Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1852-03-10
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For THE SPIRIT OLE TIE AGE.


being an unconcerned observer of the
great movement to which it is an indis-
pensable auxiliary. The Spirit is,
and worthily, fast working its way" inte
popular favor and now, we are pleased
TO see, has larger circulation than any
paper in the State. Could it fail, it we'll
might have tomb of orphans tears
wept DER H."
1t IS not, however, for the purpose OF
nattering that we write but to call at
tention to subject which we have all,
perhaps too much aRi oolong, neglected
Every Christian, Philanthropist and Pa
triot must, from the purity of his soul,
rejoice at the rapid strides of moral re-
form associations in our land-the sup
preston of crime-the wretched inebri-
ate restored TO himself, to his family, to
his country and to the church of his God
the grim features of scorning despair,
wreathed into rosy smiles-and the
deathful scenery of the great desert pro-
duced by Alcohol-Sirocco blasts yelieved
I by frequent and bright GASES to cheer
the weary moralist in his sacred mission
to degraded and deluded humanity. To
effect any thing, We are told, We must at
tempt naught save by moral suasion -
when more is done, the cause is injured
. Extend the principle to all human law,
and legislation must forever cease; for
as we'll plead justice to an expert bandit
3 meeting the weary traveller in lonely
pen, as the danger and crime of intoxi-
| cation to the half inebriated sot when
the cause OF his ruin is at his door. We
4 have tried moral suasion without entire
f success; now we wish legal suason al.
, so. To be more explicit: what We de-
e sire is, that new, the most favorable time
in the history of our State, all Christians
and lovers of mankind and Of order, should
: unite and with one voice demand from
our next Legislature, that the noble Lii
D quor Law of Maine should become a
r part of North Cardinals Code. We
: tfeel assured that this can be effected if
t all who favor it will speak freely; come
A forward with manly heart aud let their
: wishes be known and felt. No other
t law of so momentous import could be
I enacted. From the highest judicial til
r bunal to the homeliest hearth, its be-
: nignant influence would be happily seen.
t Gould a law bespassed to prevent the
; ingress Of the cEl61era, which was annu
ally sweeping its thousands to prema
ture tomb who would not consider the
e Legislature destitute of every spark OF
a virtue or human feeling, if such a law
/. was not spread at large upon our statute
: book? But here is a pestilence, not on
e ly destroying the capital of the State
t but carrying off its tens of thousands to
k a drunkards loathsome grave and {
Il drunkard's eternal DOOM Millions O
e dollars would soon be saved to the State
h but figures cannot express the inestlma
d Bile influence on the morals of our land
= Statistics from that paupeTism would al
= most entirely disappear, and crime bt
:, almost unknown. The youth Of our lano
S would no longer be lured by the blan
+ dishments of maiden modesty TO take
the social glass, which NAV cause hi;
p temporal and spiritual ruin but ere he
= could vitiate his taste and love the nau
n seous poison, he must, knowing that the
= law of the land is against him, wande
IS far through the haunts Of infamy ant
l. vice to some deep, dark dungeon where
e in the shades of perpetual night, th'
5, beastly maniac obtains his forbidden
IF draught. The path now so sunny anc
howery would then be too dismal AM
Y loathsome for the footprints of any gen
a erous youth. Then indeed would tn
e halcyon days of the IdeaIist be truly re
l. allied and our own happy land be re
IL nd
y ious foe that Americans have ever me!
le It is peculiarly incumbent on Mort
n. Caroinans to take this stand and tax
le it now. The utility and beneficial oper
I'd ations of the law has exceeded the mos
Sc sanguine hopes of its spartan supporter
I'd in Maine. The elections Of the preser
summer will be closely contested, an
e, if, as should be done, Temperance me
nd will carry their principles to the ballc
ut box, they must tell upon the prospects {
ly many aspirants. We wish the Ladie
sh especially, enlisted in this cause. The
rs are personally interested-but we kno'
e. we have their sympathy; for
We Woman. gentle woman, has heart
d. Fraught with the sweet humanities of life
es Swayed by no selfish aim, she bears her pa
IS In all our joys and woes in pain In strife
~ -Fonder and still more faithful.
no Here was the first landing of the trr
IS. Anglo Saxon race in North America
is here the first separation of Church an
re State-here the first blood shed in Il
ne cause of true civil and religious liberty
mo- here the first declaration of American i
ID. dependence, and here should we sho
nix 20 the world that our greatest EneH
RI cannot withstand the attack of our chi
cir alrous army. The contest must De
rn. arduous one; the Press is Invaluable
yh- then let US be up and doing. 1.-The
not as tide in the affairs of men whic
on taken at the food, leads on to fortune
DOL The past, with all its hallowed, tin
honored. thrilling recollections, appe