Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-08-01
roR rHE sp1R1p or zee AGE.

Bro. German Intemperance the great adj
versary of mankind. and vicegerent of the king
of t~errors, has advanced with unparalleled sue
cess for ages, in disseminating the seeds of de-
struction and death; and while on this nefarious
mission has regarded neither age, sex or rank.
All have persisted alike, under the malign inf1u-
enee Of this devoted enemy to humanity
Fertur dtrocia fagitid desigRasse. Who can
enumerate the deeds of ~atrocity and igneminy
that have been perpetrated upon the bodies of
our fellow mortals on the account of this de-
mon, intemperance? VIII can estimate the
injury done to humanity through the influence
Of this diabolic monster? No human tongue
is capable of delineating these horid facts; hui
man language itself, is inadequate to describe
them. Let us be inspired then with ten-fold
energies, that we may dispel the most inimical
enemy that even infested our land. Then let
the temperate part of our nation awake, and
concentrate their influence in a course of sys-
tematic action, and success will most assuredly
crown our efforts. Collect for a moment, We
Sons of Temperance, the powers of your fan
cy, and fix them on perishing humanity
What a sad spectacle is presented to your
startled eyes, when you behold female lowell.
ness disguised by a detected eye, and clouded
brow, yet dare not tell her trembling pain.
When you behold the timid mother in the
deep miseries of poverty and consuming care
at the approach of her intoxicated husband, fly
for refuge with her lisping infant o. her breast
r into the deep reeesses of the forest, and there
, in the stiffness of the solitary place, where
nought is heard but the hootings of owls, She
lifts her feeble eyes to Heaven and asks thu
Great God to screen her infant and hersel
from the hands of violence. In view of suel
? a scene, is there a heart so hard, that would
not readily succumb to pity! Oh! We wit
: boast of refined and magnanimous minds, prov
r | pray you, the reality of your aspirations, b.
n contributing to the relief of so friendless al
object. Tobis immtnibus hujus Esse mali dd
! bitur. Would to God that | could render tn
: resources of Heaven and earth in demolishin
the kingdom of bacchus and the rearing of on
] glorious Order on the ruins thereof. Let u
! then emerge from that inglorions supinenes
. for which we have so long been characteriseC
and yet greatly ameliorate the condition {
mankind. When the groans of expiring hi
mainly, and the clanking of chains, ready t
bind the wretched followers of Bacchus to tn
car Of sin and degradation, falls upon your ri
l~uctant ears, (too late) will you then repent
7 your present apathy. You can only say, II
me mliseret mel piget. Then let it be remen
bered that no extended, well directed applic
ton of moral influence was ever made in vain
! and that if the cause in which we are so zea
I ously engaged be lost, the last ray of hope
redeeming mortals from a drunkard's grave,
! at once e~xtinguished. Bearing this in min
e be ever faithful to the cause which we hay
" espoused for The redemption of humanity.
OF FILIUS TEMPERANTLE.
Piney Grove, July II, 1851.