Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-08-30
Spirit Of tBs 9g, 8ddgB, 0mtB Carolina. 5 Temperance nb

the Senatorial Doctor stands condemned out of the
mouth of his friend. It seems then, that there is
a law on the subject of treating by candidates that
the law requires the Sheriff to publish the same to
the candidates or suffer thepenalty that the Sher-
if neglected or refused to do his duty in the matter,
and the candidates violated the law; but are not to
be blamed for so doing, because the other did not
make proclamations be, the Sheriff must suffer
the candidates GO free!
It was a very lang thing, however, in 'Veritas'
to try to shJft the 8 me of violating the lac from
the shoulders rake, and place it upon the
good old She IT man he win have enough
to bear for negAsehI his own duty, and disregard
ing the Law, without having to bear the sin of DIR.
Drake and others for defying il. Suppose the Sher-
if did refuse to publish the law on treating what
excuse is that for the Senatorial Doctor, pray? I
have been recently informed that this same Doctor
who, according to his a~pologist, 'Veritas,' is guilty of
breaking the law, is one OF the Special Court Of Nash
County -! Now, 'Veritas,' my dear fellow, pause
just here, and reflect a little. Here is one of the
Justices of the Peace, a Magistrate of the county,
a sworn guardian of the peace and good order of
the State, whose conduct, publicly, ought to be a
living example to all good citizens, and whose pres
enee wherever he goes, should be a restraint upon
evil doors, by virtue of his Office, is, absolutely the
very man to set at defiance the laws of his State,
and violate that which he has sworn to defend J
Did not this fact occur to you when you were wri-
ting your apology? Did not your cheeks Jingle
with the blush of condemnation when conscience
whispered, you are defending the wrong? / can
conceive of no motive which could have induced
'Veritas' to undertake to apologize for DR.. Drake,
or any one, unless it was his wealth, influence and
high Standing Surely, if FVeritas' Isl Temperance
man las learn he processes to be- he must confess he
does not honor the cause by attempting to apologize
for liquor treating and, by consequence, law-viola-
ting candidates. How will the Senator elect feel,
when he gets to Raleigh and takes the oath which
we are informed is administered to all legislators
I rrouiouc ~ fob1nn Al DIV caofc 2 Wjl hp stand mn
condemned, think you? Does a scat in the Legis-
lative Halls compensate and atone for the sin of
making his fellow men drunken, during which con-
dition of beastiality they curse and swear, and rave
and blaspheme, and whoop and yell, as they did at
certain places 1 could name in this county? Does
a seat among Senators, I ask, atone for laws viola
ted, heads broken, noses bitten off, eyes scratched
out, &C., &C.? If it does, then our public men, and
candidates for posts of honor, should adopt at once
the anti-republican and doctrine
that " the end to be gained, ~justifes the means"
If the Senator elect is justified in using liquor as a
means of effeeting and securing his election if he
~justifes himself, then of course, he holds the doc
trine above mentioned. There is no other conclu-
sion.
The law in the Statute Book " on treating" was
evidently made to preserve and protect the purity
of the ballot box. We repeat it, the purity of the
ballot box was the thing aimed at that men might
60 forward and cast their votes for whom they
pleased, uninhuenced by reward or bride, in the
shape of meats, drinks, money or anything else
treated to this was the intention of the law but
oh, how often has it been disregarded by "honoray
BILE, h~igh-minded' men, so called Even the Chair
man of the Especial Court of Nash county, thinks
it no detraction from his honor or standing, to VIC
late that la,o with impnnity!! 'Veritas Prevalent
may call such conduct '~high-minded and honora-
ble,' but in our vocabulary there is another name
for iii and we shall neither gloss it nor smooth it
through fear of the, froWns, nor to court thu
favor of any man on earth. If our public candi
dates for Office, by their acts, lay themselves oper
to censure or blame, they need not be surprised i
they receive both. For ourself we shall not hest
tate both to blame and censure any candidate
whose public course deserves it.
There is one other matter, to which l will cal
the attention of 'Veritas.' The Senator elect, il
his stump address, (by which a0e had the honor o
} being edyfed) ~ took particular pains to inform
the people that, a most foul and base SANDER hat
been perpetrated against him, by some maliciou
person or persons in Nash, which he was deter
mined, then and there, to nail to the counter. Ant
what was the base SANDER which seemed so mucl
to arouse the anger of the Doctor, whenever h
named it, and which, (judging from his attempted
explanations and vehement language and manner
he regarded as so disgraceful to himself? 1t wa
this Some one had reported that he, or some mem
Der of his family, had signed the Memorial! p
t This was the foul SANDER this the disgrace whicl
+ he so much desired to wipe off from his name !
: Mark it it is no reproach to the Special COur
: Chairman, to DEFY the laws OF the State; it's n
f reproach to him to puttse poisonous beverage Q
. hell to his neighbours lips, and which has sent s
$ many immortal souls to eternal damnation; but
t is a reproach and a foul SANDER to accuse him c
, signing a respectful Memorial to the Legislature c
t the State, praying them for the passage of a law t
9 put a stop to the hellish traffic in Alcohol, that tn
0 citizens of the State may be protected from the &C
knowledged curse and evils of intemperance! T
have placed his name to such a paper as this, tn
= Doctor, [ suppose, (and his a~pologist, 'Veritas,' too
e ~perhaps,) would have thought it too small a bust
S ness and rather beneath the dignity of a ~gentlema
of his wealth, influence and standing in society
: Oh! consistency, thou art a jewel, indeed! b.
Oh! shame, aohere is thy blush? We are now don
with 'Veritas Prevalebit,' at least for the presen
TEMPERANTIA.
e Nash county, August Is, 1854.