The New York herald., 1877-09-03
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.


IMPORTATION AND SALE OF ARDENT SPIRITS.
The attendance at the American Temperance Union
meeting Cooper Institute yesterday afternoon CON-
prsed larger number OF men than usual. who were
gathered, probably Tor the purpose OF hearing the
advertised lecture on "Labor and Temperance Re-
form" by Daniel Waiord, OF London, but who has
been for quarter Of century resident Of this city.
1t appeared, however. that Mr.. Walford Iaborng
under cold and hoarseness and ON attempt ng
to speak he found no could not make himself heard
half way the ball, and was reluctantly obliged
TO desist from making further remarks at the
present time In the absense OF the musicai
director Of the Union the blind Girl, or organist.
Miss Hammond, supplied his place at the Instrument,
while Miss Amy Lee sang the solo. "Faher, Dear
Father, Como Home, in so touch ng manner as to
affect mo:o than one among the audience
One young man who had inst signed the pledge and
taken in the front row facing the p!a I'm was
overcome with emotion that It was some time
before he could recover himself.
TEMPERANCE AMONG rHE BLUB NOSES.
Mrs. II. NJ. X. Cough OF Philadelphia, who has just
returned from temperance tour Nova Scotia,
lated her experience in that region She said that
Halifax bore marks OF iuiemperance all over and
through the city. She found 1t to exist among men
and women and in families. On one OCCASION tenn
perauce speaker from Boston could not get enough
people to make an audience. Subsequently however,
u
ngs held tho old green market house l,3OO signed
the pledge 200 more IN another part OF the city and
SEQ additional in another section The work bad be-
come general likely to continue II was
With difficulty that she could cut of some OF the prayer
meetings eager the new converts to continue
the labor Women told their experience from tho
platform, aud many sorry talo they had TO tell.
There great difference between men aud women IN
telling their experience, said the speaker. Some
things may be forgiven in that Will never be for
gwen IN women. One woman SAID she od not want 10
give her name, because she living with man VINO
not her husband. she supposed sue nao 70 give
up all If she signed the pledge The work, said Mrs.
Cough is taking religious turn and bringing many
lost sheep into the fold. She better Chris
tan work gong than Is now TO be seen IN Halifax
Oucasts are not turned aside all arc received and
taken by the hand Numerous personal instances of
good labor done related She exhorted all tenn
ladies' to protest strongly against the use o ar-
| dent spirits medicine IN any case.
''AMKRtcANs CAN 10 ANYTHING THEY UNDERTAKE"
| Professor Ware. Of New Jersey, announced himself
as u t.ctotaler from the beginning But ho thought
something moro could be done to aid the cause He
would have the people educated en- ,ndSse on tho dan
ger OF the OF strong drink He would prohibit
both toe Importation anu disation OF liquor. IL has
been said tins could never be done Americans, sad
the speaker could DO anything they undertake. They
resolved shake OF The shackes Of the British lion
in I776 they did IT. They resolved III 1917 that
their citizens should not be impressed on tho high
seas aud they succeeded. They resolved under the
martyred Abraham Lincoln, tnat slavery should be
abolished in this country, and II was abolished And
If the people now resolve that the inportat on
and manufacture OF intoxicating liquor shall he prohiD
tied they Will be prohibited he wanted the formation
| Of IA party OF "auti-manuiacturiss." (l.aughter)
WHOLESALE ARRANGEMENT
Rev. Mr. Hutcungs, chaplain Of the Union, made a
general arrangement OF the natODarand State govern
monts liquor sellers on the ground that when
any class OF czens should be Injured by the az
tons others they had tho right 10 demand redress
| When the general government was asked who was TO
pay the taxes support anshouses unatlc asylunis
jaIs and TO pay Tor tho ouiragcs committed by roters
all more or traceablc the sale OF liquor they
W, re referred the States, while at the time the
government millions OF revenue from tue I'M
portation OF the article He believed IN tho princple
Of preatest good to the greatest numbcr ana INC
greatest number of people were not Interested IN
The liquor traffic except TO put II down instead oil
| being the greatest good II Is the greatest evil
The speaker went to show how the trahc was q
violation OF the WORD OF God In the commandments
Thou shalt do murder and yet 1t was hotorously
the insugator OF many; that IT was "A satire on the
ton OF Independence, which declared that all
taem "lle. liberty and the pursuit OF Happiness" T"
Ruinseiliug did ncithcr II destroys le There Is no
liberty when RUNS chains are forged and there ~ no
pursuit oil happiness when liquor assumes the mastery
OF man. He arraigned the License law aud then the
ruinseler who points TO Washington and says Law
TO Albany and says '.iceuse" He went ON to arraign
the iu uor dealer the of the Scholar the mill
iounare the aboring man, the great array that had
fallen in the great baite and he arraigned tho minis
try because there among thcn he all rmed, thoso
who opposc the great temperance work He continued
in this STRAIN for sono time, being frequently up
,a nd