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REPLY OF TALBoT !. DUKE.

hppolnted as the recipient Of this beau'ifu
Banner, BY "Si Thomas Division No ., Som
Of TenPeranee,n itbecomes my honored pro
H'nc' 20 tsnosr 70 you, MlS', 'hs gspfsis0,a'iy'
CI:sy9af q afe lot the cause Of Temperpnce-eG.
piessive q adesre for the expansion Of its prin.
elplss-tee" ex.sodins'' thes afea,' II lis bepies
snhaences, end The contamination Of lis vast. val.
liable and beneileeat aims--i The NOR ii grandeur
OF that devotion which has ever characterized
the isdie9ef this, our own romantic villagrs Ii
the ealisS Of virtue, temperance and philan.
thropy.
The purity ef those motives which aciuaiea
you % this ptesentallon on our anniversary
graceful, vifiaoqs and beautiful agents that SO
hafE oneoasly conducted il to is sgreeabs issue
onihs bright Gay, ELECTS unanimously, the Just
appreciation Of this ffsiernal bsndp and the
efdsnt wishes Ger yoaf prespedly,) Of this adj
uliring multitnde.
J We assgfe you, Miss, Thar We concur il The
prcpriely o. that sentiment you have ex pressed,
ehat ssihe name Of every Amefican and freeman
should be inscribed on the Temperance pledge. y.
for Il is their duty 10 aid 10 The subsection Of ,he
"tyfantn whose despoiism is 50 fatal 70 indiyid.
ual aud national virtue -<1o individual and "a.
sloaal glory-whose dominica has extended
through the pass-erislng in The present. and
tassatening ne generations Of coming pos.erity
with is multitude Of evils
!e Atseu'y - tne esputnul OF contemporaries
MAJ Be traced 10 the moral and physicaldesola. |
tieas Of lie human race. We may ins,snr. |
naoyloa. the PRIDE II shinar's plains-the EN-
press 81 The oriental worid-with her regal nomn |
her sovereign power, and her pfincefy sp,ep-
dor Her pendant eardens-.hef prioce,v ma.
care grorpds-het sine-elad srbo,s nn,f RI. |
erance. breathing esoves--het PHILOSOPHY. poe,-
~ beauiy luxury and aft--ais, all we're swrnt
swsy By brush - its letheaa wing;
There tAessfpenis creep, tha via be,,,s,,r.,
Where her chambers Of Slate and her pfcud wailsi
hy.- :
RENE, with her iron nerve,.
uhnnehing valor and idsmaahle spiri,-,he |
uesd Of those ssfIied legisn<, The thunder of |
whose armed cohorts, vas the signal Of sub /
mission % waIlike nations, yielded, With ali her
innexsoslity Of aature, and bowed her crest ,oi
THIS miserable sIespotr and became iIophy
in the march Il is ,fiamphs. sealhisr a =,
progress impar,isl 10 is attacks. ensgss,ins M,
stripping. sseepins pondefoas empirps aiike.
possessing ietressisi Ounipo,tnce; there i no 4
ia1d THAI q has not fasaged no soilkhai lis re n
PFesslve footsteps hath not Ired no sle Of The sea
on which miasmn has not bten poured. ana ihe N
utmost extent Of the habilatle globe has rea.
lined ne ahiasily q is dssols,ing aoeer. i.
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lneepe Ibis syrani, which Is he power 81 ipia.
nee eenefa,et from The epmbinsiion tf female
Energies sad tensle eaoits. Woaian inn1-
l1ee /. of mere intrinsic worth than isweilsd
zealih = when associated, more Fesislless han
he march Of ahe Aipiae Avalanche -eommshd-
&c atthe Ui,chcfy feleQnepce-snehaining a. / 1
ne epiflls q melody and lore, that bi6ds HE /
'oeiat work. meath its feoils doninioS. IS II b.
he magic % ~ yards spslln nsttei inis Il. !
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