The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1849-08-01

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Inn u ti.iale Tie Laws II tie land. Anil
il We were i sneaihgr III naI county court
We cn!id noi I'll IN lhsi hench sn,l hear III
lie preparation ii chime and see Tie pen,
airy inflicted. without feeling tie stfnng
repnoslngs II conscience. II J. he.ilter
more anr lees lhan legallxrllrobbet,. mat.
der. arsnn, burglary and rape-leeall2r,i
by orr Legislature md sansuosrd h our
senEls:
TIE LICENSE QUESTION.
tss,tltmsa i fEs eoaefg ri frsisajes t1a..utg
Permit me Ii, adtlt.Ss YOU IN ! subject
In which |. with many II my fellnw -..ili-
4ens. ierl lie deepest interest. and une
which is ere aaing llje attention III lhe tir.
iunus and ga,d ,htnnghnni the rnnntry.
Bg The laws ii lhs Commonwealth. III.
liefsland sau are vested With The power ii
granting ri withholding Incense I'd refaii
arden, spirits IL . btrerage. aud hrlieF-
.ps. ~ | most certainly do. tin In Tins ~
we'll ~ hi every nlher Transaction If your
high and responsible ifnsi, snu viii -.
eretlly regard tic opinions. wishes anil I'M.
iefesis nj lire community over which you
hold tins responsible guardianship, am
encouraged Ia lay before you an ap.
peal against issuing such license III this
rnunn. beg saAr aIlenian IN few fea-
sons why you slonld withhold tram this
pernleIors naiie the Identifying sanctions
Of the law.
l. Ii viii certainly mol be assumed Ivy
any man. thai lhe citizens ii the county
have ever been benefited iaiiiing lis tile
nse III Intoxicating liquor ~ beverage.
ilmay he true. il,at in this lorm some haze
found market II IN improved character
Tor their grams and fruits; hut Y the mass
nj our citizens have not been benz led; il.
they have been productive ot no good ~
tie consumer. either al home On abroad,
have mol these grams aud fruits been d.
xerted IRON Their intended and legitimate
uses! And II not such appropriation -
them All abuse altogether unworthy Olihc
sacred Sanetieu III our laws,
=. TINS traffic is unFpesnonahly oppn.
sell 10 The general design oil the govern.
inent OF Gnd over men, The authority of
which we all, ih theary 1T least, aeknow-
ledge. Il is Admitted by nearly Ill men.
that the general design ii the divine GOV.
ernmenl is benevolent That il cpHtemplates
the greatest number al lis subjects. In
II MI III. s4six
stance, regulations. aud happiness, that
have every where and in all time been con.
aeeted with il. ran this traffic be regarded
in any other light tj1aa direct oppusitiuu
to thetleslgus 1T thai government In every
country these dire aud completed evils
ate seen ly all. and lly thousands bitterly
ftit. The lesolasing iaotprnls ef alcnhol
ara rrwhere observed. lts crimes have
filled ,lse prisons nj every ceun,fs-i,s
blood has stained tic soil Of tire whole
earll--lls tears have wed with the ram
tirops. wherever man has liRet--lts woes
have heayed Tie bnsoms ct every people
under lie heayens--ils lmpnyerishmg
grasp las laden the bfePzts Of every land
with ihe piercing cries Of want. Viewed i'll
any light. IL Ii AMI ever must be IN deep, clark
contrast with the bencvuleuce characters
tic Of the governmental Godeverusi ID this
world I'm tins view Of it. can Christian
people consistently throw around II tie
sanctions ut the law!
J. is al war with the specifie design
af The Creator wIh retertRre Ia men. Tie
hi, with the utmost clearness and pre-
elsten enlaiaed that mankind alarlIy him
will their bodies anu their spirits which
are his. And can we, ltflout mourning HIS
hispica>ure, authorize b. law that which
has nct. nor ever can have, any other ten
tleury lhatr 10 di>quality men Ior proper
obedience ii this iptaatton' Can human
enaelmenis ,aa&e that right Which ever
has tended, and ever Will, 10 degrade the
species, both physically and intellectually,
and thus clearly defeat the specific designs
Of lire Creator! AEala, we are ms speca.
ally required ia hon,r the i.ord with our
substance Aow, Upon what principle
ram NC lacontii lie with ths plain obl,sa-
ION. bearing alike Upon all men, that
t:ai.i, which is constantly making large
contributions 10 tie t!esolalint steam
sh,rh is annually sweeping ID the drunk
.nd'> grave ant! the druukard' 5 fearful doom
tauty thousand American cilizens' The
grains consumed IN one year 10 Perpethale
this dew uring traffic in this lamI Of plenty,
would ha.e avestei from poor, unfortunate
it~laid tie worst ri at seourges-fam-
me-" And surh an appropriation Of them
would, in tie sulcte>J sense, have honored
HE boontlful Donor, aasI Js en worthy ola
i bri~tlan people. But when the eye of
sta rhilsnlhropist Of coming ages falls up
p. ms Page ol The ulQ's tnoft history.