Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-03-14
For the Gazette.
A GEM OF TRUTHFUL Flo
QUENCE WHICH SHOULD
NOT BE LOST.

The Rev. j A. Seiss IN Temperance
speech lately published. has the following
beautiful and touching appeal 10 the la
Dies:
There is an infiufnce residing IN wo.
man, which no power Of passion can re
sist. The God of Nature has touched her
very image with the eloquencs OF ell
ing silence, TO which the deepest and pu-
rest sensibllities oil mans heart respond
in the freshness Of affection. The soften.
ing chas,isemrnt OF virtue, arrayed in the
attractions OF beauty, corIec,s mau's yul-
gar appetites- subdues the turbu ent agi-
tatlons Of grosser passions and fixes the
current OF his mora, feelings in a higher
range. Ii is the almost sacred province
Of woman to inspire the noblesi sea,lmrn's
to watch and direct the various impul
ses of the expanding mind-aud 10 con-
secra,e TO truth aud sobfiety he best af-
fsctions of cur natures. La lies ave an
influence beyond computation immense.
Ii is quiet ami secret, bot u reaches dep
and operates upon the hidd sptirgs O.
human action AMI hence we call for
the cooperation of woman
"The motives for female cxert;on in
this cause are ample and sacr, d. One
grand motive is, because they are the prin-
cipal sufferers from drunkenness. Wo-
man, though destined TO walk the higher.
purer paths of earth, as some kind angel
leading the way TO glory, has been DR. g-
ged down 10 the vale Of sorrow, md hung
with the drspeiy OF grief by the BEST.
ly iniempeI ance Of the man she loved and
all she called her own; YEA, cast upon
tie cold sympathe s Of an unfri nd y word
and the wretchedntss uf ruined hoj es lest
affections and prospective lnfamy Are
not such reflections enough 10 touch the
tender fountains fyour hearts? Are not
the signs and dstresseS OF drunkarls' mo
theirs, dIunkarcs' wives and drunkards'
daughters enough to start the Sym athet
ic tear to wandering on your cheeks |
cannot think there is a lady here, who
will not set her face Nth all its beauty
end tears against the monster, crying,
away with the bowl forever,
"liow can you endure such outrages
ufon kindred human ty but rather,
assaults upon Il e fair fabric oil chr,tianl
ty as made by intemferance for 'tls 10
this, you owe all your exc, Hence, all your
asc, ndcncy, all your dignity. Before the
days Of the Redemption Of man, you had
become the mere instrumf nts OF his pleas
ure--the mi re bearers OF his burdens /; but
since the rcd emer has condescendt d
to be born OF woman, you seem to have
borrowed ray ofhis Divinity, witch his
| become the radiant link that binds us 10
angelic excellence and celestial ordefs.---
Beyond the vale of Christianity, you are
stll the doomed and degraded servitor of
mans brutal will; bur wherever twink.
Ing ray of Reihlehem's glad star appears,
YOU may walk proudly forth in the sub
/ lime purity of your exalted character
L., US then bv all The woes OF the drunk.
ards mother, wife and daughters-by all
the bless nss accrnIng TO you from Chr s.
iianty-ltt us have the inlluence of NO.
man? Whatever enemy we have to me,
whatever opposition we have to encoun-
ter, only give me the smiles Of beauty and
the app obatlon of woman, and the Gown
of my victory is securel Yes-give me
woman with her benevolence-her virtue
her loneliness, and nlteady fancy
see The broad Hsg Of triumph stream ng
DER the world, and hear enthusiastic
shouts from other and higher points vel
coming our aposiote world back t. It's
pristine state in the universe Of God !"