New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-13
HELP FOR THE DRUNKARD.

Beside those scenes of unaffected excitement which
are common whenever John Il. Cough speaks on his
own subject, and which the advocacy of any cause
might elicit if it full of earnestnese and clever
ness as this unprecedented popular Orators practical
movement in the good formed important part
of tie meeting the Cooper Institute last evening.
Ingeniously offered to the Christian public
tertaiument Of moral worth but also excellent wit AZ
melange of Coughs unapproachable Illustrations of
bleeding life i'll the places of civilization and Of the
Oldfasicned peadings of humanity, the purpose of
those who instituted the meeting ncosed very direct
appeal to the vital energy of each individual present in
behalf of the live object Of much elOquence and if
we may gay it, of intellectual profit.
The title "Social Responsibilities" Mr.. Gough
confessed sweet coating for the pill which 1t Is
his constant practice to prescribe, devised originally to
obge the Young Mems Christian Association OF Lon
don, who feared Temperance simple might be neither
shaken taken by the public patient or patient pub
lie, and gladly adopted by their young brethren OF
| New-York from motive equally sbrewd. The audi
! ence was large filing two-thirds Of the seats and
among the persons on the platform were the original
| brand snatched from tie burning, awful Gardner,
| rious, nee pugilist, and Mr. Peter Cooper.
The practical result Of the evening was the establish
nent Of the Metropolitan Temperance League Of the
|
called lingering attention after the Of fearful
and terrible anecdote and funny compliment of the
ladies', and bold and manly celebrations had flowed
from Mr. Cough with all the brilliant vvacity of a
srrinp freset for the space of hour and half Of
| which no minute, each with its smile or sob, was
regretted by any one Of the audience. 1t is but fair to
state that no one distinct "socal responsibility rose
10 the surface at any time although it easy to trace
| l. e for he
waves of elOquence.
| None of tie worthy young gentlemen who have IN
aueuIated this great humane refOrmatory movement
tbe Metropolitan League-could have listened to the
orator without Leely realizing that the essence of all
his eoqueuce is actual experience and that the grand
hin. Of it all u.s. in the vulgate tahe has been there
-teen to the drunkards hopeless home, whose tears
81 tatters be pictures with such vivid reality been
where the stone touches that is thrown out from the
luzzinp fashion Of Broadway to find corruption aud a
cure; been TO the commandments of the that
r,oans and sliveIs and hides It's bruises in the city
| citwdp A League of Wide-Awakes in the great
csm,ain of hope against despair like Cough him
| self enthusiastic and alert not alone in meetings
crowded with comforts but also in the dark lanes, the
| underground holes tie eums, wherever band lies
trembling ust out OF the mire and may be grasped ana
held safe. nav indeed be Metropolitan in reality as
vel nc in name For this penetrating sacrifice for the
,ctim Of Iaesion which gstroDger even than woman
love is tue Lesson that Coughs life and abors impress
ron hearts that can get red hot with pity for misery
snug in a rounding sentence.
Ending bis lecture with stirring appeal Tor the
contract against Satan about TO be formed the orator
gave way to Mr.. Dodge and the reading Of the Con
.titu,ion Of the metropolitan League. The preamble
proyides for drunk nnets and msery-the 5000 dram
slors in the city, the bleeding hearts, and all the
phatly IroJerties of this rolling drama-and the aru
clea Lat follow provide for meetings. tracts, pledges
rerona efforts, and in general, an organized and sys
| tenahc raid uron Rum The annual fee OF member
| shin will he one dollar.
| The following officers were unanimously approved
| nv the audience: President, DR.. Eleazur Parmlee;
Vice-President, +. w. Ballard Secretary, Austin Alb
bolt; Treasurer, John Faulkner; Executive Commit
tee. H. McCmdy, X. c. Mccormick, jr., and others.
With that Christian lberalty for which be is dlsilit
guided Mr. Peter Cooper proaered the use OF the In
titue for tie yearly meetings Of the League Tree o
al exreise aud the thanks Of the meeting were ten
dered him No further business in regard to this inter
estug movement was transacted.