Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-10-24
For tie Spirit of the Aoe.

HhN yOu u SnCCinCb dCcOuub Oh bu6 new LEM L
perance Order, the Knights of Jericho, which
has nearly or quite superseded the Sons of
Temperance in Alabama. Perhaps this Is
saying too much, for really, / do not know
what the strength Of the Sons" is in this
State. The remark / have made will apply.
at all events, to this portion Of the State.
The principal characteristics of the knights
of Jericho are the following, viz /. An er-
tension of the pledge of the Sons Of Temper
ance. 81 will not make, buy, sell or use as
q beverage, any %spirituous or malt liquors,
wine or cider, or any other Intoxicating drinks
aChether enumerated or not ; and sCiH use all
honorable means TO prerent their manufacture
or use and the traffic therein. 2. The admis-
sion of ladies to honorary Membership
They enjoy all the privileges and BENEFITS of
the Order, but do not participate in the bu-
siness of the Lodge, except in voting on
questions, and serving on committees, rela-
ting to their own sex. 3, The admission of
persons to membership at an earlier age than
eighteen, the age of eligibility with the Sons.
We thus save our youth without resorting to
such organizations as the cadets of TEN.
perace" which in nay opinion can never sue
coed. 4. The establishment of Degrees. I'VE
now have three the Initiate, the Bethlehem
and the Bethany and at the meeting of the
National Lodge, in Selma Ala. this month.
1T is very probable, that afourth will ba adop,
ted, called the Nazarine. In this degree. the
pledge will be per2etual) And, lastly, the
iIngraftment of Signs, Grips. &c. upon each
degree. | should like to elaborate each of
these heads. and endeAvor to show the SUI
perlorlty OF this, over other and older organ.
i%zations, but l shall not have room in this,
letter, as l wish at present to dwell upon
matters more local in their nature.
Hamburg has been one of the most abom-
Unable sinks of iniquity, the most rum-cursed,
sln-smitten place, any where to be found
so much so, that to those who knew it. it an.
peared like the hight of folly to attempt the
establishment OF a Temperance organization
at such a place. The question was contin-
ually asked, "Can there any good thing come
out of Nazareth ?" Nothing daunted.9 how
+ ever, by this unpropitious state of things. a
lew OF US determined to try. There could be
no harm in trying. We went to work, or
{ ganlzed a Lodge, and have kept on working
up to this time; and with Gods blessing. we
nope very speedily to wipe out the reproach
which has been cast upon this place for i" 10
) these many years." So far, the great Sc
cret OF success with US has been i~ndividualitu
: OF effort. Each member has felt that he had
a a work to do-that the success of our enter
. prise depended upon has exertions. We have
mad no drones in our hive, but are emphati-
cally all tcorkers. And would remark here
$ to our co-laborers in the great Temperance
reform, that IT ever they succeed, it will be
by lnfnsing this spirit into their members
: 1t lmparts vitality and vigorous life to our
societies., and gives them an influence which
Will tell on any community. ! would not be
misunderstood here, however and I will
It take the occasion in this connection, to pro-
test against a practice which have seen in
dulged in by some of our members; and that
q IS, to take no refusal from their friends to
, join them. They are at them on all occa-
slons, In season and out of season. Sometimes
they succeed in this way, in fatiguing them
q into compliance with their wishes, lust to
n get rid oftheir unreasonable Importantly
y But more frequently they fail. Men become
Disguised with them and their cause. both.
= But allowing that they were generally sue
re- %cessful, their society would be but very little
he benefited by such acquisitions. Unless we
ut can get men to join US from principle-from
as a conviction of the importance and necessity
OF the reform we are seeking to bring about
we had better not have them join at all. They
20 will be of no value to the order, and will bu
serve to clog the machinery-and thus in tn,
or end will do more harm than good. The Ma
sons, l am told, will not, under any consid
rt Grafton, persuade a man to join them. Now
O. it appears to me that if we would strike tn,
- difference between these over-anxious Temp
of erance men, on the one hand, and the Ma
of sons on the other, and occupy amiddle grount
mr. between them, we would about stand in tn
he right place. l would also remark in thi
~ connection, that, in my opinion, we shoul
70 not too much cheaper our terms of member
ship do not mean pecuniarily, but moral
to ly. We should scan more closely than W
| a generally are in the habit of doing, the NOR
ice al character Of the applicant and we shout
lg. not have too much benevolence. Unless W
me have confidence in q mans integrity and uI
M M rightness, we should by all.means black hin
1t is much better to have a few of the rigl
be kind, than a great many in whom we canno
b a confide.
y. To convince our friends that we are reall
ons in earnest here, it is only necessary to sa
70. that we are now ready to contract for tn
C. building of a new Lodge Room lover tn
Baptist Church which will cost about $I00I
de- We have no thoughts of enjoying only a
Tor ephemeral existence. We intend to be Ion,
Ill lived, and thus show the .falsity of the pr
,ol- diction of our grog-shop friends, who, | al
oc- told, give US to Christmas to wind up.
ent think if all of our Lodges and Division
to would build comfortable rooms to meet in,
the would be a strong bond of union to the mer
the bers, and would greatly add to the stabilit
eotI Of the institution. The Grand Lodge of OF
State will convene at this place on Christm;
as day, and Hamburg Lodge is making prepa
and alton to receive them in a becoming name
s. There will a public dinner prepared for Il
ucn occasion, and we expect to have a public di
c%ussion of the Temperance question by di
tinguished champions of the Reform. Car
I to you, friend German, make it convenient
and leave your sanctum for O few days, and emf
nts? with US, our Christmas temperance JUBILEE
as By rail road and steam boat, you can cor
within seven miles of as. We would be mt
NJ happy to welcome you among us on that
p casion. ~
Before / close, / would say a few words
ig- relation to our post Office at Hamburg.
=. a p. o. is kept for the accommodation a
r. " convenience Of the schole community,
for portion of that community should be exc
from ded from going there. Then a sinking d.
our gerry is no placefor q post ofice fOrthe lad
Is is will not gather there to be insulted by dr.
then ken rowdies, and anxious parents will
Us . let their children go there to be infected W
ness the corrupt, mephitic atmosphere Of a P
liter. demonium. No sir, this is no place for a
70 an O. There are other respectable places
which it may be kept, so let it be reno
after instanter, say we. We are taught in
with Writ, to avoid even the appearance of g
waS Does it not have a bad influence on socit
60 when respectable men, protesting christi
oner. are seen to go into such aplace asa vilegI
,tion, shop? Does it not tend to give respecta
es us ity to these pest holes, and thus cover
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