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ii* . I THE CAROLINA SPARTAN. BY CAVIS & TRIMMIER. j&frotiri to JSouthcm Sights, politics, iAgruuttuvc, anil SWisccUantj. $2 PER ANNUS I Y@L. XVII. SPARTAN BUI tG, S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 18?0. NO, 22. | i imn I tm IWWII I ' i?m > n ? i?ir ? i jvwm wmj* ?vnrra:<jc?ramKXMni? rmx cnoMSHV p???????. _ i cHm Carolina Spartan. B Y~cXvTs" .feTUI MMjKK. Price, Two Dollars per annum, in advance, or $2.60 at the end of the year. If not paid until after the year expires $3.00. Ko subscription taken for less than six months. Money may be remitted through postmasters mt eur risk. Advertisements inserted at the usual rates, ad contracts made on reasonable terms. Thb Spartan circulates largely over this and >*<^joining districts, and offers an admirable medium to our friends to reach customers. Job work of all kinds promptly executed. Dlr.nks, Law and Equity,continually on lui d. r printed to order. ?tii?|urantf. TE MP ER.iMi'E ADDKESS, by p. j. oelanu, esq., Delivered at Lcbauon Church, Rich Hill, Spartanburg District, S. C., July 7. 1800, aad published by request of the Sons of Temperance. i) Temperance, in every age of the world, j nas nccn regarded a cardinal virtue. Kn- t lightened heathens have devoted tnueh s thought to this subject, and their best sys- 11 terns of philosophy attest the importance \ and felicitous effects of tempcrauee, as au o essential attribute of reffned character In t all the writings of the ancieuts, we see this c principle (though ofteu shining indistinct- a ly through grosser systems of philosophy) immutably impressed on the surface of p thought. The rigid virtue a fate, contrast- s ed with the effeminate, and voluptuous p lives of the Augustan Ago, stifli -iently o evinces this truth. Kven Socrates liiuiscll r (who practised the self-denying precepts e which he taught, although a self-immolated 1> victim at the shrine of a false system of n honor) inculcated temperance as the chief o maxim of his school, a system contrasting o violently with the detestable tenets of the dissolute followers of Knieurus. ' An<l although wo do not fintl the idea, ii standing forward in bold relied' in sacred t( history, prov ng, on the lirst face of the s matter, its high appreciation under the ji theocratic toriu of government, yet it is ii clearly implied, forcibly impressed by iiu- t plication, and confessed by all Bible readers, who do not shut their eyes to truth, to be t distinctly enjoined. It is not by any inoa is t to be inferred that the Jews were exempt from the intolerable vice of intemperance, be- p cause the records do not expose it as a glaring offence; for we should reflect, that all the sins of Judah were swallowed ii|> in the enormous sin of idolatry. By this were contaminated all the springs of spirituality, .und the polluted sluices from the pois ncd {fountain broke forth in wide desolation, .bearing on their bosom the seeds ol death, aud the fruitsof a broken law. j In the glorious epoch in which our hap- ' j>y lot is cast, wc find the honest citizen, the devoted patriot, the distinguished statesman, the erudite scholar, theeloijueut orator, the zealous divine, with all the best and noblest of our race, conspiring to exalt : this virtue, not in exclusion of all others, Jbut aa the base of all virtue, of all christ iin niharacter; the very livintr nriu.ii.'e .1* i.ll - I f ~ -- " V" I that is pure, and lovely, and consistent, in ' r. .refined human character. And we find also si unany worthy advocates anions us, whose t exertions never sectn to dauipen their ar- s dor, applying a peculiar galvanism to the ' h often dying, though never dead, bodies of j i Temperance Societies. j b If this virtue has been regarded hy the n heathen as neoessary to hum in happiness, 1 and if the true patriot, the mighty in in j tellect, and the pure iu priuciplo, have p .ever considered a as rc<|ui?itc to the con- a servation of the most exulted character, t< then assuredly it must he a .subject worthy y of our consideration?worthy of the con- p sidcration of a community whose marked s, characteristics have always been temper- y ance principles combined with temperate j< ^ practices. , p The wisest of all men has said, "greater c is he who ruleth his spirit, than ho who i. itakcth a city." Next to that great and c profound maxim, "know thyself," stands n this other greater precept, 'Govern thyself," i Temperance in its widest sense dignities that s due and-necessary restraint over our pas-1 uions and appetites, wherohy we may nei- u thcr injure ourselves nor others; prcsuppos- e ing that whilst we accord the tenor of our v. lives to our profession, we, at the same d /time, make every exertion within our puw- I; .. er to advance the common weltare. si Let us first consider th is great subject in ti .a three-fold view. * :.e ..First: Our personal good effected hy tcm- n jperanec, or our personal injury iuduccd by tj untemperaucc. ; it Secondly: Thcgocd tiiat we may bestow w untuvalually, or the corresponding injury a rthat we may inflict by these opposite cour- tl . ses of conduct. o And thirdly : The influence flint may a ilae.exercised upon the common welfare of ^humanity. I j< We may best appreciate (he beauty of p tcmpcran .