estate Joupal
PEpmlditor and Proprietor.-
rt door above the Yarbrongh House,
OppOSlKJ , j
BATES OF SUBSCRIPTION '.
one year, mailed postpaid, ..... 92 00
;v months, " " ..... 1 00
tbree months, "
0f ten or more $1 50 per year each,
"extra copy to the getter up of the club.
u e withnnt Tarment. and no
ent after expiration of time paid for.
P"" PATIENCE.
L foes torment and tannt you,
I fears harass and haunt you,
Lorhi sma uark and dreary
Sa WCc and dinna weary."
i, ores vou fondly cherish,
j to earth, seem sure to perish,
-ith patience for to-morrow
, life is wholly sorrow,
r plane don't work to please you,
VaU shunld,vex and tease you
tcattl bright and cheery, -ja
wee and dim.a weary." .
j give vou leisure, take it, A
U gift-a blcsing make it ;
tn him no whit abating,
'his williby patient waiting.
ork, taftead olk-inure, ,
bstead of longed-for pleasure-,
er four M seem dreary,
bft wee ami amna -..y
fory of Russian Discipline.
. -'
I Beel not he surprised at anything
fappens in Russia. The other even
yje smoking a cigar with one of my
nds. who has seen, read, and trav-
jT great deal, I was told of an inci- J
'that occurred some iorty years ago
Wgorotl, quite as sinister as that
I recent occurred at Smargon.
colon cl of a certain Russian Regi
irociously tyrannical and I may say
tsa. toward Iris soldiers, was in the
of treating this human flock like a
If wild brutes. . He disciplined with
font; sentencing men to whippings
Iving one button insufficiently pol-
whipping a non-com missioned ofli
r one stain on his cloak; striking
ns of Borodino in the face for salu
; too slowly; sending poor wretches to
bona for giving too free an answer. In
ort during the lapso of years this colo
! Lad made himself so detested by his
that he reaped a frightful vengeance
the seeds of hatred he had sown.
morning during jmrade he sud
fsaw file off from the regiment a
ny or soniiers oeanng instead 01
ts, those long Tods which cut
into the flesh at every blow.
ertheless, he had given no orders.
was no soldier to chastise.
ho is that for?" lie demanded.
vnadier advanced from the ranks,
plied with terrible coolness::
rthee!"
entire regiment, ncn-commissioned
s ana soiaiers, were in tne piot.
hole regiment was present at the
le ' siiectacle. The colonel was
; his uniform torn off, he was tied
in a wheelbarrow and wheeled up
town before the ranks of the grena
I armed with rods, all of whom struck
insulted him.
e officers who attempted to aid their
Del were immediately seized and
mets pointed at their, throats. Some
jtaken away; others garroted. Only
soldier attempted to take part with
m. Then a sergeant, still palid from
effects of his last whipping with the
it, pnt his musket to the soldier's
ii i i t i.: i
pie uiiu mew iii:s uiiuus uui.
d all the regiment saw its colonel
ainder the rods,
hen it was all over they opened a
liven. The colonel was flung into it,
lleeding, together with the officers
fiad obeyed him. And when the fur
was well fed, the soldiers heated it
y, slowly until at lust that hideous,
y and revolting smell of burning
arose in the air, which the savages
. 'ae Russian frontier inhaled some days
at a Jew ish cemetery at Smargon.
t imperial courier bore to the Czar
news of the mutiny. Nicholas lis
aed, became white, but said nothing ex-
,i i i. r l ... t : ..t,'ll....
'Vb W Ulllel iimi uuiiL'iiea ui uiuubij hj
r.1 crrv monstanlieil rnaior-treneral. ac-
- D v wt " " '
t 1 T 1 1
' i in. ii iiv iL niiiiiin . (Uiic-LtuL.aiJi i7i
:ke.d at the door of the barracks
h the soldiers had never left since
iiurder of their chiefs,
ie general gazed coldly upon those
men; all neatly and faultlessly uni
ted, who gave him the military salute.
3t one reproach not one useless
1. He only said to them:
At six o'clock to-morrow morning the
iient will assemble in undress uni-
and without arms at the Tartar
, ujion the little square. Order of
zar." .
t. one voice replied, liut rue next
upon the narrow square, all in ranks
out arms, in uieir long gray coats,
sergeant s at their usual posts, all the
ious soldiers were there, in lines reg
as adjusted to a string, with a
!le,:line of lance-bearing Cossacks be
and behind. Then all at "once from
far spire, all the great bells began.
11, the f Cossack horsemen withdrew."
f the unarmed infantry remained
t the square, with folded arms, wait-
llien there came along low roll of
i, and with it from the avenues lead-
into the square came volleys of grape
firon hail. .
