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AX ADDRESS,
Delivered before Dodgeville Division No.
8. Sons of Temperance , at their First
Anniversary Celebration , held on the
22 d day of July, 1848.
BY J. P LANCASTER, Esq,
Ladies, Gentlemen', and Wokxhy ,
Brethren :
It is with pleasure, not unmixed with
a decree of trepidation, that I appear be
fore vou to day. A day which I trust,
will long he remembered by the citizens ;
of Dodgeville and vicinity. It is but |
eighteen days since we met in this beau
tiful grove to celebrate the Anniversary |
of the Declaration of our National Inde- I
pendence. Many of vou, doubtless re- j
member with what exquisite pleasure you j
then listened to the reading of that Dec- j
laration.
w e meet to day, fellow citizens, to cel
ebrate the anniversary of the Declaration
of the moral Independence <>f Dodgeville i
Division No. 8, Sons of Temperance.—
Just one year ago, upon the evening ol
this day, a few individuals met in this !
place, at the house of brother Thomas
Jenkins, and having obtained a charter,
they opened a Division of the Sons, at !
which tune they signed a declaration and
pledge; declaring that they were, and oi
right ought to be, tree from the domin
ion and galling yoke of his sable Majesty.
Kim; Alcohol ; and for the mainten
ance of that Declaration, and spread of
principle the benign principles*of the
order, they pledged to each other their
sacred honor. Tne Division opened with
eigiit members, and now numbers forty
two. Our progress lias been rather tardy
in tiii- place until within a short time
past, owing to hindrances hevond the
|*o wr r of the Division to control; these
ililii ultles, 1 am happy to say, are now
removed, and we hope to advance more
rapidly. II it objections are frequent v
raise ! to our Order by very honest per-
Sotis. i o such we would address our
i* Ives in all candor, and if possible re
move their difficulties, brush off their pre
judices. and enlist them in the service.
There is a class of objectors and petty
rpnUhlers who, from interest, or other
le-s excusable motives, arc profuse in their
complaints or rather charges against us
m and ill Secret Societies. Such spirits
so* in to imagine that unless they can o
vcruira us, we wiU overturn Che Govern
ment. or do some other mischief. But as
wo know there is no danger of the latter,
and out. rtaiu hut little fear of the hap
pen, ng ot the former event, we shall suf-
Kr tin m to pass for the present without
further notice.
1 a re arc some objections, however,
whirl are no doubt made mall sincerity,
H Inwever Irnial and litght thcV m y
n Pi ar to one acquainted with the internal
■c: salutary effects of those societies,
s ' r the sake of the objector an i the
: m *ti n of all who desire it, wo will
s ate some ot the most potent, and give
1 Hi a candid hearing and a fair exumi
'n• Ihe first to which 1 shall invite
’ ®ti is probably alone applicable to
r which 1 stand up he fere you to
' nf, and relates to the youthful
,h'"* : tlie Institution. We are asked
r. with an air of triumph, why, if
>' anything good and valuable in the
I • "as not discovered before
a not our fathers or grand fathers
r t:ic great benefits that might a-
1 ' trm - ich an organization
' 1 " nd be a sufficient answer to this
| a to ask the objector why it is
I important institution has ever a.
I n ' i e the begining of time, that did
H 1 'vith the decided opposition of
■ " ! looking back and judging
■ society
B ceen the first to give coun-
B, . ; • s ipport to the enterprise ;
B u, ' " cal * t>n Ihe objector to tell
'? ' rtant improvement in anv
f . krt,u nts of science which has
II ** ■ • most determined and dead-
I 1 lie argument, it such
* c ruled, proves too much ; for
| dog.i.tut one improvement or ue-
I >- *•* g'Hxl against all.
I n . ' risk with equal pertmenev.
osophers of antiquity did not
, ' trll ral the Electrical fluid which
• nd viances amu the storm, could
; 1 caded down to Garth and con
: cs - "by dui not our Fa
, . Jv °' cr the use and application of
u powerful of all agents. Steam.
