The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-13
THE NEW CRUSADE.


Agitators of the Temperance Question
The Bible In support OF Strong Drink
In ModerattOn-The Difference Between
Abstinence and sobriety.
CINCINNATI. Ohio March IL, 1874.
Archbishop Purcell, OF this city, publishes the
following letter to-day in answer to numerous
written and personal applications by Ohio women
for sympathy and assistance in the whiskey cru
saae -
INTEMPERATE TEMPERANCE AGITAToRs.
st. Paul, IN his Instructions to the Romans and
through them To all Christians advises them ''not
to De more wise than IL behoOveth TO be wise: but
TO be wise unto sODriety.n Romans, XIII. so. The
undersigned takes this occasion to answer the nu-
mer0us applications made to him for sympathy
and cooperation In the crusade against intemper-
ance. lie does not now for the first time express
publicly his sy mpahy with tue object, fnot with the
means ADOPTED by the crusaders, or his readiness to
Tor the suppression OF ntemperance Scarcely
mas he ever had the spiritual care of a congrega-
who heard him OF the temporal and eternal evils
resulting nom excess, in sermons and pastoral
letters. He has insisted on the necessity and e4-
horted to the observance of holy temperance.
man many G years ago; as express the WISH
disreputable saloon keeper. For ten years he
practsed total abstinence, hoping by example TO
induce those whom his words did not reach 70
is even now totally abstinent. This he considers
pretty good; but be cannot go, to the excess
cannot instruct or preach that 1t is sin
for q Gay laborer, who has to carry
steep ladder TO The third or fourth story OF a
building, to restore his exhausted strength by
glass or two OF beer. This he would consider cruel
II the toiler has the physical endurance and the
will to do without the beverage, in the name OF
God let MIN do 1T, and II he can't take this refresh
ment without drinking to excess, let him abstain
altogethe or quit the hard work, or de-
for 1t Is better so than to be drunkard
Again, the Archbishop can't ask a clergyman to
DlaSDlemo al rel
asking Him why He made wine at Caana, in
Galilee. to recreate guests alta wedding; why He
instituted the Eucharist the Lords supper, partly
In wine, OF which He commanded the Apostles to
drink; why Jehovahs holy spirit teaches us in
Of NAM pssims, c 49, and SHss' the i' n sne
TO ask, why it should desert its swine that
Sh enc ret . GOO and men" Judges tx Iss why
Divine inspiration, wish his abundance OF
winer Why. again, does the Holy Ghost tell US
that it is hurtful always TO drink water or wine
but that to mix them is pleasant, sometimes
to drink one and sometimes the other. in the
last verse OF the Old 1estamentf But Cod they
object, did not make the wine. We have shown
that He did make it. Neither did He make the
bread, except in the miracle Of the loaves in the
from which wine and bread are made-the one by
process not much simpler than the other.
1t, and. with the blessed book before them, we
cannot, with bell, book and candle, with praying
and psam,Singng h IN the mud exeommunicate
which God has made 10 be used with moderation
and thanksgiving. This, then, is the edict OF the
can't use without abusing use not at all.
Some lew years past three or four Protestant
'clergymen called on the Archbishop to ask his CO.
operation IN an attempt TO abate the nuisance OF
the grOgshOps; he told them that when there was
the question OF the licensing or ABSOLUTE prohibit
ing OF the sale OF inebriatin0 liquors, he earnestly
recommended the imposing OF as heavy ine or
license on the vendors OF such liquids as they could
known 70 the law, those vile barrooms
where bad liquor is sold TO minors, drunkards,
men or women. who are now the pests OF the COM
munity, disgrace to their families, and teaching
by word and example the broad way to perdition.
This, he conceived, would be the most efTectual
check to the evil we deplore. 1t would diminish
perhaps, by 1000 the 5000 Sptraculadttis, those
craters of hell by which our city Is in peris OF
combustion. and it would pay the city much, If
not all, the expenses of the workhOuse and other
institutions which honest, sober citizens now
shamefuly taxed to support All winch is respect
fully submitted to all whom 1t may concern
I j. b. PURCELL,
Archbishop OF Cincinnati.
able preate on the subject OF the present temper
ance agitation, and it. regarded as very sisnih-
can't
tents, presided at mass Getting held at the First
Baptist Church tonight The attendance at this
place and at Wesley Chapel was large. One
committee OF visiting ladies reported four
teen saloons visited. All but two dealers
desire to out the
places on Main street, two OF which refused them
admttance. gang OF nearly 200 boys and men
interfered and quieted them. One OF the worst
districts IN the city, next to the river, was visited
and the committee report polite reception there.
The Ohio Crusaders-Discouragt Pros
pect for the Ladies.
DAYTON, Ohio, March IL, 1874.
Four battalions Of women moved up Main street
to-day, and visited about dozen saloons, attack
ing some not heretofore visited, and creating q
sensation in the neighborh0ods. The only incident
OF the day the intercessiOn OF Catholic priest
for OF his flock, appealing to the crusaders not
to pray for him. because he was good Christian,
and had promised to him, the priest to quit the
traffic. The women assented and moved on. The
crowd about the crusaders was smaller than
usual in consequences OF the severity OF the nerce
March winds. which filed the air with dust. 1t
The prospect for the crusaders is discoura aging,
but they are resOlute. Saloon keepers are dis
terminating in their trade against merchants who
promptly carry their trade to men who are thus
singled out, and help their business more than
they lose by the bad policy OF the liquor dealers.
II the temperance SympathlZers adopt the policy
OF retaliation one-thlrd the German groceries in
the city VIII be broken down. Tonight there are
three large temperance meetings gong on In dli-
Ierent parts OF the city,
The Monotony OF the "Work" In Colum-
bus-A saloon Keepers Practical
Satire.
COLUMBUS, Ohio March IL, 1874.
The crusaders spent the morning in visiting prl-
vate houses, obtaining signatures to the citizens
pledge, and the afternoon IN regular street work.
The only noticeable feature of the day was an
occurrence at one saloon. The ladies found the
doors locked and proceeded to sing and pray in
front OF the place, when the proprietor mounted
chair on the inside OF the saloon, anu, peeping
over the transom OF the front door, drank the
health OF friend across the street in a glass Of
foaming beer. One saloon keeper declared he was
anxious to sell out II the ladies would purchase
his stock at considerably below cost and assist him
IN obtaining another occupation. The question OF
apurchase was referred to the gentemens commit
tee for consideration.
Unconditional Surrender by Liquor
Dealer IN CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, March IL, 1874.
According to the arrangement made yesterday
1--WE ladies called at the saloon Of David Bleaks, q
former Chief OF Police OF this city, at eleven
O'Clock this morning, and asked him to sign the
pledge not to sell liquor. He consented without