New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-05-06
Eccrsu.,on of Mr. Mapsha3l's speech.

I, wa, received with great favor by the imEneh''
audience and frequently during it. delivery the
orator va. interrupted D. loud and long continued
applause.
Tie experiment then has b.en made AID verly b.
lieye ha, nan with al be rower.. = TIE only ANNA -''
-nce sck.ned by H. use o alcohol " % ever ny a-a
Md most selv IS q fh1s arranged Tor IL VITO ~"
tho n,ee ha. keen implanted in animals 'nd me SUD
800 -,i.5i v -s-g-e % satisfy a. the l0e animal Gre
s,,o1 would perish Most kindly. then las nature h1o'n
.rl,nce: most " sely his 49, placed among herHos'
,.co,d,e srrs,a and 1T he sane tine failed o. mpani 20
the naure n The ower animals the appetite when 'h'-'
tenn, 10 is use Bot kas nature, then, ieii man - a-
,.ly er-osed-arl are from ms ihai % turr
Liz, han N the anirial.beo~ i.r' Think MT
sfor along with all the appetite ami passions hat man
may have nature has wei i0 hin that whch'e ha' gwen
none else she hss given % him ~ po"eri looking 10 upon
and e1arang the nature and structure 81 hs own organ
zao and the nature ant structure. and - everything
by vhchr = surrounded ~ ths uriyers IN which "pi ha'
race1 linn Admit i.n HAT nature has giv'n ~ man us
apr4it.-and ,he k N discover The food when snail "a
CIV - cravings. che has alsO riven him Reason 70 GUIDE
and control him Admit th and .sy nature has been I'M
s 70 mani II She has given him reason act AMI power
~ avoid has she been Unust 20 him link not and ne
very ,,sience oft demonstrates at once how carefully Sire
M. uar.ed him from this appetite, and given BIN P-wef
Tor lCurotecfion and salvation ls not gentlemen aidht
dignity TO human naiure-sul i i not proof Of TIE hs1
estimate and hope there sno improperly 10 using ne ef-
prpon which God the creator, has placed upon the nature
he formed wien be let exposed 20 dasreTs and ds
cyitie. ard al the time armed him with power %
shield himself from them, Is WIS., sss just j
.he has exposed dangers which other ssmas do not
encounter she has not left him TO the guidance 81 blind IT.
,,nct. She ha. ven him a more powerful deience-a
mgher weapon, and strictly vii She bold him responsible
or Is use.
Rpb where We NAV then for an ,pology ay not the in
q. 10, ut
man, own WORK; il peculiar 10 himself II * not found
any where else the whole universe ana drunken man
and suppose Temperance has not advanced - FAR 30 ~
CITY but that such have b.cn seem hosa THINK would
bc the hardest thing the world for TIE philosopher 10
ca>sitysnce We are upon philosophy 1t harder % say
N what r,nu, be- belongs than any thing e1S winch ha'
been the subject OF NY experience; AVID have bad a,e
oppor,un.ty for e.amiung-yes, and for iceng too
drunken man IS no, a man longer, certainly he has
neither t- aiure the intellect he heart Dor the form ri
man he has no longer the erect counenanec oi man
rhs, face aud that form, which were shaped TO 10 erect
aud 10 look NJ 10 heaven are the iace ana The form oi man
no longer. why be can't uat Ike a man u i1d-
le. IN, brain beas bis eyes dus hs sWcs h's body
aud dwindles h., leg,
Bat OF all the Ills It works-oh. OF all the ruin It brings
upon nan-look the death ucts upon The htarf and
the moral constitution OF the human Here are IL
mos. terrible triunphs We might forgive all the rest
If i, only made Us sick II only spoiled our beauty # il
only hurried man 10 premature grave, Il We could mca-
sure IT, ruin 10y dapdaled fortunes by ruined health, and
by destruction OF Hie-O tasn might forgive u. Men
must die at last aud any agency which only precPhaie'
that event by years, months, or weeks, W. KAY
overlook a. no great evil The dsoiuton-lhe de-
composition OF The physical elements Of which nature
50 strangely sundering of that mysterious
and wonderful link which binds the mind and body-whch
mut eventually take places not 80 much to he dtploed'
and the agency which preciPates might b. isfg'en-
