Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-11-24
GAitur's CurrfgpnnAf1lrf.
HALIFAX COUNTY.

HALIFAX COUNTY.
We send you an account of a meeting of
the friends of Temperance held at Enfield, in
THE county. on the 2Sth August last. For
causes not not now material to mention, il has
not been sent sooner. As the action at the
late session of the Grand Division has placed
the subject before the public in a more tangi-
bic form, we desire its publication, that our
friends at a distance may see that Halifax has
made Il move and is willing to do what it can
in banishing from the State the great evil
which affiicts it.
According to previous appointment, several
hundred persons assembled at Enfield, on the
day above named, to hear and participate in
the proceedings. Every Division in the coun-
ty vas represented, besides a goodly number
of personsw who belong not to the Order, butsen-
sible of the great evils of the traffic, are will
ling to give US their countenance and aid in
its determination from our borders.
To place the subject fairly before the peo-
pie, and especially to define our positions as
Sons, the following Preamble and Resolutions
were read, viz:
WHEREAS, We believe that the present
laws concerning the traffic in spirituous liquors
in North Carolina, have failed to attain the ob-
iect for which they were designed, tending
rather to increase than diminish the evils com
planned of, founded as they evidently We're in
wrong and injustice; and moreover, believing
that dissatisfaction exists with regard to then
to Il very great extent, we do rot hesitate tC
declare our opinion in favor Of some law thai
will tend more effectually to restrain the trstnc
Discerning as We do any intention ~ ~
part, of founding a political party on t'ils queS
ton, or a desire to force our views against lnC
known wishes of the people, we nevertheless
believe that we have a right to be heard
tbrourb opr Representatives, and deem it bnt
inst and proper that the sense of the people
should be taken on Il subject SO vitality impor
tant to the interests of all.
The evils of the traffic under the presen'
license laws we need not depict. The nation'
heart is already thrilled with the dreadful recita
Of its wrongs, and the public pulse is strug
: Cling under the mighty incubus which is press
/: ing down our social system.
The time has arrived then, in our opinion
when all good and true men, ~ofevery sect an
p7Fr7; En0rrf- r So to the rescue, and aid j
bringing about this change SO Trerr+r<koo
desired. Therefore,
Resolred, That we approve Of holding
: State Convention Of the friends Of Tempe
ance, at some time and place hereafter to
designated, for the purpose of bringing til
4 subject before the Legislature in some forI
deemed most advisable by them.
ResoIred, That delegates be appointe
: to represent this county in said Convention
a Several speakers who were expected, havin
| failed to be present, DR.. A. B. Pierce, who W;
e the drawer Of the above Preamble and Res
~lutions. but had no expectation of speakin!
r was called on and responded in a neat, appr,
O PIRATE impromptu speech; in which he brief
but forrioly defended the position assumed
the Preamble. He was followed by CAPITA
James Simmons, who spoke at more length
3 support Of the same views. After he had co
Guided, dinner was announced, which beir
despatched, the audience again assembled
the stand and we Were entertained by NJ
| Lemuel DeBerry, of Edgecombe, who fro
physical in1rmity (being prevented from VI
b ting with US as Sons) is heartily with US
d feeling and opinion. He spoke most feeling
# and eloquenIly of the terrible scourge OF
a temperance. In short, every thing passed
well, and we hope to send up a formidable !
of names to Raleigh by 18th December. t
: number of delegates to the then contempIat
q State Convention was left blank until the til
and place should he fixed on. / like the id
Of suggested in the Age, to meet in Raleigh
II the 18th December. Halifax will be the
a through her Representatives. X. Y. NJ.