Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1853-03-30

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following arguments in favor OF temperance by Mr.
Edward Bains, of England, who is the member o
Parliament, we believe, for Leeds. The subjoined
is an extract from his speech. Mobile Ev. Ne,cs.
The peculiar danger of intoxicating drinks 10 in
their extreme seductiveness, and in all but uncon-
quefable strength of the drinking habit when once
formed and their peculiar malignity is in their being
The parent or nurse of every kind Of crime, wicked
ness and suffering.
say boldly that no man living who uses intoxi.
eating drinks is free from the danger Of least
sonal, and if Of occasional, ultimately Of habiiual
excess. have myself known such ifghtfu instan-
ces of persons brought into captivity The habit,
that there to be character. position, cir
cumstances that free men from the danger. l have
known young men of the finest promise led by the
drinking habit into vice. ruin aud early death. have
known such become virtual parcidrs. have known
many tradesmen whom it has made bankrupt. lave
known Sunday scholars whom it has led 10 prison.
1 have known teachers, and even superintendan,s,
whom it has dragged down 10 prufigacy. | have
known ministers of religion, in aud out of The estab
shment, OF high academic honors, of splendid elo-
quence, aye, of useiu ness, whom il has ascn-
ated and hurried the precpice OF public niamy,
with their eyes open, and gazing with horror their
fate. have known men of the stron, est and clear
es intellect, and of vigorous resolution, whom it has
made weaker than children and fools.
l have known gentlemen Of refinement and taste
whom il has debased into bruies. have know po.
els Of high genius whom it has bound in bondage
wvrse than the galeys and ultimately short their
days. have known statesmen, lawyers, and judges
whom il has killed. have known kind husbands
and fathers whom it has turned into monsters. have
known honest uIen whom it has made Williams. /
have known elegan, and Christian ladies' whom it
has converted into bloated so,s.
Is it not notorious that under the ravages of drum
kenDess the land mourns This il is which, may
almost say eXcusiTely-alls prisons, or work
houses, our lunatic asylums, our dens of pollution,
nd tall rh ffft tI,. .ehi
wrecks, fires, fatal accidents, crimes, oulraees, and
suicides that load the columns of newspap pers
which robs numberess wives Of a husbands atfec-
ton, and numberless children of parents fondness;
which strips thousands of homes of every comfort.
deprives scores OF thousands of children OF educalon
and almost of bread. and turns them tee street
which leaves SO many places Of worship almost emp
~, and SO many Mechanics Institutes languishns,
whilst the po-houses are crowded; which brings
down (it is estinated) sixty thousand OF popula
latlon every year to a drunkard's grave!
And Of all the victims of inlemperance, be i, re.
membered, There is rot who did not begin by
moderate drinking, who had the remo,est idea
wien he began. that ho should be led 10 excess.
The GREAT SIXTEEN. We scarcely know how
to make suitable apology 10 our readers for having
heretofore neglected TO give list OF the names of
North Carolina 8 /" Immortal Sixteen" But better
late than never" and ws " annex " them. They, il
was, that stood up madfuly aad battIed wra,hfuily
against the Consti lion against law and order, and
in favor of revolution, anarchy, and general dssolu
tion of Government. But We detaning the snxi.
Gus reader from the names, and will defer further
explanations at present. Here is lie motley crew
ALBERTSON, Afford. -.
Caldwell, of Guilford, CARMICHAEL,
CHERRY, Daniel
Dargan, ERWIN,
EURE, LEACH,
FAEG, MILLER,
Puryear, Ssii,np0cN,
Tripp, WiAiams, Of Greene.
Mountain Banner.