

Rev. }. WARD, Assistant Editor.

PRICE ONE CENT.
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TEAcE ADDRESS FROM THE LADIES or


ENGLAND. The following address to the


Ladies of Philadelphia, and Of the United


States generally, from sixteen hundred la
dies of the city Of Exeter, in England, has
particular reference to the Oregon dispute:
Beloved Friends and Sisters, The sug-
gestion Of friendly international addresses,


in order to deprecate war and create
pacific spirit having been extensively ap-
proved and its adoption pressed upon all
classes, we trust it will not be deemed un-
seemly in women to seek, by the same
means, to influence their American sisters
in the cause Of religion and peace.


It may not be within our province to
judge of the merits of the question now at
issue between our respective governments,
but we must feel how greatly to be dreaded
would be resort to arms on any subject.


Let us then, beloved sisters, unite to-
gether, though separated by the mighty
deep, in using the influence we possess,
which is not powerless, though exerted
chiefly around the domestic hearth: let us
seek to infuse into the minds Of our hus-
bands, our fathers, our sons, and our broth
ers, and Of all around us, spirited amity
and concord, whispering peace wherever
the sounds of discord are heard: and let
us, as mothers, watch over the opening
minds Of our tender offspring, and point
out to them that the way to true honor is
not through fields Of battle, but through
the enlightened straightforward course Of
justice and equity, prescribed by the Cos
pei, Of "peace on earth and good will to-
wards men,"


You and we have common ancestry,
and are bound together by innumerable ties
Of consanguinity and mutual interest;
surely, then, we ought to be united in the
bonds Of Christian love. How shall those
whose interests require the maintenance of
closest friendship, and who ought to love
as brethren, meet on the field Of battle to
destroy each other.


Above all, let us unite in prayers to the
Great Lord of the Universe, who turneth
the hearts of the children of men, that He
will dispose the Rulers Of both countries
to pacific adjustment Of their national
differences, that SO the reciprocal benefits
Of friendly intercourse may still be main
tanned, and that under the benign influence
of peace, the cause of religion and virtue
may prosper, and these two great nations
perform their part in promoting the adj
vance of that blissful period, foretold by
the prophet, "when nation shall not lift
up the sword against nation, and the people
shall learn war no more"


With sentiments Of sincere goodwill,
we remain, your Friends and Sisters.