Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-02-05
FoR THE SPIRIT OF TIRE AGA
q Congratulatory Letter from Invalid.

% A~l oE LIE 4RA 1888
a Congratulatory Letter from Invalid.
DEAR BROTHER GoRaAs:-It is gratifying
to see your gallant craft still above the wa
tiers; and, though compelled by the intensity
of the storm to contract your sails, looking
as staunch and trim, and buffeting the bill
lowy ssrges IS proudly as in days of yore.
| must confess, that with all my confidence
in your experience and skill, | have trembled
for your safety and each successive task I
have hailed as an additional attestation of
the sleepless. energy with which you have
stood to the helm in this trying hour. It
must be a source of self congratulation, that
you have 30 long weathered a tempest which
has swept away SO many of your consorts,
aud from whose fury yours, | believe, of the
once proud Temperance feet of the South,
has alone escaped.
But whilst congratulating you upon your
success, ! cannot be unmindful that the storm
is still undated, and that nothing but the
aid of an efficient crew can avert the perils
that encompass you. am panied to learn,
in this connection, that so many of your
crew are deserving you and that their pla-
ces are not more rapidly being supplied with
new recruits.
1t can not be that the Temperance hosts of
the Old North State will suffer you to strike
your colors for the want of their timely CO.
operation. There is surely not one who
would not recoil at the very thought of
such a disaster to the glorious reform. All!
what a howl Of exulting ioy would be raised
by the minions of the Rum-fend over the
wreck of the noble old cruiser which has so
long been the terror of their pirate crafts.
1t cannot-it must not be The friends
of Temperance-of Observation-Disclosures,
! surely see to it that this great calamity is
averted. Now is the time for them to prove
: the sincerity of their professed devotion to
: the glorioas cause. A very little exertion
; on the part of each-an hour spent in can
4 vassing for recruits, is all that is necessary
! to give you again full crew, and to enable
. you to shake your whole canvass " taut and
. square, to the breeze, and to bid defiance
both to the tempest and to the black hosts
= of Rum.
= Then let each and all rally again to your
i side. Let there be no delay, no tenporising,
no Sinking of duty. And may He who ru-
leth the winds and the waves guide and sus-
= tain you till the tempest shall subside, and
the blessed sunshine of Peace shall once
more food land and sea, is the ferVent praye,
. of INVALID.
Elm Cottage, Va L
Thanks to our ever true and faithful friend
: for his complimentary congratulations. Ours
is the only Temperance craft left in the Soutf
to buffet with the piraticsl crew of Alcohol
IS and although ~"stress of weather" has
! forced US ito haul in sair' somewhat, our
gallant Shipper walks the water like a thing
P of life" as it is, though Esprit" and has
. as gallant and almost as numerous a crew or
board as ever walked her decks. New re-
: cruits are being constantly enrolled-anc
: despite of wind and weather we by the bless
ing of God" expect to outride the storm and
come into harbor in a few brief weeks o,
months, with our full sails set, and our log
: book showing we have made a prosperous
voyage. There are a great many of the crew
down your way, and elsewhere, who have
q recently gone ashore, that we would be glad
, to ~re-register among our ships company
u q again. They need not fear our failing t.
"make the trip" and we promise them g,
: full spread of canvas" just as soon as posi-
y ble.-Ep. AGE.