The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-06

OMEN IN coUN GIL.
Meeting at tho Tabernacle Last Evening--
Speeches Of Mrs. Vaughan and others,
&c.. DC. 10.

The New York Women's Total Abstinence Society held
. meeting at the Broadway Tabernacle last svoaias-
siDsis dcsets one rhillng
At half past seven O'Clock some six hundred psrsoos
wore In attendance wNen
Mrn. kxRY c. VAUGHAN President Of the Society," called
the meeting to Order and read long address, settisg
forth be ission Of women according to ideas Of It,
She snsged that mea would get drunk. women should
certainly the right brg them bask to the paths
OF temperance. At any rats, the society which kr1.
Vaughan represented had abored end would still oor N
the caue. Their motto Was Legal susaior aud moral
su~sion" They also believed In political action end
were bound to the passage Of the Maine law
possible This society p-essated . petition, signed ~
2S, oo0 women Of New York, for the Maine law, saA
tire legislature refused to pass such Law, though v
made enactment TO prevent the killing Of htsls
birds and artes They could not protect men. Mrs..
Wang closed with brilliant perors uon ststna thai
the prospects for the future vsry cheedog
MIs. AMELIA hOoNER of Seneca Fals WAS next intro-
duced snd received with copsssI.ots appAu:s Tas .A
which has made hsr no notori0ns-a short dress and
trousers Of dark das slk With open chsosets Sas
sing song style Of delivery She commeeced By sSymg
that the csime Of drunkenness was in thin coantry %
,cered disgrace her sex but the mai gee
drunk every night ana notice Ia token of It Why
womans II he can go to convivsl parties and criok
Why ,hould not sheY But ihs greatest sufferer
II women drank rs much a. men should have q
Maine law In New York. If our brandy dciasng
Legislators had all drunken wives ut hone Ne
should focn have strong prohabitory law. But
lcng tee public OPINION sustsins nsn in thsx
d inking habits iorg will continue 70 sudsr B1I
the chief difficulty IL hal aiways been taught
submission, ard they wu submit 20 the nuisance Of
drunken huehh we. other things Mea
sponsble for . -.s drnking-there grog. shops
kept hyswouP7 and the men make all the la tne
lemnly. Tee criminal records dsiy snow the murder
OF wives b. dFunken husoand and the laws place wonsa
80 completely IN the hand- Of that they little
better than their slaves Mrs Boomer hers wont ioso
long disquitition upon ths hw relative TO mR,risd
women, which Is too well snown :, need repetition
eeversi na.ssss In stating tbs common" I.s,
as .hs o.1Ad every act, yh'thsK draw frc.
ciusiop, dawn from the fact that women's property
entirely vested in her natural protsctor, she hs1
ssessti, made come We aoSS Laws relating to msrsS
voeu, bu in other States they still at the mercy 0
man's brutality and lust Mrs. Boomer thsn d.-cusss1
ths social relations between husband and wife. end
thought that the law giving to the hu-bsuc tue excu ave
authority the children awful affair, whOh
ought to Re repealed At STE launched out iato
long and dry discussion upon ~onens rghts aud sroaf
for which sbe aterv ARDS spcosed BY saying that ~
desired that her female auditors might oe nsruc sd
Der female audi do not se<m to be particularly tnee-
esied in the mstter, and many Of them went out.
Her address vas mas Of verbosty and Ests.
ttons. Mrs. Boomsr thoSght shat public sentiment
was rasty moLster bscsu it was favor Of womsa
attending TO their affairs. Me-. Hoomer thought
there no hope Tor woman abe contsued TO evovs
at the fses her Il and o kiss the red that sitse
her But she rise anc demand her rights. She viii
demsrd the exclusive tody OF eer peesou hsr proper
| ty, and her children; she will demand that she may
leave q d, uuken hu band without bsog sdsmred b.
the voice Of public opinion. She will demand that tha
present ryrtsm Of hcenting the sale of ntoxieshue
Liquors sta be done Away with, and prohibtory enact
nsn ahsl be subssiuted intts stead Our dcstduy Il
to bring ABB u, the pss aye Of tho Maine which I'll
| bring back happiness to the drunksrds fresids. Thu
Maipe law will give sober legislators, and with them
~ shall have better laws for men and women. TO d
this sork my friends ys have great deal Of Labor n
| do let US Go 1t faithfully ard zeAlously.
Tine Bouquet Man here appeared on the platform ana
gave the ladies each bouquet. He was received wtt
| great applause, but made DO remarks
| Mics EMILY CLARKE, Of Leroy, was next introduced
She felt very much en-; at the presence OF thS
reporters and said that the difficulty about New Yora
city hat c,uid not aseus without getting
into the papers. She had lectured all the State
aid never Treated before She did not say that
she had been nils but that she annoyed By
| seeing everything she said and did In the HERALD
| Miss Clarke held that temperance men ID
the numerical majority In the State and the power VA
In their hands, and she hoped they would it. II u
next to impossible To make out OF Miss Gartei
speech IL almost entirely destitute OF cohsreucy OF
connection II mainly confined t. an appeal to thu
the audeoce to forget al their party prejudces
and vote clean temperance ticket She thought tn
ballot box the best weapon that conld he broueh,
to bear against the liquor traffic
Mrs. AIBRO, Of Rochester the next speaker. He
address brief and presented fsure Of interest
At its conclusion the meeting dissolved Tho assembly
quite enthusastic and every reference to the Aao<
Law received with rapturCus applause There wecs
but few women present.