P'lrttv....-:. 40,0 paltn er r-9. A. n'r I'. ' ;'t. Dm() R AND PROPRIETOR VOL. XVII.-45.1 POETRY. THE FLAG SHIP OF EITIT-- Ili TA RN.l:!4'4; I)I,LLAVE It High just there in the offing of Heaven, Awaiting the flag at tho window of even ; I.;! the signal of crimson and gold is unfurled, And it flingeth a glory that flusheth the world ' No note of artillery smiteth.the.ear ; Ho calm, you might catch e'eu the fall of a tear: A moment, that banner burns bright in the sky— A moment, its beauty bath lighted the eye— A moment, its glory and beauty arc fled— The yellow tress'd air (full of hopes so) is dead Behold ! now far out in the harbour of Heaven, A signal-light streams from the FLA( i•STA It of E v Her silver-fluted anchor, so steady and true, Now t i lpheaved from the deep, hangs dripping, will blue ; Her cable of chrystal—a sunbeam each spar— In the deep dance the doubld of Even's Flog-Star ! Her sails wet with glory—her cordage of light, Oh ! bravely she rides on the billows of night! I(er bows to the breakers she steadily turns, )(ow brightly the light of her binnacle burns! Those breakers that beat on the shores of our earth Like the pulse of an infant awaking to birth ! As trembles the moon through the rack of the storm So hard by the helm, lo! I fancy a limn— A form like an angel, with tremulous wings-- A look deep and tender—a vision that bring s A tear to the eye and a pang to the heart, For the dear sainted ON v, that lived as a part Of-our being, Death itself could not sever, Still shrilled in the soul, and enshrined there forever. Oh ! Child of my dremns!—lndweller of Heaven ! I see thee now guiding the Flag-Star ot' Even. Oh ! that Flag-star of Even ! I would it were mine To leave this dull port and become one of thine ! Not a breath moves a streamer nor rattles a shroud, On she COlllO4 like the morn—on she comes like a N.) crashing of breakers -q11) thunder of billows— Oa slit conies through the clear, azure sea of the ether, From God's throne returns to Earth's cradle beneath As the form of a cloud on the waters beneath, As the dim o'er the mirror just touched by a breath, No silently on through the motionless Maven, -To the gates of the West sweeps the Flag-Ntar of Even. O'er the }leaven-bathed hills, on the verge of the world, O'er the tremulous forests. her sails all unfurrd, She rides on the surge that breaks from the shore . , She conies ! Ah ! she wavers and nears us no more ! Hark ! soft to mine ear from the Flag-Star of Even, The sweet and unwritten lox iv • of Heaven! Like the footfall of Thought in the halls of the soul, Like the coming of twilight. upon me it stole ! Like the musk of wings it filled all the air, And I knew in rn soul a Seunt'r wait there ! As glistens the tljw in the heart of the fow•er, 1:4o deep in ray heart lies the thought ofipat hour. When the breath of !..Life's fever' wither the with, Yet that thought in my heart will be lingering still When the fingers of enre weave thorns In my pillow, Like hilies, there still ! on the breast of the billow, "Twill leave on my bosom safe moored on the deep, Where the waters of Feeling e'er sparkle and sleep! When lire's shadows grow long, it will linger there yet , Like a star in mid-heaven that never can set, Oh ! vision immortal ! wherever thou nrt, Magnetic to thee turns the thonght of my heart, When the billows of Morn break bright on the air, On the breast of the brightest my angel is there ! T have oft seen her threading the island-lit 114)0(1, That pours Yound the. throne-tae Ala rt.t Nt Gun Like the wing of an insect trembling with song, By a chandelier's blaze, dim fitting along, I have traced her again, my beautiful One ! 'Mid the splendor of day, der the disc of the Sun ! When the wings of my spirit are pluminglbr Hea'n, I'll wander with thee, gallant Flag-Ship of Even • Dialect MISCELLANY. "MAY YOU DIF: AMONG YOUR KINDRED." —This is an oriental benediction, and con tains a beautiful sentiment, how sweet the thought of dying = since we all must die—where those clearest to us, the part ners of our toils, our pleasures, our joys mid Our sorrows, may close our eyes, and shed from their own tlT ... t , ears of affection over us when we are gone. 'l'll6 bar of the tavern leads to the bar of the bench, and the prison bar speedily I'ol - Our speech forms the picture by which others see the characterol-our No man, says an exchange, should be ashamed of the oeeopation which Necures to hint an honest livelihood. Take great care to lix ri!rht principles in your mind, and often review them. Never engage in more business than what you are morally certain you can ex ecute with pleasure' and punctuality, A Vistosmtv OF Sim Vt.:Arts Auo.