. ox. agi ncy and power man can new
*n>po,tt and Irom place to place with
.aaa ncr^ed
*v* V l
WISCONSIN TRIBUNE.
VOL I.
Why did they not discover and apply
the magnetic fluid, by wh<se agency im
portant information is now being carried
from one end of the *l
other with the velocity of a 'l. ine
These, and a Thou-',
questions might * rt , , I,e *uch
astonished obir-; c ,O P°^ n( e the
\ , or) J r etor would stand abashed,
, ..idravv n;s objection end consent to
! •* a,ren to the dictates ofsober reason.
VVe do not ask to be favorably regarded
on account of our antiquity. We are
willing to admit that a high degree of res
p*ct is due to age. We revere those an
tiquated Institutions whose members have
ever been the conservators of the erudi
; tion and Literature of the brightest epoch
lof the intellectual world. Institutions in
j the inmost recesses of whose venerable
i Temples valuable information has been
j presented, which neither the arm of des
potism nor the infatuated zeal of ignor
ance could wrest from them in an unlaw
ful manner.
" hile I say we venerate those Institu
tions as well fur their Antiquity as on
account of their splendid achievments in
by gone days, still we are willing to un
dertake the defence of the Order of the
Sons of Temperance on other grounds.
We are willing, moreover, to acknowl
edge our indebtedness to our lure fathers
for much that is valuable both in discove
ry and application; still we are unwil
ling to allow that they discovered all, or
that they made every variety of applica
tion of which the principles discovered
were susceptible.
The present is an age of improvement:
many of the energies of our nature which
iiadslumbered for years enshrined in the
mists of superstition, or hound down in
the Earth by the chains of Despotism and
oppression, seem at length to have burst
forth, and impelled forward bv a desire
for free and rational inquiry, we behold
man throughout the vast globe assuming
the dignity of his character, and casting
around him a halo of intellectual light
and rmral lovliness. A spirit is now a
broad in the earth, a spirit potent in its
tlFecls yet mot benign in its consequen
ces. A spirit resistless as the desolating
tornado, yet as calm and salutarv as the
milo sott dews of the Summers eve. And
this spirit is the spirit of Knowledge—o(
improvement—of progression, Ixised, rear
ed and sustained by moral and mental
powers, it will, no doubt bo admitted, for
it is silt’ evident, that any Institution,
young or old, which has for its object the
advancement of human happiness or hu
man intellect, whose opperations tend to
tae amelioration of the condition ol man
kind by lessening the amount of human
woes, and preventing an increase of those
ills and miseries incident to life, whose!
members constantly labor to draw closer I
the tics of mutual sympathy, an I strength-,
en the bonds of brotherhood between
man and his fellow, is not only worthy
■ ur approbation, but demands our warm- ;
est support and admiration. And such !
affirm arc the objects of our Institution.
Our object is to promote ** Love, Puri- j
tv, and Fidelity.” Upon these three pil
lars rests the superstructure of our Or
der, while around them cluster our pioud
est hopes and brightest anticipations,
W e claim not the converting power, or
the power to remove the sting of death.
Hut we do claim the privilege of putting
on C larity. Our Order like a well con
structed arch centers in one single point,
that point is Chanty. There meet its
i bright converging rays and shine forth
with surpassing splendor.
We are laboring to achieve a great
moral victory ; a bloodless victory, bv
•• Love, Purity, and Fidelity.”
