The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-20
A5- The regular proceedings of the New York Iegiss
ture, will be found on the last page.
Proceedings OF the Temperance People In
Albany.
THE STATE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.

THE STATE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
ALBANY, Jan. 49, 1858.
The State Temperance Society met at the State street
BAPTIST Church at nine O'Clock this ornng pursuant to
adjournment
ENTERING uH POLITICAL ARENA-TETo1AL CANDIDATES TO ne
NOMINATED.
Mr. NOBLE, of Onondaga offered the following resou-
Resolved That we recommend to the friends Of temper
throughout the State to meet in their respective
Assembly districts the second Tuesday of October and
nominate candidates for the Assembly who avowedly
in favor of the Maine law either by selecting candidate
who may have been nominated, or by making an inde-
pendent nomination. and also, to meet in their respec
tive Senate districts the succeeding Tuesday, and
select like candidates for the Senate.
Mr.. NOBLE made few remarks in support Of his reso-
luton. SAYING that its purpose merely TO into
effect the excellent resolutions on the same subject which
adopted by the society yesterday:
without final action on TINS resolution the society ad
ourncd to r. NJ and in the meantime will join in the
grand procession of the Sons, &c.
THE TEMPERANCE PROCESSION.
The grand procession of the different temperance
CARNATIONS holding meetings in the city formed
about ten O'Clock this morning and marched through the
principal streets to the Capitol and State Street Baptist
Church. The display very brilliant one though
neither large that made last winter great
confidently expected The severity Of the weather
contributed to lessen the attendance doubt while the
general impression that nothing whatever will be ELECTED
with the present legislature in regard to the
Of the Maine law also operated to preyptxpeced Still
muster OF the friends Of the cals6ectable and
the demonstration wss with the snowy and elegant
ono me peR.signa of the National and State Grand
ions Of the Order Tents of the Order of Rechabite
and Grand and Subordinate Temples Of the Sons of
Temrerance and the enivening music of three brass
bands all contributed to make the pageant brilliant
indeed The procession numbered five hundred and seven
persons not including the bands Last year the number
reached about four hundred.
AFTER THE PROCESSION.
Col CAMP, President of the State Temperance Society
called the Convention to order and after thanking the
Assembly for the of the Hail. introduced Neal Dow
Of Portland to the audience, who made speech, in
which he disclaimed the charge OF fanaticism brought
inst thp ady Of
Rev Mr. CuyrER of New Jersey followed Mr.. Dow
and made appeal in behalf of the young men of the
State into whose hands public affairs about to be
committed, and who subject TO the bshting in
fuences of the use of alcohol
AT the close of Mr. Cuylers speech the Convention ad
journed.
MASS CONVENTION.
general convention Of the friends OF temperance
including the State society the Sons OF Temperance &C.
assembled at the State street Baptist Church this after
The church was denscly crowded. The meeting
was organized by the appointment of A. G. Flanagan OF
New York as President S. p. Townsend, and Wesley
Baily. Vice Presidents, and two Secretaries
STRONG RESOLUTIONS ADoPTED-IEMPTRANcE MEN BE
PORTED FOR ASSEMBLY
A committee of five of which the Rev. +. II. Foster
chairman, appointed to report resolutions for the
consideration of the meeting.
This committee reported the resolutions adopted BY the
State society yesterday already published Also, Nr
Mobiles resolution in relation to temperance nominations
which was before the State society this morning.
This resolution of Mr. NJ and the second OF the series
before mentioned led to very spirited debate in which
Messrs Havcns and Townsend, Of New York, Noble, Of
onondaga stone, Of Madison, Camp, Gregg and several
others, took part
The principal objection urged against Mr. Mobiles
luton that II indirectly advised the formation OF
distinct political temperance party, which many OF the
speakers deprecated suicidal the temperance
These objections ably answered by Messrs. Town
send Noble and others and the resolution adopted
by large majority
The other resolutions passed without opposition.
STRINGENT ANTI LIQUOR BILL PREPARED fos AD0p-
ASSEMBLY,.
proposition offered to appoint q committee to
draw up bill similar TO the Maine law to no presented
10 the Excise Committee Of the Assembly when Mr. Ha
yens informed the meeting that bil very stringent in
its provisions and framed to obvste the objections
raised by Judge Curtis against the Rhode Island law had
been already drawn up by committee previously ap
pointed and would be ready for presentation in day or
two
| The meeting then djourned.
EVENING MEETINGS.
crowded meeting held at the state street church
tonight at which Justice Cole presided and Mr. Chaplin
of New York made lengthy speech. He commenced BY
l giving a review of the temperance movement from Its
commencement-when IL thought only necessary to
nut ardent spirits under the ban and quite
get drunk on champagne and pordown to the present
time when he took up the subject OF the Maine law and
demonstrated Justice and necessity Of such enact
ment The speech Of Mr. Chapins very best aud
| thoroughly charmed tho audence.
Mr. G was followed by Mr.. Brown who made telling
| speech.
There are two three other meeting, in blast to asht