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hopeless gnef Of friends and relstivss--
the grey hairs Of anxious parents
brought down In sorrow to the grave
the thousands Of hapless children
whose sad 10. IL is. though not ystUs
phans. TO know nothing of parent'e
I iostcring care, but for food and raiment
/, abandoned To the cold charities Or The
world, and un,uiored in the paths II
Virtue and knowledge, the rank weeds
of vice and debasing sensuality la.
to spring up N the soul and poison,
through al after life. the well-spnn9s
lof Hbsal exceilence-but. above all, Tie
peculiar anguish which wrings the boz
som Of the fond wife, bound. by the de
which only d, attn can sever, 10 one
who. though not yet dead, realizes. in
some degree, the horrible fable Of tho
inaninatc corpse, chained TO q living
body-these. these, my friends, are the
melancholy realities which 90 20 make
up the appalling aggregate Of human
sutferinys, attendant upon the career Of
has moral Pestiience.
Yes, feliow-ciiizens, could we but
T gather together. in one view here be-
fore US, the thousands Of hoary headed
parents, bowed down BY the intolerable
hurthen Of sorows superinduced by the
prohigaey Of Incorporate sons--couid
We but view their venerable counte-
nances. furrowed over not merely by
the gentle hand Of time, but moro
roughly by the corroding power Of
deeP-seated grief, with their eyes turn
ed to Heaven IN suppication for their
unworthy yet cherished dipping
what heart amongst US could resist the
appeal which such a spectacle would
pre- ent Could we but summon be-
fore US, in mournful array, the almost
countless numbers Of these orphans Of
living parents, abandoned by their natu-
raj protectors, 10 the stin.ed charity Of
s'rangers-or. If clad and fed, and
otherwise provided for by undissipa.ed
wealth, as to their physical necessities.
yet, as totheir moral welfare, sacrificed
upoa the altar Of this destroying de-
mon who amongst US would hesitate
Ia stand forth, the champion Of wronged
innocence, against the relentless idols---
or. above all. could We but group be-
fore US, IN vast assembly, the multitude
of heart-stricken wives, worse than
idowed, Whosc fair forms and features.
though mared by anguish unutterable,
and the endurance of sorrows which
cause even Hope TO become q stranger
To the breast, yet betoken that once the
light Of JOY and prosperity sl,onc upon
them, and the smiles oil love and afiec-
ion beamed joyously radiant upon their
pathway Of life, what fires Of chiyalric
devotion would il not kindle up within
Us. TO lead Us on, with all our moral
energies, and al every sacrifice, 90 wage
4 war Of cNterminsting vengeance
against this destroyer Of the peace aud
happiness Of
Heaven, last best gin 10 mani''
Nay, TO proceed one bold step further.
would bat the voice OF the Archangels
trumpet burst the oeremcnts OF the
tomo, and call up before as the ghastlv
hosts OF the sheeted dead, who died ths
drunkard's death, TO utter in our ears
their one wild shneking curse, against
this murderer of all their hopes--if
ever before, how much then that l.
worthy Of contempt and Fidicule,
ould iiis melancholy subject present.
la view, then, Of these and thou
sand other considerations, that might be
urged would time allow, permit me-
once more to appeal TO the enlightened
judgments Of all who hear me, If the
cause Of Temperance Reformation has
not claims, Of paramount force, upon
all not dead 90 the voice Of natural NJ.
fectiOn-all who love, rs they ought.
their families, their friends, their coun-
Try, or their GodR And now, in con.
clusion, IL there be here present a pa
rent still ir different upon this momeu.
tous subject-sboUld hereafter the
black spot enter las domestic circle.
and sinke down. in las very bosom, the
child OF hIs cherished hopes, let him
utter no vain and unmcIited Feproaches
against fortune and Proyidenee--6or
such, the fault being all bis own, viii
only TecOl With superadded poignan.
~, and DIVE deeper the steel into bi.
soul; or II wife, who nov joyously
exulis N the undiminished kindnass
and affection Il temperate husband.
iei her remember that thousands, onae
a. blest az she, COW lie bleeding vie.
TINS. at the feet Of this hydra-heaAs&
monster And YOU. We young and con-
fdeni, " hose bOsoms swell with hiaA
hopes &c future prosperity and distine-
Ton. how slUfnbcring on in the arnas
81 fancs'd security. be wzrnedi---f4
many child II genius, many q uot1
form lake yours, "a whom were eos
ued The iendefesi affections Of a -
rents heart, and the brightest ED
Ps'iOas % friends and relatioan
whose iootsteps seemed planted np
the irDest rock a sell-eOntFoi--.
.laHibeF ~ their untimely gEue
~ sigis rieiisis n fnlr1psrGaes.
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