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THE GARLAND.
—"With sweetest flowers enrich'd
From various gardens cull'd with care."
THOU ART ANOTHER'B.
BY W. WILLACR.
Thou art another's! oh! that word
Bath searched my very brain,
Yet still by all the world unheard
I breathe it o'er again.
In vale!—ln vain I look around
To sky and earth and sea—
Thou art "another's"—and the sound
Still brings me back to theo— -
Whose beauty, how unlike the rainbow's form,
Still leaves me battling with tho fearful storm.
Thou art anothees—yet those eyes
At midnight meet my own,
When the lights of yonder skies
Burn on their azure throne,
In every breeze I hear thy voice,
In every star I see thy look,—
How beautiful! Can I rejoice
Before the sealed book
That wins my grace, when in the very air
I hear that dark and thrilling word—..Bsws.as!"
- Thou art another's—and thy breath
Can, never fan my brow,
And I most ever be till death
As desolate as now;
And see those bright dark eyes refuse
To beam upon my own—
Yet though that form I ever lose—
still let mo mark the throne,
Where glorious beauty such as thino nppears
To gild my being's long and agonizing years
POO.A.HONTAS.
DT OEORON P. MORRIS
Upon the barren sand
A single captive stood,
Around him came, with bow and brand,
The red men of the wood.
Like him of old, hie doom he bears,
Rock-bound on ocean's rim:—
The chieftan's daughter knelt in tears,
And breathed a prayer for him.
Above his head in air,
The savage war-club swung;
rho frantic girl, in wild despair,
Her arms above him flung.
Then shook the warriors of the shade,
Like leaves on aspen-limb,
Subdued by that heroic maid
Who breathed a prayer for him.
eUnbind him!" gasped the chief;
..It is your king decrees!"
Ho kissed away her tears of grief,
And set the captive free.
'Tie ever thus, when, in life's storm,
Hope's star to man grows dim,
An angel kneels in woman's form,
And breathes a prayer for him.
SIIEICYElallas' GX3IO(DC9G3o
A secret Worth knowing.
"Truth is strange—stranger than fiction."
Under this heading the Long Island
Star publishes an interesting tale, for the
extended detatla of which we cannot find
room, but must content ourselves with
giving the leading facts in a condensed form
for the benefit of our readers.
A young grocer of good character and
correct habits, commenced business in a
good and improved neighborhood. His
stock was small. as were his means, and his
stock of customers were still smaller. His
Pales hardly met his expenses, and he was
evidently going "down WO and an old
grocer on the opposite corner predicted
that.he would soon be ut the bottom.
That the young grocer had reason to re
gret this opinion of the old grocer will ap
pear. The latter had a .daughter who had
won the heart of the former. He offered
himself to her and was rejected. It was
done, however, with the assurance that he
was the man of her choice, but that she
acted in obedience to her farther's com
mands.
Assured of the off-of ions athe woman of
hie choice, he 8.4 hitnielf atp.ut removing
the only nha.iclo in the way of their uni3ll—
lather's objectiln to h.e pecuniary pros•
pecto.
• • •
A year had elapsetl,mulln, what a change!
The young urneor wag now gniog up hill
with the power of u steam locomotive; cus
tomers Clocked to his store from all var.
tern, and ev,:n many had left the old estab
fibbed stand on the opposite corner, for the
younger favorite. There was a mystery
about it winch puzzled the old grocer sore.
ly,but which lie could not unravel. He at
length became nearly sick with losses
and aggravations, and vain attempts to dis
cover the secret of his neighbor's success
At this juncture, Angelica—for that was
the daughter's name—contrived to bring u.
bout an apparently accidental interview be
tween the partite. Alter the old man had
become, through the intervention of the
daughter, tolerably good humored, he in
quired with great earnestness-of the young
man, how ho had contrived tooffect so much
in a single year, to thus extend his business
and draw off the customers from older
stands.
