Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1848-06-07
BOSTON CELEBRATION.

publication upon the unanimous Request; Of Bos-
ton Division. We END them to the a.:en-
lion of the reader.
Address Of sXr.. Or. p. s. Evans.
RESPECTED SiR:-Throngh the psrtiaiity OF the
donors Of this sacred volume, l have been
signed the honorable hut embarrassing duty, OF
presenting it To Boston Division Nc 90. Sons Of
Tempe embarrassing because OF my ia
experience in such matters.
Society has ass gnec 10 woman the social eli
cIe-tie domestic hearth as the sphere OF her op-
cr.,ions. To break these restraints, ant ap-
pear before 50 large an audience. IS indeed. an
,in.sa-r .s-i"e duty, in the discharge OF which
claim your indulgence.
II TIL re is any class IN community more deep
l. interested in the success Of the temperance
reform than another. it is woman \ wise PROV
i.l-nce, has linked hers nth the destiny Of the
stronger sex CLOSELY, tl.at TO injure the one as
10 wound the other.
El.rn the husband is betrayed into the mesfes
Of this incorporate vice--vhen the poison of the
scrpcn, has enfuset itself Throughout the whole
naau-dry ing up tie fountains Of his affections,
c>tranging his feelings. converting confidence
into jealousy. gentleness into morosrness, il-ua-
,ure anu turbulence, Oh, who can tell how deep
~ woman suffers.
Norisit in the relation Of wife alone that wo-
man sntcrs from the ra~nges of intemPerance
How ofteu IS the mothers heart siung hy the fang
of the monster when She hehol!s Der first born
the i,.ol of her heart-withn the serpent-s coil
struggling IN hopeless Conflict, with the demon
in " hose train follow the whole brood of human
,ice-how fearful--how indIscrbabie are the
su.ietiugs of thar mother
And pc rhafs in the victim. a kind, devo-
ted sister, ooses a noble, a generous hearted
brother. The wife, the mother, the sister. all
all are blighted by the whitening curse. They
suiIcr III slicace--the world may not near q SIN
gle groan that escapes the broken heart crushed
and weighed DOWN with sorrow No eye may
behold the tear of anguish which tells their tale
of suffering. But still those signs are uttered
those tears flow, and millions Of generous and
gentle hearts have been mangied by the fang
of this terrific monster How deeply abiding.
lien Is won,an.s interest ia the great moral re-
form, which aims TO Danish the evil from this
earth-weii may She break loose from some of
those restraints which society has imposed, and
come forth 10 indicate the from the ravages
OF incompetence, and lend her AID to stay the tide
o. death. - e have seen with AN intense, deep
so.icitude, which no languages can express, the
Efforts OF lhAt noble, that gene and self Sac
ricing order, which you represent to day
" hen the W a>hingtonian star arose in the east,
hoped ia Tod ,hat lis glorious rays would IL
lunine this whole lahd--cur hopes, however,
were soon blasted; ana while rejoice in the
!...., which it shed and is still shedding over the
GRID, VT ve have seen with heart rending
row. the vice still spreading. its devoted victims
still! falling.
! When hope seemed hrooding over despair,
your noble Order sprans into being, il by d.
vine inspiration. adopting that heavenly motto,
Love. Purity and Fidelity. From that beautiful
moito linised the golden chain which binds
each TO has brother.
We have behcl.l Your Order rising in macnili-
ccnce and power, extending itself throughout
the whole lana. and to lis great Object
We have seen you go forth IN the spin, Of the
blessed Saviour. search Of the unfortunate IN
ebriaie, extending him brothers hand, and
storing him TO his family and the world, sober
/ We find among Won our husbands, our sons.
our brothers and our fathers, free from the mad
deuiug bowl, safe from al the fearful vices at
tendant on ntenperance. Seeing these things.
we have come forward 10 day, TO give you this
public testimony of our sy mpa,hy, and in l,eav-
ems name, 10 Did you Gods speed in your glori
Gus enterprise. Go on victorious, until earth :
last wanderer is redeemed, and wives, mothers,
sisters. and generations yet unborn, will bless
yo,T.
( But how testify the deep interes: we
feel in Your success, so appropriate to furnish
you-ali warm with wonan's hopes and bedew =
ed with her tears--a volume of the Holy Scrip
lures. O, sacred gift. who shall tell thy worth.
rightly improve thy divine prccepts' Take
this volume, it is the Inspiration of Heaven
bear il to your Division room, Gods best gift by
woman prcsented-wiih her PRAYERS. that gud-
ed by its pr~cepts. you may rlai the world of in
temperance aud finally be gathered to that have II
Of rest, where sorrow is not known, and where
love ana harmony reign forever.
Response Of Joseph NJ. EsuiII. ESQ
RESPECTED HApAM:--I have had the privilege
to meet with my fellow citizens upon many oc-
casions and for a variety ofpurposes; yet. among
them all. few have surpassed the present in deep
and thrilling interest-few have possessed to a
greater degree the elements OF beauty and moral
grandeur. The scene which this day greeis our
vision, is one IN which the more refined and bet
ter feelings of humanity coHspicuously pre-
Gominant--iis associations are all pure, peace ful
and esling-whiist all nature is clothed IN
the habiliments of Spriug--whilst the earth is
dotted over with the beautiful flowers of May
how beautifully appropriate, then, under such
circumstances and at such time, is this sacred
gift, donated BY the Ladies of Boston and vicin-
ity, evidence Of their confidence in the ef-
hcacy OF organization and OF the ir syrnpa-
thy for the objects Of our much loved bu; much
iraGuced order.
Had you designed 10 promote part a
deeper reverence for the Bible-for the motnen-
teous and lasting truths Ith which it sbounds--
for tie important lessons il contains, and were it
possible to increase its value in estimation,
your purpose could not have been more surely
gained, than by adopting the means which you
have happily and appropriately chosen, be-