New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-03

! dITeuf An6 YOU NAV az well DO leave i with
ou sanction. The law which f. Dot followed b sane
tor IL blnIE payer. 7Ior slql no, kV q" That Z.
lie ifw. VIA, then, II Won do XII Nothing Let II
,'ts That e. eoinen OF law without a sanction
| l. tlou desifoyost the le Of by brother thine life
hall srsvei for t. Bred down HE liberty and thine
ovn Il Gil le iumhled 70 d. grogad We have APPS
Dictated evoui tie violation By one nan - the
iiglis ard ID .ie Il anoheT shall orh lnge penal
statute, aid thus II p1ce eject pronolnee that there
Il all be law Al! Try the experiment, and Low
! you j al cone sL. Of II.
doubt no ny ri,nd from Bel-iun would 90 with ne
fearsl ~ 'Iiial IuIisimeni ! would not kil every
rnseeT, who IroIalaios, a. I'D do murderou inebrisy
hut woI H. mel him feel p naly measured his Of
f,Ise, nd cslculatod 70 stop It.
The otler the obi ofions have adverted 70
ron Tie Iuns61T imslh II IL in this i1Tm: Genie
mn, fiitrds Of Temperance tske word II counsel
";r' a tue end. You mistake entirely the way in
"wLoh Ills cause Is 10 be carried on Consider II Is
moral catse and therefore must be fErthersd by moral
"ileIces aloIe. Do Dot let it in-er.4re with politics
b. moment Il does Il is degraded the pure ernae Is
"fuitd tie 1Ig,lo llhtrtceives blot upon herWn-s
1l8Ik you e niemeni There i an old maxim in
tey. tile sc,nee OF war "Fos et q Ct '0s'e d0cri 4
?, Tfh 10 toke hssoH ereH trom an emmy have DO
Goubi i tie OF nion Of every rumseeT New York that
il pe1l.ng tie whole bring into the field II
Ioi,s eke the counsel and, with IT, the ground that
Leof pToiNHion Is noel acton, maintain hat there
lot that auagonifm IMP ed between moral ami political
eoioI ard now my argument i 70 that point, W nd
disIbuse tie unity the mistake made thereon What
II mora act do not know how better to define it than
tlus.-tn act resulting from consisting in, the activity
not claiacfrze sn act Of the RrrmeR GHy but OF the
nchrs. Pardon the metaI hysics Of my arguments /
lo LCp IT, i II out of place for there before
neiiI yolans, uat Is men and wont who have under
saIdiIg. Let give an Illustration. Suppose drunken
eeLbOT goes int The wOOc-, ties cord round his neck,
ana 70 tee, and hangs himself | ind him 80. What
Hall do Lave him to lis bery-to hi- free viii TO de-
riloy himself Humanity says " NJ. What do do
IeiaIs undeItake TO unite the knot bat, finding
take out my jack knife, cut the rope anu let him
down. l. that a moral action, o. his life
VIII not DEFEND my own judgment. viii take the
sense Of this sensible meeting Whgeyer thinks it IS
moral action, say ay. Ay from the whole house, Con
nary. silence. The ayes have it it moral &C
ton. Next, let where lies the morality In my
jack knife No In my hand No! In any part Of my
animal organization! No trace it back to the moral
sentiment; the love of neighbor Am right Put
he house before, and carried We have another
illustration in the story Of the good Samaritan Let US
vary that little let suppose that instead of there
wae twenty men found in Peous plight cut down by ban
e1olams, "ohl come frst to my aid! Another
means, All give me help What now dyes the good
Samaritan do He puts spurs to his horse dashes down
to Jericho finds the council of that city in session. and
cries Magistrates and fathers of this city, want you to
sond surgeons, any kind Of aid you to make
Appropriation for the sufferers The magistrates say
YES there thousand dollars for their relief Is that
moral action On the part OF the magistrates OF Jericho
' oed So by the meeng You say that is moral in the
J,riohoit,s Now Jericho was city city is called in
Greek polls, whence. the adjective poieos, OF city
whence the words politics and political which appca
bic any municipal corporation and may be used from
town council up TO the Congress OF the United States
ask, is political and moral action incumbent in any
poration Voted by the housed Therefore where a mu
nicpaiy takes action in favor OF humanity there at once
political and moral action. Ihat as the aRsrer.
My neghbor hangs TO tree Am to indulge any very
moral sentiment and leave him there How is he the bet
ter of that But when carry out my good feeling AM
molly by my arm, and mechanically by my jack knife
lcn DO right otherwise leave the world no better
gratifying myself this very individual sentiment which
is pre- oous small matter.
My friends what do we do in this Convention We AK
law protect the wife and family of the incorporate
We ak it from kind feelings to our fellow
tot Tho nil
that in the present fOm OF society except through pO
cul Organization, and God places where to do
Moral sentiment carried ont by political organization
is my argument. IL your opinion If So vote It. Put
to The meeting and passed without dissent
Wei then, if | am wrong, you are wrong too; we are
all in the predicament Thus the objection tried by
metal hysis ana moral administration, is futile, therefore
fiom you OH rumsellers except you mean to be
laughed at We keep ourselves moral action
There is other objection. Gentlemen is vain for
"you to talk TO the drunken of reform by making il
penal for himto get drunk in other words You cannot
cary out moral object by physical force or, in other
words STILL you force in through the gate of
heaven the point Of the bayOnet" know it, and am
glad We cannot
ropy you do not understand our object We ask
law analogous the Maine Law. not with an immediate
view to the drunkad he not named in the law al
ludtd 10. To whom then, il the law directed To the
Gunkmd maker. We appeal to the poor drunken man,
and he admits his fault, but pleads want of manhood
10 resist. Here are men, the business of whose
lives is TO tempt him. Society says We cannot stand
out as advocates of Temperance II is the business of
% the State, not to save men souls but to protect
IN the Cnlny1nt III oil their Here let me
BE- undertook il possible Religion has one function. 10
bring light of darkness the state has another
protect every individual in the protection of his rights
then the State has discharged its duty the law says
II, "tuH6fHS Qrcfo.
Now the State every parent in the community has
right the services of his children male and female
therefore il is wrong withdraw children from the discp
line, Dfuence, instruction Of their parents and TO de
liye them Of their services lis as between husband
ind wife and wife and husband II is the business of the
State protect husbands wives parents and children I'LL
this is done the work of the State is not done.
Tie State itself has right say Il demand the
vices OF every Of my citizens, and therefore have
right t. his condition of body and mind and
in Justice to myself may say every this is
"uIdcI my have right 10 his services, and you
shall not unfit him to render them.
The State knows nothing OF the conscience. Of that sin
HE account of which lies between and God That is
Ii YOU deprive me, any whom protect of that which
lis their due am right in Furnishing you That Is my
argument.
The audience, understanding that each speaker linn
tied 10 half an hour showed impotence and though Mr.
Pupont seemed TO have say. and the Chairman
explained that speakers not limited but requested
Limit then selves, Mr. z. gave way and sat down.
TIE PREsDENr-I have the pleasure of introducing
10 this Convention. the speaker who for simple
ty and uprightness of character make all compliments
from fr,m any one, observation-disclosures MoTT
of Philadelphia
The President left the chair and politely escorted Mrs
Mott The stand amid the hearty applause of the aud
fence. When silence restored she proceeded 10 ad
dIoss he audience as follows;
You have had this cause presented in many forms
and in SO WAYS that there indeed little /
left and little necessity for any additional remarks Ii
has been presented in is comic well in its trag
ic dress and has had the harmony of sounds
to commend il 10 you. 1t has had political appeals
not little and moral appeals-wogd that | could say |