Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-06-06
ELOQUENT EXTRACT,
FROM AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED IN TrNNkss1x


July 4tk, 1850,
Alarmed at the success of this monster Of
iniquity, shuddeting at the sight Of mischief
and woe that follow in his wide.wasting TAI,
mortified that he has prevailed with 50 many
of our friends and kindred to accept At his
hands an agency in advancing the cause II
misery and heart-rending-we have bound
ourselves together, and formed THE ORDxR
OF THE SoNs OF TEMPERANCE. And un-
der banner, bearing on one side Love,
Purity and Fidelity and blazing on the
other side with :" Victory or Death" id
burning capitals, we rally our hosts. And
at the watchword " onward, /" we march for
ward-dsking for no quarters and givine
none. Our constitution has made no pfol
visions for capitulation, or truce, or con-.
promise says nothing of suspension Of
hostilities, it grants no time for /" barracks's
or winter quarters it swears as to offsr
no terms, but to bear deadly, detsrt
mined, an eternal hatred to our 8oe-tS
stand at our post till victory, complete, over
riding victory flashes upon our STANDARD /: Of
until we fall, face to the enemy, and perish
contesting to the last, and dying with ''oh.
ward" quivering from our lips.
As every great and good institution has
i its festival days and jubilees, we have ours.
and have fixed them on our grand national
festival days. Nor is this arbitrary and acci.
dental-we mean by it to say, the cause Of
Liberty and Temperance go hand in hand.
And that as the tree of civil liberty, sprineine
up from the ''roots of the Ocean" shall spread
bough, and hang broad leaf over every
land, shading the earth with bowers Of free
dom and equal rights, so they that dwell
in the ends Of the earth, as they Who rest on
its bosom, are to recline under the vide
spreading branches of this tree Of our taint4
ing, and like Gytere, sing, " Ny God win
always take care of me- %
Our great Union is bound together, we trlisi,
by cement that sunshine hafdens to stoue,
that showers turn to brass, and the q waste md
wear Of long ages-like the fires of furnace
and the strokes Of hammerHelts and mouldS
to strong unyielding Iron. We unite with her
in her festivities, signifying that We design our
institutions to parallel hers in long unWastinp
perpetuity. Our great confederacy Is the friend
of religion. Wherever her stars and stripss
{ are unfurled to the thousand breezes Of heay-
en-, the Minister of Christ feels secure, end en-.
ters feaElessly upon his work We wish 70
signify by adopting its holidays, that we are The
friends of religion and that Under our banners
and in our halls, she has shelter and protection.
|, , | said these great causes go together Libes.
ty launched her bark alone; but in navigating
e an untried and dangerous sea, was frequently
threatened with sudden and fatal shipwreck.--
e In good time we trust, however, Temperance
O has been called to the helm, and the gallant
vessel begins to ride smoothly and in majesty.
/ One Banrer now does us, with flae stars and
= = stripes embIazoned on one side and Love, Pr
u rity and Fidelity, glowing on the other. 0ns
/ sword with its two edges now serves us--ons
t. edge brings down oppression, and levels ty
/ rants, the other smites down the hosts of Al
cohol, and pushes the conquests Of Temper
ance to complete and universal triumph.