Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1853-10-28
COMMUNICATIONS,


Mn. EDITOR CURIOSITY alone led me to attend
the meeting held at the Court House on Friday
evening, for the purpose simply, of hearing what
coRdi roadd be said IN favor of auti-cmperaucc;
ana perhaps others wi,o not there, may have
Ike curiosity 10 know what tcoS sud oad done
then and there, upon that occasion. The house
was toierah!y well filled at the urappontcd. and
what may appear Singular, with a very respectable
class OF citizens, together with pretty fair repre-
scntaton Of Heavens last best Ne; but so far as
my acquaintance extended, the mcetr @ was com
posed oi quite as many temperance, rs anti-tcmpe-
rance m,n. Air. Fis. wa' called to the chair an
Mr.. II. Lee was appointed Secretary. The fist
thing in order was motion from Charley Walker
thar committee of three be appointed TO draft
resolutions expressive Of the sens OF the mcctin
(mcaning Of course the anti portion Of it, and not
thcir coHgjo3 sense at that, | suppose, but sense
yhat might be taken in some other sense, pas1ttuS
0Pafg Ouryoung barristcr, Ainsinbur.hcr
and one other, ! forget who J Withdrew to make
draft Of THAT same, and If they had not come
back a-ain, think they would have succeeded in
showing their own sense if not hat OF the meeting.
At this stage Of the GLma, a solemn pause cnsucd,
which was broken in due time by an iutiInation
from the chair that all those VINO had come lherc
grspGrtd were expected to address TIE mvetiug.-
Ihcreupon Mr.. Sharpstcin being called for, arose
and commenced by saying that he WAS wholly I'M
aware Of the Gail Of the meeting, and knew uo.lI-
ing Of it at all, until he found himself there and
HH'Jj"+FbtY f.,-N &ptt 10 ADDRESS inc meeting,
however, IL he had no sentiments which he wished
TO disguise from the public, he would offer few
remarks. ANA do the best he could,-iud upon the
whole think he made about as good Il speech Is
could have been expected from Tim upon tiai SIT
ject. The next in order called for among the cx-
p2ctauts WIS the District Attorney, Mr.. Web iter
who di / not respond 70 the clll-probabv absent.
Then followed a call for hir. Fish, who NOTHING
lojh. arose, and launched at once into the middle
Oihis subject and finished at both ends without 30
much rs once iutimatjnr that he was not prepared
Sheldon IS always prIparcd-lor an argument.
lie based his argument upon the authority Of the
Bible, and his own experience, and former labOrs
in the cause OF temperance. The Use Of strong
drink he SAID was avery ancient custom; he traced
it back to Noah and Lot, and from Noah and Lot
back to the present time together with its good
effects upon those patrIarchS. The Bible, he said
tu!l OF it all through and sanctioned it, nowhere
forbid ii and so far as his own experience was
concerned, he was not ouly temperance man once
but was president OF Il temperance society, and he
could not see what good it had done him, or those
over whom he presided. lie was also gallant
enough to devote portion OF his time TO the ladies
AMI their efforts in the cause besides giving them
much good advice upon matters GHdttiHgS in general
If Mr. Eishs speech should not happen to benefit
the party much they will have no reason TO com
plain, as they don't expect 10 pay him for it, as he
is not onhoGor upon otaer points of their creed AZ
ter Mr.. Fish, the call for Webster was resumed,
who hod jccn t0und hccam forward evidently with
some reluctance, and from his opening remarks,
it was plain to be seen, he would rather have been
excused, if it would have ben all the same to the
party. a good fat Office is a very good thing. but
the work to be done for that Office il sometimes
not good but when one culists and tates the
LoWtty he must expect to face the music. - England
expects every man to do his duty" Mr. W la
bored very hard all through his speech to impress
! it upon the minds Of his audience that he was not
opposed to temperance, but 10 the Maine Law only
and that he didn't want to be called names, merely
because he opposed the Maine Law, such rs Old
/ Fo-v, Pewter Mug@er, Salt Pointer, and above
! all, he didn't want to be called RHnmy-thatf from
/ the manner in which he ignored it, was Of all So
brqucts the ne plus utra-that name seemed to
haunt him through his whole speech, and like
Banquo's Ghost, ''would not down" at his bidding
. --ihoagh 90 Jorrytm don't cal me rttmry-"Nevcr
shake your CORY locks at me, YOU can't say did
1 it," Mr.. VS. manner and style Of speaking is
I very good he is fluent, natural and graceful; and
had he been az liberty to have spoken upon the
other side of the question, would have made a
much better speech than he did. Taking it all to-
sethcr, think the meeting decidedly good thing.
MAINE LAW.