Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-10-01
been mixing Biss up in your affairs,
and there the TO see and hear the elo-

been mixing lies up in your affairs,
and there the to see and hear the elo-
quent chamPfy for his cause.
The first ST / closed and the crowd
dispersed to ] ID take refreshments. But
after q little Rh1e6ey all assembled again,
and another speaker aTOse and begun a TRADE
against drunkenness, as though there was
any drunkenness In tile land, and every man
was not . temperate. man. III had the te-
merity TO say,that fge first dram had as much
to do with making drunkenness, as the third
or fourth. Now, was not be yerdant to say,
if the first had not been taken. there would
not nave been any 3D. or 4th OF. any higher
number! he tried to show that whatever
was necessary might be used temperately
but 1t was Incompetence to use what was
pernicious, and dardd to say that alcoholic
liquors were Of thabslass.
lie quit, noweyerj and up rose the third
speaker, and at it ihe went pitching on to
the inspired dlsciple who made his second
appearances, at the farther part of the large
audience. just as lie speaker arose. You
think ne dld not cry out " see there a lee
turer that can, e making a better speech in
favor OF temperance than I could Now
you see what we arelMorking for. Just look
at that man. He has .here now sisters and
friends. Is there . Son Of Temperance that
would not make over again a sacrifice to save
INN, and relieve the pasaful feelings of his
sisters and other friends. double what he had
already made J, HEwent on in this strain,
intlmatlng that monster held him
and deprived hin MS reason and was
crushing out ali mmNsa>inhikna
ture, and IT they as citizens, were not be
wltehed by some fascinating power, they
would rise up and seize the moster and crush
him to death. Did you ever hear the like ?
And the Temperance dolts set there and let
the man show himself, and curse and swear
In the presence of their wives and daughter
and boys, instead of, like decent men ough
to have done, taking him out and tying hin
i to a stump. And they let him bawl at on
L end of the crowd, while the speaker rattle,
, away at the other. Now this was fine at
temperance meeting. Ought not the Sons q
Temperance to be prosecuted for heldin,
such d1sorderly meetings? This was ne
: half. They formed a procession, and reall
genteel ladies joinedi in it. Strange, is it no
e They had not gone far before the fello,
mounted his gray horse, rode to the front
waved his hat, charged and commando
O with shouts and huzzas. And the crave
Sons let him go on tohis hearts content IN
even marched on with him in their rear
Now don't that beat all creation?
Shame on your Sons of Temperance to b
III sucn a CROWD. Ii near OF your gang
If Sons doing so again. l shall become cor
PEELED to say your meetings ought to be pro
ecuted as public nuisances. You will real
ruin the credit of this lawful business, al
men having GOOD MORAL CHARACTERS, will
thrown out of employment and made
y, work. You think that last speaker did not S
K some hard things against the seller and sa
te he was meaner and yiler than the poor dru
Ken tool, that was representing him. WI
u Is to become of the country when the preac
es dare to hold out such ideas. Be
kind as to give these gentlemen better inf
nation, and tell them it looks bad to
DIS preachers near liquor wagons on can
Up grounds and at temperance meetings 81
* rounded by a pack Of tipplers. l only gi
ct you a few hints. Look out for a plain t
4 if your Sons and yourself don't quit ye
80 disturbing the quiet of the monopoly.
% Yours for awhile, DIKOS
sn September, 1856.