New-York tribune., 1874-02-10
THE TEMPERANCE CKUSADE'

JOHN CALVIN VAN
- .s TEMPERANCE.
nv rr,teRAPu TO rHE rRIBUSs|
=, Eeb 0.-The reports and news
NiNO,nhs which have been circulated III '"o
pp p. 10 INIT A faint idea Of the intense ,ho
80, o,sva,s throughout this otaVo III VIC" % =. -
..., yar ON whisky. In traVeis!hS 'no 0' ~
,..o,e northeast to the extreme southwest
0., movsment Is found to oe the proni,ne nau,,s
sroas ro,,, s1s avervwhere. while tts wonuerlu i''
cohveiror, cohvei 70 all who visit tho scenes Oh 'no 10
sreI"1 'pr . ha,veen the women ana the "n'SA'
Co"' a. first the story OF the ui'
oea0'0 ID praying OF women in rural ~""'
sitting ~ - or sneered at as fanahcal' ou' ioi
.s.,, ,ast the movement has Iooinou Wy " -
"as,,ons of a social revolution prom'sine 80 ~
-, tbe entre West-a movement a''0" So, aona
wv .,n.,n,,v of a eligious revival discuSseu W ',
tuo s"'0 ,|t, and by all respectable people WIN
"' - literally true that the women ia, ~ ~
.o,,sheo Oh any field In when lucy nav -
,,ad hattIe with the liquor Dealers i"o 10, n,
hora opponents have unconoitionaiy SUR s-nast
,ha friends OF the traffic are beginning W "'A Al '
Whore Is this thing TO endf D., ro, dis
% ,a- the movement has been connneu " ru"- s
.,,.,s No town Of moro than 5000 inhabitants,
,ho ,est information, has yet been attaokeu, ou'
- ar I,d,es are plsnnng campaigns agalht 'ho oi'o
x,n,s Davton Portsmouth, Columbus O'eNo''n' ~ ~
.ve, Cincinnati would be likely 10 DO l"'"u
rr,ue,t hut for the restraining counsei VI 'nVTo
would be D RIoab iioh VI
st,,s the attempt in any large city until there
i,, "''N' 90 continent among all the friends OF
80, a. IN the adoption OF this method OF suppress
g,o, The men, always OF little faith. look with
come apprehensi5ns upon Dayton WIN its oV' anu
CoveIant with It's 1900 liquor stores ana rear W puV
,,s, nav formed theories TO the test with such ior
against Them But the ladies are full OF seai ana
ftb and being flushed with victory upon victory are
ready for what might seem uio'' ~ f
any other circumstances
Tba arrival of Dr. Do Lewis, the apostle OF tne nc"
o.p of temperance, and the originator oil the popular
svsam Of warfare in vogue In this secuOn' oius
fair 10 give fresh impetus to the movement Dr Lewis
reached Cleveland yesterday, and leotured tnere Ias'
night before large audience. Tonight he arrived al
Cnoinpati and is in consultation with prominent TEN
ra,ce men as 70 the details OF plan for the campaign
A, various points between here and Cleveland
hs WA waited upon by delegations OF au'eS anu
gentlemen who extended to him cordial welcome 10
Ohio and pressed upon bin Invitations 10 lecture a'
DAYTON Arrangements have been made for an au-uay
prsyer-meptng and the ladies are nearly ready ior
action Al sprin gded the temperance people arc pray
fny over the matter and at Franklin the train bearing
Dr. Lewis passed in view OF cOrpOras guard OF ladies
singing IN front the saloon OF whisky dealer WHO mas
wthstoOd ther hymns, prayers, and persuaslons toi
several days.
Tonight Dr. iIewis Is happy In the society Of Johu
Calvin Van Pet the hero of New-yienna, whose captu
lyfiOD AFTER QdNs OF ptIbhttub HLlShy SoiS III
the face protests of army OF women has Deeh
already announced Van Pelt about 40 bears OF age
with the frame and fist Of prize-ighter He is now
frhuog hard for total abstinence he has hereto
fore fought for his rights liquor seller.
He proposes TO accompany Dr. Lewis IN
h's pilgrimage through the West. and Will
say wOrt Tor temperance whenever he has chance to
ts his voice He has already many invitations to visit
New.EDgland. and will doubtless east the women
int hat n the country DR.. Lewis
thtuks little Of the legal obstacle in the form OF njunc-
lions against prayer which the ladies OF HsborO and
Washington have encountered He says this phase of
the situation presents q golden opportunity
fOr a and more glorious victory. Instead
OF regarding the injunction secured technical con-
law he advises them TO 20 before the door
Dr. Dunn greater numbers than and sing and
pray there unmoved BY threats of violence He
thinks ridge Ohio would dare order the arrest and
imprisonment of 200 praying that constable
be found carry such judicial decree, and that
t arrested. county Jail could hold the 200 female
martyrs
1t Is noteworthy that the temperance revival is
IN many places preceded and others succeeded, by
revival of religion Cincinnati is just now passing
through period OF great excitement the subject OF
religion. held daily and nightly in the
churches OF nearly all the denominations, and hundreds
OF pers0us have pTOfessed conversion. The Rev. MT
Iask,p aud Miss Smiley have been powerful instruments
Ia br1gius about this state OF affairs Many good
people oi opinion that Cincinnati needs some such
extraordinary purifying process before she can be
declared resiy for advance of the temperance
GXcrTNG DETAILS OF THE CRUSADR-CoNTINUED
ASO REMARKABLE SUCCESS OF THE MOVEMENT.
lgY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUSE.l
COLUMBUS, Feb. 9.-The temperance crusade,
which has nearly encircled Columbus in its march
through the state now threatens Oho's Capital The
friends of the movement however. prefer delay until
the forces thoroughly organized, that there may
be 90 failure when the campaign once begins.
10 the time the continues with unabated zeal
elsewhere aud with almost the at each
pOnt Tns only place where there appears to be little
progress made Pomeroy, Meigs County the Ohio
River. whore coal mines and blast furnaces
aro plenty. and the drinking saloons number
about 50 The druggists and physicians, however,
have been over, and the work continues with no
dininution the hopes of final success At Syracuse
Ia little town the county tho ladies' are labor
ing IN the with hopes OF bringing their opponents
TO terms
At Wheeling, West Virginia the temperance spirit is
moving tho people and the ladies arranging plans
for campaign upon the plan successfully used in
OHIO. At Manchester, Clinton County a complete vic.
tory has been accomplished, and the is reported
without hQuOr-deahng spot in it. At westboro, in
the same county during the latter part OF last week
rad was made on saloon where man had been
supplied with liquor until he became abusive and had
Invaded house, assaulted a sick woman in her bed,
ana committed other acts OF violence upon woman
and children. The ladies gathered together called
on The saloon keeper demanded received the keys
70 his den. which they then invaded and threw his
liquors into the street finishing by warning him stop
TIE urde He promised 20 DO pending suits under
tho Adatr law were discontinued Now that little town
has no drsm-shop.
At GEORGETOWN, Brown County, all the whisky deaf
era have been indicted by the Graud Jury and
opponents OF the cause remain IN the town Public sen.
ument fully enlisted the side OF temperance and
a'anate success will probably be the result there