Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-02-18
EDWARD G. DELEVAN.

THE APOSTLE OF TEMPERANCE.

THE APOSTLE OF TEMPERANCE.
The greatest, the most extraordinary event,
that has happened in Europe during the last
! IL months, has taken place since our last pub
/ publication.
We have been mos, anxious for some time
TO fix, If possible, the public attention on the
mighty moral revolution now in progress
through every county IN the south of Ireland
We have endeavorod TO record, as they reach
ed us, every fact forming part OF this great
revolution. We have seen the people moved,
| not by twos and thIees, but by scores and hun
dreds. We exclaimed repeatedly that the
right key had been struck, which would mako
the music be heard, and re-echoed, and re-
sponded to, from the extremies of the land to
tho centre. Giving all credit due 10 the Tenn
! pcrance societies of Ireland for excellence Of
motive and for services rendered, we insisted
that the revolution for which they labored
/ could only be accomplished through thu c.sh-
ole Church in Ireland, and by the instrument
tally of her minister's
The following statement is abridged from
two Limerick Journils--the Reporter, which
we believe is Catholic, and the Chronicle,
which we always considered to be the ultra
Protestant. There is, however, no dlscrepen-
cy in the statements Of these two journals, and
the letters which received from Limerick
| satisfy us the general accuracy. We shall
not attempt 10 90 over the ground occupied by
our Limerick contemporaries. They were on
the spot, and they describe what they saw
The city of Limerick was filled to tho brin by
concourse Of the population Of the surround
ing counties. There was sleeping room
there scarcely was standing room for the num-
bers. The Catholic churches were thrown
open for the people 10 stand IN during tho
nj ght The APOSTLE OF TEMPERANCE tender
ed the pledge, these journals assure us, TO 800
pppple and we have "A letter
4 which states the amount a, 100000. This il
probably an cxaggeraiiOn. But that the null
litude was immense, there is no doubt, That
thousands and thousands returned TO their
houses reformed and regencraed beings, is
certain. Neither can it be disputed that the
increment is Hati0nal-natona, at all events,
as far as the great province OF Munster is con-
ccrned. II is change, not of years and
months, but Simultaneous change--a marvel.
, a wonder
From tie Imcrcb Reporter.
The greatest excess which popular enlhus-
| assn ever reached in this country, on any Of
f those numerous occasions when either the
presence of our eminent men or the urgency
Of momenious crisis called public feeling in
; TO actiYIly-the widest agitation Of the public
p mind on any of such occasions, fell very far
short Of the admiration manifested by the peo-
pie towards the Very Rev Mr. Matthew, since
his arrival IA our city
All through Friday and Saturday the vari.
Gus lnlets OF the city presented neyer-eeas.ny
stream Of people coming from all directions. 10
, hail the Apostle Of Temperance, aud pot en-
/ rolled on his list The usual resorts Of the
humber orders were Oyerstocked with appli-
{ Giants for bed and board nor could there have
been less than five thousand persons in Liner.
lex on Friday literally without the luxury of a
bed. On Saturday their case was aggravated.
and even place Of shelter Tor the night was
sought with gTea, grcedinesg. In many houscs
OF entertainment, the guests stoutly refused to
turn out, bot muniaiued their ground on the
plea Of direct necessity The hosts were
forced 10 give way. The law and the police
were both superseded by the extreme cogsncy
Of the circumstances, and the people u.urpod
the power Of debating and executing tho law
as they liked II ans well known the Rev.
gentleman would arrive by the mail AZ a quar-
ter past 9, y. VI Hence, during the interval
from about three ~ that hour, the tide o( tbs
multitude rushed towards the entrance from
Cork The road issuing from William street
was lined with dense crowd for two or d,fee
miles. the streets, meanwhile, we're all bot i'm.
passable, 80 vast the groups that either loung-
ed about IN anxious expectancy, OF blocked
up every available nook in close clusters.
About the usual hour We deserted the Cork
mail moving at snail pace down William 81.
The people ran and leaped up with reckless
lnifepidiy, 10 catch glimpse Of iis Reverend
gentleman inside. The slow step al which the
mail proceeded obyistod the possibility 81 all