The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-02-22

my Series 81 :,1ttits, showing lHe peI'
sons who have been most active in the
cause. of Temperance. aud the events which
have contributed most to its progress. We
take the following extract from one Of these
articles, which will. no doubt, he found in.
lcresiing, particularly to those who have
"a tooth for the essence Of corn aud the
various other alcoholic juices"
The city of Albany, New York. had for
many years been notorious for It's extensive
manufactures of ale, beer. aud other malt
liquors Almost every family in the city
and its environs WAS supplied weekly from
those establishments. The berr wagons
might he seen at any hour unloading their
kegs ut the palaces Of the rich and the how.
els Of the poor. Even distinguished mem.
bers Of Temperance societies had their eel.
lars wen supplied aud thcir tables furnished
with hnggons of beer. Albany ale had an
cnsiabe reputation all over the tuited
States. T.. &. Delayan, whose name is
familiar to temperance men throughout The
world, was at this time Chairman Of the
Executive Committee of the state TEN.
perancc society IN New York, aud had
been laborpg Tor years TO secure ,he gen.
crai introduction OF the total abstinence
pirdgc With the benevolent design Of
lurthcring the great reform, and cspe tally
of showing the absurdiiy OF using malt
liquors, he drew up and published ia the
American Temperance lntelligcncer Il
statement in relation to their chemical ele.
clements and the manufacture of them
in Albany. This publication revealed
some startling facts which al once aroused
public attention. He stated that the
Brewers of ALBANY drew their water for
manufacturing purposes from pond into
which all the dead hogs dogs. cats, horses,
and other carton of the city were depos.
tied; tina, this pond communicated with n
creek, which was the receptacle OF the
blood and oiIaI Of some large slaughter
houses. and which cleanscd the sewer of
the Asylum of Orphan children; that the
pond in summer was covered with n sickly
green scum and Was during the whole
year of a most offensive smell. This pub
LEGATION caused, as may well bc supposed,
quite sensation in the public mind, aud
dill not set well upon many Of the beer
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columns Of yituueration and abuse. misrcp
re.entalion and lalschood Tho brewers
pond WAS not more pntrrsccni nor the
sewers that sunnlicd il more filthy. than
their attacks unon him. lie could nol nur.
chase a Mace in thcit journals 10 insert hi,
defence Mr. D,layan. knowing the strength
az lila ca,,se emuloved adj. counsel and
ur,pnrcd himself lor the conflict before the
i.oal tribunal Ent one OF the eight
case wa. ever tried. and this did not come
air until lSip un the trial he proved the
,rnth Of Al, that he had ever published. aud
showed that the truth had rot half bccu
told The pond was examined, and de-
post of putrid animal matter was found OF
from two to four feet deep. lie also
proved HAT the washings from grave yard
on tire side of hill over the creek where
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