The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1858-03-24
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For the Ashland Union.
Ladies' Temperance Association.
According to appointment the Ladies'
Indignation Society against liquor sell
ing, met at the first Presbyterian church,
Tuesday evening, March 10th, the OBJ
ject of the meeting being to call forth
an expression of publiciopinion in regard
to the daily violation of the liquor law.
Several gentlemen addressed the meet
ing, and the Ladies take this opportu-
nifty of expressing their sincere thanks
for the encouragement, suggestions, and
advice which they received from them.
The following resolutions were read and
unanimously adopted
Whereas, The vice of intemperance is
gaining fearful grounds in our midst, Sc
lecting its victims from all grades Of So
cisty, high and low, rich aud poor, old
and young, ignorant and talented (; and
Whereas, We as wives, mothers, sis
tiers and daughters, are compelled to
witness daily, the degrading. soul-ruin-
ing influence of the liquor traffic upon
our friends and neighbors, without a ray
Of hope to tighten the future, or dispel
the terrific cloud which threatens to burst
with demoDiac violence oyer our domes-
tic pathway, and
Whereas, The former resolutions of
our citizens. with reference to the sup
preston of this evil, have been disre.
garded, and the avs of our State are
suffered to be daily violated with impu-
nifty, for want of sufficient moral courage
on the part of our citizens, to euforce the
liquor law already enacted, therefore,
Resolved, That it is the imperative
duty Of every wife, mother, daughter and
sister, in Ashland, to exert her energies
to the utmost for the suppression Of this
terrible curse.
Resolved, That We regard the viola
ton of the liquor law, a heinous offence,
and deserving the utmost rigor of1egal
power for its punishment.
Resolved, That as we are the principal
sufferers in its violation, We are emit
tied to its benefits; and if Ito secure them
we must ourselves be the prosecutors,
we viii avail ourselves of all its provis-
ions.
Resolved, That we regard the daily
violation of the liquor law by our citi-
zens, a much greater offence, civil,y and
morally, thar the occasional violation of
the law of "peace and good order" by
the t'geatler sexp for the defense of their
peace and happiness, their fresides, and
their sacred home altars.
Resolved, That compared to the soul
sickening sufferings the demon of intern
perance would bring to our otherwise
happy homes, we count as but a feather
in the balance, q thing of scorn, nay less,
an incentive to actlon-stern, effective
action, the fines, iHn prisonments, or other
penalties we might incur, by resorting
to any mea we thought most efhcien t
for its suppression.
Resolved, That in achateUey form we
battle with this monster, whether under
the sanction of civil law, or by the judg-
ment of o higher tribunal, our aim is
one, our object one, and We will not
swerye enc hairs breadth, to the right
handler to the left, until we have crushed
this eoiling serpent of destruction, that
with eyes Of fury and tongues of FIRE still
clings around our pathway.
Mrs. n. j. FULTON, )
Mrs. 3. ". SMITH, Committee.
Miss e. N. BURR,
The following anonymous appeal to
the citizens of Ashland was then read
by the Secretary
AN APPEAL TO THE CITIZENS OF ASH
LAND.-1fit were possible to convey to
you the deep feelings of anguish and of.
ten despair which pervades or hearts,
We would gladly do SO on this occasion.
The subject of temperance has grown
old and almost obsolete, yet the sorroios
It brings are ever new to the heart Of
the innocent sufferer. Could you realize
the soul s~icken5ng torturing agitation
of a wife listening for the approaching
footsteps of her reczsng husband, your
hearts could not but melt with pity
and you would not be so szoao to act for
our deliverance. How much longer are
we to suffer under this cruel bondage !
I appeal to yow ye strong men and
trainers of the law How much longer
is our hearts blood to be poured forth
to enrich him who deals out the deadly
poison to our husbands and SONS ? How
salutary. the thought that there is a Just
Cad that there is redress for US at a
higher courti If the laws of the land
are set at nought, a righteous Judge
eoiN espodse our cause, If anot a spar
row falls to the ground without oar
Heavenly Fathers notice " We A7aoao that
cur ssghs and tears will raise as incense
before the altar Of GoD, and call down
lis vengeance upon the authors of our
wee; but for This consolation, despair
would settle upen oar hearts. If you
have no compassion for our sufsrings,
We beseech you, disregard not our his
bands eternal aocJfars; sirs, zoe aoiH not