Love ! what is if, it may he hard to
define. It is, however, one of the most
sublime and comprehensive themes that
i ever engager! the intellectual powers of
; either men or angels It grasps in its
amplitude, the material and intellectual
creation. It expands through immensi
ty. It will beam through tire revolving
! events of eternal duration, far bevond the
lumber of demolished worlds. It will
; open to its votaries rapturous prospects
|of unsullied glory. It is one of those
j holy affections of the soul which will live
j and flourish beyond the tomb. Death
cannot break the spell ; Do we bv asso
j cuition. imbibe such an attachment for a
fratt real brother as to authorize the ap
plication of he term Lost thereto, we
will feel a strong attachment for the wid
ow and orphans, yea our affections follow
that brother to the silent grave, and could
that cobl heart on whom hovering stars
in their midnight watchings incessant I \
giro with twinkling brightness, and sil
ver the wave that washes the far off dis
tant snore, 1 say could it but fee 4 but one
throb, one conscious pulsation, it would
find a chord, a sympathetic chord, vibra
ting and responding in tiie bosom of eve
ry faithful brother which it left behind
Vnu tin- Lore, rnv brethren, is the chief
Jewel of our Order. It is the principal
weapon used in our moral warfare. Our
Institution is laid in Love, it lies there
fore at the foundation. It forms the cor
ner-stone. builds the edifice, r> ars the
towering arch, and binds the whole Tem
ple together. But we were speaking ot
the* youthfulness ot the Order, and at
tempting it' j istitication for reus ns other
• than those draw n from the antiquity ot
j our Institution 1 hold it. if not self evi
dent, to be susceptible of the clearest
proof, that the prop r standard by which
Instituti n' should bo estimated, is the.r
utility, and n t the time w hen, the place
w here, or the persons bv w horn thev were
I drought into K ing. While Antiquated
j Institutions, supported by great names
MINERAL POINT, WIS., FRIDAY, AUgTis, 1848.
as the.r found ei3< present strange claim?-
upon nur attention, and demand at our
hands a candid, patieni.-’find thorough in
vestigation. Still, the objects contempla
fed, and the probabilities for and against
their accomplishment, form the only cor
rect standard by which we should decide
upon the adoption or rejection of such
Institutions.
Take for example, the Christian Insti
tution. in comparison with which, ail hu
man organizations dwindle into mere in
significance. While all other systems on
earth fail and come short of binding to
men the great boon of contentment, and
shielding him from the evils of his own
nature; the religion of Christ proffers a
remedy for al! his woes. The Christian
Institution does not stop short, having
merely brought to view an antidote fur
all the woes to which flesh is heir, while
doomed to pilgrimage on earth. But Sae
also, as an incentive to deeds of noble
and heavenly daring, p, offers the crown
of endless life.
She professes to, and alone can accom
plish in and for man all that his condi
tion requires. Hence She stands pre-em
inent above all the systems of philosophy
and science known to, or expounded by
mortal man.
Our Institution occupies a position to
the cause ol Christianity, similar to tha:
of a beautiiul porch, or splendid portico
to the main building; or that of a pre
paratory School to the College. Here,
vve teach thr-se who join us. first, habits of
sobriety, anil then of morality in other
respects as far as practicable, and surely
the sober youth whose faculties are unim
paired by intemperance, is better qu ili
fied to judge of the evidence of Chnsti
unity, and appreciate its usefulness, than
he who has blunted all his finer sensibili
ties, and crippled his faculties, muddied
his brain, dethroned and drowned his
reason, by potations of Run or Brandy.
Bit why prosecute the argument, every
one will acknowledge that Intemperance
is an evil, a great evil, and one which all
true philanthropists see, feel, and desire
should ho abolished. Every one will ac
knowledge moreover, that total absti
nence is tha safe, if not the only safe plan.
Ours is a circle in which if a man worthi
ly move, regaining as he should his honor, j
lie is safe from the all pervading destroy
er. Ours is a circle of honor, where the
young and the old are taught to shun (he |
unholy cup of enchantment as thev vv uid j
a death of shame, because a life of shame !
is worse. Our meetings are weekly, so ;
that vve may enjoy more frequent oppor- |
(unities of extending ta each other the |
hand of fraternal affection and encourage I
each other faithfully to keep our pledge,
and joyfully to discnarge those duties
which g. aw out of the relation which vve
sustain to one another.
