New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-11

dr,nksrds in the Union t~oth o. The crime
,,ed 10 convictioa il caused BY drink three
surtb. of all the pauperism Ia the land Is chargea
HE to the sane cause. Fifty thousand Of these
drunkards die annually. Who are 10 MI Their
sisces In the army OF inebnatssl Your sons That
7. = question tor YOU 10 answer. Many thousands
,.h, never drank al ALL died by the elects OF drInk
~ o,hsr, He instauced the Hsgue st. explosion.
u s.r;pnated the whole number Of deaths, direct
and ind rect through drnk, at IS or $4,000 ANNUALLY.
Mr. B. took up the report OF the majority OF the Sc
10 Committee on the Excise Laws, and read the
abatement OF Mr. Edm1ads 81 the character 81 the
;rmates Of our City Prison. Eleven-twsliths Of
,hsm xece in;emyerate and nearly ali the rest
rooderate drinkers. HsrecOmmendedihe audience
"a read tot. report and claimed that the people had
a right 20 demand protection from the vast evils
there disclosed. They seek protection by the
means Of prohibition and they seek prohibition as
the only means Of protection.
The resolution was then carried and The Band
played an arr. g.rr
Rlrsd Ths. III. irslx Of foreign population d.
nsnds generous contribution from The fl7ods Of Tenn
psrsuce hst hey msy be sbandsny snppaei win tscs
30 ospers AID restrained from indugenc1s alike ulous
10 Ihsnselves and oar common country:
In support Of this he proceeded 20 make q brief
address He had 10 doubt the aud ence were sur
prised al the increase OF deaths by intern erance
in this country The emigrant on his way to the
West runs perfect gauntlet Of temptation on his
route and thousands of them fall By the way.
What shall be done The good already effected
has been done by publications, and we ak tor
means now to scatter along the path OF the emf
grant the words Of warning-show him the poison
that is offered TO him W ask you 70 give us that
yitbou. which We can do nothing. Give rs the
means and we will send over the land that niorma-
ton which will save thousands. We cannot buy
paper aud prnt for nothing. Give us funds, II you
desire that the poor emigrant should be protected
on his passage to a home in the tar West Mr..
Dodge said he did not mean 70 make speechi he
only tod on behalf OF the Executive committee,
what was wanted, and he would close with TINS
brief appeal
A collection was then taken up, during music
from the Band.
Seeur Z "a. of New Jersey:
Reortd That the glory OF our neoI coa,ss IN ' ylf
vate and domestic peace and puoc coed 90 the Alta Of
temperance should alarm every eiazen snd bs boldly re-
Mr. Marsh, Secretary Of the Union, then had the
disagreeabs duty OF apOogizing for the absence Of
Senator Houston. The Hon. Senator had designed
10 speak and we may well think severely upon
the effect Of IntempeTance among the great men
of the nation At the latest moment, he sent WORD
that the state OF public business made his presence
impossible.
Mr Marsh then seconded the resolution, and it
was passed.
The Indian Family sang one of their songs,
1.-THE Indians Lament"
Mr. CONWAY, otherwise X ge-ga.g ah- bowh, the
Oibway chief then made a short address. He
was glad that the white people of the nation felt
so deep interest IN the cause Of temperance
Ne spoke of the peaceful and prosperous condition
of the Indian before the coming OF the white man.
But the accursed bane Of the civilized word-iire-
water-had destroyed them. The white man,
who can speak to the God of the universe, as it
were, by lightning-this powerful aud wise pale
face made alcohol, bot he was too wise for himself
when he did that But he is now ashamed to own
it, Mr.. c. went on to depict in powerful language
the effect OF iire-waier upon bis nation. There
was not a white trader in that nation bat was
deadly opposed to the temperance pledge. He
gave some amusing anecdotes 10 show tht Jolly OF
sectarianism in the temperance cause and OF stim'
ulatipg preachers nerves with alcohol. He went
on To depict the glory and power of the white man,
who had begun to be astonished at his own intel
lect When the white man is Harvesting the fires
If the great spirit to his toll when HIS firecars
are rolling Overy valley on the continent, shall the
Temperance cause keep the old market wagon
pace Of your foreathers hundred years ago! He
spoke Of the Mohawks who were with him, the
Indian singersl and was glad to say that they ere
awake to the necessity Of becoming more acquain-
ted with the customs OF the whites, as that was the
only means OF the improvement and preservation
of the remnants of the race He spoke most elo-
queDtly Of the character of the Indian race, and
was loudly applauded At the close of his remarks
he suggested the idea OF the audience doing some
thing aid these poor children Of the forest, and
send them home with rejoicing hearts.
Some one in the audience suggested that persons
stand at the door To receive contributions, which
was agreed to-
The Indian Family then sang, white man, let
me CO. Their voices had a sweet, plaintive tone,
which made them many friends in the audience.
The vast audience was then dismissed with a
benedlctiOn.