Bu, what dots when he say himself What,
I I he, M nd CT a
man-what do mean, Is il merely his clay On, no -
When say niy,cf-when allude TO what is called me-
mean that dgtne particular which revelation tell ia "a'
rea,ted into as al he birth by the Author OF hs being
ms,n that which the Divinity has implanted within him
b, reason and the hearts only the power by which be-
thinks and magin and demonstrates but all that "orI1
of no-l emotions OF which he the monarch aud The oId
mean all those fine feelings AMI ympatheS which make
him human-all which make him hoyall r. Inch make bun,
all hope and - ali believe he j., etsfna The ruin
Of hs-te prostration OF th which makes alcohol .,
getn-r unpedona6e. 1t Is the peculiar effect Of alcohol
other poison does it AteaiC Hills man but long
as he lves-whe he draw single breail-hei a man
l. Othcr Poi,ou produce death; but 80 long
breath under their power long he will love BIZ wie,o
long will he love h, chId and bs friends and though be-
sink into the Of death under the influence at poison
too strong for BIS nature stu his moral inumph,,
love 'ui,,es, and TIE man bids defiance To death and TIE
grave Alcohol does what nothing Else can do u over
loWs with destructive food, all that noble IN human
nature II annIac' The Immortal mind and Ire eahles
soul That = what Il does
What other vice-whst oheT crime or poison. pest
earth the heart and the hand again, weak
and innocence, Make robbcr-throw him into
the fierce collision. Of lie by which he be surrounded
let him surrender himself 10 their influence hN th-
enemy Of men-make him rObher or murdereT-aDd
yet obbr aud murderer a. be - ~ hs hearhsione he
man still, lie loves his wiiehs child clngs 20 him for
aud support. That high chi'alry Of mankind which
makes the fcebiene's OF her best dccnce-whch
makes her weakness her greatest srensthwhc gives her
4 claim for defence and suppou-Hoiing destroys
but alcohol Noihin. e,e earth the
lar aim of man against the weak shrskug, hepe.
OF woman Nothing else the parental tie that binds
him II the offspring which he has given existence
thing DESTROYS but alcohol. H. disease, IN poverty, n
crime the presence of DEATH the feetng wretch may be-
pressed the earth but the infant Who 10 him his
still hangs hm-s still bound to hun by strong
and ndsoluhe bond which stronger the more deeply
he is stepped misery and Uretchcdnes Nothing destroys
il but alcohol. THIS iuhumdni;" man; u bot' out the
image OF h God strips him OF BIZ, highest glory and obli-
crates from his heart every OF b. srea, original
But gentlemen might de,cant Tor ever upon this Sub
ec-and perhaps have already de,canisd too long BulI
.ch go on or ever through all the relations IN which can
reviewed and show that the OF alcohol an uHmiI;d
,5i without single advantage 10 balance Ito weigh
even the she,i dust agansthe numerous social ans m,
lv1ua Ills nfcts the human race. And have shown
hat Nature responsible for H. A Ne trust 10 reason
9r Is support iaemperance must 20 down and tie banner
1f Temper triumphant from the palace To
the hamlet But triumph has not Yet come 1t has
t 10 90 through strong confci>-o encounter terrible
enemies Let not the cause OF Temperance-ye who AT
members OF It's socetes-ye whO are the priests OF Tenn
pcrancc primo ples-ct not mingle itself With any other
cause whatever Above al thing. earth, eschew ali po
lical alliance. The i too high for law Make 10
statutes nor attempt 10 make any, the subject II began
weaknessleave unaded by human enactneni' to tie
me- hty instruments which God himself the author this
great revelation las selected in the first instance as tr
means OF IL support LEI polite ans, psucan and le-
>laors legislators alone lthey JOIN youas some have
ione-O IN Gods name open your arms "ldc % receive
lem but do nit 20 them Let hsa wage Their iac,logs
Let them the walls OF the national Legislature.
nd weary the very atmosphere 18th the din OF their party