The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-27
A Temperance Toetsng.
In accordance with the following notice :.

Al hCcoIuduco WIN INC tollON'hS noLice-
meeting Of the ladies interested IN the success o. tho
cause Of temperance Will be held this lay Jan as at the
VI. t. Church. in Jane street, to At oolcch
N for tb. purpose of cooperating IN the efforts now
making to to this city nd state suoh legal
ments by 10. Legislature IN session, shah not
only arrert the further spr.ad Of the dssoaug tide Of
neats the sale OF Intoxicating luors beverage, and
thur relieve the community q ~ dos fruitful sour,e Of
crime, misery and taxation that ests among Good
speakers VIII be provided Signatures 60 the petition to
the Legislature will be obtained
a meeting was held at the place and hour men-
tened therein. The meeting vas bu. .hiRly
attended. tho ladies scarcely punbering sixty or
eighty There were also a few gentlemen present.
The proceedings were opeoei with . prayer, after
which, the President, Isaac Oliver, stated that the
object OK the present meeting was 20 obtain sigma
lures for tton, memorializirg the Legislature
for the passage Of law pr ibi1ny the selling Of
liquors, WATCH is to be presented on Thursday
neat. They have some twecty mon going around
from house to house solict,ns the signatures Of
those interested in the In efcoting the pss-
sage Of such law all they re TiiIs Is union; and
where there is union there is alao SUCCESS He then
introduced
Mr.. HAWKINS, who said tia. We want law to
protest US against the trafic of liquor. We want
all the grog shops to DO demolished. Liquor Che
sad) " not at all necessary for either subsistence
,r for our health and, therefore, those houses
engaged in the traffic Of tho sams are super0uous,
to say the least, and should BE- removed. IL Is the
woman and the children che dearest objects Of
afection-,hat suffer tho most IRON the existence
f thefo grog shops; it il they who have to boar
the awful weight of misery. brought upon them by
the husband who freauehts thsse siaks Of all evil
Thanks 70 Gcd that the community becoming
more enlightened and ntes cd 10 this cause,
and that the rum sellers are getting alarmed in
the city of New York The society OF sellers
may swell their treasures 70 any amount, for the
purpose OF buying the influence Of pol cians against
the passage Of suoh law, but they can mover stem
the tide OF popular sentiment. tie knows, and has
seen, tho effect Of the Maine law upon tho COM
munity, and, in particular, upon the romsellers in
Massachusetts. He has barrel after barrel
emTtied in the streets, while tho rumsellers were
standing by with evident disappointment depicted
on their faces When Mel Dow went first, in 1872.
to Augusta, fer the purpose Of passing the
the tine, that, if they should report favor
ably to his petition, and the Legislature happen
to pass the law he would pledge his life and honor
that there would not DO grog shop in Portland in
the year 1852. OF course, he was laughed at on
that occasion az promising an imposibility. Thcrs
also voted for tue pessage Of tae sane osly rea.
sonipg that the firpos,iinty OF enforcing sucb
a l1s would csS-aly kali tho movement.
so that thon the. would not be troubled any
STrtber bv Zee temperance fanati,s T sbS
Iaw was I'm sont to the Goyernor fo- .at'
6cation % Which after some delibar,tio, ~,
affixed. s signa'ure. The speaker hon dsscr,bsS
the lySe o. tho passage Of such q law upon the
az !. IN the beginning. He also relats5 IN q vsra
:, .norous manner some anecdotes connected with
shc enforcement OF tne lew, snd particularlv the
Vs.eh warrants Ia the gro, shop % lie also stated
' as 70 less than month, there was no bar room,
~ klUs snop IN tho whole city Of Portland; that
"a 70 snort time the house Of correction had no
inmates; that there has been no case of assault
anu battery, nd no criminal courts in the county
lie cenclsded by admonishirs the ladies' to per,
levere n he csuce ard to try tie experiment, -