*e, by contrasting the salutary el- m /foets of the one, with the baneful effects of tl ( the other upon the happiness of the indi- n vidnnl. The lushest state of physical st vhealth is promoted and secured by habits w of temperance. A?;tko soul suffers when the g' body suffers, so the highest mental vigor is f< preserved hy strict temper nice. Intern- tl j>erancc undcrioiuw the very bases of men- t? tal action. It indisposes lor nil labor, ni When a man becomes a drunkard, lie has w -initiated ft slow, lingering, and sclf-inflio c<l st death. It shouhl be sufficiently hutuilia- tl ting that men should resort to p iscng u. fii .save life; but that they should daily in swal'ow poison, and call it peasant to the |>< ,t'ate, their senses obscured, morbid uppe- si ititcs created, languor and debility super- n< induced, dozing away in listless apathy one, is half of their precious time. Su h we are tl constrained to call madness. This indeed p< is a fearful picture, 1 ut hy no means over- A .wrought. Not eo with him who is often p< rop< cchod with tho-Wium gf'buirg n ten? ?n perate man. He it is that prendre*1 hrough all the cares, responsibilities, and f c ictive duties ofliie, a body animated, u ' <J tiind unbeelouded, and habits and tern- n scrnmcnt attuned to the highest efforts \ ind purest purposes. As temper a nco in- d . igorates, so intemperance debilitates, t \s temperance preserves all the active ? ind useful capacities of the physical tl 'mine, so intemperance abuses and eventu- tl illy destroys t! cm. As temperance makes t he body subservient to the will, and b its it to accomplish the highest aims of the nost hallowed affections, so intemperance h coders the b.?ly uncontrollable, chains si he will, and degrades the holiest after- n ions to the level of brute instinct. Are n ou temperate in every particular? Vou h re the only freeman that walks in tin- v ride of exalted manhood. Are you in u cmpcrate ? You arc tho veriest slave th: t j d ncuinbcrcth our mother earth. The in-I c lulcation of these principles is designed to ! tl ree you from an unendurable thraldom, si \o one, under the pressure of unnatural si xeitenient, can think clearly. Perception d I truth is dimmed : the judgment is lia w ile to he biased by any passing current ol h irejudicej the imagination, th it harp of j g he soul, refuses to tune its melodious : r. trings, and the plumed soul herself is iin I tl uured in ninnfrangiblc prison-house ofelay. 1 h Yell may we say unto her in the language ! Ii if inspiration. " Awake, arise, nli ! m..li v it of /ion ! Hurst tlie bunds of thy neck. i d h cnptivc daughter of .Ii rusalem !" Arise, ( ti mil plume thyself for nobler flights ! ' The serious convert to the cause of tern- i orauec, throwing off these disgraceful v hack els, stands before the view of an aj* u roving con.inunity as a noldc example of s lie who has achieved a great moral viotn- y y. Is not the reflection, that we merit the ri steem and personal good offices of our lei h j\v-:nen, calculated to enhance our happi l? less ? If so, theti we have two strong anil verwlielming motives to teinperanee?oif V\ wn self respect, and the respect of other.-. n Hut let us consider, si gly. without the j, id of the odious comparisons attempted y it our first suggestions, the e-tat of the ,, m operate in its intriu-ic exooll ncy. I peak now ot" the general principle of tensieranee ; hoping that ii' I ctaivinee you of ,| ts great import trice, and its universal na- ,, ure, as underlying and supporting all n ;:oral good, you cannot certainly wit Ii hold ; lie conehtsion, that we should insist t pon Lj uuiperanec in the use of ardent spirits. n Temperance implies calmness of purpose, j urity of motive, ami a eonscioti e eminent- p f ojualided to determine proper eour es of ,. ondnet, for the alone sake of wli .t it sc. - v u tlieni worthy of its approbation. N 1, oiiecivahlc motive, thought, or action can \ ike place that cannot be eJusred ii^to tcin y K.rate c.r intemperate, t fur habits, all ,. I -.1 1! 1 I ms aw uian-fccs, as well as overt and do- |, idod actiouf, arc tn > 1 i!icl t>y (his prineilo. Consider man as an auiin?1. on h \v 1 *itil tbo eomiuou iu* innt < ! s. :! 1 I ervatiwti, ami in the _T.:Jitii? v 1 ii ' ' ursucs to cfibct this ess i! px p <. j eh dd him exorcism.; a o it.tin <ieyrc. ( I' temperance. Cousidcr hiiu as an inL'llcctiial beiug, cove-Mod to so.no c\Ii ii! . I o y reason, anu you soo (ho scale of pro ri i?>n rising in proportionable derive I * i ( hen you contemplate the higher con-' 1 at ion ?.l moral responsibility, an i (lie ( (amlard of moral excellency fixed above H ho delusive hopes and the irregular pas ions of sublunary affairs, you then heboid iui fulfilling his highest destiny, givenIijr and briny governed by teni} | ridling bis passions and ruling Ins spirit, ^ tan?it tnay be a faint scintillation of tin- , >ivinc nature In a social relation, too, so far as wo >1 rive ourselves of supcrthioiis pleasure*. oi j jiy comfort, convenii nee, or r .1 lu-n .if, i contribute to the happiness <>| otli. rs, ,| ou find that the governing motive i- triocraneo, fur its own sake;*-It-iut. r> st t?, iij_r aerifieed on,the altar ot Iricnddiip. l>o s <mr selt-deiral react hi -jiving vou real en >yuiont' it so, then you are truly tern- ( orate. If, however, other motives have otistituted your actions, your claims will ot b- regarded. Is not this the oxperinee of every one, who while living, h iot been dead to the true blessings of hie.' ^ o?:r own hearts uml consciences will an wer satisfactorily this i|ue.sticii. Id' any other aspect of the subject, in collection with individual character, is to he utisiuuruu, u 18 tno obligation iimlcr vvlurli " e roiif. to obey the moral law, lb it true in- " ox of the monitor within. These imtuaeu ' ito precepts, while tliey constitute a trail- 1 uription of divine character, at the same ->l me so exactly coincide with tie inner up- l! rations of the huumn conscience, that lost convincing argument against infnb !i- ' V here arises, :ivin^ the lie to alt human ' iventiotis, and complete'^ subverting the 1 hole sutnnic tribe of fallacies. < fur duty, s bound under this law, look.