The New York herald., 1877-10-15
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.

JOHN b. COUGH SUDDENLY PUTS IN AN AP-
PEABANcE AND BECOMES THE HERO OF THE
HOUR At COOPER UN1oN--sPEEcH III WILL
IAN NOBLE, THE ENGLISH TEMPERANCE
REFoRMER.
Tie sensation ut the meeting Of the American Tcm-
peranco Union at Cooper Institute yesterday after
noon WAS the appearance among the audience and his
subsequent advent the platform Of tho veteran
temperance advocate and orator, John B. Cough Ac-
cording to the programme the principal speaker
nounced for the occasion William Noble, notable
English exhorter tho total abstinence work. but he
had scarcely got through before the demand for
Cough became tempcstuous and he had his usual
emotional say, brief abstract OF which Is appended.
The President Of the Union, Mr.. Cady, presided,
and after singing by the choir reading OF Scripture
ana prayer by the chaplain Mr. Noble was introduced
WHAT NOBLE
Mr. William Noble said that before speaking in 70.
gard to the manner OF removing the evil OF lntempe-
rance he would say something about the evil ITSELF
He illustrated his points by anecdotes, and ire
quenty quite happy and entertaining. MARY asked
a mother oil her daughter, who was reading paper
one morning London, .what you reading
aboutS" ''Somethng terrible; six moro poor sailors
drowned" "Oh, is that alS" replied the
mother; ''poor fellows, they get used TO
TT tLaughter.l The speaker dilated upon the
fearful nroads intemperancc making among
the women OF Great Britain. While the increase in
intemperance among men in England reached thirty
three per cent that among women increased sixtysix
per cent This, he declared, was caused by Glad
stones Infamous bill allowing grocors to sell liquor
Instances OF drunkenness among women In England
in the higher walks OF life were relatod.
Sixty THOUSAND DRUSKARDs' GRAVES.
Mr.. Noble showed where CO. 900 drunkards were sent
to eternity last year in Great Britain. Suppose city
containing that number OF Inhabitants hero America
he remarked, should be suddenly swept on by some
epidemic, what u sensation would be created all over
the land Tho Queen Of England asked by
an Oriental Ambassador what the cause OF Eng
lands greatness This" replied Her Majesty, hold
Ing up copy OF the Bible. Ii any should ask
what the cause OF Eugland's misery the speaker
would answer 'drunkenness.'
THE BLACK FLAG
Once he went Of our battle nclds and into
military cemetery he saw upon numerous graves
little rod, white and blue American flags. Ho was n
formed that 1t was the annual Decoration Day ard he
reJoiced TO such evidences respect
for The memory OF departed heroes Suppose, now,
he continued, should 60 into some otner ceneter-
les and plant black flags over the graves OF those who
became urunkards and died in the Of
We should then witness sight that would appa tho
land
WHERE IS THE LINE IN MODERATE DRNklScs
You MAKE drunkard out OF a moderate
drinker, sad Mr. Noble, but you cannot make a
moderate ldrnker out OF drunkard Ho did not
know wnere the line OF moderate drink ing could DO
found He once asked a Hibornan TO draw lie line
between moderate drinking and drunkenness. Patrick
SAID he had often tried to do II, but he.aways got
drunk before he reached IT, tLaughtcrj The speaker
airped that the line could not be defined either by
quantity or quality. Like some locomotive engineers
the moderate drinker becomes color blinG cannot
distinguish the right from the wrong hight Hance no
punses needlessly forward uutl his wloe ground
chlnery becomes wreck. Fl thought parents
spons for ondness Tor liquor among their ldren
by It's use ut the family table. lie deemed ali such
practices rcprchcnsbsr he uid beieve IN the doc
trino deprecated by speaker last Sunday-that
clergyman could carry gass OF VINE ~ ono hand
aud bgbt the common enemy with tho other. Sucn
men were ikc the professor who wanted to teach his
pupils how 10 skate as he understood the principle
thoroughly. At his first essay, however, down he
the professor, "lm high up IN principle, but down
practice" so IL was with these temperance clergy
men; they we're high enough IN principle, but low in
practice.
Mr.. Cough received with tumutuous applause
He said he had como simply TO identity himself with
the total abstinence cause, for his duty
Wherever he could md H. Il. was the parpose of the
total abstinence work TO make sober. Not that
he believed II would make them any bet
ter, more religious or more honest The
abstaincr. But he wanted mako men sober
and keep them 20 by thor own power OF self wilt lie
did not think II was necessary Tor 10 become a
Christian be made sober man. TO keep himself
So He knew druDkard In Boston who said he had
the gutter. Another saved in the way
found himself In tho Washingtonian Home. lilo
thought 1t small BUSINESS TO go to cod and ask Him
TO take away appetite Tor drink lie believed IN
the iliimitable power or Gods grace, and not
speaking irrevercntly. He mentioned his own case
In regard TO tobacco, to tie use OF which ho had be-
come so welded tnat It became a mania He resolved
TO freak OF the habit. II was hard task, but no
thought 1t would be ridiculous to pray 20 God
away appetite for that which he ought to have the
strength discard by his own VIII. Tho grace OF God
was very good IN keeping some men right, but II
must be accompanied by The power oi the will OF the
nrsIsIscgxcgs or MS EARLY CAREER
Mr. Cough vvidly rec,ted the reminiscenses OF his
early career temperance reIormer, with which
most OF our readers arc familiar, showing the slrug-
plcs he had TO encounter, the terrors horrors and
temptations that bcset him. the Jcers OF old compan-
ions the intense yearnng he at nrst had go back TO
his cups but after undergoing these almost incredible
ph yscal and mental torturcs he was at last able TO
excia,m, "victoryl Victoryif He mad trlumphcd
over his appetite and was saved from drunkard's
doom.