The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-02-25
Interesting Meeting or tho National Tea
Per9ncc Society.

/ Interesting Meeting or tho National Ten
Pergnco Society.
Tx sEcoFo QUARTERLY MEyrISd-ADDaEss OF
nor. BAN HOUSTON.
East evening the second quarterly meeting Of the
rstiopal importance Society held 1t Tripisr Hall
Notwithstanding the storm OF rsin which poured
down in torrents sas baiiding wss dsnsey crowed
In ersry part, as Il ever was on thu finest night at
any Of Jenny Linds ,oncerts There ives SCARCELY q
standing place in the passages Even the stage was
crowdsd-being the psrt Of the Hell occupied ty the
officers OF the meeting, the speakers, ana those who
were specially invited to attend
About hsif past 7 ooloes, the Hon Sam Houston
made his appearance on tae stage, aecomy yenied By
Chancellor Walworth, and was received With yehe.
ment outburst Of enthusiastic applause.
John faooner, Esq, presided snd on his rshs hand
sat Mayor Kingslspd.
The proceedings commenced BY an overture on the
Pisnoforte by Professor Geo. II. Curtis.
A Temperance hymn then sung BY the consrc.
alton, led by Professor H. NASH to the air OF Rous.
eeau's Dream.
Prayer was then offered by Rev. DR.. DowLISc. which
was followed By another hymn composed and sung By
Professor 7 IL. NASH tho assembisss joining In the
chorus. The music was very pretty, and the word,
were equally so.
The following resolutions were the. offered by Rev
Dr. Dsvling, and adopted
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wine and cder-and while nodersse use oontiaae ths
Resolved That we extend the hand Of fellowship to all or
% N. G .ss "a. as
Il THAT ss our han r. especially
and sdsor. vho have sssn ssass
s., SS:Sy e.
Sunday over any other ds in the week mads
tr.hc. " 'A' 's''A'' 'H' 'uhaA' nau'f
eating {. drinks s:ai.siy sssssS
tiahc in suoh drinks ought to DO repealed. "' 80
Rev. X 7. FosrER then proceeded to address the
msetine Hs said, ifs panorama of the drunk srd's
before mankind 1t would Ill all with disgust,
horror. rsgs and wrath that temperance adore sses
temperance societies The cam ass as it passed be-
fore the eyes, would efectuslly do the work, and
Last sor rSau Ds a0re o. which would
self he was but poor speaker. III like Mark An
tony "a plain blunt mao that spoke right on" There
we're 10000 drunkards produced annually In the
United States by the liquor trafic, and 90 600
carried of into premature grave by the insru-
blosted cheeks' II was strong drink. What mad,
wives broken hearted? It was the hole. And who
are these ragged wives Of drunken husbands They
were beautiful girls twenty years ago. Then their
eyes rrarklsd IS brightly as the Thousand beauties
feet tripped over carpets OF dosnthy were their "a
Tiers idol-ther mothers pride. They loved only 81
wonan can love, with . deep and pure attachment.
