Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-01-24
FOR THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.

the least objection. But when they stoop so
low as to bring before the public the charac-
ter of a private individual, who has never
done them a wrong, they should have melted
out to them that fsstiseNehs r5zsyss+-
richly deserve. They should be taught to
learn, that they have no right to attack the
character of a private individual without a
cause. Society does not countenance such a
course, neither does a still higher power
the laws of the country.
The above remarks have been called forth
by an anonymous article which appeared in
the cage" of the sixth of December, over
the signature of "A Friend to Temperance"
in which, without the least grounds, without
the least provocation, the name of a private
individual, upon whose character not a blem-
ish appears, and who defes the world to show
one, has been held up in a very unenviable
light, and who might be injured by said ar
ticle where he is not known, if some steps
were not taken to set the matter right. Where
he is known, it would not be necessary to
write this, for the article referred to would
give itself the lie but at other places it
might do some injury and therefore it is that
| beg leave to intrude these few remarks:
"a Friend to Temperance" says that the
Magistrates composing the regular Court
! actually refused to grant license to a man to
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t course, able to prove a good moral character
by an old chum of his" The writer of this
o is the chum referred to. I was called upon
by the Court to state what [ knew of the
! character of the individual applying. [ sta
: ted that | was not intimately acquainted with
Z him, but that while residing in the county
d of Bladen, [ had seen him upon different oc-
~casions, in the capacity of a mail carrier,
IS and that since the murder of a certain negro
Il never knew him before) his character so
!, far as my knowledge extended, was good
/ said nothing more, nothing less than what
- | have here stated, and, if necessary, | can
"a obtain certificates from a majority ofthe court,
E. and also the Clerk, who will bear me out in
10 the assertion. Now, ask, what other course
is could | have pursued ? Would "a Friend
to Temperance have me to state that | knew
;. him to be a man of q bad character when ]
. did not know him to be such !? Knowing
nothing. as q matter of course, | could say
IN nothing against him. | stated nothing but
the truth. SANDER and untruth, l will leavt
of for him to use, as he has already showed
rv himself to be we'll versed in both. But I an
somewhat disposed to throw the veil Of char
Il ity over his errors and the spirit Of vindictive
ness which he has manifested towards MT
n11 Il krrow vfro NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Fac
~ no disposition to nipf the germ Of his futur
greatness in its bud. Let him go on in hi
ere career Of SANDER and defamation. Let hin
ad indulge the vile propensity of his fendis
nature to his hearts content in traducins
"a vilifying and defaming private character
~ for at the close of his earthly career his patti
! way may be traced through thorns and this
'ne ties, his earthly pilgrimage will have bee
OF devoted to the erection of a monument tn;
wv. shall have for its base SANDER, its trun
IN repentance, and its cap-stone remorse of COZ
science.
Elevated, as he has been, to the dignity
Village Post Master, the giddy heights
power to which be has obtained, and fro
1t which he now looks down upon his fello
Ind citizens with supreme contempt, have craze
red his brain and filled his heart with ~rottenne
the to the core. | know that a sudden elevate,
old to place and power from the . low deep"
:; ignominy and obscurity, is prone to rend
: human nature i~nsolent, naughty and dictat
NJ rial. And this, | lament to say, has be
ana the case with this ambitious Post Master
his the pseudo apostle of Temperance-this a
con- clothed in the skin of a lion-this Shylo
nee attired il the guise Of an angel, who dai
sus- ~perambulates our streets with a bucket
filth concealed beneath his cloak of temp
10 ance, seeking whom he may bedaub.
y " Beware, young man, how you again,
very the sake ofobtaining n~otoriety as a news-par
she scribler, assail private character. Althou
ten you may be clothed with the dignity that
pertains to a Federal officer, forget not
was poetic adage,
RIM "Pigmies are but pigmies still,
Though perched on Alpine heights"
49, for you are now certainly perched W
NAV Alpine heights" when compared with y
ouio former ignoble position in the communit
most in which you have hitherto lived. Butt +,
good wash from my hands the filth with which tt
ine?' must as a natural consequence have beco
! he besmeared while discussing such a dirty s
ieet. | will take leave of this
10 % Huge mass of foul, corrupted matter,
- Which all the devils spewedto make the bate
and promise that | will not under any
cumstances be drawn into further discuss
raOly with him. Let him go on in the work
but has begun-that Of slandering the innoc1
take and his career will be but short.
InlS His wings shall the vulture flap
must Ger the false hearted,
nptb- His warm blood, tho wolf shall lap,
% Ere life has parted.
pause Shame and dishonor sit
been On his grave ever,
act r. Blessings shall hallow it
Never, never, never" WIrNEs
e sur WELDON MILLs.-We took occasion,
week, to visit this establishment, and -four