Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-04-13
HARRISON CREEK, April 7th, 1858.


Mr.. EDITOR OF THE AGE:-The following
letter, written it seems for another paper,
has accidentally fallen into my hands, and |
forward it to you for publication. 1t may
appear simultaneously in the journal it was
originally intended for, as this is possibly a
duplicate copy-if it does, however, l pre-
sumo the author will not object. We are
perfectly willing the public should Judge of
the conduct of our opponents in this county,
even from the representation of this enemy
Of our cause. Il.
4 Glorious Triumph! A Waterloo Defeat!
UPPER Town CREEK, March 10.
DEAR Bro. BLADE" That great moral
Fillibuster, that colossal humbug, that far
famed Jupiter Tonans of the Sons of Tenn
perance, Philip S. White, has opened his
forty-two FOUNDER of t%eetotal folly and bitter
invective upon the citadel of Primitive piety
in old Edgecombe; but from some of it's
" Hard Sides" las they are pleased to term
US in derision) he has been made to hear a
little particular, thunder which, as Shylock
says, 4" was not denominated in the bond."-
The fact of his having been employed by
some crazy fanatics of Tarboro', at the
round sum Of foe hundred dollars, to engage
in a two-weeks crusade against the saints of
the cross in this country, wasduly ascertain
ed by their patriotic vigilance, and he was
treated, by our people, in a manner suitable
to the arrogance Of such preposterous pre-
tensions.
Elder Moore, in his sermon at Tosnot,
a few Sabbaths since, told his flock, that the
best manner of treating these teet0tal O9dtars
was, to let them alone most severely, and to
20 home and use the (" good creature of God .
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they found it profitable, for all the great
men Of the land had lone so, and did not
think that it was a violation of any law eth
er of God or man. This advice, in c0nnec
ton with the suggestion of our other preach.
ers in the county, caused the doors of all oul
Primitive Baptist churches, very properly tc
be closed against him. But there is a point
beyond which, even orr Mnddulterated chris
tianity ceases to be a virtue.
Old White was invited, by the opposers O
the true faith, to make q speech at a place
called Ellis's meeting house, which is a mis-
sionary sink of iniquity, and is as devil-rid
den as the tcctotal mania. Birds of
feather" you know, twill flock together
and hence the c~ongeniality of these hell-be
gotten spirits-missionary and Temperance
They are legitimately welded, and the in
fernai connection gives off a pretty unmis
taxable smell of birthstone and balderdash.-
This great Mogul accepted the invitation
and repaired to the place in question.
Notwithstanding our preachers had eau
toned us against the witchery of his elo
quence, / determined to go and hear him.
On my arrival at the place, | found that on
patriotic and spirited citizens had firmly re
solved that this double force Of Temperance
so called, and missionary mongrelism, (ur
der the direction of that apostate NJ. Benne
and the golden God Of the "Sons,") shout
not entwinc its cold and damnable tendril
around the stately column of our spirit-loJ
ing faith, to choke the growth of ibertu fo
which our f~orefathers shed their best bloc
upon the green plains of old Guilford an
the memorable Cowpens. About thirty nc
BILE spirits, with guns, horns and a few flask
of that "good creature" of God, whic
cheered the dropping hearts of the ancien
, patriarchs, and which our Saviour very wise
ly concluded was better than water to pro
mote hilarity at marriage festivals, took the
stand opposite the door of the church,
White and his blue-billed followers, togethe
. with a small sprinkling of silly women, mad
their appearance on the ground, at which
few guns were fired, the horns blowed, and
: drink was taken all round in honor Of IL
arrival. The women passed through int
r the house, and then it would have done you
heart good, my brother, to nave witnesse
the astonishment of the great mogul whe
uncle Billy Webb andthe old patriarch jess
Hagan planted themselves at the churc
door, with a boldness and confidence as
they were standing upon the rock of St. P
ter, and forbid his entrance at the peril
his life. He looked all sorts of WAYS. hesit
. ted a moment, thinking no doubt he wou.
lose his five hundred dollars if he did M
D. enter, and with a foolhardiness that w
some day cost him his life, put his trust
his golden God, aud walked hurriediy in
the house. If it had not been a meetin
&c house under the control of the missionarie
2 he never would, from my knowledge of Il
i two old warehouses of the faith, have be.
/; permitted to enter. When he had gotten i
be told the women, who were very mut
d alarmed (servcd them right, for they had
i business there) that the devil had so far t
Iumphed over the success Of his mission tn