The young man evaded an answer— bu
nquired if he had any further objections to
his union with Angelica. •None," replied
he, "provided you reveal the secret of your
success." This the young than promised,
when his happiness was made complete.
The old man commended his prudence on
this point. The Aim was all settled and
the marriage soon took place.
The friends of the young couple were all
assembled, and among them, many of the
customers of the two stores. Angelica and
Thomas looked as happy as well could be,
and the old gentleman was, if possible, hap.
pier than they. The bridal cake was about
o be cut, when the uld wan culled out for
Tin SECRET."
"Aye, the tiec rot," "the secret,"exclaim
ed fifty others.
"It is a very simple matior,"suys Thom
as, "I ADVERTISE" 1! !
The old gentleman was very, very old
fashioned, and while he shook Tnoinas
heartily by the hand, and kissed Angelica
tiny times over, lie merely muttered,
Why the dickens did'nt I think of that!"
A CHRISTIAN VIEWING DEATH.-1 have
seen one die: she was beautiful; and beauti
ful were the ministri9s of file that were giv •
en her; to fulfill. Angelic loveliness en
robed her; and u grace as if it were caught
from heaven, breathed in every tone, hal.
lowed every affection, shown in every ac
tion—invested as a halo her whole existence'
and made it a light and blessing, a charm
and u vision of gladness to all around her;
but she died! Friendship and love, and pa
rental fondness,and infant weakness,stretch
ed
. out their hand to save her; but they
could not save her, and she diedl What,
did.all that loveliness die! Is there no land
of the blessed and the lovely ones, fir such
to live in! Forbid it reasoa, religion! be,
reared affection, and undying love! For
bid the thought! It cannot be that such
die, in God's council who live, even in frail
human memory, forever!
I have seen one the—in the maturity of
every power, in the earthly perfection of
every faculty; when many temptations had
been overcome, and many hard lessons had
been learned; when many experiments had
made virtue easy, and had given a facility
to action, and a success to endeavor; when
wisdom had been learnt from many mis•
takes and a skill had been luborously acyuir•
ed in the use of many powers; and the being
I looked upon had just compassed that most
useful, moat practical of all knowledge. how
to live and to act well and wisely; yet I have
seen suck an one die! Was all this treas
ure gained only to be lost? Were all these
faculties trained only to he thrown into ut
ter disuse? Wes this instrument —the in
telligent soul, the noblest in the universe—
was it so laboriously fashioned, and by the
most varied and expensive apparatus, that,
on the very moment of being finished, it
should be cast away forever I No, the deed,
as we call them do not die. They carry
our thoughts to another and a nobler axis•
tenre. They teach us, and especially by
all the strange and seemingly untoward cir
cumstances of their departure from this life,
that they, and we, shall live forever. They
open the future world, then, to our faith.
Oh! death!—dark hour to hopeless unbe
lief! hour to which, in that creed of despair,
no hour shall succeed? being's last hour! to
whose appalling darkness even the shadows
ofan avenging retribution, whore brightness
and relief—deathl what art thou to the
Christian's assurance? Great hour. answer
to life's prayer—great hour that shall break
asunder the bonds of life's mystery; hour of
release from life's burden—hour of reunion
with the loved and lost--what mighty hopes
hasten to their fulfilment in theel What
longings, what aspirations—breathed in the
still night, beneath the silent stars—what
dread emotions ofcuriosity—what deep med
itations of j 3y—what hallowed imaginations
of never experienced purity and bliss—
what possibilities shadowing forth unspeak
able realities to the soul, all verge to their
consummation in thee! Ohl death! the
Christian's death! What art thou, but a
gate of life, portal of heaven, the threshold
.
of eternity 7—Dewey.
