Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-11-19
For the Spirit of the Age.

Mr., EDITOR You called Dikos your
+" facetious friend" You mean to make a
joke Of his lectures, Go you? You shall
not escape in that style. You and your
Sons of L. are an obdurate pack. But
when you want TO say hard words about
Dikos again, you may clear your throat
but don attempt to laugh, because he tells
you the truth and stings you for your want
Of respect for acts Of men of good moral
character; done by authority of law. Your
Sons are deficient in appreciation of the
consultations of %Ihe hernaued mhan haand
not q great while since, sent another across
q stream on Sunday for a bottle Of liquor,
and when the one sent found the supply,
he quaffed freely as was natural; and on
his return, in his attempt to recross the
stream, he fell in and was drowned. A
day or two afterwards a jury of inquest was
held over the body, and one Of your valiant
Sons "a juror began to lecture the man
having sent for the liquor, and insisted that
the occurrence ought to be a warning to all
of them using liquor but he was soon led
to understand that he had not rightly con-
celyed Of the case, " for the dead man was
surely happy, because he died with the
!, SPIRIT IN him, and went straight home to
!, heaven"
You see, now, how the case stands !:
t what have you to object to his consultations?
= Some of your Sons, even intimate that his
E deductions are not logical, but he has an
f answering salyo-" He died with the spirit
in him." Some of you say none but the
f sober have any chance of entrance into
# that blessed place, but the exhilarated, in
! their inspiration, teach another doctrine.
A man of good moral character, proved
It SO IN open court, by competent witness
d es, knocked another man on the head and
h fractured his skull, with a billet of wood,
because he would not behave himself in a
# grog shop. Forthwith your Sons charge
this respectable man, of good moral charac-
ter, with blame for the injury, because III
d sold liquor to the man, as he had licenss
to do, and when this fellow misbehaved be
corrected him with a piece Of timber. Mat
e tiers have come to a fine pass indeed. This
A. man sells liquor, and he is required to keeE
ID an orderly house but when he ~correct
lie his customers by way of keeping order, you
re say he ought to be punished if he knocks
le a white man dead for a time, to keep orde
n on his premises. You are hard to please
'. He must have order, and if he knocks
man dead to gain it, he must be punished
ID Is it not astonishing you will not respec
men doing lawful business? Some o
To your temperance men have insinuated tina
as he got his license from a packed court
y end that he ought to be held responsible
r: for the crimes originating with himself
oil Wonder if it is meant that laws in favo
Of the monopoly are not to be respecte
nd when It's officers are sworn to be men {
go good moral character? That is more tina
your laws require of Justices of the Peace
or your Board of Examiners for Comno
School Teachers. When the law is S
provident to have good agents for a lawf,
business, how dare you, sir, or others {
your ilk, pretend that selling grog is not
're respectable business? Suppose men d
in. fight in and around grog shops and liquc
wagons, they can prove that they keep O
ed derby houses, and are of good moral cha
l." %acter; and, [ guess, that is more than yo,
pa Mr.. Spirit of the Age, have ever done
he open court, by two competent witnesse
as Do you confess it? DIKOS.
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