The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-06-22


Seymour yetoes that Yropto tory iaws What Was tn
result o. that yeuDY Ii ollie sed wsd actiyt
OF New Yorf, elected anoshsr (Ohssrs
We eh alsnsea Governor ana hs accepted tn
challenge, and joined issue th the tenPeraacs con
munisy Wat was toe result o. that issu.s Goveruo
Sc, moor vstosc The Law Of ls5i vstoel tower
nor seJ uovr tue fail Of tnst Year oad cheers
There fore my fre ads have no Sovpt that yoa vii 81
found 10 enforce the law We have Mayor In toe
whom we are ell grateful 10 for whst he has arss y
done IN enforcng the laws ana preventing toe sas Of
liquor On Sundays. repeat tnai Ualer ooli-
sat,oo TO his eonor Mayor Wood, and sisied that
he 10 made Oi that sort of wood that viii enforcs Ias
ssns a,s"y t.aaor ss Snssfs ana isusaier W.
riot in New York Impossible We have the entHs
strength OF the Of the state aad city
Tors on cur side (Cheers) | nave the aoaos o. b.
longing 70 an organization composed of Irishmsn alm ,st
sSniustvey, although ~s not exclusive hoiy We
have been orgIat-t per aucs soc,sty
Daned out Of vtreiation for thst great man. csase-
qnsny our 30 iety Is principally composed Of Of
Of trchibtory liquor law. (Chssrs) | h.vs
NO fears for those who cooy iook upon
th. community by use Of iptoxi eating have
NO fesr, no fears whtn hAvs only these men 10 op
pose us What chance will they stand the stat. Of
New YORK TO obstruct the la~ which the people
made through their in the Lsgsi.ture
"a kone.") will not dstaiu you any longer,
am that you viii stand up Tor the enlorssn,ent
and support of the Prohibitory L,qaor Law (Applauss
hr Poor was the next spea' or. He said: II hare q
barely b. bs 10 nans nS voes
large gathering on sais ossason, and regret that
hour and q half or more to nnd tns
place and ! have no doubt there are a great
This y account for the absence Of great my speak
ers who were to have been here heartily acquiesce
the objects of this meeting, and proud to be called
upon to address you fellow citizens for two reasons.
The first, the vial and real reason is, because
you come here, not by your presence oy
upon those who are already degraded, maitrsassd
and abused-not to aggrava An olo ssre-not maze
political capital for this that factonbut you come
here to Let them know that you ready and
carry ont the Prohbitory Liquor en-.
force ito try Ito test ito rebuke the lcence law
srcby-to enact good laws-and 70 revive morality
That what you here for. You the maloos
OF any self constituted order. consider you frsemen,
and deem II an honor to have opportunity TO sd
dress you as ireemen (Appsuse) Nov. friends there
is question wish to put 70 you is tnis:-ws ths
years have anced ourselves particularly aggrisved un
Ger the old license liquor law. l viii tell you
.hy Many Of us have relations who are addicted
to or,nE-ntimae friends who have gone ALMOST into
the grave through the Of strong drink
Daily, around us, the wtherng effects OF intox
cation. We have been thus individually abused to
fpesk OF the taxes bored under not speak of the
drunken officers that In the habit Of trying
force our aws-not to speak Of the whoesas violation
Of the Sabbath day, which in this city Of
ours not to speak Of these thint as individuals
have been personally abused BY the license liquor law.
standing that We have been smitten thai have been
made to 70 without food into the streets; not.
withstaDdDs that ws have been driven into the
Easements, and into the garrets to hve, because
OF rum, and Of the license law. What did Ge do,
while laborng under this incubus What did
do to rid ourselves and the community OF this great
curseS Well, the country knows what We have done.
