Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-03-24

once. was lecturiug in this State a, ,
| su'H'' Gown once, Hud when | was PASSING
! .o"h u rnu h The crowd, taking names. I
| grghNrh fellow drew pistol and dcman.
u~a tnHi | should apol 'gz for,what had
Sa'd' I9oNd steadily down his pistol
oa,r'l aud dared him t. shoot. Just AS h,
| pun the trigg some friendly hand
! smoked the pistol up, and escaped un.
hurt. The man was speedily hustled out
Snu next day came to me ana apologize
for his conduct. -'
Am generally, however, treated with
marked Kindness aud cnrdAlty. | demean
| uys'Ii always rs "a gentleman, and tho
ruin Is, every body respects the cause re-
pIessent even the men engaged in traffic |
am lighting"
W hat il the strength Of the temper-
anCe organization at the present writing ~
IL Is impossible at the present for one
IN give you the figures for the world. There
are over one million aud half Of temper
hhcr people in the Uuited S ates. As the
highest officer of the Good Templars I
stand at the head of 100000 teetotallers in
lhe United States. Be,ide- our order there
are ne Rechabites Sons OF Temperance
knights Of Jericho, Temple of Honor and
= score ct other orders, whose active ad-
htercnts foot up neal y two millions Of 20
plr.'
ing2' h"
Very rapidly. All this grea, army of
cold-"a soldiers has been raised since
the close If the civil war. The war Won
know broke up our orders almost entirely
We nav" rcCuperHted murVelluusly since
then. Take Georgia Hs an example Three
wears "g" we had not quite 1900 members
no the State now We have 1900 Nor il
the movement losing the rapiditv of its
CROWN. Last year we had net gain of
lI3 per cent Some Of our To- g,s quad
ruplrd heir membership. At Wet Point
we have four hundred and thirtv-seven
membrr n one lodge In Rome there ura
about 700 Good T,mplar,."
" Where does the movement get the
tIn-s To- -upport it?'
From very small per capita tax. The
income of the G 'ud Templars last year was
over llo % dollars. This money i. spent
~ publishing temperance literature. send
m out lecturers taking care of INDECENT
members etc. get nothing, and | never
charge t'r my lie lures. l have been over
whrlned with gifts from various States
l,hi' watch was given me by the Kentuckv
iemplars. TINS gold-headed cane by the
North Carolina Lodge Besides these |
nav various sets of SILVER. etc, that have
been presented"
all this worN p
l. otI"Vr that We viii achieve a total
Hb"l ton of the liquor traffic. You needn't
smile; l me"n just what | sav. and | have
''1'n Oeiie reasons than you think for say
N. 50 1T hvo to ha Ss old - M, 60
fathers were l earnestly beiiavethat / WIN
1--we t. see the ultimate and complete tri-
umph 81 the temperance principles over
the wnisk' men. Do you come 10 me one
yerr from to-day and let me make YOU a
report then Of what has been done. Let II. |
see If you will not acknowledge that we |
nave made "a ]. ny stride toward that gIori- |
Gus ~ CT OF our strugg e.
ny, DID you never thin X of the fact /
ina, We are now powerful. compact. and /
wei, disciplined organization. no longer |
""l KING simply to pick up "A straggler or
Wo' bu.Fnrhlng for great and world
"lfe o'Jeet2 We have to dav in our nur-
cry, IN our Cold-watrr temples the chill
4Frh order, over one hundred thousand
mi fen assisting in I great reform. and
''a'y 70 take Their places in society and in
ne commercial and political world AS our
~ d., Jas a. soon Il, they grow up. We
Aptct 10 double this number Of temper-
NC chl.lrtn during the present wear. You
nave conception of the social. con.er-
'ailv", and determined public sentiment
V. are building up in this country against
'hiSNy -drluNlng. Every time we read the
'AI II Indictment against whisky, every
i"u'Nt usn or woman that hears II, feels II
D be bis or her duty t. join W.. in Riding
he country Of Its pI esrnce.'