Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-06-15
N ewS of the Dav.

there are no riots, OF murder, or aldermen, -
to preach Temperance to the people of Phil -
adelphia. He considered the cause of Tenn :
perance to be truth, faith, and perseverance,, III
and on these three points he confined his re- y
marks, and illustrated his position by a train u
of thought and expression ina truly eloquent J
manner, portraying the beauties of truth, and u
contrasting their diamond brightness with :
the deep, dark, and damning traffic in rum, q
spreading death and destruction, as it does in
the ranks of mankind. He alluded to the Z
many young men killing themselves inch by :
inch-bringing sorrow to the mothers heart, !
destruction to morals. The death of the mis-
cradle being, had it taken place when he was |
a babe, laid out with roses around his brow,
would have been a coronation to the mother
in contrast with the drunken, staggering sot
bestially reclining before her, in her once
darling son. He believed there was as much
drunkenness among the rich classes as among
the poor, and perhaps more so. How often
we see them driving better animals than they
are themselves, at a fast rate through the
streets, TO return home. to get more of that
which they had been drinking in the various
gilded rum palaces abroad! Yes, said the
speaker, the perfumed rich dandy is carried
drunk to his bed, but he is just the same as
the poor, miserable, hatless, ~coatless drunk
ard, who makes his bed in the gutter. There
is no difference in point of morality for both
are drunk, and in the same state of bestiality.
On the point of faith, he addressed himself
particularly to those of the Temperance army
who have taken an active part in the reform,
and exhorted them to persevere in the work
and there were but two points to be gained
by the principles of Temperance-'the legal
suppression of the rum traffic"-''the mora,
reformation of the inebriate." This alone is
our aim, and it is for this moral right tina
the temperance army is now battling. Ever
lift be said that the traffic in rum cannot b.
legally restricted by any legislative enact
ment, yet he considered it fright, and no NOR
than right, to have such a law on the record
of Pennsylvania, and every other State in tn
country. Look at the war in Europe. w
see that Austria has put it's clumsy foot frol
Lombardy into Piedmont, and thus has mad
a moral mis-step, and violated a treaty mao
!, years ago. Let US have a restrictive law o
our public record, and he who violates it steI
beyond my threshold and dies a moral wron
: Selling liquor, in fact, is either right
wrong. He was not at all in favor of licel
sing the traffic in any shape or form. If
rs be right, let all sell it; if it be wrong, CT
n you, in the face of God, license a wrong !?
e Why, if it be right, do you license men WI
are wealthy enough to pay the demand
: price, and turn aside the more unfortunar
who cannot pay, and who have as good
right to sell? But, if the whole be wror
why license it at all? Why not Danish
-. at once, and let mankind become redeeme
He said that every lady and gentleman p,
- sessed more or less influence, and he exht
on- ed them to join the temperance society,
- sign the pledge, for the sake of the moral
feet that it would have, and illustrated t
position by introducing, in an eloquent
off patriotic style, that paper pledge that ,
signed, years ago, in the Hall of Indep
-. dence, which had the effect of giving libe
-. to the people throughout the land.
The vast assemblage then separated. =
The National Division was in session f
9 A. NJ, on Friday the 3rd, till past midni
when the sixteenth annual session was
ed. [ was unable to give a IN of
,ro. interesting proceedings, being much of
time pnpaped in Gomnittoa roop, apd =,
IS of Jun anu :
therefore wait until [ receive a slip of
official proceedings from our excellent
1ont worthy Brother, the Most Worthy Sc
tho which will probably be in time for the
y to Il ne" was uiiaole W
aroa copy of the M. w. Scribe's report, ext
from which are promised in my last lett,
;vod L hope to be able to give it next week.
The session of the N. d. just closed,
str;. the largest ever held-there being 1O5
and resentatives in notwithstanding, as |
the said in a previous letter, from all port
nsti- nearly, of the Union and the British Pr
CON- ces. And the session was as as harmon
as it was large. Not a word was said
acro- thought seemed to be entertained, that
noke not full OF Love, Purity and Fidelity -
confidently predict that the feeling of co
CON- and conservatism that prevailed in the
loft council of our beloved Order, will ems
rooL year of prosperity and advancement SUI
uoon ing the brightest days of its previous hi
-. North Carolina was we'll represent,
e +ho Bros. d. S. Hill and Rich'd Sterling, {
mer;. P.'s; A. w. Cummings, G. w. P, ,
boon Sloan, G. w. A. and your humble Sc
ores the G. Scribe.
i, 9TH TIL next session of the n. d. is to b
nd he in Portland, Maine; commencing on tn
been Thursday in June, 1860.
or we Having transacted what business I
,ct be- this great city, | shall leave in the IN
e des- to visit the great wonder and curiosity
Continent-Niagara Falls. | shall thu
next ten home, which hope to reach early
effects week.
ce and / will close this hurried letter by
house. in favor of the Metropolitan Hotel
4 New City, at which we are stopping. II
as a tainly the best House for attention ant
,ro oro rpouicife tn Suit or,acfc T hove ava,