The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-10-16

En9 H. iiitn< hat at the regent rIrc / "a & ~.
morrill, has been d.ienf, d. aud anti-cUnu>liI.
nri-"R--pubircan Srnate and As, inbty have
been 81! cieJ. As every s.n,ihIr pess" urea"
IN mighty excitement with regard L" liqn"' SLING
pr"duc r"acEI"n the same cut. Onr
.cnr Ego. II was already p'.rc.rvcd that in nl,<'
places The :h. exiting s:au dea7 letter.
NJ dHrsi and would not any l'.nge Inrur iii,
pdun aI'"chpI !" IN king {. mpainr> III HE man.
mr. prp>crIh. d. and ur h, ard. wrth..ur surprise
lhu lie "I,tnnu at ser al Ike tnr most original
nds'cr','- f 'e-'riciIvr law had changed, and
;i.;i he took zap IA txptrim nj MS IaIurr.
More enthusiastic pc :iinm2hr ditir- "I,. amI
under The lead. Is1i, al Mai DIV, Inet succeeded
IN procuring III" nrd'Inn "i more ting mt pro"
vsI,Ii> i,. III. Law 'han had J." for. cun'.ineh.
aud Mr.. ID " elected Mayor OF Portland,
manly a token Of the graiUd" al IN" InrahI
t.ns al hat pihc'', for his |" nrv'nce and phian-
rhrtpr The practical o,kings at III" law. "i'h
supprmat:ar adj :nct>, have: h;w yer, again teen
found wnnl!rs.
Th" provisions, nf the Maine Lev Steiu'e
evd.,.'Iv III" uni I'd pr,'itcl al dem 'g"gul> IN
and tan ,iIcisin. aud AKIN their Spirl {"
rh. workings of AbnIl'i"n'sm. W"mrn$ Rghls,
'.Vn;t Yourself ii Iarin.' and sInl.lar I"irrE
rfitry+>ctnc"$, that have condemned N ~,
and i''r<r, their necessary final 'Xi'>tn; nut
we should 'q'.a, IT, pore reaction t" III" "'!"r
rXt.eme.
NJ nv Of our red Rs rrrr..b"r til" fundA I'm
nj the first temperance sncirIy. h was instituted
III B rsi"n ID lS2526 and under The nu>p'Crs "i
sucr men Az Edwards. Wo.,ds. Htweit. B.a.rh'>
and nth"rS. CONNIE. crd successful crusade
against f,sh ia bic tipping and brandy and water
hospitality, we'll public drnnI-~hops, "h.ch
carr"d with it h" good will 7" nearly nil classes
al sGclPty. Th- voluntary sy>fPI:I was I'll ont.
one employ eo YET. before The society hrd long
bern rsinbl'sLed It's tf-ct> were arparen IN Il
began to he dISr pu'nhIe I"r g"nr"m"n =" ask
zach other 10 drink, they bad don" before. nnu
hundreds of thnuSnnd~ in thus ry AMI EGG
land hid ''takcn th.i ,;l"dge." NJ. wrr' "shtm a
to be seen rn ring drinking >nh""ns. and Iab"nng
men took pride IN a.nwing themselves r'cruIs :"
The rapidly swelling ranks %: The "'ganiz ,Ii"n
against ktppkrnn">s. l. in nd Iiti"n t" the #
hat we're then in5''. prudent and stringent licrn~'
laws had hern PISSED. and pains had been tax ii
I" carry them mi" 81 cI-"rd il means b. d Teen
USE d To remove from lnTge clIie> "a portion of
IT'S d mor'lz"f immigrant p"puia'i"n-'h" ~ W
system would have prob I'll, continued to pFo>prr
and healthy deyelnpum mt w"n'd have been icr ~
the present day. In 1885. however. or even
sooner, the cnv"n foot 81 nnaricism mnnr lis APP.
psarHnc". What he IN, of nj good coud n"t
oppose, he sought 10 rum hI his rmbrnc'S. To
the cause of temperance h" brought t'e aid Of III.
