Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-06-20
ADDRESS.
GrNTLEMEN-V The Order Of the Sons Of Ten.
perdnce Of the YaIiey Division:

GrNTLEMEr-Of The Order of the Soms Of Ten.
perdnce Of the Yaley Division:
The ladies OF Mt Sidney and neig hborhood, now
here assembled, have made me their organ, and
they have honored me highly, too, to communicate
to you their warmest wishes and most earnes, de-
slres Tor the welfare and prosperity Of your Inssitu
ton, and to present 10 you this beautiful banner In
token thereof.
These ladies have not been DISTINGUISHED spocta.
tors OF the glorious work which you have begun and
conducted up 10 the present time with SO much sue.
cess. No, gentlemen, they witnessed The com.
mencement Of your great work of philanthropy
with much anxiety and solicitude for they had
friends, near and dear to them, who were not b.
yond the reach Of the Tempter and they now be-
hold your succeSs-he realization of their fundeat
hopes--with JOY and delight inexpressible Yes.
they see the good that you have done with no ord-
nary emotions of pleasure and gratitude. By your
efforts, they have seen the Demon Of evil driven
from his l,auuts where he brought naught but pov
erty-squalid and wre,ched poyerty-sickness, dis.
ease and death. They have seen their friends and
acquaintance snatched from the very grasp of the
Destroyer and placed upon a rock of safety. They
have seen TIP poor, miserable, degraded drunkard
lifted up out Of the mlre and filth in which he wal
lowed as brute, and assume a fair and respectable
position. among his feilUw-men. They have seen
peace where there was once no peace-plenty where
once there was naught but restitution They havo
seen the path of the Destroyer made desert by his
whitening and blighting footsteps-they now see
that desert ''rejoce and blossom as the rose. %.
They have seen all this, and more, the result of
your noble undertaking. Then, is it to be worder
cd at, that such these the fafest of Gods cre,
ton, and alike the most tender and sympathizinr-
whose hearts are full of sympathy for others woes
lis 1t to be wondered at, say, that such as these
should feel an interest, aye, deep and an abiding
interest in the progress Of an Institution which has
a., l.. N. .
ings of mankind. No, gentlemen, but they bid me
tell you that they feel an interest which language
would fail TO express-they bid me say to YOU
$50 on-let your cry be- onward, nor rest until ey-
cry vesge OF this genius Of ruin and woe be swept
from the face of this earth" They have come here
today for the purpose of giving manifestation OF
their feelings towards you and your noble Insti,u-
ton.
Some time since they engaged in what they term
ed labor OF love-. Here is the result of that la
Dor, and you that cloves labor has moi bean
lost, but from it has sprung this beautiful banner 90
neat and appropriate. which they this day dedicate
to Temperance, in token of their love and gratitude
to that good and glorious Divinity Into your hands
as the firm and devoted followers of Temperance.
they deliver 1t, believing that there it will be safe
from violation and that it will only be used in the
war which you ware against the mighty empire of
Old King Alcohol Let il ever be kept at the head
of your columns Lei it never be said that anv one
of you ever deserted this standard. around which
clusters SO much of all that is bright, beautiful and
good, but rather lei it be told in time to come, that
through your exertions many more have been gath
cred in TO rest under the shadow of its broad wings
and that you left it but with your latest breath.
Then, gentlemen, in the name of these bright
eyes--'brgher than the beams Of the morning sky,
which look so approyingly on you. In behalf OF
these sweet lips
s'Swcetcr than the desert fountains wave.
10 lips just cooled in time TO save -
whose cheering smiles you have. and whose pray
ers-:'pure as the prayer that childhood waits ar
bove'-are offered up for youth the name OF al!
that is lovely and good-these ladies here assem-
bled-l present you this banner. Take it, cherish
it and ever keep in remembrance this day and its
most pleasing associations and feel sure that your
ranks will know no deserters.