The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-24
American Temperance Union.
eEnI.ASEu.L MsErRs sPEsCHEs By REV.
rsrs, Rlv. raEo. CuYLEs AND 0rHBss.

American Temperance Union.
eEuI.ASSu.L MsErRs srSsoHEs By REy. Oh,
ryr6, RAW. RaE0. CUYLEs AND 0TnBas.
The semi puai meeting OF this association was nso
last evening II he Broadway rAbsrEacs very large
highly respsc sbls sudienee present fhs chain
taken by willism f. Dodge, Esq, OF the Executive
Committee The proct sdings commenced with music, ~
the North O. ropA Band, Ates wnish Rev. Dr. Dewitt o.
f.r.d prayer Rsv John Arsh then offered the follow
ipg resolutions, which wee unanimously adoptsd:-
Resolved That The smier Of Heaven upon great en-
terprisr, in s it, stages d.msnd and shall have or
choicest thank offerings.
Rss4sd, That wssrisd with iruitless EFFORTS to check
and slpyrsss ntemYeranse by license laws We rejoice
br Of lcps has risen in the East and that
what al attempts T. rssuasr .as ~ s 70 -
RssoI,.d That we hose States which have
succeeded in securing Maine Law We rejoice that all
nsrts for its 70 proved aborve md that In it,
as,oundr resutsenr ishing drnnksnnssf, paaperism
and crime, promoting public p.-ce, the hAppnes Of
fan lies end the general prosperiy-ws hsys evidences
that eventually be the legislation OF all States nos
corrupted BY or dessssd BY brides or POLITICAL snsa
Aeiy
Resolved That We sontsnpl.s. nth deep interest the
II this State its present sessen-A Legsla-
lure nom whom ssrsg according the VIII Of their
iduene, be expected the early saAstmsnt OF pro.
hibiory and pro sctvs Law We Ask for thsm WISDOM
AID hmness Ire above, that they may escape Al IN.
righteous pfo and bsoy In the discharge
Of eu'y We sosmnly plsds. them our ..pport 10 the
enactment Of Maine Law, and sonAdsnt they win
have the blessing Of this sad future gsnsratons
Resolved, That would hsil Maine law for this
great conner cia metropolis its sole operation the
abb lhnR Fl the ssfs sysem--a system which legal.
ICES the cause OF frightfui Of pslpsrism ana
crime sut believe will do more-thst by rendering
the traffic in intoxicating Illegal II viii drive fron
al OF princip- self psos and 1t no distant
period msks tbs tppus house .ni dram mo ss rare
spectacle Is open gsmb sstablishment the
loa 'ry flee, or the cen OF the sounterfetsr.
n solved, fh.s % would ever respect the interests
changes though III oar opinion, the true interests
Of cor msrce wer. neysr SO f.vot.by effected BY any
laois atiau will hA nv lsw ~. hut
cannot ea men Ged speed in business which fills the
community with crime and wo for . moment
ira grsatett scourgs cannot 10 enforced in immunity
like this because ispves few OF the privilege Of
ing rich the ms les OF Others indulging apps
tte which may sooa make then curdsn and curse 10
all around them.
Resolved That in the clear prospect Of . greatsr
advance than have yet tAown IN the temperance re-
TO- 1t s tbs peratvs duty Of all temperance to
up boldly to ths york to give literally to the eause
TO hold frequent meetings. 10 support and strengthens
the of the State III its efforts to restrain and root
out the deadly traffic and make this the age whsn the
last great victory shall be evil most
rodinE TO humanity, and which has sent its millions t.
drunk ar6's grave.
Resolved That ss rejoice that the example Of Anne.
rcs has led the King OF Sweden denounce from the
throne the Of orssdstus into the cup Of IN
toxieation, we ssmpaiss ~ish him apd his people II
their upon oistile les sls0 with multtudss in
Great Britain, struggling here for Maine law with the
millions Of Hind os resisting me serse system In
posed upon them agAnst their civil and religious code,
and pledge ourselves to sading senAst with any
sId al whs, Tor gin, are promoting drunksunss AnonS
y,
wr the yoke Of s be broken And temperance Justice
peace, and uassrsal prosperity psrvads al nations,
Rev, THEo. CuYIxR then offered the following rssoa
ton
Resolved That W congratulate our friends and the
isndr OF numsLity in Baltimore Pi sdelphi, Bos-
ton At their late successes at she ballot box aud W
trust that, As We have commenced in this city de-
ndsd work Of r-f rm, shall 60 on, until our
honorable eorporstos i,s'sad OF employing police ct
six hundred thousand collars year. and building
almshouses and for the victims Of the drsnshop
y
| alu shousss and jsils to let.
