Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-10-06


more elastic when new, and therefore better adapted
to retain aferneinung liquid than old bottles already
expanded to their utmost capacity and weakened
perhaps by partial decay. Again, the Governor at
the feast, where ChTist changed Waterinto wine, call
ing the bridegroom said, every man at the begin
we'll drunk, then that which is worse. BY the
phrase have vel drunk we must understandp par
tial intoxication OF there would be no reason for the
custom alluded To, again. in Acts ii, Is, " These
nan are fnD Of - wine, 2 that is drunk. But both
- ar laeint and 6eek, there IS 2 dIHerent WORD
employed to- deaknate the unfermented juice of
the grape, and if sch were intended IN the passa-
ges quoted, the tfanN ators Of the Bible would doubt
less have rendered WAon., must, and not arine.
Your learned correspondent " I Know " has let off
ten heavy charges againstthe enemy, but it is to be
feared that in attempting tokiH toe many at q shoot
he is Wounding some of his own party. Let the
brother aim higher, andiont put in TOD many shot.
He viii do more execution and waste lass metal, if
he cages by a smaller MEASURE.
The Thomsonian MAXIM, I" that minerals tend to
destroy while vegetable substances tend to invigor-
ate the body" is not m9e ridiculously absurd than
the arguments sometimE advanced in favor Of tee
totalism.
IF it is wrong to useblcoholic beverages because
human inginuity discoRred the art of inducing fer
mentation in certain liquids, and invented the still
as a means Of separating the pure spirit from the
other matters containedtherein then is it equally
49, A 0iICI4 HAS QAloI2piAC A SNFS1di
process OF grinding, boiling and cooking. Let no
one ssertthatbrea ami wheat are the same every
body senses teach that Ach is not the fact. Even
admitting that the ultimate elements remain the
same, still the carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen,
&C., of unlocked wheat VII not subserve the purpo-
ses OF n%utr1inent in the huhan body as well rs after
they have undergone the process of publication
1he use OF arsenl6us acid as a poisonis not sinful be
cause it is made by the combustion of a metal and
not scattered refoy prepared from the hands of 9
Denencent Ck%T0tefnpt the wicked and destroy
the lncautious, though infalibly opposed to the
sale and use OF kohol as a beverage, yet with the
whiskey drinkerI believe it to be g a good creature
OF God" To the s~rtist, the chemist and the physi
clan, 1t is almos IN indispensable article. Its uses
are numberless, ard its abuses, who can tell
We do not reject it, because as usually prepared /
undergoes various processes before it is fit to be used
since, In carrying out the principle, we must bid q
dleu to all food that has felt the breath of fire-tt
nelds, houses, clOthing-to railroads and every con
venlence andle$ fortunate even than the wild mai
mat roamed through the forest ere our fathers cross
ca the stormy deep, we must discard bow and arrow
hsn-nook and J%avelin, and like the hog, or the table'
SUBJECTS OF Saturn, travel from oak to chestnut, iron
peFslmmon to chinquapin, from brier to huckleberry
IN search of natures spontaneous provision! Bread
bacon and such articles are really more unnatura
productions than alcohol; so are books, so are near
y all medicines as prepared for use and shall W
therefore refuse to use them in their proper places
away win such nonsenslcal logic! 1t Is an lnsul
to common sense.
Let the friends and advocates of our gloriou
cause beware of resting a hope Of victory j
the use Of such f~allacies let them discard al
sophistries and false facts" and present tn
claims OF temperance in their proper colors an
all will be we'll. But still cling to them, an
ff4HhheiE EassM - tangh at snch weapons KNOWN
they will not bear the clash of enlightened res
son, and that in combating them successful!
he will be proclaimed victor by many who oil
erwise might have joined the cold water arm,
Carried out to their legitimate extent, the
lead into labyrinths inextri cable, disguise an
conceal the truth. strengthen error and fanat
cism, give to passion a weapon, to wrong an e.
cuse, to prejudice a reason and ultimately,
alcohol its dominion over the souls and bodies
men. w. G. LIRYC.
Sparta, N. c., Sept. 1853.