Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-11-03

General Assembly Of North Carolina, as
king for legislative action concerning the Ii
quor traffic in the State. It was submitted
to the Grand Division, signed by some three
] A@44e6 D rfHe c1rtzens OF lincoln and the
adjoining Counties, and that body adopted it
as embodying the wishes Of the Temperance
community and it was resolved to send it
out into every, town, village, neighborhood
and community, and ask all who are DESTROYS
Of seeing our State rid of this Ubiquitous traf-
fc, to placetheir signatures thereto, and have
them forwarded to the Editor of the Spirit of
the Age, on or before the 18th day Of Deem
Der ensuing. The following is the
MEMORIAL.
To the Honorable, the General AssenlbZy OF
North Carolina:
WHEREAS, it is laid down as a fundamental
principle of Republican Government, that sthe
People have the right to instruct their Repre-
sentatives, and to apply to the Legislature for
redress OF grievances And whereas. the nnre-
strained traffic in Intoxicating liquors has long
been deemed an evil. and hence the enactment
Of our present Liquor License Law: And beliey.
Ing that this law sEr 19a5 ftlIs4 1 ta i4haiu9r sdRtthY9ht5 nia aa4,
your Honorably Body to enact a law to nrdth;l3!
II entifeiy the traffic in all intoxicatinr Iionos,
as q beverage throughout the limits Of our State .
", 80 70 T straIn 1t, that they shall not be sold
IN Tess quantities tnan TEN gallons eyca,,;,a
ny those receiving license to retail the sar,a
me sad license not to tie granted in any cono+,
except by the confirmation Of maio,;fy ~ III
tIe justices OF the Peace in such County IN oron
Couft mad and obtained, upon written annI!,a
tlon signed by a majority Of the heads of fam;
Iles residing within Eve miles Of the nIaca vIana
saia splrltuons liquors are 10 be vended - e
"a q ioWh' village or City, signed by a major
.y = "lI'h heads OF families residing With,
three miles thereof: The license faa - u e ~
Tor the fUrmer, and $500 for tho Iat,on. %i"0
Whatever law You may enact, TO be subm;+taJ
Tor ra5lfcatIon to the legal voters Of III g..
ana TO take effect, if confirmed, at a subsaonan
time TO be designated by vour honorahIa 49, -
Ahd your Petitioners will ever pray.
Every friend of Temperance is oarnos41,-
requested to take a copy of this Memorial
and procure as many signatures as he c.n
.ootaln OF the voters of the State-to nod;fr
others to adapt it to the signatures of ~
hadles-and others still, for the vontb Of tbo
land, the Students in our COLLEGES so,,;
naries OF Learning, the Apprentices in onr
workshops and Plough-boys on our Farms
to slgn-and send them all IN to Ralo;ah
Dy the 18th December, SO that VIC NAV -
aOle 60 present such an Appeal to orr f,aw
makers as they will not disregard.
~ any other modification of the No
moral that will be successful in PROCURING
signatures, may be made. Our object i
effect som kind of action on the snb;oo+
induce the Legislature to draft some kind Of
nll Tor ratification by the people. that } bo-
may be made in this great worL r.
u
10 facilitate the filing upthese Memorials
- uiano DIVISION set about procuring the
'efVlees OF men to canvass the State ovnIs;a
ne objects and designs of this moron,oa+
effect an action at the present Session e.
he General Assembly. Rev. Peter na,,b
vas appointed General Travelling Lecturer
,hlllp s. White, Esq, cooperate in the Wes+
a Committee instructed to addross NJ,
;, ", Hewlett, who is lecturing in the East
IN counties, in order to procure his co-ono-
at1on- These Lecturers will discpss IL;
MEASURE and present the Memorials for 80
it is expected that Divisions
ents' Societies and individuals favorino tho
i'Jeet' VIII afford them every facility and
I've alelr hearty cooperation to the consnm.
latlon OF the plan. See lists of appoiuto,e a1.
TINS paper and we hope to give others IN
If next III
1t IS proposedto hold a grand Mass Convon-
on II Raleigh on the 18th of December and
present the memorials, in a BODY to the t
sglsiature-and it is earnestly desired that t
Division of the Sons, Tent of Racba t
les' Congregation ofevery Christian Church I
rd an other Organizations favorable f. tb;,
Observing and Misunderstanding movement f
Ill be fully represented. '
And now brothers, friends, christians. NH; j
nthroplsts, patriots-all, all who love 1onr t
and desire the welfare of our GOOD a
q State we beseech you-"Com un to tbo n
Up OF the Lord against the mighty The G
easure we ask IS n purely republican in C
eharacter-it cannot be adopted but by a