The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-20


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UNGALLANT CONDUCT OF THE WATER DRINKERS
GIVING THE LADIES Com SnouLDEn.-The
Convention Of the New York State Temperance Al
hauce held in Syracuse, and made up Of the law
yers divnes, editors and philosophers Of the party,
have just displayed an instance Of oppression, mar
row.miudedness, and ingrattude towards their best
friends--Le ladies-which deserves the reprobation
OF I'll honorable minds, and signal retaliation
/ On Friday last, the question was raised and de-
bated the right of women to take part in their
/ proceedings, and, to the CONSERVATION and great
offence Of the ladies, il ruled by the convention
that it was unconstitutional to permit them to speak
or vote ia the meetings of the society. Such exc
cradle conduct could only have proceeded from men
whose minds are never inspirited or frightened up
into glorious impulses by the generous juice of the
grape. IL was, indeed, an act of black ingrattude,
! because the Temperance Alliance owes its position
principally to the smiles and approval, and contri
buttons Of the ladies' and, in return for all this it
now turns round, adlerlike, and stings the tender
| bosoms which had tended and cherished it in its
| weakness aud hclpessness But such has always
been human experience in regard to those who
assume to be possessed of all the cardinal virtues
1t has been generally found that those who profess
10 be pre-eminently virtuous and pous-who occu-
~ high places in The synagogues, and who set
themselves up as preachers, and philosophers, and
| roiormers Of society-too often conceal, under
the outer garb of sanctiy the cloven foot of frand
and yillany "Hypocries, they make clean the
outside of the cup and of the platter but The inside
is full of rottenness and deceit
The conduct of the State Temperance Convention
will naturally ALLEVIATE from their cause those who
have been hitherto their chief friends and sup
portcrs Z he ladies will, doubtless retaliate, and
may be the gu cire for indignation meet
| ngs, and extra sessions of womens rights con-
ventions, to deuounce the base inglatitude of the
cold water drinkers, and to withdraw their coun-
tenance and support from the Maine Liquor law
party. The secession of the ladies, Joined to the
defeats which the party has recently met in
Connecticut and New Hampshire, will entirely ex-
tingush it, unless, indeed, it may receive fresh
impulse from the coalition of the abolition utras
| Of the whig and democratic parties, in case they
should bolt from the Baltimore nominations, and
ANAL gamate with tho Maine Liquor law men, re-
solving themselves into new political faction, with
John p. Hale, of New Hampshire, as their candi-
date for the Presidency If this coalition, however,
does not take place, then we may calculate on the
rapid decline Of the teetotal league, and its prema
ture death from inaniton. The temperance spout
ers, lay clerical, will be unable to muster up
audiences, and the next anti temperance demon
stration in Metropolitan Hall will not number more
Than eight ladies' Another very desirable result
which viii follow from the ungallant proceedings Of
the Syracuse Convention is, that it will prove most
I iudisIutably, to all those ladies who have been
lattcry maniiestng little eccentrcites of dress and
! behavior, and talking Of womaus rights and be-
liovpg in humbug reformers, that, after all. their
best and truest friends to be found among those
| who have always remained free from the influence
of socialism, abolitionism, teetotalisn sprituasm,
and woman's rightism. Thus, the insult offered to
| the ladies by the Temperance Convention will
probably result in the demolition Of both parties.
The Maine Liquor law men will return to rum and
common sense, and the ladies will look after house
hold affairs, and repair their husbands pants.