- primarily to ?' ijs virtue, under the pud.nice of which ^ ur lives :irc to lie conlorined to the test of v rer^onalde accountability. Abstinence, you will remember, \ya< en- ' >incd u|>on the Lcviticul I'm stimuli hv b nsitivo commandment. last you may S( lisapprchcnd my meaning, I will <|u<>t?> 1,1 ic whole passage: "Ami the Lord spake ' nto Auroii, anyiii^, ho not ?lrink wine nor ' rong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, ' lien ye go into the tnhernaole of the ecu negation, frit y < / if. : it > h.i 11 be a statute ' never throughout your generation." Al.nl I' in perspicuity of the language, and the irrible nature, of the threatened punish- tv lent. Think you that N idah and \t>il'ii ei ould have fell less certainly undei t? e vi roke of Divine vongeaiiec, for breaking d< lis law, than they did for burning strange t<i res in the Consecrated vessels? I>ut it m iay be objected, that these ordinanecs at un'ed to the purification of the temple tl irvictf, without reference to peifcna! holi ai ess unconnected with it. J answer: it it te iicc 'Sfmr* that the priest should h holy at in to altar, noes it not imply the necessity of w Qrsonal holiness apart f" oui the altar? to nd if the Jewish priest obeyed under en analty of sudden punishment, how much el ore should we, who extensively s.crilico is ujU yf CtP^ite hearts, ipaking a Co rutinue<l offering, and performing an abi-1 an<' ling service, purily ourselves lor tlie com- for it mi ion of our (Iroat High l'riost mid S i- I ' iour? Hoes the drunkard always leave his erii ninkcmiess at home when he appears at an < lie house of Cod* ^ ou otten see in your i cam idem 11 assemblies the flushed countenance, thei lie hi lod-shut eye. and the swaying form id heei lie drunkard, disgracing the sanctuary of *o | iod. Verily ibe. e things ought not so to ol i ? . . . 1,1 ^ Another rotable instance in which a it. igh estimation was placed upon total ah- the tliience, is the la v regulating the pcrfor- j erulanee of the vow of the Nazarite. The ; ami ature of this peculiar devotion, we may orle * st umlersta d by referring again to the j V icred volume. "And the 1 .old spake unto add uto Mo.?es, saying. Speak unto Ae chil- j uicr reii of Israel, and say unto thefn, When | com ithcr a man or a woman shall separate I tern ticuisclvc* to vow a vow ol a Xazarite, to by t parate thcmsclv s unto the Lord; lie Inn hall separate himself from wine and strong !)is| rink, and shall drink neither vinegar n| pn!> ino or vinegar of strong drink, nor shall W it e drink any liquor of crapes, nor cat moist part rapes or dried. All the days of his sepa- llo\ it ion shall he eat nothing that is made o) tore lie vine tree, 1'rulii the kernels even to the not; i:sk. I low completely does this coin pre- Ionend the whole subject of tcctntalisui; no and estige of ail excuse left for error. It is a s< istinot and unequivocal. It i- the prnto- hav< , pe of that bountiful aposti lie injunction, ! sigli touch not, taste not, handle not that which I i i to perish with the u-ing." Have you grea owed thevo'.vofa Nuzaritc? which means the o more than have you consecrated your- ? net If to holy living? Then y u will liavi ield willingly to the obligation of a Naza-1 youl ite. Von will readily adopt a creed which 1 the as the earnest ol so much hapj iin-.-s, both pics >r time and boundless eternity. com The Holy Scriptures, to the authority of '',ul hioli we all submit, gives still another relarkable passage connected with the sub- Jla Ct. The sillgel of the Lord when t.r.u.he- I v iii?_r to Xiicliarius concerning the greatness ! f the promised child ol his old age, says. ,j,| lie shall I.c gri at in the sight o| the Lord; nd shall drink neither wine nor strong rink." Hero, notwithstanding a ditto rent wori pinion prevails i?i our degenerate days, wo * nd greatness eorine -ted with strict teinjicr- t',c' lice. In truth, the inference is. that the >ou h-as e.\pr?,*e?i uhove are intiui ilelv Coti- j ',al' eeteii with each other; and whether we I ^rUl' ui-ider jiersonal holiues a- conforming to J Iiiperanee as a court of Conduct consist- , an' ut with its nature, or whether vre view tlie ! ,0. 1 irtue itself as cnntriluliiig to the per* dial ^''v -s o' tl. i? greater tli iti a'l tie prophets,)0' " I the importaiiec of th coniieetion is' ill apjiai 'ct. I' tl.er 1 i* more liolv, he- ^'3 ' att. e he is temperate, or lie i-> temperate, cv'^ ecausc he is most holv. an i .a Hut di-mi**itig ii. K.*. lual hap,.:u -s as .' ur !irst view of the subject, we will pro ' v' ivxt i >i:-' ! r the inl! toiiee that we ) 1 ,j . it hv our temperance ??r intemper- I " i u p the ha| pine-* of our fellow men. 1 j > ir very existence a* * edal l.n in * involv lie id a ot ai itll l! i 11 >1 ueile.e, e\ oreisc I l'p >11 ' lie allot In T. All-. < 1? ? I it. . i's til it will 'l '1 duU m*n, nud deprive him of this iocs-1 ' J an i ! pi.rogatve. is in - > i*ist at w h ' it iral a d revea' I truth I'll < -t in ioii o| all sciety i< l.a*e 1 n o i , I ^ ithout its r couuiti hi neith -r 11 gion, nor * icial eoii\. no ice an . mi Id at dl pre> ail. I n 2 i. w i . v laiu the eoustitin nts ot' on gr.