mountain to inoun
j lain to seaboard, —all within a few months,
| —accomplish their work, and fall back.--
Now, I would have Prohibitionists adopt a
similar plan of warfare Let them secure
the services of n@ many speakers as they
can, at as many points within h short space
of time as possible, just as politicians do,
and my word for it. the result will astonish
the most sanguine.
If you will re-publish the forms of Con
stitutions for Grand and Subordinate Alli
ances —to be tound in tle columns of the
Banner, (published in the T'ali of ’£>L)—-I
will undertake to show how the plan above
rtffc Seope and effect* of the effort, content*
[plated by the Alliances,
*l*b6hibitigx Cbusadrb.
For the Temperance Crusader.
j HELP—FOR UNCLE DABNEY.
[ Messrs. Editors —-I beg a small space in
[the Crusader, to say to my friend “Coweta”
! that the gauntlet thrown out, some two or
three weeks back, to Monroe and Fulton, by
him, is accepted— at least, by Monroe; and
I have no doubt but what Fulfon wall re
spond : and now, Mr. Coweta, that Monroe
has led off agreeable to your proposition,
let there be np backing out, but come to the
scratch like a man Should you entertain
any doubts in reference to the action *of
Monroe, just take apeep into the Treasu
rer's book—Judge Ezzard is Treasurer.—
Then, if you choose, make your mark ahead.
Although Coweta claims uncle Dabney, as
her own, we hold that he belongs to Geor
gia, and that Monroe has an interest in him,
and that he is the common property of the
State. Just as the great statesmen of the
West and of the Fast, belonged to the Uni
ted States. It will be recollected, no doubt,
that owing to the devotion of Henry Clay
and Daniel Webster to their country, that
they became much embarrassed, pecuniari
ly, but did the people allow them long to
suffer, or their hands to hangdown? No.
A generous people came to the rescue, to
the amount of #30,000 in one case, and per
haps two or three times that amount in the
other, as well as I recollect; all, however,
to New York. Louisiana, and Kentucky.—
Wei), to me it is evident, that Uncle Dab
ney’s embarrassment is partly owing to the
sacrifices made in the cause of Temperance;
and now, will the people of Georgia, the
Temperance friends especially, allow him
to go to the wall, to be stripped of his pro
perty, and turned out in his old days ? O
certainly not. Home, help, and conveni
ences are pleasant things. Now, friends,
what do you say ? Help must come soon,
or it wili be too late. What do you say,
Coweta, Fulton, Troup, Meriwether, Spald
ing, Upson, and Henry ? What do you say
for Newton, Judge? What do I hear from
Putnam, Greene, Baldwin, Hancock, War
ren, Taliaferro, Oglethorpe, and Elbert?—
Friends of the cause throughout the State,
if you would but entertain the subject, it
would be one of the easiest things imagina
ble to accomplish. A little effort, and the
work would be done. A triffling effort in
Monroe accomplished much.
Messrs Editors, —you and your readers
must pardon me. 1 have written much
more than I intended when 1 commenced ;
but I feel deeply on the subject. 1 will now
close by saying that if Uncle Dabney goes
to the wall, it shall not be my fault, nor the
fault of Monroe.
Forgyth, March 15, 1850.
For the Temperance Crusader.
A VISIT TO PENFIELD.
Messrs. Editors: —ln company with six
teen members of Emory Lodge, Knights
of Jericho. I left Oxford on Thursday
evening 13th inst. to attend on the follow
ing day, according to invitation, the Anni
versary of “ Rising Star Lodge,” at Pen
field, Ga. The weather was inclement
and the prospects for a pleasant excursion
very gloomy, but a strong faith, that provi
dence always smiles propitiously upon a
good cause, induced me to press forward
for the point of destination. After a short
ride—soon effected by steam, 1 was safe
ly domiciled for the night in Greensboro’,
where 1 shared the hospitality of a worthy
brother, “a gallant Knihgt.” “ At the dawn
of morning, the rays of “the powerful king
of day,” as he came “rejoicing in the east,”
gave token of better weather and inspired
the hearts of our chivalrous band with
brighter hopes. Having partaken of a fine
breakfast, and smoked asocial cigar—prob
ably one of “Norton’s best”—and traveled
seven miles, “pver hill and dale ” by pri
vale conveyance, I found myself in your
quiet and delightful village.