Arc any of our brothers in danger of
. •' O
being seduced from ebu path of safety by
the seductive artifices of his sable rnajes
tie’s minions, it is male known to the
brethren, it is strictly kept, if possible,
within our own circle, and not trumpeted
to tlu world ; while every honorable
! means which tiie combined wisdom of the
whole Division can devise are put in re
quisilion to save the unfortunate brother
from t!>e vortex of rum to which he is
1 exposed.
Are any sick, rt is there made known,
j and our Visiting Committee are bound,
honorably hound, and also feci it a priv
ilege as well as a duty, to see that such
sick brother is attended to. Does he
I need someone to watch with and sooth
him during the sable shades of a dreary
night ? such are always found among the
Brotherhood. Should he be called topav
nature’s last debt, and the undying part
to pass into the Spirit land, his mortal re
j mams are not neglected, nor are his wid
:ow and orphans forgotten. A sum suf
ficient to cover his funeral expenses is
; considered due to his widow for the dues
and tees paid by hi n, and for tire services
he has rendered the order while a mem
ber thereof. Should he recover, he is
| still entitled toa weekly allowance, which
is drawn from the Treasury, a sum we
consider something like equal to what he
1 would have earned had he been in health,
thus endeavor to guard on every
point, and not abandon our brethren in
, sickness to the tender mercies of the
merciless rumseller, who would hold one
hound for life if he had furnished him the
f means of subsistence but for a day. Hot
why prosecute the point farther ? all will
contess that the cause is a good one.
1 hen take hold vvtth us, and aid in roll
j iog it forward. Cease to complain of our
Order, merely because it is young. Re
member that everything has had a begin
ning. Time herself was cnce young,
and I hesitate not to affirm, that, although
our Order, as it now exists in Us modi
fied form as an organized body, rs com
paratively of but yesterday ; vet the fun
-1 dnmental principles thereof, (viz ) ** Looe,
Purify. un.i l ultlity," were stamped win
the signet of eternal truth upon her
young and unstained brow, w in she
firt emerged into being, as constituent
parts of h. r existence, and mdisponsible
elements ot her perpetuity.
But if you will not join and aid us. we
irtvld mo't humbly ictfM s: that you cease
to annoy us, and retard our progress, bv
vour ceaseless cries of Innovation,*
“ new-fangled Systems,” With
equal propriety might you condemn those
ancient worthies, who at the first clang
of the Tempters’ horn, rushed forth to
bailie in the cause of Moral and Intel
lectual Reform.
M in started as it were, from a dream,
and hurled from dun in and g tst tne chains
that had bound him to the earth for con
tnrie?. Theirs was the arm that shook
the hail lenient o 1 Ignorance. 'Theirs the
beacon-light that flashed in fearful, yet.
glorious splendor amid the concentrated
gloom ol ages. Tneirs the watch-word
that rang in the despot’s ear, the knell
departed power ; while superstition
shrank abashed from the indignation ot
an abused and insulted people.° Lotus,
my brethren, Militate their example, so’
far at least, as moral courage is concern
ed. We have one of the most heartless,
unfeeling, relentless, hirharous tyrants
to contend with, that ever swaved a’scep
tre over any portion of our race. O.ie
who can gaze with apparent composure
upon tne most appalling specta-le, even
the delirium tremens will not p.iralvze a
nerve, or disturb a muscle, while a dime
remains in the pocket of his unfortunate
victim. He can in the person of his
agents, hear the cries, entreaties of
that teeble, emaciated, hagard, and pale
mother; while she entreats for the sake
of that little group of half-starved, half
clad, uneducated children, to cease giv
ing to her once loveing, and sprightly,
'•ut now stupid , b u’alized, loathsome,
hlou/cil husband, the intoxicating bowl.
All this lie can see, and hear, unmoved,
and still deal out to the unfortunate hus
band and lather the accursed poison, un
til lie has heard his last dime jingle in his
draw, and then, with the ferocity' of a ti
ger, hurl him from the door of that mis
erable hole, that pit of destruction, to
make his way home to his worse than
widowed wife, and orphanized children,
to share in their wretchedness and pover
ty.
