The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-02

Temperance IN thu Niash Ward.
hrge and influential meeting was held on
Monday evening, in Bleecker Building, pursuant to
tie following can that appeared In the morning
papers,
SHALL RuyyIAusx RuIs IN THE NINTH WARD "a public
nesting vi be held this fMonday) evening, II clock,
n Beeoker Bulldns to consider the disgrsosfa nght m
mis- ward, and the consequent destruction Of human
- TO hear report of progress In the liquor tra and
= tale further for the entss suppression OF
Ne Illegal sale Of liquor.
The meeting was called to order by the nomina-
ton Of Jeremiah Turbeu Esq, for President, who
said that we should look to God for assistance in
Al things, and desired that the proceedings Of the
evening should be opened with prayer.
After prayer had been offered by the Rev. Mr..
HxsrH or the Methodist church, the President said
connected with the we'll being Of society, and en-
courage one another in the great work Of tempe
rance. It had been said that the Ninth ward was
aeing much; but another element had sprung up,
which was one Of the offshoots of Drunkenness It
was felt 10 be disgrace to the ward. 10 was the
Ars, and he hoped it would be the last, lime that
ssch an event would happen.
Mr.. G. G. LEIGH was the first speaker. He
sAid& This ward has been for number Of years
INFESTED with q gang Of rowdies that has given 1t
ose sppellatiOn Of the Bloody Ninth" AfeS days
since they met at the foot Of Amos street, engaged
n IN open fight in open defiance ofthe law and ner
z Iyes and property Of industrious citizens in
jeopardy. All this has been done In open day
agreed upon in pubic barrOom in Broadway the
dy previous. There was no attempt at secrecy, the
Information being heralded among the sporting
gentry, calling together over five hundred Of as bad
man as coald be found any where ON this continent,
Act excepting the inmates Of the Thousand and one
fsrMed me that he met one OF the pugiIists within
few feet Of the station house the night previous,
who told him he was going TO 6ght ~ the foot Of
Amos street the following morning" All this has
Ileemen-where the inhabitants are taxed annually
ever ono million of dollars to support this police
Sorce and the necessary ministers Of the law. One
q those DULLES has made himself notorious BRAN
odehing his brawny arms At the head Of his muir
derous ruians at primary meetings and on election
days entering into public houses, ating almost to
death those who crossed his path, battering their
sessisea BY their own friends, and Carrying his
andacity so far % to enter at one time the Court
House, and there, in the presence Of the Justice,
eommiltipg an assault upon one OF the policemen,
hrstaiy attempting TO gouge ont his eyes. We are
net tonight TO inquire whether there il law to
punish Oh offenders; and, IL so, why our laws are
not put IN execution and society relieved from such
men,. It u true the farce Of arrestng and binding
0em over to keep the peace has been gone through.
= 10 true our grand juries have done their duty in
ndicting them again and again; but afterwards
straw bailp has been accepted, or they have been
allowed to pr0wl about on their own recogni-
nance, to commit the same offences; for when did
you eyer hear Of these men being prose
cuted TO c0uviction2 When at the Legislature
last winter, Gov. Seymour informed me that ne had
placed in the hands Of the proper officers requisi-
ton from she Governor Of sister State for the de-
tvery Of futives from JUSTICE but for some reason
= could not be served. The men were not arrested,
s ssdR X a I'M ss w Ho. s
they ere allowed such immunity will inform you.
Their chief bully IL Of the leaders Of political
party in this ward-the President Of one Of their
siuhs--and many Of those in power owe their nomi-
Astion, and of course their election, to this man.
He significantly tells them that the same power
thai put them up can pull them down II they bring
to law to bear upon him or his fiends-a threat
they know full well he has had power to put into
execution. It is q melancholy state Of society to
I'VE where the power Of the pe0ple-the sword Of
astice-is place. in the hands Of men who owe their
these yiolators of the law go unwhipt Of justice,
there Is strong suspicious Of "something being
wrong in Denmark" Is it possible that our
nlsrs are in collision with these despcradoes3
tAsse false men If our citizens become assured
e the fact. It may be these DULLES take
encourage ent from the remark Of our chief mags
,se his honor the Mayor said to be publicly made,
pat I'll law on that subject at Defiance" II the head
q eur police force in this city could utter such
ssntment, 50 abborrent to every principle Of govern
nent, 10 IL TO be wondered at toat these violators
sf the law, encouraged by those high in Office and
who hold the sword Of JUSTICE should put in practice
what his honor had threatened he would do should
We law Cross his incnations or intercept his BUSH
Aess Nothing IL 80 certain to undermine our repub-
II and place desp0tism on the throne these Hcen
nous mobs. Nothing Ia better calculated to disgust
citizens with our institutions than to have our
Snagistrates in ave Of such violators Of the law.
Mr.. BoeARr said that he had spent nearly all his
kfe in the Ninth ward, and when anything was done
70 stab its reputation he felt it severely The peo-
PIE, he said were the arbiters Of this case and it
WAS for item to decide whether they would submit
. the disgrace Of having prize fight in their ward,
He knew the pugilist-a political rufisn, who nomf
mated ana elected oficers-and If the man was al
lowed to retain this position, the members Of the
ward were Ninth warders no longer.
A VOrCE-Faugh
Mr.. BoaARr-Aye, you may say laugh, but it cuts
you TO the quick. daughter and applause.) The
speaker concluded by urging upon the audience to
support the temperance ticket at the next eles-
ten.
The President then introduced the Rev. Mr.
WARRsS, who proposed the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted
J. Resolved, That the recent disgraceful fight in
his ward owes its occurrence entirely to the sale Of
iquor without which provocative to evil and crime
no such cutrages upon the public peace and the
public reputation, would be known in this commu-
4 Resolved, That the liquor traffic holds to this
lisgraceful fight, and TO all other atrocious crimes
be relation of cause to effect. The best express
lion Of our condemnation and adherence OF all
ucb evils is TO re iouble efforts to secure by the
enforcement Of law, the entire suppression OF this
Prolific parent OF vice and crime.
8. Resolved, That we are encouraged by the re-
rt Of the progress Of the liquor trials, presented
bic evening, and we pledge ourselves to use our
est efforts to communicate to the proper agencies
M violations Of the law that forbids the sale Of in
axicating liquors.
Resolved, That the ministers Of the law, whose
uty IL il to prosecute the offence to conviction,
III be held to q rigid accountability for the man.
lar in which thew nprform their dufv In fha in.