Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-10-29
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: Whe,esoeoer the body as, hihey ,s;u n.
Eagles be gathered togeher.-Sr. Luxe.
Let any sober man 60 to a public hust no
the yendue or court green, and look calmlv
and quietly upon the commo. ron, tic raLbIa 4
aud the stir of the drinking class, and tbs,
ask his better judgment " whether be wish such
things as he Witnesses to be or not. At such
place the people collect prompted by motiy
interest, pleasure or curiosity, and among
earliest arrivals, 10 the whiskey barrel ed
eth. Its unstopped-the quart pot is FL
the fumes float on the air to every ma
~nostrils and straightway the Eagles N
err together" around it drinking, !auehiS
singing, staggering. falling, cursinc and
lighting. IL is remarkable how soon thew
gather together And this gathering togeth-
er around the whisk4y barrel at public places
where all manner 0 men congregate becomes,
by reason of the consequences Arising from
it, offensive to men possessed Of nice moral
perceptions ; and, therefore, demands an es-
toppel at the hands of the people so offended,
if so be it (which God grant that a majority
of our citizens are men possessed of nice NOR
al perceptions and capable of being offended
in feeling Of exhibitions at sin and depravity.
But here arises . great question of indi.
! v1dusl rights Gillpot Huokster argues I6ss
S he lives in a free country-that he is a free
man and possesses 1.-The inalienable rigAt'
d to do just as he pleases. Citizen 3. CLAIMS
these same blessed principles and set forth
that Huekster has no right to engage IN
any pursuit whereby he Injuries or ofends
his fellowmen. This question might aforl
Of a wide field for debate, but we propose t.
narrow it dow TO the smallest compass.
Sc May not the moral taste of the public be
ID disguised, the moral constitution Of the pub.
lie poisoned; and Inc moral u~ostrils Of iha
public offended just as radily as in the case
: of an isolated individual? No ole question.
:, it. Then if you poison the spring or well Of
an individual, and thereby injure his physic-
al constitution, OF deposit putrid carcass near
his door, and thereby offend his @nostrils, anl
he, as an individual, invokes the aid Of tht
law and compells you to render amends fol
the offence, why may not tie public, til
.nu great corporation of citizens, compel you t
SD make the same aH1eade honorable. When you
through your whiSkey cart, poison the grsa
No public constitution and offend the sense Of til
inc great public nostril? Is one nan create
avs than a thousand? Shall Citizen B. snu
r to and snort at the %cffiuyia Of a dead horse. an
The the public not be allowed to turn ap lis giar
nose when worse odors offend it? Surely IA,
nts, in our republican government.
all This question is one that is engaging til
attention of moral men more than ever bcf1r
ex- Men who dislike to hear carsing and swea
q q ing, and witness brutal fights whenever the
nails go out to attend to their legitimate bushes
Che are beginning to lo2k about for a remedy
lent redress them Of this great grievance. said
Rord noted distiller to Us, some time since, at
public place: Sir, | am as much opYos
to this practice OF taking liquor to pnL
places for sale as you or any other man.
make liquor and sell it, hut ! am ready
keel vote any time for a law to supQress dp#ka
in at pubic places" There are thousands emit
ance tanning the same sentiment. 1t IS a custo
ilish productive ofegil consequences and evil On
med 1t is the great producer oil broils, dissrnsio
aims, and fights, and in nine cases out Of len.
and public, after being offended BIZ the Ira
sna- exhibitions at the time, have to foot the /
ofcash fur their LEGAL prosecution. Tie c
tom should be abolished. What would
and ensuing Legislature d. upon Ills question
t this politely asked! The pubic nostrill has Leco
ison- o6ended and ask that the cause he reu0ft
lmed Tor " Nheresoeyer the body l., tlither
come the Eagles be gathered together"