Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-01-04
TEMPERANCEDAYINB BALTIMORE


respective pulpits One Of the largest
gatherings ever assembled met at the
MARYLAND Institute where Temperance
addresses were delivered.
We heartily commend the following
speeches to our readers-they have the
''ring Of the true metal, and weendorse
every word therin contained. We trust
that every reader of the Register will
carefully peruse the following remarks
and profit by them =
REMARKS OF REV. NR. PoULSoN.
Rev. Thos L. Poulson was then in
troduced as the first speaker. He was
pleased to notice such sea of faces
around him,as it gave evidence that pub
lie sentiment was being aroused upon
the subject of temperance-a question
more important than all else to the COM
munity. Some there were who colsid
cred that there were other subjects of
equal import, but at last the leading
men OF all classes began to concede the
temperance question To be the most vi
tai, because nothing So seriously affected
large communities as the temperance
question. One great reason was because
two hundredthouSand children of drunk
en- parents cannot be educated, but are
turned out to become the educators of
our children. In the school houses only
education was given, whilst in Maryland
there were six grogshops to every
school-house. The grog-shops were
legaized places where vagrants assem-
bled, and went abroad again only to
gather recruits from the next commInl-
ty without The law governed these
grog-shops the law gave them life; the
law provided for their being closed on
Sundays and election days, bat despite
this same law the rum kim staIkej
abroad day and night from one years
end to the other, the agents OF the law
winking their eyes at the back-door
Sunday violations. All this is done by
law. If the rowdy in the street attacked
one there was law for ii, bat if 4 man
go to a grog shops gets drunk, goes home
and abuses his family, goes onward and
downward to drunkards grave Men
may marry our daughters, become drunk
ards, abuse them, desert them, but there
is no redress-no law for this. This
terrible traffic in liquor robbed families,
created misery, diverted money from
school purposes, as it took away that
which would otherwise be devoted TO
education and the license which gave it
legal existence was but hush-money for
the Internal trade When a man patron
lied the grog-Shop and got drunk, this
same law arrested the Grunkard and sent
him to prison, whilst the "drunkard
maker went free
Turn to the school house and away
from the grog shop. Some of the build
ings devoted to education were orna-
ments to the city, but 90 into the rural
districts, and they were unfit to raise
hogs in. Here, were floors with chink
holes, windows with old hats in them,
and women as teachers on salaries scarce
enough to afford chignon laughter
and these same schools were closed one
half the time, whilst the grog shops were
always open. The rum power was an
enemy to education, and to religion in
our midst, and he was ready, even with
the bayonet to oppose it. Applause
Only recently little child was killed
in South Baltimore during a drunken
brawl but this was nothing. The world
moved on and all was forgotten. There
were other influences besides the laws
to favor the traffic The fine hotels were
only gided bells, where the same traffic
was carried on, and men went that route
to hell who dared not go any other
[ [Applause The speaker related an
anecdote of a lady VINO consoled herself
with the remark, that although her hus-
band was drunk, he got drunk at a fash
ionable hotel che didn't 90 TO some low
place A strange consolation, truly
[Applausel [ To drink had become a
fashionable custom Of late, and one that
nearly all classes INDUCED in. There
were many absent from here and from
church to-day making preparation for
the holiday festivities, getting ready TO
go on with work which, before the
advent Of 1873, would make numbers of
new drnnkards. These prcparati'
were in the higher walks Of society, and
the customs Of this class led the masses.
This same upper circle started every
fashion No man was born adrunkard,
and not one in ten were made drunkards
in saloon. Nearly all were made in the
social circle The mothers educated
children for drunkards by feeding them
on liquor for the collie from their cradles.
[ Applause and laughter.] The speaker
asked how many were present who
would agree to exclude liquor in every
form from their homes during the holt
days In response several hundred
persons, male and female, held up their
hands, amid continued applause The
speaker referred to the late wrecking of
the steamer San Francisco, and saving
of those on board by the Three Bells Of
Scotland which vessel gave the signal,
keep Your lights burning and we will
stay by you" And she did stay by her,
and saved human lives. He urgrd the
people present to keep up the fight. "to
keep their lights burning, and God would
stay by them
REMARKS OF REV. NR. LIGHTBOURS.
Rev. J. II. Lightbourn, of the Charles
street VI. L. Church. was next introdu-
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