— In the life of Garrick; by 'fliontas Davis, the bookseller, who figures so frequently jn lloswell's Johnson, published in 1780, the worthy loan, speaking of several plans which had been proposed for the establish went of a theatrical fund, says : .• Various plans have been formed ; some of which might have been reduced to prac lice ; others were nugatory or visionary. Mr. Pritchard, an honest, good-natured the husband of the great actress, had ;aid out a scheme to relieve infirm players Nut little hopes could he eEpeeted front,a m.oicoor who' proposed to Wild a ship :quell would more on the water without either sails or wired !" ARTIFICJAX. x.--The WMOO,O Boulelais says, that near St. Sevier there lives an old soldier, with a tutee leg, a falsa : arm, a glass eye, a coniPlete set of false teeth, a nose of silver,•eovered with a sill). quince resembling 0.4, and ti silver plate iplaeing part or his skull. lie was a std. -I . under Napoleon, and these are his t Milky Way. AissENTNEss.—lt is related of Dr. Ho bert Hamilton, author of the celebrated ""Essay on the National Debt," and with ! all one of the ripest scholars of his age, that he once pulled oil' his hat to his wife in the street, and apologised for not having the pleasure of her acquaintance ; and that he went to his classes in the college with one of her white stockings on one leg, and one of his own black ones on the oilier.— He once run agaiiist a cow in the road, turned round and begged her pardon, and hoped she was not hurt. At other times he would run against a post, and then turn and chide it for not getting out of his way. ! And yet continues the account, at the same time if any person happened to be with him his conversation was perfect lu.. gic and perfei:t A FuomvE slave says , that the best "massa" he knows anything about is "Massachusetts."—Cm. Enquirer. Yes, and the'saine darkey says that the worst " inissi,s " be over sU,w, was-"Missis- sippi." ' A. CENTer; SnoT!—The WashingtOn Union a short time since, said, "A. federal ist of tine taste and talents pronounces the President's — message to be conclusive on on tho ivar question." _Who is that fed eralist, (asks the Lottisville Mr. Buchanan Gen. WARD, Of Sitig'Sing, Lit is said, will receive the appointment of Brig. adier'General to command the Pennsylva. nia:and New York Volunteers. he number of tilt , sick in the hospital at Ma tamorati, at eragethieni all) to CO( the I t t :tour u mn ier,„ 1 Origin of Negro Slavery. Mr. 13ancioft in the first volume of his history of the United States, gives an ac count of the early traffic of the Europeans in slaves.. In the middle ages the Venetians purchased white men and Christians, and others, and sold them .to the Saracens in Sicily and Spain. In England, the Anglo 81xon nobility sold their servants as slaves to foreigners. The Portuguese first im ported negro - slaves from Western Africa into Europe in 1442. Spain soon engag- 1 ed in the traffic+, and negro slaves abound ed in some places of that kingdom. After America was discovered, the Indians of Hispaniola were imported to Spain and Made "8 laves. The Spaniards visited the coast of North A merica, and kidnapped thousands of the Indians, whom they transported into slavery in Europe and the West Indies. Columbus himself enslaved 500 native Americans, and sent them into Spain, that they might be publicly sold at Seville.— The practice ofselling North American In dians into foreign bondage continued fur nearly two centuries. Negro slavery was first introduced into America by Spanish slaveholders, who emigrated with their ne groes. A royal edict of Spain authorized negro slavery in America in 1503. King Ferdinand himself sent from Seville 50 slaves to work in the mines. In 1511, the direct traffic in slaves 'between' Africa and IlispanMla'waS enjoined by a royal ordinance. La Cassas, who had seen the Indians vanish away like dew before the cruelties of the Spaniards, suggested the , expedient that the negroes, who alonel could endure severe toils, might be still further employed. This was in 1518.-1 The mistaken benevolence of Las Cassas extended the slave trade which had been previously established. • Sir John Hawkins was the first Eng lishman that engaged in the slave trade.— : In 1052 he -transported a large cargo of Africans to Hispania. In 1567 another I expedition was prepared, and Queen Eliz abeth protected; and shared in the traffic.— Hawkins, in ono of his expeditions, set fire to an African city, and out of 8000 in habitants succeeded in seizing 260.