We arrived just in time to enter the pro
cession, which marched to the Chapel of
Mercer University, where after an appro
priate prayer by the Chaplain, an attentive
audience listened to a very able and elo
quent address, delivered by W.T. H. Scott,
the orator of the day. The speaker is a
young man of promise, and his effort was
alike creditable to himself and the order.—
His address is to be published and will
speak for itself. The Knights then repair
ed to their Lodge-room, transacted all nec
essary business and adjourned. I accepted
the invitation of the W. C., to abide with
him during rny stay, and “fared sumptuous
ly every day.” Many thanks tor his
“brotherly kindness.”
In the afternoon, accompanied by a friend,
I visited the Campus of the University and
was highly pleused with its appearance. It
is certainly a pleasant retreat- for the stu
dent, one admirably adapted to the purpose
of an institution in. which youthful minds
are being trained and prepared for the
weighty responsibilities of active life. I
was conducted through the well furnished
halls and libraries of the two literary so
cieties—the Ciceronean and the Phi Delta.
But nothing impressed me more favorably
than the students. Their high-toned morals
and gentlemenly bearing will command the
respect and admiration of any visitor. On
my return, as vou doubtless remember, I
visited your “sanctum” for the first time—
I hope it may not be the last, and looked
upon your * faces divine Through the
liberality of some friends, i was favored
with a copy of “the Temperance Crusader,”
an acceptable present. It has undergone a
radical change of hands, dress and name,
hut advocates the same glorious cause with
renewed zeal and marked ability. It ought
to be in every family in Ga. While there
is a superabundance of political papers in
the State, there is hut one devoted exclu
sively to Temperance, and it. certainly ought,
to be well sustained* Will not the friends
of the cause secure it a patronage commen
surate with the great object to be accom
plished? Let all bestir themselves in the
noble enterprise. How many young men
are there, who will obtain twenty new sub
scribers for it during the present year? I
will be one “to try.” Who will be anoth
er? ,/ “v ;
But lam digressing. At night I attend
ed the party given bv the ladies of Penfietd
to the Knights of Jericho. A brilliant af
fair it was. It reflected credit upon the
fair donors, who are always “ready for
every good word and work.” Notwit
hstanding the inclemency of the day previ
ous, a large number of both sexes were
present from different portions of the State.
When the command was given for each
gentleman to escort a lady to the supper
table, I promptly obeyed orders. ‘The ta
ble was richly laden with every luxury
that heart could wish, or that the most
fastidious taste could desire. But it is use
less for me to state which engaged my at
tention the more deeply, the Costly least so
profusely spread.before me, or the amiable
Miss- beside me, who assisted in its pre-,
paration, I leave the reader to draw all in
ferences. If “Rising Star Lodge” does not
realize the best of results from its anniversa
ry I shall be greatly deceived. Composed
as it is of intelligence and moral worth, and
these aided by the 9iniles and influence of
the ladies, it is bound to prosper despite all
opposition that can be arrayed against it.—
May Heaven’s richest blessings ever test
upon it.
A pleasant ride of a few hours the next
morning landed me at home. My com
panions were all perfectly delighted with
their visit and will not soon forget it. May
it result in good to all parties. The above
is a brief and imperfect sketch of my flying
vieit, without exaggeration or amplifica
tion. and you are at liberty to dispose of it
as you mav deem proper.
POLYMNIA.
Oxford, Ga., March 18th, 1856.
For the Temperance Crusader.
SISTERLY LOYE.
Beaufiiul and holy is a sisters love !