-r > ti e > i vmg am >ii acting tor. an 1 * vmp it h /i.i. ( ,1 !i others ten- oi l i . ..... I. . i . ' * > " I pra i anywi-e nit neutrality. 11 i- p".: v.- 1 exerted for ye ? I or 1 ?r evil, whatever i ^ ,, .. tin I i?y !? mir in! lift 'tis. > ,11 ,i ,-oii-e ni lit i- tie -oilre <?f upleasure to him j\'(j 'ho is actuated 11J, a love <>t yo id ; wliils. j ^ ,i w icked, d i ;\ i11_r a'i I - i 1 11< i ;vi I, arc .. . , coin a 1114 tlli- Ml J >11?* ate J11:* ot ! >0- to thelii- ; _ Ives .11, I to their t I'Av Molality, h i-od 1 It 1 * A j tllll 2 >?ii tin* r ?u i? 1 that wo do 110 injury to t lloTH, i- lii*a rlh*.-.- .-o if riyhteou-m It litli ami virtue aro not low 1 for tli?tir own ^ ^ ike, ami character eh vatc I to the stand, wan nl ot purity lit it iti' i , aios an earnest run ? vatiou of our opportunities for impies-in : ^ nl < uuoiuiinMt 1114 tin- moral l? os.siuo.-j ^ ^ hich wo possess l>o not assiduously clior- I In I. llioro remains only a deadly 11 alip; iiy to poison tin- oup of lite oci.il iiitiiiouisi if .tin- 01 oat refiner ami ,|,,ni uthor o! all eivili/alioti. In proportion a- ,.j\i at ions liave y?t* < 1 upon tin- principle, .-o ,,, j an- tl ?y risen in tinr.il. intellectual, ami (pu iiiiiuert iul yrentnes-. t tur present 1 i_rli l(Hl. ate of enlightenment li is he <1 the fruit pj?, t no one national st uyylo, or party effort, Col|l > attain .-o liiyli a pootioii ; but we have ihcritcd the experience, the intluoiicc, an I c:iir ie extensive ami reeiproe.il attainments of j. jj unit nity's host efforts*. : '| 'J'Ue inttiieine which cv? 11 one n: 11. tiny sor\ Sort, lor yo <1 or tor evil, i- incnleillalile. cos o one 1 hi see the inestimable fruit- of a drat II III ill <11111, l.lir "Mil Mil! ItHISTYe pOWCr IIIMI I such netum be tiliMted b\ any mere in n ypoth-sis. If ln\ advice an I ex un tie bin nve a bearing upon tli? con luct of inv a- tun n*iat<\ 11i-* adv ee ami example in. 13 be the >e!v a.nil of turning in 111 \ Iroui the error of II leir way. If the 11 <i 11 of my labor rejouu I ^low t inn, iii the rneeihpiu p of saving one erili mi irretri' v ib!e ruin, his b ippiuoss may dish li i^lit aiii*<I by tbc reflection (bat lii- is friln Inciter ; Imrc of usefulness, no less than _ries y gratitude (o bis preserver. nidi It is a familiar fact, that influence is :'s il ro-foM in its practical operation: the 11 flu- will ice of example, ami the influence of a<l- T ee or prec pi. Now, few persons are >.? nine 'graded as not to yiehl an implicit assent tlies 1 the tore - of example, whether or not il has ay effect their 1: usdm t. ; but unless men heel v found living in accordance with what judi ley piytess, the inllueiico of both example inte nl precept is inevitably lost. We can all ere 1 aph ; but do we live conform ibly to our and structieiu 1 We can all advise; but do porj e adopt the advice that we are so villiuva that bestow upon others? Wo have much U> v< iiise to fear that this duty of disinter r ostn iarity, though it may be well uiidotatocd, as ??i but little appree ated ?that il doe* not oa is institute the loading nriuoijde our lives, of t h .nee, that there is much room fo nation. t greater reason arises for redouble! oiis on the part of the Sons of Ten i;, lrom the fact that the enemies ol >e arc ever watchful and eager to in r insidious blows. For there has n ii a cause in which men have enli remote essential good, but that u inveterate oneirics did arise, in lit of uuliullow * i hatred, to exting And too frequently for the hone cause have they succeeded; but "I In ?l to earth" revives and springs ;?{ the "hcer weakness of error falls ] >s be I ore it \ hat more eonvincing argument ea uced upon 11n-? point, than that e force of pul lie opinion can relic luunity of the destressiug evils ol |?eranee? On e om country was cu he existence <d those dark dens ol y. still houses. Where are they n perse 1 before the resistless activit lie opinion. * * * h the exodus "f still houses, too, Iiai e i the oncedaiiicd sideboard deem v long this little sprite has vanish's the light of a better regency, 1 k but one thing I know, that for t! : years lie ha> uot made his appearu these visual organs, that now rest t iher, thi kin^. and feeling audit in vci been greeted by the aceu it. u what are wo tj attribute, then, it. revulsion in public morals, if n< ever growing tud strengthening i ; of the temperance advocate? u, in what lias been effected vvi r experience, an ample illustratio practical o|' ration of your pr I >o yu vi isli fui ther argurueu rince you? Koview the history of ikard, and the minister of his un s, the retailor. ; see where the wild blftziug gropnppears, i ilie red waves of wroicheilne-y swell: n 1'iiriu "ii the edge ct* tempestuousy lie horrible liglu house of hell." ?...,1.1 .. .V,-. c 1 ? M< .(im I'm - ii die it.mi i?i ur>cnj) c 1 not ooiili.lorit that vivid picturi >e familiar scenes rush unhidden 1 store house your memory. to si r love of purity, honesty, and doni pines*. (Mi! that all the good, , and nohle, aid exalted in patrio virtue, and ti e blest attributes \v akin to .ogclie nature, might cons cru^h t lie 11 \ 'Ira lo aded luo.i*tei e the ! 1 dragon flout the habitat lorta! t. a. lay v ; r? leohably expect, jul he past, that, at no distant future, will entirely hsappoar from our I he remembered only as one of t . | liases ofsoci -t \. which h ve oecii !: progress oi'rciortn itioti it' wi to ourselves, and the glorious pr which constitute the pole-star of age, we cannot fail to reach the de; on. 