The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-24
TEMPERANCE.
Meeting at Washington Hail Last
Might.

Night.
Washington Hall was not crowded last
evening. The audience was slow in as
sembline, and it was 8 O'clock when
Rev. Barnitz opened the meeting by anf
nouncing hymn, after singing which
prayer was offered by Rev. Mr.. crane OF
Bethany.
was introduced to the audience. he sslo
thst heretofore in these conflicts u Wa Wa
strong men against strong men, put tnls
time Il was weakness against proolglous
strength. It is not until society mas Dee at
stirred down to its innermost oeph', on ~
the foe have real occasion 10 ttemDle l.; u
alarm. This Is proof that all Is now ~ ~
heroic action. let the enemy be aroused
90 never before. It Is not SIMPLY
nIeadine with the drunken men, but
+ ia q tremendous assault upon tne
stronghold OF the enemy. The quesuon
Of 1icense resolves itself simply, into the
benefit it is to society, and notthe revenue
accrriipc therefrom. The question OF rev
enue is not the question, but it Is the IN
Jury that Is done to society: License the
assassin, if he pay high revenue, II mat
ia the. argument. License the brothels'
also. for revenues sake. There Is IN me
law itself that sanctions the liquor traffic
and manufacture, bad as 1t is, that which
brands 1t as an infamy. No man dreams
of putting a man who deals in dry goods
and groceries under severe restrictions.
No community was ever reused on tnat
question. Bot here is traffic peculiar TO
ITSELF; the law says, guard it: put adaman5
tine guards about it; watch 1t. ana WY
n "a
See the restrictions put upon it,
and you will see that the law hands 1t as
an evil thing, something you have 10
puard as maniac, because you can not
let it go. But the world knows what 1t
9It Is a question of good and evil,
and that is the whole of 1t. But whoi1s
to decide upon thisP You want the com
mon sense Of society to determine the
question. II is the men whose lntelll'
ligence, whose skill and whose virtues
are the encouragement and support Of
society who should determine this qucs
ton. Those men are the city's honor, it
dignity and renoWn, and have the bes'
interests OF the city at heart. These arr
the men Legislature or City Councl
should regard. Those men who produce
that which is good, and not those me1
l y
want to know how this thing works, g
home to the heart of society, where tht
wife or the mother is. Let tho heart tel
the story.
The heart has spoken out its story
you can't deceive the heart. The mothers
and daughters and wives OF this land haVt
been brought forth, and they are telling
the story to- heaven and earth. II mer
are wise they will hear the account they
bring upon this question.
This movement is philosophical-it L
natural. The heart has told its story
And when the heart OF society has riser
up and told the story, shall we not lister
to it? II it were not for the pureness o
women's hearts, the asylums would b.
filled with insane women. Tits wonde
to me that woman is as enduring as sh
is. It is wonder that woman Is sane to
day. There are things about this question
| to move the heavens and the earth.
The laws thrown about the sale Q
liquor are never respected. The man WIN
gets the license does not expect to abid
lby the laws, and the man who gives hin
the license does not expect him to. VIII
is to Judge whether man is drank or no
the man that is drunk P No the rum
seller is to Judge. The law allows tn
rumseller to sell to q man until he j
drunk, and then tell him that he can
have any more-he is drunk l.
There is this to be said, and every FRIEND
of the movement will acknowledge it. W.
must plead, and argue, and follow tn
evil. Everything must be laid bare. Go
on life campaign. You must fight thu
evil for life. .-e. zen s.
Rev. Barnitz announced that they hal
4 received an account OF the Imprisonment
of some heroic ladies at Portland, Oregon
among them lady of this city. he de
ferred reading it, however, until SOM
future time. sas
Rev. Mr.. Crane, of Washington, Pa
then came forward and addressed tn
meeting for few moments in very abl
and interesting manner.
at the Close of his remarks'Re Barn.
itz announced that prayer meeting
| would be, held in the Eng. .Luth. Churcl
this afternoon, and mass meeting a
Washington Hall tomorrow night ant
Sunday afternoon. 800 .-...,,-
The doxology was then sung, and thu
meeting closed. ----g.-