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tar The following Letter ought to hove appeared in our lost bsdc :LonsntRo, March 24th, 1863. Mr. Editor : On tho 12th inst., 1 terminated r two week* tour through Edgoco»l« county. In that time I made about twentyI 1progthopepensaddresses to its citizens, on the claims of tho ^enc,State 1 la JulyOf ft*!T11861ineiraneFt Thr. no IiTemperance Reform. The li«»eral portion of the people turned out to hear me in large numbers, and »eeined to take a deep, internetin thlt;» cause of my mission. They are be- ____^ginning to investigate the character and cau- Quar (ics of their taxation and are growing more W|t|, and more rostivo under the unnecessary bur-, den. But, unfortunately for Edgecombe. her |g5o intelligent citizens have not the power to es- ni01n tahlish her la st interests. Truth, however, mittt is triumphing over error, and temperance is , rapidly taking the places of “ babblings and redness of eyes. Tho Primitive Baptists | ci*ted the doors of their churches ngainatme, and their clergy earnestly insisted on their congregations not to be present at any of my lectures. Tho latter obeyed the mandate as though it had been a Homan edict. Onn ofl T these clergymen, by the name of Moore, told l«5] his fiock at Tossnot Meeting House, tlt; keep |,ers away frlt;‘in Temperance speakings and to nf,t , drink whiskey and sell it too, ift hey thought\ §j proper. Another of this genus, by the name ; \0 , of Baker, gave his delighted hearers a tdmi- pt.||, lar injunction. And no sooner was his be- j aerolent tirade ended, than a very excellent va* negro serrant of the widow Barron, who in- car, dines to that Church. left the place of wor- g shin and refcring another negro to this */»'/- tj,c iiea advice of the preacher, wont straightway rinj. to one of these toll gates on the road to hell tjat( and got excessively drunk. This samo^ un- ^ reasonable prejudice manifested itself in a jUI most revolting phase at a place called Ellis’ jnjt Church. Thirty or forty miserable drunk- p^n ards, the legitimate result of such preaching. q assembled ubiutthc (Miurch, placed a jug of Tw whiskey in thair uiidst, which they honored ma; with the twibri'jitist of OtJ Wiutk,” ami y made night hideous with firing of guns, the blowing ofhorttsand ilvmo*: unearthly yells an that mean whiskey ever forced from human lungs. The ladies were insultod and the gen- l08. tlemen who would have protected them from f such cowardly indignities, were compelled |,aa to stand by their horses to keep thrui from therunninjwway.and their gear ljoingcut to pie- as ,ces.until they could get the ladies safely away. ger One old creature, whose age should have a|j, taught him bettor thing*, was io overcome j jer by l»i« froriuont attack* upon the jug. that he j |,a, fell upoo tlic ground, atidboing unable, aftsr j},c many efforts, to r-giin bis erect position, qui- t}1(,ally resigned himself to his fate, swenring the “Old White ims put a spoil upon me.— 1 caT Another humorous development of this folly ju occurred during one of my speeches at the town of Wilson, in that county. I was contending that if the assertion commonly urged by this pt’euliar people, that a tem-B -ranee society not being mentioned in the ible, was a valid objection to them, the same objection would bo with equal weight against republicanism, which is no where mentioned in rlie sacred record. At this jRiintof my remarks an old lady of that denomination sprung to her feet, and rushed out of the room like a shot out of a shovel, exclaiming “will you all sit and listen to that? i will you hear the saints of (Jod held up to , gu ridicule? II says the Bible says nothing I sliout republicans, and I know he lies, because the Bible speaks of republicans and sinners all through it.Such arc sumo of the blotches upon the otherwise lair fame of old Edgecombe. I regret that truth compels me to sully the Spirit of the Ago bv the record of such revolting fs otn. Aside from this extraordinary fanaticism, against that total abstinence which | Johnth* Baptist both preached and practiced, P( by the pu iple who profess to be his followers, I f“ the citizens id' Edgecombe have some most! excellent traits of character. They arc not | 11 only hospital do and generous, but are rapid lv establishing the reputation of being thesotforthelethafillaporevofFii*the ! u:
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Spirit Of The Age
Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Wed, Apr 13, 1853
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