Jhen nothing was heard awhile but
Jt thunder of cannon in that city,
'Srwise silent as a cemetery, when
i women and children, kneeling be--
their holy images, were praying for
Soldiers they were shooting down in
square. And during an interval in
(cannonade hymn rolled up from the
Are; for the soldiers were dying with
1 prayers of their childhood upon'
fr lips. (The cannon thundered for
I'shen all was silent. Powder and
J awhile. The,- cannoneers en-
11 tlieVjnare and recoiled at the sight
P'ose raks of men mown down like
fct. Fronrunder the dead they pulled
a few still breathing victims, able to
I awhile.
pVhat shall be done with them, Gene
VUall we put them in the .hospital?"
u, vnem under the knout. figaro.
I
Days of the Week.
ihe name; of tli davsof Hi a wAk aro
fied from the gods worshipped by the
neru nations of .Europe. Out of tne
n days of the wAk. three of them cor-
iond, in the origin of their names, with
Roman calendar:
'Undav dipa RrUa iron t1i Aaxr aw-rotl
ueoun eun s day. -
Monday (dies Lunaj) sacred to the moon
Aloon's day.
Jesday was sacred to the god Tuisco
A uisco's day.
Wednesday was sacred to the god Wo-
"Woden's day,
Tjiprtday was sacred to the god Tlior
nor s day.
Jriday was sacred to the goddess Friga,
1 1 reva Priira'a A n :
itrrday (dies Saturni) was sacred to
good Seater mW A-
A fiery steed Horse radish.
Second Series,
- Will-Making.
SOMETHING ABOUT TH E WAY TN W IIICH W7XJS
SHOUXJJ BE DRAWN CTIIU OKI"1 i ES OF WTXiLS.
The Springfield (Masacnusetts) Re
publican says : The journals of a year
past have mentioned an extraordinary
number of queer or contested wills. Are
people becoming more disposed to draw
their own wills without employing law
yers ? There is no reason why any one
should not draw a will who has a fair business-like
ability to write out the gifts.
Common sense suggests that the paper
ought to be headed as a will, and it is not
difficult to learn by inquiry how many
witnesses are required in the particular
State; this, by the way, is the State where
the testator resides (at his death) ; a will
drawn for a man on a journey should fol
low the law of the State where he has his
home. Neither bad grammar nor mis
spelling: in the body of a will vitiates it:
if the Judges can understand what the
paper means they, will order that done.
Wills having nearly every important word
misspelled and almost destitute of punctu
ation have been accepted. Maine papers
say that a court has lately taken proof of
a will made in pantomine by a man who
was deaf and dumb, and could not write
or use the manual alphabet. But mis
takes which obscure the meaning make
trouble. A story last summer was that
Mr. Matthew Vassar, when drawing his
own will, meant to leave $7,000 to seven
churches i. e., $1,000 apiece but in
copying his rough draft he inadvertently
inserted the word "each," giving the
churches $7,000 each, or $49,005 in all.
The general rule as to mistakes is , that if
the will is lucid and intelligible, and can
be carried into effect as it reads, thismUst
be done; the language cannot be altered
because witnesses say that the testator
meant something different from what he
'wrote. But if what is written cannot be
performed, the courts will then take proof
01 what the man meant to write.
Curious conditious are sometimes im
posed. One testator declared in his will
that if anv leeratee should attempt to
break it he should be debarred from all
share. Another cut off any heir who
should wear mustaches. Another said
that each legatee must take the pledge
before receiving his share, and should
forfeit a half-years income for every breach
of it. Another left to his family physi
cian 2,000 if testator should live two
years, or 3,000 if he should live five; but,
unlucky for the doctor, the patient lived
only a week. Whether conditions of this
kind are operative depends on the circum
stances; if they are lucid and practicable
the courts will enforce them, but many
are so expressed that they amount to
nothing. If you wish that your legatee
should not receive the property unless he
complies with a condition, say so plainly
in the will, and the condition, if not con
trary to law, will probably be enforced.
Rut to make him give back the legacy
because of breaking the condition after it
has been paid may not be so easy. And
do not mention the requests at all in the
will, but write them in a letter separately,
unless you mean that, if they are not
olwived. tho lecacY shall, be forfaited.
