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THOMAS J. LKMAY, EDITOB AND PROPRIETOR." SsereatrTiea, tkre dollara' per eaaeta L, iBtifltCC. . ' ' " j ' Pe-eMireeiliaf wkboaitbo State' wlUkere-l" tiireiiaatr ik w.ioisem'isaialtJBeyear'saue-, ejnptieau al.aaee . " RATES OF ADVERTISING. J - Far ifr; tnrc((Ol eseeediaI Iteetthil iltt- tree Sreltevrtioe).eae.loiiar eaea .aaeMaaeh. latartkia. (flail. Sa.e.ata. ' I- Mi aaebirfed i percent a(ltertaarl ade.'aeinrae ' . . I j 1J) air eeal. will be made frca tbe rrgalar pti-j i J ' ee far edTOrtreere ky tbe vrer. ' , v 1 c , 7i i "7 " Letten te the Elitnre wt be poet-pern. 4 , . , .. ; 1 n i 1 1 1 . , , r . 4 1. , ) ? Norm Carou?; a Powerful in moral, ia intellectual, and in physical reaoufcc .tha kod of our aim, and the lioma of our affections." HALEIGII N. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19. 1842 ' . v t ! CORRESPONDENCE. At Molina of the 44 WaaaieeTea Tsaraaasee rWirrr al itie Citjp af Bmaa an Saturday, lWtmher SStb, rrnta' ia ilia City Hall. Oa axKtoa ef tha a Mft D. Lacs..-.! ee anenimouely teaolred. Ibat The thanks af U.ia Saetay tendered, . ' Mr. Jmara Oau Joaxms, f.ir bit trry abla, appropriate, aad eLxjuml AeMrrea, irlmni IbU morninf, thm Sorietjr, and a aafceratie and wiecaMa aaOlraea. n I he Prwbyieriao Chofb, and thai l.'ommhle of ikna arraona be appointed, rhwaduti Mkhall be lo trntn iha Iba. ka af tb nacliag M. Jf"e and requfel a enpy fr p iMieaiiua " ' . . , v WbenMpMt iba Rt. Mr.Lact, Joaa Zrarvaa,aD4 S. W. WaiTlwa. Rwirc, were appotn ted aaid Ueaimiiur. j ' r '' a Rtiia December S7ih,' lltl. ' Mr.l. 0. Jw 1)11611 " touch not ta$te nothandUnet? Drink will turn tha good natured man into an idiot, and the choleric -into an aaaasain. It gives litterneM. to reaentraeot, rnskes .vanity iasupportable, and displays every little spot of the sool in utmost defor njity. It do strays the intellect, annihilates reasotr, pcrKhet the mind, consumes the body, tnd produces in its train all the evils that "flesh is heir to. - Let us trace back the career of that anfortunate being who is content to mingle with the most abandoned class of inebriates 1 His downfall began not in the fashionable bar-room, nor eves per. haps at the select dining-lable, but at some harmless soiree, or, in mor exquisite parlance, at some sociable pio-oic fele-a-tfte, where tha sparklinflasf hilirate snd eiliveo--but the sppelite ftf drink pew with his growth, sod now, ha who once could taste 1ui Hock or Burgundy, la ereJienre to tba abov raaelatba af tba " Waaa v mm, Taaaa iBocra-n'of Ibis triarr. k benimeaaar idraainf dat t 'preemt yas tha karVM thankaaf the a-cirty. and a.h f yi a not at all abashed by the'presence of Ai maiter in the shape of eicellmt Addra for aabliraiioa. Wa hae dmiUbat Ita roaaill be ( . - v ' I . ; it C , . : fcWiablaaaJIjiwtaawlaSiM..sHha wunjiuoni yo who panaNe ooi ia fuU merit. H .boul.l bas bara bear Your aarty oap iai -w imsta occasionally of tlie alluring beverage of this treacherous fiend ye, eolifa aa, aa win aa una we nptwui . w . - aaraalrta Yaof moat abediaat and homble an esol; DRURT LACV. DRURT LACY. , r) john ziEue.xruss, v B. W. WHITING, 1 J) Committee. Rtsiaa, December 30th, I84t.' CK-TLtata, who would feel thy oiodest and youthful cheek mantle with the blush of insulted dignity, were the charge of intoxication alleged against your fair name, pause, I entreat you', and gather experience from those who have dearly gained it at the shrine of tha Bachanal God... J,ei the wreck of mortality, and the prostitution, of genius, which daily exhibit themselves before you,' admonish you to re flect as distant as are your ideas of becoming a drunkard, were theirs, when first they entered upon ; their way ward course and abstruse theories no blind heresies, or detestable "tett- oajts, they entertain but one grand leatling principle, and that is TotfJ Mttittenet., Our Institution ia based upon tliis principle $ we ase no argument, but gentle persuasion, and the imperative na eessity of reform t we draw no distinctions, eitlter local or sectional, not do wa uphold the peculiar creed of one religious seclagainst ano? 