Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-10 00:00:00

THE

Yesterday everting, a number of the friends of tem--
nder
perance met in the Underhand
Clarence Hotel, Houghton-street, to'
Tournament" „.,
receive the Hon. Mr. Walker, of America. Fisherman .„.
Mr. STEINTRA.T. introduced Mr. Walker, and stated L'iunitaat,
that, as they were aware he was paising through the 111.'Phillipe
town, they thought it would be well if they could meet manßels _
him, in order to have a little of his experience on tem, Blue Jacket
perance. It was a subject that was of great importante giavit ".
here. The magistrates had taken a great deal of Promised Land
trouble, in order to remedy' the existing evils in the fgnoraerr -
Licensing system, and had appointed a committee for t-tikailut
that enae
purpose. They *ere glad to ',set a gentleman such enAngt
aslae was, who had been so much mixed up with not Pi 1
o :6trathuaYer
only that questionr but also with the anti-slavery cause. sunliesuf* :
Mr, WALKER ri}Se and said, he was very happy to Inr" hig:l24!.
have aor opportutily of meeting with a few- friends, and Lord Nel-sbn ..,
to spealt,to them ow the cause of temperance In the. East :
United motes they differed from England iiv this way, Black Totainy
that there the cause of drunkenness was alittest wholly tiaTtel,
...
from ardent spirits, but he understood &at in this Brewer •
country a vied deal arose from the consumption-of beer. 11311:11-rer
Cider had been. used with, them,. and that had created an Physician .....
appetite for spirits. About 2 the year 1810.intenaperanre Newcastle-.:
had increased Vl:Buchan alatitning extent that it NI-As/blind StlinTenide •-'

necessary to pin'. a- stop to) the7evii.---Th-7-6-6-I.:St-m—e-tt—i of
tiniu..natosit_
s
the country, in Church ayadl. State, took part irtitko Thhunee:sALtrganeP°efratd
movement to Surpress; or 'al-least to' secure, the
winTs
Nate use of ardent' spirits:• society was forme& all- Defender
osier the Common:Wealth,: in' which everybody
.wiahed.
that nobody should get dringsc.; but that was founds to)
lie. a total failure, and :he. had knewn- young men inii-AA menstm of 1:
East
oWtt experience, at" the 'age of: twenty-three, become Si ,tiler
Iridium to the devatating infuences of intoxication..., Wrestler'
In>the. year 1826 the-mere movement .commenced, ancli 'PollEate.r
it wits strange how that movement. heel been brought -briptieen
about.. A man had tert-cOming• homailtom his work, Yorkshire Grey
and from the waggNi which he' drove; and it passed
over ' his head, killing him. on the spot. A gentleman Gamestag......
called; in, and was so mitek impre&red, with what had 4kdate•
happened. that he came too the'conclusionithat there was fettroliii;-
only one way' in which dittakenness -4attid! ber put dawn, .
and that was, to put oat of the power:of sten to rt. sovereigi-
drunk at all; He went ro.'und the people,. after having .
convinced some of his nei3.kboura. thet,they should notPensif .. .
ner
drink ardent spirits at all. He after'rds established a Happy riii;;;*
paper- called, the Philanthrciie,- Which gists thr advocate Scellf, • '
of his vi-emk.. ' Mr. Walker then went of tdimention the
various changes that had taken place w4illregasitli to the 6°,764• -7 •
question:of temperance, -making mentiiiii. of the thou- ClaraW6lister
sands cf children that had: been for Med into) what Preltui • •
was call* in America, aold-water arthict. and 11;Tecs'n,,In,,
the good.qhat had been don* all 'over the comatry by Sam Stylde
the Washingtonians. The halter sect, he, said;. had ComproftjSe
plainly showed. to them that even drUnkartla- we-m.2ot 1.8-tiala2▪ L-li
hopeless ofbeing reformed. Oes then mentione,di Neil Aston •
Dow as thalami) who had intrainced the- Maine-taw, Coroner'.
and who.was.vedt acquainted with the crookedwns, of Allegro .....
rum-sellers; and: who had framed 'the ) law.' to Comforter_
IndependrhCe ‘,
meet the -necessity of the caee. He theught, the Prince of bran
question which they wanted sawed was, whether- the Magnum
Ramp Maine Law. vas-a.failare ; but they were- first-to ,dc-ilite Romeo ..
what would be considered a failurs,.; They had' a laarin Gouvieu:
this connttry:)to punish theft ; anNimply because every Sampson
one who had-Offended against that*. law was not,brought.t.tlstb
to justice, that•kw- was not to bc,considere&a,failtrm.
So it was witlithe Maiaae Law. It harildone as ranch tore--
strain crinasaseouldibe expected. Diernain question with,
them was, the- advisability on the emeeution of;the law

Gaspard

Miss Harkav
The Jade

and he had ..tonly. tco tell them -thatzt the law was tb, be
executed when it' was snstaine:. htqublic ~entiment,
It was 0n1,3-in places, where it hai4 been sugtained
public sentiment: in: America that it had beats, carried
out, and he; was. happy to Ear that that wfis
not in a few;,, .but in almost fib the free states:

Spiteful Diet
Clydesdale..
Flying Duke,

In large towns. it,
the law into operath)m

a, easy: t

The rum-Egirm's intetestr;;

so strong in 4 farge tonams, that
afraid to ad.tiflister- the- law in

the, raagistr

e strictum-

which it way.--laid, don. because,,aAhey- were: a..,
their power *Vender/1.08 their, haying the majorit.-y
with thorn ; and: as• they alw4ys -voted by ballot;
it depended in a.great raeasnzre on,,th4tntereat whether
they retained`: that - power:. It had c,rways been found
that there was a, political party via, -enoughi,tooally
themselves with :.the• ruin: party, in order to gct,into,
power. Thatkw-as, the only reason .7sily- they . lia4nef
been able to, execute the laW in large
21+ well !' as. in:: cotnitry places. 1 k then

J, a war e 4

went
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