Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-02-29


was then n;ro. u.ed 10 the people Of Ber-
kelley County, and proceeded 10 address
them upon the all enerossing subject OF
I temperance. Although the audience had
4 been crowded together 50 long IN TIE
church, vet all was attention, and as The
orator proceeded in his aidfess the atien
/ ton became more aud more fixed telling
eIoouenly how much they were lht rest
+ ed IN the able and lucii argument OF tn"
speaker. Mr.. Sireit's ech was one Of
/ great interest full Of soul stirring elo-
quence and logical argument which car
RED away the heart and convinced the
mind. A stranger heretofore to our PEG.
pie, he is now well known and his name
viii always be associated in the maids OF
the friends Of temperance in this County
among the pleasing and halowed recol-
.ectons OF the 22l Of February 1874.
Al about 4 o'clock P. NJ. the mpeting
adjourned till night. Our country fiiends
left for their homes late IN the afternoon
highly delighted with tho procet diogs of
the day. The people of Martinsburg
again turned out en- maSSe in the evening
and crowded the Methodist Church to hear
NJ. STREET. who again addressed them
This speech was happy effort, and cal.
culated IN an eminent degree to forward
the great temperance reformation. This
speech told on the unfortunate drunkards,
some of whom we are happy to learn have
taken the pledge, and will remember in
their prayers and happy deliverance the
name of Philip b. STREET., and happy wives
and smiling children VIII call him bless
ed"
Whilst great praise is due TO all the
trends Of Temperance throughout the
county for their attendance IN such num-
bers on last Thursday, especial notice is
to be taken of the imposing manner IN
which our friends from Hedgesvlle and
is vicinity connected themselves with the
proceedings Of the day. Their numbers,
the large attendance OF ladies', the repub
lican style in which they came, the pleas
ing arrangement Of every thiag, made the
Hedg svile procession an object of dcid-
ed interest; and if il be any qualification
to our friends of that neighborhood to
know that their efforts are appreciated
they have that gratification-for their
praise is spoken by oil III, If brethren.
The warmest thanks of the friends lem.
perance in Berkeley County were proper.
ly voted to c. ]. Faulkner. Henry Bedn-
ger and Philip r. STREET, Esqs., for their
able and eloquent speeches-to the Chief
Marshal w. A. Sommervile, MessFs. Jo
seph Schoppert, Philip Dffenderftr, Peter
H. Cookus, George Tabb, and Thomas
Lsnderkin, the assistant marshaIs for
their efficient services and also 10 the
President and Officers Of the Gay for the
digni6ed manner 10 which they presided
over the deliberations Of the meeting -
to the Trustees Of the several Churches
and also TO the "Shepherdstown Band"
Tor their sery uahtable services, and to Mr.
Snyder and the Ladies and gentlemen
comprising the choir.
We may with truth say, that The cele-
bration of the cpd Of FEBRUARY vii form
an era in the Temperance cause in Bcrke-
ley county. The immense crowd in at
tendance (Which has seldom been equaled
IN numbers,) proved that the cause had
excited the attention Of our people and
the interest manil sted during the day,
by tho large audiences which listened to
the eloquent appeals If the eminent gen.
tlemen who addressed them, gives earnest
of thorough temperance reform IN old
Berkeley. Heaven smile upon the move.
mont, say we
AS II is customary 10 acknowledge IN
nattering terms, any aid which the l. dies
give to every cause wherein they enlist
themselves, it might b. proper, in this
communication, to make the usual ac-
acknowledgements to the sex; but, it IS frank
ly confessed by the writer of this sketch,
that he fe, Is mse'f unable to do justice
to this part Of BIS subject. The day,
bright as it was, would have been less So
but for the smiles OF the ladies'; and The
cause would have lacked some oil lis in
terest, but for the brilliant array of Those
who bear such diff rent aud endearing
relations to man. When the champions
in tho glorious cause Of Temperance pos
sess the 'smles of partial beauty" in ad
dltion to the motives to be found in the
cause itself there must be impaired 10
them all the zeal and all The iervor which
marked the days of ch.vary
WASHINGTON,
February 26, lS44.