The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-05-26


awarding of Diplomas on Friday p. m.
Tho Ladies National Covenant. - This Is
the name Of an Association recently organ.
ned by the ladies of Washington City for
the promotion of very worthy and patriotic
purposes - that Of abandoning the use Of
foreign fabrics IN the way OF silks, satins.
ribbons and ladies dress goods generally.-
We observe that this movement in the right
direction by che ladies Of that very center
and citadel of fashion - Washington - il
being generally emulstcj by the ladies {
the Eastern towns and cities. In fact. the
ladies OF our neighboring city, Sandusky.
have started the ball to rolling by organi Z.
ing q branch Association In that place
And wo candidly ask whether II would no,
be the best thing the patriotic ladies Of thi,
city could do at this time. to follow the good
example set them by their sisters Of neigh
boring cities. We suggest the proprieiy OF
this, indeed commend il to their highest and
most worthy consideration.
Itis an astonishing and humiliating fact
TINT in the midst Of three years Of terrible
war. while your brothers. sons, husbands
aud fathers bnvc spilled their blood on
many a CORY battle field, the people at hom,
have run wild with reckless extravagance.-
Expensive luxuiies Of every kind are in
duged in with as much NoNcnALtNcE as II
blissful and happy peace reigned supreme
in our land. Let the fact be impressed
upon the minds Of the women OF the country.
that by dispensing with costly foreign fab
rics during the continuance Of the war,
will exit very heal,hful influence H.
Strengthening the finances Of the country
1t is n well established fact that the henv,
imPortations Of foreign gew.gaws, which
can be bought for gold and silver only
tends to weaken, depress. and sap the foun
dations Of our financial system. Every
woman who buys n silk dress sends enough
gold to Europe to pay a soldier from thre,
to twelve months wages. It becomes
therefore, the duty Of the loyal. patriotic and
sensible women II the land, to refuse 4,
follow the lead Of the reckless and pTuhiGat,
fashion mongers, and to array themselves
and their fair daughters in tie far more
becoming fabrics OF American manufacture,
and thus bring speedy and effeciual relief to
both the government and the people. Let
the flax wheel. the hstchel, and the hand.
loom become the sublime implements, In
the hands Of American women, of re.estab.
fishing the supremacy Of the Constitution
and the laws. Let the women of Seneca
give prompt and hearty co operation in the
glorious cause.
The pledge that is signed by the ladies OF
this movement is as follows:
We, the undersigned, solemnly pledge cur.
selves to purchase no article of foreign man
afacture during three years or the war.
The New York Tribune thus calls attcn
tion to one of those meetings in that city;
This patriotic women OF orr city are invited
by some of the most eminent and esteemed
among them to meet at the Cooper Institute
at one O'Clock to day, 10 give sanction and
impulse 10 the movement inaugurated al
Washington for the prom ition OF national
economy by general abstinence from the
use Of foreign fabrics during the remainder
of the war. Believing this movement wise
and noble one, we urge true women TO attend
the meeting, unite in the movement, and then
labor TO secure the adhesion TO it Of their rela
tives and friends.
The times demand economy and sobriety
We are engaged In the greatest and most ex
hausttye struggle the world has ever known
Waste, ravage, conhagration, ruin,
manning, death, are all around us; who can