Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-04-25
NUMBER "a.

whether an action would not lie for eonspira-
cy, to break up the honest business Of our
neighbors.'
Thus far all was on one side, and an In
different observer might view the workings
of very opposite feeling in the eountenances
Of different individuals. On the one hand all
seemed exuhation, on the other, while among
some there appeared doubts and misgivings,
still you coald see generally the calm conf
denee, that truth always inspires. ~
Good Dir. Sobermind, the prime mover in
this matter, had calmly and quietly kept his
seat unfit all his opponents were done when
arising be said Mr.. Chairman, / am a
plain maE, and shall try to speak in plain
manner. 1t might naturally be supposed
that l weuld shrink from an argument with
so many and such important opponents but
having truth and righteousness on my side,
| shall not finch from what now appears to
be an imperative duty
'phe first speaker, DIR. Slack, has told us
that rum is necessary for the preservation of
health-necessary to recruit the exhausted
laborer-and that it is the very best Of med
icines. Now, sir, there is not a man in the
village who works harder than do drink
nothing but water, and 50 good is my health
that the doctor has never yet had chance
to feel my pulse. Had he told us that rum
was the best thing to bring him practice, by
destroying mems constitutions, and render
ing them liable to disease, we would have
then understood him, for he would then have
spoken what he knew to be the fact.
in regard to the Doctors views Of the nu-
tritious proprieties of Alchohol, and its exist
enee in Vegetables and fruits, l deny It in
toto. Vhe most learned physicians now a.
gree that Alchohel contains no nutritious
properties at all-take it into the stomach in
what form you may, it remains unaltered and
undigested, until nature casts it out Of the
system, and that while it stimulates, inHames
and peisons, it does not, and cannot, in any
way nourish the body, or renew its wasted
energies. As to its existence in nature, that
doctrine has been long since exploded the
, best informed chemists agreeing that it is
the product of fermentation in the decay and
| decomposition of vegetable matter, being
| separated therefrom by the process Of distilla-
: tion. With great Difference Mr.. Chairman,
! l would suggest to Dr.. Slack the propriety
L VI VI cuen1SITys
In regard to Mr.. M'Finnigan's 5 speech, /
t will only remark that, being interested in the
o sale of the thing, he can hardly be consider
: ed an impartial advocate for dosing the 'cliild
K that has been sealded to death -
G Squire Flytrap, too, Mr.. Chairman, il il III
terrested !; he knows that rum produces omar
e rels, and quarrcls I'LL his pockets; and If
e rum-drinkng shodid cease be would have to
g shut uPhis Office: s,
J, l come now, Mr.. Chairman, to the last
1; speaker, the Rev. Mr.. Dubious, and trust,
s. sir, that he will excuse md for saving that i
at do most heartily regret to find Kim in such
n company. What! shallit be said in this en-
ID lightened day that minister of tie glorious
at gospel of Christ is found, side by side, shoul.
s der to shoulder, in the ranks of the enemies
at Of temperance, virtue and good morals -
N Nay sir, the advocate of dram-drinking, the
h. very thing that leads to alp the mischief aiit
ut misery produced by drunkenness for, Mr..
it Chairman, he that is not with us in thi
b, glorious cause, is against us The Rev
IS gentleman tells us that he can find no CON
re mand in the Bible for forming Temperance,
st society, and that he will engage in nothin.
IS unless the Bible commands it. I would
at like to know where in the Bible he found \
commanded that he should come here and
81 oppose the formation of this Society. He
at will tell us, suppose, that he acted to-nigbt
he from expediency. l trust have as great |.
ns regard, sir, for the Bible, as has the Rev
e. Mr.. Dubious, and that, aside from it, ".
ce mayf orm Temperance society and do man,
nd other things. from expediency, ,uncommandec
as thereby. But, sir, find in my Bible tina
of we are to do good to all men, as we havl
- opportunitYand ability Now here isa,
M sufficient Bible warrant, if that is needed
th for forming the Society we propose. Ou
T. object is to do good to our fellow men-t
ok save them from ruin, temporal and eternal
all to save wives from drunken, vicious hsis
all bands-to save childen from rags and star
err vation-to save society from the pest ofdruIk
IN, enness.
ch would like our good minister to inform
ey us whether the formation cf a Temperanc
ch Society is fcrbidden in the Bible, and, if j
is not, then his argument on that point fall
he just as fiat as the Poor inebriatc, fat to th
he ground. 'z,ne
oA Inc heV. gentleman asks, very. triurn
'n' phantly, if Temperance Societies have nd
vas done harm, by pledging men who have af
su- terwards relapsed, and thus disgraced them
ne selves and this, from the applause IN Ger
OF tain parts of the house, must have been cor
sidered as an unanswerable argument. But
srn sir, it is as weak as the trade in rum Is in
,et- famous! Pardon my warmth, Mr.. Chair
his man, for cannot suppress my indignation
his when I see the man who'is set over us a
to our spiritual guide lending his influence Il
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