Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-10-12
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rJR fhE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.


FOR rHE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
Water is the cnly simple fluid fitted for.
dindng, ruoisiehing and cooling-the only
ends Of drink appointed by nature: and hap
py had it been for mankind il other mixtures,
and articidcial liquors had never been inven-
ted. Water alone is sufficient and effectaal,
for all the purposes Of human wants in drink.
Strong liquors were never designed for COM
mon use; they were formerly kept as other
medicines are, in apothecaries' shops aud
prescribed byphysicians to. refresh the wea-
ry, strengthen the weak, and raise the low
spirited. As natural causes viii always pro.
duce their effects, the effects of the common
use of wine and spirituous liquors are, to in
flame the blood, dry up the juices, and scorch
and shrivel the solids. Those whose appe-
tite aud digestion are good, never need strong
liqnors TO supply them with spirits such
spirits are too volatile and fugitive for any
solid or useful purposes of life.
SpiriIuous liquors. not only inhame the
blood, but corrode the coats Of the stomach,
impair digestion, destroy the appetite, and
induce many diseases of the most dreadful
and alarming kind.
Of all the ways in which spirituous liquors
are used, that Of dram drinking is the most
injurious; and although ii may be slower
way Of destroying life than By taking dose
of active poison, still in the eLd 1t will be
attended with the same direful effect. The
habit steals on imperceptby until TIE induI-
gence becomes unlimited and the vice un-
comfortable.
The constitution soon shows tie effects o,
the constant use of ardent spirits: the ap-
petite is destroyed, digestion impaired, low
ness and detection Of the mind, tremors Of
the nerves, the face IS blolched, the nose is
red and besct with bumps, and nausea, vom-
things, frequent eructations, fatulency, anG
great disorder in the hillary organs take
place; the liver becomes enlarged. indura-
ted and tubercular, and at last general de-
blty ensues, aud dropsy puts an end to the
poor victim, if he is not previously cut off
by apoplexy or palsy.
Habits of drunkenness often take their
rise from connexion with some company
or companion already addicted to the prac-
/ tice, which affords an almost irresistible in
! vi.ation TO take share in the indulgences
which those about us are enjoying with so
much apparent relish and delight; or from
want Of regular employment, which is sure
to occasion many superiuous and pernicious
cravings. Or it may have originated from
grief, fatigue or disappointment. which strong
adiaInlster for the present, and furnish spe-
cious excuse for complying with tic incli-
nation. But the habit when once adopted,
is continued by different motives from those
. to which it owes It's origin.
Persons addicted to excessive drinking
suffer, in the intervals of sobriety, and near
the return of their accustomed indulgence,
, faintness and oppression which exceed the
common patience of human nature to en-
dure. This is commonly relieved, for short
time, by a repetition of the same excess
and to this relief, and to the removal Of every
long continued pain, those who have once
experienced it are urged almost beyond the
power of resistance. The only remedy is
total abstinence. A landlord who gave TO
q every customer an example Of his moderate
/ drinking, complaining of the badness Of bis
. eyes, asked Quaker what he should do for
= them, remo:ing his goggles and submitting
ton of his customer. NY advice, friend,
| | replied me Qddker, Is tnaL tnOu should pul
. thy brandy on thy eyes, and tie the goggles
; over thy mouth
=. The good Of our country, the protection
of our liberties, the peace Of society. and th,
happiness of our sens and daughters, th'
Is honor of our character, the prosperity of th
ct church, and the salvation Of immortal soul
p -<all, all proclaim with the voice of thun
At Ger-put away the evil of intemperauet
Sc Had hundred mouths, hundred tongues
at and throat Of brass, inspired with iron lung
le l could not half tie horrid crimes repeal
d. that have arisen from intemperance.
'i- The temperance cause, Is the cause of pa
a riotisn, and one in which every true lover ,
P his country should he interested. 1t is Ill
to cause of humanity and should twine
It's round the finer feelings of our hearts 1t
ey the cause Of God, and his blessings will a
y tend it. Who will aid in this glorious caus
Us that is bringing peace on earth aud goo
'rs will to meu. Ii. T. WEATHERLI.
Is Winston, n. G.