Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-10-17
Temperance and Patriotism

temperance and Patriotism.
We See by the annexed extract. that our
ever-active and enthusiastic Past Grand W.
thy Patriarch, Sterling, recently addrsssod
the people OF Greensboro on the subject Of
Temperance and in the midst of a great ~,
uonal political excitement as we nov Are
was natural that he should present the sinh
Ject in a patriotic light before his hearers. I,
IS true, our country's perpetuitv and nro.-
per'ty is threatened by political fanaticism.
reckiessness and corruption, but it is alike a
notorious fact, that the traffic in ardent sn;r-
It's, and their use as a beverage, endsnger the
liberties OF our country as much or more than
all other causes. There arc secret and hos.
tile foes at work in our country, under miuinp
our fair edifce, destroying our glorious in
stltutions, and p~lucking up our fondest hopes
and brightest expectations, and intemper.
ance as the most Gctice Of them all
Let us suppose that esery roter in our
land was a drunkard, Ito use the arvument
of a recent speaker) could our Liberty Tree
hive? mol she would soon cast her untimelv
fruit, her leaves would wither and fall, and
l her blasted appearance would soon be pre-
: sented to the world. Now the conclusion l.
inevitable, that the more inebriates the create,
, the danger, and the fewer the drunkards, the
) less We have to fear in that particular. What
j is 1T that has created this danger? What is
it that ~scatters these drunkards over. the
land? What is it, that calls for so pulh !,
: Z zeal, action, and powa to arres, its onSa
5 pf0sreSss What is it' Clearly the traasSs
IN ardent spirits, and their use as a beverage.
Is 1t not this evil, that makes the moderate
drinkers? 1t is well understood, that from
the numbers of those moderate drinkers the
d ranks OF the drunkard are constantly filled
10 as soon as one after another sinks into a
~drunkard's dishonored grave. Where is
the freeman, the lover Of liberty, who does
ne not feel ashamed of his race, and his country.
when he sees the poor, helpless, pitiable, and
r, unfortunate drunkard, with blasphemy on
a his lips, in one hand a dagger for his coun-
: try's heart, and in the other a vote, which it
re- is his privilege to cast staggering up to the
no polls, depositing his influence, and ~exertine
nd as much power as any other man? Whers
is the lover of his country, who does not fear
nee and tremble, lest, by the influence of in,em
BY, perance,. directly and indirectly, the founda
os, tons Of our liberties should be undermined
stn and the virtue and morals that exist in ou
nation, to a great extent he voted out o
ETY. compromised and the foundations of a lane
ea priced so dearly, entirely destroyed!
ZEN When we calmly consider the extent of Ii
m quor drinking in our country, at the tim,
when the Temperance pledges were first cir
~ culated, and the amount drank at this time
till. In the United States; and also the alarming
number of drunkards, now in our midst
like BaylOnia Of ancient, and Ireland of mod
zrs ern times, our country will be meted out
down trodden, yea, crushed by the iron heel
4 of oppression. Such is the tendency of the
traffic and its use such will be our lot, IN
less we put on our armor and go forth to
y meet the enemy. ~
Z But here is the article above referred to
TEMPERANCE ADDREss.-Prof Sterling, b,
invitation of the Sons of Temperance, deliv
~ cred a Temperance Address on Monday night
in the Court House. The streets were rather
muddy from the rains of the past several days
but the Court House was quite full, with
not good attendance of ladies. Such a dispo
WIS., sitlon to turn out indicates. a good feeling il
Atb the community upon the subject of the Ten
perance reformation which gives much encoul
ner- agement to those who have battled so faithful
4 of ly for so long a time. The address va
tory pointed ana earnest as Is prot. Sterling
GA dresses an audience upon the subject of Ten
IgOr- | paranca Without daurapiafinn fha OWLS
own Abolitionism and Secessionism, and other di
ring tacthg .snis, ne regarueu hUemPeiahce :
Jill ter depicting in its horrid ghastliness the mo
the al and physical destruction of intemperanc
its pecuniary aspect was presented. The a.
a ministration of our Federal government at j
most extravaganza figures, reaches only $40
rom OO0, 900 annually while the cost of intempt
soon ance to the taxpayers in the items of prosec
moral tons and lmpr1sonmentS, IN the united Stat
49, amounts annually in the lowest figures, $15
N'H 100000; being annually $50, 100000 mo
< with than enough to carry on all the operations
res So the entire Federal Government This ST.
4 ,,bot does not embrace the millions of dollars
- tended in the purchase of the liquors. v
tne do not attempt to analyse Prof SterlingS
he Or dress, but have alluded to this part becal
tion of politicians SO often make IL a point 70 60
- the people with long faces and whining COZ
IenanCeS ABOUT neaVy taxes anu eATafaSs
I'M spe- administrations; but never once tell the d
people that these heavy taxes occur from
,oo+;nc liquor traffic. In the forcible language of
-. speaker, abolish the liquor traffic, and
WIN people win no longer be oppressed with he
cause, taxes: drive out the miserable doggeries e
and the Basement Of the Capitol, and the Hall
- our National Congress will no longer c
Push with inhammatory Barrang1es. . "ituesS
graceful and bloody lights The liquor tr
is is the source of our aoniesticm iseTiesi tn
auor traffic is the bane OF our political cal
~" tiles. Down with the liquor traffic,
4 that Greensboro Tim,
2Sons I'm
In. and Int-oductiou TO an Illustrative and Constructive c
mar. for Beginners by Rev. Prof. BRAsTLEY J
This is the title OF a new Grammar,
/, The from the press. The Author is a North
~ Gilman. and has issued one or two
ou Grammars of a larger and mere comprr
- siye class. These have withstood the ass
7 $50, of criticism and are now recognised as c
will give ano In many iesp Ta
:, mar now in use in our schools. The pr
II % work is on a smaller scale and better ad