The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-11

Wnoie communlty-t0 nu every M use ana hamlet
from east to we't, and from north to south, with
drunSsrds. What right has any one to make you
and your sife druBkards or your children What
my family II they have any right they have
right to make many they possibly can and If the
power extended far the right their interest would
prompt them to make men universally The highest
postions-a the posts Of honour and profit would be
filed bySdrupkaids What state Of society would that
bs-a community Of drunksrds. All thinking men know
that community Of drunksrds could exist 1t would
fall by its own weight 1t would necessarily destroy It.
self and therefore claim the right to compel them to
cease this war against sooietythis against all the
elem ents Of social happiness maintain that the egs
lature Is bound 70 protect against suoh sggrssions
these 1t their legitimate duty to prcssot against
any sggressions whatever OF what materials they
wake drunkardsi OF sober men ard womea Th,, fra-
nifty or faculty or drankard is profession By Jaw,
and permitted in every possible way This colegs has
its professors and president and graduates for ths
honors Of drunkGrd. Reversing the order Of things
them in position OF respectsbity ard comfort of
good moral character and standing and run them down
to dgrace and misery and every species OF vice the
last degree they confer the lowest They commence
in the splendid saloon luxuriously furnished and
bsMhed with the nnest specimens Of art and possessing
all the attractions Of music wit and beauty md run
them down to the miserable low cellar where there is
nothing but filth degradation, misery cursing swearing
and obscenity. They do not leave them there. They
take another step downward, and gone. Beginning
n wealth they terminate in poverty beginning In
tort they descend to squsd wretchedness conscience
Is drawn as clean from their souls as hat been
placed there and it b but pung into perdition In
cenferriDg an order Of knghthood the candidate
knctis before the sovereign, who. placing sword
his lead, says, Arise, Br Robertn the may
be but in conerrpg the last degree the drunkard
the royal pertonage does not put sword his head
ana order him to arise to honor but places ofentiues
dagger to his heart, and says "Go,n will not say
where; and away they CO. This is the contamination in
the present wordsuch the result of the process Of
drrnksrd making-and AS before stated ii thers is
aay right to make hers is right to make ten, and
tens of thousands. Now ask, WHIST would wa say,
hsps a'lfrs ana me,hsrs any Of our neishbors we're
tlon and perycrsion Of our ofapring II grocer
drueses to furnish drug 10 wife Of children
thar .ould destroy their ply steal moral functions
you would beg the law TO protect you from such ia.
jury. II q drunkatd insult your wife or daughter,
and nsture has not constituted yeu bully you might
not chasse the offender it would not be practicable
bur would feel In your heart the fire Of indignation
an call on the administrators OF the Law to protect
you from such aggrossors this. AS men OF sense,
hover, and religion, what would you feel if your
children were nsfs miserable druDksrds? If they gere
tram pied under foot, frozen to death, yeu would net
feel equal In magnitude TO this We ask The Legs
hture To protect from this have in my possession
a document, which Is document Of century It Is
new kpg under tho sun This document issued from
against any prohibtory law; and 1t is fact that this
contains arguments and this new for the run sellers
They have not, yet attempted to grgre-they have
arp sed TO the morbid appettes f their customers aud
gone oa, aud have had the field Of argument TO
selves They have, think now ma3e mistake in their
tactics 1t is too late now to argue that any man has
right to make Standardization late to argue that inioz
cntng drinks used as most Of these persons ue chem,
are conducive to health snd happiness-to argue that
water the natural drink for animals of the layer de-
gree, but not for man Old Father Adam must have
ecen doomed to driuk the drink OF the animals;
and advance made in civilization to confer
the iDectmahle benefits OF "rum,n until Moan took a
sep-pot upwnrds, but downwa5ds-so far for the
tLat tee record et cod water martyrs nave not
bteu published, and they express their candii OPT.
there have been more victims to cold water than TO
II V Z tprs public only koaw it. Uiaughter1 l
~ - - n ~ tc - appointed general nmtree on
staitlc, ana co bring forth ali The victims to cold
wter They would find very venerable army at least.
