Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-10-03

BILE as if he were to pass by an infant by
the wayside, in bleak winter day, and
leave it there to perish with cold and hun
ger. | think said character as guilty as
the man whose OK was want to gore, and
kept him not In. You may understand to
what extent he was guilty by the words of
the law. The OK shall be stoned, and
the owner shall be PUTTo DEATH. say,
away with that man, who pretends to be a
Christian, or philanthropist, and is too
stingy to pay few dimes in order to iden-
tify himself with the Sons of Temperance,
that his influences may be properly set
against the vice of drunkenness Away
with him, who is too careless to scrutinize
the opinions of candidates for Office, and
choose one in favor of prohibition | do
not say, away with such from the face of
the earth, but from the ranks Of temper
ance men, Christians, and philanthropists.
But if the do-nothing man is thus guilty,
what must be the nature of the wo, which
is to come upon the man who positively
votes for man to make laws, who, he knows,
will sustain and perpetuate that horrible
traffic, which has already disgraced our
country, and ruined thousands upon
thousands of our citizens? What punish
ment must be due to him, who, by his
argument and his eloquence, endeavors to
sustain the traffic Are not such persons
afraid their right hand may forget its
cunning, or their tongue cleave to the
roof of their mouth? What wo must
await the man whose daily bread is
the price Of mans bodily, mental and
moral powers of woman's happiness and
health, children's comfort and character
the price of life itself? Seller of intoxi-
eating drinks, beware Look about you,
upon your good buildings, your land, your
money, ask yourself if those things (Which
you call yours dondt properly, belong to old
drunkards, and ragged and Ignorant orphans
of your community. You may agree
that you have given the drunkards liquor
for their money All! you gave them
weapon, did you-a weapon by which they
inflicted mortal, if not eternal injury upon
themselves, their companions and their
little ones Only think ofthe distraction,
delirium tremens, and other fierce diseases,
strifes, murders, which constantly flow,
sullenly as dark stream, from the pre-
cincts of your trafic-and have flown
reflect that this is the compensation you
have, given, and do give, for the bread,
the money, the property, you call yours
And you, distiller, you supply the deadly
weapon, and the dark waters of strife
Will you continue the dreadful practice
for the sake of few dimes, and incur the
wo pronounced in the text; or viii you rise
and shake yourself, come out of your den,
repent, reform, and try if there is left in
your breast spark of honor or feeling, to
be man.
To you who drink because you love tthe
critter, and glory in persuading others, [
would say. remember the words of the text.
Quit your practice, if you would have the
favor of God or good men. But will you
contend with the Almighty? He says,
EWo unto him that giveth his neighbor
drink Have you an arm like God p
Canyon answer him one of a thousand?
And is it honorable to persist in doing that
which he interdicts by an awful penalty
lis it wise? Let common sense answer.
To you who drink moderately, but do
not persuade anybody else to drink, would
say, the wo is pronounced against you also;
because your example encourages your
neighbor to drink moderately, and moder-
ate drinking is the high road to drunken
ness 1t is the school in which the drunk
ards are trained, and you are both pupil
and a teacher in school. But, to the hab-
itual drunkard. How much wo must be
yours if you repent not? To how many
have you put the bottle, by example, pre-
cept, persuasion, giving, &C., &c. Make
one real effort for the salvation of yourself,
and those you have injured, by voting for
law which will put the temptation out of
your reach, and you may yet be a happy
man. A prohibitory law will stop the ma
chine, which has swindled you out your
money, your character, your happiness,
your better sense, your health, and your
hopes has injured those who were very
near you +; then the swindler will have to
90 to work like an honest man, and it will
be better for ALL
In conclusion, / will call upon every
) Christian, Son of Temperance, honest man,
voter, moderate drinker, drunkard, distil-
Ter, vender, every man who has spark Of
national pride, tender feelings, regard for
the good of his kind, every legislator
all, let us 90 for the prohibitory law, that
we may together avert, and avoid the wo
of the text, by putting drink, and the bottle,
under such restraints that the one cannot
, be given, nor the other put to any Of our
!, neighbors.
Women and children, try what you can do,
strive TO beseech, and by your charms to WOO;
e And men and boys your arguments advance,
f And for a liquor law we'll stand chance