New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-02
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A LOCAL TEMPERANCE WAR OPENED.

LOCAL TEMPERANCE WAR OPENED. F
| ADDRESS or do LEWIS AT ASSOCIATION HALL Be
FORE A SMALL AUDIENCE.
The key-no of the approaching Temperance
campaign in this city sounded on Saturday evening
| at Association Hail. at the great temperance ra'y'
where DIR. Do Lewis the speaker OF the evening
great crowd was expected but hour Of eight the
appearance OF the house indicated That the usual Gu
thusaso report could not be sent TINS tne app''si"s
! the friends OF temperance In The west tha' W."
! YORK heart and soul III inc movement
and that great throng had welcomed the no"
IDEAS The body OF the house was about nan Iu'' '"o
gallery contained perhaps IS or 30 people ana the p
| form nine more including Rulus +. Andrews CAPT
| JOhn wDdey, a. T. McMuleD, President OF inc No"
York Temperance Prayer Meeting, Il. H. Hopkins, "1"
the Rev. W. ii. H. Boole OF the Seventeenth-sI ID '''
Church. The meeting called TO order by MT NC
Muliep The Row Mr. B0ole offered prayer ami Two
verses OF the Coronation Hymn were sung, Mr. McMui
len announcing that that the way they began ;"
Ohio Before introducing DR.. Lewis he entered hIo "
brief PLANTATION of facts connected Wild Ninu'o'
of himself from the imputations OF selhsh interest,"
which the charging of admission fee had cast upon
him.
DE- Lewis before beginning his lecture corrected the
statement OF the gentleman who. III introducing hu
had said he ectured nothing; for said the DOCTOR
is a mistake. ] don't work for nothing lAppauseJ
On the contrary, always get good pay ior IL! "o'A
and ALWAYS have am Iecturing here for nothing put
as general thing that is not the ease. don't set ~
much as those who preach Christ hut get GOOD pay Tor
my work. and have always been moncy-inakng sort Oh
man. do not assume at all any specaf DeheVOence
or philanthropy In this temperance work All my early
life was the darkness because OF incompetence, ana
very naturally feel great deal Of interest 10 this sub
iect But friends 1t very difficult TO lecture inst now
II you had what have seen in the West there IS
not man here who would be willing TO lecture about H.
For 20 years have lecturiDg on temperance out
find the lecture has gone out OF and the best can
do now is TO tell little story about the women OF ohio
and then answer your questions about II.
shall not undertake to tell you how great an evil In
Temperance is, for you know II already and that It's
fts are seen in the poor houses the ias, and the
hidcous caows That is all there Is about IT, ana now
the question is What We dot Neither have come
to tell YOU what the doing out West Tor the
men would not do what has been done in million OF
Years laughteIl but what tue women are doing had
a very curious conversation in Pullman palace car on
| nv WAY here in which some men with whom became
engaged in conversation tod me, without knowing who
was their dill plans for remedyng the evil OF In
Temperance without rosOTtng to the wOmens present
| methods which they sncercd at We finally got INTO
discussion OF the ProhiJtOry law and this is subject
l wish 10 speak Of bne1y think the friends OF pro
hibton have everywhere shown themselves 70 be very
true friends Of the Temperance cause but then this is
certainly true that up to tae present time the
Prohibtory law has not aided the temper
ance cause. I know tne opposite statement
is constantly made that pamphlets have been recently
published in nv own city OF Boston showing that the
Prohibory law has lessened inempefauce IN Neville
gland But live in Boston; think it is the most law
abiding city in this country. 1 know Boston well, and
1 also know mat while have q Prohibtory law IN
Massachusetts,. which the lawyers call the most perfect
law the bOOhs yet in Boston alone there are to-day
$500 open dram-shOps that sell without the slightest
attempt at cover cOncealment. think nothing more
is necessary show that up this time the Probbtory
law has not been useful think il must always be
great harm until public sentiment reaches certain
hight. j think the PrOhibitOry law Will be
passed everywhere in this country when we
reach certain moral attitude. That law, II it
could be enforced would be worth all the other statute
laws OF We had the drunkard almost III our
, arms in NeW-Engand when the Prohbitory law was
asted in ten perance and somewhat careful observer
Of New-EIgland matters through tle last % years.
ego,ts 70 Ter me law do the work Tor them and it
did not work. And 1t must always be If We anticipate
public sentiment IN that way am IN laNOr
| we may pass it. hut just row it stands Ia
the pathway OF temperance as any other obstacle dQes
now come in southern Oho-the town Of Nj Vernon Tor
| example For Is years the people of thai town
law, without success \ week ago last Friday night
fifty citlzens-men and women-Went down 70 the CISy
! Hall and said the Common Council, " Gentlemen,
! we want prOhibitory law" In 40 minutes The law
was passed and Mayors signature appended. and
u was law and no" pubic seiul.ut Is 80 VIZ On
this subject thar t Is just as easy 70 enforce pOhlO
About % Years ago suggested the use Of praver-neet
ngs IN the shops. Ii tried with partial succcss
FROM time time down the present. day TINS has been
lried--in 81 places altogetner-iu Dxon ~, is years
ago win parual success IN Battle Creek Michi Man
chester ~ H. Natick Mass, ak years ago and other
places. But strong my faith has been during all
never found place wnere the thug would stick aud
| grow The plant found DO good soil until this last De
Ccmber was Southern ONO lecturlng aud night
scarcely gotten ouf OF town before the women were in
| arm NM a 1
now N West, and will take Ine town OF Washington,
! ONO, as d type. ..,-,,..
! town very much gwen 10 drink, At tie close OF
lecture the evening before Christmas II was pro
he WS,per and drafted AM APPEAL from Inc women OF
Inc place TO dealers intoxicating drinks The three
women happened 70 he the wives OF three cCrgymcD
| rrcsrut linen we elected a committee of 40 women to
circulate the appeal and ask pledges by the liquor
ceaer that tDey would never sell IN that place again
In few nouns the appeal was written The WISHING
| They started out 46 strong. and walked down the
fsI n4t 6T Nj. smith one lady. Mrs Carr ~
ter, wife Of clergyman stopped forward, leaving
door went Ia and said Mr. Smith, have you any OBJ
lection the ladies on the sidewalk coming IN here I"
sad he Not the the world what do they want
=" come in forr' And she said We want 10 come m
| and speak with you" When they had come IN Mrs.
Carpenter read the appeal brief and offensive, of
the iadies-(8e don't call them ladies now; have
chan ged the name 10 women; We found after little
tris mat ladies' were not useful IN this wOrk-ihit
oniy women would work. LAppsuse Then Mrs. Car
pener Mr. Smith, nave you any objection to our
knrclug on this floor aud prayingf" Not the least ia
the world" he replied. 50 they prayed and after they
had concluded they sang with his consent, what has
become the campaign song in Ono OF the woman'- tenn.
perdnce movement, Nearer, M God, 10 Thee, Nearer
The women went from this saloon TO all the rest
thirteen. The next day they went again. Mr.. smith
was not go glad 10 them However, he admit
ted them They PRAYED and sang and nothing came of
It, Al II O'Clock the third day SAID: see
with such love and tenderness for the sinner 1T was