Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-06-21
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Tntemperance-rts Remedy.

This remedy lies first with the indiUidudL
and secondly with that aggregate of individ-
uals known as society. Every reader will adj
NIT that any remedial u~easures of whatever
character, can alone E safely predicated,
upon the supposition I irty that a ma
iority of the indiOidGa d whom society is
constructed, are convinced ef the necessity of
reform, and are prepared to support it by
their efforts, and illustrate it by their con-
duct.
To accomplish this remedy, therefore, it
is Indispensable that as many individuals as
possible should be convinced of its necessity,
and induced to discotntenance the vide of in
temperance, and the causes leading thereto,
and do all in their power to :" make it des-
picable and infamous.o So much for the an
diDidu0l and his connection with the vice.
No differences of opinion nave ever existed
amongst the friends of morality, as to the ne
cessity for the reformation of the individual,
wherever it cAn be accomplished,) as the
basis of all further operations.
Upon this point, therefore, it is not pro-
posed further to dwell than to remark that
the remedy, If 1t cqud be fully carried oat,
would be at once eficacious and ample, as it
has the great advantage of being capable of
self application, and it ain that if each
one kept clear of the wee, az would be safe.
But such a state of things we cannot ex-
pect, so we are led to consider the relation
which society bears to thisIeyil.
A committee of the New Orleans City
Council, in making a report upon the evils
of intemperance in that community, says:
"On this subject legislation calls its cue
from public opinion, but neither Legislation
nor public opinion have ever been able Who'll
ly to remove the evil. In this view of thu
subject, however, it loses none Of its import
ance. If it annot be removed it may b.
mltlgated. AS a cause of pauperism and des
t%itution, intemperance should u%ndoubtedl,
receive judicious Legislative attention, and
tax-ridden people should open their eyes t
the stupendous evils and burdens i imposes
and enforce such reforms as may be within
the bounds of praeticability."
Judge fancy, Chief Justice ofthe Suprem
Court of the United States, has declared :
eff any State deems the retail and interns
traffic in ardent spirits injurious to its cit
zens, I see nothing in ca c5Rsttution to pr,
vent it from regulating or restraining tt
traffic, or preventing it altogether" TIL
decision was concurred in by all the Assoc
ate Judges Of the U. S. Supreme Court.
Here we have the inducements and iusti
cation of society in acting and also the POI
er or right to act. Now, what is the cor
mon sense view of the matter? AS indivi
uals act upon the individual, so as to ma.
i~ntemperance despicable all good citize
should determine to look doUn intemperan
by every means in their poverty couns,
by precept, by example;--and secondly, th
they will cote down the causes leading here1
What cause that will begin to compare wi
: the liquor trq6fce Let us then vote do1
the traffic. 1t has injured US ever since
existed, and will continue to injure us
long as it is permitted to exist. Let US th
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