Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-01-18

49, IhN OAAAn Ohb ~ lAo OIA hhO pOaAOA Az
fiery contents on the ground.
follow the history of this unhappy man
no further at present but the above is no
fiction. Mr.. Hutchins is a citizen of Yad-
kim, N. O., and has q respectable family
May his bitter sorrows and trials turn him
from his ruinous course. S. S. B.
FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
The Ballot Box.
"DOWN WITH THE LIQUOR TRAFF1C!'
10000 SUBSCRIBERS.
DEAR Bro. GoRMAN:-I respectfully re-
quest permission to say a few words to your
Subscribers in regard to the sheet whose title
heads this article. When the generous suf-
frages of my brethren in the Grand Division
elevated M to the head Of the Order in the
State, | knew in whose footsteps / was called
to follow, and | felt the responsibility of my
position. / felt also a strong desire to do all
that in me lay to advance the great reform
during my administration. The life. of a
teacher is, as all know, very confirming. Being
in charge of a large school, which | make it q
point of conscience never to leave a single
hour, unless when | believe its interests will
be better promoted by my temporary absence
than by my presence, | saw at once that |
should be obliged to decline q a very large
] numDcT Ol lnVlIdJIOlS TO QGllVGr addresses IN
different parts of the State. But there is no
position in any profession in which an indus
trious man cannot find q few hours each
month that can be consecrated to the uses of
philanthropy.
With these convictions, and under these
circumstances, | spent an evening or two in
preparing n sheet of temperance matter,
bearing dozen directly upon the single question
Of Legislative Reform. 1t took the name of
Ballot Box, so that its very title might be a
practical suggestion, if not q powerful argu-
ment. Two objects we had in view 1st, to
scatter light on the subject of legal prohibi-
ton, and 2nd, to feel the public pulse on
this important question. Two thousand
copies were printed. Our enthusiasm was
smiled at in this vicinity, It was supposed
that the publisher printed a supply for gears
TO come! The people were not "ripe" for
such q blast" in favor of a liquor law. 1
had heard this "ripe" cry so often that 1
ceased to notice it. Mark the result. The
Ballot Boz has sold at the rate of q hundred
a dag since its publication, and the demand
does not diminish 1t has found it's way into
the studies of clergymen, lawyers, physi-
! clans and teachers. Boys are reading and
discussing its articles in schools, politicians
have begun to guage its dimensions as an
: element in future contests, women have wept
q over it's thrilling extracts, rum-sellers have
cursed its direct truths, Temperance men
! have re-girded themselves for the conflict, and
: from the furthest west of the State to the
sea-shore, letters of h~eartiest approval and
4 warmest congratulation have been sent to
the publisher by manyOf our most respectable
and influential citizens.
Well, under all these circumstances, I have
thanked God and taken courage" But
the publisher came to me with his hands full
4 of letters, showing the difficulty of obtaining
i large quantities in distant parts of the State,
q and demonstrating the propriety Of issuing
the Ballot-Box periodically. l have carefully
considered the question and consented to
i furnish once a month Just such a sheet as the
first number. This l know l can do, with
out the least Infringement upon duties al
q ready resting upon me, and "to him that
\ knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him
it is SIM" l will not commit this sin. l
will decline the pleasant reading which might
amuse or inform me during the few hours
requisite to this work, and will do what l can
s to help the great cause forward.
h Accordingly the publisher, Mr.. D~isosway,
"A is now preparing a prospectus to be distribu.
n ted over the State. The first sheet was afor
- ded at q loUer price than Uould pay expenses
After consultation with his printer he has re
=, solved to offer it at SO cents a gear, for a sin
ole copy, 81 for FIVE copies, SIS for fifteen. i
az is intended to be a campaign paper, to infu
n ence tie elections. There is no concealmen.
Of of aims. 1t is not the organ of any asSocia
ton, but If there be a Conservative Reform
IL party in the State, this sheet, being indepen
: dent, will nevertheless throw all its aid OF
- the side of that party.
The Ballot Box will be continued only 81
long us needed. 1t does not propose to be
family paper, nor take rank with the old ant
able temperance periodicals of the day. It
~ not ambitious of such a place. 1t seeks t.
be an aid, and a supplement to such paper
of as your good and exceedingly useful " Spiri
q. of the Age" You are doing a work whicI
Sc no merely ephemeral monthly periodical ca
&c. accomplish. But there is a department il
ne which you may be greatly aided. You car
CIV not depart from the correct line which 20
al have marked out for yours as a Temperate
as Family Newspaper, and while you are doin
such good service for the cause oflegal prohil
I'd, ition, you have generously hailed an humbl
no co-worker. l thank you for the f~avoryou hay
I'D shown this attempt. Let the Spirit of tn
lis Age brood with expanded wings over the Ba
rn- lot Box, and that greeted instrument of poll
an. ical power in this age will shake down til
ned throne Of iniquity in North Carolina.
vas And now, we wish every subscriber to IL
be- Spirit of the Age to subscribe for the Ball
him Box also. Fifty cents a volume cannot
the much to contribute to this great undertaken
vav Send a dollar and hare q copy sent also to
4 o. friend. We should be pleased to have seuer
les. thousands of subscribers before The Februa,
art number is put to press. WE WANT TIE
and THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS BEFORE I'll
e to ELECTIONl!! Is this too much to expec
80 Cannot each reader of the Spirit of the A
lie send two? Then the work is done! "
lour not each DECISION In the State take at least
nan copies? Then the work is doubly donc!!
and Very respectfully,
q at CHARLES F. DEEMS, G. w. P.
the Greensboro College, 10th January, 1851
PosTscRIPr. All letters in regard to 81
Oh scriptlons &C., should be addressed to ].
limo DIsoswAY, Greensboro, Nc, the editor r
,heT having time to pay any attention to the bu
b;d- ness department.
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In the days of the patriarchs, a woman's &C
said duct was the index Of her heart. When.
reat- example, the father of Rebecca asked if
in wolld go with the servant of Isalc, she imme
D his ately replied, Il will CO. Had she beer
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