The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1861-01-26
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A ITarVciIGus Dciiyerance.


John 3 Cough, the celebrated Temperance
orator, having returned from England is
attracting iiulnence crowds in Boston and
New York To liSicn to his thrilling addi esses
OH his favoriie theme.
In one Of his Boston speeches recently, he
gave the following 'ouchiug irci1rn, as illus
'rative of the degradln, influences IF intern
pcrance and Of the power Of the gospel to
save.
spoke in Dundee to the ontcasts OF That
town. The Right Hon. Lord Kinnaird and
his lady were instrumental IN getting up that
meeting. 1t was such meeting, | suppose,
as you cannot see in this country at least, |
never saw such an one. If such an au-
dirnce can be gathered together here.
should like to see it, and to address it..
The town missionaries had got together a
large mass of mtn and women, and you
would almost have looked in vain to find one
lingering trace Of human beauty left. 1t
seemed as il The foul huof Of d. hatchery he'd
dashed it out. 1t was a horid sight to look
at. Rags, filth. nakedncss-a fostering,
Steaming mass Of purifying humanity
a woman sat at my feet and the place was
so crowded that touched her her nick
name for years had been " He'll fire" The
o'D IdIitu THc, anu SiIc WAS klipWu
by no other name in the vicinity Of her
wre'chcd residence. FIfty-,hree times had
she been convicted and sentenced for, from
six days to four months Imprisonment.
The EX-provost of the town George Rough,
said to me, - never sent one policeman to
take her. She was never mastered by one
man. She has been dragged before the, time
after time. with the blood streaming from her
face.
The Rev. Mr.. IIanaway and Mr.. Rough
said to me, " II she kick up row, as she
probably will, you will see one of the most
comcal rows you ever beh.ld Ii is dreadful
but there is comicAlty about 1t she has
such power with her toaguc that it Is amaZ-
ing. We have seen men, who could stand amy
began to basphcme,"
She sat there at my feet. and as went on
Shcinterrupted Int little. Itold that audience
what God meant they should be. showed
them that they were lhwarting Gods good
designs towards every one Of them. | asked
that mother if she did not remember sending
that half starved lttle child for penny 5
worth Of oatmeal and four-pcnce worth of
whisky. asked that young man to remem.
girl, ana to go and look at that bed Of rags to
which he had brought her Some of them
lifted up their naked aims, ard said, .Oh
that is ali true"
By and by, the woman at my feet looked
up and said, Where did you learn that g.
Then she looked is if she had some important
communication to make TO the people. and
she sad 1.-the man kens all about it. Would
triv |, # II, l.1,r
- To be sure will" said L.
"Oa no--no - said >oine; it won. do
for her to take the pledge"
! said, why not g"
IS She can't keep it.
g. low do you know e.
She II be drunk before she goes to bed
to night
How do you know 4"
MADAM" | said to her, "here is gen.
tleman who says you cannot keep the pledge
il YOU sign it :"
The woman flew into a rage.
Said " before you fight aoout it, tell me,
can you kcepit?'
The reply was, " II I say will, can
said. :. then you say you will ("
Il will"
Then " said I, "put dowr your name -
H'tei sue lau uoHe IL, " give Inc your
hand again"
She did so, and said, II will keep it."
IL know you will | said. land | shall
come back again to see YOU"
Come back when You will" said she,
land you will find have kept It,"
Some three years afterwards went back
Lord knnalrd presided over the meeting
The woman was there. After the meeting, |
introduced her to Lord kinnard, not as Fire, ~
but as Mrs. Archer, very respectable Scotch
woman. She had on her head white cap,
and her shawl pinned across her breast
He shook hands with her. | went to her
house. | wish could tell you what she
told me. wish | could make you feel as
she made me.
II am poor body, she said, 81 dnna
ken much and what little | did ken, has
been about knocked out of me by the slaves
of the policemen. They pounded me over
The head, sir. dinna ken how to pray; !
never went to Gods house these % years:
Gamma pray, but sometimes | dream" and
then her eyes filed. II dream am drunk
and am drunk, and Gamma pray ; but get
out Of my bed, sir, and kneel by the side OF
1t and never get back to it until the day
dawn and all can say is, God keep me y !
Gamma get drunk any more"
Her daughter said, AYE. mon: and |
have head my mother at dead OF night, on
the hare floor, in the bitter winter time cry
out, God keep me- and said mither, go
to your bed, and she said, no, no. had a
dream, and Gamma go and drink any more
That woman is now to be seen gong every
Sabbath day to hear Gods word preached -
she, who had not entered Gods house for