WIncHEsTER, Oct 18th, 284e
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MEssRs. EDIroRs


TO young men who have not been brought
under the dominion OF incorporate habits,
would address the urgent exhortation Of this
all important cause Consider the immense
responsibility that devolves upon you, 4 is
not too much 10 say that the question. whe-
ther this nation is 10 'be delivered from this
curse, which is fast burying II side by side with
Sodom; whether the present march Of reform
alton shall go on until the last hiding place Of
this vice shall be snbdued; or else be arrested
and turned back with the sorrow Of beholding
the yaunting triumph and the emboldened in
crease of all the ministers Of war which attend
in the train Of intemperance rest. ultimately
with you. You compose the muscle and sin
ew Of this nation. You are to set the exam
pie by which the next generation isto be in
fuenced. BY your influence its character will
be formed. BY your stand its position will, in
a great measure, be determined. You are
soon 10 supplant those who have passed the
state Of life which you are now occupying
Soon the generation that is to grow up under
the influence Of your example and instruction
will have reached your place.


Thus are you the heart Of the nation. Cor
ruption and debasement here mus, be ieltin the
extremities Of the national body. Temperance
will eventually expel by its strong pulsations,
the last remnant Of the burning blood Of drunk
enness from the system, and carry soberness
and health to every member Of our political
constitution. Are these things so2 Suppose
them exaggerations. Grant that the import
ance Of your vigorous and unanimous coop
Grafton in this work Of reformation is unrea-
sonably magnifed; still how much can you
do? Were our coast invaded BY powerful
enemy, come to ravage our cities. cham our
Liberties. poison our fountain, burn our bar
vest, and carry off our youth into perpetual sia.
very-what could young women do? To
whom would the trump Of battle be sounded
so effectually2 Who else would feel upon
themselves the chief responsibility for their
country's rescue2 What excuse could they
find for supineness and sloih2


But, an enemy more powerful than the BriI
tish is destroying our fresides and tramplng
with iron hoois the fairesi portion Of our happy
land. Such, indeed. is the enemy by which
the country is already dissolnie. And now.
il is to the warm hearts, andthe strong hands,
and the active energies, and the powerful ex-
ample of young men, that 'le dearest interests
Of the nation look for deliyennce.


S. w. r.