Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1856-05-14
For the Spirit of the Age.
The Ladies-Our Order.

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need not enter into an argument to prove
that our Order is the woman's friend. for It
Is generally conceded that ladies are great
sufferers by intemperance. Then, ladies, will
you be friends of the Order? You cando much
towards the accomplishment of its object
Your influence is powerful, l might say ON
nIpotenN, andif that influence is welded IN our
behalf, our principles will prevail. There is
no getting along without the help of ladies,
1 am more than ever convinced of it, in the
short time | have been keeping an unenvied
bachelors hall. We need their smiles to
cheer us, their presence to comfort as, and
their influence to encourage and sustain us
And we need their counsel too, for a woman
sometimes sees at a glance what a man has
to go through a long train of reasoning to
discover.
l once knew a Division organized under
suspicious circumstances. The ladies mani
tested great zeal in the cause, they gave to it
a splendid Banner, and long as they smiled
upon 1t, it continued to prosper such was.
their zeal ,they charge the Division with being
selfish because they could not join it. But
when arrangements were made for them to
join the Order, not one of them came forward
to do so. Now, why they would not say
come on as well as to say 60 on, or why they
would not give the pledge of abstinence as
well as to extort it from others,I am not pre-
pared to say. But l verify believe if the la
dies had come forward and joinedthe Order, it
would have given o new impulse to it, and
that 1T would now have been in a fourishing
condition. But when their influence was
Withdrawn, the Division soon languished and
died. Why should not ladies join the Or
der, their interest is identified with it if thew
arQ NOT nfauanaro N hAooeo1Lo. al
of them love " the juice" ~ they are the great
sufferers by it, the Order is truly the woman's
friend. Who can describe the sorrow and
anguish OF her who has an Incorporate hus.
bandY Language would fail me were / to make
the attempt. See him in the morning. as he
wends his way to the tavern or common tin
ling shop, he leaves behind him a wife, lovely
in her department and amiable in her disno,
sition, and one who in his better DAYS he led
to the hymenial altar, and there before God
and man plighted himself to love, honor and
protect. She was the pride of his heart. and
she loved him in return with all the ardor
OF woman's devotion her hope and conf.
dence was placed upon him. She dreamed
alone of future bliss. No clouds of disap-
Pointment or suppression arose to darken the
horizon of her happiness. She viewed the
future with bright anticipation, and little did
she think that black intemperance would
ever stain the e%scutcheon of her after life
How painful was his absence and with what
anxious solicitude did She
Watch his returning way,
When from the tolls of the day
lie sought a home of bliss;
She ran to meet him with q smile,
And IT no one were near the while,
The smile was with a kiss.
The little children too, how thew We'd with
each other, as they ran to meet a return
ing father. But ah these were transitorz
pleasures these golden monuments have
passed away, and the husband and the faith
er who were once the Joy and the idol of his
family is transformed into q demon, HI
has spent his estate for drink, brought hi,
family to beggary and want, and around tina
family circle where peace and prosperity
once shed their mingled pleasures, despair anC
desolatlon now flap their gloomy pinions
But has she forgot to love him ? No! Pity
mingled with love, increases her affection
and though he evil treats her, she loves him
still. But often when she has watched will
anxious care the return of her husband. sh,
has to flee to the forest or to some neighbor
ing cottage to escape his drunken vengeanc,
while the little children. WhewsneeERnss sE
mAEsfg-ttaazSSt sksisssi:sssSs sSSz Essaa I inc nfPendin
hawk.
| have given but q faint outline of the mis-
cry arising from intemperance any schem,
which proposes to alleviate these suffering
is indeed the friend of woman. Many a wo
man once sunk in despair is now blessin,
the temperance cause for restoringt to her DO
som her once drunken husband. Our Ordel
is not selfish in its nature ; it seeks the hfgE
and the low, the rich and the poor; it enters
the abodes of misery and wretehedness, anc
restores peace and happiness around it's fire
side. For there is none too poor if he i
honest, to enter the gates of our, Order, 9 70
integrity with us is of more value than silve
and gold" H..
Bonachora, Sussex, Va.