New-York tribune., 1874-03-13
THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADE.

lBr TELEGRAPH TO 1HB 1RIBUNE.l
CINCINNATI, March l2.-Archbishop j. b. Purcell
of Cincinnati has issued circular replying at length
to numerous applications made to him for sympathy
and cS Operation in the womens crusade against in
Temperance. The reply is not at all pleasing to the
crusaders and their friends. The Archbishop says he
has often publicly expressed his sympathy with
movements in behalf of temperance. He has ever
been ready to cooperate with any wise effort in this
direction, and has for years practiced tc!" sy,i-
uonvu ~itn a view 10 sertlng good example. He
continues as follows speaking of himself in the third
person:
But the Archbishop TO the excess sugsesedby
the Lady League He cannot instruct or preach
that II s for day labOrer who has TO carry tho hod
roilIng hot day in July August up steep ladder
the third or fourth story OF building TO restore his
exhausted strength by glass or two Of beer This ne
would consider cruel n the toiler has the physical
endurance and the will without the beverage, In
the OF God let him do IT, and he cannot take this
refreshment without drinking 10 excess let him abstain
altogether or quit hard work. die, for il Is better so
than TO be a drunkard Again. the Archbishop cannot
ask clergym to baspheme the Divine author of our
religion by asking why he made wine 40 Cana in Galee,
recreate guests at wedding; why he Instituted the
eucharist the LOru 5upp, iatty IN VINE, OF Nhth he
comma nded the Apostles TO drink; why Jehovahs hoiy
spirit teaches in the Bible that God made wine 10
cheer the heart OF Psalms, CIV, l5, ana the vine
asks why Il should desert its wine that cheereth Cod
and men Judges tx l9. why did the dying patriarch,
under the influence OF divine inspiration, wish hs son
abundance of winei Why again does the Holy Gho't
tell US that IL is burtf always to drink water or VINE
but TO mix them pleasant sometimes to drink one
and sometimes the otherf NI Maccabees last verse OF
the Old Tesament) But God, they object did not make
the wne We have shown that he did not makeU' Nel-
ther did he make the bread except in the miracle ol 'he
loayes in the desert But lie made the grape and the
b.h and made, the one by
a process not much simpler than the other. Cathoncs
then 20 to the Bible and they understand anu Win
the blessed book before them we cannot WIN Oe DOOR,
and candle, with praying and psalrsnglng In the uu'
exc0mmunicate those who drink or those VINO dispense
the liquid which God has made 10 be used with mOdefa
ton and thanksgWng This then Is the verdict OF tue
Word Of God. Use; do not abuse anal you cannot use
without abusing, use not at all.
la conclusion the Archbishop declares in favor OF
license with heavy fees rather than prohibition.
By strict and severe license laws he thinks vile
barrooms where bad liquor is sold could be closed.
This he conGeives would be the most eifectual
check to the evil deplore by diminishing per-
haps by 1900 the 5000 "craters OF he'll" by when
the City of Cincinnati is in peril Of combusion ana
paying the city much if not all, the expense OF the
workhousc and other institutions winch honest ana
sobe, citizens are now shamefully taxed to support
PROGRESS OF THE CRUSADE IN ClNCINNAlL
The VISITING OF SALOONS BEGUN-MoDERATE Sue
CESS ATTAINED-AN EX-CHIEF OF POLICE CON
VERTED-oNE COMMITTEE mL-IBEATED BY A
EABBLE.
(Br TELEGRAPH IHE TRlBUSEl
CINCINNATI, March 12.-The women of Gin
cinnati did their first work in the temperance
cause today In the morning a prayermeeung was
held m winch every one OF those who had on the pre-
yous day enlisted reported for duy They were divided
into committees OF three or five, ana each committee
WAS assigned by the advisory committee TO district
which they were to After two hours spent IA
prayer the meeting adjourned and durne the afternoon
committees went work. but 80 Qiety mat except III
one or two instances their mission was not known to
the people the street
Tonight large mass meetings were held az which the
ladies presented reports much the surprise Of those
who did not know they were at work one committee
reported having visited Is saloons, in all OF which they
were kindly received. OF the IA saloon-keepers ony
two expressed liking for the business some offered TO
quit il bought out and others said they would quit
they could get something else 10 do. Another committee
mad visited 10 saloOnkecpers and were treated kindly
by most OF them. and by the others roughly two SAID
they were tired OF liquor selling and were gong 10 aDah
don IT, They also visited the lquorselbng grocer5 VINO
declined to sign the pledge Mrs. Fee said her commit
fee had been assigned what all regarded as the most
unuromising district They had gone from house to
house breathing prayer at every step all the saloon
eepers visited were Germans and all refused 10 sign
tbe pcdge but all were afable and some invited them
o come again Al many places they we're evidently e1-
,,actad and at only two were they refused admit
tnpce Another committee reported the surrender
of saloon kept by ex-Chier OF Police
After two visits this saloon was revisited by the same
ladies' Yesterday before the regular work OF visitation
began and the keeper much impressed requested thea
70 call again to-day. IL stated that the saloon keep
crs hearing that this yielding, went twenty
ve or more IN number 10 his place this morning ana
,od him they had come strengthen him aud see how
~ deal with the crusafers He replied that the ladies'
were coming again q second time by invitation; he
visbed to talk WITH them quietly, and thcS should Do
resnecttuv treated. Finding hs volunteer reinforce
ents not disposed 10 leave he closed The doors o ns
saloon and did not open again uh'u the
I.Ii.s came and tuen he announced his
surrender and siguet not ouy the dealers pedge Out
thar of personal total abstinence only one committee
o,,rteJ unplcasapt experiences Their mission being
discovered they followed from saloon to saloon
bv hooting rabbe ami the police had 20 secure them
assape along the side walk Finding the crowd becOm-
ing arge they Thought hest 10 retire. out did so with
difficulty At one saloon the crowd pressed against the
window aud broke large pane OF glass, which the
ladies said they would pay for BY saloonkeepss hey
were in every instance well treated
Religious exercises have not yet been held In any
sao "a the present programme does include that
e1cept as last Among the places visited was
the Burnet House the proprietor OF which was said 20
have agreed TO abolish his bar IL the other hotels would
do the same Tomorrow will be observed day Of
continuously 10 in the morning un In tno even
lug The women feel much encouraged. and the move.
nent seems to be gaining popular sympathy