THE STORY OF AI DEFAULTER —We re
cently adverted to the defalcation of James
L. llawkins of the Franklin Bank'of Bahl.
more, to the amount of 8138,000—nearly
one fourth of the capital. The Boston At
las Las a long and interesting account of
this individual. It is stated that he resign
ed his office in the bank last summer, be
fore it was known to any, save the three.
torship, that he was largely indebted
to the institution. He had been Its cashier
fir twenty years, during all which time he
was believed by the world to be a man of
eicorruptible integrity. When lie first
entered the institution he was poor, but his
salary increased gradually till it reached
di The liberty to know, to utter, and to argue, freely, is above all other liberties.”—MnTox.
oatwuqrara( ae. zpac.. wvpaaa)ar oanam waraw ak a asutac.
A SAILOR'S RETROSPECT.—Died,at Boa.
ton, America, Mr Thomas Parkes, aged 50,
ft naval officer in the Revolutionary war—
The fo:lowing is an extract from his log
bank:—First part of the voyage, pleaiiurr,
with floe bre:•zes and free winds—ull sails
set—spoke many vessels in want of provis
ions--supplied them freely. M Iddie pas
sage: Weather tof provts•
ions —spoke several of the vessels our supply
had enabled to refit—made signals of dis
tress—they up helm and bore away--Lat
ter part: Boistorous, with contrary winds
current of adversity setting hard to leeward
—towards the end of the passage cleared
up—with' the quadrant of honesty had an
observation—corrected and made up my
reckoning—and after a passage of 50 years,
came to in Mortality Road, with the calm,
unruffled surface of the Ocean of Eternity
in view.
No MEDICINE FOR LOVE. -A certain
lady waited on a physician in great trouble
about her daughter. "What ails her?"
said the doctor. "Alas! doctor, I cannot
tell; but she has lost her humor, her looks,
her stomach; her strength consumes her
every day, she cannot live." "Why do
you not marry _her?" "Alas! doctor that
we would fain, do, and have offered her as
good a match as she could ever expect, but
she will not hear of marrying." "Is there
no other, do you think, that she would be
content to marry?" "Ah doctor!, that is
what troubles us; for !hers is a young gen
tleman we doubt not she loves, that her fa
ther and I can never consent to." "Why,"
look you madam," replies the doctor grave
ly (being amongst all his books in his clos
et) "then the case is this, your daughter
would marry one man and) ou would have
her marry another; in all my books I find
no remedy for such a disease as this."
A WESTERN WOMAN.—A Tennessee pa-
per tells the following story:—"A lady
in our State, lately left a neighbor's house,
a short distance from her residence, about
nine o'clock in the night—travelled home,
made that night a pot of snap, knit the
whole of a stocking for herself, set out in
the after part of the same night, and trav
elled on horseback five miles,to a neighbor's
house, where she left her beast, returned
home on foot, capturing on her way, one
po'sum, and treeing three coons, which She
afterwards said she would havesh of if she
had a gun—making, in the course of the
night, by her skill and judgment in traffic,
four dollars by trading."
G. 77.6.13Z1NGT0N BOWEN, MIDITOR. &. PROPRIETOR.
twenty• five hundred dole rq, and a dwelling;
yet it was certain that his expensive style
of living could leave but little to be laid up
from this source. Ele first received ten
thousand dollars from his wife's estate, and
this ho is understood to have invested so
torturatiely, that the ton thousand grew to
twenty, then to thirty, and forty, and fifty;
and going on in equally fortunate invest
ments and speculations, it grew to one hun
dred thousand. Then ho drew a prize of
twenty thousand dollars in a lottery, and
fortuno smiled on him, and he became a
wealthy man. But he was prospering by
fraud the while. Like Dabney and Levis,
he had ventured once to appropriate to his
own use a small amount of the property of
the bank; and, the Rubicon passed, com
punctious vtsitings wore like those of the
angels. lie paused not, until, by chance
during his absence for a brief time, last
spring, his long concealed frauds were dis
covered, and then, surrendering privatttly
his property to the bank, be precipitately
left Baltimore. His
.wife, on learning that
he had become involved in pecuniary daft.
cultiea, sent fur one of the directors and han
ded him a release of dowry in the real ea
tato- She bad then no tho't that crime
could be laid to his charge, and it was only
two weeks ngo that the fact was made known
to her. She was a devoted and affectionate
wife, noble hearted and high spirited—one
who could have met poverty with a smile,
but, as &le said, could not survive dishuaor.
