The New York herald., 1871-12-04
TEMPERANCE and RELIGION.
Bishop Bayley, Of New Jersey, on
TetaI Abstinence.
Exposition Of the Catholic Plan
s&I Of Reform. 0e
Timely and Sensible Remarks on the Proper Way
C to Combat the Evil Of Intemperance-The
gc ysrssy State Societies Out in Full
-aae Force-A Tribute to the Bishop.


The New Jersey Catholic Bishop, the Right Rev.
J. Roosevelt BayIey, pronounced a most remarkable
discourse before the Catholic Total Abstinence
state Union OF New Jersey last Tuesday, as the
Catholic Institute in Jersey City. six thousand
people were on the streets paradlng with torches
ana music. and passed review before the Bishop.
About two thousand delegates and members from
Jersey City, Paterson, Elizabeth and other Jersey
towns were packed IN the Institute to hear the
Catholic doctrine regarding this Important reform
expounded by their Bishop, who Is said to be one of
the ablest thinkers among American ecclesiastics.
The Rev. Father Hennessy and Mr.. j. w. O'Brien,
President OF the New Jersey Union, having con-
Quoted the Bishop to the platform amid loud
plaudits, he commenced thus
MY CHILDREN-I came here with Father Hen
aed viii say that am cneersd 81 SO muc zea
and earnestness. 1t ls gratifying see by the great
numbers engaged IN your demonstration that the
virtue OF temperance and sobrlety prevails SO gen
orally among you in this place. | have no doubt
many OF you who have entered tnesc socletles have
done 80 to encourage your ncghb0rs and friends to
abandon the bad practice 0. indulgence In intoxIcat
Ing drinks. Such acts deserve all praise. By adopt
yourselves from the danger OF excess and the occa
sion Of SIN, and the force OF such example 70 very
strong upon Others who may be falling @ victims 70
sacrifice to assist In eradicatlng this pest from our
midst. This iS the first i,nc IN my lie ever at
ance meetings and II make temperance speech
tonight 1t is the first time ever attempted it. l
Vice VICE Of intemrerancc, as eyerybody mus who Is
capable Of Judging OF Its ruinous effects upon
m4 A Her snU arrest Ve
have made the most severe regulations against It.
have urged upon the clergy do all IN their power
to refuse Christian burial to those VINO die OF its
Effects well to those who sell liquor 10 drunk
warn the young In particular against acquiring the
habit. to avoid taking the first step In path which
too well acquainted with the evil consequences to
individuals and TO society which result from indu-
s ylce NC eac 1e cee on Were
the best temperance lecture imaginable. We have
all seen aa hME na.M Bic G8oF eHUr
THE BRIGHT RUDDY CHEEK or YOUTH
turned by IL In briel time into pallOr and decay.
We have all seen men, created in Gods own image,
endowed with reason and Intelligence debased BY
its erects lower than the bru!es. 1t the family
however, that It works its worst ruin. The Chris
. m ss oen ana q soS oe s
grace ycignS there II becomes even In the houses OF
the poor . little paradise upon earth. But drunk
en- father or Q drunken mother turns II into hell
place Of anger and strife and misery and crime.
Many parents BY their drunken orgies poison the
and allow them to grow up as savages and become
what are called street Arabs,n pests Of society.
bIy By Almighty God. II Is safer lor all parents
try and abandon the uso OF these dangerous bevcr-
8ltO0etner and exclude tQcM from tu0lr homes,
that The tender children, SO loved by Jesus Christ,
be scandalized ana their young hearts corrupted
BY those who should shield them from all harm:
Acts OF selrabnegatton such as this Tor tho sake OF
relowcreatures Will bring the grace OF God and
his blessings upon ns in & all % our reiatons Hence
naolss even in q slight degree would do wise and
act 70 p sn se Of
Most of what 1s sold under the name OF liquor In
tins country Is really poison the lnordinase use OF
ton. Formerly, IN @. ~
or Europe, drunkenness was almost unknown. But
the Revolutionary spirit with It's irregion and ex-
cltements has produced , great cnange for the
in France and Italy 1t was q rare thing to see
person under the influence OF drink; but now es-
pectally In the large cities, IL Is very common.
When was in Paris last year, the outbreak OF Inc
late miserable war between France and Germany,
the streets were filled with drunken soldiers. In
England and Scotland and Ireland II Is terrible.
THE .'GlN PALACES" Ee4
as they are called In London are as many plague
spots spreading poverty and misery and death on
every side. saw IN an English newspaper, the
other day, tnat the consumption Of wniskey IN Scot
man, woman aud child
In our own country. Notwithstanding oil that mas
been done to impede Its progress It Is rapidly gain
ing ground, surrounding us and advancing upon
LIE A GREAT FIRE on rHE PRAIRIE,
striking lear into our souls. Various expedienis
have been adopted TO check this terrible vice in its
regulations ior the inspection Of the liquors are in
force ana do some good, bad liquor being destroyed
real insDecIlon OF liquors ana wines, so eject.
i've that nothing could be solo but what was pure
would, IN my opinion, put stop to twOthlrds OF
the ntemperance that exists among u.s. But there
Is no use In talking about this. In this country
could not be carried out. In those countries where
1t Is done the inspectors are accountable TO the
government ana would be tnrncd out or ONCE If
they did not do their duty. Here they would be
turned out they did their duty, even attempted
to DO It. The necessities OF party are regarded as
OF more importance than the protection OF the
people against wholesale poisoning. once made
men In Newark, to break up what are known as the
low rum shops M IN that place: Several Protestant
there only thought OF Their political connections,
ana would would give us no nsp; p;,,o 80 our elors tailed
larive enactments as means OF checking this evil
among us. t&
have been found TO be Of little benefit In Scotland,
where all places OF recreation and all tavcrn5 are
ness on tnat day. owing to their LAYING in q large
sock on saturday than on all the other Gays OF the
regulation Of licenses and real inspection OF
liquors would do great deal Tor temperance; but
this we cannot hope I0r.
The publication oi statistics and OF arguments
does not seem TO deter people from persstiug In
such habits. once they get 10 the naoit OF using
these drinks. the ingredients used Increase de-
sire for more, until the practice becomes passion;
and, regardless Of all earthly considerations, men
keep on until their passion becomes madness.
AN APPALLING RECORD.
IT is confined TO no nationaities or conditions In
life. | have known men OF Ine brightest intellect
and greatest promise In life, lawyers, ply siclans
and clergymen, statesmen whose hands were, 1t
might be said, on the Presidential chair. and
women, ladies or refinement ana culture VINO have
fallen victims 10 II. But who shall speak OF the
multitude OF It's victms among The working classes
and the poorf When it results In violence and
crime, when the ubjcct OF ~ fails down dead In the
street, or expiates his crime the gaows and the
coroner and executoner are called IN, hear OF IT.
But we do not see or hear OF the thousands whose
health Is destroyed by II, or tho bitter tears OF
br0Ken-hearfed WIVES and someflnes Also broken.
hearted husbands; or neglected children cast out
into the streets and growing up IN vice and misery
summary OF the effects Of drunkenness as II extsts
at this moment IN this country would Dc the most
appalling record that could be imagined. AMI now
the question comes up what is to be done? Ia there
any was to arrest this mons.er EVIL, which, like the
huge dragon We read OF In the old stores seems 10
threaten the existeace OF the whole community,
have no time to 90 into an examination or i.s
causes OF the reasons why IL Is so bad In our days:
why II Is worse In some countries than i'm others:
why the Scotch drink twice aa mncn n Nnisx ax 81 mn