The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-04-21 00:00:00

THE RON. REAL DO TV, THE AUTHOR OF THE
.31..:11NE LIQUOR LAW.

The Hon. Neal Dow, the distinguished author and
advocate of the Main Liquor Law, arrived in this country
yesterday, by the Royal Mail Steam Ship " Europa."
Mr. Samuel Popet Hon. Secretary of the United Kingdom
Temperance League, and several other well known advo-
cates of the Maipe Law, went on board to welcome him,
and afterwards conducted him to Brown's Temperance
Coffee house, Clayton square, where a warm recep ion
awaited him from other friends of the cause. Among the
gentlemen present, some of whom had come specially from
Manchester, Bolton, &c., to do houor to Mr. Dow, were :
Messrs. T. R. Barker, James Gaskill, Rev: M. Tarront,
Rev. Mr Steinthal. Joh a Cunliffe, E. Leighton, Goodfellow,
Carter, J. R. Williams, Lovelady, D. Crossfield, Mundy,
Kerr, J. O'Brien, French, Dobson, Ratchford, &c.
On reaching the hotel, Mr. Pope proceeded to formally
welcome the hon. gentleman on the occasion of this his
first visit to Great Britain, and observed that
many more, among them the Earl of Harrington,
and Sir Charles Trevelvan, would have been present
were it not that unavoidable circumstances prevented their
attendance. He fel; sincere pleasure and gratification in
welcoming Mr. Dom, the more especially et that time,
whets a statement of Mr. J. B. Gough, in reference to the
temperance cause in America. was being made very power-
ful use of by the enemies. Mr. Dow had, been connected
with the Maine Law sines its first operation, and if any one
could speak authoritatively on the q'mestion, he was the
person. (Hear, hear.) He would state to them the posi=
tion of the cause in America, and would tell them how far
the statement of Mr. Gough was correct, and which was—
" that the temperance cause in the United States was in a
depressed state—that mo-e liquor was sold in New 'York
than he had ever before known in Massachusetts, and that
it was the same in the other states." Mr. Pope then
proceeded to trace the route which Mr. D in his tour
through the country, would probably take. While in•
Manchester he will be the guest of Mr. Wilson
Crookson, a member of the Society of Friends,
and a member of the temperance League. On
Thursday he 'will attend a meeting in the Free
Trade Hall, and 03 Friday a soiree at the Town Hall,
when it is expected that upwards of a hundred of the chief
co-operators of the Leagua will be present. -In the
following week he will visit Preston, B dton, and Bradford,
thence to Huddersfield, Sheffield, and Leeds, proceeding to
Glasgow, and while in that direction to be present at the
great annual assemblage of the Scottish Temperance
League' who hold their meeting on the 11th of May. He
hill then visit the lace districts, Derby, Nottingham,
Leicester, thence to the Potteries and on to Birmingham,
where he will spend some days,-and where there will be a
gathering of gentlemen of influence, who, in the .Midland
Counties, support the great cause of temperance He will
then go on to London, attending two meetings at Exeter
Hall, and visiting Ipswich and Bristol, he will return to
Manchester, to be present at the great Ministerial
conference in favour of the principles of the League,
which will be held there on the 10th,
11th, and 12th of July next, and at which from
500 to 600 clergymen of all denominations will be present.
He will then, in order, visit Macclesfield, the Highlands,
Carlisle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Paisley, Stirling, Dundee,
Aberdeen, Dumfries, Newcastle, Sunderland, Liverpool,
Carnarvon, Dublin, Cork, the Lakes of Killarney, Belfast,
and then back to Manchester, where the operatives will
give him a farewell entertainment. He will also attend
the conference at Frankfort and the agricultural show at
Paris, where the prize to be given by the Belgium Govern.
ment for the best essay on intemperance on the Continent
will be awarded.

The following are the letters of apology to which Mr.
Pope alluded :
Rivaston Castle, Derby, 16th April, 1857.
My dear Sir,—l deeply regret that important business
will prevent my having the p!easure of being present at
the reception of Neal Dow on his landin4 in Liverpool.
He stands next to Washington as the great benefactor of
America and the world ; and we hail his presence in
England with gratitude and pride.—Most truly }oars,
To Samuel Pope, Esq. HARRINGTON.

Sir Charles Trevelyan and Dr. Lees had directly
addressed themselves to Mr. Dow in thee letters :

Wallington 14th April, 1857.
Dear Sir,—l regret that it is out Wallington,
my power to have
the honour of greeting you on your arrival in Liv.rpo I ;
but not being able to do so personally, I trust you will
kindly accept my congratulations on your safe arrival,
—looking upon your kindness in coming to this
country as opening to us a bright prospect in the
advance of the good cause in whien you have so long, so
zealously, and so suecessfuly; laboured am Ong our
brethren on the othor side of the Atlantic. Trusting
that I may, before long, have the honour and pleasure
of becoming personally acquaintel with you, I remain,
dear sir, yours very faithfully,
To the Hon. Neal Dow.

W. C. TREVELYAN.

Leeds, 16th April, 1857.
My dear Mr. Dow,—l regret that engagements will
not permit me to welcome you to the shorei of the
old country in person, but I beg to assure 3on that my
heart is with you, and m prayer 3 fur your work o faith
and ltoour of love. I hope to meet y -Ai in Mancheater
next week, hut in the maantime cannot refrain from
expressing my joy at your arrival amongst us, and giving
you a hearty Brtish welcome.—Your3
To the lion. Nea• D.)w. F. It. LEES.

The Hon. Mr. D who seemed fatigued after his long
voyage, acknowledged in an easy and graceful manner the
warmth of his reception. He did not, he said, expect it.
He thought it probable that he might meet a few *friends
who would conduct him to a lodging house, but he did not
expect that such a number of friends would have specially
assembled to receive him. He had no doubt but that he
would be highly gratified with his visit, and if he cou'd do
any thing, he would consider it his best reward. Referring
to the state of the temperance question in America, he said
that what motive Mr Gough could have in making the
statement quoted, it was impossible for him to imagine.
He could not suppose that Mr Gmgh would say any thing
that he did not believe to be true, but he was surprised that
Mr Gough should have made a statement which, on a little
enquiry, he would have discovered not to be founded on
fact. Like every other popular question, there had been
many reactions in America on the question of the
Maine law ; but, for all that, it was daily
gaining ground. He could say, without hesitation, that
the great majority of the people of New York were
committed heartily to this great work—the extirpation of
the traffic in the sale of intoxicating drinks. In New
irlampshire, the law was enforced—in Vermont the same
was the case, and at the last elections in the state of
Maine, the Maine Law men carried the state by a great
majority. They had no temperance man among them
who was nofa Maine Law man. Mr. Gough had lately
returned from Illinois and Indiana, where drunkenness
largely prevailed among the emigrant settlers, and,
Perhaps, it was from what he saw in those states that he
was led to make his erroneous statement in regard to the
whole Union. Even in the slave states the cause was
making rapid progress. The slave owners found that the
traffic in intoxicating drinks damaged their property in
human flesh ; a temperate slave being worth 1,500 dollars,
while the drunken one was not worth half the
money. On that account the appeal lay to the owners'
pockets, as well as their priciples, and they were all, in
consequence, becoming Maine Law men.
The hon. gentleman, did not make a set speech. and the
above is but an outline of the conversation which passed
between him and those around him, while waiting the
announcement of dinner. Atter dinner, which was of a
most liberal and elegant character, the hon. gentleman,
accompanied by Mr. Pope, and other friends, left by the
half past four o'clock train for Manchester.