The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1845-06-29
ooh then resign, your ruby vino,
Each mothers son and daughter,
For there is nothing half SO good,
For the youthful blood,

young soap-l0cks came up full OF wonder, putting
away at their half-penny segars-maids Of all work
as they passed along, clean and happy, wondered if
that wasn't the prophet Miller agoing to preach, be-
cause there was two comets and circle round the
moon 'tother night, which some persons said was a
| token of war, and which Squire Thompson said
was sign that the world was agong for 10 come to
| an end. The occasional cluster Of lrishmen, Jog
ging up town for a bit Of walk, Jist,' stopped to
| ascertain If it wasn't "Repale" meeting, and be-
gan to damn Dan OConnel trimmer and fool
of an Abolitionist-while some of our Methodist
friends thought 1t was Mr.. Brown, the Home Mis-
sonary, dispensing the bread of life to the
| flock in that dark corner of the Lords
vineyard. But Brother Brown, meantime, was at
| the market place doing yeoman's service against
the bulwark's OF the world, the flesh and the DEVIL
All speculation, however, was cut short by the con-
gregatlon at the corner breaking out into song
aforesaid. Hard looking men, and hard looking
boys, to all appearance belonging to those noctur-
nal gangs of rowdles, nmcal to the peace of the
city, were there and kept dropping in, until quite
| meeting was congregated to hear the doom and
sentence OF King Alcohol.
| After several inspiring cold water songs Presi-
dent Savage, the ndomltabe Captain of the f. V. T.
A. s., elevated store box with his back against
the deserted old shantie stated the object Of the
his speech. We give from recollection an outline
OF his DISCOURSE from the time OF our arrival the
ground.
PRESIDENT sAvAcE-"Yes gentlemen; we have
right to do it; we American citizens and SUCH
is our right to speak out and to speak out boldly
sentiments this subject And I'm in the habit of speak
right and we are not going to give up The rum-ss
lsrs don't like it. know, and you know that very well;
but what can't be cured, will hageto be endured They
may get up meeting to advocate the selling and sw
ling of rum, if they choose, and nobody will hinder
them but they are not going to by their threats
from telling the truth in the broad day light The selling
Of rum is the great evil against which have
shop in the capitol in the avenue or in the ma
| ton We have nailed flag to the mast, and we in
and help it; they no better than pirates in
principles they prey upon the hearts blood OF the
pooS drunkard and the bread OF his family and they get
fat like vampires, from sucking the blood OF weak
deluded men, That's the sort of customers your
sellers They neither regard the laws of God
OF the corporaton-for the corporation laws prohibit
rum-scling on Sunday and yet there pointing to
Colsman's3 and over there (ponting Brown's) you
may get your in the back bar.room. They used
have their bar-rooms in 'front.' but we've made 'em
move sm back-ovcr there you may get your rum a
Sunday. Voice from a fat marked with the small
pox-" hit en- again right and Left Another voice
! stop and let the man speak, will you'D Yes, gentle
pm clad to ee thpt beyrs listening 1 " will do e
good-we want to do 'em good. We want to stop this
runselling and this rumselling to genteel young
on the Lords day for if you meet young man
Sunday with Glove in his mouth he is just from the
back bar of one Of these fashionable hotels That's the
way they do it. They have cloves to take away the
smell but that take away the reproach We must
stop the business, if We want to take that away-stop
entirely Nothing but baptism in cold water and the
cold water pledge will do it. Suppose take look at
the ten commandments and how they will apply to
the rumsellersthsse who deal out poison by the
SIPS worth and smile as fthey were not guilty Of MUIR
der. What does the first commandment say
| " Thou shalt hare other Gods before me-"
How will that apply to the rum.sellers They have
another God and it the God Of Alcohol that they
ship. And may say the OF their craven images;
for they them in the bar and around the bar and
the young men 60 there to worship instead OF going to
| Church.
g. Tasu shalt not take the Of the Lord thy God an
! rain
Listen ye rum.ssllers the way docking at Cole
man's) to that commandment They don't take the
Of God in vain Oh no Go into that back bar, where
you those green curtains and you will hear who
her they do or not Why it is the very essence Of rum
/ ma En
swearing, every body knows and even boys learn to
swear with julap at their lips.
l. /" Remember The Sabbath day, 10 keep Il holy"
| DO they remember the Sabbath-these rum-sellers
oh, yes. You may see them going to church docking
proprctors of which belong attend regularly the
Episcopal Church) Yes, you may see them going to
over the responses like good Christians but they sell
sunday and want to know if that is keeping the
Sabbath day holy
5. Honor Thy father and thy mother.
Does rum-seliing Sunday look like honoring thy
father and thy mother Is rum-drinkng likely to make
young man honor his father and his motherl No,
you know better II brings the grey hairs of many
parents in down to the grave, and we have
the that il brings into he family where it has
become habit often, believe selling on
Sunday, or drinking it, will make man honor his
parents.
g. Thou shall not kiHn
Come out we sellers and the murders for
which We stand indicted at the bar of God.
rThe learned speaker recited numerous instances of
murder committed under the influence of rum &c.
The seventh commandment intcrdcting adultery, was
sth Thou shalt not steal"
Yes but how will the rumsellers answer to that
They don't steal but they sell poison, which steals mems
bra ms away and their money out OF their pockets while
their children starving for brcad that's what they do
.no out license TO sell rum What sort Of temperance
men do you call them 2 Why, III tell you, the law or
stealing They would steal II license could be had foI
IT, Yes, ii you could grant license Tor stealing, such
men would be the very first to take it out They are no
bettcr than thieves at the bottom, ana they
know 1t.
Come out We rum sellers and look in the face and
say does rum selling promote obedience TO this CON-
mandment Mott makes me lie, and swear, and steal,
and kill and break the Sabbath and dshonor their pa
rents and brings them down to the grave before their
time and to perdon before the devil had right to ex.
.ec them lis heilfling soul.damnng, God-defying
practice the selling of poison by the gallon, and the
pint and the gill for the sake Of the almighty dollar
Yes money IS the root of all evil" for it's the root OF
run,-selling the greatest ever invented by the
And 80 you might go through the whole decalogue
Rvt mentioned some fashionable rumscllers GO
inc to church with their gtedged prayerbooks Just
imagine them in the church ana repeating inc Loros
prayer ,y.un,,.
Ther ather, What right have they to call him faith
arr The devilsther father and they know H. ana ne
knows it, and he wags his tail ana nr seeoo
whom he secs those sunoe! r"nfsonoe' oe -r
their father in Heaven.
IfnHo,pedb be thy name" -, :,
church vhe his barkeeper is dealing out alcoholic poi
SON by the gill and while the very sxpence he puts
in the bag of the church perhaps the price Oh "o-
mans tears and her children's bread
| q Thy kingdom come" ~,
| Now like TO practice what they preach and
IL these men want the kingdom OF God TO come, why
dont thew abandon the service OF the devil Conss
tcncy is jewel; but rum.seersnhave no Consistency,
and talking before them is like casting pearls before
" Thu wiu Be demo on earth as Il is u, hsaren.'
Yes, yes but while they muer these words IN church