She sank quickly under the accumulation of
mental suff;!ring, and on the evening of the
16th died of a broken heart. She told those
around her that she was dying, and besought
them to send for her husband. lie came
from his concealment in (tine to recent) the
last look of the partner of his young years,
and the solace of his old ago—the victim of
hie crimes, Whose parting words were yet
of forgiveness and affection.
A Goou ONE.—An individual residing in
county, when under age, contracted a
debt, amounting to near sixteen dollars,
which he refused to pay. lie was sued,
and employed an attorney of this place to
defend the case. What is your defence?
demanded the counsel. Plead my minority
said his client, when I contracted the debt,
for 1-have no tither defence. Very well,
replied the counsel. They proceeded to
the justice's court,where the plea was made
and succeeded. The court decided in fa
vor of the young man, and the creditor had
to pay all the costs. But this te.t, the
best of the joke. A settlement 'had yet to
bo made between client and counsel. This
was soon brought about by a dun from the
counsel. What do you charge for your
services, counsellor? Twenty dollars, sir!
Tweet,, dollars! exclaimed the client—why
I was only sued for sixteen dollars. 1 had
better have paid that. So you had, replied
the lawyer, and for not doing so. you shall
now foric up to me twenty--so out with it,
sir, and learn to pay your honest debts in fu
ture. The twenty was forked up, and the
sufferer will, we hope, profit by his expe
rience.--Milledgeville Journal.
OPERATION TO nemoyn HUNCHBACK.- Every wife should "submit herself unn
An operation was recently performed at . the will of her husband"—if she can.
Mellen, for the removal of a hunch on the I Every preacher of the gospel should be
back. The party operated upon was a gen- Christian—if he can.
tleman, one of five brothers, four of whom I Every man should pay his printer imme
are from 5 feet 10 inches to 6 feet in height' . diately--if he ran.
The patient was a "My Lord," or hunch I And finally eery reuder may add to the
buck. lie wus stripped to his waist, and / above.--if he can.
laid diagonally upon a bag of wool, and a
longitudinal incision made through the skin,
about two inches on the right side of the
spine below the greatest point of convexity
of the hunch. The skin was then carefully
raised the whole length of the cut, four melt
es, at the base of the upraised skin a deep
fleshy incision was made, five inches in
length, and one and a half deep ; and one
inch belowthis another lateral cut was made,
both cuts being inclined to a centre like a
slice of cheese; the portion of flesh thus ex
cised was taken away, and the sides of flesh
compressed,and the skin drawn over the dis
section, and covered with strips of adhesive
plaser. The left side was then operated
upon in the same manner, The hmmor
liege during this operation wus inconsider
able, and the patient was able in the course
of ten days to accompany his brothers in
the field, us straight and as well formed
as themselves, but much shorter in stature.
A TRANCE.—Two young ladies residing
in Fourth street, between Master and Phize.
nix, District of Kensington. one named--
Skull, the other Sarah Middleum,have been
lying" in a trance since Sunday week. They
attended as was their custom, religious twee•
Ling on the evening alluded to, and hod for
several weeks previous devoted their whole
thoughts to religion; but, on that
".:eiurned home apparently more affected than
at any former time, retired to bed, and had
not, up to Monday .morning, shown the
least passibility of a revival; notwithstand
ing several attempts have been made to of
ter them some nourishment, they appeared
to take notice of the endeavors.
BAILING OF MCLEOD.—We understand
thin the required bail in this case Wdtl giv
eu yesterday by Messrs. B-rutherton of
Queonston and Buell of Lockport, and Mc-
Leod was forthwith discharged from oust°
ay. We learn in addition, that no sooner
was tie released, than a numerous band of
armed men, one account says two or three
hundred, interposed and forcibly re•conduc
ted him to jail, where ho is yet confined.
