The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-05-06
the occasion, which We IRE sorry We cannot i sert
The chorus was as follows:


"Cheer up, my lively lads,
In spite of all runs powers;
Cheer up, my lively lads
The victory will soon be ours
One line was as follows:
Wen make old absquatulate."
The singing of which caused the Hon. Tom
Marshall, who seemed TO enjoy the the whole scene
! to laugh till tears ran down his cheeks But when
| the clear voice of the leader gave out
| And our Senators waking up
| Like MARSHALL Of Kentucky
The applause which was long continued quite shook
| the building Again and again did the peals OF APP
plause reverb9rate through the building, and Mr..
| Marshall seemed hardly able TO contain himself 81
lence was at last obtained and the lines again gwen
| out and again did the shouts of applause fill the
building
1t was, however, at last concluded, and the song
was iinished-when Dr. Kirby again spoke, and said
he had forgotten to say that the pledge" was ly-
ing the table, and it was perfectly in order for
any person 10 step up any time and sign his
The initiation fee was but two shlings, and if any
| person wished to sign who had not then money,
they had so much confidence In those who signed
the temperance pledge" that they should not hesi-
tate To trust them.
MIR. Marsh having announced that Messrs. Briggs
and Marshall would deliver addresses the sub
ject OF intemperance at the Broadway Tabernacle
on Saturday, instead of this evening, when draw
ings of the state of the stomach after having been
subjected TO the action of alcoholic liquors, would
be exhibited.
DR.. KIRBY rose and said he had great pleasure in
introducing to the meeting the Honorable Mr. Mar
shall of Kentucky.
Mr.. Marshall then and said-l thank you, gen.
temen, No 49, u think if the gentleman who had the
honor of being alluded to in the last OF that
glorious song had been asleep all the days of his life he'd
have walked up tonight to all intens and purposes
Laughter aud cheers Indeed, may it please you, gen.
cmen feel far at home and far natural here
tonight than have done since into great city
of New York. spoke last night at the Tabernacle and
we had most prodigious crowd UaughteO But, some
how, every thing looked grand and big and dig
nifed and so kind Of proudand all the grand and dign
fed things that had my eyes since passed staten
| Island, and between that and your city were all so
mixed up together, that they fairly ovcrpowered
me. (Cheersj But at the Tabernacle gentlemen we
hadn't nge.song there any thing like What we've had
here tonight daughter and cheors) And when that
temperance song first struck up tonight, felt if
ut Washington again, among my vigan fellows, as call
them, with whom am proud to be connected. To be
do not have where quite good song this
which you have sung to-night-not SO fne-nor well
sungand hope the reporter will not that down be-
cause don't want them to think that think any body
of aughter.) And why should not singl Who of all
the earth has SO good right sing the cold mem
who on the face OF creation has such perfect right
give utterance to the most joyous feelings the human
heart susceptible Of the true temperance who
have signed the pledge They talk gloom and
connected with the cause they talk
and anaticism thrown around these cold ceebra
| tons! Why. temperance meeting is the cheerfulles
meeting of all living asscmblages upon the face of this
beautiful earth Tremendous Cheers 1t is, gentlemen
and there is no mistake at all about it. [Cheers and
laugh.er I've routs and revels in my time
Roars oflaughter.l And what worse the newspapers
hav MT left ali the trouble upon me to tell it, Cheers and
aughter And since arriv al here they We very kind
y reminded me of it, as they did this morning, by an
nouncng gratuitously that the Honorable Tom Marshall
the reformed drunkard would address the meeting OF
Washingtonians tonight. Tremendous Cheers.1 Well
as said I've been routs and rcvels in my time
and I've heard some songsBaccanaan songs in the
and heart of those revesand of all the songsand
say that I've heard good manybut never have heard
one that seemed to come straight from the heart and
that went so plumb TO the heart as the that Eve listen
cd to tonight loud chcers) Well, gentlemen [rub.
bling his hands down the sides of his pantaOons and then
stretching out his horizontally there's another thing
that makes me feel more at home here than did the
bemaclepauscl the pledge here-cheers the pedgeis
here for people to sign Loud cheers.l didn't any
pledge last night the Tabernacle Laughter and cheers
Therewas anXiouss spread there for to
sit upon this most mournul occasion fChecrs &C. land
must say that it struck me as little singular that at so
large temperance meeting if temperance meeting
was, that there pledge there for people sign.
Cheersl For of all the experience that mankind have
had in the interesting progress OF this mighty
there is nothing so deepso sure-no other such solid
foundation which the Temperance repose.
Loud cheers] There is a charm about that pledge
Here he paused and struck his breast iorcibly
know what sayCheers there is charm about it that
why it is answer 81 don't know why and don't
care why Cheers but the fact know to be so' Cheer1
alcohol 0 e he mind and e to he Sear
Physicians have demonstrated long since that the
Of of alcohol was destructive to the physical Organa,
that the Of destructive to the hsort and the intel
cct Of man! Cheers) has been denounced long since
by religion and by philosophy-yet il has gone onand
and on-and planted its roots wider and dceper-and
spread misery and desolaton through society than
war and pcstilence both combined-checrs) until that
pledge brought forward to check it and dscounte-
nance for ever. loud applsuse) say know it to
be SO. (Cheers) say It, gentlemen, that have felt
more naturally tonight for these and there is
another reason which have not assigned why should
feel so now was last night as ship at sailing with
QUIT my consor (Cheers3 But he's arrived to-day
VheersD And without him, felt very much like fec
bic merchantman placed under the convoy Of man of
war and separated from her consort by storm CHEERS
| and laughter) And, now that am under the full
cover and range OF his guns rubbing down his hands and
throwing out ms arms In that peculiar horizontal manner
which win the SINKING ana rising OF his body must be
seen TO be understood and can never be described Now
gentlemen feel as though could make small fight
m!se-Foars OF laughter and tremendous checring)-
though nnarmed; Chrers.l I've said that knew the
virtue oil that Pedge Inc honorable gentleman and my
most honorape friend mas related TO you tonight IN that
STRAIN OF simplicity pathos and pure feeling peculiar to
himself some anecdotes Illustrative OF the great principle
Tor whch ne conehdcd In proof oil THIS he might per-
on