'k1" Temperance is the hand-maid of Religion i and without the blessings which it guarantees, man is incapable of self-government n conotjeriousy j which exist between him. and his God, and without which reflec lion alt eflbrts at salvation are fruitless all prayers are unavailing Yoor Hiw nata f i be STtb In, wae prompttr rerriml, they, too,' dreamt as vaguely of ruin and disgraca as you do now, : tt i . .i... .l - a .i.i ' ..r-.-' jl' . ' a . a ... ana ne eonienie amy cooamerea ,. awarw-iH-a ""I- in your ioiiucsi moment 01 security dui.h ocular oemonstrstHin however faebb. will tend to fortify ear rauer, and promulgate the arret doe- of human degradation, descend, SS it were. With the mind S aye trine af Temperance, a copy for publication la trbeerfulty forr.i,hrd. Da fow lhe charael-hous , and tliere gather infgtmation from the man v, pleaeedto convey to tba body yoa rrpeeeent, my warmest ibanke for the en- , , , . . , ., . , tasted aampGawattbey hVe area pleaded to W apo me, and acrept, who have, in the spring time of Lfe, been laid , m the mebnsta's fjt youraelres, tha aaaaraaeaa of my bifbeet personal irgaraV. , . . gravel Could the prayers of disconsolate psrents, the anguish snd ' '' ' YiaTAlsaTTist rTr-ant; K'' aocrow of aflectionata relatives and friends,, salute your ears, or " ZZ-iiO, tiALES 1OHN80X. . penefiste the deep recesses of your soul, then 1 am persuaded you -wool lcomr 'convinced that yon tamper wiw attnmefflyTthat Mil. JOIIKSON'S ADDRESS. , aiOIBS AJKB GjrTtMXX r . -t7---i .- i - a . at J- - a a' - -4" Diteui use a serpent, ana simgetii line an aooer. . ,- no language can potirtray no imagination can conceive, however vivid, the heart-rending results of Intemperance: It produces rage and Inst; Ok this hallowed da; consecrated, aa it is. by tha il ""genders vice and immowliiyj it corrupts and poisons the heart 'advent of the Savior of the World, we have met to commemorate phrenay in tha mind, and makes the human breast a living its return : not with Bachanalian revelry or fictitious mirth,' but so-' Pandemonium t The tortures of the damned, are not more severe jierly to discuss the importance f Temperance, snd to promulgate "! homfying. than the pains which follow tha distracted, victim of doctrines, which shall eventually lead to the estaUisfcment of . the lrunkenness, when labouring under Veirium frei. The dr. h Total Abstinence'l Principle throughout the length and bieadth pain ubjugation of an individual by die use of intoxicating drink, i, f our entire country, iTotal Abstinence, aa experience proves, is is revolting and humiliating enough, when the participant Is ob- he only safe-guard we have, against the wily machinations of that aeived in tha disgusting revelries of the grog-shop, and the deteri- T -covert and insidoous lea to oii happiness, Alcohom there ao orating influences of the brothel j but these, even these are social I fortress of determination, which he has aot shaken there is no f pleasures, when compared with the beinir wlvo suffers tha, internal rampart oi mental structure, whirp he nss not ocspoiieo j ana even norrors oi mat uisease. anown amongst meoicai men onoer tne ter human nature itself, has acknowledged almost unlimited supremacy rifying title of delirium trement, or delirium with trembling. The to his accursed and despotic tyranny. The history of Pbjkce Al- subject of wis malady feels the pangs of moral destitution with an 1 : '. s t. :: - . ti- . " i... :i .a.., i. , a "'. ivhuli ia mi TiMuinintrui anu ucnaainir. inu nia conaueaia over nu miriiKiira met ue laiteuairo can irourirav. i uora ia an onvioua in an weakness are so numerous, that anv attemDt to ntourtrav the withdrawal both of tlierestraininr snd sustaining srace of Almirhtr .liideousness of his desolating career, must prove tinavailinr and God, and the sufferer feels no sentiment that leads him to implore abortive. . Let is observe" his, influence in"society, and nark the psrdon of his. tranigrcssions, but contemplates despair ia its itinivefssl destruction that, follows. In his wakf He first appears 1ous sipacts. Every transgression of his life rises to his lin the ost seducing