Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1855-06-06
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ullloh lar more deplorable than that of widows and OF
pnans or which is causing nine tenths of all Is
Tue crimes, or nIne-tenths of all the paupers in the for
community NFrGneis Waytand re,
The custom and the wickedness of the TIL
present generation has inspired most men 80
with a determination to grow rich. To get II
money and to make money, has been incul-
Gated as the maxim erceAante until the money !,
mania has infected the being of all within its !.
magic influence. The effects of this morbid =,
MANIA, IN many instances, is truly deplora- =,
BILE. To crafty it, men have been known to :
stoop, not only to the most mental servitude, =
but, also, to indulge in practices highly rep 70
rehensible In the eye of Heaven and condem- -
natory in the judgement Of right thinking 4
men.
For gold, men brave the storm and peril q
OF the sea-for gold, the icy regions of the Il
north and the burning zone of the South are
boldly explored-for gold, the a~ssasin's blade f
is whetted and the highwayman's arm barred l.
for the deadly thrust-for gold, the comforts p
of life are denied and mid rags and filth the !,
money zealot piles up the shining ged-for
gold, men take out letters patent, 4nd with
the vile compounds of the alembi blast the
bodies and damn the souls of their fellow
men.
Can this be right? Oh! yes, says the
apologist of the system, it is mans duty to
provide for himself-to make money some
how, and it little recks by what hook or
crook he gains his object, so he makes money
opA oror, rIab H. I'll
with much gusto that this is a free country
wherein every man is seized with the fee
simple to exercise any will of his own, be it
the promptings of an upright heart or the
instigation of the devil.
We opine the question is rarely put to the
monitor within the breast of those who de-
sire to sell rum-"Can it be right for me to
derive a living from that which is de6asiaq
the minds and running the souls of others."-
Not at all. The only question involved is
wtu at pay2 Will the per centum renumer-
ate? Can | grow rich by dealing in intoxi-
eating liquors, even if my neighbors are in
Jured in purse, and, finally doomed to a
drunkard's hell? These are the questions
! put and answered by smothering the secret
fire that God has placed in the bosom of eve
9 ry man to burn up and consume the dross
of his vile and sinful nature.
e 1t is not the pleasing character Of the liquor
traffic that induces men to engage therein
Il but it is for the purpose of gaining fine gold
Yet 1t is a gold on which the gore of mur
y dered blood rusts deeply. To gain it, tn
J. possessOr wades through the blood of his vic
e Tins to reach a good market. Health, homes
!, hearts and happiness are the sacred commod
n tiles exchanged for the gold in his stron
box. The gingle of the pieces of silver ha
drowned the groans of widowhood and OF
phanage, and muff1ed the shrek of the mao
rs man and the wild, adieu of the suicide as h
= leaves this world for the great unknown
he The sight of the blood money the trader
n. souls has made, has closed his eyes to tt
=! scenes Of woe and misery he has caused
his unholy thirst for gain. This has absor
ed his entire being and destroyed all the fin
49, llneaments In mans character as it com
Of pure from the hands Of his maker. The C
Of within his soul is-let me make money
me grow rich-let me pile up shining g
and the ringing silver, though l sow the see
pa of vice in the land and untether the holi
re- ties of humanity though l blast the f
fame of honorable men and dig graves
me corruption for youth, manhood and beaut
his though | enshroud in clouds of the dark
and shades the light that shinoth to cheer
hearthside Of happy homes, and break in
ces the most cherished idols of the home
Gle though [ give discord for harmon,
'o ashes for the oil of peace, and blast
o blight the dearest prospects of life, and da
- my soul to the same infamy as my brothe
[att. uo+ Gov Efo,s br
Say what you will, and justify the sys.
Tho as we'll as you can, yet, in the eye of Hea
. - and right thinking men, the giving or sell
of intoxicating liquors to men until they
from the effects thereof, is Murder. And
the language of Rev. Heman Humphrey,
say =" Whether you will hear or whet
.onL- you will forbear, | shall not cease to rem
m strate and when | can do no more to reel
you, | will sit down at your gate and
Murder Murder !! MURDERi! 7"
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