-- Janies Smith, of Boston, and Thus. Key or, first brought upOn the colonies the 1 guilt of participating in the African slave trade. In 1645 they imported a cargo of negroes from Africa Throughout Massachusetts the cry of Justice was raised against them as malefac tors and murderers; the guilty men were committed for the offence, and the repro. sentatives oldie people ordered the negroes to be restored to their native country at the public charge. At the latter period there were both Indian and negro slaves in Massachusetts. In 1620 a Dutch ship entered James River, and landed 20 ne groes for sale. This is the epoch of the introduction of negro slavey in Virginia. For many years the Dubh were principal- Iv concerned in the slave trade in the mar ket of Virginia. A FEMALLI LOTH AllICI.—An Irish girl named McConnie, residing in Hamilton, Canada West, as a servant, has been guil 'tyof a series of strange acts. In her ea. pacity as a servant she would with a very artful address ascertain the feelings of al most every lady, relative to the tender rms. sinus, telling them that Mr. —, a dry goods clerk, or a lawyer, &c. was desper ately in love with them, and that he would contrivo, to see them on, a certain night,— When 4to night appointed came, the young gentled:in would come, in the shape of Miss McCormio in male apparel. In three differont cases was the question popped, and nooepted; in ono the wadding dress. was made. This fun was tried once too often, and, the gay creature was on Monday looked up in jail. GETTYSBURG, PA. FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY z 2, 184 7. Return of the Wanderer. - ____.___ Some years ago a pious widow, who Proceedings of the Adams County Mass was reduced to great poverty, had just plae- I Temperance Convention, HELD IN TUE NUNTERSTOWN mimeo, ex FRIDAY, the last smoked herring on her table, to supply her hunger and that oilier children, The Convention assembled pursuant to pub- JANUARY 1, 1847, r when a rap was heard at the door, and a Ho.. notice ' and was org q., President, by appointing I stranger solicited a lodging and a morsel !AARON WATSON, Es of food, saying that he had not tasted bread j The Convention was opened with prayer; for twenty-lour hours. The widow did fry Rev. 8. 11. Griffith, and then proceeded to the selection attic follerwing officers : Messrs. I not hesitate, but offered a share to the saran- • , .John S. Hank, William H. AlcCreary, Wash-1 ger, saying, "We shall not be forsaken, or ovrton Scott,John Neely John Barnitz A stiffer deeper for an act of charily;' The , Taitgliinliatigi, and Robert Majors, Tice Isi: traveller threw near the table hut when he I dews-. Messrs. Ems Ferree , Abel T. Wr i ghtAN i I I and Israel S. Diehl, Secretaries. saw the scanty fare, tilled with astonish- ntent, he said, "and is this all your store ? I On motion of Anthony K. Myers, Rev. S. 11. And do you offer to share to one you do Griffith was called upon to address the Con- i be- , vention. Mr. G. arose, and after remarking not know? Then I never saw charity th withn exp of addressn fore ! But madam, do you not wrong 1 that he came e Convention conclusiectation i on assured the as- g your children, by giving part of your last hi), that morsel to a stranger." tielit f iris whole heart was with this cause—this g r e a t and good cause. "Air," said the widow, weeping bitterly, On motion of:Capt. John Neely, Mr. Jobn l "I have a boy, a darling son some where S. Hank was invited to address the Convert-! on the Nee of this wide world, unless flea- tion—whieh was responded to in a very inter esting, and instructive address, on the baneful ven has taken him away, and I would on ly act towards you as I would that others 1 influence of intemperance upon nations and so- The Convention then, on motion, took should act towards him. God, who sent ciet Y' manna front I leaven, can provide for us . a recess of fi fteen minut es. After the Convention was called to order by as Ile did for Israel; and how should I the President, on motion, grieve, if my son should be a wanderer, Resolved, That -D. MeConatighy address destitute as you, and should find a shelter this Convention. Mr. McC. arose and offered and advocated even as poor as this and be turned unre the folliiiving resolutions: lieved away?" Resolved,' That, whilst our citizens are' The widow stopped, and the stranger, bending under very grievous burdens, In the springing from his scat, clasped her in his forms of Pauperism, Crime, Misery and Tara arms; "God has indeed provided just such tion, produced by the legalized sale of intoxi a home for a wandering son, has given hint eating drinks, it is the incumbent duty of all wealth to reward the goodness of his ben- , friends of humanity—of all good citizens—! efactress. My mother! Oh, my moth- resolutely to strive to remove these evils by er !" • I every means consistent with the rights of the It was indeed her long-lost son, return- Resolved That it is the right and should he liquor seller. Mg front India. lie had chosen this way ' the privilege of the people, in the primary , to surprise his family. But never was assemblies in their districts to, decide by vote surprise more complete or more joyful.