The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1855-04-10
From the Detroit Tribune.
LIQUOR MEETING--.A GREAT TIME.

From the Detroit Tribune
LIQUOR MEETING---A GREAT TIME.
When we reached tho City Hall last evenin,
q goodly crowd had already filed up the scat
and aisles impatiently waiting for the time o
commencement. We had not anticipated sucl
a performance, and the managers had not evi
IDENTIFY: but the crowd quite democraticall,
took tn, responsibility from the sclf-electet
champions of The Liquor and introduced some
new and original features into the programme
In short it wa mass meeting "with variations
; Looking back calmly over the proceedings o
the brief hour and half In which divers ant
sundry actors strutted on the stage and main
tained an upright position with difficulty on
the tops of benches, we are constrained to say
as tho man did whose wagon-load Of potatoe.
took sudden exit from the back end of his
wagon on the top of hill. After coolly sur
veying tho tide of tubers til the murphy had
started in its down-h hill career and being asked
why he didn't swear ,tlo 10 appease his
choking rage he replied--"Swear dye cay:
can't do justice TO Me suLiect!" We despair Of
giving scarcely the faintest idea of the mass
meeting in opposition to tho Main Law, held
last night. But to The task.
The exercises were opened by general stamp
ing, clapping of hands, whistling and othcr
recognised and approved modes Of calling a
popular assembly TO order. Finally tho porily
form of Col. DBBLE of tho Bddlo House, was
seen moving about inside the bar whoreupon
some one in the crowd, with present eye to
business and remote squnt at froe liquor.
moved that tho Colonel be appointed Chairman.
This arrested tho Col. in mid-career and he
moved that, for tho purpose of organizing this
meeting. Thos. Gallagher be appointed Chair
nan. MIR. Gallagher took the Mayors Chair
and nominated Col. Dibblo for Secretary cloud
thotrs and cries of"Dbblc." ""Dibblc, carried
and tho newly-eected took the Clerks seat
in front of the Mayors, amid storm of ap-
| plause. Here was halt. What next? every
body inquirpgly locked rather than said TO his
| neighbOr. The silence became little embar-
rassng and the crowd somewhat inpatient
Finally tho spirit moved and Tho Chairman
arose and said that the object of the meeting
was wtll known. 1t was TO appoint Commit
tees to raiso money with which to fec lawyers
| to resist the Main Law. If it was unconstitu-
t nj they had right to resist it; if it was con
si'utona, thoy must, like good citizens, obey
| it tFair docrne) lie had heard many law
yers say it was good Tor nothing-he was no
| lawyer and couldn't make a specch-ho pod
somebody would-ho had got cold Ga chronic
disease with speakers in a bad causc-bitters
good for lhat) and ended by calling on Col!
Dibble.
The lonel reiterated the Chairman's IDEAS
relativs to obedience if tho law vas sound;
otherwi.e c not Tho law operated unjnstly-
1t tukes away tho business Of mon, as much
entitled To- a living Is any others in community
(there is another law that takes away the
business of countcrletrrs, COLI There was
much truth in what was said about the evils
of liquor seng. but he didnt believe tho Main
Law was going 10 stop mems drinking (Don't
lk,fY nj L nstn a al
LRg.) HIS LEA was to maxi men sober (by
4i.ing I'm 'eaiskcy, On no,) by example and
pracept, by cxhprtng tpcm TO kcep soocr by
the love thcy owed their families, their coun-
Try and ali that is uoblc. (Fir>t rate idea Coli
y g hsd laws thai prohibited men from steal
ing nut did tnat stoP them from doing 60: (Oh
what AN Irish uost" was there, my cuntry.
IN nj The Col taking out the undorpi ming
from his own cau-e!) lIo believed moral
sRasoa--er'ls OF intcmperance. (Been trying
that out at iIowel-sot tried dilnt " ofk
he Col sat doNn and a general stamping
and clnpping followed, with some shoats and
yuls sent up Ike rockets of sound amid tho
general up:o,r A Mr.. Hcich CHATS as near
as No caI spell his hame--ho was n Germany
thought VIC ought to have constitution and
bylaws AID 81 moved that committee Of ono
from each Ware. be appointed 10 draft such
code to be presented al an adjourned meeting.
The Chairman put the question. A scatter
ing volley of yeas was first fred off whom Tho
crowd, sake unauimiiy, fled in and the yeas
swept round tho ball like tho voice of many
waters or OF inucn hqnor-wo arc no. exactly
clear which. The contrary being called for,
and there being nolhng else to do. the loud
No followed in tho track of It's prcdecrss and
seemed TO be full as sonorous
The Chairman tut tho top OF his voice. 'the
motioh is lost
Tho Col. hero vacated his scat and went cut
into the crowd to caucus and consider. In
tho interim, the crowd now filing Tho hail most
Gcnsel,, amused themselves by cries OF "sit
down there speech" speech" "!,ulio,"
stamps, Kisses aud general laughter. (Dy lho
way, we nuticeI characteristic of all populer
assemblies, 'espcirIy political ones, which is
genorally smnmcd up rs follows: 'the utmost
unaninity and good feeling prevailed Every
one soemod to feel tip-top and just as though
this was free country anc he didn't care whe-
ihcr gchoolk pit or not.
WelI-attcr u fair share of such ouphonc
exercises somebody moved that Mr.. Benjamin
Rush Bagg teko the st nd and mako speech.
That man. we are willing to stake our roputa-
ton for guessing is IA lucky man. The idea
exactly fitted tho notion of the assembly, now
in very happy mood. Shouts of "Amen,"
~hisllings, and cries of "Bagg, Bagg," followed
oud-lcng-perscvering But the oljecf OF
their sclicitudo, whose counsels they so much
desired, was non est comatibus In s,oampo. (Quo
tation from Virgil.) W
In The midst of the "noise and confusion"
the Col. returned to his soa,-the Chairman all
this time sitting bolt upright. looking straig bit
ahead, like Patience on monument smiling
at Grief Tho Col. said nftcr getting "order'
restored, that he had consulted some friends |
and thoy had concurrod with him in tho opia-
ion that it was best to appoint committee of
two in each Ward to collect money with which |
10 fee awyors with.
Tho lucky man two couldn't find out bis
nancy moved an amendment to this--that
committee wait upon b. Rush Bagg, Esq, and
obtain his opinion as to the constitttionality of
tho new Liquor law. (laughtor, that's the talk
&c The amendment was put and the yeas
went up big enough to take tho roof off and noes
followed n quick succession. snfb
Tho Chairman shouted '.the yeas have it."
rah'-no-no-stamping and whisting
--Bsgg--Bcniatn min Rush Bagg.)