Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-10-04

competitors had stolen on him by their
peculiar system of eIectionering. "The !
demons were swooping" and whirling
about his 1faied head. Whilst Edward
was lost in painful reverie, DR.. Dun
lap came up with his blandest smile,
and pressed him 10 go and treat the
crowd. He refused to do SO; but with
} apparently some slight hesitation. At
this juncture, old Mr.. Stanley ap-
preached the two, and clapping Edward
on the shoulders, said, with sort of good
natured, authoratlve tone,
, "Come, old fellow, you must go and
: take horn with your fellow-citizens, or
the effects Of all your fine speeches for
Jackson will be lost entirely"
Edward followed him, with relutance
Tor his good common sense told him that
: he was leaving the path of safety. The
tide OF popular favor was turned in
$ his favor by the tide ofinfuriating poison
IS fiet loose upon the topers. From that
/ day till the election was concluded. he
: drank more and treated more than anv-
d body else. Andrew Jackson was duly
b elected president. The reaction conse.
$. quent upon all undue excitepent fell up.
IS on Edwards spirits with aleaden weight
rs Life had lost its natural and simple
ii charms, and the " steep OF fame" seem,
n ed rugged and thorny.
;h The ohce noble Edward was soon
lie confirmed drunkard-a harsh, cruel hus
I'd band. His father was in despair. Tn
m mute agony of his stricken wife was un
e needed. The very furies seemed to hay
IL unsurped the place of reason. Hi
a. downward course to ruin was marked b
every species of cruelty. In less tha
4 three years, fortune health and reputs
. ton were all wrecked and gone forever
/. The catastrophe of his life was awful i
= the extreme.
m at was the wild midnight,
a. storm was in the sky,
as The lightning gaveits light
II And the thunder echoed by''
re-. Cheating gamesters were chuckiing wit
ch fiendish glee over the proceeds of the
it craft and fraud. Dunlap wins Edwar
Ias McDonoughs last thousand dollars /
ne bank stock. Heated by brandy and mad
int desperate by the losses he had sustaine,
bis Edward was stung 10 madness by som
N. tanning expressions that fell from th
In lips Of Dunlap. Selling an iron b;
IN. which lay in the room, he Glove th
re. head of The tempter in twain. Edwar
ia. rushed from the horrible scene. Tt
.ch mufderous pistol is applied to his oW
,en aching feverish head-a sudden cras
as and the pale ghost, with shrek, tax,
,b' its fight from earth.
Of Captain McDoaough sank into Il
"a tomb. broken-hearted and desolate. ref
!. 10 sing to be comforted. The lovely Jul
en-. never spoke nor smiled again. Upt
,ey the soul ofStanley there rested a sha
ate ow. He saw that his influence had be,
est on the side Of the internal powers, al
est his soul shrank from the contemplate
- of the mischief it had wrought. o
ven holy religion and temperanceetotal a
ide stinence-from that time till the day
his death. received his most earnest Al
be- undivided attention. In the mean tin
pu- he retired TO the country and built Fl
bic mansion, whittier he invited the pio
ted and the intelligent. He was public.sp
ans ted and charitable-he was much civ
,uc. TO hospitality. But the social glass "
lose banlshed from his board, and over I
m door of the principal entrance to
j. house were written, in large CAPITA
per. these significant words: "HoLp n
lun- THE CUP TO THY BROTHERS, LIP