, 1869-12-05
AMERIcAN. soclE1v.-:
Lecture by Bayard Taylor at Far"
well Hall,
Sosne Valuable 9nEEesdnns.

A AyeJ lArSe An6feDoe WI a&4em9ieo has 144
IN ExfHell Hsll. nosWttnst&rdfng uncertainty va
sffes md eettalnly muddy sreesr, 10 hssen 70 sas
lecture OF BalaTd TaJto1 On FleTs of An
O'Clock, md SPOKE substantially - fo0ows:
When be nr1t began 10 lecture, he found
rot only sad1ancea waiting hdmt III
subjects chosen When be returned ffs11
India and An1ea he raa allowed 70 SPEAK ota5 es
them, and relied On the subject alone % oraW tAe
andtence. New AourneJB hsd furnhhed neT M.
terah, but his travels were o1et, aud be feft II
waa tine hts lecturea should cad. He wss reaaJ
70 give up Geld ct great labor, hat ono Nulen ID
uoduced HIM to pIcaAa1t communities. Haf now
In parting csu, he chose hu Own subject, and
Intended 10 speak bome wosds d more sefaoas
lmpors, not . Partnnn a,rpN, but m attempt 70
invite exsra,p asou Of serious matterk The muc
th,nz1 loucnirg The happtnsas q men.
sz n sfts sue o% T. ss
mind to lake extreme viewA Our Uatekat ch1f-
leter had An aspiration exhibited Ia Al io9o1-
Itsuesknta1, and eIcesA and religious and mofN
UoyfuEnt2 TIE American WA1 rarely NaGtH& 10
sfr knl, and had U1tle fst,h IN nsf ueas0rck Re-
form wa needed, bot the reform rateook q taa
evils It sought to check. i toof 100 nA1oM '1a2a
Sesrty III rtiornera tlted sepreslon oaly. HIS
teA:gn wkx 10 sAke liberal v1eU Of human nasafe
TO mad broader basis for humsn devel0pmenk
All he had seen taught h1Ea that too much q %
1Ature. Most speakers he had heard appealed 70
the po1A eeu1e a8 II It Ee1e po Ncz, vnile escn
MAJ had It N : different form. They coQA not
common 10 all He hopused these rr1orneEk bat
dtd hot sgre with tntrn- GOOD md esl Yefe
Sttea re.asse e5na nsn{ tatnss HNS s sesaed e @ %
seasat eut nfseu Vtsnn xud v1ce fowed nona The
Mme fountain To tear up !tee Wsa ofma 70
Meaken virtue. Hardly an eEh but xhAS NJ :
6e essd.csies, o sna a S s1si ~ na.a,ss % 1:ss % %
t1te1Wuven that the moral element wa1 no d1
aiSns 1's s tnSx Tssu na9a nesa ~ TO 40
were 1tfon2. hoEeser, thsse va. 10 healthy nA-
ture, strength TO d1ecs than. Without paESsona
man W. nothing: They vera the hsata q ele-
ao1 eoa'rnl The passions % ~ to keep anets foce
and bend them 10 good There WAS danger II de-
teo acs fhS 3ai 70 to ,: s, =
sel!, detormsd htEselt; he who properly trained
aed psnned them. was one ot the ea!ldraa Of Tod
~ =. Vel % to preach peaee, oo. they enzhs TO
snness srsns % ao@ . A'ea desire a'ai5; 70;
locta! intercourse and 70 escape TIE WON'T pf lne
sought those pleasures In dttuk 1ere mtsnSan,
bat Vas not the remedy OF Ahattnenes ralsta1e.
ne bur 9eE Of anres HhicA ne could 20: ooarol
tsroJtd; ast that could be done was to oonoE Il.