Let no brother give way To a spirit of
lethargy, ol cowardice, or false modesty,
bat let us lay hold upon the pillars of the
tottering, dilapidated temple of Bacchus,
and by one “ 10-ig pul!* strung pul!, and
pull all together,” level it with the ground.
And it, like Sampson we perish among
the rums, our names will go down to pos
terity as benefactors of mankind, and
martyrs in the cause of moral freedom,
lint I must hasten, to notice otlaer ohj c
uons. It is objected that ours is a Secret
Society, and that secrecy is incompatible
with innocence and purity. It is true,
to some extent, that ours is a Secret So
ciety ; but is secrecy a crime ? If so,
the Imaciiiatc Savior of our race has
commanded the commission of crime,
an I 1 challenge contradiction. lie has
said, that the noblest acts of which man
is capable, should be performed with the
most scrupulous regard to secrecy ; the
figure implied by Him indicates that He
would have us conceal from our most in
timate friends, those acts of our lives for
which we are authorized by Him to look
to our Heavenly Father for reward. Se
crecy then, is not, in and of itself, a
crime. To my mind, this objection or
charge, is shorn of its strength the mo
ment it is touched. Its potency lies in
its vagueness—its want of anything def
finite to plead. It is like one of those
very wise looks accompanied with a
shake of the head, a curl of tho lip, an
inimitable grin, which you may have wit
nessed m the company of gossips. On
mention being made of some absent in
dividual, there is nothing said that admits
of a reply ; no charges presented in such
form as to enable one to defend ; and
still from these dark insinuations and in
vendoes, the character of the absent is in
great danger (especially it a stranger) ot
being much injured if not totally ruined.
Thus it is with associations. They may
sustain more injury by those dark, vague
insinuations, than they would by a defi
nite charge made in a manly and honor
able manner, though it be true. Our op
posers in urging this objection do not
treat us with fairness ; they take tor
granted what needs to be proved, and
what they never can prove, (viz.) that
irr, in our meetings commit deeds wor
thy of censure, for if they deny that they
thus accuse us, then they admit that the
only objection to us on ibis point is, that
we do not tell them all we know, or in
form them of everv thing we do ! When
pressed on this point, they vary some
what the form of the charge, and say
they only object to our extorting a prom
ise of secrecy before making known to
the candidate what he is to keep. In
tin? however, we do better than most of
those who object to us ; for we do so far
instruct the candidate into the nature of
the secrets as to satisfy him that he will
be required to make no pledge or promise
which will istefere with his relig
iitical. or domestic duties or or.vileges in
anv way whatever: and how otten do
you say to your friend or neighbor, “ 1
have a secret which I will tell you it you
promise to say nothing about it,” and ex
tort from him a promise of pr ifoun 1 S3
crecy before you make the communica
tion, and that to, wittiout giving him the
least runt, touching the nature of the se
cret, for the safe keeping of which, you
■are extorting from him a promise ot hon
or ; and do you still complain of us on
the ground that we promise to, and no
keep we know not aal I Oi ! Consis
tency, thou art a Jewel. There is one
thing of which we can boast ; an! it is,
that our secrets are kept, yes. faithfully
kept, in the secret repository of hones;
hearts; while vours as a general thing,
are going until they are known to
all who will hear tuem. But tins mode o:
argument, 1 am aware is not the most
logical; it will serve, it is tree, to stop
t!' mouths of accuser-, by showing that
they are guiltv of the same things for
which thev complain of us, but still it
does not mike those things right, if in
; thcmjflves llioy arc n,™-. \V„ are
j ihen, thrown back upon the original ques
tion, “Is secrecy wrong-in itself?” We
have already shown from the highest
authority, even divine authority, tlmt in
I Reified cases secrecy is so far'from be
' In 2 crime, that it is commended as a
i virtue. Bit lest any should disregard
the authority quoted, and attempt to evade
the force of the argument based thereup
on, vve will state farther, that there is not
a civilized nation on the globe, where
legislative assemblies do not close their
doors and hold secret s -ssions. Even in
our own happy country, the freedom and
equality a] whose laws and institutions
are th© pride of her own citizens, and
the admiration of the world, Congress
can close her doors at pleasure, hold her
stcret sessions, devise measures, and con
coct schemes of vital importance to the
interest of seventeen millions of free
men ; and her deliberations may be law
fully withheld from the public until
dooms dav.