and alluring form l his Hydra-head is dis- recollection, trivial errors are magnified into enmes pr the , blackest leuised until the victim "pf his purpose is safely fettered, Mark, for character, and greater sins are estimated in their 'fullest 'enormity I iinstance, the staiting point of that young man, who -wae reared ,io ITlie expression jf the Apostle, 0 wretched man that I am, who 'tho nursery of virtue and inteiligence--h'ts entrince upon the world hall deliver me from the body of this death, convey s but a faint 1 . "a a a a . a . a al. bui.L..L.u J - ' . tm .is auenueti rwiin pngntanu.natieang prospects o if lona ana aan ucai-fijiuvn vi mo rereouu,Bg icmurse ui mm, wno is suuer ious parents pursue with wweanrinc solicitude his onward career, g ottderthe horrora of delirium trement Ile would die, that and, with a .heart ..overflowing with graliiudc, recount with fond" gh hide hlmaelf from human eyes, and yet dare not die, be. vanity the rising deyelopements of Jntelleetual genius, 3ut, how "Ji!? JlBUad?ent M 0PW which be then believes he has IWtenare tlie affectionate yearnings of parental fonduess blaated, by deserves,', 'He feels that the Heavens shall I Jthe eoiitaminatiiig bfluence of the fiendish monster, Iiite'm'pence1 vise up againat him t that ,ThathtUert0 noble. na manly fort ft a', i . . t.L . t. li . 1 iinn wlif fmm In, amnv nit liHnml Mill nnitM aatraa taut itm tla. aumirauon oi lemaio oeauty anu vtriue, wiui aucn gauant grace anu .. "r - -e, v - " . " " -v , lofty mien, has become bent; emaciated, and deformedt and his power, to take die , w ings of the morning.' ' ! At one time he would aallantry U now4 alone displayed by a self-destrorius: devotion to - "rifn himself lo the just chastisement of an oflended God at ano- ". ' ' , aa eAa a a , the treacherous bowl; Nor are the effects of Intemperance dis- nr wouiuiesgue wun nenas, ana com promise witn the spirit I teruable only opoa die eorporeal poweis tlis mental capacity ha, f darkness. He ia ready to exclaim wijh one of old, He hatli 1 1 : ...l jw....k. k... k.. :.i, .,, ..1 : '.u-' broken me sstmdert he hath taken me bv the neck and shaken ma laaiiHU im-lHM'VeiwiVHVl nav MM ,iaaiaiw:u IM Miw - . Hniad whence haie been uprooted the true principles of virtue and Vftu$,w set me p for s marfcIIia arehen eonipau me round Integrity. The human mind, created to control and direct all other ne cieavein my reins ssunoer, anu ootn not spare He faculties; cannot subdue the infirmities of nature, or poise diejudg- ponrelh out my gall opon the grouud" He cannot exclaim with rrasu?.ww riw waiutaintiway; reason anltheequ'ity of tha A ' Tne New Vork Exprew xme thst U , IxDiAst Bonds whkh it is pr.jpmtd in tl.s " .legislature of -hat Slate to repudiate, the sams parted with lot lie Morris Canal Corn. ' jpany, and by it to the U.S. Biik cf renn- sjlrania, and by that insiithtion agnin hy- - poiherated in Luroje to raise money. Thus,'' ... veim after the irtsue of them, and W-hen they jhsve been publicly passed from hand to hand . .without any notice or nrott-at from the .Si.ua - j that thejere. tainted with illegality, it is iv.jnow :prnposeu toreputliate, tncau, iheorr--r No. 3. - K'na' Zm w't'1 whom the State contracted t Fmcrmttik Arts r"'irGfv.-I)rinir the en! " year, 1.H6S varranis bars hrmeotntijiiird totlis V" Penitentiary in New York eiy. - cause, may be acr!led the unpsralelled success which has,' tlius ' far, crowned pur 'efforts. Iet not, then, time, which can be so . usefully spent, pus unimproved 1 i Every tie, social and moral, prompts us onward in our exertions to foster this noble spirit rf ;i. reform, the ciies of helpless children and wailing mothers invoke our aid humanity itoelf demands our assistancernd the fallcn,,"v nature of that being, who is allied lo sin and drunkenness, pleads I , for restoration to life anew. To thie tnd let us inlist, and go oit ennquering and conquer, until this overwhelming iniquity; in ' : public morals, is hurled from our borders, and our people again be '' made prosperous, contraband happy K 4 with the fiimeee mat fiie, the greedy yawnings Dreaae. " " ' ' ex. reot'-Hfa the