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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-05-18
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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLI

ruption and abandonment of good morals
the profanity and obssenity displayed in
drunken carousals and dying suddenly,
as many do, unpreparedto meet an aveng-
ing God, are ineomparably worse. Ian
guage fails to depict the misery and suffer-
ing that drunkenness entails upon many
of the human family. and yet, there are
members of the churcl who indulge in the
social glass swalloy down the fiery Ii
quid with great gusts and smack their lips
with delight, as though they had partaken
some delicious nectsrina The example
certainly does not isAssnlaate the benight-
ed path of sinners i; uor is it commenda-
BILE; and doubtless, in many instances, it
has pernicious influence upon frail NOR
tails.
Temperance in all things-universal abb
stinence from Intoxicating liquors, and the
education of the masses, would be the
strongest bulwarks that could be erected
in defence of liberty. There would be
less material. to nurture and elevate dena-
gogues to responsible stations. Iegisla-
tors would be more mindful of their in
cumbent duties; and pay more attention
to the interest of their constituents than
many Of them generally do. And the en-
tire machieery Of the government would
most assuredly move with more order and
greater regularity, and rebound to the gen.
eral prosperity and happiness of a free peo-
pie. TYRO.
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Gonestipn, 9grienltnre snb Ue
II A, MAY 1S, 1859.

Ministry should be the peculiar champions
of this reform; because by their peculiar
relations to society they have the power of
accomplishing more than any other class
in bringing about that moral sentiment,
which is necessary to reform the world by
first reforming the Church. Their infu-
ence will throw around it the charms of
that high dignity and respectability, with
which an intimate connection with the
church can. invest it, and which no merely
social revolution can, unaided, ever expect
to attain. The evils of intemperance are
too firmly intIenched behind the bulwarks
of lust and avyrice, ever to be routed until
the artillery ofthe Church has been brought
to bear against them. Then let it hesi-
tate, vassilate no longer. Let both Minis
try and laity arouse from their slumbers
let them baptise the Temperance reform
anew by their emphatical appreciation, and
give it renewed impetus by their une-
quivocal cooperation.
Elm Cottage, Va.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-05-18

mouth, and require him to enter into
recognizance, with surety, for his ap-
pearance at court, to answer charge
of the state against him, and, in the
mean time, to be of good behaviour,
and to keep an orderly house. And
when any applicant appears before
you for license, if it appear upon the
examination that he has had such dis
order athis house, it is the duty Of
the court to put him in custody, and
request the county attorney to send
a bill against him. In this, way re-
tailers would be taught that their bu-
siness is not only suspicious one, but
a very responsible and dangerous one
for them. That he is not allowed to
drug the poor men with poison as long
as he has dime, and then to irritate
and disgrace him by kicking him cut
of doors, to freeze in the cold, or well
ter in the sun. But instead of pursu-
ing this course, what do you do? You
send that poor man to jail, for striking
at somebody and missing him, and the
next moment you license that retailer
again; and endorse him IS man of
good moral character. What is mo-
rality? A rule of propriety. Who
is a moral man? He that observes
the rule of propriety. And is it pro-
priety to invite man into house of
entertainment, and smairk around him
as long as he has money and sense, and
kick him out when you have deprived
him of both
Magistrates Magistrates such a
course is obliged to make you odious.
And besides, it makes the dependent
classes among us dissatisfied with the
law; makes them feel that they are
hardly dealt by; raises a spirit of re-
bellion, and makes them worse men,
and worse citizens. The law has
clothed you with immense powers
The county court is the peoples court,
and they would be proud of it, and
proud of you, if you would maintain
your high position. You have to deal
with the most generous people upon
the face of the earth. How they
prize what is excellent, and how they
hate what is mean! How much it is
to be lamented that such people
should ever have one in authority about
them, who is either ashamed or afraid
cannot come up to the ddscnarge ornrr
duty with independence, he ought tc
retire. By failing to do so you have
already degraded the liquor traffic SC
that but few respectable men will en-
gage in it; and you have allowed bad
men to monopolize it. And you will
reduce the magistracy to the same de
plorable state.
A want of information as to hov
you ought to act, is a satisfactor.
apology for many who have tried t.
do their duty. If the Author of thi
little address, has made that dut..
plain; and, without offending any, ha
melted all to the performance of it
it is that which he most earnestly de
sired.
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For the Spirit of the Age.