Physicians, counsellors, ju Iges, jurors and
men of every profession and calling have their
secrets, and it is esteemed in them a virtue not
to be too communicative. And shall members
ol secret societies alone be censured for that
which is deemed virtuous and praise wort hy
in all others? 1 trust not. But of this class
ot objectors, there are some who quote scrip
ture to us—they tell us that the Savior com
manded us to let our lights shiue be fore others i
ti Dt, very true. But what others ore
templated in the text ? Look at it men do
not light a ewedb and put it under a bushel,
but on a candle-stand that ir may give light to
ail that are in the house. Come in, then, it
you wish the benefit of our light; vve promise
not to extinguish it. Ah, but, says the ob
jector. you have confounded llie figure with
ihe thing to be signified —l lie principle to be
illustrated. He says let your light shine be
i fore otaers that they may see your good
| works and glorify our Father which is in
Heaven. Very well, Mr. Objector, vve have
! now traced you in your windings to the point
—vve have you where we want you—vour
; .201 id works are to be exhibited. Well, come
and see ours, we are tar from being asliamed
°l them—and here permit me to remind you,
if yon be a religionist, that you are bound
equally with by Apostolic injunctions to
be ready lor every good work. Is ours a good
work ? By our fruits vve are willing to be
judged—are they bad, condemn as—are they
good, vve demand your respect. Do you see
that committee, in the faithful discharge of
their duty, approaching the house of that
sick brother? Pbey not otdv speak words
of kindness to him, but his heart is made to
leep for joy on seeing them, lor he knows they
are brethren to whom lie can safely confide
all—be can unbosom himself-—with them be
can find sympathy. And he know-, moreo
ver, that his immediate wants will he sup
plied. It is unnecessary to specify cases.
It is a fact that, under the influence of the
pure principles of our Order, the inebi iate
is cured and Reason aided in reasceruling he:
rightful throne. The youth is studiously
guarded against the seductive artifices of the
vile tempter. The widow’s wounded lieai I
is healed, and the tear of grid wiped irom
the eye of the afflicted. Tlx- orphan’s ci vis
hushed—(be hungry fed—the destitute cloth
ed. and the ignorant enlightened.
Our wily opponent will probably say that
1 these tilings are all wi*ll enough, hut that he
is very conscientious, and that Paul lias com
-1 mantled that we “have no fellowship with
the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather
reprove them.” And now, says the objector,
tlie Apostle is certainly complniningol things
done in secret. True, he is; but you do not
complain of any thing done—if so. what is it ?
can you tell ? Do not wrest the holy book
to make headway against us—for conscience
sake do not do it. There is it manifest want
ot relevancy—your proof does not meet vour
proposition. It w.ts the things done and not
the secret manner in which they were done
of which the Apostle complained. It was
the crimes, the attrocious crimes of which
j lie says it would be a shame to speak, that
jhe complains of. But you complain of you
! know not what; indeed, you complain be
i cause you do not know something, and then
■ hnd fault with us because you do not know
what it is you wish to enquire after. And
then attempt to prostitute the sacred scrip
tures and force them into the service to prove
such a medley. God save the world form
error in logic and reason, as well fts from the
blighting blackniog curse of intemperance,
which we are unitedly laboring to destroy.