There is nought else on earth so utterly,
so purely unselfiish. Compared to that,
all other affections are alloyed with the
dross of earth—are earthy. The mother
idolizes her darling boy, because she sees
renewed in him, those graces of mind and
person which, years before, had captivated
her maiden heart and won, for their fortu
nate possessor, her hand at the altar. The
father’s heart glows with tenderness to
wards the despotic little beauty of a few
summers, because he sees her mother’s soul
beaming froip the dark eyes—her mother’s
modesty in the blush that mantles the soft
cheek—her mother’s self in every tone of
the voice, in every toss of the head, in eve
ry movement of unstudied grace. Or if
uninfluenced by such considerations, the
children of their love are dear to the par
ents chiefly, tor their very helplessness,
their absolute dependence, at -me time of
life; at another, for the womanly goodness
and accomplishment, or the manly develop-!
ment which they proudly feel is the result I
of their labors and their training.
Filial love, also, is prompted partly bv
selfish motives. The earliest recollections
of a child, tel! him of a mother’s eyes smil
ing sweetly on him, a mother’s breast pil
lowing his restless head; of a father’s en
deavors to amuse him, displayed in a thou
sand ways. They have never deserted
him, never wavered for an instant, either
in their unfaltering attachment to him, or in
their efforts to advance his happiness.—
Such constancy calls for love, intense, de
voted, absorbing. And when in manhood
he supports the tottering steps, executes the
querelous requsts, and supplies the wants of
Ins venerable parents, it is simply in requit
al for similar offices which, through long
years, they performed for him.
The maiden yields her heart, with her
hand, into anothers keeping, but it is to
find a strong arm to lean upon, u brave
heart to trust in—a husband, who while
protecting and cherishing, shall repay her
love with a love equally devoted, and re
ward her trust with a trust equally confid
ing. He may prove false to the * trust of
that sweet being; still the wifely heart re
fuses to loosen its hold, and loves him for
the memory of what he was, rather than
for what he is. lithe wife forfeit her claim
upon the confidence and esteem of the hus
band, he sternly effaces the image pictured
on his heart of hearts. The difference in
their respective conduct, under the circum
stances supposed, arises from the difference
in iheir respective dependence on each oth
er—further increased, perhaps, by the di
versity of their natures. A glance suffices
to show that all these loves, parental, filial,
conjugal, are prompted more or less, by
selfishness. The motive that inspires it,
can clearly be detected in the love itself.
But far different is it with a sister’s love.
She has received no such benefits as those
mentioned above ; there exists no such ob
ligation or necessity to call into exercise
her latent affections. IShe loves her brother
simply because he is her hi other, and not
for what he is, or for what lie does to her.
Bhe seldom asks a return for her affection
—seldom expects one. Her love is a pure
and holy sentiment that regards not the
worthiness or un worthiness of its object.—
The brother may never have opened his
lips to her but to taunt, may never have
played with her but to tease, may never
have stretched out to her his hand but to
strike; in .spite of taunts and blows, she
loves him and will deny herself to gratify
his most unreasonable whim. ‘Hie taunt
may bring tears to her eyes, or the blow
may leave its mark upon her person; she
wipes away, the one, afid carefully conceals
the other, lest, being discovered, they may
bring punishment on the offender. Her
tears oi pity are ever ready to flow when
be is disgraced with a flogging in school:
her hand is slipped quietly tntolus, as if to
assure him that, at least, one little loving
heart thinks none the less ot him lor the
disgrace under which he is smarting. So,
when in after years others forsake him,
when society boots and hisses him for his
crimes, the loving sister closes her heart
against the conviction that he is other than
she would have him be. Her welcome is
as eager, her kiss as sweet, her embrace as
tendfer and loving as when uo stain of re
proach attached to his name. The devo
tion of sisters in general —to which there
are comparatively few exceptions—rarely
receives the commendation it deserves.—
Those who are blessed with sisters, think
it a matter of course, that they will be kind,
selfsacrificing and loving, while the unfor
tunates who have them not, caunot be ex
pected to appreciate fully the value of
such a treasure. Cornelius.
