Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1855-06-12

transactions Of yesterday should be sp.
proved.
Loud calls for THOMAS N. DAvY now
came from every part Of the hall. Mr..
DAvY said he was at loss 10 know why
the people always called on him for q
speech. He was no speaker. He might
disnppoin, their expectations; but he sup.
posed he must say something.
81 am constitutionally excitable but
10. ght am cool as cucumber. I am
ready to adopt any every means to sup.
press the Liquor Traffic" He was for
moral su aston, and legal suasion, 100.
II was all idle TO talk o. moral sunsion
with rumsellers. They had no hearts,
He instanced the conduct OF liquor
seller in Portsmouth, who, when besou sht
by tho wife Of one whom he degraded
below brutality, to sell him no more IL.
guor, replied thai he had license to car.
~ on his business, and that he would sell
so long as his customers had a cent to
buy with. Use moral suason with sue
wretches! No.-lhe only remedy was
TO pull up the unholy traffic with hooks
Of steel, and he was for every measure,
howsver stringent, that would effect this
purpose.
The times called for strenuous exertion
to root out gros selling. Are you ready
Shouts of"yes," and prolonged cheers. I
Well, am ready. | am here,-Thom:
as N. Davy. [Applause.] A good old
Methodist brother, whose gifts were not
equal 10 his grace, when he rose in
class. meetings, could say little more tina n
81 am here" And so also, 81 am here" !"
[ Cheers.] Twas present when the liquor
was destroyed /; and that measure met
my hearty concurrence. Those who
want 10 confer with me, know where 10
find me. There were some, who, two
weeks ago, counselled this measure, aid
now that their own rec ommendation had
been carried out, they shrank back from
what had been done, and gravely talked
about mob law. They remind me Of AN
old nigge: preacher, who made wonder.
ful pretensions 10 piety, and, almost in.
variabIy alluded in mis- sermons to the
day Of judgment. Ho was ready for the
Judge Eternal at any time. Several
wags thought they would test his SINGER.
ity. So. one night, they tapped at his
door. Sambu was in bed. Another rap.
Samto drew the quilt over his head.
Still the rappins continued. Almost pa.
ralyzed with fright, the sable preacher
(altered out +:
"Who dar ?"
"De angel OBJ de Lor'."
"What he want 2"
"Want Sambo."
Covering up his head, he replied,
"No sich niger here Dat nigger's
bin dead dis two, tree weeks. Dat am
fac, de trufe !" Roars Of laughter.]
"And so," continued Mr.. DAvY, "are
some others. They profess 10 be ready
at any time, when the occasion for their
services seems as distant as the day of
judgment, but let crisis arrive, and, as
in the case Of Sambo, their sincerity is
made manifest. "No sich niger here ]"
Renewed laughter, and cheering.]
."Men and brethren, stand to your
arms !" CheeIs, and shouts Of "We
will !"1 Good | like to hear such n
response. 1t sounds as though it came
from men who had the blood of Seventy.
Six in their veins. We werc contend.
ing for the principles of our fathers for
the right to be free from every species
of oppression.
81 am talking against time, as we are
waiting for the report Of the Committee
on Resolutions. Perhaps some other gen.
tlemau wishes to be heard. ["Go on."]
Mr.. DAvY continued. Hs was partic.
ipant and principal in yesterdays doings.
He avowed it boldly. He babe defiance
to such lawyers as might be employed to
conduct prosecutions against himself and
others. He alluded TO the torrents of
rain that had fallen-thousht it was pro-
designed to wash ou, from
the earth every trace Of the liquor split
there yesterday. [Applause.] There was
not rioter in the party yesterday. They
were all MEN-good and true-(riends Of
order, virtue, and religion: men Of po.
silion and character. Their deed was
the last resort Of men determined to be
free from the infectious proximity of
what was more TO be dreaded than the
plague or pestilence.
Mr.. DAvY spoke Of his nativity. 1t
was not generally known that he was a
foreigner yet so he was. But it made
no difference. His being nurtured in q
stable could not make him horse or an
ass-certainIy not the former. [Roars
of laughter.] He was, in spirit, true
American. But there were foreigners,
in spirit, here, who cared not for their
country, nor anything, but to fatten on
what should have fed (amished families,
and educ ated for the service Of the State
children who are abandoned to the cur.
ses Of penury, ignorance, and crime.
Fellow Citizens. are you ready for the
conflict? [Shouts of "ready," ready
and prolonged cheering.] Some have
been prone to call me an incendiary in
the promulgation Of those sentiments.
Let il be so. If it be neendiary to light
up the torch Of reform at the altar Of my
country, and hold it up whenever it shall
fash its cheering rays all over the de.
molished grogshops Of our land, then am
All incendiary, and glory in the name!
And | now pledge myself to fight under
such banners until humanity everywhere,
divested Of all shac kles-moral, mental
political or spiritual-shall stand forth