New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-06

/ ilcr won't to their lodgings
thus elded tie fr day Of the festival it having been
/ marr'd eighty by the intense heat
1h morning ~ Q clock they VII wait upon the Mayor
end Common Council and to night there are to be per
/ foimances at the Bowery lheser.
ny vOMANs TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
Tmporanoc meeting in cid Of the funds OF the y. T.
state Woman Temperance Society was held At the Broad
way b,roce last evening About lo00perons attended
/ The maor.iy Of whom were ladies'
Ms Vaughn the President Of the Society opened the
meeting IN q speech of great elegance:
Il wa Justly raid by Mr. Greeley on Saturday lat AZ
ter The ~ ens Of the Whole World Temperance IJnyen
lion lo ref Of Woman 10 speak publicly the words of
truth would acain be questioned. II osabhed
TO tle Right Of Woman TO speak for the cause OF lem
peraCc has seemed n0l 10 be questioned ana the
OILY has been how she could 50 long Keep lent
JIoor the accumulation OF her terrible wrongs But Wo-
man has d length been aroused for the promotion Of TEN
r,ranto al2 viii never her efforts while they
ntcded and that they needed who that witnesses the
dyostoous Of lnenperance can deny For one third 81
century has man underworld by variou, insrum niali-
cs TO srov Tie mighty eyl. But today il l. scarcely
les Iower than then ind The liquor traffic seems inleed
10 have recei, Cd 10 abatement On woman made feeble
ard lcs- by law and custom has the great weight Of
misery crustG by hi decsiabe traffic fallen Most sui
TDl imou. e ryml uhie- implanted ia her D. nature
and fotrd and cultivated by education and public senti
mcit. and yet pow,rlcss
Robbed OF tic object. of her strongest hottest aFec
tons yet conn ,od to sileuccto 1T among the ashes of
her deega,o hopes AMI water them with bitter bitter
oor-.o i.h AID mouTn yet LIT no hand in self defense
g. b. Clu g. yet utt complaint in the ears OF power
us las Jar history been written on many heart
and in.ri,.4 on many owiy tombstone She has 81
olilv suffered 0nd endured unto tie end. Woman ha
lc, ,l-Cd, To III Ter voice in pulpit forum leg
-a i've io4. and man. who enhroncs her "a divinity
wonly ol a'mst idoa'iOus worship has always had &c
ro and yet the weight OF her great suffering has
ut tccn lo,s,NCd But tlese suffering are now no
lIeU unnwc,cied. From pulpit from FORUM if not in
legislative o is the earnest voice OF woman heard to day
I,tGc tor iOc,t and ior aid Her thoughts her en-
ci,-, ler ulti-ir- activity her deep love OF truth ana
IlLt are ienlth infused into the Temperance reform
Sic Speaking or herself aud her sister and she shall be
heard SLo speaks tune aords that shall be haowod in
human leafs r0ng u0rdS which shall bctran7ated into
actioniu human lives.
lie women Of the Society here represented have zeal
oy and earnestly spoken and acted for the cause OF lem
! perGnCe. In city. village hamlet, &c
1hcy nav pointed man to that mighty lever which alone
can Say tic interests Of this Reform and adjust them
r-tly That lover is the Ballot Box and on rests the
hand If every freeman in our land by 1t only can this
great god be attanod only through the moral force Of
minds inbued with truth, can we hope to see II moved
uiielt Moral suGssn for legal suasion should be the
motto the aim Of all so to work upon the great mass
al mind bv moral forces bend and sway it in the
right direction We would not decry the power and appi
c,bly # moral suason, but employ it always as m ans
Of leading men TO the utmost consistency IN Their ations
orhe Womodyn Of this reform and particularly political
Ne matter what man sentiments or proclivtie are no
matter how loudly he talks temperance nor how much ne
performs be.tows for the promotion of temperance three
hundred and sixty four dayin the if on the three hun
drod and sixty fifth he casts his vote 10 sustain men who
nies the and thus empowers them 10 do il
injury he thu porJetuates the evils he has loudly de
,c6od aud sets his seal the fearful catalogue Of crime
and suffering TO grow infably out Of the traffic he sane
ns lui for the Inconsistency of is proessed friends
the Cause OF Temperance might to-day have been tr.