C|e Cemjienmce Glntsakr.
PENFIELD, GEORGIA.
Saturday Momins, March 99, 1896.
£jg?~Rev. Claiborn Trussell, of Atlanta, is a duly
authorized Agent for the Crusader.
Liberal Offer.
Any person sending us fire nevr Subscribers, ac
companied with the “rhino,” shall be entitled to au
extra copy of the Crusader for one year. Orders for
our Paper must invariably be accompanied with the
cash to receive attention.
Agents Wanted,
We want a hundred Agents for the Crusader.—
Enthusiastic and energetic Temperance men; those
who take a lively and earnest interest in the subject,
are the kind desired. We wish one in every county
in t. lO State; one who will canvass the country and
remind the people of their duty in regard to patroni
zing the Temperance press.
Liberal compensation will be awarded to all who
will act as Agents for our paper.
An Earnest Appeal to our Friends.
There is but one Journal in the State of Georgia
devoted exclusively to the subject of Temperance;
a subject fraught with interest and importance to
every man, woman, and child, within the limits of
our State. The Crusader, espouses this allirapor
tant subject, and advocates it in all its length
and breadth with a fearlessness which cannot be
checked, with a zeal which naught can cool, and
with an energy which will not flag, and we petition
for it the patronage of the pc-ople. It is the only
beacon-light which shines amid the gloom that often
o’er,shadows our cause, endeavoring to infuse cour
age into the bosoms of the faithful patriots when
their hearts begin to sink within them and in agony
to tremble over their hopes. We call upon our
friends throughout the State, to give us the benefit
of their influence in extending the circulation of the
paper. It is the duty of every man, whether ho be
temperate or intemperate, to support the Press de
voted to moral reform. If you be a man of family,
you owe it to your children to lay before them a
Journal which endeavors to point our an upright,
moral course of conduct, ff you be not a man of
family, you owe it to yourself, to those around you,
and to your Maker, to welcome among you a peri
odical which preaches temperance and morality con
tinually. *
Think of the many weak-minded individuals with
in the circle of your influence, who are ready at all
times to follow your example. Every man exerts
more or less influence upon those around him, and
he is culpable for the influence which he exerts if it
tends to demoralization.
We must have your assistance, People of Georgia!
Remember blooming youth, the pride and glory of
our country, is exposed to the wiles of that demon
,which stouter hearts cannot withstand. Place before
them, }.B an instructor, a Temperance Journal w hich
is continually portraying the ravages of the foul
curse, and it will be a great moral safeguard which
shall rescue them from the dark pool of destruction
into which their ancestors are falling daily. Will you
consider the matter? We are truly gratified when
some old, affectionate father writing to us, renewing
his subscription, says, “let the paper continue to
come. It is a welcome visitor to ray household; my
childrdn love to see it, and they reed it with eager
ness.”
Many of our friends have went us clubs of subscri
bers this year, and we are under lasting obligations
to each one ol them. We assure them that such fa
vors aio duly appreciated Will not others do like
wise ? A large number of friends have said to us
they intended doing something for us in the way of
procuring new subscribers; we beg of them to re
meinbr it. Wo have it in mind, and are anxiously
waiting to hear from them.
Let every man consider it his duty to send us some
assistance in that way. We are loath to believe that
there in any one who doe** not exert influence enough
to procure a club of five subscribers to so cheap a
paper. Will you try ?
Many Thanks to the Knights of Americus.
The Americuß Lodge of “Knights of Jericho” hove
ordered thirteen copies of our paper, and accompa
nied the order with the cash. We return them
many heartfelt thanks for the favor. Mr. B. W.
Smith, the instrument in gaining for us this assist
ant, in the recipient of our warmest affections—we
shall ever remember him in kindness. He states
| lhe >’ are organizing a Lodge of Knights in Starkville
—we wish them abundant success. We love to
hear of them springing up in different portions of
the country, for they are noble in their design, and
have accomplished great good in those places where
they are established.
