Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-06-14
FoR THE SPIRIT oF THE AGE.
Ten Reasons for Entire Prohibition

Ten Reasons for Entire Prohibition
to sell Intoxicating liquors, as beverage.
1. No community would permit any man
to sell corrupt water, or milk, if they knew
deaths, in great numbers, diseases in great
numbers, and of great severity, could be
traced to the consumption of such poisons.
The people would never submit to so dread
full nuisance. Now, the regular physi-
clans, in every State in the United States,
unanimously testify, that ardent spirits and
wines produce more fatal and numerous dis
eases, among all male persons over eighteen
years of age, than all other causes combi-
ned Then, poison is still poison, whatever
its name or form The deaths by Pulmo-
nary consumption throughout our Union an
: nually, do not exceed 1000 The deaths
by liquor beverages exceed &c, 900 per year!
; The Indians acknowledge that fire waters
; have dwindled away their tribes, far more
: thar all all tbs tthelE wars, with uS.and-amnnsss
: Whiskey, Gin, Rum, Wine, or poison water
> 2. No man has any moral or legal right
to set up a shop, to corrupt, pollute stupety
: and destroy, the minds and morals of our
), souls To send my son home to me drunk
n as beast, at night, when he left my house,
g a Young gentleman in the forenoon !! To
; send my Sun in law home, to beat his wife,
and bruise her children, innocent, helpless
e, infants to put money in the liquor dealers
d, pocket Use your rights, SO as to jostle
I'd against no other mans rights, is the law
Id Of God and common humanity. Whatever
Mt intoxicates, ak agree is deleterious poison
mix as YOU may with water or milk, it kill:
'le body and soul, honor and feeling.
at 8. No man has any right or can acquire
ur any right, to deprive the community of tn
nd greatest amount of talent, virtue, energ,
to and enterprise that can be developed, fror
the whole of her people. Liquor drinkin
me is a perfect extinguisher ofan these mobiles
'ur resources of the State. Heart and sou
'ur mind and strength are all palsied by th
Rum Fiend Every man belongs to Got
we and his country. The most eloquent mil
.m- lister of the Gospel in the U. S. fella vi
lis, tim to Liquor The most brilliant genl1
, or and accomplished orator, North Carolin
or any other State has produced since OF
the Union has existed, perished at %, in
DIST drunken frolic He was already an incur
we BILE sot but all this brightness was exit
and guished by the darkness of the liquor trad
s as Some of the best young lawyers and ph.
traf- 80, o,,r country has ever fostered ha
fell down, like Samson shorn OF his loo
nage and his honors, under the knees OF tins
'olce thy harlot, the Rum Syren She diffel
we from Delilah, the Philistine murderess,
er 1t ly ia this, that she put out the eyes ii
y be then she sheared the dupes then gave
victims to the tormentors 1t is a
niger greater crime to rob State of her mel
1gnt- and moral Jewels, than of her money
Will lands, vet liquor robs the State OF DO
>eN9n to vast amount
10 the a. No man has has any moral right,
tnls can he acquire any, to deprive my CHILD
either sons or daughters, of the estate
at we lands, servants, mills, factories and mo
er the I worked late and early and hard, to sf
tnat to nv children and 'children's childre
hlled Even if should be in my grave, their
with nary prudence would preserve it to Sc
generations But where there is
rought shop, Exchange or Restaurant on
rments town square or block of houses, or at
he bit Cross road, to tempt the inexperlenc
fsed De uEwary, what encouragement have 10
lights ; to Leave nronerty TO my children
-inging rnanv children now own the property
nd tat parents left them 40 wears ago
few, indeed The Rum fend pro
there them liberty. and paid them want and
ye, who 5. No man has anY moral right, nc
e unto he lawfully acquire it, to put the cup q
nation in any fellow beings reach!
for be- read, no where, no sIare shall ente
heart Kinrdom Of Cod Yet, see christia
tide Of Iil;on frenzy at the north But we do
ment to N i written and woe be to that ma
off the dasnises that writing of God No
d forbid kard shall inhent-(not his fathers
liquors, he soon sqoanders tha) the King
ow with God! Men may join as many chnr
you are they please, thy writing can never oe
in your SO long as the man is a drunkardl