New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-15
The PRrsIDrsr then proposed as sentiment

in a few brief sentences, the notable scts Of Gov
| Clark. in behalf Of Temperance. IL conclusion, he
gave
Nale sw iH her rr vince q NeS.bnt'~'oS-
HAs Aton bed Her b5a'es' sor' have died
st VOID Of sgqaes al I'D, soas ".,aoa rea9~ W r.,
We redee her alliance uniA the SevtsicIoi ot Kun =
AppIause and muse. God save the Queen"
The next regular toast was
TAe Pre'e.i brfy q T,'peyas, ,s. No. -,
To afront Us BY his IN Oh
Wide error clouds the reason.
Nhhe sorrow y snA -. ! Ias h,s'''
or drunkard cries fer help,
Action is the good mans part"
The Rev. HENRY WARD BEEcHER, IN responding,
said Good il not Of spontaneous growth II men are
To rise il must he bv the enkiuding within them of
new and divine element. The different vices OF men
all spring from the lust and seltishness within. We
come into this life TO work 10 take It a. 1t Is, TO hight
the end against adverse circumstance as well "a
in the full tide Of success. We cannot carry on our
temperance work. by single leader; we must all
work privates a. well a. generals. Moral suasion
against the lust % intemperance needs bold front
and a powerful array. When the speaker came to
this city zine years ago such gathering as this at
Temperance Festival would have been regarded a.
preposterou.. Since then the Temperance cause had
made great strides toward popularity and success.
While he favored work be also liked such
PLAYING spell they then were enjoying.
Ii was significant sign OF the times that such
gathering could be had for Temperance Ban
ouet He had a great liking for Bro. Cough,
but it was scarcely necessary for linn to say any
thing in his praise for God had given him tongue
which was a perpetual Introduction to everybody.
TIE Rev speaker then addressed Mr.. Cough in terms
OF Christian love and friendship, and invoked the
blessings Of the Almighty upon his abo-s. His re-
marks were received with enthusiastic applause.
After an interval of music the following toast was
announced
Il IT.ttfff hau The
Temperance blast We congratulate Der on becoming At asst
lard OF steady habits
Mr.. Il. w. ToNPKINs, President Of the Connecticut
State Temperance Society, responded. He said we
claim life interest in the entire Beecher family, and
have only lent them to you IApplausel come to
hear testimony that have had men of God who
have been faithful in teaching the people the value of
a Maine Law We enjoy that law to-day, Sir
| Ours is truly land Of steady habits. VISIT
| our State tie homes of our people, our poor
hon 4 and prisons and you will see the good effects
| az tLe Maine Law among IA. We recently caused in-
| oury to be made and found that not single place
exists throughout the length and breadth OF the state
where intoxicating liquors are openly exposed Tor
sale He had come all the way from Old Connecticut
10 give thanks with his brethren IN New-iork for the
success of the Temperance cause II the citizens OF
| New-York would only carry out their Maine Law, he
would guarantee in four weeks thereafter that not
single drunken man could be found in all Connecticut
| In conclusion the speaker called upon Mr.. Cough TO
90 ON with bis good work, and the blessings of the
| Almighty would follow
After music the Rev. T. l.. CUrLER replied to the
following:
orr Fesal BOARD pure cold and female
| tnents commended IN iiep u rire dinners
- ~ it me. whose friends are sunk to beasts
| 10 ouaf thy bowls, riot In thy tessts,
Me woulit thou please for them thy cares employ
tT1a.s Decline Of ne Banque Of Circc-ifoMERs ODYSSEY
| lie sad Now call that a capital teetotal senti-
| ueut from vertable old fOgy. Blind old Homer
500 wears before Christ, saw the beastality which
| no mun at
brightest in bistory-statesmen warriors, poets
after dazzling the world with their great works, have
sunk 30 low before the circean cup, that We would
| gladly draw vail before their private lives. How
noble then. is the work which John Cough has been
| engaged in. Tue Almighty never could have
Stoned him in eoQuence to the lips but that 1t might
be employed to such noble ends The speaker advert
ed to his toast he glad to see women present az
tie festive board-thtn say they want the Inspiration
from the bottle He thought that there was more in
Dration and exharation in the bright beautiful faces
which were turned toward him than in all of the cham
| payne that ever drank. II would be well II our
social assemblages would Danish wine and tobacco,
and replace them with Women; society would be the
better for it lApplause.
| The next regular toast was
The Kesone Saie-The first make and enforce thorough
SABBATH temperance she will not be the last 10
reflect sattAiadan from the Of echoholic drinks
| The Rev john CHAMBERS of Philadelphia res
| pended. In brief he said We are enforcing Sab
bath law, and carrying out to some extent restrain
| ing law-whch the politicians have strven hard, but
have been unable to blot out. There il now bill
before the Legislature rgdly restricting the sale of
intoxicating liquors to hotels only, and forbiddng its
.ale elsewhere and then under stringent regulations.
lie hoped TO see the day when every magistrate and
uubIic officer would wrap himself in the American
nag and then take the oath of office, and swear that
| he would see that flag torn from him shred
by shred than fail to have the Temperance law
carried into effect. After cOmplimenting the guest Of
the evening" he said he should go nome with only one
regret lie wanted to the Rev. Mr. Loyejoy at
that banquet He made speech the otter day down
in Hew-Hampshre against the Maine Law. l only
wish lad him here; | would bold him down and
baytise him with pitcher Of cold water, tie Rev. Mr.
LoyeTUm lApplause !.
A hymn-"T The Temperance Good Samaritan" b.
Il,sius Hart-was then sung to- the air Of "Auld
Lang syne," by the company.
Dir GoUGH then again addressed the assembage.
tA said: Our festivity is almost at an end. 1 hope
we shall all rise the better for it tomorrow morning.
only accepted the invitation Of the Committee to this
festival in the belief that would rebound to the good
Of the Temperance cause. Tomorrow Our dongs will
fly on the wings Of the wind to Iowa and Wisconsin
and through the West, and awake there the sympa-
tLies Of thousands. Our moral field Of conflict is
greater ard more honorable than any other that j
know Of The demon Of darkness stalks through our
land blasting the mghiest ntelecs OF the nation os
well a. putting out The heghOpes and heaTth-hres OF
fle loyeliost. Why, then, ia not the extension OF
Temperance the foremost aim Of our teachers aud
preachers / heard a minister Of the Gospel say be
was friend Of Temperance then said !, Why don't
YOU preach it to your congregation He replied: oh,
have NV reasODs. We pressed him To give them.
He said: You know Mr. II. Yes. He's the richest
man in town-not a member Of my church, but he's
one Of the congregation-Gnd pays more to support
preaching here than everybody else; if | was TO
say anything in favor Of temperance, why he wouldn't
pay afother dollar into the church, and then we
.E6uldn't have any preaching. Now, | think
preaching is of more consequence here than the
success Of temperance" Now, if can't
have church without padlOcking the lips Of
preachers would raze every place Of worship in the