The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-03-26
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Regular Meeting Of the AssOcia-
ton Yesterday.
An Able Speech by Mrs. Fair.
childS.

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Prayer BY Mrs. z. J. Williams.
The attendance was unusually large fol
Saturday afternoon, being somewhat above
the average.
Minutes of the last meeting were read and
approved.
The Secretary read tie list of the ladies
appointed to fl the several standing COM
miitees.
The matter Of eiecling treasurer to fill
vacancy, was taken up, and on motion post
poned till the next meeting.
Upon resolution to instruct the com.
nittees circulating tie pledge, to take the
names Of those who refused to sign, Mrs.
De Forrest Fairchilds said:
Mis- President AND LADrEs.-W it'll
your permission L would like to make a plea
ior the position took upon this subject a!
our last meeting:
Daring The meeting CT yesterday ven;ur-
ed to sug-el, 10 the Canvassing COMMITTEES
that they a . take the names OF all Psrsors
declining the pledge, and startled By tie
gfs,., uuubes OF our Xxx who hive already
reirl.ed-used the expression-''we want -
knog who -. the drinking as'I non-diinkin ing
Ladies' o. Lsave1nurlk "-Perhsrs | Was
premature IA thinking that airy one could
So decline Tor any othe- motive ,han an un-
willingness TO eve " the Use of the article
therein proscrib Il, and il this be the case,
and the poin; pu, too strongly or uniustiy, l
4 u, hos r-.v,ra hat
no offence, either great or small, was meant
to any one.
/ have stood at the entrance Of deep mines
il Colorado, vainiy trying to pierce the
depths OF inky darkness through which, II
below, one can upward look ard see the stars
twinkling at md day,-watching bucket
after bucke;-full Of earth, thrown out for the
washing pans. among the dirt and gravel Is
many nugget of pure, unailoyed gold, but
it requires many and careful siftings and
washInrs in some clear mountain stream be-
fore il comes TO view, and 20 l feel of our
cause to -day-wash it, purify it; give it all
the wholesome agitation necessary, that II
NAV the sooner convince and lead us to
plain and practical truth, which l believe to
be simply this: The time has come, in
which. as Christian people, We cannot afford
TO stand upon neutral ground, and in justice
to God and suffering humanity We must de-
fine our position, standing either for the con-
tinuance of all the terrible evils of intemper-
ance, or give all that we have, time, talent,
wealth, influence, for their suppression.
| fear there may be a misunderstanding
in regard 10 the taking of this pledge-surely
there can be no personal sacriice in offering
10 il our names, If our lives have been in &C.
cordance with its re9uiremebts-if not, could
one ask a more glorious opportunity to en-
roll with the hosts marching in one grand
army, to battle against the tyranny OF King
Alcohol? Numbers give strength and power
TO any cause, and where vas there ever
greater need of might than Dowf
With every thinking, reasoning mind l
see in this great uprising all over cur land
the workings of Omnipotence and firmly be-
lieye that God has granted one more privil-
ege TO this Republic Of America to disen-
,brau herself from the folds of that serpent
whose Shiny coils Irvine around millions o!
yearly victims. Reaching as it does from
The Alsp,ic TO the Pacific coast, from frozen
lake TO sunny gulf, It's poisonous fangs thrust
into every household, sucking the lie
blood from our domestic and national life.
For it's gorging, acre after acre OF our fruitful
soil Yields up iis boundless stores OF
Golden grain which in our over-abundsnce
might otherwise go to feed the starving my
riais of other lands.
Tne PRAYERS of few heart broken pious
women. full OF faith rising from some little
Ohio valley prevailed on high and God
made them the humble instruments of Great
ing a temperance reform, such as the worlds
history never saw before, and believe the
end is not yet.
Go with our praying bands, oh ye wo-
mon of Ieayenworth, to zee as they see and
hear as they hear. From the elegant, luxu-
rious and SEDUCTIVE appointments OF our aris-
tocra,ic cub room down to come low dogge-
~ on a filthy alley, only that you may oe
aroused from your indifference. Are our
skirts clear of all claims among the throngs
we meet? Is not every man there dear 10
some poor aching heart in this city, and
must we not cave them? There are guzzhng
nervous Americans and fallen womanhood
shoulder to shoulder. the portly German
made s,upid with his lager, and the
excitable Irishman of whom whisky soon
make. demon; behind, "a dusky background
of colored men forging for themselves chains
more Litter and CALLING than those OF a
former bondage, and from which an hundred
nobje haross like the lamen,ed Sumner
might fail to eve Them. Thee are the men
who e,ect our lawmakers and dictate, as
constituents, the works OF crime they must
erdorse in cur legislative halls. IL RENAME
Win u to rs-t,aliy eradicate thee wrongs,
All # there be nc other way we
are ready TO claim the ballot.
There are two neighbour, one prominent
LAWYER who fougk; vur temperance bill moody
and mqrfultg? or. three weeks ago. How
often in the gray dawn of the morning
have We seen his noble long sutier-
;ug vile watching for his totter-
inc footsteps, that the long viglls OF the night
failed 10 bring, ancwhen she sprang down the
stems 10 help his reeiing form into the safe COW
ert of home, have we turned away as though
stepping upon holy ground. The other-an
Irish mechanic-who mortgaged his little
home. took the last dollars for spree, came
home beasily drunk to abuse his wife. lady
by birth ard feeling, maltreat the children
she had borne him, while dead babe re-
proscbed with i.s innocent, marble face, the
man who had denied it bread. do you
wonder that women clasp hands over social
distinctions and religions, to pray God ior
deliyerance from living death? And viii we,
who are sheltered by kind hearts and brave
hands, deny them help? God forbid!
This movement, in It's issues, means more
than suppressing the manufacture and sci,
ling of liquor. l; means the PerPetuity o,
those principles our Pilgrim Fathers planted
upon plymouth Rock-ireedom to worship
God.
LET nothing remain undone that shall
prove an hindrance or a stumbling block to
others. Let US gladly deny ourselves the
delicate favor of pie, pudding, and sauce
with wine and brandy, and il they fail to DC
appetizing or tickle our pallets. Danish them
from our tables, as embryo eeeds OF intem'
perance, oft planted within the hearts OF our
fsmiiies, aud those OF cur nearest and dearest
friends. 1t is little thing for US 10 do. In
comparison with the self sacrificing efforts
We ask of others. If it be necessary We will
even willingly replace the goblet Of wine al
our eacramental service, by one OF clear,
crvs,al water. made sacred by the holy dedi-
cation, and Of: chosen by our Lord as The
emblem of purity.
Let this golden opportunity go by,
and we will stand rebuked by the
Almighty curse among nations
ard to our children bequeath reign
of terror, bIoodshed and revolution, to
which our country il yet stranger.
five rally to the right-plead, then IN
sist. that these things muss be done away,
God will uphold our womanhood, and We
sbali not fall back into the embrace OF that
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