The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-07

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| took nlen home with me when I lived in
Roxbury, who was suffering with the delidum
tremens In two weeks he was able 10 90
nome 80 took him in the carriage, and when
| we got TO his door he went into the house and
sat down in the room, his wife on one side and
! nc on the other. They had been separated for
| some time. | wanted TO see who smoke arst
we mac sort OF "lriendyr meeting there for
snOLt uIDe, When the woman said swell Will
lam," and the man said, "Well Marv.r The
together. D"PP"'
man once. asked me to go and see very
oau case OF delirium tremens. didn't want 10
go i sald, Suppose 1 would 90 there he would
De likely 10 say, Who told you to come here ?
VINO told you l was adrunkardr" He final ly
prevailed upon me to go. I.got to the door Of
he Lad been to one of my lectures. l asked
MN for glass of water He said, "Come
m" When | got in | noticed two children
playing in the room, and the door was partly
open leading TO a room where tie wife was sick.
We talked about everything but could not
get him on temperance. He seemed to think
that was trying to get at that, but he headed
me. When | got up to go-G think prOvIden-
tially-I noticed the children, bright little
things. I asked lblm eff he loved his children -
he replied, TO be sure do" Wouldn't you
be willing to do anything you could TO benefit
thought something else was coming after that,
and said, "Yes, | ought 10 be willing to benefit
the children" Then said | to him, "You let
drunk alone, and your children will be better
ot." well then, by George. you have got me
now." IF you love your wife, wouldn't you do
anything to please hery" II ought to. "Theu,r
said |, you sign the pledge" He opened the
closet, took out pen and ink, and signed it, This
Is one of the men many call "brutes;n strike
the damning influences OF drink from them, and
you will md them to be men. They are ROT
naturally inclined to brutality any more than
you are.
Let me take your boy Ia or Is years of age.
and teach him to drink. How will doit? Will
| take him by the hand and say, ''Come my
boy" and take HIM on a midnight exploration,
and see some young men OF the very best of
families suffering from delirlum tremens and
tell him that is the result OF drink, and ask him
If he will drink? He Will say, mo- Where
does the boy begin In his fathers social as
soclatlons gathered around the table. There be
begins; and this is what we seek to break Up,
because there is no good Ill the drink You
bring up arguments to prove that drink is bene-
hclal: Can you show me man that has been
benefited By liquor-morally, physically, or any
other way? There is no good in it as beverage
There are workmen who think a little drink
is good for them under certain circum-
stances-in doing hard work. | do not.
You may say there is a certain qualification
in drinking. To be sure; but great many calami-
ties have been the result of drink Richmond
was taken great many times during the war
after,dinner One feeling the effects of the WINE
would say, would advance this way and that
then up this way, and Richmond is taken. There
are some men in this country who think thew
can reconstruct the Government better drunk
than they can sober. (Vociferous applause
II there was no qualification in drinking LIQUOR
there would be no pleasure
Liquor doesn't agree with all men. There is
man who drinks, and glass feels com fort
able; drinks another, still comfortable and
sleepy. You can fill HIM full, but he will never
be beyond feeling comfortable. There is
another man, give HIM one glass; he feels it;
give him another he will go where he wouldn't
before. The effect upon that mans system is
terrible. His judgment is warped. These two
glasses have made him. different man almost
to what he was before. There is gratitca ton
in 1t, but oh, how false it is We want your help
in this moment. Oh, yes some say, ''What is
the cause of Temper ance to-day? it is dead.n
Dead Il is not dead! 1t was born in the Church
OF Christ, and If 1t is born there it will never
die. Some say 1t is impossible to do the work
We propose. There was never movement yet
effected that was not an impossibility according
to some peoples notions. If had said here in
the year 1860: on my return to Europe, Friends
and tellOw-citiZens, in five years from to-day
slavery will be curse to this nation no more
forever, you would have said 1t was impossible.
There is nothing impossible for the right.
God has wonderfully blessed this people in
truth. There is not better time, there never
was better time, for men to come shoulder to
shoulder to this mighty wheel, and roll the
that is to purify the land of evil and
What has not drunkenness done
for our country? If it had not been Tor drunk
enness | believe we should never have had
any War-no secession. IL 1t hadn't been tor
drunken politicians, we should never have had
trouble in this country. IT it hadn't been for
drunken generals we would have had no defeats
If it hadn't been for drunken soldiers, we
would not have had so many Deaths If ir
hadn't been for drunken ness, the country would
never have been disgri ID by the Presidential
tour" swinging around the
circle" (Applause, continued for several
We have suffered from this evil, and
it is time for us as a nation to crush it out. 1t
can be done. There is no such word as i'm.
possible.
The highest position man can occupy in this
world is to be connected with his Maker bya
living faith. We ask you to help us in the good
cause. Our principle is lawful one; it is
sensible one. Is il not sensible? We repudiate
drink. We put away from us that
which lntoXIcates as a beverage, and we adopt
this as our beverage (holding up a glass of
water). Is it not sensible? Is there anything
so refreshing as the oool water trickling down
IRON the mountain top.
Go to the traveller on the deserts of Arabia,
offer him wine, ale, spirits. He turns away, and
says, "Give me pure, cool water.n There is no
man who drinks Intoxicating liquor that at the
close Of a speech like this can stand up on the
platform and hold out steadily with four fingers
a glass OF water. (Applause.) l believe il is
Gods good gift to man.
When this great movement is crowned with
success, there will be JOY in heaven. / hope
there is better day coming byandby and be-
fore long the battle for the right will be ended.
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