Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1853-09-14


the lst and I'd of September, instant To prevent
mgapprehension, however it is due to truth to state
that this is not the Convention to which Southern
delegates have been appointed the session of which
commenced on the 9th inst. When the preliminary
meeting, for calling this latter Convention, held,
Lucy Stone and her tribe insisted upon the WOman's
Rights folk and others taking the lead in the matter
in order to get up such affair would suit their
tastes. The proposition was promptly rejected, and
they flew off and issued call for the The Whole
Worlds Convention. These are the facts in the
case and we trust the Patriot and Standard will lay
them before their readers. Spirit Of the Age
We have no disposition to do any one injustice on
this any other subject, and we have given the
Editor of the Spirit of the Age opportunity to
speak for himself
The I" Whole Worlds Convention" was, indeed,
motley and disgracef1l concern and Judging by the
reports in the New York papers of the Worlds
Temperance Convention, " which convened on the
9th, that was not much better. The New York Elk
press has the following well-tmed and sensible re-
marks in relation to the " Whole Worlds" affair."
"THE OLA PoDRIDA of women in brooches, and
women without, of Boomers, of white, black, and
yellow gentry in general, that we have been having
for week. on ostensible Temperance, but really up
on Women's Rights" it is called, that is turn
ing women into mems to be prolonged, we see. The
women not exhausted in their eloquence or their
TOPICS and seldom woman and hence we are to be
surfeited with The novelty of the service
and the oddity of the spectacle naturally enough in
such populous though good tempered city as this is,
Just now, provoke something of noise and confusion,
as was the case when Miss Lucy Stone was desecra-
ting Sabbath evening by her rites II not her orgies,
in Metropolitan Hail.
The women, however, not fair with us now
we put it to them, they not fair-as while rail
not at their tea, they rail- we see at our meat as we'll
as drink. A DIR. jackson, we see, at the "Vege-
tartan Banquet" which even Brother Greeley des-
scribes as repulsive for hungry man, though he
"goes the vegetables" in theory at least rallied at
length at eating swine and bulocks, anything
that had life in it. and all the sisters there responded
amen. We eat in the liver disease the Doctor tells
US, with buocks, and the scrofula too, with Cncin
natl hogs! To have sound ivers, both brother and
sister Eegetarians tell us, must abstain from eat
ing meat as well as drinking rum, gin, brandy and
wine Some anti-bullock and antpig law will have
to be passed then as well as some Maine Liquor Law
before shall be set all right in stomachs and
livers, and heads and hearts. Meat excites and in
toxicates, and makes bloody minded, well rum
we told.
Our Vegetarian Temperance sisters and brothers
do not offer yet, however, any adequate compen-
sation for the pleasant things they propose to take
from The Rev. Mr. Charming proposes, we sec
"a pure and elevated drama of the legit
mate instrumentalities ofTemperance and other NOR
al reforms. :"
Weputi it to the reverend gentleman that we should
sarve to death the glorious pages of Shakespeare
even on the sublime pathos ofMiltOn. bullock
is worth the whole of them to a right down hungry
man, even with the liver disease thrown in. Vegeta-
rianiSm even, compensation according to Broth
Greeleys account; for, quoting his record of the
pattern vegetable feast at Metropolitan Hail. see
they had sorry time of it.
What new ism is coming next? Philosophers, cast
your horoscope and predict"
The 20 W0rLFs Temperance Convention" of which
the Gage" speaks rather approvingly, presented a
rich scene aso according to the New York papers
Neal Dow of Maine, in the Chair. The Rererend
Miss Brown in attendance, and endeavored to
speak, but smothered by hideous noises and hus
tied about generally. Snodgrass the Maryland free
soiler, and Wendell Phillips, the notorious Boston
Abolitionist, among the ruling spirits. Judge
Hoar, who signalized himself some years since
delegate from Massachusetts, to South Carolina where
he attempted to interfere for the protection of free
blacks, also in attendance. The police officers
at last called in and the hall cleared. But
of course the delegates re-assembled and went
with their business. We have no account of
their final proceedings.
These two Conventions were certainly the most
intemperGte Temperance Conventions ever held and
no Esprit" imbibed either.
But seriously, such proceedings producing last
ing injury to the temperance cause which does not
depend for its either upon undue agitation
upon the strong of the law. You may persuade
men to be sober, but you force them to be
so by law.