Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-12-07
NO. IA.

II. And the man whom Billy met an
swered and said unto him: am the man
of whom Bacchus spoke, therefore pray
thee enter into my tent and tarry with me.
II. And he said moreover (handing Billy
bottle filed with whiskey) take thou
dram Of this, for it will do thee good after
thy long fasting and toilsome journey.
Is. And when Billy had drank from Ho-
seas bottle. he cried out with a loud voice
saying: Hail! thou great and mighty prophet,
long mayest thou live to be light to thy
people, and by thy strong arm to lead the
armies Of Bacchus forth to victory And
he entered into Hosea's tent and soiourned
with him there.
IA. Now when they had entered into the
| tent, behold Hosea took cloth and spread
it up on his sideboaro, and he set thereon
bottles Of whiskey and bottles of brandy, and
he said unto Billy: Drink thou now Of my
good liquors and forget thy trouble. Ard
Billy drank Of Hoseas whiskey and Of his
brandy, and they were merry.
Is. And when they had made an end of
drinking, Billy arose and eEquired of proph-
ct Hosea what he should do; and Hosea
commanded him saying: Go thou into all
the land and exhort the people TO beware of
the Sons of Temperance, for we have seen
this stupendous cold water army in terrible
array, and marching against US in one un-
broken phalanx, which like mighty avail
anche threatens to crush and destroy us for
ever
lc. Exhort the people therefore that they
let not Temperance meA get into our Legis-
lature-that great Sanhedrim of our land,
for if thou lettest them get into power thou
mayest expect to see thy children arrayed in
purple and fine linen and sent to Sunday
School, and thy sons and daughters shall be
boarded out at College!
II. Thy jails, SO necessary to the peace
and welfare Of our country, shall be let out
to the highest bidder-and assault and bat
teries, so indespensably necessary to the ex-
istence of our lawyers, will be numbered
aaong the things that were.
Is. And what is much worse than all
this, thou shalt be deprived Of thy good IL
quors-of thy whiskey, of thy brandy, and
of thy wine, and thy grogshops so admira-
bly, adapted to the creation of paupers, shall
w uSoCIO}Su HOlIl Ou the lace Oh inc 6dfLl-
then indeed will our occupation be gone
10. Go thou also unto our select followers
3 and exhort them to watch and pray lest the
: : enemy come upon them unawares say thor
! unto them, thus saith the prophet ever
! prophet Hosea Thou shalt not join th,
: Sons of Temperance, nor the Masons, no
I the Odd Fellows neither shalt thou join thy
!, self unto the Rail Roads and Plank Roads
= for if thou joinest thvself unto them tho
. shalt surely be excommunicated from ou
= Church.
e 20. And Hosea commanded Billy more
over saying: Go thou and say to my pee
: pie, thus saith the prophet: If thou vii
: : keep thyself clean from theSons of Temper
Il ance, and from the Masons, and from tn
Ie Odd Fellows, and from Rail Roads an
y Plank Roads, and if thou wilt not suft
~ learned and sober men to 90 up to max
,e laws for thee, it shall yet be well with thee
L0 81. But SO surely as thou lettest learne
" e and sober men 60 up to make thy laws, s
u surely shalt thou have thy whiskey, and th
brandy and thy wine taken away from the
u and behold every temple of our god eve
:, Bacchus shall be swept as if by might
~ - whirlwind from off the face of the earth
~ R. R. Springs, N. c. A. j. G.