National Republican., 1876-02-28
TEMPERANCE.
Mte.irg Of TIE Congressional Association
IntareslipR Addressss.


The Congressional Temperance Society assem-
bled last evening at T:30 o'clock at the Metropol
tan Presbyterian church-Dr. Chester's. Quite
o number OF Senators and members Of Congress
were present, together with large and select
audience Of citizens aud visitors az the capital.
Vice President Ferry delivered an able lecture.
In q forcible manner he depicted the evils OF In
temperance, arguing that the love for strong
drink was not innate, but acquired. "Strong
drink, said the eloquent speaker, "enters homes
unhiddsn and mercilessly strikes down its vic
strong drink? BY frowning upon every recogni-
tion that is given to the pernicious habit Duty
to i %s iG G
daily beheld in this and other American cities
While thousands are crying for bread, millions
the shoddy bar-rOom and drinking. saloon.
There are one thousand drinking bells In the
city Of W Washington alone. But the men who ply
day unless there was demand for their DEATH
dealing positions. i am sorry to know that In
this beautiful city of Washington, the pride OF
the American nation, there are those at recap.
tions and elsewhere who persist in violating the
Seriptural commands, which forbid us to put the
bottle to our neighbors mouth. Young men
should spurn, as they would q pestilence, the
festive board where the wIne-cup flows. wine
is a mocker, strong drink is raging, and whoever
is deceived thereby Is not WISE know whatitis
To BE TEMPTED,
to avoid looking upon the wine cup when It is,red;
and all that am or ever hope to be l attribute
to utter and total abstinence from the tempter
drink" The speaker then referred to the stats.
tics OF the nation, showing that there wero one
hundred and fifty thousand grog- shops in the
country. How much good the amount OF money
thus expended would accomplish were 1t only
used in educating the masses, or feeding and
clothing the multitude Of widows and orphans of
At this point the speaker was especially severe
upon the drunkards. mo drunkard," !" said he
"can enter the kingdom Of heaven, neither is he
gentleman, nor can he be Christian SO long as
he follows the debssing practice"
MIR. Ferry closed his address By admonishing his
hearers, especially the ladies, to work untiringIy
degree of morality; TO see to IL that their homes
are made attractive and inviting, so that young
men will find in them all that the heart yearns
pastime andrecreation at the soul destroying bar
room or the gilded grog- shop.
Dr. J. w. Chickerlng, the secretary, was then
introduced, and for eig ht or ten minutes greatly
eoihed the society BY reading from the. earlier
proceedings Of M ,hesOcisty He said the society
R sucR 3eafs " the
Felix Grundy, of Tennessee, president;
vice presidents, Hon. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio;
@. RIves, Of Virginia; Hon. john Upton, indi.
ana; Hon. ]. NJ. Wayne, Of the Supseme Court;
Hon. ~ [, Pinckney, of South Carolina; Hon.
mon Denpie, of Pennsylvania, and Hon. Abner
Hazleton, of New York.
REMARKS OF L. W. BALLou.
Vice President l.. W. BalIou then delivered a
few appropriate remarks, urging the society to
go on in the good work, and look not back as
long as there was one dram shop in the land. He
would never cease to labor in the grand cause OF
temperance. He estimated that there were
$50 600 drunkards in the United States. "Be-
hold this army Of inebriates. See their haggard
and pale faces, their flushed faces and bIoated
forms; behold the criminals in our penal ins;itu-
tions, seventy-hye OF whom were made SO by
strong drink; count the paupers made so by
whisky, and then tell me If this crying evil shall
BILE examplars, Washington and Lincoln, and
argued that neither OF them could have led the
fortunes OF their people had they been unnervod
by strong drink.
TEHIER4NCs HYMN.
Inc choir teen sang tho following beautiful
and appropriate hymn, t1e audience joining with
much interest:
Mourn for the Thousands slain,
The youthful and the strong;
Mourn for the wine cups fearful reign
And the deluded throng.
Mourn for the tarnished gem,
For reasons light divine;
Quenched from the SOULS bright dIadem,
Where God had bid it shine.
Mourn for the lost; but call,
Call to the strong, the free:
Rouse them to shun that dreadful fall,
And to the refuge flee.
Mourn for the lost; but pray,
Pray TO our God above
To break the iell destroyer's sway,
And show his saving love.
The u, X 81 elktrwa
HON. r. B. VANCE,
OF North Carolina, who illustrated his remarks
by relating several anecdotes, one Of which we
as q specimen: He knew a gentleman
in the Old North State who had son lust old
enough to accompany him on his daily walks
upon the farm. One day he started out TO feed
some hogs, taking some corn with him. His little
boy, observing this, did likewise, and filled hts
little pockets with some Of the same grain. He
secured a stick, and the little fellow did the same
They finally reached the hog-pen. when the gem
tleman put his foot upon a rail. The little chap
promptly bad his foot by that Of his fathers,
The father then threw in some corn to the hogs
and the little boy threw In seme, also. i'WelI'
exclaimed the father, ''he does whatever he sees
me do. He patterns after me; and If pray l
know he will; If become profane and dissipated,
SO Will he be likewise. l shall set my son good
example; L shall Join the church and become q
religious man; l will make Of myself worthy
example for my boy" And that boy became a
good Christian, concluded the speaker. Then
let rs set our household good examples, to the
end that they may become worthy OF the great
blessings which are vouchsafed to us.
Addresses were also delivered by Hon. Reuben
Frost, Of Massachusetts, and the veteran, General
Riley, after which the DOxOlogy was sung the
beledictf0n was announced and the society ad-
lcurned to meet next Saturday evening at 7:30
o'clock at DR.. Buffers Memorial church.
National Convention OF Colorsd Citizens.