Will not the other Lodges extend to us a similar
patronage? Wc petition them for it, and are vain
enough to believe we deserve it; and further, wc
believe it to be the duty of all Temperance organi
zations to support the Temperance press.
The Lodges will boar in mind, that by ordering a
number of copies they come cheaper: for every fivo
copies, we grant an extra one. Remember that, and
send in your orders, and distribute the paper among
the poorer classes. The three great elements which
characterize your Organization, are Temperance,
Humanity, and Charity,—give them practical de
monstration in behalf of the worthy poor in vonr
vicinity, by placing in their hands the Crusader.
Mitchell’s Map.
It will be remembered that we published three or
foui- weeks ago, a notice of this Map. We have
since had an opportunity of examining it, nml find
it fully equal to the representations. It is gotten up
in a very superior style, richly colored, aud contains
more information than anything of the kind we have
ever seen. It embraces the Canadas, the whole of
the United States, giving the counties, and New Ter
ritories, Mexico, Central America, and part of the
VY est Indies. Those wishing to procure a cheap,
beautiful, and useful Map, will do well to secure one
of these.
Pire. |
The Blacksmith Shop of Messrs. Wilson and Max*
ey, in Penfleld, was eutirely destroyed by fire, on
YY r ednesday night last. YY’e have not ascertained the
loss.
Stop Papers.—Settlo Arrearages.
Persons ordering their papers discontinued, must
invariably pay up all their dues. YY e shall not strike
off any subscriber’s name who is in arrears.
Is Drunkenness only a Moral
It is the favorite argument of the opposers of Pro
hibition, and the only one possessing any degree of
plausibility, that intemperance is a moral evil, and
can be combatted only by moral-suasion. With such <•
a flimsy sophistry, they succeed not only in warding
off the attacks of sound reason, but make converts
to their faith and practice. He who can yield his
assent to such a proposition must be blinded by pre
judice, crentirely unobservant offsets around him.
Let him go to the doggery nearest him, (and he need
go far no where in Georgia to arrive at one,) and
witness the scenes which are almost daily enacted
there, and then say if drunkenness is only a moral
evil. Let him observe the quiet, harmless country*
man, as he < nters its sin-polluted precincts. In his
bosom burns no malice against any member of the
human family. But he has the fiery draught offered
to him. He drinks, and his reason, judgment, and
prudence, are all destroyed. He quarrels, fights
and his kindest neighbor, his bosom-friend*lies
butchered beneath his hand. Who has kilk-d’w?
The poor man, whom Rum has bereft of reason, <*
the hardened wretch who sold him the maddening
poison? Ahl that is a question which must at one
time press with fearful weight on theaelf-oondemned
soul of the Rum-seller.
Let him who thinks intemperance a moral ewl
only, enter the inmost adytum of the family circle
There the benign spirits of Love and Peace preside
in a weet harmony, which spreads a hopeful smile
over the faces -f the guardian angels lingering near.
But in the midst of all this bliss and happiness a
stranger presents himself. It is Ruin. He seizes
with potent grasp the kind father and doting hus
band, and soon his whole manner and nature are
changed. He abandons his peaceful fireside, he fre
quents the gambling shop, and leaves his business
to wreck and ruin. Misery and want invade his
household, and bitter cursings and low abuse now
supply the place of those loving accents which were
wont to fall from his lips. Often are his tender wife
and helpless children driven forth from home or
shelter amid the terrors of the night, to join their
wailings with the howling of the storm, and mingle
their tears with torrents as they fall. And is there
no protection for the suffering ones? No; Intem
perance rejoices in its oppression of the weak, and
dances to the music of widows’ and orphans’ groans,
and the law stretches forth no arrn to punish or re
strain. Can any man consider these facts, and say
that Intemperance is only a moral evil?
