Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-07-21
E. J. ERWIN, Chm.
FRAKLIN, Macon Co., July 5th, 1852

Inasmuch as S. NJ. Hewlett had advised us
Of his coming here on the lst inst, that day
was celebrated as the anniversary of our In
dependence. The Cadets and Sons of Tenn
perance formed a procession at the Division
room, marched to the eastern limit Of main
street (which by the by we hope will be a
Maine street indeed and then turning, were
joined by the ladies and proceeded TO the
Methodist Church, where a very large and res
pectable audience soon filled all the seats. In
strumental music silenced the crowd. The
meeting was opened by prayer, the Declara
ton read by Leon: +. Siler, a patriotic address
was then delivered by Col. j. r. Buchanan,
which we heard spoken of highly, but were
prevented from hearing. At the conclusion
of which the Division sung the Dedication
Ode and Bro. Hewlett was then introduced to
the audience. Sons, Cadets, Ladies Good
bless them, they always make their side gauop,
you ought to come and see our mountain
'g'hals,' for they are rich. rare and rosy and
oh! what clever wives they saythey do make,)
old men, sober and tight folks, friendly and IN
friendly to US, keen and dull, beautiful and
homely Ii. e. fond Of staying at home)-these
constituted the audience. Bro. II, began his
remarks by abiding to the day we celebrate,
happily brought in that banner on which was
inscribed, taxation without representation is
tyranny and resistance to tyrants is obedience
to God He then set out to reason the ques-
ton, and he so mixed up his solid, unanswer-
able arguments with amusing anecdotes and
laughable Illustrations as must drive many a
dram-drinking man, and also sober citizens in
to our ranks, and kept the crowd in a regular
broad grin. Many of his hits were admirable
and it will be a long time before the non-im-
roo- I'LL 4a--o4 t0ll Dso~12~o > ~
the obiector to our secrecy, the dumb founded
merchant with his generality of mankind i'll
in general, generally speaking or the maker
and vender of 'whip-wife,' the trial of the par
ties as to who killed Joe Thompson's dog
Many other happy sayings and lapghable anec.
} dotes might be alluded to. He then announ-
ced the fact that in four years the Maine liquor
law would be established in North Carolina
and gave a brief sketch of it, with some &C
count of its beneficial effects. We mountain
folks are almost persuaded to roll that bal
, from the top of the Blue Ridge to the Sea
board, and if our hard shell brethren will no
4. submit, we will drive themt to their beloved ele
= ment and force them to drink water, if it i
salt. We think we have as good a right to b
protected from this moral scourge and pesti
e ferrous business as the Indian or the negro
and knowing our rights, we dare maintai
s them We claim not to be fanatics, read
with fire and sword to o~vertnrn and destro
e any decent. honorable. trade or profession
n but we insist upon legal enactments to prohlt
o it the sale of that which ruins our families an
e ourselves. And we intend to labor for thu
d state of things in our good Commonwealth, b
the existence of which Hassellism and all tn
other whiskeyisms you can. think of, will
forced into submission or driven off our nativ
Z soil and prohibited from desecrating it wit
their drunken stagger. MACON.