— upo n the question, whether drinks which make I Ile was able to make the family comforta- drunk should, by the license of the law, be I ble, which he immediately did, the mother publicly exposed for sale to the citizens. living for some years longer in the enjoy-' Resolved, That the traffic in strong' drinks is iiiimoral, and, in every enlightened and vir went of plenty. - I - , tuous community, should be illegal. PALINDROMES. These resolutions were ably supported in an i ' animated and interesting- discussion upon their i Time, the beautifier of the dead, _ j merits by Robert Mellheny, Aaron Watson, I Adorner of the ruin, comforter ' Jolla) S. Ilauk, and others. They were then! And only healer when the heart bath bled— ' unanimously adopted. On motion ofJ. Barnitz,! Time! the corrccter when our judgments err, : Resolved, That it is the dirty of each and i The test of truth, h ove .— so l e philosopher, . every member of this Convention, who feels For all the rest are-sophists. fitsox; ffivorably disposed toward the interests of thu " If the above, word, TIME, be artificially 17,l'emperance, cause, to use all his or her intle transposed, or metagramatised, it will form enee to promote the interests of the said cause, the following words : meli, emit, and item. , by precept and example, during the present year. I Resolved, That a committee of ten be ap- Now if the before named words and its pointed, whose duty it shall be to ascertain by anagrams be placed in the following qua' writing-, or otherwise, the state of each Society dratic position. it will form %vim! may lii. : m,t. rep,.,:srten to ian o t.- ; _ ~.. ....,..,.., rand a... , amt I termed an anagNimatie palindrome ; : of its not being reported, and report ilI the next T I M E Convention. r T E 31 i The following gentlemen were then appoint -31 E T 1 ,ed I " eßsrs, John Barnlntz, john Neely, Isaac' , i. Tutor, William Smith, Abel T. 'Wright, E M I T ' John Felty, Amos McGinley, John Wilson This word, 'Tune, is the only word in Aaron Watson, and R. it ellheny. On motion, I the English language which can be thus I Resolved, Thata Harvest-Home Mass Con arranged, and the different transpositions j vention be held in this Church on the second thereofare all at the same time Latin words, • I^nttrrday of August, 1847. These words in EngliSh as well as Latin,' On motion, Resolved, That a oornmittne of i 'four be appointed to report on the propriety of may be read either backwards or for Wards, adopting a county organization. and again, either upwards or downwards. 1 The following gentlemen were appointed: j The English words, TIME, ITEM, "Tit D. s'cConaughy, D. A. Buehler, Alexander, tom, (to send forth) are mentioned above: , Stevenson, and John Neely. and of the Latin ones, (1) Time sgnities, On motion of Robert Majors, fear thou ; (2) Item, likewise; (3) Meti, to : Resolved, That a committee of five be ap be measured ; and (4) Emit, Inc lidys, j pointed to make arrangements and procure Another remarkable palindrome is ffte a speaker for the next Convention. fi 1 The following gentlemen were appointed : ' fflpwing in Latin': 1 Messrs. John -Neely, D. meConaughy, Abel Signs te signa, temere me tangis et aegis.P. Wri ght, Wi John Felty, and Aaron Watson. That is, Cross thy Self, cross thyself, ' On motion of A. K. Myers, you tOrment me in vain. This, tradition ' Resolved, That these proceedings ho publish. tells us, Satan told to a person who, on es- ; ed in the papers of the county, pving Lucifer's cloven foot, was piously : On motion of John Barnitz, crossing himself ! I Resolved, That the thanks ofthis meeting be tendered to the gentlemen who have addressed `I AIN'T GLING TO DO ANYTHING ELSE., I the convention. There are certain sot phrases that, once 611 motion of yr. Myers, the Convention under way, "take," as the saying is, and ' adjourned. Signed by the Officers. are "all the go." Just now, the expres, sion above is the fashionable reply to al- J ADDRESS - most anything that is asked. l , To the Citizens of Akins County. Not long since a minister stepped into a i FELLOW CITIZENS :—The Committee house—so the papers say—and found a appointed by the County Temperance So lady making a—bustle. '.! lie asked her j ciety, held m August last, for the purpose what she was making that bustle fdr ? l of preparing an Address upon - the subject She said she intended to wear it to preach- .of Temperance, begs leave to present to , ing next Sunday. .. you the following' statements. "You don't intend to wear - that bustle to , The subject to which we ask your ear- Church ?" asked the "man of Israel." 