The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-03-28
st Adams correspondence.


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THE woMAN'S TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
ST. ALBANs. W.. March %. 1874.
Thc social revolution known H. The
woman, tcmpcra zee movement, revival
uG rrioyml;u!Y and religious sentiment OF
gniHel and set ON loot lcW months
,ncr. m ono. 10y Dr. ia" Lewis. the nue.
itieiblr Boston ref"iinrr' hH7 reached the
EASTERN part oi Our country rolling along
win a" inc majesty """ ''' '' 'il'''h'
power "i ''''' ""N' ~ 9'"' ANU j. ""''N-
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cans l" examine III" IL 'l''''''''' V""'Ii
Us "I9''"'i' '"u pony ""'' - l''"'''''' ''
permanent s"'d
AS Il radical uircct amt cii''ioH engine
"' reform the executor" 81 Its 'N'"rn l'oI-
p'SeH' we iooN upon II H. hc''''''"N ""''''
failure ior tW" c"@eh' reasons the ili''
"' 'iie'r we n''' III 'ic ha'u'r % inc h'N''
m'h' hScIi' II is csSch'"'N '""'l"n'''
Wl'lch Is 10 say 'ho' us power IF S''''i''S o'-
fNed from an immense wave "' h''ghc'lc
force dashed into fury at one place. curhcd
somewhat in another. but everywhere
departure from the normal condition OF
that mysterious force which Is the active
principle OF men ana Things. II L. tlfic-
tore precisely Ike high Wlnd growing
sometimes INTO hurricane 1t Is maui
RAJ 1orcc driNch ny circumstances aclihS
upon II into state "i cNccptionai agl'ali9h
"h'! uhoer the ihihu'a''ie H'"S "I h''"e'
'h'9 agna'ioh must De cN"rcscen'' inc INV
81 iat"rc Is ledcc'u' "nu 4''' "oII'll4'
anu all departures from 'i'a' Jaw are SIMPLY
"'hds winch to-day DioW where 'hcy i't
ana oi'en iea'c necp burrows 10 MARK lheH
COURSE put to-'horro" arc SUN llcsc
maShclc waves arc AWAY" Ill "i"''Vi s"'''c-
Wherc' we nave various names 'or men,
we call them revolutions lcViYa'' re-
forms and voices OF pubic sentiment put
they are all essentially the same. Ihry
may blow east or blow west, according as
they are driven, hut they are all born Oh Inc
same subtle power which Turks somewhere
IN 'he human organization Wh'ch we
cannot oeii'ic or uhucrS."'" i"r liic Sh''Pic
''"'"'' ''''' ''"'' ''''""" '' '"'' '''-
WV '"" """" '"'' '"S'"'
"'" ""''"i l""cr' anu circuit
WIN 'hat marvellous lhoogh erratlc
ruiership over Inc dcslihes OIL mankind III
his world, for which we are too apt to
mistake the instruments used III its mani
festation. The woman's Temperance move
ment ia what. with all due respective must
call freak of this wonderful force. 1t isa
magnetic wave set in motion ny sudden
concentration of the magnetic or will pow
ers of many minds upon one subject, and
10 convince ourselves Of the immense
strength of such wave we have only TO
recall the great revolutions, religious re-
NiyolS and sudden social changes OF all
kinds which the history OF the world fairly
teens with and trace Them back T." their
origin.
tod has not ordained that Inc h''hal
mimi shalt dirc' all iis onciry 1T W'Il To
any me subject for any great length OF
time II this is true oi one mind, il j, pre-
rmii"nlly lrrc ot community OF minds.
and therefore this wind is iu-l a- certain
Ia lie away as the tide is to chh, and for
JUL IT, simple and natural reasons. You
ny the hurricane may spchd lis force ad
j" hnrhr'l, hut the oak It has 'cNc'icd will
not rise again True. hat nature ncyrr
stops her silent work. and "lth rorrr
greater than lhc power OF the storm, "lll
r1wer slow but perfect. V"ice''S' AMI ma
jrH'ic she patiently builds up The OAK sue
crSs"r. loh can point me to counties so
'inl "-''"'i"hS similar IN nature 70 'l'l@'
which nave arisen IN all paris "i ih' W"iid
ANA III ai' stages % me ""il"' history an"
YOU may very likcly snow traces Hhuli"iu'
mrn'S existing to-day |" 'cII oil 'he c'''hge'
ana the works lhey wrought D"' you can
not point me 10 single instance WNeIe 'u'
fundamental social customs OF II nullun, q