Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1851-07-31
TEMPERANCE ADDRESS.

member, was somewhat as follows:
We live in an extraordinary era in the his.
tory Of the world. Never, in any age, have
there been such displays of knowledge and in
tellectua power. Nations are brought together
by the rapidly Of travelling, and men are ena-
Dled to converse with each other, at thousands
s6f miles distant, by the electrical wires. BY
the aid of the microscope, a world Of living
moving matter has been opened to view, which
was unknown before There is animate crowd.
ed, moving life, in every drop Q: water, and in
every leaf and flower. BY means of the telc-
scope, man he's mounted into the heavens, and
has discovered the mos, amazing wonders
Stretching his mental vision beyond our vast
solar system, he has learned much of suns and
systems, in the infnity of space. Garry on
electric wire around the earth eleven times, and
q message may be transmitted its whole length
in single second but stretch your wire to
nebula in the cUnstel laton OF Orion, and you
would receive on answer to your message Of the
though the Imagination fails to grasp this i'm
mensi,y Of worlds, all of them cast into bal.
ance, would be ou,weighed in value BY single
human soul. You behold one " hose thoughts are
turned upward, and fixed Oh better prospects
like Jacob Of old, he commences to ascend
the ladder whose top is in the skies. On the
horizon Of his hopes rises a cloud, at first no
bigger than mans hand, but it increases, and
finally overwhems him. Look into that gravel
You see there lying the man whom you saw
awhile ago, mounting upward. BY his side is
another! and another and another all bearing
marks of loathsome, unnatural death. On
the borders of these graves, are others yet
living. but Keeling fast TO their last resting
place. Others are standing with their arms
folded, and imagining themselves disineresed
lockers on, while the viper that stiNgs their
neighbors is singing them too. If there are
any who would release themselves from the vi.
per tina! is eating out their vitals, there stand
others ready to hurl them back to meet danger,
and suffer death. "A gallant band comes to the
rescue. They bear banner on which is in
scribed Love, Purity and fidelity" Those
whom they come to rescue, sheer at them. hate
them, and drive them back but they refuse 10
be repulscd. This picture, said the speaker,
pres the drunkard in the dead and dying,
the moderate drinker in those who stand with
folded arms :he viper is alcohol, those who
lead back the men who would rescue them
selves, are run sellers and rum manufacturers,
and the band represented as benevolenily and
disinterestedly, and in the face Of yepulses, la
boring for the good OF others, arc the Tempe
rance Societies.
The first temperance society was organized
in Andover, Massachusetts, in September, 1926.
About twenty years ago, Mr. MoRRisoN joined.
AT that time, the pledge restricted the members
Of the societies to three glasses day. A great
cutlery was raised against the movement. 1t
was commended that this pledge would subvert
society. The principal difficulty, however,
was in the size Of the glass, each one insisted
on having his own glass, ard seine had very
large ones. Finely, the town physician pre-
scriSed the dose at one ounce day,
MIR. MoRRIsos spoke of the mpositions
practiced in manufacturing intoxicating drinks.
lie thought the most conf med drunkards would
be startled if they could realize what hey
were drinking. We get very little pure spr.
its of any kind. One year was referred to,
in which 1875 pipes Of wine we're taken to the
Channel islands, from Oporto, and this was all;
yet from the same place, were shipped the
same year, no less than 2 500 pipes OF Port "
wine One year there were but 10000 pipes
Of wine made in the island of Madeira, yet the
same year. there were imported into the United
States, alone, 10000 pipes of what purported
10 be Madeira wine, independently Of what
IVA, sent into England, France, aud other En-
~opean States. Many poisonous substances
are used III the work Of adulteralion, among
the.e, are white lead, red lead, sugar OF lead,
lead in all its forms. and arsenic.
Mr.. MORRISON concluded with an appea! to
parents, friends and societies, to move ia TINS
matter with energy. decision and CELEBRITY.
Rev. Mr.. CABLES followed with Il few re-
marks, in which, with heavy hand he "raked
down" the consciences Of all who deal in liquor
for gain. He said they all had his contempt,
though mingled with some pity, and as none Of
them dared offer any excuse for their loa'hsoIne
business but desire for gain, and as in the
attainment. of this object, they manifested de-
sire to persevere, regardless of other people 5
wishes, comfort and interests, he thought good
thing would be done by raising by subscription,
ha suty, they souUht and Latino them 20