The Grange advance., 1874-07-01

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First, Of course, because there is no
man, however brutal, who does not know
that the women are right-that whieky is
\ curse. not only to those who drink it.
but 70 the unofending who do not driLk
itS Every man feels that the a. ton of the
women is an embodiment and expression
Of the dictates Of his own conscience
Approached in way which dsarms all
violent opposition, witha an appeal to God
and to all the n,auliness which he pos
sesses, the vilest panderer to debased ap-
petite trembles not only before the pure
embodiment conscience without, but be-
tore the answering conscience within. He
hears Gods voice in the souls which ap.
soul. There is something terrible in this !,
A mob which would tear his house down ),
q descent OF the officers Of the law, the
threats OF outraged fathers and brothers,
would only stimulate his opposition, aud
give him an apology for continuing his
crime; but this quiet appeal to his Co...
science, by those whose consciences he,
knows TO be pure, is awful to him.
Second, the mind Of man is 30 constitu-
Ted as to feel most sensitive the praise and
the blame Of women. il hard for any
man to feel that he rests under the CEN
sure of all the good women by whom h6
10 surrounded. The hsrshest words that
have been spoken against the crusaders
have been spoken by the women whom
they have found behind the bars they have
visited; aud these poor creatures were
speaking to win the approval OF the brutal
men they loved. A man who has not
some woman. somewhere, who believes
in him, trusts him and loves him, has
cached point where self-respect is gone.
All men, who deserve the name of men,
desire the respect Of women; and " hen q
man finds himself in business, which fixes
upon him the disapproval of whole com.
munity of women, 3 power is brought to
bear upon him which he certainly cannot
ignore, and which he finds itililHcult to re-.
s!st. The power of woman, simply as
woman, has had too many illustrations in
history to need further discussion here.
A mans self'respect can only be nursed to
its best estate 10 the approval of the finer
sense and quicker conscience Of the wo.
men who know him.
The third reason is that the end which
these women seek is purely and benef-
Gently moral one. They are not after
money, they do not pursue revenge, they
do not seek political power or perferment,
they work in tie interest of no party Ali
they desire, and all they labor for, is the
reform and sste;y of their husbands, broth.
ere, fathers and sons, and the extinction of
those temptations and sourcas of tempta-
ton which endaDger them. They bear No
il!-win to the dram-seller, but the mo.
ment he relinquishes his traffic they cover
him with their kindness and sympathy
They not only have the sympathy of party
men, as such, but they are: denied the
sympathy of portions Of the Christian
church. They pursue q much desired
moral end by purely. moral means. They
seek nothing for themselves, but every
thing tor the men they love, and for the
men that ether women love. The Gle.
ment of sell. sacrifice is in it all. They 60
from peaceful home pursuits, from the re-
tirement which is most congenial to them,
from prayers where they Lave begged for
| the blessing of heaven upon their enter
prise, into the street, into foul dens Of de.
bauchery, into private representations with
brutal men, into atmospheres reeking with
ribaldly, and all to saye others. No man
with spark Of manliness in him-which,
after all, is only godliness expressed in hu.
man chsracter-can regard such q specta-
Gle as this without being moved to admi-
ration and reverence.
And now tor the lesson which tbis cru
sade teaches u.s. It will be 5 hard one for
some women to learn, but desire for the
conservation Of the best forces Of society