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



The morning opened with reliable,
steady going rain, which lasted all day.
Those who camped ont on the grounds
had Il delightfully."- moist time and enjoyed
themselves very much and the entire audi
ence Lad generally limp appearance. But
y,-,-i ~-..i.- incapable Of disappointing tho
enthusiasm of the gathering and the audience
which gathered in the big tent (Which by the
way happily proved completely WATERPROOF
WAS as attentive and interested as though
the day hal been one of SUMMER
lest. 1t being Ladies Day" the
spacious platform was crowded with
ladies' prominently identified with the
Temperance movement and the audience
which was about third larger than that OF
yesterday was largely made up from the
iaircr sen The weather was peculiarly I'M
fortunate; and that the gathering was SO
large is an encouraging indication of the in
terest in the question. Had the skies been
propitious the crowd would have been I'M
mcnse As it was, however, it was all that
could he expected.
Shortly after 10 O'Clock the meeting was
called to order by Miss Anna C. Park,
president of the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Union of Vermont. The first speak
or was J. X. Oscoodof Maine, the originator
of the reform club movement, who spoke
for few moments on the good results
achieved hy thst agency.
Prof. George t. Foster spoke of the en-
c1uraging working of the local option law in
the Dominion Of Canada and Of the progress
made i'll the temperance work in the British
Parliament under the lead Of Sir Wilfrid
Lawson.
MRS. Macy II. HINT
of Boston, Mass, was the next speaker.
Opening with 4 statement of the effort by
the Womcn's Christian Temperance Union to
stop the sale of intoxicating liquors on the
excursion boats running in Boston harbor,
Mrs Hunt spoke of the general issues of the
movement The charm of the traffic to the
dealer is the eighty per cent profit he makes
Avarice is the great motive which keeps up
the awful trade Men want liquor there's
the demand for it. Appetite is the cause
of the demand The law of demand and
supply holds as good in this business rs in
any other. What is the nature of this de
mand for intoxicating drink ? After narrat-
ing one or two instances of the dreadful
effects of indulgence in intoxicating drink,
Mrs. Hunt referred to the effort made before
the Massachusetts Legislature to give women
the right of voting on the temperance ques-
ton. 4 member of that body told the truth
when he said that if he voted for the bill it
would kill him, politically. So it is that
men bow to avarce and are ruled by 1t.
Year after wear our loved and our best so
down To death Justice is manacled by avar
ice. Heaven looks down. ready with the
aycngin sword, waiting only till the cup Is
full In the meantime avarice and ambition
and fear are doing their work. What can
We do? Look up TO the hills from whence
comcth our help. The Cruciiicd points with
one hand to this terrible pit and with the
other to His church. Only God can con-
vince of SIM Only Ills Spirit can arouse the
hosts. His church is His agency. Enough
are now aroused to wake up the rest, il they
act properly Let us appeal To the spirit al
PRAYER If that was done in earnest there
would he such Il temperance revival as the
world never saw. There is an occasional
effort made by the churches only occasional:
The effort ought To be made continual and
aggressive and untiring The church hasmuch
10 do in its own organization. For SIN
months past it has been my special mission
To present the Temperance question 10 the
L. g llslEa
WINGED me that nothing hut the Spirit of
tod can accomplish the work. Without
PRAYER We can 10 nothing. How can we
ii.ht against avaIice The beginning of the
work must be at the caucus. AvarIcc and
ambition commence their work there. Ma
iorilics do not rule in this country. Men
rule who know what they want and are de
trrminrd 10 have it. We ought To put in
place and power men who can not he bought
nor bribrd nor frightened. AS to appetite
what vii. we do with that! We
cannot lcgisllic men into righteousness
We must deal directly with appetite. Those
under its power are the worst kind oi slaves
Mrs Hunt then spoke at some length ni Dr.
i. ". Richardson's wcll-knOwn experiments
and continued In the first place We ought
to teach our children that alcohol IL poison
There are thousands Of young men who are
drinking la.cr beer because they think II Is
good for them ur because il is the fashion.
Ignorance on the subject Of what alcohol is,
is one of the great dangers of our country.
Let us put Temperance hooks in our schools
and educate our children in this matter.
As 10 ambition, that always places Itself on
tie SIDE Of maiOrilics. II we can create II
correct public sentiment ambition VIII out
hcrod IIernh in its zeal for the temperance
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