Bequests which are not peremptory con
ditions often make trouble. When Heller,
the magician, died, he bequeathed his ap
paratus to be destroyed. In some ins
tances a testator has directed that a favor
ite horse or other pet, should be killed,
"lest it fall into unkind hands." It is
doubtful whether a court would compel
an executor to' destroy property because
the will so desired. Wills are allowed for
giving one's property; that useful animals
or articles should be destroyed is not for
public benefit. Directions given in a
will as to mode of burial, or for cremation,
are also subjects of the sanitary law of
the place. -
It is only when one designs to give his
property outright in simple ways that he
should draw his own will; for complicated
trusts, endowing new institutions, or ty
ing up property for a future time, a law
yer's aid may be very needful.- Even law
yers sometimes make i'mistakes. A New
York lawyer named Rose drew his own
will, leaving about $2,000,000 to be held
for five years to see whether other givers
would add $300,000; if they would the
whole should go to endow a "Rose Benifi
cent Association"; if they would not, then
his money was to go to other charities.
Now the law does not allow property to
be held in suspense for a definite term of
years; therefore his will was pronounced
void. Some most absurd blunders have
been made by lawyers in drawing wills
for themselves. It is not obligatory to
appoint an executor, but doing so is wise,
and if a testator has enough confidence
in the person named to direct that "he
shall not be required to give security,"
this may prove a great convenience.
As respects signing and witnessing,
wills often fail for some informality in
these, especially in New.York, where the
form is stricter than in most States. A
story of last summer was that a will was
presented written partly in black pencil,
partly in blue (a will is not void because
in pencil, though ink is far better) ; about
half was written on one page, and the wit
nesses signed at the foot; the other half
was written on the other page, and then
came the testator's signature. This ins
trument was discarded, because the wit
nesses did not sign at the end of the will.
Common sense ought to tell any one that
any important paper ought to be com
pleted before the signatures are affixed.
The New York rule as to signing and
witnessing is that there must be two wit
nessesj the testator must sign in their
presence; inform them that the paper is
his will (he need not tejl them what is in
it), and ask them to witness it; and they
must sign their names and residences at
the end of the will. They usually sign
below a brief memorandum certifying
that these thjngs were done; but the me
morandum is not strictly essential. Keep
the will, when completed, in a safe pace.
Iu Massachusetts lately a will was contes
ted because rats had eaten the signature.
Lord St. Leonard's will was lost, and was
established only by tbs fortunate fact that
his daughter was able to repeat fhp subs
tance oi it irom memory.
" The live mau in always
in front" is not intended
funeral processions.
to be found
to apply to
A young man named Onion has lately
been ordained as a minister. Whenever
he unfolds himself before his auditors,
he will doubtless move then to tears.
"What have you been doing since I
last saw you ? 1 "1 ve been attending a
course of free lectures." "A course of
free lectures?" "Yes. I was married a
week after we parted."
A very rich man said: "I worked
like a slave till I was forty years old to
make mt fortune ; and have been watch
ing it like a" detective' ever since foj; pay
.lodging, food, and clothes, "
RALEIGrH, N.
Profenity.
An intimate personal friend of the late
Horace Greeley once said, "It is true that
he did sonetimes swear, but he could not,;
in that respect be compared with George
Washington. He was an exceedingly pro
fane man."
Those who overheard this remark were
surprised, particularly so because the
(jharge " came from, one so conscientious
and well informed. Yet this intelligent
and highly estimable gentleman, like oth
ers who may cherish a similar opinion of
Washington, was greatly mistaken. As
most of us from infancy have been taught
to revere the "Father of his Country,"
we present the following facts to correct
such an impression in regard to Washing
ton's habits.
; In August" of the year 1776, Washington
issued" the following order of the day to
the continental troops in New York:.
"The general is sorry to be informed
that the foolish and profane habit of curs
ing and swearing, a vice hitherto little
known in an American army, is growing
in fashion. He hopes that the officers
will, by example as well as by influence,
check it; and that they and the men' will
reflect that we can have little hope of the
bessings of heaven on our arms if we in
sult it by our impiety and folly. Added
tb this it is a vice so mean and low, with
out any temptation, that every man of
sense and character abhors and detests
it."
An officer of the revolutionary army, a
gentleman of unquestionable integrity,
informed the historian Abbott that on one
occasion Gen. Washington invited the
officers of his staff to dine, and that he
was one of the number. At the table one
of the guests uttered an oath. Washing
ton immediately dropped his knife and
fork, in such a way as to attract the atten
tion of every one at the table. There was
a moment's pause, w hen Washington said
sadly,--without looking at the culprit, "I
thought that I had invited only gentlemen
to my table."
