The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-19
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Our National Goverpm ent- Eighteen y.ar. ayo 4
offered protection to the Indians by the ssis
OF ardent spirits smong them authorizing the su
mary desruson OF all such liquors If carried into th.sr
territory. Has not the time come when Temperance
men should support such only Congress oe
the Presdency as viii pledge themselves TO protect n,s
only tho Indiana but all their by the enact
ment Of laws which shall posivey prohib. tbs impos.
taton OF foreign liquors into the country
There we're here loud calls for Bsrnum
N.Y. BARNum then came forward, and comm sncsd
ny citing the following from vol ix, Is3 Of the Lava
e,c D-And DO 10 further enasied. that any porsss
sptusus vine - an indian in the oounsy
such person shall fsreis and the Of $500 Andk
tegpt TO introduce any sp,uOus liquors wns into he
or states seas5 a sas m
psy avn not exeaodirg$ 500
ssso, ,s o. military posi- h.s
s ss' sa SSs &c
nauois or vine into ho Indian country violation OF shs
intendns Ipd,n agent military sacsr !.
such persons 70 be sesrshed and Il sny suoh splrusSs
ngs9E & CT Sins The gqcd bo, and pal
per sihosr and ssl b proceeded gns BY ee in thS
.o rrson in tho U service cr or any indian or w
may ind in the Indian rrtOsy used supplies
males svoh ayioasien as 20 incur tho hre Of S And
post dq D. to & re- isl 70
~ tmeh pfslehy even 70 THO uter destruction Of All ~
IL appeared rom this that in 1884 Congress had psAssf
the entire Maine law and something more 1t autho-
rzeG any white Indian search fer and dssrs
intoxicating liquor wherever they could find It, All
that the teetotallerg--S black or grey-asked
to be placed on the same level with the red men-t,
have the fsne Law extended to themselves which Goa
gre,s rsed for tho Indians In fact they only wanted
Indian hls 1t was moro important for civilized
than ior the savages for suppose the indians drunk
they would Only perhaps whip their squaws or IL they
weie canntsls they would not live long to eat 70
oss IN dbsps psIp nas ss, ta' o t1 ts 'hn asT
compared with the white mans loss OF time yhs
white man sacrificed far than the Indians whiss
in point OF fact be became csnnibai like them, nni
ate up his neighbor. He instance mp the Mis-
sissppi, OF drunken man sctuaiy attempting to
another man up. Men would become by drunkenness
caBnifalaneglect their business forget tDeir wives
and children, and even their own de nti.y-nke a man
he knew who 20 forgot his identity that he went 10 .
dirtctory TO he could find himself out and anosher
man who, ct New Haven imagined in looking at his own
house hat hefaw two and ths efore could hardly believe
that his name was Harris he lived in but house
Let the temperance therefore get the,I indian dis
In old Connecticut they wers determined to have 1t
in that State GOO votes would election eithsr
way but they had ID COO votes there already pledged to
60 only for the man that would go for the Maine law
The whole press OF that State muzzisd they
afraid TO pubish anything relating to temperance.
All that the teetotaere Of Connecticut asked from the
Legislature was to leave 1t to the people to detsrmi.s
whether they would have the law or net Tho Legisa-
ture kept putting hem of and cheating them years
he was goingto ray humbuggng but that psouliar
to hmel (kosrs Of laughter) They said 1t uacou
At length, however, tho retolQtion was
pared; but the democratic Governor Seymour
put 1t in his pocket, and would not eign it The
"0s ehnt WQuiu pe uoomel II tne7
up Seymour at the next election 1t had been SAID
in various quarters that he talking temperance bs-
be had political prations SO help his God he
never had any political aspirations and he appealed to
his friends who had his letters and to whom uniformly
refutd TO become candidate for So and declared he
never would take it, He did not wish by taking ose to
lose the influence he had II he knew his heart i
IVES for The good Of humanity alone that he preached
e nperance 1t had been said in penny papsc
In New York that he let out house for grog shop He
would give IL oC0 to any who could prove It Tue
tatsment false hell He would not 20 to Com
necticut TO counsrsot the lies Of the in hAs
h'ate They had ust three against him" Peejes
Mermaid, Wooliy Horse, and Humbug' (Roars Of
laughter He gioried In NIL that was his
ard 1t brought grist TO his mill but he was too big
fumbug to be bumtugged by the politicians any longer
(efouts -Cf laughter He concluded By calling on the
Iorter state the Connsctcut papers would not
publish IT, that on Friday next day ard evening there
VIC uld be- temperance mecirg at Bridgeport Let the
York papers send tho to him the Mussun
md be would pay them for the notice nscsibed.
The following toasts were then disposed off,
Temperance and Poiitic, one and inseparabIs--
What God aud the Constitution Of our country have
ponse by REV ) b m body Of nen put asuudern Be
The present Legislature Of New York. Elected 70
'roy.de for the moral well ths political and pecu
,iay welfare Of the State The People expect them not
return from their post at Albany till they have enset
d law sinisr, and equivalent, to the Maine Law
response by Rev. 8 "A Corey, Of New York.
Our fellow-laborers every where-Ws hail then
nth sladpess and great joy, and will unto with them b
u judicious measures for fastening the time vhen
here shall not be dram shopa distillery drunkard
n the face OF the EARTH Response by Rev. J ,.
lagany. OF New York.
The company separated st.an advanced hour all peg
ecty sober.