The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1851-10-11
For The Cecil Wig.
Female Temperance Meeting:
Abolition Hall &c.

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Tn Saturday the 9TH inst, the members of the
Female Temperance Association, held Grand
Mass Neeiing-this believe is the fashionable
halAe ioi such demonslrations---at Easlland,
Lancaster Co., Pa, in the public Hall at that
place. ms edlhce Is now styled ssLiterary
Hall" II was named sslndcpendence H,u ),
at It's c9"sec'ati0n, and its Fame predicted by
Abby Kelly, that priestess of the hirhsr loc
party, who olticiated at its dedication.
According to the Oracle of that sect. it was TO
eclipse old independence Hall OF Philadelpeia,
and be held in vencration by millions of free
lbfoekl men, when the relics Of the Revolution
were forgotten. The spirit OF the Prince ofles
seems TO have inspired the priestcss, when this
declaration was made, for the Lall has NOT ooI,
lost It's hi4h sounding name, since, but now re-
mains shut up the greater part Of IFS time 10 rot
nglofiouSly.
The building was constructed by the higber
Tar ab0IltlonIslS, when in the zenith of their
glory, to serve as frontier fortress on the con-
lines OF civilization; Tor this humane sect consd-
cred all the territory south of Mason and Dixon
line, as bowling wilderness, inhabited by cam
nlba!5 AMI poor slaves. Here Lucrctia N,r
Abby Kelly, Fred Douglass, and the BurIeigbs,
used to come and preach the "Gospelof Ereedo,u,,
TO then proselytes, invoking the powers orhea-
ven, earth, and he'll, to blast the Union. in order
that negro freedom might be effected But ALAS
Tor lanaIIcisIn-the Fugitive Slave law knock ed
" BJdo!I'oa' On the head; and Jiuck "Indcpeu-
dence Hal! has ''decayed in its glory" being
no longer place where the Sabbath is desc
Grated by horse racing, quot pitching. and, in
short, all kinds of row1yisn. Such were The
fruits OF the Atghcr iHw, negro stealing, moral
reform, anti->lavery doctrines taught bv the
aforesaid apostles of BeelZebub.
But must return to the subject which set
down 10 chronicle. The Association of IN, te-
male teetotalers used to be styled the .sDaupb-
tors OF Temperance" in iuXtaposition, suppose.
with the Sons; but the name has been changed
Tor what reason have not learned. The per-
iormanro, that was 10 have commenced at
O'Clock ,. NJ. was delayed for two hours on ac-
count OF one oithe ladies having lost her speech
she, however, eventually had the good fortune
10 recover It, and The house was called 10 order
at about O'Clock by the Pycsidenteys. when the
Secretary arcs" and read the constitution, which
was fac-simile ola portion OF that Of the Sons
S!ightiy modified, IN some respects, to suit the
notions Of The society. The bylaws were not
read; but learned that the code has incorporated
in 1t, the following astonishing deciuralion:-
"Tempcrance or no Husband!"
The first speaker was Mrs. Griest. minister
OF the Society Of Friends, who cndeavured to i'm
press upon her hearers the duty they owed TO
their Creators and mankind, in doing a Il the good
that was in their power, and in cultivating the
talent which had been given them.
MIS- Harlan next rose and read very beau
tiui ana touching address on the death of a sis
ter member, who lad been, within few weeks,
called from among them. Temperance songs
We're SUM, between the rcaiin. of the addresses.
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