'J hen may the jubilee of a oil'st up mi an ex pi. taut w .rid, iuid iinnioiality fall, home dowu b\ >t less pen el' of 1 I'll! 1?. v..- wiU next c insider tie effect , laM'l proline.. Upon the cam i.ue ,,i' Immunity. and this iiicludi we have hithe to said, except . is tint are relevant alone to the pr n in oiiestioii. i tin: hlcsdngs of enlightenment ij y ; ill that is solid and really h >1 hi literature; all that is usetul ?-worthy in art av I science and t.tn nt elements ,..t civil society, r origin and proart'.? to the bin i that has ale i\s ecu eiitertaiiiei virtue ?temperance If we criti iuino me works ot 11> tcU'pcral p.i risen Willi ]!). lui c.l 11\ tii perate in all a_;e-. We would lo14 were the l;dt? i r ire! v des* roved "is.*!v were ii"t tli pre loiiiiiiant clei iyr I**ui.-lat 1 ve assemblies, laws 1 i-r I.' trained at all udapud tc it- 11I the |ii'u}ile. ^ I I'd the drunk ir 1 r.-f n u?-. and tli influence in tin- (?}i|?i?->it?* scale, 1 1}' i 1 alr 11?u11114 tn tl:.' advaiicofneii rv inti rest tliat immediately or ret 11 1 u.~ liiiu III- 111.mut' 11it:s as a |> a^ent are conserved. His gociul i-stie interest are promote 1 ; ami 1 null .- receive an additinii 1! u'uar.i seeurity. A liad in in 11: imwer part nt an irresponsible li^unt. "iil< ration, not even tlie dearest 1 tii 111 to lite, act as a restraint upo .l'i< t, lint. precipitate in Inscnmluu 1 aee ui|?lishes liis own destruetinn, ics others with him in his sad d 'in' 11 i11 tone which society should e is compromised by iudr idtal it:, ol intemperance, ami intcrences vn dero^atiirv lo tin* eh iractcr of a iitv from mh ! 1 iiistiMiccs Then ed should ! < tlie 1'i.oi.'ions ul a ah iu: the ' .formation ot these u iti per-?ns; and thereby to tree ll s 11 .mi imputations - unjust F tli iitllct'iife ? I the individual ly on the min i- ot the 111 i-ses, it i'Ii'ss aets surely. I'ure iiitentii 11 iter -stel philanthropy will ever li lied to h1111 who devotes his best 1 ... .I. 1.1. tw ??i< ii % .nft-, .him hit iuiiv mi ^?ir vidtials example i-? as ?*roat in ? u* in hi |> iwi i lul arguments pros i a view t.> prnsely tisui. lie :?vl mi is i:'tr?*ttun of j u ^ t i c ?i lia)i promoted hy tin* disscminatior i' principles. Kuril, yon must k not always be Ml the ease. I here i times iu tl> ' world . history, wliei (nary were not above the irrupt it ill pel joP' and kindred taillts .No I i i Utf?ntyrt.iiu4i iH'Wul .1 drunkenj W?f' inteiupeiiiiee, bribery also dry are nuinliere.i uiiioii^ the t|i were That nit L'nty who h sec ni vJtir civil rights, is not to ho lie n UimI, out sh ni! I he held up to v oedd' tlio (i ni iijdis if -ultiii^ from e. (low much more would the e ruth ami justice he advanced, wor r re- 1 intemperate citizen eligible to any civi | office, and wore strict temperance made tin I ex- I est of the selection of our magistrates, iper- | think, you, fellow-citizens, exercising you ' the inalienable franchises, should considerately iflict determine. May the day soon urrive whei ever justice will suffer no reproach from tl-.< isted blight of intemperance! host A much higher standard of morality the would jicrvade the muss of society, were i uisli not lor the banelul effects of intemperance ?r of For it is the paruiu of all vice. It pan ruth ders to the whole train of immoral actions ;ain, and reaching farther than any of its pro pow- genv, it begets crime. It invades the citi ilel of the heart, and lets out all the gloomy II be dark, and horrible passions of depraver the human nature, ami does not cease its deadly vc a work till it lias involved the temple, au< T in- all reposing under its shadow, in a comniot rsed ruin. The very suspicion with which it i< [' in. looked upon causes it to hide its Inathsomi ow ? form. It does not seek, but phrinks abash y of ?'d from public inspection; and when It ii * invaded, it returns repulsive injury foi s de- kindiidte. It persists against all appe d ti titer, retrace its downwa d steps, and seeks t< 1 he- justify its own way, because many mighty now spirits have gone spell-bound down the sunn lirty way before it. It approaches the tendei nice, youth, and, by a strange necromancy, trans ipou forms him into a companion for devils. I nee, insinuates itself into the hearts of the fa; rsed and brave, and reduces both to depths o infamy. An J, more th hi this, its chains. r this galling, and very hard to break. Many it to wear them, who in moincotsof sober reflec i flu- tion Would give ati they possess to I.real You their bondage. Strange hallucination thin Horn certainly in the regions of darkness u of Wool 1st that thou might's! there ret re inci- never more to eontaiuinateour kindred dust ts to Fathers of Temperance! Son* of Temper the : >;ce ! Heaven lias designed you for tin holy glorious task of expelling this enemy. Under the coiuinon welfare of hum init\ shop 1H embraced, besides, the support whicl temperance gives to religion. Here, in a its purity, it rules, us a wise timtia ch tin ears, wide domain of the affection^. It acts a I a sentinel to the soul. It keeps out all in tion. | traders; for it has tile faculty oi Ji*. erniu. s oi J a friend from a foe; and so clear is this per from 1 ecption, that it is impossible for it to err lock [l religion is worth preserving, then tein estic J perance is worth preserving for the sake u ami religion. In the light of religion, it ijudi tism ties every action, and considers none as in Inch different It sets the beggar upon ai ;pire e.pial footing with the prince; for to "knov to thyself and ''govern thyself'" is the only (ions irue nobility. Oh! how it chastens desire and concentrate.