Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-02-11
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY IL, 1882
TcoMMuNIcATED /

Mr.. Editor-You are requested to insert the
following Appeal to the Ladies on behalf Of the
Temperance cause; it is extracted from Chancel-
Ior Walwor,h's Address before the New York
State Temperance Society, Of which he is Pre-
sldent:
cannot close this address without expressing
a hope that the ladies will continue to aid US ny
their De " erful influence. and by pledgins them
Selves To Danish ardent spirits, IN every form,
fom the nursery and from the social family cir
elr. Ihave once had the pleasure to remind them
of that memorable occasion when the Heaven-In-
sp,red Zerobabei convinced the naughty Persian
m march and his assembled princes. that the In.
fluence Of woman MAS more powerful than any
thing save Divine wisdom and truth IL such was
her influence in a semi-bar bar"us age and nation,
what must il be with us, where she is now raised
10 her proper rank in sUcietys then remarked
that frmsles were seldom the subjects, although
thes we're frequently made the victims OF the wee
Of Intemperance. Would to Heaven | could
b. permtted to say it is always thus! Bat truth
conpels me to declare tina, that this monster has
sometimes succeeded in degrading the fairest and
the luyeliest Of this creation to the level OF the
brutes.
knew one whose father had occupied dis
tinsui>aed station in the councils Of his country;
whose mother was the pattern Of every social
ami Of every christian virtue: she was herself
lovely and intelligent, the delight OF every cur
Gle ia which she moved. the pride OF her own Ia
mIly, aud of her numerous f.ipnds She was al
So the happy mother of several interesting chill
dren who had entwined the chords Ut affection
closely around mothers heart. But alas! this
destroyer came. And before her sun had reach
Ell ITS meridian brightness, its glory was 0bscur-
ed. and IT finally yet in the deepest gloom. She
inhaled the pest,teious breath OF lntemperance;
m dangerous than the fatal malaria of the Pom
tin, narahes; more n0xlous than the poisoned
breeze from the deadly tree Ut Java; more blast
ing han the whitening sirocco of the Syrian de.
sert: more destructive, even, than the dreadful
chol "a of India, which is now spreading desoia.
ton. terror and all ,sht the north Of Eurnp..
The chords Of reciprocal friendship we're quick.
" scvered the bonds Of maternal affection were
loosed and broken; the ties Of c0nnubial love
were sundered furever; aud soon, very soon, the
grave concealed the miserable remains vi what
once seemed the perfection OF female worth and
loneliness. To save one such being from tempo.
raj and eternal ruin, were an object we'll worth
the best exerions of the whole ssterhOOd vi cha
ritv. What mother, what daughter, what sister
then will hesitate to lend her influence and her
example TO the cause OF entire abstinence, when
perhaps II may he The means III saving her own
belo. I'd relative from the same dreadful fatel
But let not our female friends believe that the
bes.fits of their exertions Of their example
viii be confined to their own SIX alone. We
know that with ours the influence Of woman is
mas, powerful. and can be most beneficial, ex-
er,ed. We do not ask her to deClam against
this vice in public assemblies, or 70 visit its most
lpa h.ome haunis: but we beseech her to let her
influence be felt in the family circle, with her
relatives. and among her most intimate friends.
To let the moral force Of her example be felt
wherever she is known.
Were it consistent with female delicacy to men
ton their names In public. could refer YOU to
the examples Of some among w. whose exert'"ns
in this cause have already added manv bright
gems to those crowns Of gIorv which are reserv-
ed for them in heaven. And let il never be said
Of her who fingered last at the cross. and Was
found first at the tomb of the Redeemer Of the
world. that, within her own proper sphere. she Is
either unwilling or ashamed to follow the exam
pie of her Divine Master by going about and do
ing g"od,