Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-19
LOCAL PuRITY

\ Circular From the W. Z. 7. u. fl''" Of .
work tor ISS6.-To the Local Unions
throughout the United states.
b. E.rsF c.. Hortsr>
With the light now shining iGto our
m;rds some cius may not be able to IN.
derstand Why We have 80 long neglected
specific and uuremi,;ipg efforts, fer ths .
p,cm5licn OF pwi.y in thought, word aud
del We recognize the Dr,uk Car57 and
Social Evil Is IussparSble twin moHsi'rs .
. We see thai alcohol inHAuss every passion
, and thst the sexual passion hsrell urd5
. is strongest re enforcement. We know also
that "drusged, then ruined /, toe unwrt,-
ten code in hauuts OF intamy, and possibly
u IA safe 10 say that in the present s's'e o
sccie.y no woman was ever yet outraged
ova total abs,ainer from alcoholic dirk
he recent terrible disclosures III ElgAEu
have caused an arrest OF thought 10
Europe and America alike, and from TINS
une forth, the work carried CT oy
faithful few should become the
.acred care and supreme euteaY.r
ofall In England, country which !eacl
in this most needed Of all reforms. some o.
ia ncst prominent pioneers have belonged
20 tho sex upon which the awful lpJasics
Of society gisits heaviest penalties for any
collation. OF tae lev o. chastity.
In England, Mrs. Josephine Butler, VIE
If Canon Butler o. Winchester, and MISS
ElEce Hopkins, q geuJlewoman, resident
~ BRIGHTON. have stood toS years 10 the
,,reDropt of this battle. Miss Hopkins ~ss
ora ~ the foremost Witnesses in conrec'
lion with those Parliamentary lnytsiFa
lions the shocking results Ct which were
,obrIstsi in the Blue Books. Preparations
Dor A avnlosion had thus been made &C ne
,;,,a Lsfore N-. William I. Snead heroic
.IIv Iced bis Gpss; on the button and
,-c6ncsd he neral earthquake, and tae
yonen Of Eugisad we're tJEenos; II exc
s.;rp toe issue which they are ROW Tahylrg
- ,nnrort. Both Mrs. ECti=r anu Miss
Hcpki6s have long been acca'2nsd l.
I.,.,k in public, and especial!y.to 1"l',
s,,cas composed Of men, With spiritual
Elevation which deeply moves tha moral ,o,E
rs,nrss Of all. 10 EdiuboEo last year Misc
Uo,s;r. addressed an ssaem5!ag5 OF stu
5s,,s win such lofty Gnd persuasive earn-
Ss,,,sss ,ha, many q ,hose who came 10
scoF Tsmsired to pray and hundred
,.osss5 fo-#s,I 10 take the White Ss0Ss
pledge. Il ,,,- rIoo,e,
G;,,rus, daughter of the late l2aac l.
E,rp.r. the Quaker phi!anghroPi5,) sands
.sr,Ea head OF a movement TO prevent the
enactment OF tue cruel Contiguous DIS
eas,s Act" which afford pracAcs' i
resse 10 crime. This work, TOO Eas LOT
rear, occupied the thought OF our temper
an, ,,ieEds Mr.. Aaron N. Powell! aud bis
node wife. But as yet, apart iron the &C,
ION n porticns Of the American hpisco2al
Church no great pbilantbroPie or religious
,.-,'ri,e,;o8 in this country has attached
~ Tho sriv;po.wheel of us Glready well
.1;1sted and powerful machinery, the o2Ij
hat shauld turn this silver wheel OF soclai
rnr;-y For let i, be understood toaf thus
a no mere EFFORT fo- the suppression OF
,;ce It's aims ore positive, not Iegat E.
Il aeks not the sewer but the fountain
and has its roots not 10 any human tuIness
sg, close 10 'Siloa brock thst flows fast
che orsclss OF God In the fitness
- lime orr own beloved ". I. I. J.. can
n ming to tbs iuefAble opportunity the Oe2i
d condition it has known. Reaching out 70
-verv corner of the Republic through a
ratioual organization that Gnow5 no sect
m RELIGION. no sectioUaGsm IN politics. nc
. sex in citizenship; appealing TO the lar,
osst snd the most homogeneous band o.
PRACTICAL philsnthropis,s yet developed
among women, the results OF our united
Efforts ought to be greater than any mere
d, o'ore attained. /.
N In our annual ". c. 7. L. Leatet to-
n 1856 the purpose Of this department 10 thn'
%, .tated 49,
! III aims to exhibit the relations eA.-Hn!
70 between the drink habit and the ra1eies
N habits. outrs res and crimes which dlsgTsC
* -, o4,rn c;Tihza.iou aud uatuce; this s-uH.
.r .o be conducted by EeaEs OF mothers NEE
,rgs leaflets, pamphIeJ', etc co.cpe;autj
N the White Gross Army sLd cltcu.at'ni
.. t, literature. , .I- .,d,
erals, and to maintain the Ia" 81 PUrl.
"a EQUALLY binding upon men and "omel
II, has in view distinct EFFORT 10 10
r-,.s uron the minds Of men and womel
iii and maiGeus, the absolute deman
of rsEg;on aud physiology for Fui'iy
wcrd. thought and deed ,.,..;
IL viii endesyor to secure lea's'aJton
os.-sotar calculated to protect the hone
Cd "a nrri,q of women and girls, and Eend
hem safe from the deprayi'y OF orn'
men. ~ .;,,
bnt 80 tar as planned they are as ioIlo"
|. A SUPERINTENDENT to De appointeI
. r-arv local union TO CO operate with
snn1ra,,,,e,Ientin every State and terrItoi
these in turn % . a--s,ing with the NATION
superintendent Tess &C. :. snneriG'e
. dents are the key to the position, and
. irs5 chosen With rare discrimination "
> mar rst;.e. ban mend the present sitT
ton. Zeal is so~i. hut judgment, MI
take the lead in this most dar-cait and az
4: cate of all tasks. Compassion Is ava
80 a, this initial stage discretion must
5 the strong ara: on which 1t leans y
- frat request is, that sou hlSY e'ler nra!
i onJ consultation select local suPer'nt'
: den, aud r. port her name st once 10 y
ESQ presltert, State superintendent
= ~ ds5a,i.,aut and tothe National Sup
% ;n,srdspt Frances 1 Willard, Evsnst
. mn J that 20 time may be 49, N &C
neaciug work. IL ;,f,-r