New-York tribune., 1869-04-03
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE
LECTURE BY JOHN B. COUGH AT THE COOPER
.

by legislative action Albany the laws the
friends Of temperance held meeting last night the
Cooper Institute TO express in the most decisive manner
their dsapprobaton Of any to the demands
Of the rum traffic fair audience assembled In the large
hall. Some 25 or 30 members Of the Temple OF Yonor
and other temperance societies, ladies and geeteen
were on .nS platform. The s1safance Of Mr. Cough on
the stand wis greeted with loud and long continued ap
pause MrJohn N. Stearns VT. ofhe Temple OF Honor
occupied the chair and stated tho object Of the meeting
Mr. stearns sad they had met to protest against any
modification of the Excise law 1t well established
fact that this law had greatly diminished crime and
rest had given quiet and peaceful Sabbahs and had
saved millions OF money TO the poor men and their fam
| lies. This law was now In danger The Assembly had
before 1t amendment relieving lager beer from the
restrictions OF the law The Temperance people had not
| asked for this law. They wanted total pro.
| hibition but, IN lieu Of anything better,
they had accepted the excise law, Which allowed the
rumseer six days of the But people SAID the
demands of the OF the excise law. Some of
the members OF that party had become so very thirsty
their thirst, But IL the Germans were allowed their
beer the Irish have their whisky, and others must
the s selling @ Of liquor Of every kind on the Sabbath
and stood there, with tho other friends OF the
against sas any modscaos of the law Which had sneo
passage secured to NeTYork Cy Somparvey qnss
not willing to have the country betrayed for glass o.
can party this law oyorthTown by Republican
members OF Assembly IL would be the last time that
There had been OF late increasing tendency in the
city 10 disregard the law. Men who have
been brought , up 20, of Without Or punishmsnf
while the policeman who made the arres, has hmSef %
temperance men should have systematic organzatoIn
only %SuG Sct in OsSGs comc Their II numbers had greatly m
cro;,sed The star q temperance beamed baghy in the
they Would yet gain the victory The speaker stated
that while the meeting was mainly to consider the I'M
ToceSd Of the lecture are to be added to the fund
now being raised TO establish free Tree re-, readg ing fG0ns rooms
shut. one such reading room Is already IN
SRreco% Of M Se spSsn sT
st. and Etghthave The proceeds OF lecture 10 DC given
seinway Hall next Tuesday evening are to be devoted
Mr. searns. after concluding his remarks. offered the
following preamble and resolutions. which were uhani-
mously adopted:
Wlea The Metropolitan been placed ujeoPariy by It's
prseuded esor being made for its modaea
ton especially Lager Beer. be from all legislative
resiristons therefore
R,sred Tia, earnestly aa rHon,ats aAd protest
asy modification Of the iI~'Or removal Of ITS restrictive pro
yi.o..
5rei That regard the propose, surrender o the Lager Beer
abandonment the s~, and INTENDED to open our
slbh,,A' to llao' seilas sad ram de'eeraioa
Re,3ir,d That ami With party that would
bard over Sshbah, re.sa disorder and drunksuBess
lg,aop d tie qler IAae, and our tHn
he Rspubean hai 'esh to save ' life By sac
rps sabbath aud rerealbs wholesome laws Il sao'e
rE ". fearless a.ehArgc of night sad du
shall etsehs ssd preserve Il
The Chairman then introduced John b. Cough who
was received with applause He said that he
be- required speak. Some Of his temperance irlehds
had told him that BIS mind Sas not osn a oS emoSg1 ann
dcnce when he found ho was 10 speak IN ,od Io
e,e aT t ee, s aae Of no epTsce He Would any
ulgAizaton for the promotion oi suon p,ihoi h,,sss
an ryii aud Il would only be a waste
Of tine IN endrayorins 70 hsSe Sv ' cnna 10 remove
this evil The Of Intoxicating liquor aS beverage
igous interests OF the g'mnlty all NJ M iInk s - ne
nsrd as beverage the evils OF drunkenness wiz never %
done away With, The temperance organisations hai
declared that they would not use u or ,rane III ~, H. aa a
that In NIL suitable vpys they would dcn9unce l,s use
ment stand n attitude o anagonism TO the use 1t IN
toScauE liquor either az The side boars OF ,e ~ehy
in tlr -ncin circle or 40 the dram shop nanialhf
advocating aud defending tho principle of total ansti
aud ono which, n universally adopted. would roll back
the tide oi dnEcnness IL Ia defense OF tins prn'
Sp,e rprs bSScycr ,oS. GOOD and Christian men aud
women who object 20 the advocacy of toa hDsueher,
not a- principle ior the drnnkari but as principle for
nptycr~aii adoption Sermons have been preached
against II. aud pamphlets thnlderea against ~,
Attending moderate drinking, and defending the use oi
intoxicating lquor- by arguments taken fro lhe ble
wine but lac always such arguments alone Hebrew
ana t'rork both Greek To nini nnd they were
that II man right ho could, by the
exercise OF a little eomu'gn sense s,and, s,a 0n
his own ground against all The learning Oh MS
oppouent who In the wrong Bat he must not 60
his depth or he ~iil Se sws" acoI npah "pon
the brain aud system. and the uss1nbscf uss1nbs1f;
and gs4 ss%~ t,i in9',spfh Few hard words. and
GET the sympathy while the man who Is right gets the
frks For thi, reason he did not argue but he let the
With the bible reasGn, have y MS OVID ana
thought accepted me BDle as RUE oi ta, nnu
! practice, bat lac considered II mean' shenhiinE.
cowardy AID contemplate to search taS sSa GDS 5hsS
reject NIL OF Gods requirements ~ the BIBLE WIN bis
own views ~ Christianity, aud his hopes and alih IN
christ be felt he was bound to give np lawful gIanss
| ton. Il by giving up that which was hwfu ne % cond
fulfill the Ch rt TO do this he felt he must DC
Christian lie could no moro be Christian and s g
moderate drnhcr than lac can be dfunksLa h
drinks is thief. but TO bo Christian
he must bo total aesal1er lhere mre s0s o
| ONLY seek 10 moral evil by n merely human
va advocate Il for single purpose nothing
! 90 do with mans religious opinions II a uruhh,
ard sdoES be- sno pdSs dSansarG, and cSnaot Oe one
We do not that the man who signs the temperaneo
ppdeI he snn There are some who don't drink who
are great rascals; but " Is indirect agency u mas
man .Drunkemncss keeps moro men from hearing tho
gospel than any other one agency Ia TINS eitS, anu
we should claim the sympathy Of all who love the gospel
Mr. Cough iustanced largo ngmber OF anecdotes tend &
ing TO prove the position ngla ,h pg g,m.s mnsn
which were often appaaded by the o,c, sudenSe nee
! aud which To the NhHt
throue the operation of the total abstinence pledge men
cnnd e redeemed dcbauchery, and become usefn
members of society lie instanccd facts which ad come
nnder hts notice In Europe aud also the case OF oFe
Gardner He warned every against the evs Of go
called moderate drinking and showed that the term ha
no meaning In Itself. for what would be moderate
to snine wond plunge others into deep intoxeaton
Peoule might talk about control aud seifRoyernnent
and the exnmpe but moderate drinkers went on drnk
mo more and more until they could not stop the haD
lie warned every that the only hope OF escaping the
ev wns by Immediate aud total abstinence. lie spoke
! TOO OF the woe caused by the use OF intoxicating
| ilGuor aud the misery 70 Whleh IL gave
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