Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-07-23

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But the question here a,;sos -
"hs. .J,s desirable object be accomplished snt
onn VIII are the most practicable means? W.
' an:wer mat end can be obtained bv the
Gn'eu enorts of all good members If 60
W. wy, all lovers of sobriety and good order
we 10 not ask FOR the strong nroteot;n.
TrSls or the law for wn
tnan even the sword. Let our weapons
be sympathy and co-operation-sympathy
Tor the men engaged in the degrading bus.
iness-sympathy for those unfortunate
creatures who have become easy preys to
the enemy and tyrant, King Alcohol and
cooperation with those who are endeavor.
ing to remedy this wretched state of affairs
But perhaps the distiller and yender of
intoxicating liquors think that we are ratb-
er too severe in inveighing against their
respective vocations. Let's see if we are.
10 decide this question we will PROFOUND
another; it is this: Is he who furnishes
means OF destruction, accessory to crimes
committed and injuries sustained ? We
answer IN the affirmative, and knoao we can
II necessary, prove beyond reasonable
hypothesis, our position. Thou, who for
tne sake OF little gain, scatterest destruc
'ion around, take the question no re to
thy own mind, and answer for thyself. -
Canst thou wltnesss without remoreo OF pu1u-
science the destitute circumstances of that
wife and those children, thus brought to
want by the husband indulging in that
which you gave him and for which YOU
received in return that which should have
been given for the support of his family
Lay not the "hattering JUNCTION to your
soul" and say. if | had not sold him IL
quor and received in return his money,
some body else would. If you can hush
your conscience by such an argument as
this, it must speak in low accents indeed
We will pursue the question a little fur
ther. Let the voice from the tomb be
heard-o victims slaughtered, as they rise
up thousands with horrid invectives against
you and your abominable business, and
then say, thou disliler and vender of spir-
ituous liquors, if there is not evidence suf-
ticient to convict and convince you of do
ing that which is wrong in the broadest
acceptation of the word. That man is
worthy the name of coward, who feasts
and fattens upon the misfortunes and weak
weak and silly fortified places of our ma
ture, storms it day by day with a glass of
NC. bald, ,fuce, until the unfortunate piece
Of humanity yields to the superior forces
of his energy and is drowned and swallow
ed up in the great vortex of drunkenness.
Then the man behind the screen pitches in
for the booty-takes day by day that which
should have been given to the wife and
children, until he has received all, pecuni-
arially which the poor fellow had leaving to
the worlds cold charity broken hearted
wife and helpless children. Men, who have
never received one cent from the unfortu.
nate husband and father, have to pay their
part for the support of these and all sucl
families.
| Believing that all honest and reasonabl,
: men are of the opinion that it is neoraUs
wrong to make and sell liquors, we ask, i
. it is wrong secundume legene i? We answe
4 again in the affirmative, from the simpl
v fact that, the vender gives his neighbo
that which reduces his family to such
+ condition that l am compelled to pay N
s part for their support. 1t seems to m
h that this is satisfactory to any inteligen
n mind. Then the community has a rig1
n to say something against that man or set
IS men whose business tits to poison our sor
:. and fathers. And woman's "still sma
!. voice" must be heard in virtue of injuri'
n sustained through her unfortunate husban
le who pays such frequent VOWS to his loI
a and master, Alcohol, that his wife occupi
h. but very small room in the halls of h
e memory. In eastern climes there is TIRE
to known as the Upas, which was certai
ne death to all who came near enough to i
a. hale its poisonous breath. So in our ov
is country, aye, community, are to be four
SC doggeries as fatal, if frequently visited,
~ the Upas tree of the East. Then let
ch keep aloof from these slaughter pens, l.
ou we too fall victims and be inundated up
that altar still reeking with the blood
h f! thousands.
he And one of the most alarming facts &C
Of nected with the history of these dogger
lis is, that they are similar, in some respec
en- to the famous water serpent known in Fl
ry ulous history by the name of Hydra.
les This serpent had so many heads that it Y
of impossible for long time to destroy
lie from the fact that as soon as one head '
ug cut off another would Immediately succ'
cir it. But Hercules finally attacked
,ed monster and destroyed it by applying i
ON brands to the wounds as he cut off
M heads Sometime ago zoe cut off one h
Der of the monster, Alcohol, by closing
for doggery; but 10 and behold another is
en-. ginuing to make its appearance in the
the same place Mirabiie dictu! We h
all learned from experience that we must f
'oy- the deUH with fire, as did Hercules
nee monster. So we must cauterize with
the frebrdnds Of public opprobrium,
ara wound caused by the looping off one
our of the monster, in the removal of one
lnK' gerry, lest another should grow to the
de, turity of the former. We respect m
ana men personally who are engaged in
Iher- business of selling and making LIQUORS
we We must say, we detest their business
hrst And we could no more say to such 1
'nese success to you, than to that man who W
Dog go through the county dealing out DC
I TIL to its inhabitants. For the one is mo-
ID Its be feared than the others since men W
IS re- keep aloof from the latter, while the fo
acad- has that poison which is enticing, il