We called public meetings and spoke Of grievances
We told the people what we suffered, and we appealed
10 the ballot box. Did We ever counael any man TO
shoot rum sellera Never. DID ever Call upon the
mob to charge upon the polices Did We ever besege
the Mayors Officer Did ever moiest an Aldsrman2
No But did what American citizen haa a
night to dove spoke freely and availsd ourselves
Of the mighty weapon that was left US by
plains OF honmouth-we svAiied ourselves Of the
ballot boI-a weapon that fals lightly IS the
am an American, mot Know Nothing by long siot,
and tell you, ~ o workingm sn-as OF yourselves
/. is you. tu.insss 2 see th.. the riea nsa aoa't
your business Who suffers from intsmpsrancs9 Il
The worsingnsn's Whose children sweep the cross
ings ON rairy dsyss The workingman's. whose sons
about Nassu and spruce streets every day the year
The sons Of ru%sesrs lie or rum ~prtsrs or meroh..ss
ad 9
can't afford to support them, seller ths
cast % ssiift IT at tsodsr .ss-shsy au the Jsiis and
penitentaries. This law aims at the saving Of
those boys. A you love your children and
ism, and l believe you do; you love God and your
soul cluster around 70 the support OF prohibition
pe to s
shall be enforced and It will befor there is power
earth that resist the win Of free people; when
sist All England could cope with our fathers in
'76, who half starved and half naked-whys Be-
they right and .srs w50ns
adsmantiDs ck OF great truths Temperance, morality
sobr~ty reason and Judgment have the honor Of
men, in Chatham square Now, was born in q arst
rate place to be good Know Nothing S9y down East,
but being two-thirds lrish-and you ~ murder will
the crisis arrives there be crisis force ID
wanted to enforce the prohi oitory tell you that
and those who who have suffered from more
than kind Of tyrsnny and who now and them
selves IN position to Aid IN the support Of Liberty You
squarethc old Father Mathew Society They are pro-
hbtonists they but very ttis but when they day
mark, as the Connausht Rangers did at Waterloo and
the Epnisklen dragons at inksEmann Depend upon
it, there are men the rumselers know nothing about
they don't now whom they have to cope with. don't
mean to ntmidate them but say this, that the Pro-
hibitory law shall be enforced in New York. So Tar
right Or wrong am no friend % to moDs. mob should
not be tampsred with But tell you New York 10 the
wrong city for mob and think the people found out
some time ago. We are not afraid OF o mob. Now,
iriends thank you for your kind attention. and pro
mise you that the ffth day Of July II is want
ed to help to enforce the law, you can command me,
r PooR here retired when the President stated tina!
the Thirteenth Ward Temperance Alliance would hold .
meeting Wednesday evening next In Cannon street
Baptist church. He then introduced Mr. DscAMP, who
formerly lieutenant Of police He I'll would
much prefer, my fellow citizens to listen TO Colonel
spow or the Hon G. c. Leigh than to attempt to say
a1y thing myse after tbs eloquent representative and
address which have so atentively istea
Cd to from Brother Poor. know 1t Is impossible for
me to say word that Is calculated TO interest," nsruc
or amuse you single moment. have enough Of
the operations ofrum upon the human system-enough
q the consequences the selling Of Intoxicating drnss
satisfy that there Is wrong lac 1t in the COM
muniy. socially, politically cvilly morally or any
other way In which you disposed to view 1t, for
single moment. II IL the determination ths part Of
the friends Of prohibition to enforce the law You
have already heard this and why should IL not be 7
majority Of the people Of New York called for it, and
the gisAture, IN obedience to inst call, passed It,
Now, well might the interest attempt to roll
back the mighty current Of Niagara - turn aside
the operation Of this law There w am certain, be
nscssslty for resoripg TO What nonsense TO
talk Of German miifssy company, which 10 said TO
have been raised In the city OF Brookynl What could
II do against the people Of that city aud New York;
German military company Of ffty9 Why, We ought TO
ashamed Of ourselves. Temperance men, to notice
such hoap "A NJ n Dutn IA