THE LADIES.
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MEssRs. EDIToRs Why ladies refuse to
sign the Pledge when it is presented to them
at public meetings il Is not in my imagination
to conceive Why, sir, they ought, above all
others, 10 sign the pledge, and discounIenance
intemperance IN toto. lmean not TO infer that
they ought TO sign in order 10 keep them from
the actual use Of intoxicating liquor. 0, no:
Heaven forbid | should infer that; but | do
mean TO say that they ought TO sign by way OF
inducement for men To embrace the temper
ance cause. Ladies, as you look to man for
protection, you should employ all the means
at your command TO render that protection
secure therefore, 10 induce men, by example,
to sign the pledge, is evidently your interest:
it is your duty. O! if you could cromprehend
in one view but half the misery that liquor
entails upon your domestic life, you would
fly TO the pledge as to a castle for protection.
II is upon you that the effects OF ntemperance
fall like frost upon the lily you feel their
wl'hering influence, their destroying power.
1t is DER your unshielded heads that the black
clouds Of intemperance burst, and discharge
from their leeming bosoms showers OF desc
lating fame, blighting all around you, and
turning even heaven into hell But, mothers,
you do not suffer alone in these things your
little ones, your babes, suffer with you for
season, only for season for their young and
fragile constitutions soon decay, and like rose
buds nipped by the frost, they wilher and drop
from the branches which bear them.


Permit me TO offer few interrogatories for
the consideration of those ladies who are not
under the :. Gordian knot" Ladies, Will you,
even by an approving smile, look; or word,
sanction the use of intoxicating drinks ?-you,
whose natures should be opposed to all that is
impure? Liquor IS impure; and the being
who uses it is impure he is Like close Shut
sepulchre; containing naughl bu. purelacllon.
and communicating the pure air Of heaven as
1t rushes TO the support Of his existence.
| Would you suffer such being 10 sit by your
side, and pour lUto your ear the tale OF his
love? Could you endure his fplid breath, as
he imprinted on your pure and blushing cheek
the kiss Of eternal constaucy? Could the kiss
Of such being thrill your tender, gentle bo-
som with delight2 Sign the pledge, ladies',
and you are saved


Receive, Messrs. Editors, my best wishes
for the success of your excellent paper.


J. L.