The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-05-25
From the Marion Star.
N. s. White.
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AAAkIOS -. L., -. ~, ApItl I'D.
Mn. EDIToR.-It may not be unin-
teresting to the readers of your vaIua-
Bile journal to inform them, through it's
colums, of the progress of the temper
lncc cause in the District of Marion.
The Sons in this District are at present
making rapid strides towards the field
Of victory; their efforts are being
crowned with signal success, and hope
the day is not far distant when King
Alcohol will be exterminatcd from her
borders, and those noble spirits Of pa
trIotism and philanthropy who have
taken such an active part and decided
stand in waging war successfully
against the Fell Destroyer, shall raise
the loud pecan of victory and of re-
joicing throughout her limits.
Our District at this time numbers
four Divisions, one Section of Cadets;
and an application for charter to Or
ganize another Division has this week
been forwarded to the Grand Scribe.
The temperance cause has recently
received new impetus in this part Of
the State, and in fact cheering accounts
reach us daily from almost every quar-.
ter of it. Philip S. White, p. NJ. w.
; p, the great orator and distinguished
Temperance lecturer, paid visit to our
village on Tuesday, the 1lth instant,
on tour through the State. Suitable
preparations were made for his recep-
tion-neighboring divisions invited,
and the people at large were requested
to come and hear this great exponent
and advocate Of the temperance Re
formasion. Bro. White gave us two
Lectures while in this place-onc at
II o'clock, and the other at night
His addresses everywhere have been
marked with unprecedented success,
and the effects ofhis great ability and
eloquence have been seen and felt to
a great extent in our own midst. Such
was the effect of Bro. Whites lectures
that eight OF. ten gentlemen gave their
names for S3on into the Order of the
Sons, ea$Ebssss;sssslt forty names were
signe ES Jul abstinence pledge.
The addresses were marked through
out with kindness, bcnevolence, and
the soundest moral deductions. The
evils OF that worse than Pandora's
Box, intemperance, were most clearly
set forth; and the obligation resting
upon all christian and humane persons
to aid in its suppression, were torcibly
and impressively urged. Like Paul,
he reasoned Of righteousness, temper
ance and judgment to come; and if
there were any rllmscllcrs present,
like the wicked Felix on his throne,
they must have tremblcd in the con
temptation Of the picture which was
drawn of that man who for sordid gain
can cody deal out destruction to their
poor deludcd fellow-crcaturcs in quarts,
pints and gills.
a Bro. White is remarkable man.
Possessed ola combination OF all kinds
of oratory, with fine physical points, in
imitable drollery and grotcsqucness,
with q lofty and natural elevation of
tone, stature and thought, h. will al
ternately have his hearers in tears BY
q touching narrative or let down by
somc ludicruous anccdote, almost roll
ing on the floor with uncomfortable
mirth. His is happy combination
for the successful advocacy of the
cause in which he is engaged; and
have no doubt that whenever he shall
have an opportunity of addressing the
people that he will win many to the
ranks of Total Abtinence.
In closing his speech at night, he
passed 8 high compliment on the
legal profession. He then proceeded
to describe one Of the profession whom
he had seen few weeks before: "a
venerable man, with aquilmc nose, his
locks, white as snow flake, falling
upon his shoulders; fifty or sixty
Cadets standing around him, and five
or six hundred people in the house. ad-
dressing this little band in a style
suited to their ycars-thcn pluning
his wings as if for higher flight, he
appealed to the fathers and mothers to
behold this scene over which an
gels hovered with delight, and aid
them in the noble cause in which they
were engaged. Such q man is an
ilouoT 10 ooutn tarOllna-an honor to
the Union-an honor to Christendom
--an honor tqthe world. | love to
contemplate such God-like char.
acter." This was an illusion to the
Hon. John Bolton O'Ncal.
The evils which this noble son of
Carolina was then laboring to correct,
has oppressed humanity and cursed
our country too long.-The enterprise
is worthy the aid and support of every
wise and good man; and we would
that more Of our prominent and in
huential citizens throughout the State
were found identified with this re
formation; but we are sorry to see that
III some places instead of their coming
forward with bold magnanimity to
aid in this cause, or point to some
way to relieve our beloved land of
the evil, they are harping over Bro.
W White's speeches. Let them harp on.
lle has, by his labors, acquired for
himself and that he descrvedly, the
title Of '1Ihs Friend of Man." and
when tho wheels Of dime shall have