Rev. TARoDoRx CU,Ln, Of the AArks. Street Church.
then addressed the meeting The reverend gentleman,
| In commencing his address, highly somplmented the
prn and orgnstors OF the Temperance reform
this city. BE rsjocsd to that At last people
hsd begun to wake mp 70 the importance Of having
prohbisor, - in this city and State Go to the CHIEF
Police And learn that have 600 places tie
possa is sold In tins city After that 90 and inquire
whe Ter this Maine lsw 10 utiona Boms peopls
| say il Won't work we'll Go to Maine and see how II
works People ,sy 1t would oay extssd drnkirg Bat
That !. III. osse why are NOT al tn: nau:, sssrs y
are norns--vs are moving tApplAu.sl Two or three
objections require attention Il ID said that sisA t.
destroy property Go 70 tireeusood and locs =. tho
wrecks of youth snd int. Heat tht lie there Propertyt
Yes When poison is daily dsst oylos tncuasods IT u
ripbt to oondscAte the deadly s'Gf (Appl,uss. A
| tarIei Of liquor in my cei'sr does no Darn, but
this matter Of n'fh, Is d'f -ent Insir A.
IT IL Nsw Yok That requires consideration But ~
svs car be enforced n yu give us prohbitcr ~ Law
New YORK nd enforce il ysu viii put STOP to thar
giant You will have opposit.o. put What ~ Sat r.
form toh place without m fulton experienced such
opposition bot iAughs Al h. Pa cite Baltic
nov We sxpeo. opposition. The speaker though. that
arguing the whole qu suoa attempting to prove
that health ~ss bitter than diseass-thAt plague Vas
The L@essturs he trusted would adjourn until 70
had prohibitory law. 1t Won't fail when the nsua.
"what ,hsip old you vots for Sut-aWhst imprssSio.
did ron make spon the shell Of the hqusr xaniof'
taee1 b.ief tnss IN. k,re law was Sound to ana.
ceed' In this cry that tins was near o. hand
whsn juleps" aad cocktails" would make way Tor The
Tho me stipg thsu addressed by O. q. Nosra ESQ.,
Of the Common Couicil He glad that he had bssr
announced ~ of Common Council and not az one
OF tbs last When he this temperance question
he vas not coward He repressnted the merchants to-
night He vas selected because was very rarely that
nercf ants could be found who would stand up for the
Maine Aw Many persons would think that merchants
thought that interfering 10 othsr ceopis busr.
to JON In ucn effort very naedders In oil er
peoples business after 81. They might b found 1t the
opera the sssre and In or imbibins aHnrs
and eocAtAils at he puplc bars daughter "Nnd
your ewr bnsne's" ~As very good maxim, but sadly
lad niEc ed their business Ill msrus had iiades
uncontrolled ttrcush our micat de was not AFRAID
10 mention psm.p, and he would say that Judre
Morris ju6Re nov on he bench bad presdsd At mesN
Ie held IL Metropolitan Hall IN fAvor OF rum. drinkips
snan .smss O. ,ns's -srs the effects Of nsdng
wouio Ike 10 few fgures He wished TO o1preot
ME friend Cuyisr IN some particulars. The number a.
ns open ON Gods Day amounted to $685. thope kent by
foreigners 6e7 Let that pondsrei ever rosivn
srs Are wslceme To shores b1t not to eel quor TO
poison our people (Appause,) In . single s.ss,n Of
our there we're arsgneo for eighteen psr
sons, snd nearly al their crime, induced by intox
icatrs drinks Let Va give very small estimate the
svxgs iecepno OF the dram sbops Of Nev Yors are ten
collars day. Hos mn, b doe this amount 10 ia ths
conrss OF . yearf Twenty Ave millions q year-
SUI humcient 10 relieve the poor Of New York for
ysafs It wsuld give to the citizens Of New York.
mAp womaD and chili forty golArs apiece. This
sun 80 shccAipgly wasted amounted TO more thar
the fer educational pm poses in the United
s"iss IL ga fan estimate that a million Of our tara
49, ~ :. 80 ~ y t--5 cG.se Ias nurabsr Of grog
sncp 20 lh eN Ne ore 70 e'shty Ave Of the inhs6-
tents He be spssker) would say With his Whole hsart
"iS-p with the hqooc trAnhcl" (Applause) when he
iker upon he psndid saloons flied our atty he
tnoost OF the thOussods that had found drp osard,a
gave he vent IN for Abol hing these splendid saloons
IS rsh Is the three ee0t gosscops (Applaase) Asa