The avowed object of this disorderly and
uulaWful proceeding, is to afilird the owner
of the Caroline an opportunity to arrest
McLeod for the destruction of that boat,
and thereby detain hun this side of the
river.
We hope this account will prove to he
exaggerated, but if true, no time should be
lost in asserting and enforcing, in a proper
and ample manner, the supremacy of the
laws. The propriety of admitting &tit Leod
to bail at all, under the circumstances, we
will not stop to discuss, but the proper legal
authority having decided in favor of so do
ing, fah] bail having been legally entered,
those who have restrained and re•imprisoned
him by violence, should be promptly and
severely punished. If the above be true,
it is a disgraceful outrage.— Btfalo Com.
Rdveraser of Jan. 28.
AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT.—The Now
York Herald says:—"We4niderstand that
preparations ars making to call u great
mass American meeting in the Park, for
the purpose of taking into consideration the
conduct of the British Government, in re•
lotion to the burning of the Caroline—also
on the North Eastern Boundary question—
also on the North Western territory—also
on the recent seizures of American mer
chantmen by British cruizers in the African
seas.
We learn further that the conduct of
England in her ag,ressions and aggrandize.
went throughout the world, will be consid
ered and presented to the nation in several
strong points of viow.
Tun CHINA NEWB.—Some of the New
York papers do not put full reliance in ac
counts from China by the North America.
The Courier and Enquirer says:—
"We confess, however, that looking at
all the account.; before us, we do not feel
quite confident that an immediate termina
tion of this quarrel on the terms stated will
take place, yet in London, it seems to be
fully expected, and there one would suppose
they would be the best judges; at any rate
it is evident the news has had a very favor
able effect on the money market and trade
gecerally in England. _
The New York American says:--
'•Tee CHINA News excites hopes and
doubts accordingly as it is confided in. We
presume the accounts to be correct,although
they are certainly most unexpected and
surprising. Others, however, who have
perhaps, some little interest in disbelieving
them, think the intelligence, if not wholly
false, greatly exaggerated.
We wait further intelligence.
WHAT WE CALL DUETTS.
Every roan ought to pay his debts—if lie
can.
Every man ought to help his neighbor—
if he can. •
Every young man and woman ought to
get married—sf they can.
Every Representative in Congress nod
the Legislature, ought to inform their con.
stituents what they are doing—if he can.
Every man should do his work to please
his customers-4fhe can.
Every man should please his wife—if he
can.
Btu.s..—A man in New Jeevey,
named Bill, has been preeented by Ilia wife
with three little Bills.
ANOTHER OUTRAoll.—Captain Flowery,
of the brig "William and Francis," arrived
at New York from Havana, slates that
while he was on the coast of Africa with a
cargo of tobacco, rum, dry goods and specie,
he as boarded by a Ilritish Gov.:roman'
vessel called the Forrester, the captain of
which behaved in a must insolent manner,
examined his papers, and kept Capt. F.
under a guard of four men for nearly a
whole day. The pretence of the British
officer was, that ho was in search for sla
vers. He said that if he found twenty bar
rels of bread on board, he would take her
as a prize to Sierra Leone, and had he fallen
in with her previous to discharging, and
found the specie on beard, he would have
condemned her immediately: Capt. F.
said if be had done so, he would have coin
milled an act of piracy, for the money had
been legally shipped, for which bills of la
ding had been signed. The Englishman,
in a ro.o, called - Capt. F. a d—d saucy
Yankee.
Temperance Department.
ADDRESS
Of the Stale Temperance Conventiun to the Pcu
pie of Penwylcania.
