The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1848-03-04

when heart leaped to heart and nought wa
wanting TO complete our moment Of happiness
did our bosoms throb with more thrilling emo
tons than are excited whilst contemplating
the present scene. IT'S one DER which thu
Imagination loves to linger; and as coming
events cast their shadows before ftcm, We be
lievc, that the events Of this day give promise
of brighter one, md shat the cloud of gloon
and dcsolation which has so long threatened to
shroud our land with the pail Of intemperance
is rapidly dispensing, for the morning of n BILE
reformation has already dawned. It assures
Ms oil the success of thai institution of which
you have the honor to be branch, which has al-
ready be the temporal and eternal salvation
Of millions, and which has caused many sad.
dened and weary hearts, to swell with grati-
tude and Joy, over the restoration Of some loved
and lost one to the path of rectitude, distinc-
ton and honor.
Trrly do ! appreciate the compliment bes-
towed by the Ladies Of Canton, in selecting
one so unworthy as her whose privilege it is
now to appear before the honored medium
through which you, " Sons of Temperance,'
are to receive this sacred treasure. But, for
the light which has long emanated from its in
spired pages, no basis would have been found
whereon TO rear the monument Of the Order
now present; the good effects OF which, will
not only be felt through time, but will contin-
ne through the ceaseless ages of Eternity!
The principles upon which your order is estab-
lished, viz: Love, Faith and Purity, are drawn
from that exhaustless fountain Of eternal truth,
the source Of all wisdom, and the guide and
beacon to fallen and lost man. Endowed by
its Author and your Creator with capacity to
appreciate it's sacred precepts, you abuse the
highest prerogntIve of your nature if you ne
glect TO become familiar with its truths, and
refuse obedience to its requirements. Human
knowledge may ex aust ITSELF This never will;
it bears the stamp and seal of Deity Himself,
and in the language of another repeat that,
"amid the thousand studded gems which
beautiiy and give such splendor to the moral
armament, this Is the clear and bright constel-
laton which is always above the horizon, and
pointing high towards the gates of heaven"
.,And now, as the representative Of the Ladies
Of Canton, | present you this book receive il as
the lamp from of the Everlasting Throne, may
il not be sealed book to any one of you, but
as light to the shipwrecked and tempest toss
ed mariner, so may it be to you, to cheer you
in your darkest hours
Miss MARSHALL having concluded, Mr.. w.
r. DOUGLASS, in behalf OF the Sons of Tenn
peiance, replied as follows:
LADIEs-In the middle ages, that period OF
the worlds history over which the spell OF Ro-
nance have so profusely been thrown; proves
in arms was considered the highest object OF
human ambition, and cnvalrous devotion TO
IF every belted Knight To gain the approx
ng smile Of some bright-eyed Lady, deeds OF
desperate valor were achieved. Death itself
vas robb'd OF its terrors and fearessly met,
When the exaltation of his Lady love was in
solved in the contest, and the countenance of
he expiring knight Enlightened when he re-
nected that his own valiant actions aud the
name of the fair being in whose behalf his
hearts blood as poured out, would be blen-
ied and live together in immortal song. In
hose tremendous conflicts for the recovery OF
he Holy Sepulchre on the burning plains Of
Palestine, the arm of the steel clad warrior was
not more nerycd by the blazing cross upon
heir banners than by some simple token Of
voman's appreciation that glittered upon his
helmet.
Those glorious days have passed away, and
he institutions Of Chivalry have gone, glim-
ring like dream Of things that were" But,
ladies', one Of it's cardinal principles, like
Iope in the bottom Of Pandorn's box, has sur
lived the changes Of time-derOtion 10 Woman.
Be assured, Ladies, that this principle burns
rightly in the heart Of every Son OF Temper
nee, Of every laborer in that great Reform
which, by eievating the standard Of morals
ghout the land, adds to the happiness OF
woman, and wdens and enarges the sphere of
er influence. This feeling, il possible, burns
more brightly in our hearts to-day, on account
4 the peculiar occasion which has called us
ogether. We have come here to receive from
our hands the Book of God--lhe Book more
recious in It's wisdom than all earthly riches,
nore beautifulin its simple and sublime moral
" than aught that human genius can invent.
We hail it as an evidence that your hearts are
nth US in our war with black intemperance,
nd never did knight Of the Olden time, feel
motions Of gratitude, Of thankfulness for a
Toman's regard and encouragement, stronger
more profound than those that now throb In D
! cur hearts Like the Heavenly Cross " hich II
azed before the march Of the Emperor Con- a
antine, the presage Of victory, we regard your 81
if as an omen Of the full and complete tri- u
nph OF the principles Of our Order. q
This /. the age Of progress, and no where is $
e fact So s,nkingly manifested, as in our own y
nd, the Republic Of the Stars and Stripes" v
Te are marching on with unersmPied rsPidity
the Development Of all the elements Of ma
onal greatness. We have solved the problem
to the capacity Of mankind to govern them
lives. We have shown that the idea Of ra
onsl liberty, liberty restrained and regula-
d by Law, is no speculative hypothesis, but
et-an undying omBiPOtent truth which is ev-
y where operating to the sdvaneementO Of free
I'd enlarged principles Heaven born truth,