Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-12-22

remedleS IN desperate cases. 1ney are the
ultimaratio Medicorum. And so should Al
coholic draughts be. Mans daily necessary,
indispensable food and drink are all album
dant, simple, visible, attainable by all or
most. The terrible agents of destruction are
few, they are the exceptions and not the. law.
The earthquake which overtudrns, the tor
nado which rends, the lightning which
shivers, the malaria which taints the gale,
are all occasional Phenomena-abnorma
affections of natures harmonious system.
But on the other hand, the normal states
and operations of nature are frequent, per-
manent and mostly explicable. The sun,
which not only lights up all things but
beauties them also-the i" gracious rain"
which fertilizes-the dew which in
the night and hides a brilliant in every
opening bud to adorn the coronet of the
morning, as if some benignant fairy had
doated overthe earth and dropped diamonds
from her hand-are almost daily occurren-
ces, subject to known laws and the treas
ures OF the poor as well as of the rich
But cunning man has sought out many in
Ventlons-many Of them infernal-and a.
mong these, Alcohol. Wherefore, as well
as TOR all other reasons enumerated under
our second preccpt for the preservation Of
the Temperance of children, we conclude
that Ardent Spirits should be classed a
mong the Destructive Agents.
3 Our third means for preserving the nat
urat Temperance of children is, never to
magnify and make honorable Ardent Spir-
its IN any form, but to oppose its use in all
possible and proper ways. Let it not Turk
under the floating glories of the syllabub,
(onguiS latel IN herbo.) Be not guilty Of
the absurdity of using spirits, (mark I do
not say pure wine and cider, IF they can
be got pure) the most fruitful cause of
disease, as the pledge of Health. Never
say with aglass in your hand and its con-
tents to your lips, to your friend, "Sir, or
Madam, your health" whilst he or she
drinks off another, which may be the first
IN a series that may land him or her in a
mad-house, a brothel or a gutter Nor of
this other and greater absurdity-of Civ
ing or taking hot, as a token of friendship,
reconciliation or hospitality, which is an
apple Of discord, a firebrand, a torch of the
f%uries, which has kindlcd the flames of do
| nestle discord, cnflamed into madness kin
> bred blood which else had flowed in peace
full and loving channels. Nor vet let il
b~-Ph~~~a=in -tvrfIPtftrg for1ns, cOIOrs and
positions IN the sight Of children, for we
: know that childhood is given over to the
domination Of the senses, particularly Of
5 sight and taste. Solicit their appetites hv
. brilliant and dulcifed poison and they fai
y an easy and a willing prey. Therefore
e tempt them not by sparkling and ~intoxica
ting beverages on the sideboard, emulatine
by the infusion of coloring matter, the sap
G phire, the ruby and the topaz for as thc
silly moth is shared by the glare of The
candle and killed by its fame, SO are chill
dren strangely, almost mystcriousIy, fasci
mated by these tempting colors. And il
n it irreverent to conjecture that the inspired
# writer may have had in his mind a concep
It ton OF the analogy between the charms anc
it the venom ofthe crested basilisk and thos,
a OF Intoxicating liquors, when he uttered til,
e prophetic warning, "Look not upon til,
S wine when it is red, whcnit giveth it's colo
. IN the cup-at the last it biteth like a ser
It pent and stingeth like an adder"
Thus, Ladies, l have given you som,
hints to aid you in your struggles to pre-
d serve the natural temperance of your chill
c dren in the efficacy of which [ have NOR
IS confidence, because The Lord has Spoken
If through the mouth of his servant, d" Trail
up a child in the way he should go, an
when he is old he will notdepart from it.
,e But how can fallible beings be certain O
n the "way in which he should go?" W
st may chance upon 1t, or some other wa
le which is not 50 good, nay r%uinously bad
&c But be encouraged, for I think I can prom
it Use you that in my next you will have a pre-
/ cept for teaching Temperance to your chi
Is dren, that is without restriction, conditio
or qualification ; nay more, [ may say it
D. a positive panacea to prevent intemperanc
Sc n children. Adieu for the present.
ID w. HI. O.