The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-04
LADIES VIEWS ON 1NTEMrERANcE.

LADIES VIEWS ON INTLMf FRANCE.
At Trenor Hall the lady branch of tho american
Temperance Union assembled yesterday afternoon
several hundred strong and SGT about handling liquor
laws and liquor dealers without gloves The most
scahng rebuKes to governments and peoples for tho
liberation of intempcrance Illuminated by the
speakers, and tho champions of the cause wero ex-
hortcd to be up and arm for tho impending crisis.
DR.. Clemence s. Lozier president of the Woman's
Temperance League, reud lecture brstling with sta
lislics and blazing with terrible examples, which sug-
eested as u panacea for ali the evils Of intemper-
ance the granting OF franchise aud various
other 'Tignls" to women. Dr. Lozior
very severe upon the government, both
tional municipal. "The rumsellcrs
troll every tning," she said ''rhcy have formed
infamous oligarchy which dictates legislation, frames
takes hand the direction OF the police
and civil authorities; an olgarchy which. with It's
immense resources disposition for evil Will IN
time PROSTATE grand Republic and leave II shorn
OF all that enriched and ennobled it,. What
the depravity OF tao age Is ne sight this lana pre-
OF 63 900 churches and ESQ 900 groggercsS4 900
ministers oil the Gospel and 900 600 emlssares
dispensing his Internal brewand what horrible traces
has liquor drinking lett upon this population Think
OF 600 600 drunkards in midst Then turn to the
prisons, the almshouses the asy iums See there
80 900 criminals, 400 900 idiots, and paupers almost
without number. reduced TO dependence and Degrade
ton by THIS appetite Tor dripk."
DOCTORS.
There are oil course, many causes for this fearful
state OF things, and will tell you that there is
class of people esponsIbie for It, perhaps moro than
any other, said DR.. Lozicr. IL is the medical pro-
iesson. fruc II rs great glorious calling heal
the sick and minialo the indrm, my sell Am
proud TO ueong 10 the Profession But still the TACT
remains that often, too ofcn the family doctor, by
prescription OF stimuiants, nay more by his
OF them himself awakcns the morbid slumbcring APP
petite which but Tor him might remained torpid
forever TO weak women he administers the deadly
poison. They may ue adverse TO II at iirs But tho
craving Tor 1t is begottcn tnat must salts
fed Then what follows2 Confident in her
strength 10 resist temptation when the necessity
ours tho glass rs qualcd again. Hor feet Arm
steep and sudden and pordtion yawns at the bottom
The babe, II said governs the family II ruIos tho
mother, she tho Iather. Yes, but there is another
power you hcea not--lno family doctor. He rules tho
child, aud through II governs them all, the whole
family--ay, the world Itself. He has awful re-
sponsDilitcs, aud he should hesitate to kndlo In
young lie q nre that will In time consume II. Did
no see or did the man or woman who sakcs the nr5t
glass behold, what the iuturo has in storc-what
blasted homes what ruined hopes, what nigh ISur-
poses blunted and irusrated-how they would cast
ASIDE the cup In which poisonous sediment lies
hiddenl
Nowadays. when people arc awakening to the
ccssity OF resisting this evil OF intcmperance, many
methods proposed. Some Of them goou,
others quito ineiicacious. For my part believe that
tue WORK of temperance this land is 70 be performed
by women, that theirs Will be the ploTy vi
achieving the abolition OF drunkenness 1t should DO
go too. Tor women have always been the greatest
sunerers from intcnperance. Whether prone TO the
themselves or not. thoy have been forced bear
its consequences. Dependent upon mon, they must
abide Their excuses. Such has been the state OF
things IN tho past The law has made the husband
and vito one, and that IS tue husband Through
this injustice IL IL for US to break. When woman
takes her place beside man and shares with him tho
privileges which Of right belong 10 ner-wnon her