1 nest attention; is one of the greatest impor "l don't intend to wear any thing else," • tine* to you individually as,;well as to the replied the fair one. • community .at large. It has reference to "Well," replied the preacher, "I shoidd ! the existence among us of an evil of enor like to see you at church,' without any' mous ma g nitude, which affects the peace, thing else on than that bustle!" ihaPPiness, and well-being of ..us all. - . :To • the griot, the enormous evil of Internper -11.7-The recommendation of Gov. SNITTIL of ' 'Mee irOne can be' blind, who is willing to Virginia, to expel the free negroes from the lint- ' its of that ::41;ite, has caused considerable comment • open his eyes upon the state of things as , in the Virginia papers. The Richmond Tim exist around , they us, and With its disas.' alludes to it as follows :—"No one can question ;he ' trous consequences none can fail being af evils of having this population among us, but the fected who 14s a heart to feel. It is, with inhumanity Ofttriving them from their homes, to lout exaggeration, one of the greatest evils seek n not less cruel repulse it; other States, can- „ i •,iu, I have ever afflicted the human race. 1 not fail to be, shocking to the public sense elk's- " Lice. W Famine may produce When the evil shall have reached such a much suffering, and magnitudo that it cannot he longer endured, the slay its thousands ; but its scourge may a people of Virginia will resort to some more mag- I gain, in a few months, pass away and give nanimous mode of relief than the disgraceful expe- ; place to years of plenty, peace and quiet. diem of driving these degraded beings by force i ness , from their homes and their property." The plague and the cholera, like a !streamof death, may sweep away their mul titudes, and then 'H ere is a puzzle for the sharp ones. Who will be followed by years of pick out the pieces and put them together! health, during which the waste of human Cn A it, AD E .._ • • life may be fully repaired, and the previons . An old woman possessed a cap per tea-kettle ; period of sorrow be forgotten, But here But time's heavy' hand had so injured the metal, is a scourge ever present, producing 4- That it leaked in more !Antos than one. mongst the aged and, the young, incalcula,- , When these serious defects the good lids' espied, ' ble suffering, and bringing ruin upon bun- Away to the tinkers she hastily hied, ; dretls of our neighbors and acquaintances, And beseechingly uttered my first. and distress and wretchedness upon their no shop-keeper eyed the kettle all over,. families • and friends, Like a contagion, it With, action emphatic—Own slammed on the cirer, 'perpetuates itself among us from genera- And muttered my second and Third. ! I ma to generation--one set of vidtimscom-, And in tnitlikwas no wonder he eyed it with scorn ; Inunicating the disease to another in eon- The al t!1 in fy, was so battered, so shapeless, so worn ; • tinuAl succession. To convince your '/ 'TWas but tit to bestow on in; whole. , 1 selves of thee magnitu c , and extent of this iii "FEARLI3sS' AND FREE." T EIUPERANCE. evil, look at the millions of bushels of grain which the Creator designed should be applied to the suspance of man, annu ally, throughout the country, withdrawn for the distillery, and there=converted into that which is not only useless, but an ac tive poison ; the immense amount of labor lost and misdirected, which, if properly applied, would have greatly augmented the means of human happiness ; the great de struction of property, health and life sus tained ; the enormous' amount of taxes an nually imposed to pay the expenses incur red ; the vices, crimes and poverty which it begets ; the incalculable misery and' wretchedness with which its victims and their families and the whole community are visited on its account, and the innume rable obstables which are thus presented to the progress of virtue and religion ; and then say—are we extravagant when we declare Intemperance to be a tremendous evil You are aware that, during the last 20 years, active efforts have been made by the friends of humanity and order. for the pur pose of diminishing and at length finally eradicating this evil. Various means have boon resorted to, and every variety °emo tive which could sway human hearts has been presented, First, the Drinkers—the men who in dulged in the use of that which could be of ' no possible benefit, but of much positive injury to them, were addressed. They were entreated to look at the injuries they were inflicting upon themselves—the pov- 1 erty and ruin—ruin physical, ruin intel lectual, ruin spiritual, ruin temporal and c- i ternal—which they were bringing upon themselves, and the shame, the disgrace, and the wretchedness and sufferings which I they were entailing upon their families and