, 1877-10-25
THE CRUSADERS.
Meeting OF the Woman's National
Christian emperancs
Association.
Address of Miss Frances Willard
Progress Of the Good Work.
Aunual Session nj Amboy Of tic Grand
pfYtsion 8. Of r. OF Illinois.

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Union coh''heheeu ~ r., ra'"e'' li'li ~ !" oe.oeN
yesterday mo1h."s' t"ssu WV, '".ee ""'"uet
Of ladlee present., "essese's. E:'t'e" r.' W.,
were interestc" u, LUG p'"eeu.nse. 4ne !'".'
ras dccofalca WY" ""Rs' p,a"s0' n.a nu"s,s. .,
The rear o. 'a' s'as" ""' ~ Ma.,a ~ ,ta,s ."s
device or eoat-oi'a1m' y, sae NSs.u'sa' u''v.'
The .o1'e",,oa , ""s ~ u'"e =, y,t," tne
President. Slrs' ammo "lttenmcgct, ot rum.
deInhia, who proposed that the exercises Should
som,nence with d ecason uf devotion.
vi IT,. ,forv q, 1nhn.nu. os Brook1yn. rad The
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rlf'th a''u 'e"'" =. - ,. '"'s
comments upon tue basno as shc progressed, aud
Il The rloao offered prayer.
Tho President announced thai The first t1,aR
',.. ~ ,r.. ,to ,,nt,tnttrcn, ~ n c,,umt,tro
% credentials, anu W 'n"''o", ."e u"a,f aF.
pofnfcsl "a such committee Miss pugh, of
t,lur,nnati, Mrs. Foute, Of New York, atld Mrs.
watts. 1T Illinois, ---'
lhe Ion.ae.e ~, NJ ".,, e@' ~. ~ s, ""n a'"
bcgan 10 taao INC creue1stsass OF the oe1egates'
vhtyi. occupied sono little time.
In the meantime. tho Secretary, Mrs. Johnson,
called s9e roll p.,,,,,,., =, a.. <.,.. -. ,vn,.,
M9s. eatse' .le""uent u t''o t'iengo "om-
ans Temperance Union, was introduced to
tho audience, and she spoke few appropriate
1or,ls OF welcome, alter which she presented
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Miss Willard delivered m 1mpromptu address,
In which she saisl tue ladies' gathering would
.t,rock no great attention In This 1argc eity
au,nrR tho municipal authorities. Tl,era would
auo" Nv ,'ono,,at a. .hn 1,al,,or tIo,so ~ n,,vd
u no oan44st ~ 'ne asi 'a'ueo ul"a.
Pacific; no &orlnal fcccpttoa oY INC boasd VI
Trade; no speech BY his Honor the Alaynr,-l>nt
tbcy had met together aA Cl,ritlsans, aud they
would sometime receive tho reward TINT was
I,,e them for wflnt they had done for Chfcagp
."i othcr horizons Of The country. She would
sncnk 10 them somewhat Of Chicago Thern
Tero men who walked our streets who were
when our Cuurt-Itouso Square was u paYture for
rattic, If tho delegates were to aslt men about
dur tity. sumo would tell them of thirty miles
n wllnrfaru; sumo would Tell them OF our
tsepty'i,ye % We mics Of dtycrging ratrua,is Within
lie civ limits; nnd others would tell them Of
nur great brewcrlee as the strnnge ladies'
TnIked upon our streets, they would hc think
nr uuIy IT our Ertat fire, and the raplity With
Ehel, Tho burnt tl[etrirtH had been built up
But tl,c woul,l tell them Of nnothcr tlro which
LaI l,ecn rp0iur tu our millst, and ut IRE
xho6c lurl ltul,t shot un from every portion pf
Dir ctty md country. The speaker
went on to narratr acme OF tho
ey,Is Of tntenlpcranrc. B'lc sa!tl that juat sluw
ihu men were lolung political meetings and
elections, etc., and were beating upon the torl-
tom Of linrd muncy md soft money, and other
things which they, Door simple women, know
notli!ug about. hut they could not help know.
IDr ali nbout the results Of irtcmpcrnncc, Tor
ihcy hal tl.c sta.ittics right before .lcn. Size
then gare number ot tacts. presenting tho
During tue rast ycar, nn.i proved that ore out
ot every fourteen Inhabitants Of Chicaso wcro
arrested, and onc In every seven mud one-l,alt
was Iii applicant for charity. As usual, slssWil-
md shu received enthusiastic applause.
Mn. Mary I. burt, Of Brooklyn, delivered a
responsive aldrees.
MRS sARAn KxowLHs-noLrox,
Of Cleveland, was introduced, and spoke In gen
osler things, thc speaker stated that II all thu
saloons were pIaccl upo,s QUO street thcrc
would bc twenty miles Of them In New York.
Hbo alluded iecfiugiy to the scenes of tho cru
saIo in ilhin md rt.lntct ,nanv I,,cjt1t.,lts of
fer.el by herself personally lii Cleveland. Que
wealthy man Ilctl there, and wlllcd j,ls wife
largo wne-cciar, filled with choice liquors, while
he dIsinheEtcd Ills only SON, cutting Linn otr
dr,lnkard, with tllI4 Self.same wi,.cccllar' %
starting point.
THE PRESIDENT
next addressed tho Convention. She sail her
heart achctl when s]Ie read how tho ladics OF
Chita,Qo ,yrrn Treated wiIcn thry carried rcfi.
to,l 10 tho muni1nal authorities of tifs nv il,
March, lH74,-a petition which any heathen Chi
ne4 might have carried into the Common Cpftl.
madu her blu,h. she saII. who,, aho behoId ti,o
ylorl0us stars And stripcs Of our country float
iau over q saioon.
4 Telegram. was read from tho celebrated Mrs.
thu iales al fho rrnyJnre n t}ntar;,' ntsan,'
ii,yl at Tnrt,,tn Tltc cn.nn,ni"ntIan rr" -.
rrjyrI viii wrrat nn,'as"' .nI Tia rnrrcsnnn'I,
in. a"cr.t-s - .a. }n"ti -. a .,mi ~ , sati
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trTs s,,r, 49, f,u,rs ri ,,nc4ing " at'in"'r,,,n".t
etr. Tln Ghalr at,nnlnss,i ,,n,,n ti,s T"mTtt..
tes Alrs, Dr. ateclr. Of Wls,.,nsfn: Mrs. ,jMIjn
ii. Cn,rh. nj WHshlngtm,: Mjss J,fin nararrl
Of New Jersey: Mrs. Allen Butler. Of Nnw
York: nnti MIA. nrnwn. of fntl}nua.
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