FErzow-CurizENs:—Assemb:ed from va
rious parts of our Commonwealth, for the
purpose of deliberating upon the best means
of abating the evils of intemperance, this
convention is unwilling to adjourn until it
has prepared a frank and earnest .address
to you, asking your immediate awl active
~o•operation. It is not our wish, if possi
ble, nut to address ourselves exclusively, or
specially to theavowed and enrolled friends
of temperance, but to each citizen in our
State. We do this with the more confi
dence because we are convinced that there
is not a single family in the Commonwealth
that has nut been affected directly or re
mutely in person, reputation or property,
by this common evil. It is not our inten
tion to press upon your notice the magni
tude of the evil considered aggregately; nor
the amount of private misery and infamy
-which it produces. These have been the
burden of former appeals, and their exist.
(nice has been so clearly demonstrated that
no one doubts any longer. The individu.
al and public mind is satisfied of the` kreat
magnitude and universal diffusion of 'the
evil. The question now is: Can any thing
further be done to suppress or arrest it?
And ifso, what is it? We have a strong
hope that if it can be clearly shown what
further is necessary, the community ivill be
brought to general action.
The unanimity of opinion as to what fur
ther measures are requisite, is very remark•
able and very encouraging. The friends
of temperance throughout the State are
satisfied that the time has come to invoke
legislative action. The clear conclusion
has followed from patient investigation, and
warm protracted discussion, in temperance
meetings, in public prints, and iii successive
conventions. Two principal difficulties
were at first supposed to be in the
An impression, perhaps an opinion, was
abroad, that the legislature had no power
over the question. This ground is now
abandoned even by the opposition. W here
ever the question has come before the judi
cial tribunals of the country, the constitu
tionality of the prohibitory laws has been
affirmed. It is now well understood that
the license. laws were established for the
purpose of regulating what was acknowl•
edged to be a dangerous traffic. But if the
Legislature may pass laws restraining (by
the intervention or the courts,) the retail of
intoxicating liquors to a few,say ten or twen
ty in a borough or county, it may restrict ,
to one, or probably altogether. We do nut
advise legislative action inconsistent in prin
ciple with what has existed from the first.
This is now so well understood that opposi
tion has ceased from this direction.
But another difficulty was to the way;and
is not entirely removed yet. There was an
appreheesion abroad (in some instances
real, but m moat feigned,) that the friends of
temperance desired the legislature to extend
the prohibition into the family circle, and
thus invade the sanctity of domestic society.
The friends of temperance' never desired
such legislative action. The habits and
wishes oleach family within its own private
circle are to be held secret, and not to be
forcibly entered even under color of law.
What has been asked, and is again prayed
for by this convention, will not interfere
with the internal arrangements or private
habits of any family.
What then is the legislative measures
upon which their is such an unanimity ,of
opinion among the friends of temperance)
It is this: The immediate passage of a law
"that shall put it in the power of a majority
of qualified voters in a ward, borough or
township,to sell intoxicating drinks, or not."
"Such a legislative disposition of the ques
tion most obviously would be in strict accor
dance with the principles of our govern.
ment.".
The passage of each a law would place
the issue fairly belorethe people in every
township and ward. Its provisims wouhi
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keep this issue apart fr orti di other (pies
irons, so dial the pada. judgment would he
fairly pronounced. if ii,is can be obtained
we du not fear the result. lithe friends of
temperance are foui.d in :he nuriority on
this issue in any township or ward, they
will s uhuit quietly to the will of the major
ity. Hot it is finals behoved tine would
rarely he the CHM!. Thin eaie but fow town
ships where the pei.l)lo would ti. t pr. nouneo
- against the evil, if they were ralh d upon to
decide this simple qatistion by
This, then, is the grand inemarre to be car
ried; and to this end the friends oi the best
arid holiest cause of hum wily mast he ac
tive and unwearied in their eXerlionst.
In the first place, if it be possible, let ev
ery qualified voter in the Commonwealth
be culled on immediately to sign a petition
to the Legislature, asking the passage of
such a law at their present session; let all
females who have attained to a suitable age,
send up their earnest petitions; and let there
be no cessation until our prayer is granted.
