The organ of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, O. [Ohio]) 1852-1853, 1852-03-12
[FOr the Organ of the Temperance Rsform.l
Temperance at the East.


TRENTON, New Jersey, March , 1852.
Ny DEAR EDITOR - Your admirable "Or-
gan " has Just been handed to me, as sit,
weary and half-sick, in my study this eve
ming, and it has done me good Ike med
icine." A liue temperance paper is great
treat, and cannot but think that you are
making your sheet a worthy compeer of our
" Organ" and of Bro. GOodrich's irresis-
table Cataract"
We on the sea-bOard, like you dwellers in
the Great Valley, are in the midst of the
battle. 1t grows hotter every honr -
This is not mere revolt-it is a revolu-
tion and, as once heard an old sailor say,
at the commencement of gale in the British
Channel, 4" reckon it will blow harder be-
fore it blows less" On Friday evening last,
the Alcoholics in New York city held their
demonstration in Tripler Hall. 1t was quite
largely attended +; the liquor sellers were
out in some force, and the speeches were of
a disgustingly ribald and shallow character.
What contrast to our soulstirring Tenn
perance Banquet, held in the same superb
Hall few evenings before! That was a
noble gathering the veracious "Herald"
to the contrary Notwithstanding. General
Houston spoke we'll. Horace Mann ap-
piled the thong admirably to the "brandy-
legged" statesmen at Washington. Chaplin
and Beecher were both as keen as a briar.
Neal DOtO, the great, good, modest little
man = so small of stature, and yet SO large
of heart so humble, and yet so resOlute,
covered himself with glory. His speech
was simple and straightforward, and he
seemed absolutely disconnected with the
storm of applause that greeted him. A
meeker soul never met.
Last week had the honor, and the Iurury
of visit from him. He came over to see
the spot where Washington took the Hes
SLAMS, and to help us capture an enemy
worse than Rahl and his red-coats. In the
evening he addressed the Legislature and
the citizens in our new Temperance Hall,
building which cost us $lO,50O and which
stands on the identical spot where the Hes
SLAMS surrendered after the battle. The state
ments made by Mr.. Dow were clear and ire
sistable. He gives the elOquence of facts.
The little man, with his cute little Yankee
face, brimfull of shrewdness and resolution,
stands up and in plain English tells us tOhy
they made the Law, "and hOD they made
it and why they didn'tmean that it shall be
unmade. 1t was glorious.
The legislators listened with all their
ears. and no man pretended to gainsay
him. The bill is now before our House
of Assembly, but with no hope of it's pas
sage this winter. 1t must be our tsrt for
the next campaign. In New York, there is
a possibility Of getting the Law this year,
and in the old Bay State a strong prOba-
bility.
Tonight / am engaged to speak in the
Chinese Museum, Philadelphia, for the good
cause, but am too unwell to go down. When
you come to the East again, look in upon
me. If you win spend a Sabbath with me,
will show you the lOveliest church in
the " Jersies," and one which smells Of Tsn-
perance IN euery stone. should be happy to
greet one Of the Temperance leaders from
the State Of Gregory, MathiOt, olds, and
Mclean. -.
Wishing you God-speed in your gloriOus
enterprise. / remain, yours in the good
warfare, THEo. L. OUYLER,
G.W.P. of New Jersey.