friends. And these appeals reached the hearts of many. Multitudes at once aban doned, forever the use of intoxicating drinks. A mighty reformation began-and - advanced, until perhaps nine-tenths of the community were brought under its influ, ence. But it . was soon seen that the re formation could neither be complete or permanent so long as the means of intoxi cation were afforded_ by men whose busi- i ness it was to offer them for sale indiS- eriminately to all who. might feel disposed ! _ or be tempted to buy and drink, Next, then, the Venders-,the men, who, for the sake of gain, held out the.tempta, tion to drink; who, for the sake of amass ! ing property, and, in some instances no tic/tan, gaining. for themselves and families a eubsistenee, which 0°,04, however, al , ways have been done in some other_ man ner more consistent with honesty and the best interests of others, sold the death drug to fashionable drinkers mid the slaves of a vicious appetite, ivere appealed to to desist from the abominable traffic, Of these, we are happy to state, the more conseientions and humane were not appealed to in vain, They soon abandoned a traffic fraught with so much evil to the community, not to say to themselves, and sought from the various avocations of• men an employment more consistent with the principle of doing in jury to no man, but rather good to all, And lastly, the ilunufitcturers, and those ?oho furnished them with the raw materials, such as grain and Wood, 4 - c. were addressed as being at the fountain head of this stream ofdeath. They were addressed as being perhaps no less guilty in inflicting this curse upon their fellow men, than the actual venders, though not a drop of the intoxicating liquors which they produced were consumed in their immedir ate neighborhood. And here, too, we re joice to state, many, seeing that What was apparent gain to them, was the means of certain and permanent loss to multitudes, went and did so no more. The result has been that the fires of thousands of distille ries have been put out, and many farmers, desirous of having an approving conscience determined, no more to dispose of their grain or their wood to distillers or their agents, though it - shoulrin some instances be at the risk of some pecuniary loss.- , - And the whole mass of the community, which has been made to bear the immense moral and pecuniary burdens resulting from the vice of intemperance, has been asked to arise in its might and crush the monster, For it is not a small matter to bear with the innumerable annoyances, the vulgarity, the profanity, the abuse, the quarrels, the insecurity of person, life and property, and the numerous atrocious mur ders to whieh drUnkenness leads. If these things were , unavoidable, and if they form- 'ed a necessar part of those things which must be endur d in this life, they could, like other ills, be borne ; but as they are i . thrown upon the public by the avarice of some, and the depraved appetites of others, they are intolerable. The community has I so declared, and its strong voice of con-1 dem notion has been heard, An immense movement has taken place among the was ses to free themselves from so enormous and unnecessary an evil, Years ago, al;- ready; would it have ceased to exist a mong us, if the majority of the people I could have had their will.„ and no obstacles I had existed which must first be removed, 1 To - triese obstacles we call your carne.rt and deliberate attention. By addressing itself to the people as un der the influence of .just, generous, hu mane and philanthropic feelings, as lovers of their country and of religion, the tempe rance reformauon has - gaineda stronghold ,upon their feelings, and awakened indium an interest es strong as their former indif ference was singular and unaccountable, TER3IB , ---TWO DOLLARS flqt ANNtma #WROLE NO. 877. A public sentiment, .based upon •an en, lightened moral sense, has thus been form. ed, which strongly condemns the vice and all the conveniences and appliances Of in temperance, ind which longs to have it en tirely removed. Objection after objection has been answered, and difficulty after dif ficulty overcome, and the most eticourrig ing progress has been made. But the onward progress of the cause of Temperance has suddenly been brought to a stand, It has accomplished all that it 1 1 den perhaps at present do in the feelings ! and sentiments of the public , . Further it cannot go.by the mere use of 'littoral sea, sion," and so long as it cannot go further and accomplish the entire eradication of the evil the cause must be subject to fluctim, tions. The advances hitherto made have not always been permanent. The influ ences of an opposing character are numer, ous and powerful. With sorrow have we seen aspirants after