Not young blosted rosy soldiers, subjects Victims
but who had lived long and done great dc al OF
COED, and died IN the of nature, uuees they had
fsn vcims TO their lahors for the public good, and
en vAoaa memories would ever be revered and honoed
one John Smith John Brown, matter which
(Laughter) My informant undertook to sleep Ia
party who called themselves respectable and he heard
one OF them performing dirge on this john Brown,
who, it seemed, very jolly fellow, and had very
comfortable wife, who wss always very much 20 when
he came home merry. Bot solns OF tn. temperance
people that they wanted to rdicuie got hod of him
and made him take the pledge lie grew thin and was
him to return TO his former habit, but he grew
Tretched and he Died; ard this ebgs supposed 70
lie upon this occasion, and in imitation OF that by
Heep Mcgregor. II went on to relate that upon post
@ tt examination, nothing was found ia his stomach
but cotton and ;now ba. h nrph,sr fut there i,
sang that forg, having become hare driDker one
night fell into cellar and broke his neck and there
end OF that victim so fas as know Returning
TO the document in question: i. went to stats that
the people would not submit to such prchbiton-that
moDs would be raised and the ultra temperance
men be the frst to have their heads broken, Ii such
monsirous injurtice done There is ons pro-
verb which L learned at school and which has been
barking dog rever bites (Lsughter) never Jet
knew set Of men determined on mischief that ad7er-
tisd THEIR intentions in the newspapers before band,
(Laughter) This would not answer. There IS nothing
to fear Al want to the eober part OF this
for ought to be ashamed to confess that
the city OF New York is drag on the movement Our
adv 10 hth Ftf~ ~E ikn
the Tutctnsn's wagon We carnct be frightened.
Cold water canot be frightened but the danger
that ey be inactive, ana give il despsir This
document s one OF the most encouraging things have
seen. 1t speaks out and shows that most enter
rrising and ineliisent liquor dealers begin to see
ried, (Cheers) They mark the sgns of the times,
and ses danger to their trade. Up and maks them /
The Rev. Dr. TsNa was next ext introduced lie said
ne who drinks nothing bot cold water will not be
1iroid Of comparison WITH tic interGperate You ell,
perhaps, remember one Of the incident, Of General 1
rayorg camp6ign IN Mexico 1t was said that he /
riea his whlkey In jug without bottom -end the /
.ayiTs became quito celebrated oEs. lie rejoce1 that
e principles oi cold weter bad not prevented this very
e'pectabe gathering here TO- night. Not all the threat
rrga q the other party, nor al ts difficulties OF the
nuddg ttIses Of New York or which he ado thought,
hy might partly thenk the rum rslers and drink
vs. sll TIE difficulties of tha dropping dew from
leaYea ebcve have prevented II getting O highly
tspecstle meeting here 10 uig ht-a moeliag az msn,
Tegy one q whom hae m61e Ip bis mind on this |
utjtct, and is determi0tc to corry is out with |
,en lird ie more i9sing--but of American oak, |
oue XVI once Leeyd il his palace at Versailles great
lcito ir ter.E, and he remarked 10 his MinsteT This
mat be reTolto NE, tlren replied TIE Minister ut
q reTolutionD SO wth us OR cause "a not revolt,
u revolution end i must result Ia tho essbshusnt
fbery. Revolutions besin not with tbs upper cassas,
mt amoug The hsgd working portions CT the community,
'ho feel the evils Of bad laws. The who dwell in
Gxury do not desire revolutions ttose who sleep on
eds of down and drink wire cut Of bowls Of iyOTy do
lot desire rsvolutiors but revolution starts With that
lass which doubly feels the evil q permitting prohi.
ate few to ride the community and VINO arrogany
ttempt to act the motto OF Lous XIV, that the
eople was made Tor the King They cali our efforts
evolution. and let 1t be The revolution has conl
peDGed not soBg the higher oasfes of the community
tut with thoss who feel the real necessity for change
Would you suppose. when attempt to carry out
bi. revolution, thst would begin With tns men l
sho profit By the syil! in the depths Of society |
re 10 be found and dug out the materials 70
cmeLt ana elevate the social ard political world
When the Maine law passed be hesrd q II with pride
nd Qualification and they have been working to get 1t
afed ia this stststhey have long fought this batto
4 erpcrance, and now they were approaching what |
lie krencnracn call the coup IL gdccthe Msine Law 1t
ppcaTed TO him that this Law Is well named, for IL Is
efilY the r. maPna 1he Maize law Is "a be the grand
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