New-York tribune., 1874-04-06

ntoXicat,ng no While the rich and the repua
bic buying their baskets OF ehampagne ana nontnon non
buying his sxpenny glass of rum at tue saloon or gro
If the influential and reputable classes are p e
for the sake OF the weaker aud degraded classes
they will make but small headway against grog-seihng
aud drunkenness. The whole liquor business, from
brown stone to enementhOue from wholesale store W
the dirtiest drinkngden Is one compact, con
catenated system Every moderate buyef dnI urlhAor
plays an important pPIt ia ,no - S.on naor xny we
aliy. This nexOrlbie fact is one reason why We
teeotaiers have driven "a the logical rock ot
entire abstinence buying, or drinking or using or
selling Intoxicating beverages We welcome our oIpehcI
Crosby 10 the battlefield for prohibition OF nOphng-
houses but he will nave been there SIX month. WIN
out discovering that he cannot successfully uShb ue
liquor traffic while defending moderate nquor-Ouylhe
and hqdordrinKng Ihe man VINO is uhwllig 70 S ~ ~
the divine OF love, Will drink no wine ior my
weak brOtners sake Will not win many converts 20 'he
There third fact not TO be overlooked. Tue mighty
movement now going forward unler tne e & suS9 o,e a.
God and good women 10 essentially reHglOus move
mpnt. IL aims 20 persuade and prevent lts weapons
are prayer God, pledges Of abstinence ana peaceful
persuasion of men not t. drink OF bay or se
The very core principle OF TINS glorious ONO moye, ~
mept il total aOsCineuce It has already shut up more
tipping houses N two months than our wsest Laws Oh
proni1lnon have shgJ up 70 ten years: .,r,, r,r
Crosbys imed onslaught upon the advocates OF total
abstinence. He compliments our honesty OF purpose
and motives hut asserts plumnly that we are preaen
ing false gosp'l ana are increasing the druhAth.
ness OF tne land" These serious charges against
such men his hOnored pre- ecsssor trelng
huyseu-dglinst such civilians az Lincoln WsOh' re
ley Buckingham, and Dodge, and such dvines ~ Ly-
man Beeeher, Moses stuart Bishop James John Han,
and Albert Barnes he aver that We preach .
false gospel because we honestly dH.r from
ture. But the brother who quotes the text Let your
moderation be known unto ali men," a. an argument
against total abstinence com tile boite should DC care
fui now he talks about iaise gospel Inc Hosptl W.
preach IA that s WseSt and safest 10 abstain from every
species OF evil The Gospel we preach If mat w'ne is
mocEer ana ssrong drink ls raging; g9uy oiu u noai
he Jampered with wine. fell into deoauch you ana
had better not repeat the experiment The G0spei we
preach is that have no right TO pray lead us not
into tenptauOn" and then vautOnly RISK the most
trcacherous OF all tenpters The Gospel we preach Is
that for the sake OF our brother VINO may oe
ruined we will not set an example tnat IL
ruUCht WITH danger Others Brother CrosOys analogy
between using dumi-Oes and drinking lntoxlSants does
not hold water He says II exercise with dumD-Dels
for five minutes daY and am thereby Strengthen 10
hratI surely the man who exercises with dumb-Dels
for hours day, and 80 ruins his consututOh Goes
not follow rs an example, The cases are not parallel
IL the use OF dumo-Deils should DC so inherently .s'
natng ensnarsg and ensaving that u should entrap
thousands every INTO the utter ruin OF health chr-
acJcr and m then even the example 81 using them IOr
five minutes" would be uujustlhaDle The man VINO
drinks Intoxicating beverages stands on shppery places
Is II Tgut Tor 20 endanger myself by going Ihere
soil more is 10 right for beckOn Others there by
my dangerous eXampef This brings me TO nv eloquent
brO5uers position regard moderate drinking. HIV-
lug wisely denounced the henous sin OF drunkenness,
wisely denounced total abstinence a false gos-
pei and failure. he is shut up 10 the third and only
alternative. That alternative the moderate use OF ln-
toxcatng He holds that men have right To
drink inrOxcants, but no man has rght TO dIhK
them 10 excess This very plausible. But
II actually the creed OF nearly every man or woman
ever from these premises and landed III the
gutter IN the drunkards grave Not single Que OF
them intended TO become drunkard. Many OF them
struggled remain moderate drinkers until the appe-
ute ney had Ostered became their tOrmener aud de-
strOyer That eminent clergyman IN New-Jersey VINO
used order preach more eloquenty afterwards
confessed that no 80 astOnlsned 10 ma MIN
an ineUriate ae he was himself This deluslon OF
" moderation" has slain not only the dwarfs
stain in the Senate chamber, the Parlament-house,
and Inc pulpit Ths treacnerous quality inheres in the
very nature OF alcoholic stimuant; therefore Gods
word pronOunces u " mocker" ana decelver. Inc
excltable tempe rameuts of American people, and
onr climate make the popular 0rnkS now IN
vogue especially dangerous But II our moderation Is 10
he known unto an men, pray let know Just wnat is
moderation l. 10 one glass Or twOi Or hyei There
are good people make fools OF themselves on Two
classes while others can carry a level head under five
glasses Il everything moderation which H inside the
limit OF drunkenGessi Surely not; Tor thousands nave
hnrueo up theIr vtas with strong wines aud whisky
VINO never staggered IN their lives Moderation
an elastic word To tell our neryOusly eXcltaDe young
Americans tnat they may drink popular drinks, II
acnt TO telling them that they venture into house
infected with smallpox II they careful tO out
rapids Niagara but they must De sure To Keep above
coat Island bridge. Does my nODie-hearted brother
Croshv intaod 10 encourage drinking among ung
men 7 No no: not for a moment But ne must re-
nember tbat the devil always hkes quote a minister.
In Conclusion | thank the learned Chancellor for his
franness Of utterance as nave often thanked hm Tor
noble ouphc services / thank him for his admission
tnat 10 the DAYS of Christ the of wines pro
ductlve OF fearful drunkenness thank hln Tor Ms
burniug words against the aDomlnatons OF the dram
SIP We abstainers ready TO JOIN hands with him
all feasible Legislation against the dran-ShopS ana
barrOOm counter.
The real battle s not over six waer-pots At Cana
OF GaiIee. but 10000 drinking dens IN New YORK
and Brooklyn II Is battle with tine personal habits
ana social usages feed those dens vita victims
Let seek for petty victories over ecn otheI out
the Let every gun that If so trained as 10
woupd oalv the friends Of morality and religion be
spiked And let pupit-Datterles thunder along the
whole line against the most Ruge and horrible eVn That
curses beloved land
This church. hardly tell YOU. has never Stunned
20 Witness against tine sin ana shame ana sorrow OF
the Intoxicating cup. We have never put temperance
pledge above the cross Of Calvary but we do make
temperance part and parcel OF the religion We pro-
claim and try 10 practice. Goa never dlshonOre hs
truth. blessed efforts To reform Grunkard6
and TO keep youth from dissipation by an early
pledge OF abstinence and early instruction to nate the
bottle Last Sabbath among the 100 ~ho stood up mere
10 confess Jesus several men converted oy the
grace OF God, from drinking habits Itis striking fact
that the most prosperous churches IN Brooklyn, and
when have enjoyed the most precious and power
fn revivas are the most advanced ana out
spoken for the abstinence reform. Entire aDstI-
uence from all intOXcants is the true patn 10 Is the
safe path Ii has LED thousands 10 the OF christ
IL lac pitfalls. Men do not stumble therein. Young
men, remember that no one was ever yet lost II u