Relieving that all live objections worthy of
notice that conie under the general head of
secrecy, have been noticed, I shall leave this
branch of the subject with you. and hasten
to notice another, and the last objection that
I intend bringing before you this morning.—
The objection relates to our excluding the
ladies from a participation in the cereuiMivs
of our Order. It is alledged that we disre
gard their influence, and virtually say. by ex
cluding them, that they are unwortiiy our
assciafion, or that we fear to entrust them
with our secrets. We feel t v at it i> our duty
to answer this objection, because, so far
as the ladies are induced to believe that
they are excluded for either of the causes
above named, it will tend to excite their pre
judices against our Order, and thereby de
prive it of the influence of the better half of
our species. To the charge that thev are
not admitted, we plead guilty and throw our
selves upon live mercy of the court, for it is
self evident that no woman can become a n
of Temperance. But the inferences we most
solemnly deny- We are not unapprised of
the influence of woman. We know it has
ever had a powerful bearing ujton national as
well as individual character. But we know
also that there are situations in lile ns well
.1- callings which arc unsuitable to the deli
cacs-s of female character. The legislative
hall, the camp of war. the arena of busy and
active life, have never by civilized nations
been considered appropriate spheres tor wo
man to move in; her domestic relations for
bid it, while at the same lime they afford
ample scope for the active employment ot
noble faculties. lam moreover constrain
ed in justice to woman’* nature to sav. that I
for one can see no reason why she should
become aS'OCiated with any of these orders.
Man. stern in his feeling*, tugged in fcis
character, cool aoi calculating in hi* actions
;s like the fabled lyre ol tlte mountain. God
formed to give forth the music and holier
feelings >f in* narur-, alon •to t'.' nn in !
the tempest. Not so with woman; *!-,■:
she has courage, patience and f< rtiihde v>
perfection, site is fashioned like tire Jtuiim
Harp, which, wheu touched by the gentle
breath of summers eve, sends forth i
subduing melody, ol gushing in. tn,g tenucr
ucss. Alan requires arli.cial bonds, and the
cultivation of ins moral huh sympathetic
powers to become strung tu virtue and prompt
m deeds ol benevolence and charity. \V om
evtr open to the better ieetiugs and kindlier
einoliw" nemls none 01 tm v*
to Impel her forward in the |-.u -r , o r
to call forth her energies and sympathies jo
behalf of suffering humanity.
ISO. 60.
No, Ladies; we are far Horn depreciating
your moral worth, or of fearing to entrust
within the sacred repository of that affection
ate bosom, any secret which honor or duty
demand you should Kuow. We revere vuur
delicate character, ap|reciute your moral
I worth and love your society. NV e feel that
j our would be a dreary world, and life a bur
■ deu indeed without you. We hope never to
be deprived of your society while permitted
Ito occupy a place o'i the footstool of our
Heavenly Father. And when called to wit
ness my own dissolution—when my heart
strings arc giving way and a mortal paleness
gathering on my cheek—may the southing
voice of a fond mother, an affectionate wife,
a loving daughter console me m that hour.
May the sott, delicate hand of woman smooth
my pillow and remove the cold perspiration
ol death from this bro'v, and 1 can leave the
world without a sigh, . s , acglo or a groan.
Only give us your smiles and en-iranigemcnt,
and with fJod's blessing we will conquer—
t:ike the world, dethrone King Alcohol and
liberate the captive.
Our increase has been wonderful, perhaps
seldom eqiiided, and certainly never surpass
ed by any association of human origin. In
164d, only six years ago, was the Declaration
ot Moral Indendence signed in the citv ol
New York, by sixteen Washingtonians.—
Since which time largely above two bandit I
thousand noble-spirited volunteers have put
ou the badge ot Love, Ptkitt and Fidelitv,
and mustered into the service.
Ladies, we again apjH'al to yon. ft is
your highest interest to give your m!.
Mothers, prr&undo your sous to i in us ;
wives, entreat your husbands, young ladies*
use your influence with your sweet hearts to
come and help us ; you will one day he whs
yourselves, and ail that our laws require will
tend to the lasting good of your husband, and
of course to yours, as you will tlieu he one.
