The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-11-23
TEMPERANCE TALK A: u
Look aoT UPoN THE wISE wuES
1T rs RED.
MAss-MEETING ATAssEhB1L'1 :, BAL Al
Addresses by Colonel !. J. Hickman"
and Edward wethered, ID. d.
Sc. &c.,
Sc.

i. ...,,b,v Hay, was denscly crowded last nignt
with very inelsens ana iIte Rissm and Mr..
hss. me addresses OF co'0'ei h''A'aA' A
rbs meeting was held under the auspices OF TIN.
tty and Phoenix Lodges Of Good Iempats' o. 'n''
G. T. DR.. ". J:Poiuts called The meeting n
N order and opsped the exercises WIN singips us
the Temperance choir anu prayer " D-'
Mr., wETHERED's ADDRESS.
Hr. Wethered was introduce q, ana uas ss
the meeting He sale nree yeabs e nsver Knew what
;ha ar,lerWas until he came to America. He had
found more Templar friencs In this country , man
anywhere else ne orasr Is ye ayer the county
snn,. ohiect to il on account OF lis secrecy. Is
rery little more secret than the private meetings
,heu nscr to rs on account of wearing OF coors or
sreb,ems' forgetting that here In the church iney
wear robes and embems which are
four thousand lodges and two hundree t9ousan -
members The Christian Church OF Erg,antt
is now identifying itself win US an 1 ms si6ev
re are NOT mn TO the requirements. One branch OF
The Church Of England adopted inc totsia aSs ~,
nance principle, and the other The moderate peust.
Tive nfeIhodists are most earnest In Tic Cause IN
England, and the Independents next. Ne n ltr
leagues also who employ
We are irving TO get prohibiloiy law, and some 81
The churches are endeayoring to get Inc saloons
closed Sunday and early al ne ,Srr mions of
mn we ar YEA on liquor. He closed with very
strong and convincing argument on the policy OF
sosne ~ s ana order ths the
Sources OF this country may be developer ahu
money thus saved.
COLONEL HICKMAN INTRODUCED
DIR. Points then Inh oduced Colonel Hickman,
who address, The meeting: He sid mat various Gus
mans had been suggested 10 drive this evil from ne
land he thought lie could MAKE ana sustain St.bt
charge against the evil of nempeIance: ne =,
religion and good order IL che community. It's
Of the hungry poor III fact e. Mts
m,entifu haryesis they did not convey the surplus
10 the places of scarcely. NOW, every gram ta! -
nsed In whiskey Is taken from the hungry poor u
destitute lands. Use the grain In raising catte an9
1 he amount of meat is enhanced and cheapened.
Eyery n an who buys his daily supply OF meat pays
tax the disller Inc 9ss OF an
medical men Of the country. The amount USED s as
q med:c cine bears no proportion to the amount useo
Ine he eiga eed as medicine w
The Government that Is supported by YAK tnas
makes widows and orphans, CT Gates oestiatlon aho
viii fall her in Time Of war peace, shows very
| lizzie wisdom or humanity. In America the 6ulk
thai grain to Europe and sell It, and you will see
the white sails Of cur country In every iand 81 iunR
and den ar Tn Ie gSi All me
There are nearly one million TWO hundred thousand
ekeen ths Which grind the
dri,nkprd and tolerate drDker. II Is said that our
cities will not thrive II we don't license me saloons.
iis nrosperity should lie built on the lost souls Of
poor druukdrds and kept up by the widow and
INV the city fathers be forwarded 70 the throne of
God 10 be produced at the nnal judgmen'. and see
what avail will 1t be to say 1t was necessary 10 sup
pes &c and plenty will crown and crowd the bright
and beautiful State OF Virginia. whose coil dearly
Virginia hospitality is proverbial, and glory In
1t; butt OH 1T Virginia cease to put form the inoX-
try are doing an awful work In their bad example.
If II is right to drink II only IN moderation, why
won't the moderate drinkers help to enact laws to
thew do not believe In total sbstiLence. Now, let
every Christian think, is there any Incense In tne
Bible to DO your nelghhor lltie narmr goes II
to your n, ighbor? And Ii moderate drinking leads
q Single soul TO excess, how will you answer for
drInker or a Christian moderate drsm-drinker.
But woman Is the greatest sufferer by this great
evil. Marriage-that holy and happy estate or
how often is 1t rudely put asunder by the vile HABIT
of ntoxlcation. Look at that Worl out ana decrpo
old womsn-'hink OF her as she stood at the aliar,
the idol OF parents aud friends-'hen think OF The
fe v years OF happiness, until the maddening cup
made him who promised 10 cherish and keep her
drupkard. Now 90 with her to the garrett and Ste
her as taking the last crumb from herself as
she endeayors Ia keep life In the frame OF
her last child, while her once loved husband lives
life Of debauchery. Should not these and similar
reflections make every woman in the land give her
support 10 cause that promises to save the sons
and brothers and husbands Of our fair land?
Now 10 the chIrch-members. know, said ne,
there is difference Of opinion In regard 10 the
wine used in Bible lands; but believe there were
two kinds one that intoxicated and one that did
not. 1t is strange that Christians should seek 10
Justify such an evil by the Bible. Christians, read
the words of st. Paul on The influence Of example,
aud see II you can continue the habit Of moderate
drinking. trt ,t.s 49,. Ill
The Good Templars now number 750, 200 mem
hers aud we want every man snd woman In this
land to swell The number who are seektngt TO save
the fallen and cxtermipats this monster from the
land. i want the people TO remember that am not
q paid lecturer. i only look for reward In the
know!edee that have contributed to the salvation
OF one single soul. 49, -
Colonel hickman closed one OF the most intense.
~ interesting and instructive addresses ever heard
In this city BY recieg, ininimita5ie style, the cee
biated poem entitled The Maniac Drunkard, and
:. The DFunkard's Dream" - -.
The members of tina two lodges Then circulated
the pledge through The audience, aud a large mum,
Der of persons gave In their names as members Of
the Good Templars. -, ~ j.. . lssl
Mr, q. b. Poiiock kindly loaned the organ used
In The Grand Lodge aud in the public meetings oil
the past week.
.'s&E TR SER AMI, - ~ $751;