The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-09-23
T.mpsrsnes Me.,,rg at tho Tabernacle.

Temperance Meeting AT the Tabernacle
Last Friday evening, temperance meeting was held
at the Tabernacle, in Broadway, Mayor Harper in
the chair.
Mr.. BARSun was the first to address the meeting on
the evils Of intempersnce He contsnded that alcohol
poisonous in all its .orus and in the smallest
quantities. The argument That excess In food was
bad well in drink, did not apply for bread
wholesome and 1T tor man, but alcohol poison.
1t produced An injurious effect upon body and mind
No drunkard ever succeeded in business and every
who drinks becomes . drunksrd in the end il he
is not of by accident The child does desire
strong drink-no young man At first for
segars; on the contrary, they make him sick-so IL
artificial and unnatural, and consequently, prsju-
dicial 10 health. 1t IL fashion, therefore that
leads men into these habits ct first, and the
artificial appetite oeng created IL grows by what
it feeds upon. 1t is proved BY statistics that
out Of every ten who drink die ofdrunkenness When
God created the world he said that everything he
made was very good but he did not make alcohol 1t
Is found nowhere in naturenot in the grape bar
ley nor potato which must become rotten and their
organic substs be changed before the alcoholic poi
eon is produced Water il the drink intended by God
end nature for qusnchns thirst and nothing else will
do it, Alcoholic drinking increases thirst and IL is
well known that the brewers put salt In their ale and
porter in order to make people drink the more Of it.
Alcohol is the greatest evil in the world but there
other artificial sppsrites that iuj urous
to men such as snuihpg, chewing and smoking No
body likes those things &C first but when false
desire 10 created for them increases daily He reco
scted when he smoked ts emf 1.-TWO segsrs day Since
he gave up his sppetite for fruit
1t IL the with liquor II all the moderate
agreed drink thirty days every able
store would be closed for who support the drinking
saoors Not the poor niserabs drunkard for would
not be let in, but the moderate No who has
not signed the pledge say, am that shall
not die drunkard" No reason for the contrary can
be assigned that has not already been relied Ia ya
bv thousands of victims. The ladies win the
tory 1t Ia sacrifice to them to identify themselves
with the OF importance. We not living in
Arabia or Turkey. where they say women have
souis; but we are under petticoat government; and
let that government only about the REFORM
and II must be accomplished The majority IL now in
favor Of the principle and that majority Is daily in
creasiDg
The Daughters Of Temperance who sat in the orches
ira aud wore the badges OF their order, here sung
temper ance hymn.
Mr.. joins GoUeH, who is q actor In his way. next
addressed the meeting and made speech full of
ecdot,s and fun He stated that he a great
druDkard himself but was now organized In Boston,
the Young were about being examined sod IL
was Organizations that wanted TO complete the
work OF reform He concluded by saying he believed
the Hutchinson family in the room, and that he
SURF il they we're asked they would give song
(Cbsert They were With him In the steamboat this
morning on their way TO hear Jenny Lind
II turned cut that the Hutchip family were not
present.
II then announced hat lecture would be given.
on Sunday evening, in the Methodist church Of the
Rev DR. Ferris, of Cherry street, and the meeting
broke up