But the whole is not yet told. Let him go to the
ballot-box, and there behold anew phase in its his
tory. There, a little, ranting, shrill-voiced “ stump
peaker,'’ who has learned somewhere that in “’76”
“our forefathers blc-d and died for liberty,” and has
found out, from experience, that Liquor deprives
men of their senses, mounts a whisky barrc-l, makes
a furious harangue, closing with a stirring appeal to
all who will support him to come up and take a drink!
He is elected, becomes a representative of the people
and a guardian of their interest, when it would be
much more appropriate for him to have a guardian.
It is by such men and such means that this horrible
system has been, and continues to be sustained. It
is through the influence of such men that all parties
have attained the very extreme of political corrup
tion. It is by such men, guided by erroneous prin
ciples, and unmindful of the dictates of conscience,
that our country has been brought almost to the
very verge of ruin. Who can observe the fearful,
alarming influence which Intemperance and the li
cense system is wielding in our country, and say
that drunkenness is only a moral evil?
We know that it is a moral evil; a dark sin against
the purity and majesty of Heaven, which shall con
sign millions of its wretched victims to the realms of
eternal woe. But it is likewise a social evil which
expels peace and happiness from thousands of fire
side*, and dries up the richest fountains of human
love and affection. It is a political evil which cor
rupts and defiles wherever it exists, and is now sha
king the strong fabric of our government to ita low
est foundations. *
Spring.
Once more hath the genial deity of Spring, en
throned itself, in the land to rule with benignant
sway, its allotted portion of the year. Breaking
loose from winter’s icy grasp, it has brought back
the pure azure of the skies, and sent up the balmy
zephyrs, soft and gentle as Accents from lover’s lips.
The rivers have loosened themselves from their fro
zen beds, and are now rolling their foaming floods
in proud currents to the great parent of waters.—
Flowers of ten thousand hues are coming forth to
deck her in robes of loveliness and beauty, as if for
some splendid ordeal. Multitudes of winged song
sters add their music to her charms, and like a thing
of life and joy, she speeds on in one continual round
of revelry and beauty.
With every returning spring, we feel thankful to
a benign Creator for giving us a season so full of
all that is pleasing to the soul No portion of the
year is more fraught with lessons oi’ momentous im
port to the human mind. If the seared and falling
leaves of autumn remind us that we are mortal, that
this tenement oi clay shall soon dissolve, spring no
less forcibly impresses upon us the duty of prepara
tion for the coming future. The husbandman pla
ces in the prepared soil the seed, which assited by
the agency of labor, sunehiue and rain shall supply
him with food and raiment for another winter. So
in the spring time of life we should garner up those
rich treasures of knowledge and wisdom which will
> be invaluable in long years to come. Or rather it
1 teaches that we should throw upon the world the
I seeds of goodness and charity, which watered by the
; showers of grace, shall spring up in perpetual ver
dure amid the bowers of immortality.
From the earliest ages, spring Ims been consider
ed an emblem of youthful innocence and purity.—
And how full of sweet poetry and beauty is such a
comparison. When the untaught soul with unsus
j pecting confidence throws itself upon every object
for support, and meekly strives to climb upward to
Heaven and to Gd. Ere the rude blasts of adversi
ty has torn loose their embrace, and left them to
trail in the dust, and each warm affection chilled
and destroyed by the cold charities of the world.
Ere the sort teudrils and delicate leaves which they
put forth under the mild rays of a vernal sun, have
been scorched nnd wasted by summer’s firery heat,
fitted to be nipped by frosts and swept away by win
try blasts.
We know that each passing period must write its
history on the humatn mind in character which no
subsequent experience can efface. Each scene in
the vast panorama of nature impresses its symbols
|on the heart’s inmost folds, which like the hand
writing in the festal hall, none but a prophet eye can
read. Man can not hold converse with objects of
external grandeur, w ithout feeling their powerful,
irrisistihlo influcnco in moulding his sentiments and
opinions. The anow-cappod mountain, nnd the
barren heath, the gloomy forest and the wide extend
ed plain, the gentle atephyr and the wild tornado’s
blast, the tiny dew-drop and the ocean’s rolling
flood, the crickets small chirrup and the eagle’s