AZ .oc1etJ !as in fanlt IN considering only ex-er.
tues 4 GodeE.:s a;noans ] % Il h5poer:c5 &C ~ ~ rso
locked On win pleasure. He taonsnt IN inslncsr-
did more harm ttan ltfe N1tcn frSntlr ahuTed
IT. imptrfecrdn1 No mapH ifo shoUId BE- iNnr
lie. lie Wtnled no eepu1chre3 EhiteTashed hY
society What n0fsl opi1ts vas That which
could beaonx1n1 10 tesaneeanre .nossS9 x..srr
aEenont Apppeilte7 The natural instinct wa1t
strictly ralted, and men srnt our inn tne To,id
WA eom beailde9od ina. Il he WaS Of stfunr
sppctltes, be Wns 0fterly I'd feen TafM. Tnee
qneson Hsre xasTe - 1ss r,n1 n1' sn"re f5s % waG
expression or opinion anouid cnunt ior sais.
Lei the speaker shoV thas lis 1pfas feureseted
The pe4ca principle needed itttih nottoe. uras
little more than = peau;afrl sspffafton. whs,e l.
weakened t1nc, manly courage Il dId hsr1a. but
it did we'll stii. % lew ,heid .tleae 1tsNs
that It va hAfdJ Mif. to cuucise.
1n temperance tnere Was ina most violens aud
batea for yeaIs, sad ri Tie ns1naron @ af dnns-
n1cs lncrealed, The piedcs ectad es m oeiA1e
but 1t did net 70 70 tbs ruot Noch gpod had sen
Temperance sna po1i,,ca PtoA!S,sios R I S ~ shs, q
The human Ree would always rasiAt. TnaIe waa
no article tn which men Ielt such I lenss d
p10IesU !, sne1F @ hod!es They islt tney haa tho
>ere in tne world uthout tnsir W1i, and fe,t ihe1
deserved sone compensation for lhe III tnsy sai-
,se pesisReea.s e. q ,9ss5 s: y
Men we're entitled to physical ngaia, sad inS sssd
on them. II an ignorant honest man ooe5ed alI
that vl1Jipg ueeds asxed uf him, Do became 4
ntrc limp nt. II wa Int correct -ihlt men
neceaeai1iy drank for 4 4ttmotu1; that n9rc eoujo
not be HLdczate dt1tk:uR, and th41 fefErpted
Nqners wte turtfnl H14 experience Ahor{d that
where Nshx 1eFuroutAd 3EtnxA wars used thefo
vae the A&At drunkenness, ~ 10 Qrctce. Hedarn
iaeaee had oyesthroNn mS1y OF the nsYrments
II the P7ohlh3uoniFt6. let be thoughf IN hasm
done BY Auora drinks con1d not b exaggerated
tnd th:A1 abstinence ~x4 the unfy thtuK In one
Who could not control himself. But the de49r Tor
phJ klcal comfort and luxury VA deeply Tpated
aid hard' 10 er1d1ctte Il wsa Utoless
70 sy that I healthy man Who could
ccntzm hts appetite was no better tnao
, dileAsed o1s- II fof TOBACCO. It tuiufed
a1Ho nd helped othtkp, and dtd Leaf hsxm than
PORK fat and pies. D3apep4sA and pevs9lfsa Woyc
ne1toEa! dueAAes, md yet u wA4 moral 70 hare
theU. Tic proper uSe Of any bul,.tsnoe 1ea Itfe
and the Improper, death.
~ for women rs&htt. he would only ny tast
be con nplatEed at the fsllure OF tho women 70
present The subject fairy. II VII question Of
Practical fesults. Tho 4dsocAtea Of female ftRHt1
on Dos Adh It that the bsains q men and wcmen
ana thstr moral eeDees were dintfent The dcs.
tnjs Ct tex and d.1e1tnees Ct t2fufe could NOT Be
PAT o. one saa%. The tsdJ speakerz, toa we're
AnJ ~ q tbs fefr:naih,stses ot sns mans
t- 1eeJ 6s1d Lille q n1ilt&fJ and police duties.
ILe pt1eneA 5ctcEA OF xonen Sndf2en uete