The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-13

tenant for her house she will quit the pusi
ness. The matter Is Mt present Ut ger ad
viscmcut. Two or three other saloon,tts are
are under conviction and promise to quit
About eighty ladies were out to-day.
At Syracuse the ladies were also on t.~
war-Iath. DIR.
DO LkwIs,
Il popular lecturer on temperance and other
topics, is stopping at the Durnet House.
Your reporter on temperance called upon
the Doctor last evening, and found him busy
studying the map of Ohio, laying out cam
paisn in the interests of temperance. lie
was fankcd on one side By the Rev. g. 3.
Eccchcr, of the First Presbyterian church
of this city, and Mr. Nj. =. Handy. of New
York, and on the other by John Calvin Van
rclt. the celebrated young convert to the
temperance gospel. The Doctor is fine
specimen of the natural man, six feet high and
broad in proport!o3, with mobile features and
expressive eye. He left Boston last Friday
evening. Being detained st Cleveland, he de-
liycvcd temperance lecture there on Sun.
dav evening. He had few engagements in
Ohio for lectures on other subjects, but this
woman's war on temperance having showed
aside all other Interests, he now proposes to
devote over two months exclusively TO the
work.
A corr p'ETAT PROPOSED.
Business being completed at last, and the
Doctors route laid out with tolelab!c preci-
ci>iou, the reporter again cSSayed 10 apply
the gjinhlct.
Reporter: What do yon think of the legal
eases raised:
DR.. Lewis There never was day since
this movement was inauSurated that pre-
scented Suca Il golden opportunity as that
now offered TO the ladies of Washington ana
H,lI>boro'. For years these >a!oon-mcn nave
been violating every law OF God ana man.
and the men have treated 1t lightly. Now,
the ladies in this hottest OF causes OF mere
human interest have violated some tcchnl-
cali,y Of the law. The mighty law is APP
pcalrd to ut once. Now, let the ladies' prove
equal TO the occasion. Go TWO huhured
strong and knt el and pray before Or. Dunn
Store, and submit TO the law. ne Dioou
Of the martyr is the seed Of the church.. Is
there Il Judge in Ohio that would conslsn
them to prison, or constable that Wousa
cy,cu,c such decree? Then, should the
ladies submit and be taken 10 prison, rest as
Sured it will not be for long. Then every
man in Ohio wh no has spark OF manlineSs
IN him would burn with shame. and the free
men Of this State would rise in their might,
and SAY. "This traffic in death shall be
crushed out
Reporter: understand you to mean that
there is strong temperance sentiment IN
| the state if called cut.
THE MOVEMENT OVERWHELMING.
DR.. Lewis Overwhelming, sir! over
| whclming. II is safe TO say that three
raurths OF the men and ninetcen-twcntlcthS
tot Strnnp fpmnpr-
arrc measures if they could he got at with
ont entap.ling side issues. But why is not
| this sentiment put into action! A has bu'
.;npss: his eve is on that Is. has shop
| his eve is there. and ID have farm and
| merchandise. and they go their way saying
It's pity, great pity, that men will de-
base themselves: but it always has been so
and ALWAYS will be So" But let them see
band of women praying, singing, and plead
| inc with the rumsellerS, and all at once thu
| latent sentiment springs into life. The MAJ
| and the citizen Is slammed, and the Christian
| and patriot alarmed for his country, ant
every one is impelled to do his best; ant
that is why Justify this mode OF bghllnt
intempcrnce. | know.
IT is NOT NICE.
1t would be much ple.santcr for those ladIe
TO sit at home and talk about the evils OF in
temperancr. But must they sit at HON
while brothers perish: No; they must com
out and awaken the moral sense Oh the com
muuity. Why. we are not talking to con
vince the people OF the evils of intemperance
That would be a pure waste of time. W
wan. them to act upon what they alrcad.
know. Now, let the ladies of Hlllsboro
meet the issue. 1t is the crisis Of the cause
Two hundred women in jli! for the cause
tempcrance-an it would be but for Shor
tjme-it would raise 4 moral revolution SucI
rs this nation has never seen. 40 mop
they will live UP to the OCCASION.
MASSACHUSETTS pRAM.sHors CLOSED IN
OHIO
Reporter: Where do you go next?
DR.. Lewis: 10 Nenia tomorrow Tues
dav) night: to Springfield next night; th
next TO Lebanon the next TO MaySvllle
and after that probably to Mount Vernon
t Delaware, Washington, Wilmington, an
! other places, as the good of the cause ma
: dictate. | was urged by Il large meeting i
c Boston 10 remain and lead in the wor
5 there. but told them that the dram-shol
: of Massachusetts can be closed better j
, Ohio than at home. The battle LA; begu
here, and we must follow the leading c
I Providence.
e AT THIS JCSCTCRE Mr.. VAN PELT
departcd, and the Doctor informed me tn:
the Young convert intended to travel wit
him tor few days in the interest OF ten
} pcrance.
VICTORY AT RIPLEY.