Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-07-18
JULY gas
The Liquor 4 .tHc-a Crime.


II is a principle n I'D that the perpetrators Z
crime, and the accessq 0 II, are both guilty Az
deserving Of punishmaM Men have been hsbrg
for tho violation Of I'LL principle. 1T aprfero
the law Of God. And Is the drunkard 49,
70 heaven, can dr~nlafd-makers 2 Are ID lew
when tried BY tho principles Of the Bibls. - inn
Of the Developments al Providence, mar iii
moral men l-men Who, for the sakeof he char
knowingly be Instrumental In corrubt I-;,g the
aetcr, increasing the diseases, aA Not only
hves Of their fellow men. ~ y commit
murierers, but those who excie ~ I - their evil
murder, and furnish the kno% I. thav do, and
deeds, viii, II they understapd eh.s IA Of heav-
continue 70 rebel against GO %
sn.-Jisiin Edpayds, mn
There is truth iogtb' doctrine 49,
in the paragraph aBoro. The MAJ ~
dulges in the use or intoxicatips .a'Or' 70
any considerable extent, is a sell murderer,
"a ,ho 800 who furnishes him with his
- - aocessory to the crime. 1t
may be CLOSED over by the ao.s'.Io Of Tree
,,ovevg as much as the "o'' elastic con-
49, " demand, yeti the truth win stand
$50" S.,Tv and fearIessly TO the cOndemna-
ou' vV,u.y 49, ps.oos himself in the seat of
tho~~Ny
Yet when this argument is produced, there
are those interested who are ever ready to
cry out /" fanaticism," and to stigmatize those
who are at all jealous in the temperance re-
form as distur6ers y tho general peace and
rormApy of the publb at the same time de-
sandinr tSeir trade il souls by adducing past
history and c~oHt9rtsd passages Of the sacred
,.vt II was so with the handicrafts of an.
Eastern city, once ou a time, when they saw
,ho;r idols Of bras about to fall before the
Gosnel Hght-vth a flourish of trumpets
thew cried OUT great is Diana Of the Ephe-
sionsl " The anne principle is in vogue now
v;tb those wh,e craft lies in rum they are
4 roodv at all tles, to cry out" great is rum
Nand gin cocsils I"
n can beothing but sensual avarice that
A,duees 81 to engage in the sale of rum
inord'te, impure, corrupt thirst after
Ma and, gains. But for this, there are
merge, we will venture the assertion,
Non,ho would stain his hands with the
che he traffic, and take upon his soul
thjA en- of the "woe" pronounced against
"Aho putteth the bottle to his neigh,
bolouth and maketh him drunken."-
p the sake Of realizing a large per cen.
fPn a small capital, there are men who
rehpce alike to the cries of famishinc
who'd and orphanage and the terribl,
70 ofa Con who knoweth emo variable
or sadow Of turning" They becom,
70 insetsible to circumstances that should
trt oneband, soften the heart with emo
ous of ply, aud, on the other, blanch tn,
'roaest brovhwith ~reverential fear.
low quickly avarice hardens the heart 0
thqrumseller What cares he for the wo
he brings upon his fellow mortals, SO tina
his sordid ear can be fed with the music o
the dollars clink? There is something feal
fully appalling in contemplating the ruinou
effect it has upon the emotions. His hand
ready to open the foodgates of woe, want
oeggary and crimes Of the deepest dye,
i mis e2g5 h are fsAb BIl69 To- the scenes st G m 6rai:
that his vocation visits upon his patrons
the glitter Of gold blinds him to such commo
but dreadful scenes as daily surround hin
The gingle Of gold deafens him to all cries
mental and mortal anguish at his door-th
low sob Of the mourner in the death cham
Der and tie fearful shrek of the rum mao
suicide sre not heard by him. Oh! no; lie
by the gold demon n blind, deaf, callous cal
tive he could boldly wade through smokin
blood and rafting bones to a good market
" oh cursed lust Of gold! when for thy sake
TIE fool throws up his interest in both worlds
FIRST starved in this, then damn'd in that to come
We would that all men could see that Il
traffic vas a crime. We would that all me
could late it with as hearty a hatred as v
hate J. We hate it for the woes it bring
not only upon those who indulge direct
therin, but because it af1iets most deep
thee who are tied to them by the hole
tic Of nature. For this we have sworn
fat the monster curse till we die. And
% shall we shall lay down u harness al
#uivor only at the gate Of the grave! \