, 1874-05-31
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT in the Strong.
hold Of Liquor-Drinking.
The CoWgate On Saturday Night---The
Drunkest Place in Her Mnjcs.
ty's Dominions.
4 Eock Temperance-0rator---" DAFT
Biackie fra the University"


Tho tempernncs-crusade which has been agi
tating the zealous tcctotalers OF the Unite
States to such remarkable degree Is to awake
in SONS saneuine souls false hopes OF an irnme
dia.e Millennium, il not confined to that country
felt its blood stirred and it's conscience awakonc
BY acrusaue,-iu disguise, to be sure, but never
theless temperance revival. Whatever goo
they may derive from the movement,
THEY MUST THANK CHICAGO FOR,
at the religious enthusiasts who commenced TIL
action are no other than Moody aud 6aukey
known possibly to the heather Of their own city
but, like I'LL prophets, better honored in foreign
lands. These men--whethcr working to-
gether for The benefit Of their OWL
pockets or from phlanthropio idea o1
doing good TO their fellow-men will not ven.
tuse to rag, which have Leen holding reyivals in
Glasgow and Edinburg, to which great numbers
ct the lower classes have been attracted, drawn
there By their curiosity to see men who proclaim
themselves uneducated and llllterate hke them
telycs, but who beast Of holding mission from
Divine Providence to preach the GOSPEL Of HUI
ma1ity to the world After hearing them, one
does not feel inclined to criticise their style con-
tent to accept their own estimate OF their ability
upon whisky. THIS is bold attack upon one OF
the things in this world dearest to 6cotch1nan =
heart, and is, indeed, carrying the Wat into
Africa for, to tho Scotchran Us to Paddy,
t'Bread may be the eta1 OF life, but whisky Is
Life ITSELF"
a gen:lem, IN living here told me of an instance
In his OWN experience to illustrate the agitation
which arose among the lower class from this
= :rf}a 4rc 11,,a 10 A.
rived from it. lie said: 'sOne poor fellow,
who has worked for our family these many years,
and whose children arc al in our employ, lives
On the Cannongate, here in Auld ReeRie. He is
. cabinet-maker by tlade. and does the general
yearly patching aud rebutnishing OF our old fur
niture. His wife, good soul, but addicted 10
the bottle, Was much affected by the enthusiasm
of these Chicago men,-eo much SO, indeed, that
she worked upon tue feelings Of Jamie to such
an extent tha: he went to the meetings himself,
and afteEward, when the ladies came to him
praying and bcseeching him to sign the pledge,
he did so. Meeting me shortly after, lie
told me what: he had done, saying,
however, Tive no taen the pledge except with
conditlons." Not in the least surprised to hear
this, inquired the usture Of the conditions. 1t
had been agreed, it seems butwecn 1.-THE mis-
tress his wife-apd himself that ono would
keep the pledge as long as the other did. The
next Saturday evening they went to tha Cow
gate. participating i'll the general festivities OF
that remarkable scene. Tic CoWgAte, BIZ the
way, Gu Saturday night is
THE DnuS1lEsT PLACE II CHA!sTENDOH.
Jamie is sure 1.-The mistress " Ths the first to
bre Ak the contract and ''t1e mistrers' has her
proof to the contrary, from the fact that she met
Jamie in ''Boi,bleH close" With bottle in Lis
fist Whether he or che first took the whisky, is
q question which even Scotch Judge would
hesitate to settle. aud one whlch will forever
reLnain mystery
The Cowgate in Edinburgh--so called from
early times, when it Was worthy Of the presence
Of these aluiable animals, their virtuous keeEe
and pretty mlknaids-ehow nov no Sign of
ever having been green country pasture, q land
Of milk aud honey. And, indeed there is pre-
clous little milk to bo discovered in the 4fDAi-
ries u; fer they attempt to perpetuate the Sur
soundlngs of the past by thnB fancifully naming
their saloons. It is low, winding street, which,
In homo unaecouutable manner, has kept it's
former level, though the streets about it have
been filled up; and what was once ravine is
to-day but q narrow pass, walled up on either
slde by tall tenement-houses, over which the
cross-etreets pasB on bridges as high as the
horse-tops themselves. Thus street ia 1phab-
tied, one might judge from its nature, BY
the very poor Of the city. Their rags hang
out OF the windows and stun up the cracks
until you wonder how they have enough left to
~AA -. "AlAen eA"saeo +ne!a
oouies. Ssul' II 10 Ieails surprising 10" httle
elotn'ne .ney "ear OUTING Inc coo months OF
s wlcter. Momen, ana enilore1 OF tender yeaTs
ou1. Judging from thelr endurance, OF tough
poules 1oam Tue stteees Dy nignt ana oay, often
"'th =, hut one garment, end that mass Of rags,
until charity compels one to believe that they
sre hardly TO olAfne alter al for being such hard
drinkers, though It Is more likely that their con-
aitlon is tue outGro"th OF their depraEty in this
very matter. But the Co"gate on Saturday
nlght ls certainly
MORE SPIRITED SCENE THAN THE CARNIVAL
NJ home. Inc lta'lats are not witty, and their
UuHoonely Is ufeaome but 6cotchman in
whisky is US good US sober Irishman. They do
nor gro" V1ciouhly r1otous, but only noisy in
lher run.
on h1st entering the street. we we're nssailed
BY = Stream OF vlrtuouh rhetoric, SO unexpected
aod 50 astonishing that We stopped to get view
OF the orator. 1e proved to be no less person
than dodge Hansman. - nane which |
learned. upon inquiry. md been gwen him be-
cause Of faculty which be possesses, in COM
tnou with tho Artful Dodger, Of avoiding tie |
wrath OF Jurtce- He WAS at present occupied |
In 1nimicking the style Of tho great Chicago |
pfoacheTs, and, except for his eize and evident |
youth, and the Juvenile and rollickiug appear |
anee OF h's audience. should have been almost |
deceived 1nto believing that there had /
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