Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-03-31
The North Carolina Bows.

s 80 "eU"tcH as many OF them are, VINO c
strut when they walk, twirl a cane, swear !
IKE a sailor, smoke more segars in a day than
they can earn in amonth, andlast but not least,
who can turn off a glass of grog with the air
of an old topper, they are not all men, nor
wont be for some time to come. We have
many ntown and country who are boys still
good boys, sensible, generous hearted BOYS,
who hold to temperance principles, and shun
the grog-shop, or the saloon, or the bar room,
as they would a rattle snake. To such boys
we have a word.
Last week we urged the Raleigh boys to
form a Section ofthe Cadets. They will heed
our advice we trust, and do the clever thing.
But we are interested in the boys all over the
State. There are many other towns and vii
lagos where the boys are as generous and no
BILE hearted and wish to do good as we'll as in
Raleigh, and We are anxious to see you all
coming up to this work heartily, throughout
the lane. Say, boys, what will you do p
Will you stir up your associates to join the
Cadets ? Will yot meet next Saturday after
noon to form a Section? Come, procures some
!. suitable room in which to meet. We say, at
3o'clock P. NJ. that's the mostleisure, the most
: fitting hour for boys to meet. You are good
boys, and Mothers don't want their boys to
! be out after night. 1t is night-walking that
: makes a boy feel mGnish so soon, and has ru-
u ined many a fine lad. No, boys, Saturday
{ Afternoon, that's the time meet and organize
L and get all the boys to join you. And what
9 a pleasant time you will have. After the bu-
e siness of initiating is all through with, for we
trust you will have a good deal to do of this
sort, then will come on your speeches, and
your short talks, which will prepare you the
better for those great speeches you will make
some day ut the bar, or en- the rostrum, in the
- Senate Chamber or the lower House, or when
you stand up in the pulpit and become a
mouth-piece for God. Come will you do it?
But perhaps, we hear some of the boys in
towns, in the villages or in the country say,
1--WE go in for temperance-we never did
oe drink and never intend to, but Pa won't let
~ us Join the Cadets or there are but few that
.oo will Join, or our neighborhood is too thinly
-, settled for a Section, or it is too expensive tC
keep it up, or we have tried it and can't keep
it a-going." Well, there is some force II
these objections, but can't you overcome.them
nv, Suppose you make the effort. You know wha
led trying will accomplish and besides there i
on strength you know in union of effort in
be combination of our talents and influence
- "A r-ho% a Ioor4iGul cpaotoola II &c tO 600
and parcel ofboys clad in the neat, simple garb ofth
this Cadets, of a Saturday afternoon, on their wa
or to the Section room. And then if you don
sim meet, those speeches will be lost, and yc
ring won't be so ready when your country cal
the you. But perhaps, none of our reasons wi
per- answer. We hear one say, there is :
We cuanre TO get UP a oeculul. Well, we VI
xica- tell you what you can do, and it won't co
this you more than ten cents, and Pa will not o
ence, ject to it: Every temperance boy in the Sta
take can do it: Go at once and get a little blar
book, head it with a pledge, thus:
lifted 1--WE the undersigned pledge our sacr
IS we honor, that we will not make, sell, buy
good, drink. except given us as a medicine, into,
9TH eating liquors of any kind, and we will u
all honorable means to induce all others
beau follow our example. This pledge is to
outor sacredly kept so long as our names rema
coun7 on this record"
ut'ful There now, you have started. Put 20
rorite name at the head Of the list. Keep the DO
lnued in your hat-take care you don't lose it, a
We get every one you can to sign it. Now wo
pen you do this much for the cause? Do so, a
often write lis every three months how many nan
ry on Won have gotten, and we'll let the world KIN
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