iBSoxteating bowl, have bevn drowsed more beamirrg- duce. results liklheae Lrrehsye ii 1 , t j . . t . ' .i . ' a. ' a ' I' : I . ..Ln.!. - . . r I . . laienecia, anu rvepicnurni talents, Ulan were ever SWSJlOWea Bp oy jiuawaaw ia anwwa) w uiui, a cvueuiuauuit mv iuh'u am trans- 1 ' a . ' ' : m i : . ' ... m l . t.j t; ii t . .1 a..,, ... gressor ia ponuiuau to thsw oimavn in au ine naaea oeiormtry 01 sinfulness, not only without that parental succor which all mental creation recieves from Omnipotence, but . with his soul pierced by the arrows of Jehovah! ' Thi is no over-wrought picture of the imagination, it is truth, plain truth, in the habiliment of the weak est langoage7rBut-Iel:Adespon of insatiate Neptune, or, as the Poet 4,.!?.t k 1 t. ' I s & r a - .n--,,,"l,; "ystrm ofporretray acrcas, .... , t 'Full Muny a Bovrr ia bora ia bla.b waaia-iU Let ns ak von venerable and withered chief of the Red men of I ? . r - . . : ... the Forest, If his experience has not taught hira the baleful effects of Intoxicating drink f and he will tell you that he once was' the - ItAnarrh nf a nmuil atuLnAarerfnt . IrtK:.. tbai Im tUmV am.h at.itw.' hillf bit warrion were eonUDtiliey xnventi nature wild in . All r I 111 sTaT sTamaw' mitAlmA aai satklaliaw krasdltw aasarl maa aw..f Mal.a.Ha !a-i . vwaaraaaw va v aa. al awe kaeiSW Vrw aar SS II V IVWHCU w Hi W WM I W , , Joundless expanse with unmolested freedom I But, si as ! the feU 4troytr come! the whi e man, die christianized white man, hv t awwt...4 .aH. .t.:..t. ...... 1 . : I ( I 1 1 fwanii .uuiif UIIU aiuvngot all, BI1U BOOa OUT IIIUB UCIOS OSCflme j iarren, Irom, neglect of euhiMt ion die rifle and the bow were aaide'lot the bottle, dml tits arnvaBd elaatie trea aif a oara ua. -1 fmnted tribe. Was aupetf e'ded b the liasteadf and herveless walk iafinberUtty. My UUie became disaffected disunited, and power j ! when a watchful fue seiaed upon our infiruiity, am enable to ' nel invasion, we were sooa subdued! ' And now. fmm iia ,.iT.i. f : stand but as die trunk of a tree, which die lightning and the tera- est have stripped of its every branch lV What a moral is here tiuglitl.f History will rifled severely, upon pur cruelty, and hu- n4nil' welf mMUhudder for the eoRsequeneea, : Tlie ruinous ef j wta of Intemperance have been fell la almost universal empire." j Mnking whether modmie, fashionable, or in the social glass. Is f nrrus in the extreme Its eooUnuod ase will confirm die bar j la of death, and there is no security against Its degenerating and atruenve influence., batty stiu-tly obeying die sacred injunction, ' : My day ia akfed, tba (loom of ai(hl U mm mv!W!f na, A bnpcleaa darkaen tculea aa my lets.' .; 1 The long black catalogue of enormities attendant upon the courts of the1 Arch Fiend Intemperance,: are mflicient not only to startle the' generous sympadi.es of the philanthropist, but to alarm with terror the misanthrope 'and disputant. 1 Need it be told this en lightened audience, that the use of intoxicating drink has imposed a direct tax upon the United Ststes of six hundred millions, of dol lars, within the last ten years ! That it hu destroyed three hun- uretr thousand, lives! sent one hundred thousand children to. the poor-house, and furnished one hundred and fifty thousand convicts (at jails snd State prUona ? Of the thousands of maidacs and mur derers il has produced-the ihoussnda of suicides and perpetrator or arson! Let s point out to yon the sorrowful tears of the two hundred thousand widows, and die destitution of die million of or phan children, who have been almost farcished to satisfy the crsr- ings of Uiis insau'ate monster. ' By' this vice, our justly beloved system of 'Joveinment, purchased by the dearest blood of our fa thers, and handed down to u by the sages snd patriots of Revoluti onary memory, has been endangered, and, by its blighting influence, directly tended to fix a foul blot upon the fair fame of America. those " who know no political party, or classification of society,1 are gngsged in disaemetiatingthe beautiea of our system ; its true principles ars indicated by the name which it bears it needs no intricate