The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-11
vhe Teetosal DensnstrAtasn Last Night.
Churches yersus Greg Rhops.

'he Teetosal Demonstration Last Night
Churches versus Greg Shops.
We publish to day . full report Of the proceed
Bgs Of the Temperance Demonstr alton ct Metro |
politan Hall last evening 1t viii DO read with deep
interest by all classes.
This movement 10 now beginning to exhibit .
very important phase, which will attract to it the
attention Of the whole public. 1t has enlisted the
clergy its side, and the struggle is henceorth to
be between one hundred and fifty churches sad
their parssns, allied with the socialist in6dsls led
by the TStbs.sse. On one side and the othe- the
Eve thousand grog shops, with their projectors,
and an army of walters, amounting 70 fifteen thou
sand, making twenty theusand strong IN all, be-
sides their families, connections and frierds-num-
bering not less than one hundred theusand--all
which formidable array is backed By the whig
politicians, who have hitherto mans ed the pr-
mary elections through the agency OF intoxicating
drinks of every description. II is mixed, moral
and political warfare-morality the means-poli-
tics the end 1t is struggle for the control of tho
nominations, and for political influence; and mo.
rality, religion, and Gsd himself arc invoked to
aid the good cause. Who can foretel the result of
such contest for principles! On this side, piety
and prayer, and heaven and socialism, and spri-
tual manifestations. On that side, rum and
rowdyism, and curses, and bloodshed, and death
and hell The fervent, efectual prayer of the
righteous man availeth much-by fasting and sup
plication, signs and wonders have been wrought,
and may be wrought again. We read in the Bible,
that long Moses was able to hold up his hands
in prayer to heaven the army Of Israel prevailedover
Amalek; and when his hands fell down from weari-
the enemy prevailed In order to keep his hands
elevated, Aaron and Hur held them up steady till
the going down OF the sun, and Joshua discounted
Analek and his people with the edge Of the sword.
Only let the parsons pray as steadily, holding up
their hands from the rising to the setting Of the
sun, or If they should weary, let them be held up,
and victory will crown the struggle Of virtue, and
morality, and religion, against Elm, and vice, and
corruption, and the enemy, though numerous, will
vanish {" like snow in the glance of the Lord"
Not only win tho publicans and gross sinners be
defeated by the result Of this struggle if the clergy
only pray hard enough, but large class Of wine
merchants who deal in the ungody traffic, will have
to close their stores, dismiss their employees, and
seek for some other investment for their capital;
and thus heavy pressure will be felt upon other
descriptions Of business, and tho monetary aud
financial interests will be seriously afected-so
great revolution in religion and morality politics
and commerce, will this temperance movement lead
to, if those who are engaged in it faithful to
their principles and will persevere to the end. If
the clergy Of Gotham and its vicinity will pray as
long and as earnestly as Moses and Elias, and the
apostles and prophets, they will be equally success
full for the Deity changes nohe is the same yester
day, to- day. aud forever. Let them, therefore, grid
up their loins, and keep their lamps trimmed and
burning, and let them "pr&y without ceasing,"
and sure as the prayer o. Joshua caused the sun
to stand still upon Gideon, and the moon in the
valley of Aalon, till the people of the Lord avenged
Themselves upon their enemies, so sure will the par
sons and the politicians Of the Greeley school, and
the neral reformers and teetotallers, triumph over
every obstacle II the movement was confined to
the inide socialists alone neither luck nor erase"
could attend it. But the clergy are the salt Of
the earth,' who will purify that wicked mass; and
as God would have saved Sodom from destruction
il ten rig hteous men could be found in it, 80 will he
give success to this movement for the sake of the
pous parsons who battling for it by fasting, and
prayer, and preaching. But they must keep at the
good work, and never flag till the victory is won
And when they lave succeeded in demelishing the
grog shops, they must Immediately commence an
onslaught upon the other strongholds of Satan-the
houses of i'll fame, the gambling dens, the lottery
Offices, the theatres and operas, and all other de-
scriptions Of amusement having tendency to tho
deprivation Of morals, and the seduction of men
rom the narrow path that leads to the kingdo Of
heaven. The good time is coming, when i. will
not be necessary for those Mormons, scattered
through the Eastern States, to seek the New Jeru.
salem beyond the deserts in the far West we shall
have as good Jerusalem here, and the communi.
"a
and other mediums" will be just as perfect and
complete it is in the holy city Of the territory Of
Utah.
EDITORS QUARRELs-THE MAN AND THE Mon
KEY The public have now been amuse "a for some
time with the continuous quarrelling and wrangling
between little Raymond and the venerable Mr.
Webb. They have become at length quite per-
sonal, and the ordinations and recriminations OK
changed between them must be exceedingly COM
Portable. Raymond may be likened to q monkey,
prying int everything continually cha.terng over
small discoveries, and always very busy about very
Insignificant trifes. In fact he is the monkey
editor, chatterng and skipping about, and playing
the very mischief among the crockery. In his quar-
rel with Mr.. Webb, he has been disclosing some
confidential matters, very much to the chagrin Of
our discreet and modest Wall street cotemporary.
One Of the last questions in dispute between
them is, whether Mr. Webster, in failing to
vote for Mr.. Webb, as Charge to Vienna
was absent from the Senate By accident or de.
sign. Upon this point we apprehend there is
little difficulty, Mr.. Webster having been in the
Senate that afternoon, as we understand, and
thus very conveniently situated to vote for Mr..
Webb, had he thought proper to remain AT all
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