The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-20

The Sixth Quarterly Meeting or tho Ma
ional Temperance Society.
An extremely large asaembsg Of the members Of the
Temperance Alliance and those In favor Of the Maine
law, convened last evening, in Metropolitan UAll. The
attendance was much greater than A any Of the pre-
vious terperaros meetings indicating the great In
fuenee which this movement Ia sumlng The priusi-
pal speaker was the Hon Horace Mann OF la.scanets
and the proceedings agresaby diversified by sevs-
rs sspss from the Aeghanans Prayer read BY the
Rev ME- fnch and afterwards the quarterly report Of
the society was read II stated that phs
Of the soeiey for the past quarter, WAS to procure
twenty Ave thousand signatures to petition to the
Legislature and TO have the presented or this num-
Der fifteen thousand n and most OF thoss voters
They should have efficiently large numbsr OF sgua-
lures to petition within week, 10 enable them to
throw another bombshell at the Legislature, Among
their fiitnds and supporters = vast number Of mer
shsn'r az men ana nost Of the oler
had SVEN IN their adhesion to the cause oae effect
81 this movement was that the uquor dealers are
ccuntsrnaudirg the orders they Had given for wines
and braLdies 20 France The liquor dealsrs, remon.
straree had not pet baeu cent to Albany The society
would ike 70 the signatures to that trance to
how many merchants not conneoted with the trade
had signed e; how many missters of the gospsl had
signed it, and how many ladies had signed iI or the
gun OF the remonstraoce they had nothing saw
hsu been Heasy answered in public throo xh tue
saiy perers 1t had been reported however mat tina
nquor dc aers had proposed TO hold public m.eny in
this city, TO ,ubmit the question TO the pub,. The
eety would BE- glad 10 have such opportunity Of pub
liciy meeting and rebuttrg their arguments. The re-
port alluded TO the banquet OF Wednesday night attr
bntirg to 1t great interest AL Union Besides
the eminent gentlemen who attended and spoke
New York, the Governor of New jersey Char
Wslworh &c, that they would have been happy 10 have
taken part in ths proceedings hut prevented by
press business series Of resolutions embracing the
views Of the society, were also read
The Hon HonAcE MANN was next introduced - He said
that there different classes Of truth in the matter
oftemperanee, which were peculiarly applicable to dH
feyent classes Of socieysome fitted fer the sged-some
for the youussome Tor the poorbu he would present
those views which he felt particularly fitted to
the great and respectable assembly he before him
He did not however, propose to touch upon those great
ana immortal truth, underlying the subject but would
content himself By giving some common place observa
which all men owe to society among the chiefest Of
which was the promotion Of the cause and principles Of
temperance One Of the main duties of society to
protect the innocent from the guilty but here they had
the anomalous usage Of the law permitting and support
ing men to send abroad the pestilentis evils of intern
perance In what pagan nation was Mcloch ever prop
tiated with tuch a vast and swift moving crowd Of vic
tim. have been sacrificed to this Mooch Of Christian
ty he passed to the consideration OF the injury in
ficted by intemperance on trade, agriculture and
na1 nl What would they now have been
Y Fulton had been rot The country, owes
Its greatness to the dsveopement OF msntal more
than ply scsl power Both men and children acquire
with facility till they reach the common level OF inte
gence and but few extraordinary genuses ris above
IT. but let the level Of intelligence be raised higher aad
children and men will be developed to the point.
TIE country is century behind what it would been
had intemperance never bcen known among u.s. Every
intelligent man knows the consequence Of nanufactur.
ing, Importing and retailing intoxicating drinks with as
much certsuy as astronomers forete the changes
Of the plan In quarter murder Is committed; in
another incsndary fires burst cut in another shouts
OF riot are heard all emauaeng from the Of intoxi
eating drinks consumed in those pisces where the
thorss have granted Licences, lie considered 1t would
be good idea to have representation OF Of the
chief ni,ees produced by displayed In the apart-
Eent from whence these licenses yearly issue The de-
the authorities There Fixed and mnutabe principles
which govern society as well ssindviduals. II commu
nifty will make provision for the sprtua! welfare of their
Children the law will carry to groatness and prospe
rity neglect to make such provision the iron
Law Of nece'y win inevitably carry the community to
destruction Thisoountry could not exist for year with
population like those OF Fance, Italy and Ireland
Some f the maleactors Of the past have expased
their eences the scaTold; some sull pning in
solitary rrisons but where the Indicators of the
coming year! They are walking by your side In the
developed and brought into play by intemperance In
some Of the districts Of the country, those who will
always be found espousng the Of the evil doer
have shown their influence in courts Of justice,
awirg witnesses and staying the hand Of punshusnt
These however, are only topical or cutaneous evidences
Of tho modification which Is consuming the body
polite. Tie cabin passengers in ship might foolishy
think Themselves secured from the raging storm
Fooe the the ship sink, the state cabin will 90 down with
the steernge; and could ths ship of the community b,
considered safe If the hensman and the captain are in
Eyssy man ErssnS1ss TO tn: SSG
perform on this important subject. Suppose sad the
speaker that swhen the ANIMALS passed in review be-
fore Adam, to receive their Names hurdle fall OF
drunken men were drawn past how would he have felt
Disputed at the future state q Sis "saile to avoid
giving birth to such contemplate racer For himself he
said no fully believed in the power Of moral aston back
stup by legal force (Applause) Would not the United
States be far happier ard healthier II the four hundred
norrow consigned to their graves But, oh how much
better ard happier would 1t be il they to night
angel Of deasb lie. all men coaSpe to reform th, u
natural rIate OF thirgs- they could not destroy bad
dsfires they may abOh the means to minister them
lie called on all professions OF to join Ia the effort
he asked intellectual menpainters, scu.ptors &cto
employ their powers in Ais grand work and they would
thus give halo to their fame TIE ministers of
the gospel he to 6gh. agsin,t this earthly foe
iote1peTance followed their footsteps serilzag the
earth and uprcotrg that seed which they had brought
down from heaven. As long that great enemy was
uoconqu,rsd their own poEtr Va, vanquishei. The
yo'G1s men he nyo s last s1d csstst We: their
future was all their cwnoach day. tablet pu. into
their hands w marked By single ne bat the set, Of
tach DAY were recorded that tablet whether for good
or for evil lie sluded to the Gemn ute, which attend
ed the reception CA Roman youth into the ranks Of
manhoodi end what then, Eaid he should bs the Ike
sacred ceremony Of chglstany LeyoEr acts therefore
ssspsn and widen ua:i they ro down into the gulf OF
Thc syonrrAsr forward and stated tsss the a.
scciaacn intended ohos quarter 70 hold suon meet
\ ng as this and 70 I'll as largo "a can be pro-
cured nnd ALTO 70 obtain tie best talent that can be
found ircm Maire 70 Texas They would slso coatinus
70 4old temperance meetings to which admission would
be lee, AKA they w59d depend ae free VIII oiTelsg Of
audiences to ersso them 10 dsirsy expen,cs The cot Of
The hail 70 night WAS $3.50 and gentlemen woli there.
tioa. Vile tbs operation was belrg rarf,raed tho
seclcaTy announced that another tsE-peTa-oe r1pstin
would le hsld tonight 81 tho prseby terrain Chnr,s
corner cf Fourth street ara avenue q, u rn,oa DE-
LoNlirs and Others, would spsRS
AleF ;Ls eoilsSt!oa take1 Tho meeting separated
city Intelligence.
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