Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1851-05-30
NATIONAL DIVISION.

Division there on 18th June, and for the
grand Jubilee on the 18th. Ontario Division, \
No. 26, Toronto Division, No. l54, and Cold 5
No.. 2l2, have appointed a committee, /
who are making arrangements with the steam '
boat companies for the conveyance of Broth l
ers, and with the hotels for their entertainment :
at less than ordinary charges. No effort will
be spared to make the visit of the brothers
from other places as agreeable and inexpen-
sive as possible. {
We agree with our Temperance cotempora- t
ries in urging all Representatives, who can by
any possible means be in attendance, to be
present at this meeting. We hope several
will go from North Carolina, and we have no
doubt if the amount already appropriated by
our G. d. is not sufficient to pay the expenses
of all who may attend, that the deficiency will
promptly and cheerfully be allowed at the next
annual session. At this session, questions of
weighty import will be introduced, requiring
the exercise of sound judgment and great dis
%cretion; and it is fortunate that the Order can
bring to its aid on the occasion many men of
AuAlCA IolChG aHA lOHR oCifICC III Liz SdUSO-I
for, we believe, this session of the National
Division will be attended with more important
results than any preceding one.
There is reason to apprehend (says the Bal
timore Fountain) that persons who have been
of late recognized with the fanatical move
ments of a certain party at the North, will at
tempt to bring before the body the question
which now 80 seriously darkens the political
horizon of our country, from the fact that SOME
have already advocated an utter disregard of
the laws enacted at the last session of the Ma
tional Division, and have gone so far as to
boast of what they intend to do at the next
meeting of that body. We trust there viii be
: found a sufficient attachment to the Order, and
i to the Union, to crush the first indication Of an
effort to compromise our character as a Nation
al society, and to consign to eternal rest, then
and there, a subject, which if agitated in our
ranks, must inevitably lead to strife, disorder,
and dissolution. We trust that, after witness
ing the recent deplorable fruits of fanaticism at
If the North, which have filled us with doubt
t and dread, and dismay, with regard to the des
tiny of our glorious Republic, such member.
1r will pause and reflect deeply ere they permi
It. themselves to be led into it. Our duty is sim
o ply and solely to reclaim the drunkard, to stem
- the awful tide of intemperance in its mad AM
as ruthless career; and, if we succeed in dom,
nd this by years of patient, but jealous toll an
!. solicitude, our whole duty will be accomplish
or ed. Let us march forward with an unbroke
front-let us turn neither to the right nor t
the left-let us work en- D,asse, an army {
brothers so strongly allied and linked togetht
Ia by the Heaven-born principles of the gre;
l' cause of universal temperance, that neither Ii
'ut Vaccinations of a few nor the bold opposite
of millions can prevail against US. Then "
: feel strong in the consciousness of being
~ the right-certain of victory, though all Il
mr. world be against us, until at last we shall
,Is chieve the glorious independence of our e0u
ma. try from the chains and thraldom of intempe
b. ance.
pm No member, who can by any possibility
an tend, should be absent from the next session.
the for, depend upon it unless the first introdU
OBJ ton of such questions are checked, and eff
att tually, too, a frebrand will be thrown in o
OF midst that years will not extinguish. NJ
who will openly use every e%xertion to set
defiance the solemn enactments of the head
ow- the Order, and boast, with unblushing effroI
ser cry, of what they have done, would not h
itate to throw to the winds the sacred inst
" was ton of the Sons of Temperance.