They were welded TO thsir equals, and their love
feciprocsted Their youthful husbands took them In
their arms and imprinted passionate kisses upon their
their husbands to his den and murdered them Let
the bareheaded child of the slain up that aisle
ked, The rumshop. The rev. gentleman then went on
to say that he held in his hand calculation founded
there were persons committed In the stas New
York for crimes perpetra.ed uuder the influence OF
intoseson Ifsvery one of these osy cost the State
Sl0-and that IL minimum estimate the lces would
be S4C0CoC for the prosecution Of crime the result of
SrunhenDess. This tax for psupsrs in one year, in
persnce. The police Of the city OF New York costs
annually the round sum Of $500 o0o-the police
two-tiirds Of whom are employed for no other
than the licensing OF grog shops. II all thu other
States and cities suffered In the way-ani he
York were less moral and respectable than any other
city or State-what would besthe amount OF loss In
81 eco 6oc or thirty times tho cost Of the Presient
OF the United states and all bis cabinet There are
ihsy S ssSp: IN tn: ,,s city ., Nsy YORK
TO 100000 There would be thus lost 100000 to the
city There are lso churches in this city. The sun
expended on strong drink would build every church In
the city and pay clergyman a salary of siCo0 year
On the same calculation. there sixteen millions OF
dollars lost TO the United States every year; TO say
nothing Of the lose of time and life. This would
be more than sufficient to build every church aud
the twenty thousand Clergy men and tsesty thousand
teachers In the United states 1t Is admitted that
there are Ave thouand licensed rum shops in the city
Of New York. they make ten dollars per day each
this would amount TO $4,000 per day Multiply that
amount, In round numbers, by three hundred days,
Uhus omitting sundays and holidaysl and We hav
the enormous sum OF fifteen millions OF dollars
sumed In single year-all worse than lost TO
say rothng Of the loss Of 30 900 souls Eolansuaga
can estimate loes Who can calculate the psngs of
broken hearts or measure the ocean oftesrs or e.i
mate the evil influence upon sooety arising from In
tmrsrancs' Ne would not curse the rum tranickers
yet what had they TO sgainst the OF
with eisrirg, eyes and bony fingers. For himself he
would my let the nghtnngs all upon him, let the
blight Of poverty desolste him let tho assassin tear his
heart out of his body and let him take HIS ltte oh
dren and dssh out their brains, and throw them to
the cogs let anything and every thing happen TO him
only rave him from the OF being rum seller
.rs '' ,ors soo%.d xrttsn b1 ssOrx.p Morris
entitled /" sober spouse for me" and was surg by
Professor Nah to the fine csrsusins air Of A lie ia
The report OF the Secretary, Rev. c. J. Warren was
then Rad from which It appeared that the receipts to
Feb. 20 amounted to l,6fe There Va, . small ba-
lance on hand The names Of number OF contribu-
tors were then read and among them Jenny Lind for
500 TIC report states that 5000 persons would only
subscribs 81 each snnusy IL would ach.vs greater
victory than vas ever accomplishei In sny battle
Geld in this vsrid 1t Is proposed to build sPi.n:
did hall to establish library ard reading room aud
connect With the buil1log an asylum tor poverty
stricken drnnksrds, sho we're Gisposei to reform.
written by Geo p Morris sung by Professor Nasn
At this part Of the proceedings Horace 0rsslsy en-
stage IN the ID, ,nae.I ss,as so.t osu.ss much us.
riment and laughter throughout the bulldog
The Hon so HeusIoS then cans forward, and
vas received With the most enthusiastic plsudis,
followed BY three cheers for the Union which we're
warmly responded to. The Hon. Senator from Texas,
who're manly, athletic hgure much admired by
the audis nee, proceeded TO address tho meeting az
great length, In strain of prac ticsi eioqusnce Tbs
following IL outline sketch Of his remstks:-ue
ssid IL cannot be that ~ho Ia accustomea to ber
Ser LIE could say much 20 influence audience In
tbis great Empire city. lie va. not man OF books,
but OF observation and IL possible for him not
TO have gathered some experience the subiect Of
intempe,snce. His remarks would be therefore, OF
practical character III. did not to set himself
up a. . model OF temperance reform. BIt he had no
htston IN saying that he vas better msu In every
way and mors conscious OF rectituds than When he
used TO take eccssit nsl spree (rheers) No coud
dence could b. placed IN n OF business. who In
dulged In the ntoxicsting drsught Besides very
bad breath, there was ersous eeutasion a1out him.
Ter vhich he vas surc 20 be avoided What would
they think OF the executive Of the United States u he
we're drunksrd-a slsve 10 his dsbasipR appetite
| ffs judge IL q dfunkard, what conf 1enoe can be
plsced IA his decisfsns II general u drupkard
not hts army In Danger of bsint surprised snd de-
suoyed by the enemy " q sentinel h druussrd