Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-07-22

The Hillsboro' Recorder is mistaken in SAVING
that the following article or the subject of Lotteries
appeared among the editorials of this paper. We
have never said one word in the HernM in defence
of Lotteries-never advised single being to risk
his money in adventures of this kind, as our files
will show If the article alluded to did arnear
among the orig nal matter in this paper. we have no
idea how it got there. We certainly did not write
it, do not endorse it, and would not have permitted
it to occupy the position alleged by the Recorder
The following is the article alluded to-:
GREAT GAINS FROM SMALL RISKS-Every man
looks for gains which may be obtained by small
risks, but after all few men, comparatively, act with
much wisdom. They waste too much time in look
ing about and examining. weconducte! lottery
is the institution to invest in, because it takes no
time off any consequence. All that need be done is
to enclose, ten, five two dollars and half for
whole, half or quarter ticket, to those correct and
prompt managers, x BY re.
turn of mail the ticket will be sent, and the drawn
numbers Immediately after. The lotteries are drawn
every Saturday, and said to be wholly satsfacto
ry to purchasers. The prizes range from twenty
dollars to fifty thousand so that there are great
chances for all the purchasers"
While we are upon this subject Of Lotteries and
Lottery advertisements. would remark, that we
are opposed to these gambling adventures; but that
the custom of publishing these advertisements OBJ
tains everywhere. They are published, we suppose,
in every State in the Union. And. if the Recorder
and those who agree with it, suppose that they can
prevent persons in this State from investing their
money in Lotteries by Of the refusal Of the
North Carolina press to publish the advertisements
they are cgregiously mistaken. Papers from other
States containing these advertisements circulate
freely throughout our own and circulars of "nag-
nificent schemes" &C., &C., passing periodically
through the post Offices If people wish to gamble,
gamble they will in defiance of law just as people
trary notwithstanding. We know that it is against
the law of this State to make or draw, publicly or
privately, lottery, by whatever name, style title
the same may be denominated or known and il is
also violation of the law to sell lottery tickets; but
for all this tickets bought, and money is invest
ed in lotteries elsewhere fooishy Of course but none
the less generally. We do not suppose that the Leg
isature, by any law it might pass, could put stop
to this traffic; that the nonappearance of lottery
advertisements in the North Carolina papers would
have the effect of materially diminishing, much less
of destroying, the purchase of tickets in this
State.
If the Legislature is disposed to turn moral reor'
mer it will have it's hands full. 1t will have to say
'what shall eat, and what we shall drink, ana
wherewithal shall we be clothed" 1t will enter on
a work more difficult that cleaning the Augean sta
bles and will end by running counter to the Constl.
tuton and the rights of the people. For once lett
embark this publication of man process and Whee
will it bring up? To be consistent it must not con-
fine its labors to the suppression of any one vice. hut
of ALL 1t must not only put down lotteries but cara
playing, intemperance and excess of every kind
These things may in a manner he fettered ana res
trained by human legislation, but the influences oil
higher power necessary to aid in their sntnga'
ton. The Gospel and not the Legislature is the
agent diviney appointed to change the heart OF man.
and cause him, to loathe those things in which nc
formerly delighted.
If there was such thing as preserving consl>eI.
cy in matters of moral conduct Or religion, we n's'
hope for better things Bnt the world is strangely
inconsistent. We have seen temperance men lne
most Incorporate of all in speech-members OF inc
church VIGOROUSLY scoundrels-religious 'ana''cs
who in their zeal for their neigchor's soul forget
their own-riding one hobby of morality to dea'h
and entirely overlooking the others. Even from
sinners stand point the view ofthe world as 1t meets
his eye strange mixture Of practice against the
ory the outer life of the man against the inner me-
the professions of the tongue against the acts oil Inc
hand and the dictates of the mind and heat we
find vast deal of cant, of presumption, of arrogant
intermeddng, fassumed moral superiority, OF Phar
isaical pretence and but precious little OF that pure
and undefiled religion which flows from the word OIL
God. Your religious hypocrite is the most conten'p'
tible Of all! for he steals the livery OF Heaven u
serve the Devil.
We had no idea of preaching sermon on the SUD- ,.
jec. when our intention was merely to place ourse1
right on the record; and we now leave it with inc
remark that the Recorder has done us injustice IN 's
article to which this is reply, and that we kno"
it will cheerfully correct it. ,,
Wilmington HeraM
Wasn't it mean in Powers to chsel poor Greek
Slave out of little bit Of marble?