Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-11-04
ANOTHER CENTRAL AMERICA!

ANOTHER CENTRAL AMERICA! SC
A few weeks ago, a great ship went down 10
into the terrible depths of the sea, carrying :,
with it hundreds of human beings and mill y
ions of golden treasure and when the sad a,
news came to our shores, how swiftly the s.
fearful tale flew from one border of our land s
to the other, and how the great heart of the =
nation throbbed with sorrow as later and la +
ter news came concerning the lost! 1t made a
the whole nation sad, and for many a day a q
sickening memory will linger around the }
name of that great ship that went down in {
the sea. I
Floating iaziiy and hstessIy upon the
troubled bosom of the blaeksssea of Intemper
ance there is another as great, yea, greater,
than the lost " Central America; and on her
decks, in her cabins and through every part
of her, thousands Of human beings are crow
ded. Shehas passengers of all ages and from
every class of society. Shei is not sea-worthy
either for danger creaks through and through;
but the hapless passengers are ignorant Of 1t
and they float away rending the air with
their shouts of revelry. Her passengers are
from all parts of the country from the noun
tains and from nigh unto the sea from the
rural district and from the hill-hedged village;
from the town and the city-from many
thousand homes they have come and risked
their all upon this fearful ship and upon this
terrible sea. There is mourning IN these
homes even now, fearful lest the loved ones
s q aa5 never aa m9Te=gstgsa e glsaasa 1e s hearts
And thousands will press the home hearth
stone no more!
Hearts that mourn now, will wall bye and
byei
For sure as the sun shineth, that ship will
touch the mooring of home no more. It bears
the annual tribute of mortality demanded by
the Rum King of his ~votaries for the COM
pounding of his Internal feast. And every
year this is required Those on board now
will go down-down-down, to what fiery
depths none can tell-a wall will arise from
ten thousand broken and desolate homes al
over the land hearts will he crushedbeyon'
the power of healing; and, as the years com
0 and go, this same terrible thing will happen
In the midst of every year, this black an
o terrible sea yawns and closes over thousand
s and thousands, and then seems as if nothin
: fearful ever broke upon its deceitful waters
3 but its awful tragedies are written, as with
Il pen of iron, upon the leaf ofmany a thousan
o hearts that sigh without hope for the lost
Y The histories of these disasters are not keI
,f in the archives of IN and trade, br
It they are recorded in the green wales of hom
d These things are true of which we write
r A burthen greater than that of the i'll fate
r. ship so lately lost, goes down every rollin
l. year and leaves, alas no hope for those WI
y mourn that their loved ones are in a bette
h better land beyond the river. No tiny, twi
lg king star breaks out on the gloom to b
them believe and have faith that the lost on
rest from their labors." Alas! they ha
gone and left no hope behind.
a Although this terrible scene does occ
20 every year, and the evidences of its territ
Of truth is every day before the eyes Of me
~ yet we hear no national sigh bursting frc
q, the mourning DoSom-no increased lnFoD
observed in the pulses of the great pub
heart. One victim goes from this home-a
other from that in the valley-another fro
- that beyond the hill, and with an, ALA
Id poor fellow" he is hurried away with a has
bic dust unto dust, and is forgotten save by I
few to whom he is dear and by whom he
n loved.
st, These things are true. A greater than
Central America" is now ready to go do
deeper than the depths of the sea, with
the mortal burthen of human souls. Then bes
Ial- yourselves, We who love your race. Rig
US with valiant men every LIFE Boat in "
keeping, and let then stir the very bosom
The the yawning deep. The sea will soon be- t.
ina into fury by the struggles of dying men
cen the years cruise draws to a close and
doomed ship is almost ready to burst asund
one Let some of the wretched passengers
ded snatched from the very jaws of death and h
las if it be Gods viii. Out Nth the Life Bo
lore neni Our WITH THE LIFE BoATs!!