Some may say, "Oh, well, this was the
Washington of mature years, but when he
was a young man he was profane." Let
us see about that. We are told that in
the year 1754, when Washington was but
twenty-two years of age, he was commis
sioned as colonel, and was sent through
the wilderness of Virginia, at the head of
a regiment of wild frontiersmen, to attack
one of the outposts of the French. On
this campaign he issued the following
order:
"Colonel Washington has observed that
the men of his regiment are very profane
an4 reprobate. He takes this opportun
ity to inform them of his great displeasure
at such practices; and assures them that
if they do not leave them off they shall be
severely jmnished. The officers are de
sired, if they hear any man swear, or make
use of an oath or execration, to order the
offender twenty-five lashes immediately,
without a court martial. For a second of
fense he shall be more severely punished."
Mr. Abbott has very truthfully said of
this order, "It is to be feared that if it
were now to be executed, there are some
honorable backs which would be very
sore. -
Care of a Piano.
A piano, like any other thing of value,
needs good care. No matter how fine an
instrument may be when it is neWj how
brilliant and beautiful its tone, unless well
cared for and properly tuned it will be
fore many years deteriorate into a com
monplace affair.
Atmospheric changes affect the wood
work and mechanical parts of a piano,
consequently the temperature of a room
where it is kept should be as even as pos
sible, it should never be allowed to stand
near a fire or a register. It should be
kept carefully dusted and always closed at
night, also through the day when not in
use. - '
Moths often create sad havoc eating the
felt employed about the wires and ham
mers, and great precaution should be ex
ercised against these destructive household
pests. It is much better to use a piano
than to have it stored; proper use does not
injure but rather improves, drumming and
pounding, however, by children is always
damaging. A piano should be kept well
tuned by a good tuner. "An instrument
out of tune is like a man well dressed or
ragged, as the case may be. He is the
same individual, but he looks as different
to the eyes as the piano sound to the ear,
according to either of the conditions he
maybe in."
The wood work of a piano is polished to
the highest degree. Children should not be
allowed to lay their hands on the finished
surface, as each time it is touched a
print of the fingers will be left. When
dusting take a soft feather duster to re
move the dust, and then polish with a
piece of fine fleecy cotton flannel or a
chamois skin.
The ivory keys should never be washed
with soap , and water. Soap will turn
them yellow. A few; drops of alcohol on
a soft cloth will remove the dirt, taking
care, of course, not to allow it to touch
the varnish.
About Petroleum
There has been much talk recently of
the probable exhaustion of the petroleum
supply, and in a paper read at the last
meeting of the American institute of min
ing engineers, H. 'E. Wrigley predicted
that most of the wells of New York and
Pennsylvania will cease to flow within
four years. He said that fifty -four square
miles , of worked territory have yielded
108,000,000 barrels of oil, and he esti
mated that but eleven miles of certainly
available territory remain, which at the
same rate of production -would give 22,
000,000 barrels of oiL In addition, there
are 370 miles of what he calls uncertain
territory, which at the average rate of pro
duction for such soil would give 74,000,
000 barrels, making the total supply 88,
000.000. As the average amount used an
nually is 25,000,000 barrels, Mr. Wrigley
thought he had proved that petroleum
must give put sometime in the year 1 86.
But since the paper was prepared great
excitement has been occasioned in Warren
county, Pa., by the discovery of wells al
most as remarkable as any known in the
early history of the petroleum industry.
Three wells in one townships, "646," the
Great Unknown and the Mystery, are
producing 4000 barrels of oil daily, and
workmen are . busy sinking wells in all
parts of the county. The developments
in Warren county are sufficient to over
throw Mr. Wrigley's calculations and to
justify the expectation that petroleum
will not give out until improvements iu
the electric light and the discovery of
other oleaginous supplies have rendered
it less necessary to mankind. At present
the exportation "of -petroleum i from rthe
United States brings us about $40,000,000
'a year in foreign goods or money.
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ESTABLISHED IN 1860
THUR!
Fred's Other Country.
Fred came up the steps on the porch to
ward his mother, trailing his sun bonnet
by one string. -
One foot dragged after ;'the other, his
face was overcast, and altogether he was
about as melancholy a little boy as you
ever saw. ,
"In my country there was an angel al
ways going round with c a wheelbarrow
filled with cakes and apples and other
good things for hungry boys to eat" he
sobbed forth:
" Oh, -my poor little man, how sad it is!
Let mother look if there is not something
of that very kind here,"
And she put aside her basket with the "
little apron and bright stockings. 1 Back
from; thei kitchen she. came, bringing
upon his own plate nrslies of lovely, fresh
baked' brown bread spread with butter
which ' Betty had just taken from- the
churn.
In his mug there was some of the butter
milk, with the cunning little yellow balls
of butter bobbing and dancing merrily
about.
How Fred kissed his mother then!.
