Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-11-08

E1- The following excellent Letter, from the
Wake Forest Division, Sons of temperance, to the
Sisters Of the Grand Union of the Daughters of
Temperance, has been handed us for publication {:
ESTEEMED SISTERS Your young brothers of the
Wake Forest Division Of the Sons Of Temperance.
hail your approach so near to them as the CITY of
Raleigh, and feel unwilling to let an opportunity
which may never again occur, pass away unim-
proved by an expression Of their sympathy and
their admiration Of your noble efforts to stay the
progress OF tho destroyer, which is endemic and
inveterate among US, which has destroyed during
the present year more souls and bodies than the
war, pestileuce and famine which are now scourg-
ing the earth-more than those twin angels of
death, the cholera aud yellow fever, which are now
stalking with appalling steps across our own favored
land. And yet the latter but inferior enemy is
known, mot and opposed by all available means
Physicians fall before him, Sisters of Charity take
their nightly and melancholy rounds of nursing the
sick, and the altar Of God are thronged, as they
should be, with ~votarios duplicating Heaven to
arrest the pestilence. But n worse enemy is in our
midst-the moanest foe before which ever o man
fell-insidious, without the faculty Of compassion,
deaf 10 the criesfor quarter needless alike of the
tears Of infamy, frthe heart-renaing groans Of
wives and Of the paltering impotency of besotted
manhood. II is myriad. formed and omnipresent-
tits in court, camp, Congress and the College, at
the bridal, nay Mt the holy altar, at birth, mt funer-
al ceremonies. Like the reptile plaques of Egypt,
whore or what does it not pollute 2 Still the mon
stcr-dostroyer has his daily Holocaust Of victims,
still children go through a worse valley than the
valley OF HinnOn 10 be sacrificed to a worse idol
than Molooh or any other invented of ancient in.
gonuity and depravity-still the mournful progress
ion OF hctions is going up to the great red throne
Of human skulls, whore the modern Avatar of ruiz
sits gorged, with gore dripping from his jaws, ant
yet cries, more more Have we ever made an eff
fort at resistance co-extensive with the evil ? Hav
we struck hands with the destroyer? have W
chosen it rs our portion forever2 'Shall we Ii
supinely on our backs until our enemy shall hav
bound us hand and foot 2 shall we await the fata
collapse! shall we allow ourselves to fall into a stat
like that which tyrants create when they make
iodste and call II peace ? Arouse Sisters and saw
not the ship, not the State, but the rising g~eneratio
and future generations. Here is a field engrossin
al. your labor-here is q match for strong minde
women, and all other degrees of them--not a or
sided, sectional, s~ectarian or political object, but
national, American, universal alone.
In consideration of tho forestated matters and
our feelings towards our Sisters of the Grand D
vision, &c. Be it resolved,
l. That we feelthat we were and are honored al
encouraged by the formation and cooperation
the Daughters Of Temperance.
?. That the characters and interests Of the Daug
ters Of Temperance shall be fraternally dear to l
3. That we communicate these sentiments al
resolutions that we may, perchauce, impart to y
some portion Of the strengthening sympathy a.
encouragement which we have received from t
efforts Of your branch Of our Order.
n ME- B4 !. wi Commit,
G. S. ELLIS,
Division Room, Oct. IL, 1854.