The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-06-24

Massachusetts, State Temperance Convention.
Grana Rally or AnG-Liquor Men at Spring-
field.
FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER.
srRIsGnnD, Mass, June %, 1853.
EVENING sEssIoS-FIRsr DAY.
Notwithstanding the tact that the heat Of the weather
had considerably sbatsd, and extra handbnls were posted
about the streets, the people in Springfield manifested
the most supreme contempt for the Convention, and the
hall wss not 70 full in the evening as it had been in the
afternoon. A few Of the fair sex, however, honored the
Maine acs with their pr essence.
The proceedings were opened With prayer b. Rev. Lyman
Bescher, Of Boston.
The resolutions having been read again, J. B. MgRwINE,
cfConnec lieut., took the floor, as he said, to say a word upon
down troddsn, rum drinking Connecticut He paid several
other compliments OF the same Kid to his native State.
He also wanted to know If it was true that there we're be-
tween forty and fifty g~roggeries in Springfield "a voi,e
400 truei") This mad been stated in the Connecticut
Legislature, and this was the worst bio ' that the friends
OF the Law had ever had. The opponents of the law had
stated that it was foolish TO pass a law that could not be
executed in Massachusetts,. Mr.. Merwine got up very
high in the skies of metaphor, and fell down as suddenly
rs he rose.
The ..star'' of the evening, Rev. Mr. WoLcoTr, OF Provi-
dence, now came forward and vas recei sed Sitn consider
able applause. Mr. Woicott apoogised for coming across
the State line. and said be had been irreslstably drawn to
this place. He now found himse self, for the fourth time
this year, occupying the platform OF u Maine Law cen
yention. He knew net that ne could say anything new
on this subject, bus he begged the indulgence Of the
audience, while he said Q few words in the cause nearest
to his heart 1t is a curious fact in the m raj govern
ment Of God, that every great entey prise had its kindred
causes and afinities. This was illustrated py the sim de
story which has nov arrested the attention OF the world.
lApplause), which though at first was only intended as the
simple protest of q gente and femiaine heart against q
foul abuse, bad now been used to teach the lessons of
freedom 70 all the nations, and which mad been added oy
In - r. "A nj RnmA m n ax mn ua fnru .pta~ h
of the chair of st. Peter being a~stonished by the little vol
nme known as Uncle Toms CABIN. (Cneers aud applauss)
1t was as well illustrated by the temperance cause The
day was carried long ago In the field of the progress, and
the great results of this enterprise were unthought Of
when it was commenced FIRST ii had imbued the pulpit
and the press Win the spirit of enlarged philanthropy.
TO back thirty years and examine any collection OF ser.
mons, and you will End them filed with nothing but the
illogical dogmas. l would be the last to oppose the ee-
ments of theology, but there could bs no Christianity
without humanity. and there was need of more charity
in the pulpit, and this had been brought a,out by
Temperance and reform. The first sermon that was
PREACHED on this subject was in 1905, when q poor man
was found dead, frozen in the snow, with a jug Of rum BY
his side. This was q new theme for this pious Connect
cut divine he preached and published HIS discourse on
the evil effects Of ardent splits. and since thst. time this
cause had brought the pull pit daily in conjunction with
the popular heart, so that it is nov singular 10 End
q divine who wraps bimssf in rigid conserva-
tism. and now the pulpit makes itself heard against
fashionable vice. The same might be said Of the press.
Once the brilliant creations OF genius lacked that delica.
cy which Low characterizes them; aud the same is true
with regard to editors, even OF newspapers, whose aims
are political and commercial, and whose columns arc al.
WAYS open to temperate DISCUSSIONS upon this, as well as
other subjects. In other high places this influence -as
also felt, and 1t had now become an axiom that the rights
of humanity should be the IDEAL of q Christian republic.
<~Applause) The first principle of every government was
TO protect its citizens. and even IN the deserts Of the East
the American flag was res pected; why should we not be
protected at homer Foreign enemies were no more to be
dreaded than insiaious domestic foes, and in consecrat-
ing our legislation to 50 noble a purpose as the Maine
law, one of the greatest ends OF gosernu.en. was an
swered. Mr.. Wolcott closed by CONTEMPLATING the Con-
vention upon the brilliant prospects of the cause. Its
march was onward and upward.
Rau nr JauN 1npn n pitt.6old fnllom nod NJ Todd,
speech was epinentiy practical, He announced that he
WAS one of the old guard in the temperance army, hav-
brandy sling mi1ea on a coffin. with the dead in it; and
the hardest work he ever bad was 10 abolish rum at
whole town WAS m~ortgaged, and all for rum. Wnen they
found out their responsibilities they became q ae~ peo.
PIE. This little seed had grown up into a large tree, and
1t Was not astonishing. We are not yet satisfied with the
Maine law; We want thai it should spread all over the
world. srd that the people should be educated to it; lie.
us have the las twenty five years, and this nation will
stand higher, freer, and nobler, than any nation that
ever looked up to heaven. True, some objections are
made against the Law, AID our great cities, New York
and Boston, stand up against it. WhyS 1t is the power of
short sighted Nammon: he cannot see that he
would be richer with the law than wi,hou it. Let US have
the law rs years and Aammop himself sll like IL, Whether
he does or does not, we VIII have the law, and New York
and Boston may as well know it The secoad difficulty,
it il urged, Is that the law cannot be executed. Why
notS hannibal led the armies IF Carthage over the Alps,
and thunoered at the gate, Of Rome, on vinegar and wa
ter, and cannot you Bunker Hill folks do rs muchy There
lisa cold WAFER generation coming up, (applause,l and they
will teach people the lag They are Sazarites from thar
mothers womb; they are no longer bora IN rum they no
longer live and die III rum. 1t Will all be right bye and
bye. Our hope is il progress-in the spread of universal
humanity. The light shall come, though not perhaps in
our day.
Mir. KELLOGG, of Ohio, was the las. speaker of the even
ing. He is a good stump orator, but mis- speech was a
great falling of from the polished address which prece-
ded IL be gave DR.. Beecher a stropg puff for his six
short ser mons on the use of ardent spirits. an eccenrrici
ty in which all the speakers INDUCED a great many times;
twas rather tedious after the twenty fifth time or so. The
reporter suffered 30 much from Mr.. Kellogg's speech, that
he will not bore the Herald readers with any portion fit
The convention adjourned, at ten O'Clock, till nine
O'Clock Thursday morning.