This was his favorite lunch, but he
didn't speak until he put the empty mug,
upsidedown, over that part of the picture
where the greedy brown doneey was ior
ever eating the green grass.
Then he said, " I think your little man
must be all through; he feels very strong
now. "
And Carlo thumped his big tail on the
floor, for he too, enjoyed the feast.
Fred always shared with him, as he was
the only playmate the little fellow had.
" In mv other country there were lots
and bushels of little boys and girls to play
with, mother.
".But was there a dog like Carlo there
littieman?"
"No, there was no dog like dear Carlo,
nor any beautiful blue sunbonnet."
And Carlo had to sit up and wear the
precions bonnet for a long, long time.
But the day was so warm, and the graat
bumble-bee sang such a good lullaby, that
it was not long before the little head with
its golden curls was resting on the dog s
back, and the little mun and Carlo were
both wandering in that " other country,
vhere Fred said he lived before his moth
er found him. '
Found. Him Out
At a station on one of the railroads
leading out of Detroit the train had
arrived and departed, the other day,
when the station agent, who had been
in the place about three weeks, and was
looking for a call every hour to come to
Detroit and take charge of the line, was
approached by a quick, well-dressed
man, smoking a cigar, who asked:
"Keep you pretty busy here ?"
" Yum," was the jerky reply.
"Business on the increase? "
"Yum, "again.
"Do you run this station?" asked the
quiet man, after a turn on the platform.
"Noboby else runs it!" growled the
agent, "Have you got a pateut car
coupler?" ....-.--
t ru
"I was going to tell you to
thunder with it if you had.
go to
Want
special freight rates, I suppose."
"No, sir."
"I don't give any passes."
" I don't want any."
" Waiting for the next train?"
"Not particularly."
" Want to charter a car?"
"No."
The agent left him on the platform,
and entered his office and busied him
self for half an hour, when the quiet
man looked in on him and asked
"What's the salary of a position like
this?"
" That's my business,'' was the prompt
reply.
"What's the income from this station?"
" Ask the baggageman."
"Your name is , isn't it?"
"Suppose it is?"
" Oh, nothing much only I'm the
general manager of this line, and I'd
like to exchange cards with vou." De
troit Free Pi-ess.
" A Sermon for Young Men.
President Porter of Yale eave the fol-
lowing advice to the students of that in-
of llJlll AT4 rf-vf ll I ATT
'Young men, you are architects of your
own fortunes. Rely on your strength of
bodv and soul Take for vour star
sfilf-rpliance. Inscribo on vour banner.
'Luck is a fool. Pluck is a hero, ' Don't take
too much advice keep at your helm, and
steer vour own ship, and remember that
the great art of commanding is to take a
fair share of the work. Think well of your
self. Strikeout. Assume your own posi
tion. Put potatoes in a cart over a rough :
road, and the small ones go to the bottom.
Rise above the envious and iealous. Fire
abovfi the mark vou intend to hit.
Energy, invincible determination, are the
t r. .1 1 1 T-v Ii 1 1
levers tnat move tne worm, i-pn i arms.
Don't chew. Don't smoke. Don't swear.
Don't deceive. Don't marry until yon can
suriDort a wife. Be in earnest. Be self-re
liant. Be generous. Be civil. Read the
rjaners. Advertise your business. Make
money and do good with it. Love God and
fellow-men. Love truth and virtue. Love
your conntry and obey its laws."
Who Wrote It?
Just as the subject of removing Thomas
Jefferson's remains from Monticello to
Washington is being discussed, the tradi
tional claims to his authorship of the
Declaration of Independence are emphati-
pally and roundly challenged. Dr. George
H. Moore, a prominent member of the New
York historical society, lias written and
read a paper before that body crediting
that document to John mckinson, a mem-
, ber of the convention and of the Conti
nental Congress
It was, not until twenty-five years after
Dickinson's death, says Mr. Moore, that his
authorship was disputed. The original
draft is in his handwriting, and in Jefter-
son's memoirs, written in 1821, he says
that the original draft was written by him
self, but Mr. Dickinson, thinking it was
too strong, as he still had hope of recon
ciliation with the mother country, took the'
paper and re-wrote it. he pnt it into a new
form, retaiuing only the four last para
graphs and half of the preceding one. Mr.
Moore deel ares he is ready to maintain this
view against all comers.
A rcceivig teller the gossip.
' A wild g9ose chase " Quil driving.'
Regular army contractors sanguin
ary battles. .... .,
- Three defaulting bank cashiers are just
now waiting sentenc ; A year of two ago
we should have been compelled to say
' waiting pardon.
- ' i - - ' .-' . ' r . .
IS PROHIBITION DEAD?