- it alone on what is worthy _riug For it can timl no solace in a restless con , the science. If, in a seeming phantasy, it pel land. < tni?j ih.i - ! 1 v..,. t ... iv iniv iKMveiuy joys, i is only a - eining madness, for it in forth the words of soberness and truth. are \n-J there is a confraternity about it tha inci- j links ali true worshippers in a community 'our | of feeling upon thcsul'ject. No ditfereuu ired | here! for to he temperate in all tilings i new j the christian'* l? mndeii duty. How uiuc Vice , more would aii churches prosper, were h.e the ' to insist more strongly upon this duty, j leave ier rev, ivy friends, praetie.d y U Chit | solve. nioii Hm three other points in the analyst ? all of this subject still remain to he diseu>seO i tew l ust: It.-. intluence in tlie promotion u opo- pen . e and industrial pursuits. Second^ National prosperity emluiigtied hy inteu that perate legislators. And finally: To deduc " lie- the conclusion that temperance, in the rt and >trictive sense of the in tderate u->e ofar In the spirits, is one aiuong the main safe-guard owe ut national prosperity. h re- : Peace aud industry go hand in ham I for the twin-sisters of temperance W la i. u eally temperance assails the household, diseot e, m dant aud jarring elements enter in, to ems > in- the happy inmates. Wlurc all was one e no ,lM h p i v,f happiness, fell discord reign If supreme Blessings which once were won neiit to tloiv ti on a just sense ol duty and uiuti 'onId il detiei'v'anct, are now reversed into sa 11 . i <-4i> tie who w.is oruv tIt< tali.or ami friend, beeoipes powiiliugiy i r own n mav bo, but no less certainly. In itio eve 10 is trusting companion anil faithful inn .cent it of their bitterest enoiny. The vital springs c ' fly physical ami mental nctmty i'osit?y? -liti productive industry has given place t an 1 sut. ilnl mi-n ry. Then come evil companion I his to haunt t he once hallowed tenement, "hun in tec j iiejlorthe precious life"?hirds of prey, a: nets setuhlod for the lilack purpose of consilium No the rumiiniiie resources, th at the yet } rov that dent housewife has collected from hear n liis wringing toil. When the husband tails t t, lie provide a support, the wife h aes the be., and motives to Iter exertions; and the cbildrci own following the promptings of a depraved lit turo, too freijuenli) imitate tint wretche pre- exauiple of their parents. What more ca etnii be udd?d to the sum of human misery/ are 1 The. household shonlti he r.. r.t,. t ; (lie sanctuary *>l virtue, and its peril how should h* n.vioiutc'y ma in mined. I li i ' ,j state ul things will alone bring about th ,I'?I realisation of the i f mankind. 1\. 'k'"? mi tins little circle begins every projet bat will at last end ill blest fruition. I ll ucls household is ail eleinenl in pnlitic&l organ ov" ration that cannot be dispensed with. 1 aim the basis of social progress. If regu v at" luted by wisdom and prudence, it lias it ner <lWll |;4WS |or its government, and is no less a h ;lM institution /?> .??? than the government * e' a State Here all character is nioulde l,,?'d and receives its impress for life, ller j th >se habits of industry are formed, h been wl.irb the prosperitv and UMitual intoies i nl of . iciety are established. Here the in I'l'iv, diligence of pas don is restrained forth have common good, and self-sncriliees arc mad i the to conlirni the common woal. Around tli >n of lirc>idi' an mltivatcd those heavenly aflci fours tions which alone giv? dignity to huma, cry; nature. Here the liberal consultation < and . friend with friend shapes the suocccfu inga j enterprise, or averts the threaten* 1 dan aires grr. Here a Ivice is gra nitons, and wel [htly timed authority prevents the incuutiou new, ardor of youth ; and aire itsolf derives mucl your of its stability lroui the sustaining energ ausc of yon'.h c no I in every pursuit, map is an almoner t | the wants of society. And society claims e the tribute of services adequate to its sus| teuutice. Whoever iguores this obligation, r is a traitor to that power which creates y many of his choicest blessings. For, in , j such a relation does society s and to him, . 4 that it bestows u more than equivalent retuuncrution for all that it demands. Tout- | . perancc, then, as contributing to the tie- | t cossitics mid amenities of social life, tuny be ' termed appropriately the fulcrum of the . . great lever, productive industry. When , . occupations seem Cvcn to have a tendency , . to clash, teniperuuce wisely foresees the , evils resulting from opposition of interest, j prudently adjusts the balante, and interla- , j cing, as it were, incongruous elements, ( . forms new and useful combinations in po- | 1 litical economy. I , The intemperate man disobeys heedlessly j , this beautiful law of contribution, and exists | 2 only as a drone in the busy hive of industry. | . What wots he, if a thousand levers ply , 4 their busy arms to clotlie him with the finest , r fabrics? Lie will not move the exquisite , , system of leverage, wi h w hich nature has | , endowed him, in one poor effort to repay j . his quota to the common stock. What , cares In- if the smew ami muscle of brawny | r labor have been attained to provide him | . the luxuries of life ? lie disdains to extend t , to the sons of toil that moral stamina w hich , r Heaven has ordained thoni as a compcnsat tiun tbr endurance, lie serves an iron , hearted muster inn.sett, and has neither i tune nor inclination to ameliorate the moral | condition of earth's benefactors, the strug. gling poor. In what other light can we , regard linu hut as a bane to society, a social ; thief, appropriating the well-earned rewards ot honest labor. Industry is forced upon ; i mankind by tliA vivifying powers of commerce, which utilise every available resource; , e turning the deadly morass into the fertile , ti> ld, telling forest.