New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-19
JOHN B. GOUGH At THE ACADEMY OF
MUSIC.

Last night john b. GOUGH, the renowned temper
ance orator addressed an audience large could be
crowded into the Academy of Music. The occasion
was the opening of the Winter Course Of Lectures be-
fore the Young Mems Christian Association.
The Rev. DIR. ISAAC FERRIS, Chancellor of the Uni
versty, opened the meeting with prayer.
MI GouGH was then introduced and received with
rapturous applause. He said it was his custom to
make his speeches as he went along-he never wroe
AN address in his life and he believed now for the first
time he was to speak address with title. His sub
ject was " Man and His Masters" Much az he grieved
for 6ctply as he sympothzed with the lowly bond
man who is bought and sold for price, yet his grief
aud sympathy for those who sell themselves as willing
slaves to vice and passion and appetite was
far grC alter. lie spoke with negro IN Virginia,
who fold him" All desc flesh and blood and bones
IAN Massa's- he bought them and paid for en- but
"my soul-ah, dat beoDgs to God AmightyI Inc
poor negro bODdman may truly say that ME soW belongs
10 his God but the slave OF appentoLan, 70 Wnp n
fnture il there before him The speaker proceeded 10
circ with voice and feature, as only he Is capable
of DOING the dreadful consequences which follow e1
ress lie made the mser look more pltiabe IN his
yre,dy crashing after god-the lbertine more detest
Able in his vicious careerthe oppressor more hateful
In his oppression; but the body of his discourse was
mainly devoted to exposing the evils OF ntempeIanee
His fruitful theme was treated with all the
power and pathos of which Cough Is capaole.
lJnder the electricity of his tone and gestures
the attention of the audience was enchanted through
out His anecdotes and illustrations provoked con-
slant and uproerOus laughter, which he as constantly
checked BY a few sentences of pathos, that almost
moved the mirthful audience to tears. lie said he de-
sired 10 aroue the sympathy Of his hearers. lie was
An ont and out Prohibitionist. He wauld 90 to any
In,ths 20 sweep away the pregnant cause OF most OF
the misery degi adatOn and crime with which society
cursed But the fact was. the Prohibihonists have
bcen making but little progress. They are like man
in a boat with only one oar: he COCA around and
around but does not make any Roadway. So 1t is
,ih our moderate men, who in public approve OF total
prob;h;,ion. while their own sdcDOards at home
grosn under welliilled decanters, and their cell
lars are stored full Of costly wines. Inc move
ment 10 be successful must be respected at home as
well as abroad Exclude it from your own houses and
Won have made great stride toward successful Name
law. Precept, though excellent, is dead without ex'
ample In closing be advertea 20 the great assistance
Nbicb the Young Mems Christian ASSOCIATION couid
render TO the Temperance movement II needed the
infsion of the Christian element 10 vitaze IT, Prayer
md good works could do anything. lie believed IN
tbe ,ipns of the times Christian men and won,
en- were waking up 10 the Importance OF moral
and social reforms, and were lending cheerful assist
nnce Now that they were no longer content win 40
stsctops, but came down 10 the real practlcai WORK
of reform he could hear with the ears OF aith booming
among the everlasting hils, the deahkne OF dcspot.
ism oppression and Slavery. II was not far oh Lei
lis DO what we can 10 hasten its coming.
The speaker was mott literally applauded durog MS
discourse and al the close brought down the house.