Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1838-01-31
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THE FRIEND OF v1RTUE.--Prospcrtn..

evils OF righteousness SucceeJea iHeIIeCt-
ing the organization of that Society, two
wears since. Al that time they began to-
sound note Of alarm to their sisters in,
New-England, and have SINCE been urg-
ing their claims 90 the sympathy and co.
operation of the friends of the cause, as
extensively as a private and familiar COR
respondence would permit. And though
many warm hearts have been enlisted IN
this enterprise, yet the influence of their
appeals have BEEN exceeding y circum~
scribed. And like vigorous body re-
ceiving scanty supplies, they have FELT
keenly their own wants, but their Efforts
have been unproductive of results to sus-
tain their operations.
To curtail any of their expenses would,
in their estimation, be proving recreantto s.
the cause of their sex. In view OF their
| responsibility then, they have but one
course to pursue, and that is to press for
| ward in the work till victory is achieved.
They now propose to issue a little
monthly periodical, 10 advocate the cause
of virtue, and the rights and duty of
woman to enlist in this Cause. Their
great aim is the renovation Of the world,
and the elevation of man, as man, ire
spective of sex. Licentiousness In one
tportion OF the community has been but
slightly condemned by public opinion,
while in another portion, it has been Wis
tied by an insatiab!e vengeance, and ex-
lcludes them as outcasts from all virtuops
society. This treatmentin regard to the
relative guilt of the sexes, this Society
utterly deprecate, and believe it has its
origin in the supposed inferiority Of wo-
man; and here we have the reason of
the little success which has accompanied
the various benevolent enterprises of the
present day, in their efforts 10 regenerate
fallen world.
! In view of the object of this associa-
lion, men as 4 body stand back, refusing
| to touch this subject-but why should
they! That which tends to elevate the
| charac, er of woman, tends also to elevate
the character of man; and while multi
tudes of their own Sex lay groaning and
wrlthing 10 our streets under the debasag
effects of intemperance, man could feel
, and devise a remedy. Let them woman
assert her prerogative, TO draw out the
v sympathy, and combine the influence OF
, her sex, to prevent the ruin Of the Virtu-s
; Gus, and elevate and save the fallen.
The principal object Of this qualifications
! is TO establish an organ of communication
between the managers of the Boston So
z cietV, its own members and auxiliaries.
e 1t proposes to take the same stand in re-
t, gard to the principle with the Advocate of
!, Moral Reform, and will sustain the same
d relation to Boston which that does to
s New-Yo 1t may seem to some that
n the Advocate supersedes the necessity of
n another publication Of the same kind, but
t. that is already pledged TO three hundred
y auxlliaries, and for that 10 assume further
responsibility seems impossible; and BE-
d sides that, lis distance from Boston renders
! 1t extremely inconvenfent, if not entirely
l. lInprdctlcable as an organ of communica-
l. ton for the Boston Society and its aux!-
q iarieS
= We feel that it is important that the
y Boston Society should be sustained, not
= because II Is the Boston Society merely,
st but because 1t is polluted city, sending
=; forth corrupt influence throughout our
n land. The vice to which we aiiude pre-
d walls to an alarming extent in our midst.
= 1t has corrupted The pulpit, the church,
e and the press, and is an Achan in the
IS camp, which interposcs a greater obstacle
20 the success of the gospel, than all other
2 vices combined.
IS Our grand design is TO inculcate purity
f OF heart and life, yet we intend to recon-
d hotter the various departments Of moral
e reform, and especially to urge upon moth
It ers their duties relative to the growing
J., objects of their charge, to caution young
S ladies against the fashionable dissipation
e and extraVagance of the present age, and
k 10 fortify their minds against the arts and
is wiles of modern ibertinism.
T. The Society feel sanguine that their
l. object will be approved. They presume
o on the female talent and enterprise of
1 New-England to sustain it. And they
d respectfully and earnestly solicit contri5u-
10 tons of matter and means TO carry their
]. propositions into effect Without patron
t age our purposes must fail. And as this
= is no individual scheme of aggrandize-
n ment, but a common cause, in which the
V highest good of community is involved,
as such 1t demands the interest and CO.
{. operation of every well-wisher TO the
cause of virtue.
TERMs-The FRIEND OF VIRTUE will
~ be issued in monthly Nos. of l6 octave
. pages each, commencing with January.
1893, and furnished 10 single subscribers
- for 81 % per annum in advance.
In taking seven copies TO be directed to
q one person, a discount of s. 90 will be
made, and where twenty-five copies are
~ taken by associations or persons wishing
? to distribute, they will be furnished at a
u