plana to make it acceptable no artful sophisms to fortify it againsf the animadversion and raillery of the wicked; it U based upon the eternal principle of. Humanity ond Truth; It is estab lished upon s solid .rock where the alierrating wanderer shall find firmfooting, Total Abstinence is destined to become a ruling principle amongst civilised nations, and will go on extending its glorious benefits, by redeeming myriad of unhappy souls from degrading thraldom and absolute despair,"4' It shall eontinue on, " winninz its wideninr way, like waves upon tne placid lake," un til every inland of dissipation shall be encompassed ill fortifica tions shall be built high apon the ramparts of Truth and Virtue, and the athibutes of its divinity proclaimed from the citadel, by 'the sentinel of the Most High, "Glory lo God in the Highest, and on earth peace and good will to all mcn.' ' ' .'' , " ,' ( 4 " ' Ijel us look to the great variety of objections that are adduced by individuals lo support them in their oppugnsnce to this great snd niomeptoos question. There are some persons who have no par ticular objections to Temperance Societies, but will not join, be cause they consider themselves already safe Infatuating delusion ! there is not a drunkard on earth but diavwiU plead his early abVlV miousness, when reproved for his inebriety, and the same excuse will be rendered by dtose, who may yet incautiously fidl from their present " high estates. There ire others, who ate half disposed to co-operate in the canse, but consider the inditing of thefr names ss a surrender of a porlion of their liberties , Fastidious Ke publi cans indeed ! but they , should remember that they acknowledge submission, ten-fold more degrading, abject, and despicable. . by obeying the cravings of an appetite, that seek the destruct'on of character, fortune, and of life itself! There are others who are really friends to the Temperance cause, dial deceive themselves by hoping for reform under the old banner, and yet tolerate the nae of wtne.-It 1 impossible to effect a reformationin behalf of Temper- snce, so long sswe partake of sny potation which stimulates 'he desire, and sharpens, die appetite for strong drink ; as well might we argue the necessity of contributing fuel for the extin guishment of fire I' -The exclusion , of wine and eider, by our As soeiaUon, forms the objection' of many, who insist thit they are really friends to the cause, but if they would reflect, il must be at once perceptible, that it is legalizing Intemperance, or advocating a measure, which is well conceived to make sober men drunkard t The Poet truly describes the effects of winei -, -'v -j-?. i t.t,0i a. tl-law frartt am rabiai eWtfceweie aiaaleas' ;;7-' "'' ; ' ' " M.kint; th Awras poena earkb iba aeae "' 'H ' '' He dort h aaria di eaa, wtael theKmrt, - - 't Drawiag aoma aiakaeaa ia treety paiU I ; t i t, Tlie last oblection to Temperance, grave and insurmountable as some conceive it to 1m, does not require', to abandon it use, that Immense sacrifice of comfort or convenience, which the imagina tion would eonjurs op j ths prohibition (eider was not intended to tnako the Pledge so obnoxious, and, no doubt, the fiamer of that instrument, had they have remembered, would have made it more acceptable to tenacious eppetites. How futile and insigniilcaiit if snch:i"twal sure of deliverance to insnkind t involved Ir. the issue. , It is pair ing strange, that men, rational men, knowing the virtue of its pro hibition,' will, nevertheless, if COM like ivy to a oril.ten tMng' 9 r ' "" ' :l BaoTBElt WASIIia-OTOaiAJfSl.;.!- . tif r:, f.fXJv ; j Let ns remember that we are pioneer lit the great eaose of Tsmneranee, and that upon w exertions its enecess or prosperity in a great mesaora depend.- ."Tlier is no neutral ground ibr o to-oeeepy, and ihef imtst W weeqaivetiow fn oor wes Bsomitn Jcvsmtisi ; :'r'': 5,';u:'" iv.t'"v..,!t'':', I t.y ddirss a few words of admoiittionV. that will, if correctly appreciated, eonfer happiness opon your fur course through life. It becomes you to reflect seriously poh the important obligations yoo have enteredlnto by signing the Tsetotat Pledge a Pledge which prohibits you from the une of all IntoxicsK ing drinks, and aa you. have never experienced the degradation of drunkenness, il is impossible for yon to have ony personal know ledge of it deleteriou influence or effect, except such aa yoti my have been enabled to derive from general observation. 