The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-11-26
EtOm Mc Fauetlerliie Obmrrer.

H. he Editor Of The Fayetteville Otserpsr.
Dear Sir:-Will you do The friends Of
temperance the favor of publishing the en-.
3losed memorial, with au earnes. request
! all editors of newspapers 10 the state,
tendIy to the cause Of temperance, to give
| al least one insertion IN their respective
bapers.
Our object in making this request, is 10
i've every philanibroplst in our state The
IoOoriunily Of copying this memorial, aud
baluiog Subscribers TO be forwarded to
lar nesi Legislature. Now we ask all our
transferable fellow ciiizens, whether SOME
hing ought not TO be done 90 put an end to
he traffic which is the fruitful source Of so
,aoy evils IL there we're no grog shops
|or peding wagons perInil,ed To relall the
lemeious beverage, many crimes would be
rcyented, and The tremendous evil ofdrunls
Iooess would be almost banished from our
oonlry. 1.-THE traffic continued, II should
kol be licensed b, law. but one continued
ieains. every law OF God aud man.
SAM'L. PAISLEY,
WIN SHAW,
JOHN OATS,
Committee ofihe Union Temperance Society,"
/ Moore county, n. G., Oct. ~ l540
~ The Legislature Of North Carolina, in
Senate and House Of Commons eoHteasd
| Your petitioners. electors aud clllzens OF
our state, would respectfully say TO our re.
S,esenlatives, that the evils resulted TO the
hole community from the sale Of inioxlcat.
BE- drinks a,e immense. Facts have been
bread before our fellow cilzrns, which are
ccessibIe for all, proving hey ond conirsdlc.
90 that by far the largest huff Of all pau
|ensm, crime and taxation, which afllict
| nd Cypress our country, are occasloued by
kioxicuiing drinks, while large amount OF
|Dsauiiy NAV be- traced to the same cause.
We bold the following truths undenlsble
|, Tbs, the morals OF no free people will
y better than their laws and therefore our
kws' .iould not sanction the sale Of that
|bich, beyond all doubt, Is one OF The great
ii causes OF immorali!y.
2. That The object Of legislation should
= 10 promote, aud secun the greatest
mount Of happiness, fos the longest time,
! every citizen, with the ieas; possible al
Fndsnt evil and therefore our legislation,
EIslive TO the sale aud use Of intoxicating
qlots. 10 be- usedlfor an ordinary oSink,
llould be such as to encourage and strength
D the Efforts nov making BY The self deny
lg and patriotic, TO lessen and prevent the
b5,vldual, family, social, aud public misery
ID aoe, eonlessedly occasioued by the use
such liquors.
&, That no moral enterprise can be car
led .to'lis contamination against the laws OF
DO land and therefore patriotism aud phil
|aihropy alike demand that all laws, whose
ea.eacy is 10 immortality, or TO prevent
be success Of any moral enterprise, should
i repealed.
4. That any business, the usual tendency
u Which 10 to increase pc -ensD, CRIME,
|arlfion aud insanity, shc..I ever be h
kensed.
Your memnria!,sis therefore pray your
|pOrotsblc body, that tho existing laws ro
Iuug 10 the snle Of Intoxicating liquors,
" repealed; and that an act, as broad and
Extensive 90 vail consist with the laws OF
DE Uu.,ed States, and guarded with sal'a
% sanctions, be passed BY the present
legislature, prohibiting entirely the reiat.
lfaiic IN alcsholic drinks, except tor nedi
ne abd the arts.
And your petitioners will ever pray, dc.