Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-08-11
FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
THE TEMPERANCE REFORM.

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The Old North State is comparatively "a
deemed! The Order Of the Sons Of Tempel4
ance is still! p~ropagating its principles and inf
iuence Throughout our State, still throwing off
the shackles from many bound down in
the most disrraceful and l0athsome bondage
and eIevating them to a blessed liberty and so
exult in the enrolling triumphs ofTemperance
Around our pure and untarnished banner 81
Love, Purity and Fidelity are rallied philap
thopists of every grade, from the mountains Is
the sea-board, who, with hearts highly excit@
and tinctured with enthusiasm and ardent zeal
have.eHlisted themselves rs soldiers ofthe coli
water army, te assist in propellingO our great nor
al Engine which seems destined to roll such
hood-tide of amelioratirg influence, agains
intemperance. The strong holds of King al
cohol will be deluged by the moral sentiments
and the proud flag of Temperance be seeI
floating in triumphant grandeur high on tn
breeze Of humanity, patriotism and philanthrc
Ply, bidding defiance to all opposition.
But a few years since, from nearly ever
! public place and from amid almost all publ
assemblies, echoed and re-echoed the voice /
the staggering topper, literally inviting 4
comrades to something to drink and the Ii
!; strains of the fervid flow of glowing eloQueaC
= lIOII lax SUN rs @Out-A CiCGbIit1 thN az
e when would fall upon the ear the enraptuTis
: sentiment |ioyously cherished and fondly is
e tered in the bosom Of every inebriate-"cbet
!, lets haze something to drink" Then the oEc
u seeker. received from "the stump bY the sbs
= people" with out stretched arms and a coffl
welcome, is DANGEROUSLY accompanied to IL
j generous table, where would be dealt out
= Overlooking measures the "BeUerage Of Hell
Is and then vile obscenity, blaspheuly. eenkSse
i quarrels ana p5oxs would be %tf1e-fHs-
a places, at public meetings can be seen D -
ling glasses, no mangled faces, no bhd,ssal4
: eyes, no bandaged arms, 10 staggering a
Y Keeling to and fro, but sober reason. mount
: on her throne, yields her sceptre with emit
sway, and temperance and deliberation gui
their every transaction. Dispassionate reas
is and peace, with the thrilling grasp Of frien
e. ship and goodwill, draw the scene Of the s
It, Der drama to a close. True it is, that ma
be EXCEPTIONS are. daily to be seen and made.
Much has been done in advancing our mol
cause to alleviate the condition Of blind,
downtrodden, suffering humanity. Our eau
ck "the cause of all mankind" still continues
d. spread its benign influence not only throuphc
Q, the length and breadth of our State, but o.
be the extent of our wide spread ocean bound I
public. May its influence wax stronger a
stronger, until the never-ceasinp eyolqtions
ry time usher in the day of moral emaneiDati,
1T Rome, when dourishing in her palmiest DAYS
Of, imperial glory was deeply stained with bio
Her Cesars, robed IN purple, banquetted IN
ID luxury aud RIGHTEOUSNESS. The great mas
he of her population, with their rulers, became
Iu- so licentious, i~ntemperate and ignorant, VII
nj paved her way forum, sunk her into the m
to abject despotism, and produced the Giseord.
ID seeds of her frail, disgraceful downfall.
ct, "Her nodding arches, broken temples spre
Her very tombs now vanished like theirdea