-, erecting cities, making , the great laboratory of nature yield some of her inert pio|*ertics?to propel by steam i I , the giant monarch of the waters, or to link , | distant eoiuniutual interests and seutinu nts j < ' by the lightning's winged chain. In all , these wonderful developments, temperance ' has au been - nscen, un honored, auu power] ' lul agent. In the next place, 1 would e 1 vour at tcntiuu tu tin; gr<- it dangers which threaten j ol intemperate legislators. The judgment should be cool to act when called upon to weigh iuipni taut matters of national cunc rn, Much oi the violent party excitek. lueot now prevailing, particularly so much ^ i our republic from the iiupctuous counsels ] as partakes of the nature of crimination .1 ; and recriiuin tion, is attributable umjuesj lionaoly to the intemperate use of ardent . | spirits. Next to the ehurehand the housot | hold, the purity ot our national assemblies | { should be maintained. Many disgrucctul -cones of late occurrence are calculated to { i shock our sense of propriety, and to make us tremble for the perpetuity ot our institutions. 1 had uiuch rather that the criterion of t etotalisin were fixed usa <jiiali: liealioii to ti: - high and responsible trusts, j . I than that any pledge of constancy should', I be exacted; for it might well lie supposed i that a in in, free from moral blemish and | cspui tally uncorruptcd by so degrading a vice, v.'ould bo likely tu seek his congenial sphere, ui a moderate, prudent and wclliii it ired policy, locking to the eventual ' good of 'he p oplc. The existence of these I | evil- is ihc fault uf'l.e people, and proves I iucoiitestibly that King Alcohol holds an j unbounded sway in political elections, and , lb.it tlw 'ir.Ku'ii I-'"-- - * J - v -vv ? j.ivivu.i VI till UUUIII|KMiUe uiultitw le are pandered to by designing ami corrupt demagogues. The worst of j ail is. that this class of our citizens work to o.tin their object V'itl? u teal, which, we ! 1 might 8up|H)s?-, s nould characterize a hotter cause. "I denounce such men. I denounce them to the tiu.e when w'.l these | things shall he answered for. I denounce I . tliciu to Heaven and to Karth." It is time not only that the force ot tnor.il sentiment I should be exerted to extirpate these evils, hut that all societies tor the promotion of ( this cause should unite, collectively and r individually, to wield an influence in elccti >ns, adopting as their moito this; a pure constitution must be administered by pure! , wen. It the true car.se.sof the downfall ol great ! nations were philosophically traceJ, they 1 would doubtless be found to originate in j intemperance. In reading history, we are' 4- , . ' * ,1 apt to on e too much importance to second causes, ami frequently lose tin* r strnctive t lessons, that we might learn by more minute imiuiry. We can reason on tl.Ls O I o a 1 subject more logically laui efiect to cause, | th tit from cause to eth ct, a^ the causes then- I solves occupy obscure recesses in the Ttku.I pit. of l'auid, as if tlit-ir very nudity .would j put us to the blush. We may drag one j only fruu bi-s dusty nich? in the Roman j Kuithooil, the jolly go I Bacchus, the is e.,i...> ..? ? ?i 1 . tun ui nmv uuu unssai., ami we brand * 11iin '>iioq ami forever jk- '.ho author of all LS Home's troubles, the destroyer of Human j v.iate. Tho Human uiHtrou and maiden 'r loll easily devoted v.einns t<> hi* remorse-j 1 less teachings; the dagger of the midnight 1 0 a>sasin, aimed by him, surely reached the 1 '* vitals of the tiohle patriot; and the lust uf 1 | gaui and power, imbued with a sensual '* phronxy by him, sacrificed treasures of s hum ui blood, ami trampled deep in the 11 de>t every vestige of the popular rights. j ? hat better fate may we reasonably '' expect it we submit to the domination of so 0 heartless a tyrantf National prosperity is y f'uuu led on the virtue of tin- people. If j ' our people remain true to thciusclvc-, and ; cultivate the great blessings of mental and ' moral training within their reach, we h;.vc I 1 nought to fe.?r from internal or external] ' enemies l?