READ AND CIRCULATE
From the "Spirit of the Age," (Prohibition
Organ of the State,) Feb. 11, 1882.
We fear' that some of those who talked for
temperance and prohibition in the recent pat
have backed down, or back-sudden, or at best
have grown lukewarm. We hear nothing from
them not a word.
We are sorry for it, because.
we do not think now that, in the result of the
recent lection, there in any just cause lor dis
couragement much less an excuse for a back
down ana give-up, as some seem to think, judg
ing them by their silent indifference ; because if
the cause for which We have so long contended
was right last year and in the times that are
past, it is right now. and will always be right ;
and, if right, it should be maintained at all haz
ards. As for ourself, we are determined to continue
the warfare,- let the consequences le as they
may. In the language of a very-eloquent and
zealous biother : "we have had a snuff of the
battle, and our blood is still warm." Instead of
being discouraged we are greatly encouraged.
From the "Spirit of the Age," (Prohibition
Organ oi the State,) Feb. 21, 1H62.
A political paper stated recently that Prohibi
tion had "its rise and fall," last year in North
Carolina. We do wonder it the editor meant to
convey the idea that the Prohibition movement
is dead in the State? If so, he is wofully mistak
en. It did not so much as get a "fall." in the
recent conilict at anv rate, got no dust on its
back.
It is not true that it had its rise and fall last
year; but it is true that it declared a warlare
against the legalized liquor tramc, in Jsorth
Carolina, last year: and also true, that it went
into battle with unorganized forces and made
one of the most gallant lights of this or any oth
er age, coining out of the battle with a disciplin
ed army of filty thousand freemen, who, pressed
back by brute force, were not whipped, but, on
tne contrary, nad more to rejoice over tnan the
majority whose seeming victory was won by ap
peals to the baser passions of men.
Ihe nght last summer was the nrstenort, as it
were, ot a stripling, unused to partizan conflict
against a giant skilled in all the arts and tricks
of the demagogue. How well it sustained itself in
a contest so uneven, the world knows.
That man has read history to very little pur
pose who has not yet learned the fact that re
volutions never go backward. And. it doos seem
to us that a newspaper could not choose a more
certain method of forfeiting its claim to pro
phesy, than bv uttering the opiuion that prohi
bition has had ijts rise and fall.
A certain bill was rejected, but the great
questiod of Prohibition is a live issue, ami is
growing m stature and strength daily and hour
ly. It will at last win the fight, and the great
battle which is to decide the conflict is much
nearer at hand than many people are willing to
believe. .
Anotheb Blast fhosi the Prohibition Oegan.
Brother Whitaker in his paper of the 30th
of March last plainly states the purposes of the
Prohibitionists. He says:
We are greatly encouraged at what we have
heard and seen lately, as to the future of the
temperance work in North Carolina. We have
been somewhat among the people and talked with
them, both in private and irom the rostrum,and
we are cheered to find tlieni more ready, than
ever in the past, to fall into line and make war
against the iniquitous liquor license system
the source of almost all the evils which grow out
of the traffic.
The neonle are beginning to understand that
they have been cheated by the politicians; that
. the'bill which the last Legislature passed, in re
' sponse to their petitions, was framed with the
view of making it as odious as possible to the
masses to the end that it might be voted down at
the polls and the cause of temperance and pro
hibition made odious. They are beginning to
find out that nothing may be expected at the
hands of the politicians, therefore, they must, if
tney would ever succeed in ireemg tneir atate oi
the curse of Alcohol, take the matter into their
hands and manage it for themselves.
The Prohibitionists fullv recognize and annre-
ciate the fact that they hold the balance of pow
er in tne state, and wnue tney make no threats
and are not yet prepared to say what they may
do in the next general election they are are de
termined to make no concessions. They
are proud of the fight which they made last
summer, and, reasoning from analogy, they
are very confident that the next few years will
decide the matter very differently from the way
it was decided last year.
We Una among tne people a fixed determina
tion to stand by the cause of Prohibition, and
they are only waiting for a proper time to move
forward in the work.
The Voice' of Capt. 13ell.
