Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-09-20
DAUGHTERS CT TEMpakAnoE:

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sttutioh. Bu- few years ago The grt at cen
trai idea of your community was not aoiatcd L.
1ht re wert neither law nor well informed pnb
lie sentiment against lntemperancc, if, indeed
| the latter exists now. The same pronressiy
facts have attended the Temperance, as have at
tended every other reform, relurmaton or what
ever has tended to the ameli ration of the condi
non OF humanity. Singular a. it may seem, ow
ing TO the conservative principles OF mans ma
lure, he always opposes the means to his high
est good. lnis Tact is recognised in the penal
lies affixed 10 legislative enactments. II is pro
'lded Tor in domestic government. 1t is lament
| ed by the phlanthropIst. 1t ciiiIls the ardor Of
the reiurIner and ii is preached against by the
Divine from Sabbath to Sabbath, under the cog
nomen OF :. mans fallen nature" Owing /,
the existence Ut thes, principles, it is only wher
misfortune presses down upon the soul; it is on
~ wnen vice and violation alarms that instinc
1--WE vigil OF our nature, self-preseryaton, It's on
ly then that the conservative intellect of men ar
ses and asserts its freedom and independence Of
SIN and habit. lis then that we app ~ ourselves
to the Invention OF means, and the application Of
remedi s. lis then we learn that quies.
cent conformity is not loyalty, nor Innovation
conspiracy against society. 4 is then we learn
that man, aye, viriuous woman too may associ
a.e for concentrated and well-directed reform
! without destroying the immutabe heavens. ol
! endangtr NJ III firm ha Sc of Chi >iiailiy. 'Tis
then that various assoc ions spring up the faith.
tu landmarks OF The [ h ietian ecolon v, and la
Dor, separately indeed, yet leeimrtev for the tri.
umph OF Gods kingdum on "a III. Hence in.
tei that tIere has been, IN il exis ), cause
for The formation OF this association tat past
medic 5 were not touad fficent {, r the work
10 be- accomplished. But this Association has
been progressive. not only tn oreIi ally, reason
Ing from the wants OF $ ICi t., bt i. has been so
IN tact. AS remarked, it has been but few
years since the evils OF Int mp rance arrested
the att ni n OF Legislators, and procured statutes
against It indiscriminate and unlimited salA and
use vi arient spirits. Eat | apprehend that
these statutes are to be admired more as expo
nents of tn: public mind AMI sentiments, than
Tor any real and permanent gool they have or
can eff CT. | am the more confirmed in this last
sentiment by the n xt phenomena that present.
ed Itself in the Temperance progress to your
Association; mean the Washingtonian move
ment. This movement proposed by the presen-
ta'ion OF truth, and the persuasive charms of love
and kindness, to save, by r. tcrmati0n, the unfur-
iunatc ne5riate from t. at vortex OF ruin, misery
and disnrace into which he was hast ming with
ieari'l ralidily. This devel' pment of the Tenn
finally Ia ked tn. means of an efficient applica-
ton of til, IN. The next and highest step in the
temperance reform is that Of the Sons and
Dan hters of temperance, NIL s., in roint of
i'm we except the r ,c:Iabtes and Martha
Washinglons, which soon merged into your AS.
ISOLATION Thus, by short history we know
where We are, and thus much thought proper
10 say fore saying anything as the son of E.
rim would SIP, ak.
in adJr, ssing you is evening, ladies, pro-
pose TO Consider the following questions, with
som incidental Thoughts.
FIRST. " as it expect mt that the female friends
of Temperance shou associate in new form
Second. Shou they have asso,ilted in the
form they have
Third. As Daughters of Temperance what
are your duties?
You will have discovered by this time that
do not propose to argue that Intemperance is an
evil. | codd not hope, indeed, in the present
state of the Temperance cause, TO afford you any
important help by novelty of thought Able
minds nave explored the ground before me-
Tney have convinced you of its evils by sad des-
crpions OF the drunkard's bloated counlenance
his trembling, palsi d limbs, lis waning prosper
ity, his poverty, his des, ar. They have convin-
C ID you OF its evils by descriptions of his DESC
late, gloomy home, his cold III arth, his scanty
board, his heart-broken, murdered wife, the
squalidness of his children-his heart, dungeon
of foul and vaporous poisons--" a cage OF nn.
clean vipers. where saiyrs dance and the cocka.
lrice matches her eggs OF perpetual mischief =
So are there any unconvlncedof its evils, shall
leave them TO the past and future.
And now invite your attention to the first
question, viz: Was it expedi,nt that the female
friends of Temperance should organize i'll new
form Z? The decision of thus question depends
upon the answer given to three Others, wiz
Were legal enactlnents able to arrest lntempe.
rancet I'd. Was the Washngtonian movement
competent to the task ? Sd. Was Tie Church
adapted 10 the retormt
The first question we have to answer, before
we can determine whether there was necessi.
ty for new Association, is, were legal enact
menls able to stay the ravages OF lntcmp rance
Now law, though it may be enacted, can new
or be enforced unless there Is a public sentiment
or pOieer to sustain it which last cannot exist
III democracy, unless the public sentiment con-
ours ALSO Now it is amentable fact that there
is no well detiued public sentiment against In
temperance. As Il general thing, even where
there are open and outrages violations OF these
prohlbtory statutes, suits are rarely commenced
How many in this, or any other State, aside IRON
nlordL con >lderations, have been permanently
stopped from selling by prosecutions? Not ten
in my opinion, not one. mean aside from mo-
raj aud social reasons AS The law now stands
there is great difficulty in proving the off nee up
OH the supposed violator a ID Courts have fell
bound by the rules of evidence, and feeling the
want of direct and unequivoca ties imony, grea
delicacy in conyicting those against wnrm com
pants have been made; and in the comparative
ly w cases where complaints are made, the,
have their inception in revenge, malice, or SONS
other personal and ungenerous motive. Because
there is no fixed and noble d termination perva
ding the public mind, to arrest the sale OF spirits
luminosity has had, in lame and indiff srent man
ner, to stand godfather TO these aborive law
and prosecutions. Snch all agent as prosecu
tons, though supported by the arm of the law
has not and cannot prevail against this publ
apathy, and that flood # interest. passion and ap
petite that surrounded those places where tn
statutes are supposed 10 be violated. Every til
al presents to thinking minds and feeling heart
nothing but sad spectacle OF eqnivoca perlur
an1 evasive falsehood What little has been el
fected BY prosecutions has been done at grea
expense of time, money and verecity, under catt