Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1850-09-27

Co. Our exchanges in Tennessee, Of every
party and caste, are filled with encomiums upon
the speeches which P. NJ. w. p. Philip S.
White is making in that State. The Knoxville
Wing says Of his effort at that place, that he
spoke to a throng Of 1900 to 1900 ladies and
gentlemen, for two hours, o~verPOwering the aur
dience with his OratOry, and astonishing all
present. with his graphic and thrilling pictures.
The Wing says, We regret our inability to
spread his entire Address belure our readers
for it abounded in so many passages Of real elo-
quence, beauty, and force, thatit would eoastrain
right thinking men, everywhere, either to join
the Sons, or cease all opposition to them. He
urged the claims Of the Temperance reform,
with words Of truth, accompanied with the fire
Of living o%racles, illustrating his bold and fear
less positions, by facts and figures which car
ried conviction to every heart-and applying
the combined force Of both the precepts and doc
trines Of the Temperance reform, TO practical
life and godliness. The sublime truths uttered
by him-while they were weighty and eloquent,
were not hidden under the lustre Of tropes and
exuberent fancy, or the polish Of rounded peri
DDS. He fought with the drawn sword Of Jus
rIcE and TRUTH. He urged the simultaneous
and inseparable reformation Of the heart and its
vicious outbreakings in the external conduct.
He spoke elOquently and feelingly of the
national and political curruPtions Of our country,
and traced much Of both, to the incorporate
use Of ardent spirits. He drew a most humiIia-
ting, but true picture Of the present Congress Of
the United States-asserled that, while mem
bers Of both houses Of COngress were making one
f or two topics, the monomaniac themes Of their
speeches, for the sake Of their eight dollars per
day, many Of them were rolling in 6lth, drink.
ing themselves to death. and disgracing the
Districts and States they were unfortunately
representingi The public corruption Of morals
in Congress, and national sins, received at his
hands, their Just share Of rebuke, in the midsi
of the general catalogue of iniquities, the Ori.
gin and spread Of which he traced to the uss
5 Of ardent spirits.
Mr.. White stated in reference to the Church,
es, that nineteen tweHtieths Of the Methodist
Clergy united with the Sons in the Temperance
Reform, wherever he went, in Canada or thes'
4 United States. The Missionary Baptists ais
. came to the rescue-the New School Presbyteri
ans gave the cause their aid But it paineI
him to state, that the Episcopal Church, o
which he was a member, stood alOof with bu
n few exceptions. Some of the Bishops of tina
Church, actually wrote treatise, and delivers
set discusses against the Sons, and charged tn
Sons of promoting the cause Of tnfdelity. Tha
Church, he was sorry to say, had won for itseli
the unenviable s~obriquet Of the Rum Church
How could it be otherwise, when this myster
# of iniquily worked among the Clergy. Their
were a few exceptions /; there was that man {
eminent learning. the Right Rev. Bisho
Hawks Of St. Louis-he was a Son, and wa
3 exerting a healthful influence among the Rex
tors Of his Diocese. What was the excuse {
Z the Bishops and Recturs Of his Church, e
8 standing at a distance in this work? TIL
9 Church was Temperance Society /; and for hi
i to go into the Temperance Reform was to az
2 knowledge her inability to do what she was d.
a signed for, thus favoring the cause Of ~inidelit!
6 He believed there was too much Of faith, and d
2 little Of work among his brethren. There W;
abundapt cause for all the servants Of God
join together in this good work against the de-
il, with united hearts, and ~counsels, and endea1
or to make a stand for religion, for humanity
ID for patriotism, and to repress, as much as
MT them lay, the use Of intoxicating liquors, so
sc and drank.
Aud old whiskey-drinker known as To
y Davenport, rose up and interrupted the spea|
~ er-toh him he was mistaken-he was speal
" ing about for money. Mr.. White called hi
to the stahd-said he would like to hear h
objections to the cause of Temperance, and b
!" defence Of rum sellers and drunkards! O
TOMS reply was, that he 'ssCOrked for his mo
ey, and paid for his liquor, and it was nobody
r business how much he drank Mr.. VIII
Z insisted then that he should 90 up on the sta
ed take his stand by his side, and that he wou
use him to illustrate, and show others the \
cessity of becoming Temperance men O
hn Tom, however, took leave of the crowd-l
Ell. off up the hill denouncing the cause as he we
The orator bid him good by, and announced
9 there goes al old jug with the stopper out
He said that he never spoke Of himself, but
ng the charge Of speaking for money had be
"a brcugh t against him, he would just say, that
had spent more money in the Temperance cat