New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-04-13
speech Of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, nj the
Anfi-Eiogging Meeting In BrOoklJn,

Col. rY..rsIsr fr4..Hf
lRego,ied FOL, IN, sen. York Iy45aHe
If we had assembled. VI Chairman at n meet
me for the purpose Of discussiu. The manufacture
of Cotton, tie practical men .n that department OF
industry might tel US, tho are on the outside, -
mind our on "a business s., too 81 the question be
fore rs related ~ the interests OF DachsmIthinF, or
en1rayinr or cabinet making, We might justly be
deemed iulruders If We presumed to take part in
tine discussion. Bnt If the question were. Low T.
elevate the men employed as operatives We could
MOI be tod that 30 was none OF our business, since
everything which relates 10 humanity nearly con
Gems us as men.
If we are asked, What have you auJsn,u TO
Do with the affairs % a Ncsse,l" / say that we
make no pretensioas TO kuo edge abou, the ex,cr
nal Arrangements don wish to have any thing
10 do with the guns sails, ropes, decks, cabins
they are ont Of our ine-we know nothing about
them. Bot as 20 The Sai or-ho is a mau-ald ]
am q MAINLAND understand each other That
my apology for addressing this meeting.
ia the present condition OF society compared
with the stat, of things n the past sve can evident
~ recognize n two fold progress with respect 10
practical scieuCe-thc application of science 10 the
arts OF iito-iirst. an increase ia human wants and
secondly, improved methods 81 supplying them
Thus Is physical progress. But true progress I'M
p0cs tlrCF elements, thCu OF " hicl now mas Us
jealous advocates and representatives:
p The Msteralist calls for Improvement in the
physical conditions OF life he goes ia for good
houses homcst"ads. baths generous diet suitable
co,blng. and every thing which relates u the
health. comfort ami Advancement OF the external
man.
@ The Moru',st shes 10 preserve aud restrain
men from crme-to uphold the order oi society
e. protect the cherished decencios OF hle-aud 70
produce outward harmony IN all the relations
between man aud man
g. The Spirtuaists Iook at the perfection Of the
interior naturc--lhey would purify the springs Of
action within the soul, and establish the spiritual
harmony from which good conduct should low
necessarily as the stream from the fountain.
But the pregnant question arises. How are we 70
bring Your pIntualsm to bear on the soul cgradcd
and lmbruted by the presence OF outward corrup
ton We have lately heard fIshtul statements
with regard to the moral condition OF children in
Newly rk. They have called forth a Discourse /
irons an eminent divine and excellent phhanihro-
pist If that city. He recommends tina, the chi.
drcn be caught up on Sundays and sent to school /
But this would not begin to act on the pestllent |
mass OF corruption They are bsptlsed SIX days IN
the week by the devil Ii YOU can get hold of them
on SUNDAY, the next day he Will seize them again
and plump them back utO the iermenting pool
No ehectus good can be realized until man is |
brought intD harmony with all the laws OF his be-
ing. The three elements OF progress must al be /
for they all belong to his nature, all are essential
to the adv ancement of humanity
How stands the question with regard 10 these !
our fellow otzens, whose Interest has called US |
together 10 night Ii was the Office of chvalrv t.
help those who were oppressed to rescue the |
fallen. and aid the weak Here is a call Tor the |
chivarous sentiment Ia its noblcst fOrm--to step |
forward IN behalf OF 10000 helpless brethren who |
cannot speak in their own defense. and whose |
wrongs cry loudly tor redress
shall hrst speak, said MIR Il to the question of |
temperance. Shall tell you. said he bow came |
by the name bear. Henry w ard Beecher' Ny |
great grandfather, Henry W ard old Cont |
mental soldier and service before the !
walls OF Lo0lsburg He refused to accept the IA. |
lions OF gros which were served out % the men |
and received instead su equivalent in money. Al.
ter leaving the army, he converted this cash into
silver spoons, which are still preserved as heir !
looms bv dlfivrent branches OF the family. One Of
these spoons said Mr. b. came down ~ my mother,
and has often reminded me that my Old ancestor
was a stanch Temperance man, even IN that day oi
small thlags. You now see that come naturally
both by my temperance principles and BY nv name.
MIR. h then went on 10 show that rum rations
should not be given To the sailors because the prac
tee could uot now be justified by public opinion |
We are IN fact temperance community. A dis
uucl bodies ali the professions all the trades all
the great Interests OF society 10 for temperance
principles. They are bnoaghk Out OF theoretic alb /
stractions. and have become sAuic. We have |
CNeNtl tlttl, ana sNhNNStN tucm, Yea, NCTlIN. |
and have digested them. and they have become a |
part ut our ~ auic structGre-ha,e been converted
into muscle, and bone, and blood Scarcely farm |
or in New-Nurk or New. England but is a temper-
snee man ia principle The large manufacturing
Establishments almost every where repaiiate the |
use Of alcohol. May whole villages have cast II
out Of their borders. The merchant marine have
ceased u place Il among the stores OF a voyage
Temperauce then prevails III the organization o. !
the community. Hence u shogd be introduced !
into the Arrangements OF q, verumeut ldeuy thai
Congress hiss any business "a do what the people |
would not do
WHY shoaid eroc in the Navy be discontinued
One gin. YOU say. VIII Tot make msn drunk Ne |
Bur il iuaames the appetite. and helps - make The
drunksrd The ship might be n!ost po,en; me
thod OF reform. bar now a streak Of drink goes !
where the ship sos and the sailor returns as thirsty
as he went out Ram Is one OF the most eHec,ual /
causes OF aoSsing. shall the officers pour &c, the |
rum with oae band ard 6og with tie other
Mr. =. herr explained some remarks IN his re !
cent speech at the Tabernacle. which had beer |
supposed Co bear too hard on the character q the l
psval eshcers sod which. If without foundation he