1 But, be lieve me, my' young frlendsrthat just as sure as you tamper with ardent spirits, just so cet lain are you liable to become drunkard and outcaaj yourselves.: The. path of distinction and honor is open to each and every one ef you thsrs is no post of honor, in life, however elevated it may be, that yoo may not attain, provided you exercise that dillgencestudy,aod research, which is indispen-1 sably necessary to achieve any great end ; and recollect that among ,auuu uuiii ijuaiuicaiiofie itijuiiiib lu.aiu you pnwara in your ,J sspirations for fame, that Temperance must form the leading char- . aetenatie. It ia an easy matter for you, now to remsin safe; but ' once let strongdrlnktecoma your fiuauu, snd h will requirTti. f-Ii a deaddike Struggle to manumit you fromjta terrible grasp. - D termine tlien, young gentlemen, you, upon whom rests auch start. . , - ling responsibility, and yoo, too, dial will exercise such unbounded influence upon society, when yoa shsll have ripened into manhood, ' that you are not now; nor never will be, drunkards t " The chsrae 1 ' ' ter, the honor, and fame, which - awaita you, together with fvery 4 other incentive, that combine to render you respectable in aocieiy, ' , and lisppy hertafier, invokes you to b temperate every principts of pride and laudable ambition points out to you such a course rtnnt il. M kolneen v miner IrUnna. ami i.in ' ear ifl K in ml a Main to'yott the road thst leads to fame, honor, and fortune. i?;0n tlie fair portion, of, 4ii community, we confidently rely for support-eou-counssl,-4i. eilocttiig tnia- great, moral refortnation,: .( The matt on, who dandles upon the knee tha lisping boy, can in- .: tilt Into hia youthful mind principles ami precept which can never be eradicated. The first lesson Inculcated by the affectionate mo "V ther to her ofTspring, will cling with a fondnesa around the" tendril ," of the heart, and be. reverenced , with a sacreduess and devotion ; " 4 more lasting than any other impresr thst tlis mind can rceiveU-i W behoves then; ye mothers snd gwsrdisnoof iovenije incaution, early ) loerabue them with lessons of discretion, prudence, snd sobriety. ! And to you. fair daiigbtera of a noble ancestry, this cause ear- :- ' needy appeals tot countenence and support, sThe mild entreaty of ,. , t vligij innocence and beauty can apeak do the endangered suitor in . a voice that will not be disregarded, when a very ether remonstrance will be permitted lo pass unheeded.- Warn (Arm then, of the - ' lurking9 danger that besets their unguarded footsteps admonish them of die imminent peril that awaits (heir folly ( and, if nothing j will do, Icll tlurm that obdurately persist j ,," , - - looaer Iba atlva dull provoke, 1 " 'To araortmf alatpi Iba atardy aak, . And dove In leagat wltb regies be, t ' Than I will a-lanet s stalls al tbra. iwweHrtliy n impulse, we have muted ourselves together to propagate the Wssh ingtonian creed, and to effeet, so far as we msy be able, the eman cipation" of our fellow-men from an ignoble bondage. To con aumate this desirable end, we most endeavor to soften down (he asperity of our opponents conciliate their opposition, even bear ... .... ' . . j j a i a '.. t .' wiid icmporaiy morose ness, snu, py iniiu pcrUBioii sna genue entreaty, induce lliem to unite with na in the bonds of safety ; snd as our motive cannot be jusily impugned, nor our cbject considered unworthy by any rational being, we may fondly hope to swell our '. a.' a. 1' .,a ... . t .t -a. a .a aamoers, py suu isruier acocssious, irom me siresay scrriea column, of which we once, formed s component put. , Untiring exertion, and indefstigable seal, most be prominent characteristics in our labours.' ' Let no false pride intrude itself into our operations Jet there be no controversy in our interpretation-of