Mr.. EDITOR: The Legislature of North
Carolina, in the days of yore, deemed drunk
enness a crime, that merited punishment,
and enacted a law, imposing fine of fifty
cents upon the offender; "when the Of
fence was committed on the Lords day,
and on any other twenty-five cents, for
each and every offence" If this law is
still extant it must be dead letter upon
the Statute Book of the old North State
for who has known or heard that it was
ever enforced against the many hundreds,
yea, thousands of offenders? 1t will re-
quire more potent means to stay the tide
of drunkenness, than the penalty of mere
pecuniary pittance against the infatuated
inebriate. The power of the law must be
hurled like batteringram against drink
ing saloons, grog-shops, and itinerant Ii
quor dealers to arrest intemperance and
Danish drunkenness.
There are many persons who manifest
opposition to any resolution of the privil-
eye of making drunkards, contending that
the suppression of the liquor trafc, by the
power of the law, would be an aggression
upon the rights of free people. And
some of these lberty-loving souls have the
effrontry to say, that they are in favor O
temperance, but that temperance does moi
consist in total abstinence from intoxica
ting drinks, but the moderate use of ar
dent spirits, as of other creature comforts
Such precise discrimination between wha
is and what is not temperance, is very de
lusive, leading the moderate drinker b,
degrees into the highway of drunkenness
And do not the sticklers for liberty, tha
enlist in the service of King Alcohol, en-
danger it /? He tempts the uninitiated pa
ates of his raw recruits with various kind
of the ardent, till they become fond of i
Then he soon makes them obedient an
loyal subjects, and when completely sui
jected to his will, in the plenitude of
power he prostrates them or tumbles the1
into various intricate and dirty places
holding them under duress in the kin,
dom of Toperdom' at his pleasure Wher
then, is the boasted liberty of him, who
his majesty has deposited in pit or d
: ty puddle, being unable to extricate hir
self from his thraldom? Is he not an u
slightly specimen of patriotism an able
slave of his craven appetites woful spe
tacle of fallen humanity and a ghast
picture of degradation
But the worst features in the career
drunkard, are not seen in this pertr
' ture. The abuse of a confding and Ii
Al inc wife and innocent children; the c,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-05-18
For the Spirit of the Age.
" Strong Drinks"


Some well-meaning persons suppose they
can find an argument for the use of strong
drink in certain passages of the Scriptures.
The plain and forcible language in which
lndulgences in such things are denounced
IN different parts Of the Bible, ought to suf-
tice to shew the fallacy of such an opinion.
1t is, we know, more frequently affected to
be entertained by those who care little for
the cause of truth, or by those who are
eager to. find an excuse, however weak, for
the indul gence of their vicious appetites.
And we should Remember, concerning this
argument that permission to use wine in
Judea is very different thing from allow
ing its use in the United States especial
ly as our wines are generally nothing more
than mixture of poisons, whereas those
OF Judea were the pure juice of the grape.
The great law of christian beneyolence
requires US to love our neighbor as our
selves" Now we do not probably infu-
ence our neighbors more in any other way
than by example: hence, if we allow our
selves to use, even moderately, stimulants
and narcotics, we contribute to strengthen
our neighbors in the same practice, and
finally lead them to intemperance. 1t
needed not perhaps only our example OF
total abstinence to save them from ruin
but that example was on the other side,
and it helped to smother the cries of rea-
son and to repress the throes of conscience
No wonder the Bible pronounces woe
upon him who induces others to drink
neighbors good; but very different is the
law of christian benevolence. If mea
make my brother Offend" says Paul, g
will eat no more flesh while the worlc
standeth." By the example Of drinking
we continue to uphold practice, which
brings upon our fellow-countrymen, an an
nual expense Of more than $1oo,ooO,oo0
and reduces to extreme poverty and wretch
edness from $4,000 to 100000 families
and not less than 10000 individuals t.
pauperism. Awake! S.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-05-18
AN EVENING AT TERM.
BY 1. H. COGGSwELL.

