Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-08-06

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Miss Park then announced n contribution
for the benefit of the Union, TO which a
liberal response was given. In the mean
time a selection was rendered by the choir
Rev. j. II. Bartlett leader, G. +. Macombtr
organis., George ID. Sherman cornct, and
/ Hubert A. Baker flute.
The gathering then adjourned 10 = o'clock
| p. m.
! AFTERNOON SEsSIoN-ADDEEsSEs BY COL JOHN
! u. MEAD AND 4. 8. DRAPER.
| The noon intcrmission was pleasantly
| spent in the agreeable business of dining. The
big tent was well filled with parties who had
brought their lunch with them and the din
| ing tent where excellent meals were given,
with good assistance, under the charge of
Mr. PaIEc-was well patroni2ed; and the
minor establishments around the grounds did
Il thriving business In the meantime the
rain continued falling without intermission
and with a perseverance that was highly
discouraging The audience, however, was
greatly larger than in the morning and the
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hundred or two Thousand people were
present.
Shortly aficr2 o'clock the gathering was
called to order by X. o. Sturtcvant of Swan
ton, G.. W. G. T., and prayer was offered by
Rev. Edwin Whcclock of Cambridge
A temperance love feast was then held, J,
X. Osrood presiding. l.. l.. Durant sug-
.,cs;ed that the meeting I've extended an
other day.
Mr.. Ossood said that he would shortly
celebrate the ninth anniversary Of his re-
demption from intcmpcranca. What hap
ny day is that in my family. 1t is glorious
for us 10 get together here and compare
notes. | rejoice to meet so many Of you
here who have remained steadfast.
Bief remarks were then made by Mr.
Durant, Mr.. Lee of Rhode Island, Mr.
Brainari, Mr.. Plaistcd, c. T. Currier of Bur-
lington, Mr.. Wheeler Of Worcester and Mr..
Kinken of Montpelier.
Mr. Durant here announced that de
spatch from Champlain, n. Y, stated that
William Maxwell had been thrown from a
wagon, last night, and had his arm broken :;
and consequently that he would he unable
to speak tonight as advertised.
The regular exercises thea begun.
John i. Cough was called upon and took
the platform amid enthusiastic applause.
Mr.. Cough said that lie did not intend To
| nl-. L.
land, last October. he had spoken only four
teen times. went 10 England, he said, for
rest, hut while there performed the hardest
years work of my life. WhenI saw the noble
work being done there felt an irresistible
impulse to take part in it. lntcmperance
would die out were it not that its ranks
are constantly being filled up by fresh acces-
sions. Men are constantly going down to
death in this way. They do not do it inten-
tionally. They say that he who can not drink
moderately" are weak-minded. Be it so.
If | can't drink moderately ] can nj
least leave it alone. When | see the young
men going down TO ruin | thank God that
haven't boy. If had one | would rather
take him to the vilest grogshop in New Eng
land than to the respectable" one. The
talk and language he will hear at the former
will disgust him and he will ask TO he taken
away. Your boy wont take his first drink
in the low grogshors. They are the finish
ing establishments iir. Cough concluded
with IN account. told in his dramatic man.
nor, of the college-bred young man, educat-
ell for the law. who. receiving a large legacy,
thought he would take little recreation be-
fore settling down to the serious business of
life lie went 10 a high-class hotel, where,
falling ino drinking habits, he was forced to
Al, 4 ..xf.u L.
tcl-for in this drinking business the victim
never rises. Three years later in one of the
lowest grogshops of Baltimore the young
man was seen, half clothed, wrecked. ruin
ed. Even from that vile spot he was eject
ed by the owner. lie was not, said the
latter, the same man he was when he first
came. lie fell into ditch, was taken up
and thrown into cellar on bunch of straw.
! One of his former friends hunted him up and
found him dying-and in few minutes he
was dead. All over the country you sec
men coming down-ministers, lawyers, pro-
fessional and business men. We must build
a barrier between the unpolluted lips of the
child and the intoxicating cup.
Mr.. Cough spoke with his old-time earn
cstncss and power and was listened to with
rapt attention.
of Albany, G. ". c. T, Of New York, was
the next speaker. Mr.. Draper said he had
come here to help in the battle which was
raging not only in Vermont, but throughout
the country. Intolerance of opinion among
Temperance men has been the curse of the
movement If we have not yet learned the
lesson of federation now is good time to do
So We are here not only to renew
our vows. hut to look the field
over, 10 devise ways and means for a
successful continuation of this contest. Mr..
Draper then gave the familiar figures
of the amount of intoxicating liquors con-
sumed IN this country, and continued What
are we going to do about il. The principal
obstruction to successful carrying on a vic
| torious war is the difference in views as to
the measures 10 he used. Following the sue
cess of the Washingtonian movement cane
the war of the sinsiCns-moral and legal.
In the midst of this the Good Templars' or
ganization was effected Its theory was that
both legal and moral suasion combined were
necessary, properly applied. The organ
izatiln has done more for temperance
than any other agency. There are two
I
ing Of drunkarls, the other the bieak-
ing up of the grogshops. There was
no God in the Washingtonian movement.
1t was almost an irreligions work. Progress
has been made in the temperance work.
We say now, Rely on the Almighty. With
Him, with your own will, With your family
| and friends You can work out your salvation
| You cant break up the rum power by prayer
| or hy moral suasiun. believe there is 10 be
a death contest between the rum power and
our Democratic form OF government. The
drink traffic viii be broken up when the
people come to regard il as 4 crime and treat
| il as crme-ncvcr before. 1t will Kill us if
we don't kill it. There isn't room enough in
one body for the Spirit of God aud the
spirit of wine 10 dwell together. The drink
traffic and our form Of free government are
dramatically opposed 10 each other Every
grogshop is teaching mento tlisohey the laws.
| The prevalent disposition is to disregard the
law defy restraint. Every man should
be mad, to believe that the drink-scller is Il
| criminal and should be punished as such.
| The only logical way of treating the drink
| traffic is to blot ii out. The government has
n right to blot it out. The talk of impractic-
ability is nonsense In Vermont the liquor
traffic does no: advertise itself; in New York
| il does.
We need more backbone. One obstacle
to orr success is self-interest. AS to
the church, the trouble is with the minis
ters Most of them say just enough ON the
question To keep the temperance men quiet
and at the same time not disturb the ium in
tercst. We need more Christianity in tenn
pcrancc work and more temperance work in
Christianity. Let lis 80 from this meeting
with new conservation.
EEv GEORGE u. GOULD
of Worcester, Mass, WAS next introduced.
lie said, after compimcnting the address OF
the preceding speaker, that the Protestant
clersymcn of Massachusetts were total alb
s.aincrs We are AL agreed. Church and State
ms To the evils of lntcmpcrancc. How shall
we meet them? To not think moral and
legal sIIlson are So far apart. find in the
Bible II Sinai and Calvary. God used both
agencies. The prohhitory law can not he
properly enforced without public sentiment