Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1853-03-10

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BY MRS. C. NJ. d. BARNETT.
published by request.)
Sons, Daughters, and Cadets Of Temperance:
Ladies' and Gentlemen-
have been politely invited TO address
this meeting on The subject of temper
ance-a subject of the deep pest interest 10
every individual; and from high sense
of duty, | have concluded TO surmornt
the Inherent timidity OF my sex. and my
own constitutional nervousness. and &C
cept the invitation.
J Nv auditors will, of course, understand
! that am no licensed lecturer, sent d broad
by particular school, 10 advance certain
dorma's, TO the consequent destruction
of all antugoniSticaL ones. Therefore:
what may Say on this occasion, that
NAV seem out of place harsh or hetero-
dex. is to be attributed 10 me alone, and
not charged as the sentiment OF any sect,
class, society or organization whatever.
will meet the kind invitation that
has rlaced me before you this aftern Don.
with few remarks of a strictly practic-
al character. To my brothers and sisters
in the orders, no apology, from my posi-
ton. is necessary, and TO the world with
out, none, | am confident is due. We as
/ Daughters of Temperance, have taken one
step forward in reform, and we are happy
that we are permitted TO dct III this great
work. We do not come here as mere
voiceless idle ornaments Of this festIyity.
but as fellow borers III the cause OF
Temperance; and though we ask not for
the right Of elective franchise, or the
title Of Reverend or Professor, yet we
congratulate ourselves that we may a2-
pear here fully eqaippad. taking part in
the line of parade without fear OF giving
offence to any. When the bugle sounds
TO arms. we hope TO be ever found in our
appropriate place i'll battle One word
as 10 our origin. and we Will then poss
to our principal topic-our notices as
separate organizations;
On this subject, am not aware that any
thing has ever been published; but from
personal acqudintances. have gathered
few items. Miss Lucy Graves of New
York city. who has for years been the
Gf. Scribe. of the y. A. Grand Union, Is
Justly styled the founder OF our Order
Feeling deeply on the subject OF temper
ance aud being greatly DESTROYS of a more
Effective mode of laboring in that field OF
usefulness, she conferred with her friends
who were members OF the order of the
Sons. and by their aid drew up the form
of Constitution. Bylaws and ceremonies
for the first Union of the Daughters OF
', Temperance. This Union was organized
bv her and known by the name Of Frank
lin Union. No. l. ID. of T., and located
; in the city of New York From this
small beginning has originated all the
Unions in our happy land-for though
. there are other branches than that oil
which she and ourselves are members, yet
they all sprang from the same root
Franklin Union No. l.
When the scheme of female order
analogous to tina; of the Sons Of Temper
ance. was first offered, it had 10 meet
with all the usual obstacles of a grcai
ntlg idea The public mind. despite all
. its rnriching and culture, is a sort of cold
cIayey. stubborn soil. in which the ten
der plants of fancy, novelty, sentiment
ANYTHING but the coarse grains of old fash
toned usage. take root and sprout forth
with difficulty. Happily however, even
in this rugged field, there are some warm
= and genial spo is, where the delicate ex.
otto, combining grace and beauty with
utii:y-the flower with the fruit, the
! refinemen.s Of taste and imag inatior
engraftcd on the stock Of practical good
is quickly adopted. La these rare con
servatories, the strange Illusions Of the
philanthropis;-rejected by the coldnes.
Of The general mind-are enabled to un.
fold themselves. And so it was with .ht
, schem Of sister order TO the Sons of tie m
prrance. Except by few bold far-see
ing spirits. head and shoulders taller
than the mass, who saw the true destiny
of wOman. as a social agent. not by the
miserable stands rd of pref adice and Gus
tom, but by wise estimate of her natur
al power. except by these l say. the plan
was secuted and ridiculed without mer
! cy. Some even among the Sons, gave i,
at first. but frisid welcome-some, es
pecially those who were somewhat de
pendent OIL their lesser halves TO: good
cheer at home, were nervous as to house
keeping. cookery and the children--they
} feared that Union matters would take up
, too much time, which they owned in fee
simple. and they rather mistIus;ed, more
over, that the kitchen and nursery allow
ing perhaps an occasional furlough. for a
quiet tea party, composed woman S true
province as the phrase goes, and that
we were not calculated as men are, TO do
good by system, that charters, constitu-
tons and bylaws were male preroSatives
decidedly. and above all, that the organ
{ of secretivenessin female heads was ra-