The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1849-04-18

ance, feel free to offer you tho following,
which is taken from the Freemas"n'S Month
ly Magazine, published at Boston, Mass
by &. w. Moore, Esq.
TEMPERANCE AMONG THE
SONS.
RYA MASON.
Temperance IS among the mos. cnnSpIcu.
ous and amab!e of Masonic virtues. II is
the beautiful Angcrona, the genius of Ma
sonry that preserves the sacred veSll!uc
from the pollution ofcowans and caves drop
pcrs. The disciples Of Aclotcs should be
unknown among us the pure air, o' Ma
sonrv should not bc brcalhcd by the same
lungs that eject the fetcd air Of the drunk
ard. In,cmpcrancc ! il is the source of hu-
man wo, OF misery, of wrctchcdness, of
despair; it is tn" DESTROYER of every virluc-
Of the kindly feelings that cnnobic the hu-
man heart; of those qualities that cHabIc
man TO approximate ncarer than any other
species, the Divine gondEess of his Creator ::
II is the lcvcller of all honorable distinction; !;
the hcson That sweeps away character, that
laws waste the fair field Of intellect and
pIucks the fanesl flower to
Waste its fragrance in the desert air.
Masons rightly regard Temperance as
exercising proper restraint on the alice
tim and passions; as that power which
renders the body tame and gnvcrnablc, aud
frees the mInd from the aIIurcmcnis OF
vice. If. then. they arc thus taught 10
regard it, is it necessary for Us To say
lha, i, should be the constant comp mon OF
every Mason that he who disrrgards IL,
docs violence to the Institution al large; that
he no, merely rrostratcs his character as
man, but DESTROYS his influence as a rcpu'a.
bic Mason? II, we say, he he thus instruct
ed. and the consequences be thus appalling.
what excuse can the Incorporate Brother
ufIGr in mitigation of his Offences? Need
we 30 further! need we tell him that he Is
IN danger OF l;ceutnus and vicious habits
that the Indulgence of such habits may lead
him incaulipusIy to make exposures which
he has sarrcdIy promised 10 conceal, and
which would inevitably subject him to con.
lumclv and dishonur !-necd we tell him
that the hca,hof the body and The dignity OF
his species arc mutually concerned III strict
observance of the virtue of Temperance =
need we sav To him that an incorporate
man is unworthy To hold communion among
AIas,,ns ?-!h;, lie is Il disI,pnnr TO the
Brotherhood, a dIscrcdn to the Institution, an
evil to society, and an abomnallnn in the
ewes of IIeaven7 Yes, we tell him this !;
aud If need be, VIC will tell him more we
will tell him that he is m enemy TO his God !;
to himself and to his species an enemy To
her whom he has sworn to love and protect {;
TO her. on whose spollcss bosom he has
found comfort aud relief, and passed the
blsslul hours of his youth; to her. The
sno,her Of his sorrows, the innocent sharcr
of his miser;es: we will tell linn more, and
tel! him truly, that lie has parazed tho hand
ever quick to administer the healing balm To
his wounded spirits nor WILL we stop here
if he be parent, we Will call upon those
pledges of his early love, nearest and dear
est to his heart to plead our cause. We
will present them to him III their tattcrcd
garments, dirty and cmacialed: ignorant
and ON The high road To ruin and distraction ;
lhcy shall plead TO him for bread we will
take hun TO the sick bed Of Ike brokcn-hcart
ed mother; she Shall plead for them; she
shall pray for him W.: will 'hcn tarn I"
ask him the cause nl all this misery: and
his discnIorcd eve and trembling liinhS, and
wrctchcd dcmrannr. shall furnish the all
>wcr. This is no IDLE pIctnrc-n" sketch ol
lancv-ll is sad reality. Go int" the Ilab!-
,atln of the drunkard; c>a"lnc. Judge OF
things as they exist, and then say if We have
lnkl !!.alf the truth. There are other species
Of i,,cnpe anrc; all of which exercise an
influence over the system more or less dele
Ierinus. G!utouy is species OF ln'enlper-
ance, the effects 0f whIcl on the mlmi, arc
not less hurtlul, than excessive drinking, and
the operations nf which, arc not very dlss'-
milar: Ii also destroys the natural functions
of tho body, Incorporate zeal commonly
defeats The object we desire to attain, aud
prnduces contrary results; IN flnc, lntcn-
pcramcc of whatever character, Is to he
discounlcnanced; no good can result from
II, and much cv!! may; but rs paramount t"
all others, let our forces be lc,cl q against
the source of all evil. incorporate drinking ;
it is the banc Of soclclv--lhc curse "t man
kind. f.. Z. Is.
AVALuAnLE RELc.--Mr. y. G.. Clay
poole. who died few days ago at PhiIadcl-
phia, left as a legacy tp his ia 'iy the orgI-
nal manuscript of Washing'on's farewell AL
dress. Mr.. Claypo"c printed the adj
dress, and Il, his own request was permit
ted to retain the autograph copy. Every
word, even to The internca,lons, is in Wash
ns,ons own hand. The New York Sum
dav Times doubts whether ma j'rIty OF The
Slate documents nfl the present day are as
entirely the productions of the repuled au-
thors Ii is stated that Mr. Clayponle was
the Iincal descendant of Oliver Cromwell;
.l,-.,...xl. 1hn pruin1.i1,r's laYurlG