The national Republican., 1869-06-10

The Young mennOhftstlan Association build
both sides with dram shops, but we temper.
to rest until We have cleaned out the destroyer
Am cf ssnsuln. temperament, and n.,u.
rally look upon the bright side Of the pictures
and with these prefatoiy remarks, I viii pro.
Grand worthy PsifisSeS and sasa member. Ssi OF
the Grand Division Of the District OF Coium.
s sdis c .ss fnd AZ the 3, SS,,S
nessee, the. city OF Washington was almost
". ,se'.sd . the place or holding
pis.:sd 10 know that the ai.siassi.Ssa sS "a gen. en-
s%sn S.S, wso form ,ss Supreme 5.n.s O our
been invited here tonight TO listen 10 words
Of welcome: take pleasure, therefore, Grand
the head OF the District OF Ooiumbis) the Ma.
tlonai Division, with Its presiding officer,
Hon. II. NJ. Foust. OF Pennsylvania.
ADDRESS OF wHLooMs.
Nj, p. N: Bradley, Grand Worthy Patriarch Of
this Jurisdiction, then made the following ad.
dress OF welcomti
the National Dlvisioni In behalf Of the Grand
District OF Columbia, 1 tender you cordial
citizens OF the Great Republic, at whose capi.
jects OF Her Most Gracious Msjesty, whom we
and her Chrlstlsn charseter-you are alike
welcome. Whether your home be far OF to.
ward the setting sun, where the waves OF the
along the banks OF that mighty western
stream that bears upon Its bosom the com.
meree ofa nation, or from our fair Southern
but whose nelds arc now covered with yer
lands hills and ysiiieys; or from the busy
from the homes washed by the proud ST. Law.
renee on Its way to old ocean; or even from
the Islands OF the sea-whatever your name,
Thousands are here tonight to bid you wei.
come.
Nor would we fail to extend = sfrateruai greet.
US from the Old World to tell us Of the rapid
growth OF total abstinence principles In the
mother country. The name OF DR.. +. Il. Lees,
TO him we extend 40 earnest welcome.
The GRAND Division, which you have hon
ored with your presence, though one Of the
loyal within your Jurisdiction-loyal alike TO
the principles and the government Of tho noble
nEler we unitedly love and cherish. II is our
privilege aud pleasure, on this occasion, to
express our respect for you as men and as
brethren, and our appreciation of the fraternal
orsaniI.tion OF which you are the chosen rep.
You who wear the badge OF fidelity, have
not only rendered the service which our laws
required 70 make you eligible to membership
|
rendered that higher and holier service to God
| and humanity that should cause your names
70 DC written In inenaeeable characters on the
In your own chosen fields you have labored
| TO Danish from your midst the sin of drunken.
ness ness and the crime OF liquor selling. l rejoice
seen the faces Of many whose names are ia
miliar All over our continent, and whose glori.
Gus nehieyements Will be remembered and
cherished long after they have gone to their
nnai rest and the flowers are blooming
thickly above their graves.
nins H. @dsd ,wnn,ee thss we celebrate shi. eve
ZION OF this supreme branch Of the Order. A
quarter OF century ago, In June, 1874, Daniel
lsrSa.o, II; sand, and nine other worthy brothers,
the old hall, No. 2B3 Grand street, New York
city, and held the frst session OF the National
have passed by the Order has extended its
boundaries and when at noon to-day, Most
worthy Patriarch, the sound OF your gayel
tional Division OF the United States, but OF
North America, representing, not six only,
but thirty-six grand divisions OF States aud
hundreds OF Thousands. Obi what a proud
history 10 that Of the Order OF Sons OF TEN.
peranee, Of which you are Knight the recog.
nized and honored chieftains.
