Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-03-02

$ ton. WIll money satisfy her! No, she throws
it to the winds. She says to the vender, Thy
money perish with thee Give me back my
husband. Give me my son. perishing on the
scaffold." Compensation for damage! Let
the wild bull or The mad dog run in the streets,
because their owner is rich and can make
compensation for all the lives destroyed, and
all the comforts blasted! Prepos;erous -
such is not the reasoning of men, only where
a%varice p'eais for liberty to fatten on the mis-
cries Of others.
Is there then no help! Must the State,
oppressed with drunkenness, and poverty and
crime sit dowp in despair? Hark Glad IT,
dinssl Whit is this Law, of whose fine
we hear. and which is kind,ing up hope in the
breasts of fathers ard mothers as they lock up
on the dangers of their children OF Philan-
thropists and patriots, as they reflect on the
miserable victims OF the cup; OF Christians and
churches as they see the Sabbath desecrated,
and thousands drawn down to death Is there
here help for suffering, bleeding humanity
Let US see. What is it! What does it prom
isc! What could it do for US? Can we have
it? Gather around. all We sufft ring wives and
daughters; all ye miserable inehriates, scath-
ell. peeled, and tsitured all We lovely Chi
drcn AMI youth, yet untouched by the serpents
venom. Wait and listen; there may be help.
And. First. What is this pfrohibttory LAW
In what does it differ from all other avs, Which
have been enacted for the deliverance of the
, lanl from the oppressive evils under which it
has groaned! lrepiy, II is a law for the utter
4 determination Of the one great cause OF these
evils not Of the use of the intoxicating cup.
{ without which indeed the evils would not exist,
o bur of the cause Of the use. the deadly traffic.
Other laws have been laws of regulation
o They have aimed to confinc this traffic within
pertaiu Iip,itS and r., aarfa1D rh IaEtOrS. TINS
Law allows it no existence, not even with the
best Of characters. Former laws said, Let
d the Upas tree live; let men enjoy its rich
olors let government derive a revenue from
it. merchandise only let it not lie too rxube
y rant, til I to- many perish in its deadly shade !;
e trim its branches diminish its uses,' while he
gro md was strewed with the bon s of mdllons.
h But this Law says, "Cut it down. Away
with these snares and traps, these entlclnS
otlors, these cups of poison" 1t says to the
e yenGcr. Thou shHlI not kill" Thou shalt
S not even tempt thy brother to his RUM
n And, to prevent his so doing, it takes away the
). means Of temptation and means of destruction.
10 PuniShm nj. fines and imprisonment. would
IL answer ut little purpose, while he might do 1t
III again. 1t Ii erefore takes from him all the i'm
IL PIGMENTS of ruin, and destroys them AS God
III by his servant Josiah would root idol.try out
ne of the and. "He brought forth out of the
!! Temple all the vessels that were made of BaaI
te and for the grove, and for all the host of heav-
~ en-, and burned them without Jerusalem. And
IL he brake down the houses that were by the
house Of the Lord. where the women wovG
"' hangings for the grove. And he defied To.
Us plet, which was in the valley OF the children
- of Hinnom. that no man might make his son
~ or his daughter to pass through the fire to Mo
- lorh. And the affairs that were on the top o.
p, the upper chambers of Ahas, ard the altar:
y. which Manasseh had made, did the king beat
q down from thence and cast into the b ook Kid
~ ION. And he brake in pieces the images, and
~ cut dow the groves, and filed their place!
~ with the bones Of men, He made thorough
- work. So the prohibitory Law, would root ou
incompetence hy removing all its causes. 1t de
fes Tophet. outlaws the place of temptation
." 1t takes away the horses, the tavern sig.s anC
- breaks down the high places, the splendid sa
"a looms; all the base affairs in the dens and cave
q of the earth, it roots up and all the priest
u that were at the aitaIs of Bacchus, it removes
Gil that they sh, ii serve and do good in other an
more useful vocations.
H. THE CABINET.-Gen. Pierce, the Presider
elect, arrived at Washington on Monday ever
ii ing last. He was accompanied by his Privat
ice Secretary, and went quietly to his rooms {
w illN1h u IC Va VI " fbSLlIuEGOl I
the cars to receive him, buthe passed out I'll
us discovered before the cars had fairly stopped
not The President elect has thus avoided all pa
use ade on his way to the seat of government.
EN- The papers are still teeming with rumol
as to the probable composition Of the Cab
net. Gov: Marcy, Ex-Vice President Dalla
the Hon. James Dobbin, the Hon. Mr.. NJ
Clelland, of Michigan, Mr.. Guthrie, of Kel
lucky, and other distinguished citizens a.
sx in Washington. All of these have been name
in connection with the Cabinet also, Col. Je
''' ferson Davis, Mr.. Hunter, of Virginia, &c
ION Sam. Medary, of the Ohio Statesman, al
len Edmund Burke, of New Hampshire. JeFe
son Davis had not reached the City, b
there was intelligence Of his departure fro
aE' Mississippi.
by Among other rumors, it is stated that NJ
tor Dallas is to be Secretary of State, and NJ
Hat Buchanan Minister to England.
r of ~
on, The CALoR-sHIP ERRIcssoN.-This ship o
va rived at Alexandria on Monday ~afternot
ave last, from the mouth of the Potomac, whe
our she lay at anchor during Saturday and 81
ayS urday night, on account of the snow-storl
say Capt. Lowber left Sandy-Hook on Wedne
ere. day morning, the 10th, and stood out to Il
on east in a strong gale and heavy sea. The sh
Y of experienced two severe gales at sea, and sto
the IeSJ Ill II WOSG Satisfactory manner, u
Civ. engines performing with the utmost regula
nat ty, and her paddlc-whecls making six tur
t a and Il half to the minute. When she arriv
ical Mt themOuth of the Potomac her engines h
lust been in operation for seventy-three hours, 0
her ly one fireman at a time beingon duty duril
v of the whole trip. Her calor-engines consum
ptr- but five tons of anthracite in twenty-fo
5 of hours one of the Cunarders or Collins Ii
pom of Steamers would have consumed sixty to
linz in the same time. The Republic reports til
aud Commodore Sands, Of our Navy, who was
lied board the Ericsson, is delighted with the
, ef suit, and says he = would willingly 90 in h
ates to Australia" On her voyage she made nj
men to ten knots per hour.
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LOOK OUT! LOOK oUTl-A Judge in N
sers Hampshire has decided that \ corresponder
ing between a manageable ftmrle and an unm
we ried nm, on whatever subject, is prima fn
The evidence of I'M engagement to marry. w,
-inn that jndge IS an old fool. We should Ii
o 10 see him convince US that there is any reas
.,,, hppauSp we phoOSp to Uritn fo a pirl md