The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-19

asylum which we want to see built mn In oomnsr,on
with such an institution the Crystal Palace with
Oil lie wonders OF nature and art Is but chlds toy.
Gentlemen there are two conditions each necessary to
support intsmperance-appetite and opportunity Take
away appetite, and men shall walk unscathed among its
nres but take away the opportunity aud them though
they are consumed by dres yet will this absence Of op
escape unharmed 1t is not in the power of statesmen
or legislators to knoct depraved appetite the head,
head 1t not In the power Of human being to des
troy the vicious appetite OF the community, but they
can destroy brandy casks and whkey barrels TbenI say
we cannot destroy the appettes-if We cannot play
Jupiter with theseet US play Jupiter with the oppor
tuDity, and abolish it He said, little time ago,
eprts-wel had not you better put the ardent spirits
into the coffin than put it into the father and neither
plain that ardent fpirits poured into hs gutter
better that 1t should be than poured into msn and
then to throw men and all into the gutter. But until
we can accomplish this great scheme Of making the
whole territory of this State temperance tsrritory-til
We can live In such temperate this hold
that we have right 10 live In the temperate socially
AID morally rs well Is geographcaly-let bring
oil the force we can to bear upon the great GLASSES
with more effect than upon legislators aud statesmen
THINK Tor moment what vast power is vested ia
Statesmen and esiistors In them is vested the
OF peace and war--lfe and death of the people Our
worldly prospects, and our worldly ruin In their
hands and they often send out the angel Of health an
the apge OF disease to bless or alict mankind such
men ought to be temperate Would you entruss
your life to master of ship who is nten perate--
would you trust your life an intemp crate engnesr
or would you go to an intemperae ocust TO have an
operation performed on your eye? If you would not,
then why would you entrust to egsate for all the
great ntererts Of the land who are themselye irte
peiate say that the lestlaor elected the suppo-
sition OF bis talents and character who destroys his
talents ana character deceiyes his constituents they
were the conditions on which they elected hini
And what right has he to abolish them, and to turn
constituents elected beast, In despotic government
people are sometimes compelled to endure intemperate
ceive Of no circumstances why an int.mperats man
houo hoid power or ONCE except under Incorporate
constituency 1t was therefore, good point which had
been made by member CT Congress-, who seen in
Pennsylvania Avenue, holding himself up by . pump
handle in the street friend who him In this cond-
ton, asked him what he doing there "Oho said
he am representing my constituents My friends
there are mighty talents and power which God has
sent great and glorious natures, which he intended
as guides for mankind, who could evoke the hidden
and unknown things and make them plain-who could
bring order out Of ohaos-but yet who embruts
themselves so as to become like the swine in the
streets That is crime against humanity and God
nave eeen and you have many great who have
sunk in the midst of their high careerwho have des
troyed the antcpations Of all their friends tbs
race and though nature had given them powers which
should have been at full and active play eighty years
OF sge long before that time they struck down net
Ike ship in the trough of the but like swine on the
land. We have all seen such individuals-nen tur-
charged with such powerful energis, that in the prime
OF NE even chioroform coud not put them TO eep-and
yet after of dssouenes not even brandy could
wake them up That class has great duties to perform
to the couny and therefore 1t to see
these who occupy the position OF legislators DESTROYING
her powers and not only doing that but spreading
before the community vicious examples for your cdrs9
and children to initiate they come upon the staye
OF life You see that every ntempsrate dyests himself
OF al NJ reason and even the wit of Incorporate man
IL always foolish The younger Sheridan when his phy-
scian told him that If he iuued In his disipated
cour.e he would destroy the coats Of his Oh ro-
pied that then his stomach must digest food In its
waistcoat (Laughter.) had the peasurs some short
time snce, to be present on festive occasion at dis
thpce from New England when hesrd-as often did
for twenty-five years back-a greet cry from the chair
of"Gentlemen I'LL glasses for the next toast and
the gls,se, were filed and emptied too with more
lery than ever You saw buckets at fire the conse
who hour wouid ReSe thGns it an ini
tolerabe ndigniy not to have been called gentlemen
these two hundred men exhibited wit the most vapd
sentimen the most maydley, and that which not
vigorous thought but galvanized they howl
Ing sbouting gestcuating roaring and eaping like
many freshly scaded devils st is strange that
should put enemy into his mouth steal away his
sensesn 1t is therefore truth which experience OBJ
force than any other, that they should elect
any Office Of egation of judcaure, of any branch
Of the government whoever suffers himself t. be
taken by that vice Of intoxicaton
Rev. Mr. DovLrSc then read the following letter.
Assembly CHAMBER, ALBANY, Feb II, 1852.
regret that public business will prevent my being
With you to morrow evening The Committee on Excise,
of which have the honor Of being chairman,
preparing their report and bill, which will be presented
to the Assembly on Friday. About 100000 names have
been received from different parts of the State. Our
cur watchword IT, MAINE law or none and NAV Ged
grant US the victory. will offer a sentmept-' The
Legislature who passed the Maine lawMay their exam
pie be followed by every lawmaker in the land who
nnowledges tho supremacy Of the stars aud stripes
The third toss % was next read aThs Cau.e Of Tenn.
perance-Equally identified with mans present happ
ness and future hopes and essenal to the universal
prevalence Of true religion let those whe In the
elevated spheres Of life be strong show themselves men
and be always ready to endure hardness COED soldiers
The Rev T. L. CuYLyR Of Trenton, N J., responded to
the toast. He said-I shall detsn the audience but
very few moments while offer two or three remarks
upon the sentiment which has been just placed In my
hand. If understand it rightly it brings out those
grea. things for us to rememberFrst That warfare
nest struggling warfare; in the next place whoever
would overcome must risk life and limb; and, lastly,
the man who would succeed in the struggle must |
be man like John Knox who never feared the |
face OF man l have somewhere read, that during |
the energetic Of T..
French squadron On certain dark midnight he told
take it' The night was dark and it blew great
guns, the pilot trembed and demonstrated "sir,n
by demonstrating, l command that you will lay
me alone,ide the French admiral The com
three hours that squadron had gone to the bortom
temperance en- only say that you demand to be laid
ons sds s rum SEWERS M % S IN
(Cheer and aughter Isay it will go hard with us the
black flag does not come down TO the waters edge
action and must keep from going under lee shore
Perls have. Coming out from the magnificent hall
passed an establishment brilliant tnis where the
chandeliers trimmed and where fathers sons and
daughters tempted to destruction Next door to IL
was one Of popular theatres and that founded
Men 60 down every night to the pit of desruc-
tion and here pass to political head quarters know
Maine law as Of the small pox. (Laughterl We
have to 6ght politics with eur hands (Cheers)
went little further abroad and turned to the
shorter animals, where the concealed serpent lies
tho bottom may add that We have yet to fight the
opposition Of fashion, and We must fght the 80 called
the conservatism Of the noble Hudson
which forces itself TO rush towards tho ses-a true
atism-but the conservatism OF dismal swamp,
over which broods death All what an abused word
that conservatism is cannot but think Of . scene
which occurred time ago In the Pennsylvans Le-
eisiaure, where bill intro 1uced to rebuild an Or
phan Asylum. Said Of the members, Let us sus-
pend the passing OF ct once for 1t is bad precedent
and will be turned against 1t Is contrary to the old
ussgesn And he spoke for half hour and quenched
cut all the humanity in that body; but fellow rose
up before the body, his lips trembling with fear" Mr.
Speaker said he, Let pass 1t before the
aches shall have grown cold for the orphans" and
L. o..rh In raln. L