Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1862-07-14

his Interested spouse.
Emancipate your slaves, and till your
lands by white laborers,' replied the an-
CRY husband, lighting his ci gar, the pro-
duct of slave labor, and walking out to
confer with his friends, as to the best
means of accomplishing his designs.
By direct 1egislation,' cried an enthu.
sisstic der Of of wooden nutmegs. with
! bright visions of an orange embowered
nome n the sunny South, looming up
most invtingly in the distance.
That will hardly do demonstrated
New ofkeI, desiring little more South
ern commerce under the present flourish
ing system.
Your safety continued be, knowing
ly, vii! be through and by free suffoqe,
| by that yoa may set bound to Southern
territory; that done, you can soon manage
wishes"
Hhas matters continued to grow worse
between this ancient pair, till the friends
OF eaeh began to fear disunion inevitable
unless something could be done to satisfy
Rlght. Lccordingl y " compromises" were
proposed The friends Of Wrong were
Wiling to compromise with the friends of
Rlgnt-yea, to concede naach for their
GOOD, IN order to preserve the glorious
Union" they would then grant eve,a q
t.ne OF separation for the peculiar institu-
tons Of he South Compromise after
compromise was proposed, but still the
friends of Right, with much mistrust, hesi-
tated. AT last an experiment met with
i apparent success. knowing the froternaZ'
toOe OF the South, aud their undisputod
preference for the land Of "Diric,' line of
separation was proposed, to be known as
Mason and Dixon s. Right accepted the
terms thankful to have the matter settled
and her sons in quietude again.
The friends of Wrong were again iubi-
liant at the preservation of the Union"
and with the glorious Union upon their
than ever, e eGretS il: 5re iinstitations of the
South. Both North and South cried
peace, peace, but Right and Wrong knew
there was no peace yet, for like other hus-
bands and wives, who indulge inconjugal
expressions, though compromises are made,
confidence is not so easily restored, and
each regards their own interests more ieal-
: ously than ever. While this state of feel
5 ing existed between them a young, Terri
tory asked place among the sisterhood Of
t States. Wrong bade her welcome on con-
r dition she abjured the odious institution of
4 slavery. Right asked voice, at least, in
}, her reception. Wrong declared she was
l. overlapping her sphere, and telling her
d meanwhile, in most unhusbaDd-like man.
e ner, she should neUer have another foot OF
Is Territory nor be protected IN her present. pos
st sessions. Right, thinking his conduct un
,e Just and tyrannical, declared she would
S, leave him and govern her lands and insti
e, tutions according to her own judgment
le whereupon Wrong set up derisiye laugf
I'd at her arrogance and incapacity for self
IN government. "She dare not sever cou
i'll glorious Union" thought he; even if sucI
es is her desire, the anaconda-like folds Q
D. the Union are around her, and will soone
er or later hug her into infantie submission
C. Without foHrsh of trumpets, Right, lik
he an injured, though seIf-reliant wife, quiet
At ly withdrew from l MON that had becon
'et burden and grief to her, and re yin
e. on the God of justice to vindicate ht
en- cause, asserted her prerogatives in tt
int face of an astonished world. With wo
nd man-Iike activity the wheels of her gov
Ids ernsnent have been set in motion, and wi
pa an unparalleled resoIuteness of soul, h
the weakness has become miraculous streng
unto her.
the Most chilingly the words swept rou'
not the tyrant Wrong as he paced his desol
ave ted halls, On which at every turn, ev
tn those that run could read, Ichabod.
pom g put his foot 1ocn 1irmJy," and the &C
but of his own football was a voice of rebu
the from that bourne from whence no trav
out er returns
His first impulse was to fly home, q
lied he Instantly demanded his safety suit
It is modern fashion, known as his Scot
.to cap and cloak" but his friends declaI
av it would never do to leave. "Then br
ap- back my departed glory" he cried Z
an frenzy, 1.-THE Union, the glorious On
urse must be preserved; seyenty:fve tkousc
le of men must to arms at once for the prese'
ual,' ton of the Union
from But Right determined never more
in acknowledge an alliance that had bect
a reproach to her--more resolutelv
y by ever declared her independence of
The aud asked her sors 10 drive the inva
n aay from her soil. They have been met
lis sous of Wrong by the Sons of Right
$ dis the God Of battles smiled upon the sol
Right.
.-".' So shall It ever be, and though n