Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1846-01-06
Prom %, Barton Daily Mail.

Great Temperance MsstiHE-hs Temple filed 10 oper.
hO,sing, and hundreds unable 10 gain odmittsnee-
John b. Coughs Speech.
Atan early hour last evening" the interior the Tremon,
Temple vas Enthusiastically packed with human beings
wherever Oohod could be gained eli anxious to hear John
b. Cough, who announced be the principal speaker
OF the evening, and the stairway, sidewalk and street. in
front Of the building, exhibited curious spectacle Of mo-
wing hle-two continuous crowding different way.
hats sud bonnets pilot cloth aud silks squeezed together
in the most extraordinary confusion Hundreds left una
bic to get inside.
Such an exhibition Of popular enthusiasm md il sec M
ed more attributable to sympathy than cufosiy-is fiat
erng compliment TO this eloquent advocate Of the cause of
Temperament end whether soda brandy and water
caused fall he s again higher than ever in the hearts
OF bis admirers And why should he not boi II hum
dfed companions fall but shows the terrible power of the
adversary they contend against and should be warning
- their brethren. John u. Cough may be "scOiehd but
not killed"
Deuc Grant in introducing Mr. Cough to the audience.
requested that expressions II should be ndug
/ ed IN out ofTespeotto the Sabbath.
! The speaker came forward, looking somewhat better
than on iormer occasion, but still evidently a we'll
lie said that yesr sgo he stood in that spot and
addressed large audience upon the subject Of Temperance;
that as TIP end Of the drew near, the practice
OF men Of ell professions TO review the pss and
aratons 10 the year with additional pc
| Renee and removed confidence.
The past yeirba been eventiu one to him. but he
did not stand oro 10 speak Of himself, but speak Of
things relative 90 the great no engaged in
things that he had seen, that he knew that he had felt
lie said that had ever heard him apply harsh ep-
hos 10 dealers In ardent spirits, h the bot
the trade, he waed against and deteBted but no could
help thinking that s tendency 10 harden the heart.
Tie alluded 10 instance In the town NJ HOpknton where
son, engaged in the ra6o, bad b1asisd TO him. that his
father greyheadsd old mani had broken the pledge BY
drinking the liquor which he (ihe son) sold TO him The
speaker enlarged upon this incident, sDd others Of smi
ar nature, in peculiar himself. and with
oloquenoe that hushod the crowded auditory - death
/ like silence.
He thon appended TO the young meu pointing IN vivid
coor their danger-he 81 con vivsliiy-he aac-
tive soloons, unexpectedly painting the boat which they
launch upon tho sea II lie with Raudy banners AOatng
the bow and STERN the ripping dancing past them.
empying The wneeup smd mirih, song and losviy,
mindful Of tho vortex hey approaching, un1 they
beesme the slaves Of appetite houghuessy engsn.
defed.
lie wished 70 ust into the young self sacrificing spirit
"A spirit similar 10 that vhioh acuttod pilgrim fathers
IN seeking inhOsptabe country pan tho standard Of
religious freedom, leayiog their homes and all they held
dear TO enjoy and perpeiuste IT,
When that spirit pcryades country men, end they
unite IN this righteous cause, then, (soid tho sposker
may look for the glorious morning which viii witness
followed country free from The Of drunkenness Then
6eds will be clothed with tho waving harvest bot
Tor the ddlers; etn pss beneath orchards weighed
down with rich and n'eouS fruit, not TO be pressed into