UNI hsn. in cur State and the Maine Law written upon
! our statute
10 induce right political action then the true aim
of all eIgag, IN this AT the present time. To this
point he efforts of male lecturers in cur state directed
and The who agents of Society, are lee
ung tine subject OF temperance have more than once
been accused # noglecng to instruct OF urge their own
ftx duty in Ibis reform because of their zeal in bringing
l. /.
came they f ih at present To be the important point
whence liz most positive and direct influence TO flow
one IN regard which 10 the conscience and moral sense
of community need most to be aroused.
GA Society We-cntod to Legislature last winter the
petition ~ To- for law which should protect
hirt ond fishes Our Savior said Are We not OF more
CO., aue Than any sparrows But We are yet undiS,
De- IsCt,ctd, la IL j. A0 lar Distant and IN conclusion,
VIC can sItgA hopefully for the future Ihe progress
mac. D." th cause uulns me p's' year : cAeos anu
could cy hDt resulted nom tho rousng OF SPIRIT thar
she'll no, ,,mbor til The is freed from the Influences
@. iAc liquor aihc Yet We DO not hope for a slight
-tu.ll, 90 bt followed ly permanent peace. We feel
an tic ltw OF tie foe with which have to contend
o H lum.uLoat We see arraved upon his side aya.ice
ard greed ignorance and selhshness and monster appe-
tiios We behold lDe pside Of opinion Tat must be sub
dDed, md Ae strength Of old customs ina must be rent
away. lU aic We nothing dismayed Ne Wh throw
ilhI upon dalhu,sstlu,h shall combat orro!-avarlce
ald greed lo tO sutduCd hy an al cOnqucn- beneyo-
lln,t-iciotuCe ossipated by knowledge AMI selfish
moss ~ sll.4t "a entire devotion ana sen sac!hce-
/ uluaict tld TIC Cin-ing love OF The Old, by the
t.tt.al diffusion Of truth. Not in one day shall
victory lo lauod but steady. onward march shall
scatter he J, Cs OF the foe moral revolution shall be
wlouait si... Is arth has Witnessed Our State,
our LAID great battle hed. where truth anu error have
ionld s,u, and victory must declare lie side Of truth
We believe that true freedom can only be ob.lned by
lie 0con such laws shall best conserve TO the pub
c Interests We long ior the day when such laws shall
sand ultu our statute books ana SiJte be truly IRE
from tie oppression Of such evils rs the liquor raiic sur
rounded ana Cd IA by legal eaactnents We call on
~ 49, fioi every u, and living soul,
lrttaCu4s VC.iicd tl-gr bar
li. Ffetflsns and the Chr.sllns whole
IC.sLe pen, ara voice, ard prayer
t. seah and 10 act the promotion Of Temperance j.
indeed tie li-Lr II woman. W oman, who mas 50 cite
found h,rsc 10y the iaucnco Of the ravagng curse Of
Inmpe.oLoo bcref cf all hut memory that Hcrcuianoa
of The sou here the skeletons o. bright Joys lie sur
rrDd,d by tie beautiful fabrics Of hope from within the
sut.urt anticipation reared and which lies the col
gray Lana crush despair. Tine hand OF stranger elk
ctnsttnce viii sometimes break this crush and then ton
W disclosures the world gets Is most impressive teach
Vcesso Is tie learning OF Wllch makes ~ Do'h sauutr
| ana wstr.
In the course Of her remarks Ms Vaughan repeat
ody aYauGld and on reaching her seat was presented
/ bv Nh lloyd vi,h elegant boquct.
MIS- Amta Boomer then came forward. dressed N the
btauu. costume g. which she utrodue. into this eoul
t~, and was very warmly received C her speech when
b-t he impress of deep thought and OF Industrious re
sea.h iu lis Length and Of the late hour al
otvh,L e was delivered We can present only very ofiei
abstract.
shou-l shc said IntCmPerance was n lis practical ex
t,ulc Cuirled almost exclusively 70 n ye u must be
fduit.ed ts az who have examined TIE subject, That N
is results woman the great--t sufferer thai upon he's
io.l te most crashing and terrible %. il evils lad been VI
.ld klcilnc herself elo l.on The dcbaug contac, OF
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