In the language of the last convention, "we
want a law which shall bring the issue fair
ly and fully before every qualified •roter iu
the Commonwealth. We want to have
the opportunity of pressing his conscience
with all the responsibility to Ilia family, his
country, and his God, which will rest upon
him in giving a vote that may determine
such an issue. And we fear not the
Truth mighty and will prevail." .
In pursuance of this great measure, and
for the preservation of the law, when once
obtained, we wish wrongly to urge the
friends of temperance to attend the primary
meetings of the several political parties,und
use their influence to have temporioce /nen
put in nomination fur the Legislature. Wo
do not advise or desire to make a political
temperance party; but simply urge yen to
use your influence with the political party
with which you severally act, to have tern
porance men put in nomination for the tatig-.
islature. The convention deem this au
iMportant measure.
Another, and in the present taste of the
;emperanco reformation, very impertant
measure, is, to obtain access to the columns
of the various political papers for the pur
pose of placing valuable and correct infer
'nation before the people. These are the
only channels through which the whole
people can be reached. If the different pu.
Utical papers in your respective counties
will not establish a Temperance : Hefiart•
meat of a column or two a week for their
love of the cause, and'the interest it would
impart to their papers, their let the Merida
of temperance purchase the privilege, and
use it discretely and diligently, and it will
he an effectual weapon. fly this means
light may he poured into the dark - places
where it is most needed, and the entire,pnb•
tic mind will be put in motion. This conven
tion is gratified to learn that there are
.vari
ous political papers in. the Cominiaiwealth
which have a Temperance Department at
the service of judicious cornmitteesond ask
no other reward than the conscious pleasure
of doing good.
The only remaining topic which the con
vention wish t., press upon your attention is
the petition to the Legislature to pass a law.
:i•requiring all those who intend petitioning
to the courts for licenses to retail intoxica•
ting drinks, to give notice of said intention
in at least one paper published in the coun•
ty where the applicant may reside, for six
weeks previous to such application, accom
panied with the_parnes of those who recent..
mend said applicant.' The convention
consider a law embodying the above pro.
visions, of vast importance to the comm.
any and the cause of temperance. How
often are we startled upon the adjournment •
of court to find our neighborhood invested
with many grog shops of which no one .
I dreamed 'till the mischief was done. There
was no opportunity for the community to ex.•
amine the applications for license, nor the
characters and circumstances of the recom
mendations. A dozen men may wish licen
ses to sell, and they may recommend each
other, or other interested parties, as the
manufacturers or owners of the property
may recommend them. We know how ea
sy it is to procure signatures when the par.
ties are not to be known, as is the practice
under the present law. The parties are ve•
ry rarely questioned—and there can he no
doubt but if their names were required to be
publisked.and thus an opportunity were giv
en to subject their statement to the test of
an examination, or themselves to an oath,
there would be much more care and cir
cumspectiori.ih recommending individuals
to retail intoxicating di inks. •
Thus, fellow citizens, have we suegested
to you what ought to be done, and done
quickly. We have not endeavored to stir
your bloods by portraying the enormity of
the evil. This you have long since seen
and felt. But we have desired to produce
immediate action for the purpose of abating
and suppressing the evil. Hall the friends
of the cause will quickly exert themselves
in procuring and forwarding petitions to the
Legislature as this convention has earnestly
recommended, our prayer will be grunted
this winter, and theft the contest will he in
every township and ward betaean temper.
ante and intemperance, betwera vice and
virtue, poverty and pretspetity, and none
can doubt the isles.. There are elements
in the community which will errnnee them
selves on the side of term. r .n.s• vomit)
of which we now little tie victo
ry will be I riiimplian' and gterses•eS,,d ills
finite of it will be wide spread, cei:6.fitiiirnt
prosperity reel pi•twob. Siets d.
JOHN 11. E
S. ELLeorr,
SeerrSirirs.
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