Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-04-20
RALEIGH NORTH AEoLI NA, April. 90. 1859.


men patronize and give eountenance to
such placesa
A. Many of them, doubtless, do so from
habit, and without thinking any thing
about the inconsistency of such course.
q. Could the retailing of liquors be
made profitable, if professors Of Religion
and other respectable men, did not patron
ize such establishments
A. No, they would fail for the want of
support.
@. Are drunkards, as class of men,
provided with sufficient funds to sustain,
and uphold these filthy and poslated sinks
of iniquitys
/ A. No, as class OF men drunkards
are poor and scarce of change.
8 f good christian men would keep
aloof from these the. holes as they have
been called, would they not be obliged to
go DOWN.
/ A. They most assuredly would
@. Is it then not the imperative duty
| of all good, sober, high minded, honorable
men, to shun such miserable places as they
would the pestience?
| A. Yes, it is certainly their dHty, a:
well as their interest, to discountenance al
such places.
G. Are not grog shops curse and |
nuisance to any community
A. They are directly and indirectly
the greatest curse that could be inflicted OIL
any community.
@. Do not retailers often sell spirits t,
men, when they know that the familie
of these men are destitute of even the ne
cessaries of life?
A. Yes, they do it knowingly and vii
fully.
@. Can christian do such thin,
with an approving conscience?
A. No, such men have no conscience
it is scared.
G. IF then the very existence of thes
pests and nuisances of society, depend uT
pom the patronage of professors of Religio
for their existence, are not those professor
who by their patronage sustain them, re
sponsible, to a very great extent, for th
mischief and ruin that they produce?
A. Surely they are, and God will doub
less hold them amenable for their condu
in doing so.
@. Can any man who has a relish f
the holy services of the sanctuary of Go
have relish for the profanity, obscenit
and wickedness that characterizes the
places, where the drunkards of the land {
love to congregate9
A. The thing is impossible-they a
as unlike, and dissimilar, as Heaven al
hell.
@. Can the man who is delighted wi
the songs of Zion, be delighted with t
songs of the drunkard2
a. Ivo, tt7s--r -----.aha is fond of t
music of bottles and glasses-and the &C
versation of the drunkard, would be mise
bic, even in Heaven.
; @. If our minister was in the habit
!, resorting to grog shops, would you have
spect for the man, or any confidence in
preaching
A. No, not even the drunkard wo
respect him as Minister of the gospel.
q. Is it not as great sin-and as or
. shame too, for private member of
? church to be seen in a grog shop, as N
T lister of the Gospel?
A. Yes.
h @. Is it not as great sin for mer
a visit these miserable dens of sin, as it wo
g be for women to do so
A. The sin is about the same, but (
# tom and public opinion would stamp
4 practice with greater shame and infamy
4 @. Can the curse of intemperance
arrested and put down, SO long as resp
r bic men tolerate, countenance, and uph
O. those wicked, rascally scoundrels, !,
aduterate and poison the liquors they n
ufacture, and so long as men, knowing tt
to be such, traffic in them, and retail
sell them to their neighbors-and !
= drink them?
= A. [ cannot see how it can be d
unless a majority of the people should G
:. such men to represent them in our Lie
80 lature, as will pass rrohibitory laa0.
@. Would such law throughout
country prove blessing, and would
nd every mans duty to vote for such an
actment?
al A. It most assuredly would be b
ing to the whole world if there was \
lg drop of Intoxicating liquor in it.
@. How can you prove that pro
81 tory law would be universal blessing
A. Just in this way, that by reno
er a universal curse, a universal bles
would inevitably follow, Just as natu
at as by removing the cause of disease, h'
would be necessary consequence.
ch (To BE CONTINUED.
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