, 1874-07-13
TEMPERANCE.
Anti Crusade Meeting ut MiGha-
walza, Ind.
Temperance Advocated, but Not Pro
hibition.

there haa l,cen $R1k TINT nlaHB-lnoottngs Of Rn
antt-o -oruHado character would bo hold in.sovoral
places In this county, md to-day they woro ILL.,
auguratcd by QUO being hold ut this placo, undor
tho AUSPICES Of tho QorMan-Americans Of
N1istawalss and Of South Band. As do1non-
etration Of strength In numbers, it was suc-
coss, thero being prosont fully 5000 people.
soyoral epcciel trains OIL tho LnAo Shore d
Michigan Southern Railroad brought largo nurn-
bera, and hundreds came in wagons and car-
rtagos AMI, at tho depot, o large pro-
ccsBlon was formed with a bnnd of muHso
ut tho head. TLoy marched to tho grovo on tho
north bank Of tho river whoro stand was fitted
up for tho spoakors. A number Of bnnnora Tora
carried, having inscribed on tholn notices in
German aud Engliah, which probably tell talc
as Significant as lougthy specclos.
ZONE oY THE MoTToEH.
h part Of thom rend Let Every Ono swoep
Ills Own door,; "Liberty in Every ything-No
Hypocrisy u; " Obedience to Lnw-Rcsistanco to
Dospotism"; "No Bumptuary Lava; "Tako
Little Wno for Thy stomaeh's Sake md Thine
Own 1nfirmtios II; aud III German: He Who
Fool His Whole Life Long"
The first addreas was made BY the Rev. 4: 3.
Oohtoning. pastor Of the hliBhawaka Catholic
Church. Ho reviewed nomo alleged altnoka
WHICH QHA pGen IlnHQ Oil THO NMLIlullo GlufEu71H
being in opposition to the temperance move-
mont. whioh ho denied, but affirmed to tho con-
trary, In tint they, abovo all othcra were In IN
vor Ut strict temperance, Of Which Ao 8avo
numerous instances, from tho ti.ne Of Father
Mathew down to tho proaont, and nasd TINT therc
arc 245 900 Irish Catholics in the United States
enrolled under tho standard Of total abBtinence,
and when they
ACCUSED TIE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
OF opposing temperance il wns too much. Flo
lad always been. aud is atill, working in tho
cause Of temperance, In eating, in dros8, and in
| nil things al woll Us drink. Bit Temperance, by
10 nlanus,' moant totn abst1uonoo. but hu oolln-
seled tho latter, whera the individuals could not
control tho appetite. 1{ia advice was, that when
man cannot drink without. excess. ho should
not drink at all, aud tho law that should ailn to
prohibit drinking would bo Of no
more effect tlAan tho lnw Thou Shall
wanted fresdon1 In tho fullest sense Of tho word.
and general recognition Of the rights Of al
claHBes under and by tho law.
| He would NOT cry down tho Inv while It OK
listed, and would say tlat when n law wsH unsat-
isfactory to tho people, thoJ know how to ui-
| mako it, bur while it WAS q law
IT MusT DE OnEIED.
| Ho spoke Of tho Gcrna1l's love Of beor and the
Irish1nau's love Of whisky, tho Inter being 30
| adulteratad rs to be poisonous, and asltau that
! adultoration bs remodied. lie called upon the
ministry Of other churches to work and pray tc
| sot . temperate example, by which much guod
! might be Effected
tho Hon. George htilburn, OF N1iHhawala, q
! radical temperance mGu, WIS called out, aud tht
| audience soon found that they hau osuglt q
Tartar, but took it all In good part. Ha fri
eulogized the Catholic Church aH being forenlos
In the cause Of temperance. He thon doc'arod
| himEolf in favor Of prohlbitory law, nnl aftor'
ward aaia that he locked on this meet'ng aH
political one.
IN THE INTERESTS or THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
John Wiugle, OF South Bond, aaid that sl'i'
Meeting had boon called IN opposi
tion to tho crusade. He felt glad
and, On tho part Of tho German-American citl
zons, ho ropellod tho idea that this was Demo
cratic meeting. or III that intcroat. lilo do
nounoed tho Daxter law Oh ono Of the mos
tyrannioal laws ever ooncooted, but sHld i
should be oboyed while 1t remained q law; mt
he was FREQ to say tint, willie this was not
political moating, hB would yoto for no mntl VIII
Ho acknowledged that iitoxicaliun WAS wropg
but aBhod why tho Government dorivod it
groatcat rovenuo IRON tho manufacture mi
sale Of liquor, md amid that the evils resulting
from liquor was tu tho abuse, ind not IL tho uRo
| IT wAs THE ABusE
that should be guarded against. To be
loved, with st. Paul, in taking little vino TO
the ston,achs aako, and he BonsetineB went
littlo further md took little for pleasure.
Tho bcHt Of ortlcr prevailed, aud. though tn
greater portion i'll attendance nero foreign horn
vet there Eas not agn of any ono being undo
tho ipflueuce Of drink. Next Sunday, in til
samo grove, will DO hold temperance mnBa
meeting, with tho Hon. s. Colfax as tho pri,
cipal speaker.