Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-06-09
THE CITY.
TEMPERANCE.
Meeting win Reference to the IN

o. ~ TE3sPERANCE. I
Meeting with Reference 20 the I'M.
9iH5fp s ebriates' Homo. s
According to notices previously given
there was meeting at Masonic Hall last
night, with reference to the establishment
OF an 'Inebriates' Home" in Tennassee.
under the charter recently granted by the
LEGISLATURE. he meeting was not largely
offended, but was composed Of our best
citizens. On motion of Col A. s. COlyar.
DR.. L, H. Bowling was called to the chair,
and the members of the press present an
pointed as Secretaries. DIR. Bowling on
taking the chair made some brief remarks
very pertinent to the occasion. He ex-
planned the object of the meeting to be to
promote higher civilization inaugurating
vigorous temperance movement that was
to save class Of citizens, otherwise ire
vocably gone. He admitted that in an in
dividual instance an ounce of preventive
was worth a pound of cure, but where
numbers had not been prevented then it
was the reverse. There was a class of
persons upon whose physical organizations
drunkenness had deleteriously operated IN
til the mind had no psychological power TO
resist. Such persons had claims upon us
and should receive our sympathy. ~.
There were present on the stand Rev DIR
Baird, DR. I A Atchtson, DR. Manlove, Prof
Motif, DIR DuPre and Rev z II Osborne.
At the close of DR. Bowling's remarks,
Col Colyar introduced Prof Motif.
The Professor stated that he had felt in
disposed during the day, and was tempted
to ask to be excused, but under the circum.
stances he would venture a few remarks.
He was proud to be identified with the
temperance reform The utterances of
those who we're advocating it were as the
voice of God Saying, ''PrepsSe We the WAYS
OF the Lord; make His paths straight
He pictured the drunkard, with tottering
step, an uncontrolled will, emasc1lated en-
ergies, hollow cheek, surken eye and
blisterng lips; but said that he was entitled
to protection, and that he was glad that an
organization had been effected in Tennes-
see to reclaim such. Was it his fault that
the crimson life tide had been dried up
No! He had fallen into the examples
and fashions of others. Nine cases out of
every ten of those who had become inebri-
ates, the cause could be traced to the in
diligence of the social glass, thinking all
the while that he could control himself
For this class of unfortunates be claimed
that it was practicable to establish meth
cd Of preservation in an institution of the
kind referred to.
He claimed that such an institution would
go far toward the development of the re-
sources of the State. These resources in
so far as development was concerned Law as
vitality IN the bosom of the people as they
do in the bosom of the earth. He had
been traveTsing the State for several weeks,
and never IN all his travels he'd he seen so
glorious a country, where all the products
of the soil grew in such exuberant pro-
fusion
In the efforts to save the victims to in
temperance through the medium Of an In
ebriste's Home, most salutary Influences
would operate to prevent the spreading Of
the evil. The remarks of the speaker with
reference to the foul fend of drink and
his victim was q gushing outburst of elo-
quence and true exhibition of oratory.
We regret that want Of space prevents
the full use OF the copious notes we had
made of the admirable address.
He closed by saying that he was going to
locate with US and become a citizen of
Tennessee, and his heart and energies
were in this movement, and thai he hoped to
see Tennessee the first of all the Southern
states 20 establish an ''Inebriates' Home.
He was followed by Rev. Z. II. Osborne,
the Agent of the Association, in few brief
and eloquent remarks. He referred to the
many bright intellects of the State who
would have been ornaments to their day
and their generation but for the effect of
the fell destroyer. He felt cheered in the
movement that so many of the best citi-
zens of Nashville were present, and told
his hearers that while there were homes for
the blind, homes for the insane, homes
for the deaf and dumb, and homes
for the criminal, the poor unfortunate
inebriate had not in all the broad limits of
the State place whereon to lay his head;
he was a moral leper with the finger of
scorn pointed at him even by the hand
that seductiyely raised the sparkling glass
to his lips. Such men had claims upon us
and he felt sure that protection would be
extended. His remarks were well received
and listened to with profound attention.
There will be another meeting at the
Hall TO night at o'clock. Rev. E. H.
Osborne and Rev. Dr. Baird, and probably
Professor Motif, will speak to the audience.
The ladies are earnestly and respectfully
invited to attend, and we trust that the eiti-
Zens generally will be Dresent