’Tis not the Son ol Temperance whose wile
shrinks at his advance ; who lost to honor,
mocks and spurns her at his feet. 'Tis not
the Son ot' Temperance whose children b ar
I and shun him. But, returning to his home.
| behold the Son of Temperance; with buoyant
! heart and step, the partner ol his bosom looks
up and smiles his welcome, his children fly to
meet him, their little units embrace him—
with lip and heart they bless him. .May they
have cause to bless every father in ibis as
sembly, while they present before the altar
ol a fond in tlier s alfectums their grateful
acknowl ■dgments for the interest she has ta
ken, and the unbounded influence she has
exerted in aidiug forward that institution
which has resulted in so many blessings of
incalculable blessings to the human farnil - .
I say, brethren, light on ; our cause is a good
one. it calls into action the I* -t and hoh* v
principles o' our nature, and success must
crown our efforts.
Conquerors have had their trnphu s, ora
tors have reared eternal munurn nls to then
memories, poets have bound (heirbrmvs with
wreaths of immortality. These have fre
quently been done, however, at the expense
of human happiness, of virtue and religion ;
but the trophies that lie at our feet are the
deeds ol ciiarity—tlie proud achievements pt
lives spent in the cause of humanity and be
nevolcnce. They are unstained bv crim and
unsullied by a bar, unless it be the bar ot
joy and gratitude. Our cause is onward—
may heaven speed its match. May King
Mcohol be slain and his (uncral well attended.
II honored with a call to officiate on the occa
.-•ion, f promise to jietition Heaven’s Eternal
King that no angel from the and irk regions of
Tophet, may ever have permisssion to sound
his resurrection trump.
Tin: AUGUST ELKCTIONS.
Seven Western and Southern State* |.*i t S;ote
Ofliters. and in one ca-e (Indiana) Member* ot
Congress, in the first part ot' the coming month.
The following were the majorities in these States
in 1841, wiien Mr. Polk was elected :
Dem. m,ij. \\ hig maj.
Alabama ... 11,056
Kentucky ... 9.267
Indiana .... 2.314
Illinois ... 12,392
Missouri ... 10,118
North Carolina - 3,9-l.
Tennessee .... 113
These elections will be looked at with interest
i* an indication of the feeling of the people on the
I’residential nomination*. It is define.t probable
1 that the W htg* may change the majority in Indi
ana, hut the other States having Detnormtic ma
jorities will probably remain unchanged, at least
until the candidates fur President ace directly be
fore the people.
1 he first election in New Kngland will taker nice
in Vermont, on the sth of September. Next, .\ aine,
on the 11th of the same month. Georgia, Arttun
a*, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and
Ohio, vote in October. Massachusetts do s .>t
vote for State Officers until the week after the
Presidential election, which takes place thrn'.irh
out the L nion simultaneously, on the 7th of No
vember.
The BoUKGtoistt ok tip UiniKirs Clamm
f 1 rsici —Mr. Albert Brisbane, ie a letter to
.he New Vih Tribune, from Paris, gives lb" ft I
luwlng as bis opinion of ibo j resent and future < f
' Franee:
“ S ;ety '•; Franee is now di led into two g it
I
classes, the BouTerotsie, or middle classes, com
posed of the bankers, merchants, master-rcanufi. -
turers, land holders, in short, of men of propei ty
who and < not engage in manual lab- r for their sub
sistence, and ike laboring classes, who arc without
property, and who depei><l upon thir da ly hv.ir
for .unport. The lute conflict was between tn ••
two classes, and it is Ue beginnirg. no doubt, of a
great struggle, of which we have _pit seen
■ iptnin? it nr. Phe Bjurgeitme hasco an red n
; this first conflict, but it has two terricl-j r| . ment*
j against it in the future. I*t. Tne misery of th
' workiog classes ; 2d. Tne rfe.-u>rata,- irac '
; these men—a courage which is tnfwrt in trv-
French character. If the B;aige...i- o con ot
over sc ,e tnca! ot strip rot .ng tb ciuaiinn of
; tl® masses through practical, iedattrial reform*
, ilrcrch s ciety wloe r ke.i to * <ry f„
' lion, and the Bourgeoi w I in the erd he r - -
i querrf] by vu.denre, 3* were (’k Ari.t en-i
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