There is among men curiosity to gaze
upon objects which have become famous,
and am a wanderer to satisfy that whim.
1t was curiosity which tnrned my steps
from Naples toward Terni in the Duchy of
Spoleto. Here Tacitus-one of the great
names in the world, whose profundity
once deemed tiresone, whose philosophy
was a bore, and whose erudition was pc
dantic lore-was born. Here Salvador
Rosa, whose appreciativeness of Natures
beauty was nearly equalled by his selfcon-
ceit, found subject for enthusiasm; and
the misanthropic George Gordon, raptu-
rously dwelt on the cascades surprising
beauties" Niagara is imposingly grand;
Terni is POLITICALLY beautiful. Tivoli, where
Horace and Catallus unused, is full Of dra-
mas and repose but Terni invites the ac-
ton. The river Velino casts itself over
rock of tremendous height, amidst wild, |
luxuriant vegetation, and then rushes i'm
petuously through rugged, barren coun-
try. Over the depths of the abyss, into
which the river falls, rises thick vapor
cloud, arching the chasm, like a rainbow
in form and changing hues.
There is queer old tradition respecting
Terni. The famous Roman, GURUS Den
tatus, turned aside the river from its natu
raj course, by cutting canal to the very
edge of the rock, and let loose the flood to
save the overthrow of the districts sur
rounding by the overfowing of its waters.
1t was bright June afternoon, that |
set out to visit this place. There is some
, what of the Alpine scenery in the view
the rough, barren, jagged rocks, and then
the green spots, like oases in the desert,
which Nature benihcently has touched
with her wand of goodness. But, in the
] midst of Natures great efforts, there is a
deeper feeling excited than the slight emo
a tion we sometimes feel at recollection.
e "sublimity and grandeur filed the scene;
J, But past the awe at close of e'en,"
: The sun had approached the western no
i rizon ere gained the summit where the
e best view of the cascade is to be had, anC
. "lengthened shadows gan to creep" in The
. abyss; but there was, | thought, an addi
= tional beauty in the scene. Without th'
= - broad glare Of the sun beaming upon it,
deemed it far more picturesque, and bette
worthy Of the limner's pencil, if art coulc
depict its silent beauty. Yet sketches ar
J. but poor companions without the help Q
nd imagination.
A rough, brambly by-path led me to tn
s. edge of the rock opposite the fall, and
it well-worn rock served me for seat; an
le, maybe the same whereon Salvador sat an
OF pondered.. And here l fingered, watchin
III III the coneeneric rings Of of the falling mas
is IS of water, till the FIRST star peeped out fror
on the azure above, and the dnsky trees al
in peared like some weird creatures of legeI
me dary lore.
Dol Here, thought ], human hearts have To-
OF ed, and the fond words of affection WI
M M.ea drank in the ear of the maiden, ere tt
''' roar of the envious waterfall could be-
the their delightful music away amid its ov
ali rude bellowings. And here, mayhap, SC
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-05-18
AN ACT

To Regulate the Retailing of Spirituous Ii
gUors in the Counties of Blneonabe and
Henderson.
Sec 1. Be it enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of North Carolina, and it
is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That the sixth section of the 10Th chapter of
the Revised Code, in its application to the
Counties of Buncombe and Henderson, shall
be restricted and modified as follows, that is
to say There shall be an election held on
the second Thursday of June next, and in
each and every year thereafter on the same
day, at the school house of each of the school
districts of said counties, for the purpose Of
determining whether license shall be granted
to any persons to retail spirituous liquors
within such districts.
Sec Q. Be it further enacted, That at thu
time and places aforesaid, every person quail
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Notice.
Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad.

IN order to enable the Agent Of the Rail-
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those shipping Freight on the
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w JERv1s Superintendent. Milwaukee.
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