Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-09-18
TEMPERANCE INCIDENTS,

washington leiuPVlhhN oOOlC'y, nv" Al '"'
city.
The President, John f.. Iloss, introduced
to the meeting Mr.. Selby Parker, Of Wash
ington City.
Mr.. p. said he had been an unfortunate
drunkard, and that his father, grandfather,
and great-grand- father before him, had been
the same; but that The temperance pledge
had rescued and saved HIM.
lie alluded to the intempe'ance p~rlctised
in Congress- said that there are two grog-
gerips in adjoining apartments TO the Hall Of
Representatives, did not say whether free,
or not,) where the honorable Members re-
sort, and take their daily polafions and to
this he attributed all the q]uarrels that take
place in that body. Shame on the Nation,
10 send such drunken briwlets to make our
laws! lie, OF course, did not include all
the Members in the guilt; for there are some
honorable exceptions. lie related one inter-
esting case, in point. The President of the
United States, invited a number Of gentle
men to dine with him, one day during the
late session, among whom was the honorable
Lewis G.. Levin, of Philadelphia. The wine
hotties were plentifully set around the table.
The President sent the waiter 10 Mr.. Levin.
requesting the privilege to drink his health
in a glass of wine. Mr.. l.. paused an in
stan', and pondcfed whether he should pre-
tend to drink, and 80 comply with the Prrsi
dents PROPOSITION, or not. lie decided in
the negative. Pushing the wine glass and
WINE from him, he seized a glass Of water,
arose, ard said
"Mr. President. you request 10 drink my
health in a glass Of winc-thAt which is nei-
Their calculated 10 promote yourncr my health,
! lint ,ybicl, hoo lr-.r,,-rl ~. 4 ,I-z
Permit me, sir, to drink yours in a glass of
pure water, the beverage which God has SO
! plenteonsly supplied for our USE
Thn President, thus publiclya and efrectua'-
ly r%ebuked, put down his wine, took Up "A
glass Of water, and drank Mr.. LIS health
also in the pure beverage! Shame on the
Head OF a Nation, TO tempt a reformed man
(for such is Mr.. b. to return to the drunk
ards cup! Shame on him, that he should
be so far behind the age, as to drink wine
at all!
Mr.. p. remarked, Gin proof that public
opinion had a powerful effect in encouraging
or discouraginr any yicc-as the case may
bc,) that mca were now ashamed to drink
in public, il ut all I: and, as a case in evil
dence, he slid, that the car stopped yester-
day, at n tavern between here and Washing
ton. About forty passengers slept into the
tavern to take coffee. There We're but ten
cups providrd-thcse were taken by the first
that got to the table; the rest of them could
get none: and Of tn: Sc thirty, hut one went
to the bar to take a drink of liquor; and he
did it very sneakingly, and looked very gull
ty-1ll the others, were either temperance
men, or were ashamed Of the practice, and
afraid of public opinion.
Mr.. George Savage, also of Washington,
was next introduced, and although he looks
to be a good nltured man. yet his speech was
as ''S7cGge as II mcdi-nre."
Mr.. S. also alluded TO Congressional drunk
enness. He said that Members are often
seen reeling along the streets at Washing
ton, in a stale Of intoXication; ana that on
the list day Of the late session of the SEN
ate, the Senate Chamber was converted into
a grand groggery, and that but two men out
of that augnst body were believed not to be
drunk = Hon. John G.. Calhoun and Hon.
Samuel Houston, the only two, out of about
fifty "noble. grave, and reverend" Senators
of the United States, believed to be sober on
the last day Of the Session. Shame shame
again on orr Nation! Said Mr.. s., "There
is a saying in Englaud' Hes as drunh as a
Lord.' In the United States we shall have
to say =
"Ile's as drunk rs a Senator!"
"Think," said he, ''of the god-like Dan
lei Webster. and your own Senators, being
drunk of the Halls of the Nation being
groggeries ~
He also commented upon the facts that
the basement Of one of the churches in our
city, is used as the depository ofliQuors "On
the door of that church," said he, SHOULD be
written
"Fhere's a Spirit above,
And a spirit below
A Spirit of love,
And a spirit Of WOO.
The first is a Spirit Divine
The other the spirit of Wine.
Another fact was, that the cellar of our
Court House is used as a rum-magazine =
"G our Judges" said he, ''sit upon the bench
and pass sentence upon the poor unfortunate
criminal, for various acts of crime,-most of
which offences are traced back to intemper-
ance-whileu under their feet is slowed away
the very article that causes the prisoner to be
brought before them for trial. And they
know it! | hope this will not be construed
into contempt Of Court. saw, to-day, some
OF the devils flying artillery, running through
your slrcets-l mean those beer and rum
wagons, that carry about their DESTROYING
liquids and one of them returned to the
Court House cellar to store away lhe trash
that could not be sold to day.
What glorious consistency Preachers
preaching, and Judges and Lawyers trying
and condemning criminals on the tops of rum
hogsheads Tell it in Gath, publish it in
the streets Of. Askelon-so that a public in
iluence may be brought 10 irown down such
glazing inconsistency f; not TO say wicked
ness.
Terrible Fight witt a Wolf!
The Bytown, Canada, Gazette is our au-
thority for the following terrific Wolfstory:
About a fortnight ago a yonng nan namcL