Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-03-14
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, Pp
Friends Of reform, this is the only way
in which we can effectuallv triumph over

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Friends of reform, this is the only wa,
in which we can effectually triumph owe
the inveterate enemysof God and man.
This is the conclusion to which hav
come, after calm, serious and deliberat
meditation It is my honest opinion thai
if we use any other weapon, we may as wei
J. disband aHd retire from fhe conflict. Shal
this be so? Shall that foul set Of ruthles
harpies-the rumnies continue their II
famous and unholy Dynasty Are we !
be driven, by this foul crew, from the ae
vocacy and defence of the glorious cause j
which we. have engaged Or, are We !
crayen-hearted as to ground our arms will
out afruggiea Shalls ingloriouslg d
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State, that We love 50 wels7 IL the hands
of an unrelenting foe God forbid that
we should prove so false to country, Hber-
ty, hopes, homes and iresides
But some a0arna-hearted whig or demo-
crat may object to my proposition. Be it
SO. Iexpect nothing else. AI the men,
bers never were, and never will be, salts
fed with the action of their party. Some
may always expect to be defeated in their
views concerning the policy of a party
But ALL should be willing to conform their
action to the wishes of the majority. This
is simple republicanisu, to which none
ought to object. Moreover, at the next
election there will be no political question
before the people upon which the parties
will divide The State has been laid of
into Congressional and Senatorial Districts,
and the members of the House of Commons
apportioned for the next twenty years.
And two United States Senators have been
elected for four and six years, in conse-
quence of which there will be no political
business to be transacted by the next Gen
eral Assembly. These are facts, and can
not be gainSayed Who now will object
to my proposition on the score of politics
Nay, who can object to it? Certainly no
man who advocates the sacred cause OF
Temperance. Even If there were two Uni
ted States Senators to be elected, we ought
to vote for the Prohibitory ticket in pre-
ference to the party candidates, because
Prohibition is paramount to party. More
over, one party will gain about as much as
the other, IN this contest, consequently al
ought to be satisfied.
Friends of reform, now is the time te
move. We have been shamefully treated
tY Jesse A. Waugh, Chairman, and the
other members of the Committee on Pro
positions and Grievances. They have heapec
on our devoted heads the opprobrious epithe
of 'fanaticism,' while ~f4were respectfully
asking them to stay the9qvs thless march O
13Tnten,oerance through oeca aAoble old Com
inonweath. is this lar Is 1t lustI 4
1t right /? Soyereigns-Voters of Nortl
Carolina, will you submit to it? Will yo
allow your servants to be so iopudent an
braze,a faced as to apply the reproachful teri
of 'tanoticism to highly respectable an
intelligent portion Of your fellow country
men? No! NEVER! BY your verdict Je'
Sc A. Waugh and associates will be cor
signed to political graves, over which ii
green grass will grow and the weeds bend
the winds, whilst the proud Banner Of Pr
hibition will be floating in triumph over tt
patriotic heads of FREE AND HAPPY Pc
PIE. INVINCiBLE.