The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-02-07

g.As we eerite Of Mr. tiough' aeJ,ieveinent3
ON the platform, We recall the rainy day
eleven y,afs sga, when We first saw The hand
eili ln~ied an ~ dead wall In this eisy. an
honncins that mir. John Is Tough. of I3n<-.
ton, would discuss the lIacknefed tltcss,e %kf'
total absiin''ice. in the Broadway 1nbernarls.s
Ne ,iearfily pitir,i the youthful stransrers
u,akiDgJ Jlir bcl,at in .tl,s usergrown city.
(Sincc that time we have la;icti him )4-Tiss
tabernacle spcccl, went of very well; orr.
so,'er-sidesi college .chun,' who heard Il. mo-
nounced linn IN prodi .ious fellow. but snsrae~.
what tl,eatriral.' At the first opportunity
wewent TO hear the Young ;l.lv+nturcfS from
isosiot'- IA weenier.sl the -ll,llse. IL wsss
alrc'nly jamned with an audience compris-
ing many vf the ms~t intsllsctlEil ci;izens of
Pr---. Curiosity w,1 on tiptoe. Pre-,
scntly there WAS n stir in the crowded aisle,
and pale sttipling. apparently Just out Of
his "tecns, made his way 10 the ros,rum..
lie cast his daik eye once over tho for,ni,Ia-t
hle crowd anal then leni his sad thourbt.
ful-lo"king face iimi,lly toward the floor. The
late venerable DIR. Miller introduced him to-
the audience. 4 few modest words were mt
tered with some. hesitation Of tone Me
wondered what We had all come, there fr.
ireseuiiy ile y@ing orator sai,l, "My ffienisi
wheh The temperance reform first originatesl.i
1t was among the middle classes, and, like
a mine exploited in the sand, il did il. work
without violent cnncussion Then came the
"ash,ng,"nian movement, when the inatcI,
was kin'iled in the solid granite of the low
er orders, nnd the mighty upl,eaying, shook
Tor time. The nation. And now, TO night.
want lo thrust fiIsee into the upper stras
Ia This happy geological simile was re.
receised with pleasant surprise: people be.
gan To- exchange mods Of approval |; surprise
qnlckened into wondering delight : the house
grew still as the grave; md at the end of
twenty minutes, the spell of encbantmenta
brought us all to the orators feet He did witl,s
u'a>he chose. He shoak us wi,hiauchter. ;
then melted us into tears. Onren,atbsmati !.
cal professor who never cried witbont sIas
reason for it--sat before the pul,it will, tea,ss
rolling down hs checks As Mr. Goucll'ss
voice sunk into n thrilling whisper, the
house was painfully still; and then it swell-s
ed up into n trumpet blast that rsSc uaded to
the farther side Of the street Rcma, kable q.
was INC niIiufcry displayed, VIC suuu- ,ttsr,Sv.r
e;ed that the orators forte lay i'm his graplic
terror moving sketches ofthriling and path, !
e,ic scenes. His descriptions of the boy res-.
cued from the burning he,ise---,.f tho sisises
wlIing off the clotted blood from her wound
cd br"iher's brow--of the lean. pale wife.
who blesses her reformed husband at her
letlside--of the infatuated man who cives
himself up TO the rapids of Niagara, and
while on the awful yerge--all those were.
| equal to the most vivid d-touches of Charles
Dickseps. As he brought before ns his fsar-.
ful picture Of the d.iirium Gcmens, we a.+-s
tuailr suffered in sympathy With the victim
"f run. held up to "ur startled view; and
ready I" cry ont with anguish Il coald not
sltep after that speech last night. said =
tirnd to.us next morning: "it absolutely
haunt Il mc. ~ Chr Inteiiigcncsr. q ss1-.i -