the unimpor tant tenets of our creed let there be no bickering or jealousy in our Society, but lei ns, as a band of brddiers, parties of the asms glorious confederation, unite in solid phalanx, to breakdown tha iron despotism .which Intemperance Is exerting over the land. . Let il do" this, and then ihe doctrine-ot Total "Abalinenc will every-) where predominate, J dispensing it munificent blessings amongst every portion of the earth!, . The duties which devolve upon ns, in our relation with society, have been greatly augmented, and in proportion to the magnitud of our obligations, must we increase in energy and perseverance. I do not intend to say we should be officious or meddlesome, hot that we should compromise conveni ence and banish pride, whenever pur duty call us to the rescue of a fellow-being. , Such course will not enate enemies, but collect around us a host of friends, who will aid and abet In eonaamating If you "would flee every possibility of danger, and shield yourself I the greaf project of aalvatiott, exemplified in th Waahingtonlan forever from temptation, unite with die Washiggtoniaos; their I creed. Our Constitution "Wisely conceives the' ntility pf frequent plan are easy of comprehension ; they hare no baleful inquisitions meetings of our Boeiety, and to this, perhaps, mere than, any ether All nature seems to be animated in pur behalf all eye art ra vished with scenes of delight. .Here the speaker pointed to tha ' -1 bsnner. . Behold yon beautiful bsnner, with ita lofty enalgnia- " , it glittering device and. animating' symbols upon It gorgeoua ' ' folds are emblazoned,' in living light, the pngeanl and glory of our . ,' cause ; its modest escutcheon but exemplifies the purity of our .' intention, and ilia spotless character of our Institution. " Fit em - , blem of a noble cause, waft -on, the effulgent beams of a noon-day . " sua shall Jp fccl $7 brigbMJe'-itnd Illuminate the pathw ay of thy '.r;. ! avjranas been n conquest of moral granrieurrexceUui meet brillta display mlia unparnllelled victories of a Cesar, dwindle into insignificance when ' compared with the signal triumph we have gained over thla hi " iherto, almost unconquerable Demon of Rum and of Death. ,., V are free from the exhiliarating fumes of intoxicating poison ab solved from th dominion or an enemy, whose sole object ia to d throne reason ( uproot virtue, and Walter into evci lasting oblivion " alt the niioblin principle fifJmaAee from th i mslduouaamilc" of a deceitful and deluding foe, the following of whose counsels, It ,'? lesds but to infamy, and the ultimatum of whose career ia a bro , ken constitution, and a moral standing, degrnding to brut creation. Iit nnit to persuade our fellow-men of the efficacy of Tern-' ' ' p'erance-let us combine to Instil its salutary effects into the mind; ' ' of those who csrelessly neglect it admonition let us proclaim to , ,'! th world iu happy and invigorating influence.-', w r i v -(J t "Oh, waft it ye altxta aa ya blse, Ob. bear n ya watts ai ye retl ' ' : ' Let us carry the Temperance causa to the confines of earth and n establish it in the midst f God'e people, , In North Carolina, wa ' have 'flung our bsnner to the wild winds free, and upon ita am- . pie folds, ia Inscribed par heaven-born motto. Tetil - Abatiuehce f - is now a doctrine entertained and inculcated from our Northern, ta ' " our Southern borders-the thunder of iu triumph is now reverb- ! t rating amidst tha rocka of the mountains, and shall sjairt be heard 1 to re-echo upon th billows of die ocean. ,., ' , 4 , ,- V ' . -r e. - ' ' ? , A good Jtult.k man who had climbed up a rhesnnt vvo, had by carelessness missed hi hold of on of tha branrhes.snd fell to the ground with auch force as tobreak hia ri! s. A neighbor going to hia assistance, remarked to hira ih .t, hsJ h followed hit rule in these eases, hs would have svoided the ac cident." "What rule do you meaor' said tt other in-'inandy. "This, said the philosopher, "never com down a f '.-Li ' .' taster than yoa go op." . - . I '
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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