As you have assembled, year after year, In
the principal cities Of the New World, your
hearfs have been cheered and encouraged by
aud you have returned to your homes with
more exalted ideas OF the character and aims
aud duties and responsibilities OF our beloved
cherished In our hearts as among the happlest
OF iife's bright hours; they exert upon us an
influence that is at once ennobling and sus-
tanning. Leaving for time the strife and
turmoil OF business life, perhaps wearied with
| It's conflicts, its anxleties and Its cares, we
| gather fro n all sections of our contradiction
the pulpit and the academic hall, and from the
| legislative chambers-to Interchange the greet
ings Of exalted friendship. These annual
| and intertwined, of links riveted, then loosened
for awhile, to be rellpked when once again we
| meet. No length OF time or change OF eireum-
| should ever dull our ears to the music OF each
others voices, or weaken the hearty grasp OF
hands that have once been clasped In fraternal
| greeting" May these enthusiastic reunions
continue SO long as there 10 = necessity for an
organization like ours. l believe that 1t is
not more necessary TO assemble annually for
| the Transaction OF business than 1t Is to meet
| on common platform and tell each other OF
our hopes and joys and fears, our reverses and
our successes. There Is a life OF the heart,
| which Is to be sustained and ennobled, as well
as an animal life to be cared for. Then, when
| we come together In these sessions OF our
National Division, let heart beat responsive
Anothcr.n
IT'S a At subject for congratulstion that
wherever your sessions have been held you
| have been received with open hearts and
hands, whether in Pennsylvania or Virginia,
or ro,i Gsr9llrS N.S or Maine or ososds or Nova
welcome greeting has been extended to you,
and thus II should ever be, and your welcome
by stout hands and brave hearts, has been car
ried triumphantly over many well.fought
fields, into and through the very camps OF the
enemy, and as you have pressed onward the
blessings OF the rescued ones and the deep
gratitude OF loving and suffering women and
innocent children have Frightened your path
tion, and grant that your deliberations may be
such as to add new lnstre to q history already
covered over with glorious deedsi and when
you shall leave us for you distant homes may
you be stronger in purpose and sterner In re-
solve than ever before. May you not cease
your labors so long as intempeTance pours Its
the love you bear to friends, home, country
and God, strive to crush the destroyer, and 10
the great day OF reward. when all things shall
| be weighed In the balance OF true merit, your
humble Offices of love and kindness win be
found making up sparkling gems to deck with
brilliancy and beauty your crowns OF glory"
ren, In conclusion, we say welcome, thrice
| welcome,
Mr.. Bradley's remarks were received with
applause and other demonstrations OF ap.
RESPONSE oY NJ. W. r. YousT
Hon. X. NJ. Foust, NJ. W. p. OF the NatIoAal
| Division, responded to the address OF wei.
come. He found himself embarrassed, he said,
| In undertaking to reply to the cordial welcome
| anu cnecTlnR WOfub JUST uttered Dy the tfand
| Worthy Patriarch, lie rose to respond only
because 1t was his duty to do so, as he was ad-
| dressed as the head OF the Order now assem-
| bled here, He was not surprised at the cor
dial welcome had just been extended because
| II was no more than was to be expected from
the temperance people OF tho District. We
knsw the earnestness Of purpose and the char.
aoter OF the Grand Division OF the District
| The National Division comes here from all
sections OF the country-from the East and the
| West, the North and the South and also from
old England, and we knew we would receive a
| cordial and hearty welcome and greeting from
the Sons Of Temperance of this District. He
would not pretend to make a response to the
| eloquent address OF welcome, but he would
| read to the audience q portion OF the speech
read at the meeting OF the National Division
| at its present session.
He then related the fable from EsOp In Tela-
| tion to the old man. who, finding boys stealing
| his apples, first tried strAws, then sticks, and
was then compelled to use stones, &c. Ho Ap-
piled this fable to the subject under consid-
GRAFTON by likening moral suasion alone to the
straws. This had been used long enough to
put down the liquor tratio, and without the
desired effect. Now they proposed to try the
stones, which was legal suasion. The Ma.
tional Division and all the subordinate divis-
Ions Of the Order believed that necessity ex-
isted for protecting the community by law.
We believe that 10 best calculated to put an
end to the evil of liquor selling and liquor
drinking. The hearts OF the members OF the