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

As we entered the hall las eveningwe were sensiby
affected by the scene which presented itself That
beautiful room was completely filed by of the most
intelligent audiences ever remember to have seen
! in the city OF New-York.
! There could not have been less than from $500 to
1900 persons present The labor of the previous sit
tngs evidently producing its desired effect the
public mind and the enthusiasm displayed by the audi
at the oubursts of eoquence OF the various speak
showed that the movement is rapidly becoming the
most popular one of the present day.
The President said that he held in his hand letter
from jealous and eloquent friend of the Temperance
cause-Rev Z IL Chaplin, which he would read it was as
follows:
ROCKFORD Mas. Aug so 1855
DEAR sROher connected with the Cause OF Tenn
peGnc will prevent being he Whe Worlds Con
lines thai slsenee be interpreted as indicating of
end such yor viii not need me II would afford me great plea
' To LIZ g BaSos seS cpn H. oHAS
The meeting was called to order at u P. NJ. The
Amphons sung the song, Ben Fisher" composed by
Mrs. Gage after which Rev. Mr. PierpOnt addressed
the meeting thus:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN have been requested to limit
my remarks to one point have therefore no touching
anecdotes to tell you scntlations Of wit you
no appeal to make TO your feelings my business is ad
dress plain and close argument to understandings
The point is this the proprety necessity of penal
gsatiOn in aid of moral reform, closely linn
tied to the present lnpoe the advantage or disadyan
tage Of the Maine Law, Law at all analogous
shah present my argument principally in the form of
reply to objections We told this evening" rather.
this afternoon by friend MIR Booth, from Wisconsin,
that the great objects Of meeting like this are First,
20 create public sentiment in favor of temperance See
onG 10 cmbody to incanaie that sentiment in the form
penal legislation against those standing in the way of
the reform To these objects objections arise stated this
afternoon. Frsi, is said that penal legislation has been
hitherto found wholly imperative and entirely inefficient in
Delegate from Belgium, that have much stealing
in the world here before criminal enactmen;
directed against HIM who takes the property of another.
take this to be specimen of that class of legislation
which he would object Let ask ladies and gentle
men. how this be known TO be true When the
time at which there no legislation directed against this
moral obhquity But ii penal legislation be justified in
any case Fkg not in this 10 which seek % direct
What is there exempt this Ii IL be penal 10 XIII
your ueghbor with bullet why should it not be penal t.
XII him with the bowl Ii il be penal 10 take away his
life by poison which does its work in SIX houls why net
penal 10 do by that takes six wears fr is deadly
OperUton Would you not measure the guilt OF al act
by the amount Of suffering it causes H. then that
which work uceins, causes ten ft suffering shouli
not is punishment be toptold in severity Alcohol pro
duces ten times the amount II suffering that, does
The latter DESTROYS life few brief hours o agony and
lis work is doICbut the agony caused by alcohol extend
ne months and years ormenis IL victim with more
than ter fold cruelty Arsenic takes away animal Life
merely touches not the sou! while alcohol gives not
only ten times tie Of animal agony but also de
srOys the soul sappDC al moral feeling quenchng all IN
ielectus light Therefore my friends ask more slrere
punishment for that crime which works the moral and the
immortal ruin than for that whose touch overuErs mere
tenement Of clay.
But we are told in the objection, that penalties
iu,fectuai Precisely the objection can be made
10 very prevent any OF the whole catalogue