Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-11-22
TEMPERANCE.
A Grand Meeting in Baltimore,

A -A"-
A Grand Meeting In Baltimore.
Address, or Mr.. v. McNrrbany.
In the Baltimore Mirror Of the current week
appears glowing account Of the grand temper.
aneS meeting, held at 81. Vlnconts church, In
that city, on Sunday evening last, on which 90.
eAsion the new banner Of the temperance sool.
city Of the parish was first unfurlsd, and an I'D.
dress delivered by Mr.. =. MoEerhany, Of this
city. The banner IL described as most beautiful,
aud was manufactured by SlSco Bros, at . cost
Of 500, The Mirror says
Francis McNerhAny, esq, Of wAihinston, ID
o., delivered an eloquent address before the %
clety on the Interesting occasion, Of which tho
following IL a report!
Mr.. MoNerhAny commenced by referring 10
many interesting "reminiscences connected With
ST. NIncents church, when the sanity fAther
Gllder was Its pastor, who was succeeded by the
gifted Father john z. DonelAn. Numerous and
notable had been the changes Of the intervening
years, Then he (the speaker beheld many IA
millar faces In st. Nineonts congregation now
he glanced over this large assomblaEe and
hardly recognised one OF his former friends and
companions. Many Of those who were boys and
girls then are men and women now, and there
we're other SWho had been cutdoWn In tbs newer
"
passed away from earth forever. Truly II might
" Friends have been scattered
Like roses In bloom
Some at the bridal,
And some ut the tomb"
Tho Intervening years were iull Of lights and
shadows, smiles and tears, Joys and sorrows.
Around the varied incidents Of tho past twenty.
hve years clustered many recollectlons Of min.
gied pain and pleasure.
Many young men whom he (Mr. McN.) then
kneW-young men Of noble quAlltleso Of head aud
behrt-yOung men whose future was bright and
prUnising-young men tho hope Of atectionato
fathers the pride Of loving mothers-young
men surrounded by all tho comforts and even
Injuries that parental wealth could give-Oh
| how many such had he known in this beautiful
CITY Vi Monuments thl, historic city Of the
| luFcd away by the destinations Of the social
glass, had turned from tho paths Of duty and
honor aud entered upon the broad road Of diSti.
With saddened heart and fearful eye no fol.
lowed them along the slippery path Of intsmper.
anoe-a path always bright and inviting At the
| outset, but ever ending In gloon aud death.
/ These young men never intended TO become
| drunkArdE; they thought they were strong
enough togrRpple with the tyrant alcohol, and "
keep him In SUI lect ION; but be was nger than
i they, and 80 he put the calling manaoles upon
| them, made them his ahiect slaves, and drag Ked
| them down to diIhOnorod graves As II vas
| with them, 90 II was with any Of the young men
present, uniesS they sought the protecting ina.
| ence Of the total abstinence pledge, aud foTti.
| hed themselves with the SacrAmentI Of the
'Jtncn ~ lssH IL Win ndelIty. NV
bWs Ngphsn draw Two pietures. vbIch Ia
placed, In Imagination, on either side Of the
OJau'n ~ UsahIsm, Of Irish nS2nnsIitX me
was picture full Of light and boauty-the home
| OF Temperance; the other was dark and Desc
late hOme-thSt Of drunkSnnesL
| Holding up these pictures to the oontempla-
tlon OF the audience, the speaker prOosedsd TO
portray 10 vivid colors the evils Of inebrlety and
511nEann.ss TobseI man Of M moral, intel.
..,,,si aTd ,nat"rIsi wealth nov n az n. JsTh
.baSnyss Svsr Almost eyery bousshoId IN ths
| SSnI, r. ~ dothrnned rsS.on corru, "a ,hs
| hsa,, hismIshsJ tbe bodT, and sent ihnunsrS.
BE souls TeeiiDE into eternity. ne gave ItGtiI.
tics to show the appalling character Of tho vice,
| and drew striking picture OF the grand army
| OF dTunka rds matching on 70 the hery eull OF
| oternity-an army whose recruits were drawn
year alter year lrOm the RANKS Of the moderate
drinkera
, The great batlle.neld on Thlsh arc engaged
thon describSd-the sick, the suffering, the
wounded and the dying calllng for help once
| strong men thrieElng IN thelr Agony heaft'
| broken wives implOriug aldi Borrowing widows
supplisAtlng for asslstanceI beggarod orphans
| crying out Tor protection. -.
He thought there Was ieariui resPonnoility
somewhere, and those who helped IN Gny way %
bllly, unless they get rid OF II 10 the tuture by
| making amends for the past This they could
do by ldentiylng themselves WIN the temper
ance cause, aud BY helping hereafter 70 make
| sober men as they had heretofore helped To
make dtunkArds.
Temperance was no new thing In the CATHOLIC
/ Church; It was not, as some seemed TO suppose,
a New England inyentioni Il was as old hs
/ Christianity Itself But iusil OIL, Stryehnlne,
and other villalnoul compounds, Of which
/ liquor nowadays Is largely composed, were
modern Inventions and, strange 70 say, man
was the only animal that TOOK liking to this
poisonous stuA. monkey would Initiate man
I An al aNN 40
drink intoxicating liquors; but tho monkey
| could not stomach them, and dog or q cat
turned away from them In disgust.
II all men we're temperate, there would be no
necessity for temperance societies. 1t was be.
eaq5 S many persons could mot Touch liquor with;
Dss.sSi,i.Ih rbs man Ebo caIi 1922 81 sfs5hl
ts[s ths nisSSs of rstaI sbstinSScs, md IN ~
eonS,tinnP ~ socIstS ths tsmnsraic man .honIJ
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| III gsIioSI. mon Who imnolisI Nv ms Via annn'
~. ~ ',nn' rInS srs rnshIy h..pP
ds es LOT stOns u''nA "s'o 'u'n'nE heAu'onS u
| Nj MAN than earnestlv anneaIeL tn thu
CaIholics az Raitimorn9 ven sIShls nr,4.,
sn,in,i a., ~ ,snnssoncs W. SV ,sii W
sSSmnIs wnnII Ia tbeITS in thai eTsntHths
Whoia Gath0iio eommunIty Of BaItimoEa Ti,inS
th.ip abhsrsncs ~ tbs baSS6csnI "
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sd iU SLp al nI. osnS S S,0r, nv, Si
al 80 ~ IN LmsrieIn bIsTsrchH n,iS III
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Grid N~'HOii'
| rbs ,noaL, ar ooncIudsd with n thr,uI,,, ANIMAL
| 10 ~ 1,i,sn.nts mi bcarts ~ ~ " 49, 49,
IL - I'm Nv sSs,v
that tsmboraI ana sisr2Si h. TyS tssis
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Sbsiinan.s row III X o1ioa,InS hnSsssgS. WIN
III shsIpSsS 80 iptsrSnStseS In SaSncro,,.
/ orssjntsS SbIcS LSnt ihs nndi"ncn ~ -. ~ ~,
III 800 - Ien.hti We ~. " L. ~ ~ ~ :
msr, Abstract OF ne lecture, which 5oSupisS az
| bonS apd a bsITIn H. dsIiystV P'SN ~
dressed the audience, and urged the people to
come forward and tAke the pledge. In responle
I fOf1V TNntlemeO knoeIlnH received the plndRO