New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-23
Nem'21otk Daily Gribnne,
TEMPERANCE.

CauaI-st Total Abstinence Benevolent Society
speeches of &. q. Burieish, Lucy stone' &c.
This Association of practical workers IN the lem
persnce Reform, who hold weekly Sunday Evening meet
ings at the new Hail. in Spring st whereby they do much
good TO the USE They held meeting of more than or
binary interest Sunday evening last The Hall was vel
filed and the meeting called to order by MORRIS De
CAMP Esq who made few very appropriate observations
in the of which he remarked that Society had
Interesting meetings in that Hall during the past SIX months
that these meetings had been well attended and they had
been fortunate in procuring the services OF good spe kers
but on hateyeDg he to announce that they had
been more than ordinarily fortunate The speaker TO
the action ofthe National Temperance Delegates at the Brick
Church in EXCLUDING the female delegates from Anticipation
in their proceedings and decidedly dssent+d from the
course pursued by the iron majority there assembled Inc
Platform of Total Abstinence IS wide enough for all true
friends Of Temperance to stand uponand this Society cor
daily invite and thankfully accept the assistance and CO.
operation Of any and all who feel disposed 70 hep on the
pooo cause either by word deed and stop not to inquire
whether they be Wings Democrats whe her they be OF
this or that gous faith whether they bemae or female
The female portion of community feel most keeny the
crushing effects OF the run radici and II some more
and daring than HE rest desire 10 raise their
voices, with view TO staying its terrible ravsges-ii hey
desire 10 speak subject IN which they are so deeply
interested why should they mott Wherever Woman can
do anything for advancement and welfare Of the human
race and feels Dpeed TO speak or act there her proper
plseethere is her legitimate sphere Mr. Decsmp repealed
the Total Abstinence pledge of the Society and INTRO
duced Mr. CHAs C. BURLEIGH who made one of the most
the pleasure OF listening 10 for many day We shall
only attempt brief outline OF Mr.. Bureighs remarks
lie said be had 10 tel the ladies and gentlemen
present the importance Of temperance nor the effect Of
temperance upon the minds morals health and prosperity
of the individual the neghbOrhood the State and the na
on tor they all had for themselves that the social
and domestic affections selfrespect moral purity phisn
ihropy patriotism all wther and fade before this bghng
pestleIce Notwithstanding the welfare Of nations had
been sacrificed the altar Of this grim Moloch there was
yet hope that the tide Of ruin and desoaon which was car
ryng nuay 900 victims 10 a drunkards grave, might
not only be stayed but turned back. Inc remedy was
very simple and had been embodied in the Total Aosl,
nence Pledge of this Society. Ii were ide-experience
and common attest the tactic talk OF any enecua
remedy short of total abstinence. This IS clearly and
felt by the Temperance Reformers bat there still large
class who do not recognise this truth But that mtemPe
scourge and curse IS undisputed NO one mas
the hardihood to deny this The verest sot the most
stold drunkard acknowledged He knows by terrible
experience We only by observation We see him BY de
grees changed from intelligent and anabe gentleman
ragged blOated Drawing drunkard We see hun stag
gerDg into cutters and walowng with SWINE We can see
the broken windows of his howell look in on the despair
ing wretchedness and squad misery of his poor neglected
vile and children. All this we can see but cannot feei
as the whose desoaed soul looks out through me
bloo6shot windows of his face he will not deny that In
temperance scourge which language utterly MADE
quste 10 describe When bad concluded an address IN
neghborpg City continued the speaker the boaed bent
shaking wreck Of finely developed and apparent
y intelligent man, up me- and holding out as ,s
bling hand in greeting, said How well knoE and ieei
that every word you have said is true too true oIi yea
have said il too late for me- Too lstei What fearful
word This man but the type Of large class wnom
meet every day in the streets OF this great City with rs
eight thousand groggees devoted to the manufacture Oh
Just such terrible wrecks we have described .
Go TO the drunkard. maker who gets his gain OUT OF
the drops Of his fellow men, he viii tell you that
drunkenness very improper; people should not drink
20 liquor made for the of man. but snouio
be used in moderation men viii be such fools As 70 &c,
drunk. that their fault, not nine Foes are they
Then what shall say Of him who takes advantage OF
that folly 10 grow rich II the is fool Is Il not clear
that the other is knAve What would be the puohc es'
nation ola who should set up shop for the sale ofpo
firearms and other deadly weapons in community
of unacs predsposed to suicide and homicide ana eei
sell these Instruments Of death to al who would P1i
msnsy in his parsel" When these maniac people should
20 forth slsyhg thsr fellows and spreading dsmay MO