Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-01-26
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Tho nv has dawnedl The time has come y
10 friends of temperance and sobriety Y
houlq yea must move themselves for un- n
linchfT g action for the subject of legisla-
ion up the liquor-trafic is beginning to
grayc y agitated in all parts of Uncle Sam J
ucps dor Unions, and not only here, but on |
the othe side Of the water it has taken root. i
Rev. ALBERT Barnes, Of Philadelphia, re- {
preached his sermon upon this question not
long siucS in London, and We learn that that
modern B@bel has become aroused to the inn
portancc IF restraining she traffic in ardent
spirits. Then the day has dawned, and we
may cxpccS friends, to meet many obstacles,
thrown in Sour way. Bat let US examine
them:
0prosITIoS.-We may expect much oppo-
sition from t4e secular press, or at least not
much aid from that quarter; for tho dimes
and dollars they receive from advertising for
those engaged in the traffic, is a consideration
Of no trivial importance with them. The
traHccrs themselves will bring their strongest
efforts against It, and make heavy appropri-
atoms to preyout the enactment Of a %restric-
tive law. Moderate tipplers Of the upper
class will wage war against it FOR they can
not consistently give it countcnanco, mas
much as it, in tbe first place, dcpriyes them,
in a great measure, Of their glass, whose com
panionship they begin to love; and secondly
it is primo facie evidence that their course
il a dangerous one, which few persons feel
willing ut all times to admit. Political wire
workers will do Mi in their power to resist it /;
for it would deprive them Of one Of the most
powerful levers in working themselves into
Office, by corrupting tho ballot-boz. A fow
friends Of temperance principles viii Object
to it, not having correctly informed them
selves Of the objects Of the proposed legisla-
tion, and from not having carefully invosti-
gated the futile arguments arrayed in onpo-
sition to it.
CHORAL SUAsIoS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES an
enemy to legislation, right vigorously. And
we shout moral suasion too, but it is for the
poor drunkard alone. The liquor-seller, and
ten thousand others, make the civil law THEN
standard Of morals, and while the civil law
recognizes the Traffic q legitimate pursuit, thc
moral law and moral suasion may 20 to thu
"molos and bats so far ae they are con
ccrncd. "IIurrah for civil law, and mora
suasion =" Who bIames them Can YOU
reach them by moral %suasion? Bah! IIav,
they not paid the price that the civil law de
mands for tho purpose Of doluging the Ian,
with pauperism, restitution, tears, blood an'
death ? OF course they have. No wonde
they are sticklogs for moral suasion!
"GoINc TOO rAR."-A real old ishy oh
lection. Persuade men to be temperate
go to the liquor-sclIer and weep at his feet
begging him 60 dcsist, but don't legislato 70
the world; that is going too far" Nonsense
tho liquor seller has been bcsought time
without number, and that by miserable wiye
and destitute mothers with tears in their eyes
Has it reached q tender spot in his hear
and caused him to dcsist for a single day ?
No! no! Has the tide Of drunkenness nc
gone too far? Has not the civil law gone to
far in the license system? Has not Grim
restitution, misery paupcrism, death and 4
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