New-York daily tribune., 1845-12-24

| ears with the shreks Of these wives and mothers,
and the wailings OF their innocent children could
thev for the occasion be furnished wiki powers o.
language TO describe their days OF toll and misery,
and their nights OF unrliiigaied, unmingled and IN
avaing sorrow and anguish could they throw into
their counenances all the agony which has so often
wrung their souls, all the terror and trembling, ali
the disgust and oa;hing which the conduct OF ihelI
husbands and fathers have caused them coald these
hear the prayers OF these wives Tor their hus
bands thatihe temptation which had so besoued them
might not again De thrown in their way-and hnalIy
could the secret which they have shed be made
TO flow in full view OF this circle o. makers and
dealers that surround then-cou!d al this be done
is there soul not absolutely IN league with The great
adversary and tempter himself, who could for an
other day or hour continue in his unholy business!
After addressing each of,he classes above named
the Appeal closes with two paragraphs which ge
cannot forbear to copy:
Electors of the State of New-York long and
painful has been the struggle of the organized
friends Of Temperance to drag the telou destroyer
OF all we prize and hold sacred from behind his last
rampant of Lar and legal license and legal reSpec.
.7Gi!iy 10 your bar Tor smen., and we trust for
condemnation Ard our JOY al having achieved thus
much, is nrgated only by the consideration that
commercial metropolis with her multtudlnous popu-
laton is not now TO participate in the common bene-
fit The three thousand licensed and i,numerabe
houses and brothels scattered over her face, like
the fostering pustules Of loathsome disease, are
for the present 10 remain untouched. The dens OF
into1ication OF New ork, where integrity is cor
rupted. the young taught 10 betray sacred trusts,
and clerks learned TO plunder the tls and iron chests
of thci. employers, and bring shame and ruin upon
families are 10 be left open, yawning not only for
the sons OF her citizens, but :or your sons who from
every quarter congregate there in pursuit OF the
rewards of enterprise. But when. il not with " the
waters OF Jordan al least with cold 1rGter shall
have cleansed this foul leprosy from the body and
extremities of our State let neither sumber nor
rest until its healing virtues are applied TO the head
also
Fellow Citizens this is the first occasion on
which the License System has ever been subjected
10 the ordeal OF the sutfrages OF free people, naked
and disconnected with those preferences for parcu-
lar candidates. and those party prejudices with which
the question has been so much embarrassed in our
sister States and the friends of temperance and hu
manty. both here and in Europe, await your de
csion with intense anxiety. The contest is not 10
be an easy one. Wine is mocker. diseased
appetite is q mocker-misguided selt.interest is a
mocker-and many will be deceived thereby.
But Truth is mighty and we firmly believe that
the giant Internperance is destined to die at the
talismanc touch Of the Freemdn's Bailot-the bal
LOT inscribed No License
Ii is the purposeol the Committee to place copy
Of this Appeal in every family in the State. An esti-
mate has been made of the number requisite TO sup
ply each County and the friends OF the Cause in the
several Counties are expected to defray the expense
OF printing and distribution. The price Of the Ap.
peal is SO per 1000. Persons wishing to obtain
copies can do SO on application to o. SCovIL, Esq.
Secretary OF the New York State Temperance So
ciety or at the Temperance Office in this City
Friends Of the Good Cause SOW is the time TO
work