New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-12
NEAL DOW INLONDON.

The annual metropolitan meeting OF the members
and friends Of this society was held yesterday evening
at Exeter Hall. The Chair was occupied by the Hon.
Judge Marshall, of Nova Scotia.
The Chairman briefly addressed the meeting on the
evils Of ntemperance and expressed his conviction
that nothing could save the country from these eViis
but the prohbitory law which they were seeking TO
obtain Cheers. IL was for the purpose OF giving
fresh impulse to that that the present meeting
va, held and he trusted the ympates of all present
would lie displayed in favor of the movement
Cheers.
The Rcv. Dr. Burns moved the first resolution,
which was a. follow:
Tba, this meeting hail. with co-is welcome the Hon.
no ordinary satisfacou believing him peemnetly quail
fed afford sound iuo alton on the facts Of the Prohibition
in the United States That THIS mstms agkho"I
edeDg Nj Doy authority sstctnan and his worth a.
man extends to him the han q aeTua resaId ana Pieces
.ocisl rriom in which h. mas token 50 distinguished part
He trusted that the resolution would be carried with
the utmost enthusiasm Cheers. Americans We're
often 30 tall that they could them in the street
from long distance: but their friend the Hon. Neal
Dow, was tall mentally, morally and philanthropcaly
Cheers.
The Earl OF Harrington supported the resolution.
He had attended the meeting rather t. hear the Hon.
Neal Dow than TO speak himself. lie thought the
cause Of importance had been injured III America and
this country by bad system Of Jurisprudence Hear
bearl Having traced the history OF legislation IN ref
erence TO alcoholic drinks he declared that the drink
ing habits of the AngoSaxon race were tue curse 81
evil was to be found in educationi the real remedy
was in prohibition Cheers. They were all IN favor
of education OF course and excellent instruction was
provided for tie humber classes at present, Dut II
might be more extended. Yet was il not frghtiu to
see the iutemperance which prevailed llearl' In
Prussia where the people We're carefully educated by
the Government, the very children were in the habit
of takirg snaps" of drink Laughter. Something IN
addition to education therefore required t. check
and uproot the vice of Drunkenness Cheers
The resolution was then carried AMID grea: enhu-
sasm. o.,
turous APPLAUSE then rose TO address the meeting.
He said he would not take to himself the enthusiasm
displayed but would aScrbe II to concurrence IN the
object Of the Society and TO KIND feeling toward his
countrymen lCheersl. He had everywhere IN Old
England received the same cordial welcome that had
been given to him there and lac would assure English
men that in America among the Intelligent and hlfu-
entail classes there was no other feeling but kindness
and affection toward England Cheers. He was glad
TO find the noble lord the Earl Of Harrington, on that
platiorm-he believed II augured well TO the cause
Loud cheer. What was the reason that the upper
classes did not participate in the movement Be
cause they feared TO make the necessary sacrifice
Cheers But they would do so at last, and that be-
fore long lCheersl. Members Of Parliament did not
know about IT, but they would know about it before
long ICheersl. They would not know about II IN
his country, but those who held the votes led
them to know about it; and he believed the
same Thing would take place in Great Britain
before long Cbeen. II was opposed in America
a.
was moral question; but the working classes were
taught that it the great question for the State, and
il soon became a pol teal question lCheers aud he
believed that that would be the case in Great Britain
before long Cheers AT the hustngs at the late cleo
ton an orator pointed out method OF saving 1000 900
10 the State. The question OF finance appeared 10 be
the great question: ard he put this forward as hnan-
cia question, involving sum of 80 1000 Cheersl
This was the question which Members of Parliament
did not know about Laughter and cheers When the
time came il would be the duty of America to join
,to;p in iuitf The tt'npersl
The grog. shops killed 60, 600 Englshmen every year
eco drunkaIds were living in hunger, cold and
squad misery and 600 eco children were growing up
in vice and crime Cheers Yet the system which
b upht about all this was to be Rugged to the hearts of
our state smen, and il said that Maine Law
would never do for England Cheers. The American
Senators attempted 10 resist the movement, but they
found that il not 10 be resisted and he believed
that Englshmen would make their representatives 10
Know about il. Ii political question: involving
the interests Of the State. 1t was said that the move
ment involved the rights of the people, ana be was
surprised that any intelligent man should hold that
opinion, for man had night to act IN manner an
tagonstic TO the general good Loud cheers. There
was law which compelled a man TO build his house
according to q particular plan, Notwithstanding his
purchased right and yet they were told that the
Maine Law inerfered with the rights OF the people
fCheersl. An authorized superintendent ia America
in confagratiou became alpowertul and could order
house TO be pulled down, OF n whole range 10 be
pulled down, if the public good required It Hear,
hearl. A mans house was his castle, was iii Only
go fer did not intefere with the public good Loud
cheers. So ne Of the most magnificent buildings III
The kingdom were to hold persons ruined by grogshops
Hear, hear They were confined there, and why
Because their freedom was Inconsistent with
tie public good lCheersl. And a mans lie was taken
away the scaffOd for the same reason Hear hear
Tie traffic in intoxicating drinks in this country was
locked upon as great CRIME. Great crimes aud little
crime. were determined according 10 the extent OF
their interference with the general good, and that
the standard by which 1t was measured CheersI.
The slave trade abolition when originated was looked
upon by the press and by influential men as mpossi-
be but it bad succeeded, and the traffic was now
punished piracy Hear. The traffic in intOxicat-
ing drinks in one year did more injury 10 society
than Gil the crimes committed in the course of
quarter Of century Cheers. The people were,
Therefore, appealed TO rise with one voice and de-
nand protection from this evil but not till the proper
time came Cheers Thry-rine out of fOrty-nne
If Equor-:hops were under a Maine law, and
Rad, after a certain period to ask for extern
sion Of license, but not as right Cheers.
The Hquor-shops bred the dangerous classes in
,cci,iy ard repenisbed the gallowsi and if the
Maine movement were successful crime would disap-
pear Cheers They were told that il would be inn
possible 10 make sober by act OF Parliament
But that movement did not go 10 drinking: it merely
welt 10 selling lLaughterl Ii was said some time
ago by that be would eat for his breakfast the
fIst steamboat that crossed the Atlantic. Yet
ste on bcets had crossed the Atlantic; but he had
D,,' heard Of one being eaten Cheers and laugh
TEL. The same with railways. They were d, trst
considered impossible, but were nevertheless
ful: AID be believed il would be the same with The
Maine Liquor Law in England Cheers. There
was a state rueIt ia tAe most influential paper ia the
world that the Maine Liquor Law had proved failure
in the province from which it derived It's name and
that il was eyaded in hundred ways. Blu; that was
far from being the The wholesale liquor traffic
failed directly the law passed. and the Warehouses;
jals and houses o. correction almost depopu-
lated, and beggars disappeared Loud cheers. Ia
Maine liquor was tried, as were before, and, if
condemned, went into the gutter, but not as before
with man, but alone Laughter. The Maine
law lad been repealed in America some time ago be-