In the Prohibition Convention which was held
in this city on the 27th and 28th of April, 1881,
Capt. W. T. R. Bell, of King's Mountain, made a
speech, in the course of which he declared that
whilst he did not desire to carry politics into
temperance he did want to carry temperance
into politics. He then added : After this day,
party or no party, I will vote for no man and no
measure that is not sound on this prohibition!
question ; and if that be treason," shouted the
gallant Captain, "make the most of it." (Loud
and prolonged cheers.) Next day Gov. Jarvis
gbied the brethren. And Capt. Bell sticks to his
word. In a letter to the Spirit of the 47e, (Pro
hibition Organ,) dated March 1st, 1882, he says':
From my earliest connection with the Tem
perance movement, I have held that the license
system was the root of the great evil ; and, hav
ing once struck boldly at it, I felt that it was a
humiliating concession, to abandon a virtual
organization, and relapse into the old guerrilla
warfare. With that view I wrote an article over
my own signature for the Metiodist Advaiwi,
urging organization at the proper time, and the
exercise oi an tne anti-license system strength
of the State at . the balldt-box, year after year
until our efforts should be crowned with success.
That campaign was a wonderful one ; and if fol
lowed up by prud,ent sagacious leadership, will
vet tell upon ihe destinies of this commonwealth.
1 do not stop.'to ask what effect such an organi
zation may have upon the status oi political par
ties. I have my own party views and party pre
ference which I do not propose to sacrifice unless
driven to do so. But when I find party organs
ready to apologize for a movement in which
every better principle of my nature prompts
me, to glory, then expedient must go, and w hat
I feel to be right must find a fearless assertion.
I have no political ambition to gratifiy. But when
I find both political parties manoeuvering for ad
vantage and both seeking to pander to a depraved
vicious publio sentiment; when policy so far
loses sight of all enlightened principles as k
ground the drink traffic upon the malienable
rights of man, then, with one or a thousand, I
am for virtue and truth &nc reform, and the God
of Providence, in the mean time, must take care
of the State.
And if the political philosophy expressed in
the 'bill of rights' promulgated by the Liquor
Dealers' Convention that met last summer in
your city, is to be accepted by both political par
ties as platform principle, then untU the sermon
on the Mount have taken a deeper hold upon
the minds and hearts of the people in our State,
I an independent voter.
Fraternally Yours,
W. T. B, Bell.
Brother Abebnetht to the Fbont.
Senator Vance'a friend Abernethy t writes to
to the Spirit of (tie Age as follows. Wt find bis
letter in that paper of March 30,JL882. We
suspect Mr. Abernethy is not so much of a Vance
man now as he used to be:
Mv Drab Editor: Capt. Bell in a recent issue
gives no uncertain sound upon the great question
at issue in North Carolina. L, under a pressure
of abundant labors, stop long enough to say
that, I am in unison with him ; and by the grace
of God, I expect to fight it out upon this line till
the Master calls ma to my account. ' Political
parties that have to be cemented by the glue and
froth of drunkenness, deserve to be condemned
bv the voice of a free enlightened people to
endless infamitv. The elements that should be
found in the make up of every political party,
should be such as to exclude from its code of
principles whatever tends to moral or social
evil. Every good man in North Carolina know i
that laws which we make to permit and enoour
age the making, buying and Belling of ardent
spirits, no matter what seeming good they may
UO in increasing vuo nieuuo, vr ui ueaimg s
medicine, nevertheless, overbalance all these
goods in the damage they do - to the moral and
social interests of our people. The great trouble
in our political parses heretofore has been that
good and sober men could hardly be elected to
- our legislatures. The great mass of the 1 voting
population are dam-dnnkers and drunkards ;
! 'I
hence the impossibility of getting troch members
elected as would make proper temperance laws.
And a goodly num')er of those heretofore
elected, who "were sober men, have been too
fearful of the loss of their seats in the next
legislature to como out boldly, in favor of Pro
hibition. They have been like the Irishman
when alout to (lie and leing told that he must
pray: "Faith and bo jabbers I don't know who to
pray to. I'm not after making enemies for
ineself in that far off country, and I will say, its
good God, good devil, for I'm not knowing into
whose hands I'm to fall."
Let the temperance element in North Carolina
stir itself in organization in every county some
kind of temperance fraternities, and when the
time comes to elect .State legislatoi s, let these
fraternities select and nominate the bext man or
men they can bring to the front, irrespective oj
itll poiilinal parties. I tell you that, if the "two
old parties, or those in them that love the critter,
stick to their principles being cemented only by
the liqtior element, a third party of good, tem
perance meu in many counties being gathered
from both the old ones, will elect their man.
Let ns try it. The salvation of the country de
fends upon this move.
Let these liquor lovers call us what they
please, we will ultimately succeed,. . They may
pile on me whatever epithets they choose, I
shall not change my purpose. I can't do. it
without sinning against God ; and I cant see
how any other Christian man in North Carolina
can take any other position. It would be re
markably strange, in the more than 200,000
church members in North Carolina, we cannot
elect a majority of temperance members in
the North Carolina legislature. 5
B. L. Abebxethy. .
Where Brother Braksom Stands.
