Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1852-04-01

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n DEAR Daughters of America
thou art young and -beautiful,- thine eye is
bright, thy features are fair, and thy form is
loyely,-and now thy heart doth laugh with
gladness, and thy face doth brightly beam
with JOY. Bright-eycd, beautiful one -
wouldst thou preserve the brightness of
thine eye the lustre of thy beauty, the love-
illness of thine image, and the joy of thine
heart and save myself from the whirlpool
ofmisery Then beware how thou receivest
the visits Of the youthful lovers of the tiplers
glass beware how thou acccptest the hand
of the Notwithstanding young man, who
aeW take glass when he pleases Yea,
: beware lest thou bind thyself to a dram
drinking young man; the first half drunk
ard, BY the sacred chain of wedlock Yield
not to the solicitations not in the
promises, -haye nothing to do with, or to
say to, the rum-drinking young man but
cast him from thy presence, turn him away
from thy partnerships, aud avoid him as
thou wouldst yiper~for, be assured, no
youth who indulgcth in habits of drinking
spirituous liquors as beverage, is worthy to
take the wedding hand Of any young lady
b ef that OUT thy et6it6 Is TyHspehued re
time of happiness Fl may all be turned to
wretchedness and woe,
True, the customs of society doth not al
low thee to select partner, but they will
permit thee to reject the protfers of him, vile
wretch who would deceive thy heart, ruin
thy hopes, destroy thy Beauty, and rob thee
jof bliss and remember that the woman is
little to be cnried who will accept the hand
Of moderate drinker, which she must do
voluntarily for life,-for in doing that she
tdoth buyrhcr ruin at great cost Nor can
the treasure thus wasted by thine own hand,
%be again redeemed to enrich thy heart and
4 bless thy life
II The history Of the past confirms the truth
Of these statements, History is collection
Of facts. The facts which it presents on the
subject are terrible as an army of specters
They tell of disappointed love, of blghted
hopes, Of pale forms,-of poor, broken heart
7 ed, disconsolate females, whose prospects
were once as bright as are>thine; but alas
Mey zost al ~ tseading draatkards instead
ofhus5ands. Here they made the fatal step
Here they wildly risked all, here their very
hearts were crushed, and all their beautiful
hopes we're blasted for life. So it may be
with myself Here, all may be lost.
0 womaa,- young beautiful, lovely wo-
man beware how. and to whom thou givest
/ thy heart and myself when thou committest
thy destiny to another beware then, lest
thou but throw thyself away! Trust not the
breath, when promise comes heated with poi
/ son of liquid fire. Be assured whose thou
/ trustest hat thou dost hang all of hope, Of
beauty, and ofblessing for life, over the boil
/ ing gulf Of fearful, and inevitable ruin
Beware, then, Of thyself, for thou makcst thy
destiny in. choosing that which must contro
| it. Choose not uncertainty, nor yield thy
affections and tbyself into hands that would
mar thy beauty aud destroy thy peace. =
/ Thou canst not control all things. Some
thou lnayest, and others avoid. Thy love
can control the heart, and rule the man bui
1 it cannot restrain the love or lust Of vice tha
ruleth IN bad heart, educated in the habits
of the evil man. Heed this voice of affection
ate warning Turn from the lovers of thu
bowl of Bacchus Save tfyself-thy life
from the shrine ofruin. Commit myself un
to Hfa who judgeth wisely. Seek his direc
tion,-and acting with His high approba
ticn, thou shalt be lovely still, and still b
happy.