New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-21
EVENING SESSION.

EVENING SESSION.
A public meeting under the auspices OF the
Snte Temperance Aliance held in the stste7t Bap
tst Church this evening DR. Bcccher, OF this CITY, pre-
siding.
ReY. Henry Ward Beecher was introduced, and said
No Little interest induced him % be present. lie FELT A.
much interest az he ever had when on the sacred dsy
he spoke directly 70 pcThing men OF tben spirit
nal interests We we're about 70 have waterloo pat
tC but he did not know % whom victory would come
iut II would be either for Rum or temperance IL
Temperance men failed would take twenty years to
retrieve the vantage ground slrendy realized. And
we gained twenty thousand years would not De sum
Gent for the rumseeTs TO recover Their posuon Inc
slemnerance movement Commenced about Two years
before he born and he felt proud that me ther was
ihc 6rtt person 10 commence IT, lie orehy fePlewo'
the history Of Temperance Reform aud coming IOWA
10 the subject Of the Maine Law he said we propose 20
snatf that crime making u criminal.
don't suppose the Maine Lew VIII work miracles
hut a iudcious law, which constitutional and law
rats will not be able TO creep out Of, viii do much 10 dc
v.roy the enormous evil which we have 70 lsnent
When society IL lsboring under great and powerful
evils 1t right ior society 10 protect se ~ penal en-
scfmenis Al who are commercially interestct in II
ere opposed Take out these tonight and there would
be very little oggc son Inc money Interest ,o 10
the opposition when inc Desn "snCeo ~ nuaS G
mis- tnasterpcce--to do his very best--he made
lquor and liquor eeIers The commercial interest has
powerful influence, its roots running beyond concep
aion ard oil is aTayed against the law The presage OF
victory IT, first God Il with uswe must succeed Hun
drcds of thousands of have prayed In their closets
for th law ard will not be put dawn Second the 90
Der second thought Of the dispass0nate masses Is with
ns Third the Church almost ia body, are for the
law. II oyerilIown, the Effects will be fearful
fut will not be overthrOwn Victory must and VIII
be ours.
Mr.. Beecher followed by Rev. Chss. Parker, Cen
era Agent Of the State Alliance who oTclby and clearly
set forth the obligations devoying upon the public the
work required tobe done and besr method otdong It,
The Houee was densely crowded, hundreds of men
and women stsnding in tho ses for two long hours.
Mr. Bsrnum made capital spoech al tho Methodist
Church this evening He cxplpinod the nature Of stump
hary laws ard showed that the Maine Law IA not OF
that class that did not forbid the uac of alcohol IN
my sh6pe but merely providodt that men shall not traffic
In itciassiDg IL with gunpOwder and poison. Here
scmo disturbance occurred account Of alse alarm
ia regard TO tho safety OF the building which had been
raised By sono vicious peron Quiet being restored
ae showed that the opposition OF the rnfnfeers was
good evidence Of the proprety Of the proposed
ssw Their outcry was not occasOned by the
fear Of the law not being executed, but because
they knew II would bo executed - not at once
In the City OF New fork perhaps but in the course OF
few years The victory In the country would be easy
Svt where there large commercial interests there
would be y second battle, and every year would he
gaining Ii we get the law, and 1t stands five years al
v oud sing pens in its praise Amer fair trial, II
proves inefficient then repoal but before condeunng,
give II fair trial Legislators who say the people
NOS ready have by their showing but little to fear
II they pass Il, subject the peoples approval But
ahey knew tho people would approve IT, hence they hes
itste 10 pass II Easy luxurious ivers or, as he called
them, "Oily Old Fogies" oppose the law. Sporting
gentlemen who frequent MISUNDERSTANDING Of
they do blsckegs-ere opposed tot Many, but not ALL
who drink are opposed