temperate hcfh'n. F,om hat rine T." this IN" tenn
p"rnnc" society has progressively dec"y'G: fir>l
OF all, by introducing an absurd opP"siiln1 t" The
use 81 every >p"cr-< Of rxrilng drunk. fas, TOR
stance, cider, beer. and cuff;' and t",} and
Then BY chIng:ng into an involuntary ard com.
pul<nry system, what ID been brgpn On the
principle OF m.'ral >unSi"n and appeal the
hrter nature of man. And although most of the
old m mbrrs who are vt living, Continue 10 al.
here 10 their first principles. they have refused
lively to c".nperatr wi hose who nverihrew III
most wise and phil .nrhr"pic IN i~av t" DO gooi ,
in t-mPer.Lce, that has YET existed on tl> con. I
iin"ni.
In process or time Ihrr4 came 10 he aid OF |
Trrtnt"ltrs priest from Irtl d. hu, IN VIZ "
oI IN" great a'urmnt at Intrmp rhct in Ih II
nv. cali d upon hi~ country men nier INTO IA
rcii@ oLk:ents0n, "r .'v.".' Ia abstain tr"u.
drinks. l. dlffi;:uI' estimate the
relative vain" Of Father NJ rn-w's Iahors. ba- We
believe lh1I most mrm" RS ni his p s'nn
even, arr now convinced that although his frs |
success was apparently great. thr uImar result |
To those b" incurred liz" "hIrgnIion he qur' d.
WIS as general remark, mjuriUuS. H. sub has
pa rirz rs, but the "i>est ml+s al Drunkenness
think that his exaggerated Te+in,nllsn, has no, |
henefiit' d. Tut brrn drawback to the gltnarr !
rause of Temperance. He, mnr,. than any "thr !
man. braugh, III. SUI Jrcr"i TOTAL Abstinence bc'nrc
the p"npI' III fucn sh 'p", that 4 Is ern d. mag" |
CUES beg N To Cnurr II us il valuable poli,ic"I ali
Fun"I To AbnlItIDni>m; and II has been u>ed ~ |
Such Ia IN" pre>+u: ii".e. /
The rI>e and progress q! tn" Man, Lqu"r l. " |
agitation is we'll know II ha> pr, st nr.d hal
nlnging # good and 'ng' ''altte> WINCH
easily ~tduc"> Eighty "Hlh rsIaS:s and has dom !
more injury III ronst qu nee at The basis OF sound
prInciPrs on which II appeared Ia rest, Ihrn any |
I'm ,dult-rnIed evil "Uuh have been likely &C
c"mP'iSh. Ev.ry good cnz"n Is lrrnd Of II
Peranc". Every ,Irtu"us man shIinks from he !
To hi> family. trirDns and c,unIry
wnlch may he the result ni the abuse "t nEcrhoIlc
drink. II not difficult TO iu'ngin'. II statutory J
support To L. mFtrancr. which would he con>lu
II"nhl, aud whch mg 1T deprive mi. mprrancp ni |
a portion at it's aur'u..nt|. Thrret"re IN. pnsrgt
IN favor Of III" II IN LIqu''r law great .rd |
IL :nl@hr have b. slowed lasting ben, III upon he |
cn"nfrv- But IL NJ .inr, stree her.. HIS
a tool In The h inds oi dem & GU and the cnnsc-
qu"nces OF The rrHcti"n winch has begun against |
II, threaten tu br disastrous. We therefor" trn>t
that those no have b. Ell uni'rd IN opposing SAID !
l. w. will. now that II virtually dead, the
wisdom ct rgaIn uniting in Ihnsr phil"E'hr"p |
trnmPhs o! TrmI erance the world has ever
sUOwn.
The following resnluii"n. "f1i'rt " R"v B. !
TrmPi', MAS passed, unanimously. by lie Lille
River IN. Co. Baptist Association in SESSION last
week:
Resolved. Thn. the Cbu:shrs composing the
Il Il D.