Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-12-01
THE VICTIMS OF INTEMPERANCE.
FROM A RECENT SPEECH OF JOHN b. COUGH IN
BOSTON.

PROM A RECENT SPEECH OF JOHN B. COUGH IN
BOSTON.
I said when l began, that | was a trophy Of this
movement and therefore the principal part of
my work has been mot ignoring other parts, in
behalf of those who have suffered as | have suffer
ed. You know there is a great deal said about
the reckless victims Of this foe being Grutes. No,
they are not brutes. / have labored for eighteen
years among them, and l have never found a
brute. l have had men swear at me | have had
a man dance around me as if possessed OF a dew
il, and spit his foam in my face but l never
found a man | would give up. 1t may take a long
time 10 reach his manhood but he is not a brute.
l think it is Charles Dickens who says Away up
a great many pairs of stairs, in a very remote
corner, easily passed by, there is a door, and on
that door is written Woman. And so in the
heart of the 1ilest outcast, away up q great many
pairs Of stairs, in a very remote corner easily
tassed by, there is a door on which is written
ssMan". Here is our business, to find that door.
1t may take a long time but begin and knock
Don't get tired but remember Gods l0ng-suffer-
ing to us, and keep knocking q long time. If need
be. Don't get weary if there is no answer; re-
member Him whose locks we're wet with dew
huOCk OuJ just u ~ yNH u ~ oHA JNos " SNAS
as you do, just SO sure, by and by, will the quiv-
ering lip and starting tear tell you you have leen
knocking at the heart Of a man,and not of a brute.
Il is because these poor wretches are men, and
not brutes, that we have hopes of them. ! once
picked up a man 10 the market-place. They said
''He is q brute; let him alOGe". l took him home
with me and kept the 'brute' fourteen days and
nights, through his delirium, and he nearly
frightened Mary out Of her wits one night, cnas-
ing her all about the house with a boot in his
hand. But che recovered her wits and he recov-
cred his. He eaid to me, you wouldn's think
had a wife and child ?" well, | shouldn't" 81
have, and-God bless her dear little heart-my
Mary is as pretty a little thing as ever stepped!
said the brute. l asked, Where do they livei"
''They live two miles away from here" "When
did you see them last ?" About two years ago"
then he tod me his sad story. said, You must
20 back again" mustn't 90 back--I won't-my
wife is better without me! l will not 20 back any
more; l have knocked her, and kicked her, and
abused her; do you suppose l will go back again?"
/ knocked at the door, and his vile opened it,
sis this Mrs. Richardson?" Eyes Sir" "Well,
shat is Mr.. Richardson, iLaughter.l And, Mr..
Richardson, that is Mrs. Richardson. Now come
into the house" They weat in. The wife sat on
one side of the room and the brute on the 9TH
err. | waited to see who would speak irst; and it
was the woman, (Applause.l But before she
spoke she 6dgetcd n good deal. She pulled up
her apron till she got hold Of the hem, and then
she pulled it down again. Then size folded i! all
up closely, and jerked /. out through her fingers
an inch at a time, and then she looked all about
the room. and said, swell, Williaml" And the
'bru.s' said "Wsll. Maryf" tLaughtsr.) lie
had a large handkerchief round his neck. and she
said, "YOu had better take the handkerchief off,
William; you'll need 1t whom you go out" lie
began to tumble about il. The knot was large
enough; he could have united il il he liked; buI
be said, will you unite il, Maryi" and 81,