Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-01-02

the sound. and tired of the imbecile. tempori-
zIng policy that has so long shackled the gi-
game energies of the greatest State in the Con.
1ederacy, resolves to break the ignoble letters
from her limbs and lead the van in the oreat
moral crusade against the system of alcohol
&c tratlc-a system that was born in hell. ban.
Used In the blood and tears of human suffer-
and misery, and is nursed and perpetuated
through a policy go damning and unholy, that
none but the Arch-demon of the dark vaults
OF Perdition is worthy of its paternity.
Next speaks the keystone State of the
ashamed of the ~retrograde step
she made but a year ago, she nobly marches to
the rescue, and even now from her halls Of
legislation the word comes forth that the peace
ful descendants of the Philanthropic VIM.
Penn will no longer have their statute book
detaced by the foul blot of a license law upon
it.
Delaware, and New Jersey, ike the true game
OF their 'Blue-hen's Chickens falternot IN their
duty but vaiiantly join the proud caravan on
The high road to progress and reform,
The gallant spirits of Maryland, remember.
ing the daring deeds of Bladensburg and oaz.
ing upon her proud Monuments, commemora.
tive OF the lofty achievements Of a noble an
on the muster-roll of this great national cam
paign.
And the little District of Columbia. emu
lous of the proud name she bears, forpets tho
cares OF State, the corruptions and i~ntrigues Of
political ~demagogues, and appeals to her peo-
pie to say for themselves whether thew shall
be free from a worse than Russian despotism
which is grinding them into abject slavery un-
der the very shadow of the Capitol Of Amer
lean Freedom.
Virginia, the mother of States the land of
Washington, of Patrick Henry, Madison and
Jefferson, strains her ear to catch the glad
sound, as it comes sweeping over the broad
Potomac. The clarion notes of a GalIy. a
Mitchell, a Drinkard and a Lee are heard
throughout the wide domain of the Old Do
mlnion,' marshaling her forces for the conflict
against the rum-fend and the soul-destroying
traffic.
The glorious old North State-the first 70
throw off her allegiance to the tyrant King
George, and declare herself independent is
eager and painting for the strife. The spirit
that stirred the hearts of her AIexanders. her
Brevards and her Folks in IT'S, and caused
them to beard the Douglas in his CASTLE and
boldly and openly to defy the myrmidons of
ROYALTY and OnnracsioD q ao IN
quietly submit to a vassalage more degrading
and ruinous than that against the tolerance of
which she poured out her blood like water ON
the fields of Alamancez Guilford and Camden.
From Currituck to Cherokee-from the shores
OF the Atlantic to her loftiest mountain peak
In the west, she is arousing to strike the blow
OF separation of Alcohol from State Sover-
eighty. North Carolina shall be freed from
the vile traffic for so the people declare.
Nor Will South Carolina be outstripped in
the contest; but entering the arena like a
chivalrous Gladiator, her sons will be found do
ing valiant service wherever duty calls. The
descendants of Pinckney, Rutledge and CAL
houn can never submit to be slaves to appe-
tite and passion, any more than they could be-
forced into political bondage. The patriotic
voices of their sainted dead would rise from
their tOmbs and curse their degenerate sons.
had they sunk so low into venality and pros
%tltution. No, no! led on by the gallant o.
Neall, the sons of the Palmetto State, will
prove { worthy sons Of noble sires in this
great work, and Danish the poison from her
borders.
Georgia is waiting for the watchword, to
make a vigorous onslaught upon the vile traf-
fc.
-Ai-I--~, s.t4o L. just 01u effOugn IN the fam
lily Of States to appear in her bridal robes,
contemns the turbid waters Of the still, and
will ere longfOrbid their being borne upon the
bosom of her many navigable streams and
Mississippi, a younger sister, is now loudly
calling upon her Sons and daughters to allure
allegiance to a despotism so revolving to ali the
finer feelings of the human heart ;-while Lou
iSiana, as a grave and prudent matron, smiles
approvingly upon her fair daughters, and says,
| | TOO will join in this holy work.
Florida, blushing in maiden innocence, dis
, dams to have her virgin purity defled, and her
2 sweet perfume waited from a thousand flow
I ers, contaminated by the besotted wooings and
foul breath of the Rum-fend.
: Tennessee, the child of the old North State,
( sets her venerated mother a glorious example,
3 and bids her emulation in the glorious cause
Her first men rein the feld-the sound pc.
= Utica! and judicial wisdom of a Dilahunty, has
: awakened her people to an Investigation of the
e subject. while the convincing eloquence OF
e Haskell, Campbell, Payatt and others, have
caused them to swear eternal hostility to King
Alcohol.
Kentucky-the dark and bloody ground
is nota listless spectator of the stirring scene.
n around her. She ia oirdinp nm her loins for the