Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-03-14

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not contributed, or which have done so but i
partially, at once, if it is in their power, to .:
forward any balance that may equitably be
against them. G.
Bro. German: The following remarks
are sent you for publication, at the re.
ques. Of Leasburg Division: {
Worthy Patriarch and Brethren : I learn
ed a few days since, with inexpressible
CONSERVATION, that was charged, by the
whiskey drinking portion of this commu-
nifty, with having erred from The path Of
temperance and wandered into the dark
and damning p.th of dissipation Hor-
rid TO think Of! And were it true, I would
at oace resign my vocation among you.
and seek shelter with solitude in some
distant part of the world. But. brethren.
it is false, unauthorized, p~erfidious in the
extreme and the heart that concocted
this charge is as dark and black as hell
itself. Notwithstanding my exaspera-
tion, l :m happy to believe that this helm
Gus report has no cTedence in this Dr.
vision. Notwithstanding l feel it my
duty, in justice to the Order as well as
TO myself. to mention it, together with
nv conjecture, as to IFS origin. |. as
) most Of you are aware, rave been for
some time. and ain yet, laboring under a
chronic disease, with the nature of which
> most of you are acquainted, during which
: time, in accordance with the prescrip-
ton Of several physicians, | have used
$ brandy prepared in various ways; but
t | used it for the benefit Of IFS medical
S virtues, and was not conscious at the
!. time, of committing any breach Of good
d faith. or of furnishing material for the
pr oAigate Of the day 10 build a bug
d bear of. But ! was deluded as / am
now constrained 10 acknowledge; for
y suppose that it was in consequence of
the use of this pernicious remedy, that
Is the report took its origin.
d As for the loss that | am to sustain
from this Islander, l regard it as trivial
but the thought of being the architect
who has chissled out the avenue through
lr which the breath of calumny is 10 be
. waited INTO our glorious ORDER, pain.
me to the heart. But upon due refec'
S, ton. / find TO my regret, what l oughI
n to have known, that such would be the
Of result Of the slightest deviation from the
ce honorable and beaten track of "Sons o
W Temperance" knowing that the eyes o
a the world are upon US, and a majority
at you may say against us, proud 10 decry
nd or censure-credulous to believe a false
hood, and jealous in connecting and pro
sir mitigating any report that would tent
re 10 defame or tarni>h our Order, and i
a possible shake its very foundation.
u Brethren. permit me 10 say n wort
at TO you. / imagine that you have seel
20 friends, if not relatives, sink into dishon
o. orPd graves you have seen tamilie
ng bereft of their only comfort and left L
lis linger in anguish-you have seen man,
a youth, the idol Of his parents, VIII
might have adorned his country's annals
whose genius might have inscribed hi
}. name in golden characters high upon tn
he temple of fame, go down TO the drunk
ed ards grave, %"nnwept, unhonored an
ad- unsung you have seen communitie
ion reduced TO poverty and profigacy-a
ny. from being ruled BY this minister pleni
TIL potentiary of hell, Alcohol. KNOWN
Tile well the incorrigible and deplorable col
dition of his victims, you have sougt
IN refuge from his venom and nave foun
the it under the banner Of "Touch no
ere taste not handle not" Now, permit m
vas to exhort you, to fortifv and continue
airy fortlfy your citadel, and with the intr
ho' pudity ii a Leonidas and the sagacity
ere a Washington defend it. Yes, not onI
hey to defend your stronghold, but to buck
SO -, - 49, a1d IN NM updIutdE
lole phalanx. march against that mighty I.
our rant. The greatest chief that ever pc
ole. Piled hell with wIetches slain, or plum
bu- ed a province or a realm in grief" al
his never sheathe your glittering blades t
i've you have converted his hordes to yol
elo- cause, and waved your glorious bann,
it in triumph over the fallen battlemen
mort Of his loaihsome and expatriated empir
ton Then may you shout victory victor
t in Then will the heart Of the philanthropy
Fri- leap with exultation, and then will Il
de- platform be laid. upon which the temp
e at OF quietude and honor may be erected,
,een But these mighty ends will never
we're effected, if we quietly fold our arms, a
SER each one depend upon the other TO
lii- the glorious work. No! there must
lie of ar unusual display of unanimity a
we're zeal; there must be a constant devoti
ma manifested by every member to c
,e to cause and while we are battling unt
cred our invincible colors, which may tn
Bro. grow brighter and still brighter till th
that win the soul of the anchorite, let US
E ad- stimulated with the blessed truth, Il
she'd. we are not only laying the foundation
the our own tranquility, but that we are
than wing the WaY, upon which thousands