The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-06-06
Father Matthew.

This desciple of Temperance is expected TO
arrive in New York daily, having embarked
in the packet-ship Ashburton. What does
he come for, and what are the objects of his
visit! He comes to remind us what goo1 he
has done in the Old World, and what good
his presence may do, and what benefits his
example may produce on our young and ris-
ing country. He does not come as a con-
qucror, with the spoils of victory and the
shouts of triumphant people, but as meek
aud pious messenger of good, 10 shew to man.
kind the blessings of Temperance and the
danger and destruction which await a life of
debauchery and excess. He is welcome
thrice welcomc--his experienced admonitons
will be gratefully rcreivcd every where.
And, yet it may be asked, do we want the
presence Of Father Mathew to tell thinking,
rejecting people the evils Of intemperance!
DO we not see them in every direction irl
broken down constitutions, wretched fami-
lies, impoverished and neglected children,
ruined business and improbable occupations,
Does not our own good sens, admonish lis
OF the danger which never fails to attend
life of intemperance! If we know that
certain man is of bad, malicious and evil
desposition--that he is our enemy and lays in
wait to destroy us, do we not avoid him,
Why then should we hold cup to our lips
which contains fatal poison which we know
will destroy us! The mpostor MAHoMET, Gas
he is very wrongfully callcd) in promising
his people great blessings hereafter; said they
should dwell "where limpd streams were
always flowing" and there is not more tenn
is perate people on earth because, Temperance
made part OF their religion, and it is great and
controlling part. If we see homestead, with
broken fences, poor cattle, delapidated cabins,
ragged children and idle, emaciated negroes,
we have right to believe that there intem-
perance dwells, and, on the other hand, if we
see neat, well arranged dwelling, trees and
vegetation looking well, carefully cultivated
fields, cattle in good order, children clean, the
housewife tidy and the husbandman energet-
ic and industrious, the negroes hard at work
with smiling faces, and harmony prevailing,
we are warranted in believing there is no
wiskey jug in that house. How often has
the african, in answer to the question, how
he likes his new master, responded, with
gloomy countenancc, "Why, Massa, you secs
Massa--Will drink and times am mighty
hard when he get high;" and contrast thu,
with his happy face when his master is re-
deemed from this besotting sim Daily and
hourly the world is discovering the inestima.
Bile value and usefulness Of pure water, not
only for publication but for health. 1t is now
the great reliable physician which cures
many complaints, and is, in ITSELF the greatest
gift of Providence to man. When we SEQ
Father Mathew we shall be reminded of this,
while we shall hear from him in eloquent
terms the benefits and blessings of life OF
temperance. He is welcome, as messenger
of peace, of good tidings and profitable ex-
ample.
The New Orleans papers announce the
death Of Mr. GEORGE PORTER, Associate Ed
itor of the Picayune, on Thursday morning
oath inst. after brief illness.
Wo learn that the Rev. JAMES CARBERRY,
for many years Superior of st. Inigoes, near
the ruins of the old city of St Mary's, died |
very suddenly on Thursday morning of last |