\it a band of brothers, we would I ] i ver remain and go on, fighting moral bat- j " | lies and achieving moral conquests from ,! age to age, till earth be rejuvenated, and ll ; thing*, of tunc, " AH thought*. all passion*, all lUv.iros. Whatever mir* ilo.i mortal fram?, e j All be but mnusier* ot Love, h | Anil feed Ins muiel fl one." | Few pity us fur our inisfortunfts ?thou.iu ' amis hate us for our success. _V : I.n/V. -1 . - i 1 iwiw^ig A Short Sermon to "JDeiiffl** Worshlppcri." BY WUANQ HOOD LI. "And devout men carried Stephen to kit bu-. iid, nnd made great lament#, iuu over him.? 4eft vii, 2." My Deaii Douulas DnETiimnt: I in, tend to talk to you at thi.s time about the lolly and sinfulness of worshipping man. l'lic heathen bow down to image* of wood and atone, and worship unclean beasts, while the others bow in humble adoration sven to khs a great toe. But wc of this generation have been guilty of the meanest idolatry ot all, in worshipping a little luuii^ af Corrupt flesh and blood, called Stephe^* now defunct. A lew week sago, when we ladened our vessel with rum and whiskey lor our brethren, who were seut out as mis,, nonaries to the port oi Charleston, in the foreign laud of South Carolina, U> preach Lhc gospel of D?od SpoW and popular so?ereignty, and gavo them gold and silver wherewith to buy their bread aud meat,our departed friend was full of promise, and high uplificd as the god of Democracy, and ill who would lull down and worship him dtould have their reward. But, alas I ou? brethren have returned to us with nothing but h's ume 'tnl? carcass. l(And ilevW. mt ii carried Stcjihen (ohis Initial, and made jrea( lamentation oner hin}," And it cuu;? to pass, when our chief priests and elders were gathered together ii> Convention at Charleston, that many of the heathens of that region would not fall down and worship our golden calf. And wc said unto them that they were wrung; that tho golden calf would grant them many indulgences; be would give them Bourbon whiskey. appLa ja/ k >tid red eye as beverage#, ,, aid hud promised nine hundred aud ninetynine thousand foreign missions, post offices and custom-house#, and to take fiv? Asm -and old tt.jt.iuk i*itu hi: cabinet. But all this would not avail. Nary a bowol of oompassion could be moved within them, an^ therefore our brethren returned onto uf. uAnd devout men carried Stephen to hit burial, and mode great lamentation ocer him:' And the disciples of Stephen spake Hnto them, saying, that they did not care whether niguers were voted upside down, or downside up, it uiade no difference. But they were rebellious, and declared that we must get the nigger out of the fence and protect litm in the Territories where there are no fences; but wc couldn't do it. Wu referred theui to Free port, where S.tephey spake of "friendh* Lagislai-iou," M 'tttey didn't care a red for the police magistrate of the Territories, but would pasture their negroes thereon Uncle Sam's farm. They wouldn't let us put a fence of uufricadly legislation around thctk, and because wo wouldn't give the niggers pasture, they waxed with wrath, and Stephen gave up the ghost. "And devout twn carried Strj>lien to hit burial, and made great lamentation over him:' Iu vain our Lr.efvroo promised to erect a false-bottomed platform to delude the Ue*tlieu w\Lh tricM of legerdemain. But they heeded not our entreaties. Oh, the "irrepressible conflict!" It squeezed our poor little Stephen so hard that gout nor influenza tued trouble him no more. Thov I cast rocks upon him. The lions roared hiup The eagle " quivered his tail at j hi:n in nrmiH /\t.l i? f ??? uvuuuvc. Win DUCK his horn at hirp- The nigger -hook his -.wool an4 laughed at him because the "mil-Mauler" received inore Votes (rotii the Suckers than be did. And one j hundred and fi(l)>tvo and a half brethren stood by and saw him crushed out, and bewailed their empty pockets, and the loss of the good things promised them. "Am!titlOiit inrn c<V>vVt/ Stephen to hit burial, and U:?*< yrrat lamentation over him." And now, in conclusion, my dear DougUs brethren, 1 know it is hard for us to believe that Stephen is snuffed out. \Yc cannot realize it. But it is even so. We shall never behold his coat dragging on the grouud any more. Its Ix-nutit'ul folds have been wrapped around his wounded seat of honor, and he has been lain at rest. The "irrepressible conflict" has dealt bitn p. smasher on the gob, and bis voice will no longer charm us with the beautiful song uf popular sovereignty. Tbmofoce cease your blubbering tor Stephen. There is yet h6pe of salvation for ns. There is & plank stib left for us poor shipwrecked sinners tocling U>. <itr brcfurt-u, fcorth and Sagtbj already stand upon it. Though the hcathcu have denounced it as a relic of barbarism, yet 6ur elders in .the great council of the nation say it is a goo J one. We will all go to that land of blessed saints in Utah, w bore dt u fenced in, ami shout for old Mrji. L'oly Gamy. There reposing onhcrbt^ota,, vre will bury all our sorrow? Jcr^be im maculate Stephen, who was so shamefirlly martyred at Charleston. Let him rot in peace* Farewell, then, to poor old Stephen, The famous Charleston martvr: Fur lie lie?l ?i> wo couldn't believe him. And we w>>n't go luuibhng trier. Thus, you see, I have quoted the Dutch poet, and we close with the w?rribi *he text, "And ilcvout rueu carrXed Stephen to hii lturialy and made t/rcut lamentation over It int." A men. The choir will please mug that good old sockdology of "l'ossnm up a guip tree," while a collection is being taken up for the t?? n tit of our lute missionaries to Char^ea ton.? hu S"IU A worthy ol?l farmer, who thoroughly detested taxes and tax-gat,koi;^&, fr?n once called oil by a collector a eccopd time for taxes he bad once paid, but tor which ho had mislaid the receipt; w. he told the story to his friend?"Would you believe it, sir, the fellow begun to nbuso n?? !'* 'Well," said bu. iiuopd, "what did you dp?1' "l>o! why I remonstrated with him. " "And to what effect?" "Well, 1 don't know tp whet effect, bpl the jxderr tea* bfjit!" A "Moral Debating Society" out Wot i* ^ engaged in a discussion on the following question: "If a husband deserts hi" wife, w h ich is the ipost abandoned?the man or the worn IB?" V It