The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-14


and gave great satisfaction 10 the audience
The troupe that has closed at Nibo's is TO sing for
three weeks at Boston, and, suppose, some other
town. FIVE weeks of the eight he period for whch the
agreement was mads) having now elapsed. One thing
setled ald that Is that the Italian Opera has
Of ,y cents for admission and Niblo deserves great
credit for establishing the fact
Mecting of the Holy Alliance or TctotalIers.
public meeting, in connection with the Fifth Ward
Temperance Alliance. held last evening The plat
form decorated with limitations Of bowers ard
the proceedings eplvened by several pieces sung
by Miss Reynaldscn. The attendance was scsnty.
The Rev Mr.. RHrEs said that he presumed there lay
the Questons-Why were all these meetings held and
Why did people copgegate together to talk and act upon
the Of temperance? 1t Indicated in the public
mind 9 need that the evils Of intempersnce should be
medied and that !. proposed to remedy them,
within the compass of the power Of the public. Was
there really evil to be remeded! Ii they looked
the state Of things existing in the community and saw
the wretchedDess poverty and crime which the
suits Of evil they would perceive the correctness Of
the impression. and wouldfee the necessity Of efforts
account Of the evils which existed and they traced
them to the Of the traffic In intoxicating drinks
all ito shapes from the community twas their object
They did not Inquire tho amount OF restrictions that
might be imposed Could these evils be ersdi: Gated!
The conviction had settled down on the minds Of
that netbing less than the infection OF penalties could
accomplish their removal They had labored long
time One gentleman In that assembly had abored FOR
forty years 70 persuade to abandon intox-
eating liquors. and there were many others who had
labored for long period and had been engaged in
men, urging them to think and act for ther weta.e
Much good however had been done but they had come
to the loint where moral sussion stopped They mrs
call In other to bear the condolences Of
and stronger measures must be used than had hitherto
been reeored to put away this They came tose
ther for the purpose Of devising put stop to
the trac and they could be satisfied With nothing
less than Law prohibiting the sale Of intoxicating
orinks Was right to AK for the prohibition Of this
fYof fir woQ tphk ha~o tIn
Of the traffic that they wished to remove There
nothing that could be in any feature OF the
Ie.uniaIy sense ana cost to the nation Of not les,
han fifty 70 hundred millions Of dollars; and in
addition 70 the direct expenditure there Indirect
Of articles sutect to taxation Let them look st the
consequences of the traffic. let them look the numbe,
OF families discovered by intoxicating drink and it's evil
effects upon wives and children What filled the com
munity with discord and rowdyism! 1t intoxicating
drink Let them look at the places in this metropolis
where intoxicstpg liquor was sold. There moral
evils connected With iHempeIence for 1t the parent
Of crimes Of all kinds. Crime had considerably de-
the criminals in jails had been drunkards Il
had been said that they ought not to rob men
Of theiT property; bu. did that argument justify
it wong to seek the removal OF the evils on that &C.
count The interests Of the whole community demanded
their removal 1t would be actual eaying Of expense
to buy out the elere the cost would BE saved In
less than yea- Fifty Thousand perso died annually
directly by their indulgence in those fashionable
An objection had also been urged that cold water killed
more persons than rum; IL that true 1t would
tainly be strong objection. The Indians lived many
Maine law. The nunbsr Of deaths from cholera told
strongly against the liquor system. 1t had been said
that the law could only be carried out by blood
fbtd. The rum sellers had copjured up spectre Who
was going to make riot The friends of temperance
loved the law and meant to keep it, and the people
would not rest until they had obtaned the Maine law
(Appause The only streams that would aow would be
thoee from the rum cssks. (Laughter.)
MI Donor raid that there 5000 psces in this city
has tha Sptov t,,ttv.
The friends OF temperance felt 1t high time to
their numbers and they had determined to put stop
The movement had been kept apart from politics The
labor of persuasion had ell been in vain could not
trembled just before the last election at What had been
done Men were beginning to loose sight of party con-
tideston. and were demanding the prohibition Of the
traffic Physicians and chemists had proved that aco
hol was poison Let them then prohibit its tale Had
they not right to ask this!
Mr.. JoHS HhwKISs next addressed the meeting He
said that the with the white coat (Greeley) had
said tina. he was race hore. (Laughter) lie ran
DO race nth any one-he had lsbored many years TO
more benefit than opium. When ruin was going on.
people fhoud make their minds to act in self defence
He had family to defend, and he had suffered from
toIicstipg drinks, thousands suffering ana uu-
able TO help themselves. Reformed drunksrds laid
hem,elvee open to be attacked by gentemen but after
good &c anybody. The object Of the temperance
movement was .elfprotection. That day a nsn
his labors in behalf of the cause They had
reasoned and argued till they were tired and like
the fable o. the old man and the boy in the apple tree
they had determined TO fling more mud but Ia take
up stones. (Lsughter) In the State Of Maine moral
suasion had also been found useless and nov they
bad obtained legal suasion Legal .uasion was u,ed,
when locking up the drunkard; but the moment
they talked about locking up the seller oh thai
was uncon ST tn ton al daughter what were the
results Q. the Maine law In that State rot single
death occasoced by exposure reautug from intemper.
snce had occurred during this winter lie had written
To several persons to ASCERTAIN this fact Tee Law hsi
m he 2fate and hat
pity Gaueher) The speech Of Gov Hubbard spoke
Volumes In favor Of the law, although he had been
opposed toit There drunksrd, in the state Of
Maine, and the ies were nearly all empty. The master
Of the elm,house actually In Of hands II was
amusing to rec how the law worked they would have
jug Of liquor concealed In the leg Of piano Laagh
ter The law not enacted in q hurry, but was
brought before the Legislature for six years by Neil
Dow. Gov. Dana vetoed the bill and they laid him on
he sheh to dry aud befor. ne got Office again he would
smpt by the working classes. Gov Hubbard, .hrewd
elbow studied over the bill for some time dAhn said
II. wopG not 70 D but v What b am 70
VII break down our party" what ! thing that
aid another III 1t become a law, they never
nforce IT, Give EN- law which they can't en-
'ice, and 1t will break down their might lie signed
Al ner and eurrier trade hated by the ruseers and
. certainly tanned all the rum out OF the hide.
Lausher) In le,s than three months after the ps,-
'ge Of the Law not single grog chop exist. II Port
md and in many other towps. II they went TO Name
nd wanted grog let them all their bottes before they
cnt. (Lsughter) The speaker related one or two
1ecdoes in laughabe to the secrecy which
as observed among The drunkards in that State
oesion an oncer having searched a Suspected house
citude OF mother rocking cradle and ne asked her
no the baby was nke-bersef or her husband? shere
yea That rome people thought 1t was like the old
an and after the resistance Of earnest entreats not
disturb its slumbers he found indeed that IL was
= me o,d man tisushterJ for IL wes keg OF rga