Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1845-11-22
RICHMOND DAILY WIG.
HAnoNnA. Nov. Is. lelb.


HAnovsa, Nov. is, le4B.
Messn. Ejors-I ask spsce for . bssf commu ton
on the saosct Of Temperance because Of the extensive
ejaculation Of your paper among oil cssses OF society and
denominations Of chrsans and the rope acd msnfcsta
tons Of your frendinsss tho cause induce be-
heve that you will ehcerully grant the boom Tell II not
Gath, that scno, htuc whs ago prominently and sp
psreny zsslous advocates Of Total Abstinence. not
ashamed TO no soon, pabcy slipping the sparkling wine
cup and qusng the exciting and psncous draugh
II ardent spirts Many socstics year sgo fourishng
and active now exist only In name. Young men, gene
noble and promising. crowd around the wine table,
with flushed faces and with hand grasp the dange.
rous bowl Old men, honored In their circles respectable
end inAusntia because VI their, moral WORTH lead the
younger BY the hand to tho decciul Of ruin Lit
tie children look up and the veneaied parents who
they believe cannot err, pedgng friends and &c
quantsnees In the paatabc but pernicious liquid. Mem
ben Of Churches throw wide their hospabe doo
gsy wedding company. and invite oil the board grosn.
ing beneath it, burden Of wines and stronger liquors. In
word the weight Of family influence. wealth and fashion
in great measure, thrown with crushing power upon
the buds and branches Of that noble Of TOTAL Abst
nence whose leaves have been the healing Of many
ed hcas and by whose benicont influence many are re-
joeng in emancipation from physical and moral slavery.
Among the higher class OF society. slow to in tho
work of reformation by Total Abstinence and bringing
powerful influence rather to bear against tho enerpze
there yet found many who facing with noble cuur.
the irowns Of fashion and social clique bucked on
their srmor andought side by side
mechanic sgsint the foe in high and low places Thank
God the Temperance cause sll point Freling.
huysen. its Briggs it, Ssde, its Mcdowell its Cooke, It's
ONeil and Others. high in family, in Office honor
sui standing up sgsns the opposing tide which PUSHES
upon them, and ashamed the friends
Of humanity, rather than tho slaves fashion, But la
inevitably true that many, who, before the
themselves the uncomprsng oes oil drinking however
and wherever approved have circle society where
they moved. dropped their character Total Abstinence
men, and in the carpeted hall sealed their lips with tho
quid against whose the rustic forum, hey bad eo-
.uontly uttered their denuncia aud gwen with
hand and their solemn pledges. That such aud
such Vginans there are, we write in than
anger, and would that could easily moral
effect OF IN, de rcieon would willingly save them
from the dishonour which attending it, We leave them
90 their eomPaeeney May they find in the favor Of tho
idol ashion,) whose altar they have sacrificed
cred honor. compensation for the respect which
feft them. and an antidos for the deep feeling Of
shame which them when beck they bent
abe plant knse. and bowed themselves in owy homage
abe ground
To the friends Of humanity, the fraernal band Of tho
truly philsnthropc, in whatever class OF society," under
whatever denomination Christians they be found we
call We beg you consider the increasing, aspiring
pervsding power Of the drinking customs which though
much shaken, fairly eradcat among u.s.
We pray you to oPon the fact. that
OF supineness part. these becoming
ripe and rampant again The voice Of public sentiment
which Numbered against them, becoming weaker and
weaker. Youths and young throwing off the
stranis which the examples Of parents and Influential
friends active in Tire OF Total Abstinence had placed
upon them The hopcr OF fathers of mothers are again
being hazsrded by the prevalence OF that moderate and
fashionable drinking among their sons, which, many
melancholy instances has been the deusve and deceu
decoy duck 10 the wreck and blight and ruin both the
parent and the child.
The organization Of societies. the regular and frequent
assembling OF the friends OF the the delivery
dresses the publication and dissemination Of temperance
tracts and papers, the prominent
hitherto successful in lashng into Of effective
snoton the waves of public feeling These weapons or
some OF them. within reach-let seize them
let US attack tho foe. il the vulnera points,
wherever We Being that based upon
the unyieldng adhmant o truth. firmly relying the
ressuble which uphfreJ for the support pro.
tecion and urherance of good and the destruction OF
Tor and evil, we may hope by active efforts,
che ground which have lost and put wheels Of the
reformation in notion for the glorious and benecent
umph which awaits it, The foundations OF this enterprise
are too deep aud too wide for it be shaken by
fary disaster, Its trophies too numerous and brilliant let
suffer by the deseron Of who had walked among
its end and the relapse Of others who had been restored
by ib bepewolence. Mo- Its record is high For
ct It's redeemed having passed into the Church militant
oad thea into that triumphant beyond the reach Of
cempaton others, still denizens Of earth. have whstood
tbe power Cd contendng appetite until Total Abstinence
has become habit the rejoicing wife, who has lately
tskea the garments Of praise for the esprit OF heavi
ne." and TO whom and her children the reformation of
the husband and father has given the oil OF jny for
"mourniHg." living monument Of the achievements of
Ask her what testimony she bears-ask all
such wives and all such children among the hills and va
eys Of the Old Dominion aud incthnks they will tell You
that the golden coming from his chanbers in The
Fast and darling his respenden rays ath the EARTH
give light and heat and joy-to spread the valleys with
vedure, and the hills wi tn howen-is esbeu of
the light which has arisen this enterprise dspe
she dark and dresr and difue around them, the beautiful
tho joyous, and the bright. +.