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St Ate.liar July 2Of Ag«nne oFotThretto- The following Letter ought to hat© ap- J peartd in our lust fesm .Loeiant ro, March 24th, 1853.Mr. Editor : On the 12th inst., 1 terminated a two week* tour through Edgoeonilie oounty. In that timo I made about twenty addresses to its citizens, on the claims of the ^8ncrc Temperance Reform. The lilasral portion of the people turned out to hear me in large numbers, and ©oemad to tAkoa deep, interest in the cause of my mission. They are beginning to investigate the character and cau- Quan •es of their taxation and are growing more wjt|, , ami more rostivo under the unnecessary bur- , The den. But, unfortunately for Edgecombe, her 1850. intelligent citizens have not the power to es- nic„,t tuhlish her lust interests. Truth, however, makii is triumphing over error, and temperance is , 'fhlt; rapidly taking the places of “ babblings and 1851. redness of eyes. The Primitive Baptists j ,nero\ closed the doors ofthoir churches ngainsttne, and their clergy earnestly insisted on their congregations not to be present at any of my lectures. Tho latter obeyed the mandate as nu |,M though it had been a Horn an edict. Ono of; Th these clergymen, by the name of Moore, told 1851. his Hock at Toss not Meeting House, to keep |,ers awar fr«m Temperance speakings and to net ^ drink whiskey and sell it too, iftheythought Sis proper. Another of this genus, by the name j \0 rt, of Baker, gave his delighted hearers a simi- pelle lar injunction. And no sooner was his be-1 nevolent tirade ended, than a very excellent nil, negro servant of the widow Barron, who in- card, cliues to that Church, left the place of wor- £i; shin and refer mg another negro to this *pir- Thor tied advice of the preacher, wont straightway ri„jr to one of these toll gates on the road to hell tiatelt; and got excessively drunk. This same un- \j reasonable prejudice manifested itself in a ]urj most rsvoltiug phase at a place called Ellis’ jnitii Church. Thirty or forty miserable drunk- p^u,.ards, the legitimate result of such preaching. Te ausemhled about the Church, placed a jug of Two whiskey in th«ir midst, which they honored mak with the Mibritptei of Old Whit*,” and K1 mad© night hid’-.iux with tiring of guns, the I853 blowing ofhornsand theiimst unearthly yells ,vn a that mean whiskey ever forced from human tWo lungs. The ladies were insultod and the gen- iog, tlemen who would have protected them from (, such cowardly indignities, were compelled ! has to stand by their horses to keep them from the 1 runniiigntvuy.and their gear being cut to pie- M f| ee*.until ibnyeoutd get the ladies safely away. ger 1 One .dd creature, whose age should have a|jyt taught him bettor thing*, was so overcome J dene bv his freouent attack* upon the jug. that he j,av« fell UfH»n th© ground, andboing unable, nftar |}J0 many eff.rt**, to regain Iris erect position, qui- ^hel stly resigned hitn1- If to his fate, swearing tSier “Old White Ifci* put a spoil upon me.— ctir^Another humorous development of this folly jU(| occurred during one of my speeches at the g„ni town of Wilson, in that county. I was contending that if the assertion commonly urged by this peculiar people, that u tem-E-ranee society not being mentioned in tho ihte, was a valid objection to them, the same objection would bo with equal weight against repuldi •anixin, which is no where mentioned in tin* sacred record. At this point of my remarks an old Indy of that denomination sprung to her feet, and rushed out of tho room like a shot out of a shovel, exclaiming *• will you all *i; and listen to that? 1 will you hear the saints of Ood held up to , ridicule ? lb says the Bil l© says nothing i ““ j alnmt republicans, and I know he lies, because ‘|le tl»© Bil le speaks of republicans ami sinnersait through it.- | J;}®Such are sumo of the blotches upon the otherwise fair lame of old Edgecombe. I regret that truth compels me to sully the Spirit of the Ago hv the record of such revolting fa et*. Aside from this extraordinary fanaticism, against that total abstinence which 1 f;l,i John tli* Baptist hath preached and practiced, PCI by the po »ple who profess to he his follow ers, 1 flir the citizens of Edgecombe have some most!,l,v excellent traits of character. They are not | *forthe1letthasfor'aprori;du)sui1Filonly lios|iitnblo and generous, but are rapid- | “ 1 ihli«hiug the reputation of being thely establishing the reputation of being the us best theorwtica* well an praetical farmers in the State. I entered upon my laltors in that county with pleasure, 1 left both it and them with regret. I sincerely wish, sir, that the iililuentinl mew of that County may exert themselves in the extension of your truly valuablepaper ‘hrotighout that entire section. That active and indefatigable friend of the reform, Mr. F. E. Bond of Tarhnro,' and hisStall int associates there, are working mighti-v toward that end.’ Yours truly, PHILIP S. WHITE.litsa’TlSplroiintlvedtittotciCw«¥“ Tin* Iti'v Fraoids I. Hawks I) B T.T. ia:be
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Spirit Of The Age
Raleigh, North Carolina, US
Wed, Apr 13, 1853
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