The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-21

THE STATE TEMPERANCE ADMINISTRATION OF
OFFICERS, ETC.
ALBANY, jan 20, 1858.
The State Temperance Aianse eassembled at O'Clock
this afternoon committee Of eight, from each ju
dical district appointed to nominate officers of the
Alliance for the ensyng The Executive Committee
reported amendments enlargng said committee &c.
which were adopted.
The commitAse nominations reported the following
for officers of the Alliance =
For President-R- N. Havens
Vice I'yesidents-S. r Townsend Bradford r. Wood,
II. H. Chapman, L. =. Noble, John Miller, John W. Saw
yer, and Charles S. shepard.
Recording Secc7aary-John G. Smith
Irtas,uer-James 0. Bennett.
Cotnselors-Andrew Leslie Edward Corning r. T. Trail
David Il. Lent Otis Allen John Vandyke, Samuel s Bea
men, b. j. Clark o. b. Pierce J. J. Whitman, VIM. Sher
{. Bloss, and Geo. w. johnson.
The above gentlemen unanimously elected, and
the Alliance adjourned.
GENERAL. MEETING-DRAFT OF AN ANTILIQUoR
BILL FOR THE LEGISLATURE, ETC.
Another meeting, comprising the Friends of the ALI
ance The State Society, Sons and all sorts of temperance
folks VAS Immediately organized by the appointment of
Mr.. Havens President, and Mr. Chambers as Secre-
tary consider the subject Of presenting the Legisa
turc with draft of an anti liquor bill The subject was
referred committee, composed of the following gen
tlemen :-Messrs Bradford X. Wood of Albany Reuben
waworth and William Haig, of Saratoga r. \. Havens,
Of New York; Herman Camp of Tompkins; John Savage
of Oneda John c. Smith, of Kings; Leonard Gibbs, OF
Washington E D. Culoer, of New York; J: d. Husbands
Ia I. N,
Gatskil and $. P. Townsend, of New York
The meeting then adjourned.
sTrIg ANOTHER MEETING - SPEECH WARD
BEECTER,
public meeting under the auspices Of the State Tom
rerance Alliance was held in the State street Baptist
Church this evening" DR. Beecher of this city presiding
The Rev HENRY WARD BEEorlER introduced, and
said-No little interest induced him to be present felt
as much interest he had when the day
he spoke directly perishing of their spiritual
interests We were about to have Waterloo battle but
he did not know to whom victory would come, but 1t
would be either & for rum :. or Temperance If temp:
TO retrieve the vantage ground already realized;
and if we gained, twenty thousand years would
would not be sufficient for the rumseers to recover
their position. The temperance movements commenced
bout years before he born and he felt proud
that his father was the FIRST person to commence it, lie
briefly reviewed the history Of temperance reform and
coming down to the subject OF the Maine law, he said
"we propose to enact that crime making is criminal
do not suppose the Maine lew will work Miracles but
judicious law-one which constitutional and law rats
will not be able to creep out ofwil 10 much to destroy
the enormous evils which we have 10 lament. wnen
right for society to protect itself by penal enacmens
He explained the nature Of sumptuary laws and showed
that the Maine law not of that class that it did not
forbid the OF alcohol in any shape but merely
yded that shall not traffic in itcasng it with gun.
powder and poisons Here disturbance occurred
on account OF false alarm regard 10 the safety Of the
building, which had been raised by some vicious person
Quiet having been restored, he showed that the oppos
ton Of the rumseers good evidence OF the proprety
of the proposed law. Their oucry not occasioned
by the fear the law not being executed but because they
1t would be executcdnot the OF
York, perhaps but in the OF few years. The
victory the country would be easy but whore there
large commercial interests there would be second battle
and every year we would be gaining II we get the law
and it stands five years al would sing pGons in its praise
After fair trial il it proves Intellectual then repeal It, but
before condemning give it fair trial. Legislators who
say the people are not ready have by their showing
but little fear they pass it. subject to the people
approval But they knew the peqnle would approve it.
or as he called them oiy old fogiesn oppose the law
Sporting gentlemen, who frequent watering paces-in
cudng as they do backlegs--are opposed to IT, Many
but not ali, who drink are opposed to all who are
all who are commercially interested in It opposed
Take out these to night and there would be very little
orrosition The money interest Is the opposition when
the devil wanted to make his masterpiece to do his very
best, he made liquor and liquor sellers The commercial
yond conception and all IL arrayed against the law The
pre.sge Of victory is first God is with us We must
succeed Hundreds Of thousands oI men have prayed "