Bev. L. Branson clips the following from the
Ashboro Courier and republishes it in the Spirit
ofUte Age, "it so nearly coincides with my views
and what I conceive to be the truth." "Prohibi
tion, he adds, "is gradually gaining ground."
The majority against Prohibition lastyear was
large, but there were 48,000 who voted for it, un
satisfactory as the proposed measure was, and
their number have not grown less. That ma-
j ority is not the kind that accepts such a defeat
as. final.
. They will be heard again, and their power
will be felt iu elections hereafter. The issue
is a live one and will be while, the penitentiary,
jails and the poor-houses of the State are being
constantly recruited by whiskey's doings.
Great evils, and those that were considered
invincible in this country, have had to succomb
to an enlightened public opinion, and this one
is destined to go also.'
The Balance oe Power.
A Greene county crrespondent, "W." of the
Spirit of Vie Age (Prohibition Organ) writes on
the 25th of February: -:.
As for myself you may count me for temper
ance, for prohibition for temperance men and
prohibition men and whep voting time comes,
regardless of politics, I intend to vote for the
man who is opposed to the present system of li
cense; and I am not alone m this locality, by
manv. There are temperance people enough in
North Carolina, if they would speak out and be
firm on this important question, to hold the bal
ance of power. ' '
Let us have a convention soon, and puiour
principles and our demands inproper shape.
Then if both political parties reject or ignor our
claims, let us nominate and vote only for such
men as will agree to treat us and our cause lair
ly. The time has come when we should refuse
to be set back to make room for politicians who
used us and our votes to hinder and not ad
vance our cause.
The Main Question Still Alive.
We quote from the Spirit of (lie Age, (Prohi
bition Organ of this city,) of the 14th June:
Let politicians prate and bluster and turn
somersaults, and make ,wry face1 s if they delight
in that kind of sport but, it will all amount to
nothing, in the end, for the Prohibition5 senti
ment ot the country is growing and is going to
keep on growing until it shall come like a mighty
wave and sweep the deck of the old ship of State
so clean you will hardly believe that an anti-pro.
Lib. or any other sort of a politician ever sat and
walked thereon.
The bill on which the people voted last sum
mer is dead of course, and will never be revived
again, but the main question is still alive. That
will not die, nor will it down so long as human
lives are being sacrificed for the purpose of rais
ing revenue. v
The Kepublican Party's Lost Opportunity.
A correspondent of the Bame paper and of the
same date, writes:
Mr. Editor: I have seen from the papers that
the Whiskey party flunk they have it all their
own way, but they are mistaken as to the mean
ing of the vote last August. Many thousands
who voted against that, to them, obnoxious bill,
are not in favor of whiskey domination, by any
means. f
If the Kepublican party had vigorously de
clared for Prohibition fourteen months ago, it
would have gone into power in North Carolina,
to stay for some time. But, it is now in great
danger of committing the greatest blunder ot
all its blundering career ; a blunder that will be
fatal unless the Democratic party should outstrip
it in blundering, as it has often done.
Politicians should remember, as a rule, that,
that class of society who are most susceptible to
party enthusiasm "are not the prohibitionists.
There aro thousands of solid, quiet men, of both
parties, who cannot be coaxed or driven against
such strong convictions as they have on this
liquor question especially when tllose convictions
have been aroused as they now are. They believe
that it is essential for the well-being of this
country,' that the liquor traffic be prohibited by
law. They believe it the most important ques
tion now agitating the public mind, one that
comes nearer homo to every philanthropist in
the land. But, they are not of that class of voters,
as a rule, who are most likely to be present at
political conventions; or, if "there, they aro not
apt to be the most noisv members.
.
Strictly a Political Question.
And thousands of these quiet, firm, country
loving and order loving men all over the land of
l)oth parties, have determined in the future to
vote for men and measures known to be most
favorable to laws restraining men from propa
gating vice, crime and poverty inthe land. This
liquor question is strictly a political question,
but wo to that party which shall declare in its
favor. " W.
Prohibition Platform.
In the same paper, same date, we find &u ad
dress " To all Good Templars," from the B. G.
W. S. The annual session of the Eight Worthy
Grand Lodge convened at Charleston, S. C, on
the 23d of May last, and 39 Grand Lodges were
represented, one of them by Needham B.
Broughton of this city, jf we mistake not.
Among the important legislation of the session
was the following:
The Platform of 1851 was re-affirmed total
abstinence for the individual and prohibition
fob the State and the membership through
out the United States urged to press the struggle
for Constitutional Amendment prohibiting tne
traffic, and warning them not to be diverted
therefrom by other social and political reform
until -this, the greatest, is settled.
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