office, for the sake' tif courting the popularity of a certain class in the community, forsaking their previous, ly avo.wed temperance principles and be coming the instruments of drunkenness to others. We have seen some of those who had become ashamed to drink, except itt I secrecy, again returning to their cups in the face ofthe atm, and the receivers of the price of blood again pursuing their traffic without I fear. As long as the legal enactments, by which the trade is rendered respectable; re-, main, - and the sale of intoxicating drinks is not put into the same category with that of tainted meat or poison, or other articles in, jurious to the health and lives of the peo, pie, the cause of temperance must be pre vented from going farther with us than it has gone, As long as a license to sell eon be procured, so long men will he found selling; and as long as the means of intox, ication can be purchased, so long will de, prayed appetites crave and nultilge to their rain,. The principal obstacles to .the further progress of this reform are fi re, the Ares, ent license law, and seconl:y, the action of the judiciary in the application of that law, By the former, •for the payment into the treasury of the Commonwealth of a small sum, the total amount of the license fees throughout the State, being no niore:than about 43.40,000 per annum, a few are invest, ed with the privelege of enriching them, selves at the expense of the happiness and the morals of thousands. The law gives countenance and respectability to an em, ployment which but for that would _have consigned itsguilty- pursuers to :merited disgra v o an d obloquy. lairshould foster him who sells intoxiepting liquors, the use of which leads men into every vine, l and to the commission of every crime, and yet justly condemns him who sells obscene prints and pernicious books which dcmor, alipa the community perhaps in an inferi, or degree, is most surprising. Why it should shield one set of .men in taking from others their money manifestly with, out rendering them an equirolent, and yet make penal the various species of gamb, ling by which one, without a fair consider. atien, makes himself the possessor of prop, erty of another, is difflindt to be under, .stood, • The law, which, whilst it condemn one employment, because injurious to soci ety, pt tolerates and protects that by which the hard earnings of the poor plc wrung from him, his family beggared, and himself degraded to a leyel with t►ie brute; by which the possessions of the rich are made to melt away as snow be, lore a summer's sun, and they who lived in effluence 40 rotluoed to poverty; by which taxes to an immense amount are ex. torted from the people to sustain the costs of innumerable legal prosecutions in our courts of justice, and to maintain the int, niense expenditures of our almshouses, prisons, &c. having their origin in drunk, enness, is most iniquitous, and a disgrace to the ,statute,book of any nation, As i 1 lustrative of this point it is sufficient to state that the , ' oily and county of Philadelphia are burdened with an animal expenditure of upwards of $400,000 to sustain its almshouses and prisons—the great mass of whose inmates have been brought thith, er through the vice of intemperance, whilSt, the liquor dealers in the same district have not paid into the public treasury, for tlio privilege of selling that which is' the pause of this work of deestreetioe, more than eight or ten thousand dollars I How true it is that the liquor dealer lives upon the mo- ney of him Who drinks, and he upon yours. It is true that, in 1834, our Legislature, urged by jt -improved public sentiment, did attempt to so to alter the license law as to give the community some security a: gainst men of an improper character be. coming tlio - venders of intoxicating liquors, It was provided that any ono desirous of entering the business, should give due no: rice of his intention to apply for . license, by a publication, in tho pnblin papers, of his application, signed by the names of 1,4 respectable men testifying to the honesty, temperate habits, and other qualif i cations for keeping a good house for public entertain, went, and that such a house as he proposes opening is also necessary. But who doct♦ not know how utterly useless this wise provision of the law has become, glace /a', ny man may obtain the signatures of 12 met. called respectable, and since the digit, rpgt li quor dopier,' may testify for each other I Whcraorii not know that liceiiiies have beep granted in some instances tiveo when the names of tw give respectable num were ea obtained Until the time 9r hOldfal the court, the law having beets !hits shilicf fully evaded? And-who does slat stl4l
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