New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-10
THE TEMPERANCE CONGRESS
SPEECHES IN COOPER UNION.

The meeting OF the temperance congress Deid ~
Cooper Union last night, under the auspices OF the
New-York State Temperance Society," was large ana
enthusiastic. The Rev. DIR. L. d. Bevan presided.
the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. the Rev. DR.. j. b.
Thomas, the Rev. Dr. Peter Stryker, tho Rev.
George A. Smith, Chauncey Shafler and DR..
d. H. Mann occupied seats upon the platform.
DR.. Bevan made the opening address 1t abounded
in bright remarks the most humorous OF which was
his statement that the policemen present undoubt-
eddy came not TO preserve order, but from their
sympathy with the temperance cause. lie sad that
although in England he belonged 10 the parry OF
moral suason he believed the evils of intemperaDce
to be widespread that last appeal must be made
to the power of the State. But no legislation could
90 beyond the moral condition of the people and
the intelligence and emotions of the people must he
reached through the agency of the Christian
church.
Dr. ID. ii. Mann, who was to speak of the medical
aspects of incompetence, then skinned lightly over
the first 1859 years of mans existence picturlng
reprcs natives of five generations seated around
the patrlarchal ilresdes, abiding to Sarah "a q
"beautiful damsel at sixty" and Jacob
a gay and festive youth making love
at eighty" and attributing the decadence Of the
times largely 10 the use of alcohol. lie explained
the physiology ami much of the pathology OF the
human system. tie frequently used such phrases as
pulmonary tuberculosis" 'cirrhoss Of The liver"
and interior ucRd cara, which invauaby elected
round, of applause Alcohol was declared TO be not
a food but injurious to dicestion and hlrming
every part of the body with which it is brought III
contact. The iBdiscr innate prescription OF alcohol
by physicians was strongly condemned.
Mr.. Beecher VINO was enthusiastically received.
said that the last time re was on that platform lie
| came 90 urge men 10 vote right, hut now lie bad a
moIc important ddty 10 urge them 10 live right
lie aliuded to the origin Of the temperance move
ment and said II was only one deVcOJ mcht OF the
old battle between the animal and the intellectual
and spiritual in man. Many men. like soldiers
IN camp drink for fOrgetfuiness
| cDfIu nt VVret a. llp1
| or 10 homes as Is the case with many workmen
How many towns and clnes hayc any place Tor
meu to G1W asked MIR. Beecher. q" 10 Is a shame Tor
| any collection oi 5000 men not TO nave reading
room" He urged the reformation II homes better
the temptations offered by society and AT public
dinners even the Hew-Engani dinner where men
drink freely all kinds of wine tn celebrate the land
OF the PurItaus. lie condemned strongly the habit
of treat uGo among business men, and spoke OF
the societies for moderation as calculated TO 10
some good.
At the session of the Congress, "Wednesday evening
over winch Postmaster James presided Governor
5. John, of Kansas, maie an address upon me sab
iect of the negro exodus from the south. lie spoke
IN par, follows:
viii tak on the subject Of in5 OF the coored
people from the -OutI, AMI Of intuI aGS 4uor- from
Kansas. quarter OF Il century ago tne pro-slavery
element OF tins fOugh ~ force ne negro INTO
Kansas slave suc the anIs avery element fought
Ia Keep HIM out To-day the pro- Yery element objects
the entrance Of the gro intO Kansas Us feeai
and the anti-slayery element rays " ct i'm g3 The
first intind"u had o. tue EXODUS Wa lur recipe ot
Telegram from Topeka, sent ia ne al Font Dodge calling
me 10 return nome at once, as The whole on,tcrn
shore OF tue site was olach WIN NEGROES. Nheu
I got to Topeka nuiAb'r OF scn gen
dispatch lad been sent Two three b)at-0ads OF ne
grOe. had landed al Wyand0tt, on tr or four more
b0tl-Oa0s had cit ST. LOUIS TneY wanted me 10 forbid
them TO enter SJatc-uOt bee tbeY were black,
but because they were poor and The most GUdors1ken
told them that would not ook well Tor Kansas to turn
away from her doors any person because OF h' poverty
n ,nsU '"1 oers,as IN search II homes
had d
years before poor man. aud would have thought II
strange had any committee examined my pockets be-
fore opening tne doors to me. called euer attention
tn The fact thar Krusas mad sent more men mo Tue
Union Army in proportion her population than any
other STATE, and that more X nsls boys proportolaey
asleep la National CEN etres than from any other
State; ana sad that so long was tie Executive. no
line page IN the history OF Kansts written
In blood should be wiped oui. Applause
they nad lett their homes and gone
among sp age o eS YEARS od e a G has P was
mined lay his bones IN free soil o hers old me hat
they had Deeu Systematically robbed and That the I
neighbOrs had been murdered WINE sun OtGers Dared
backs ana showed the great gtshes made by ho
sn. Ii this land oil freedom freemen 1id been Ted w
AMI beaten almost unto the death. Otncrs sail they
safe in their life or property tht the sartly
rot allowed TO vote. said one OF " Tie whte
men minister regularly upon our effects every year,
whether dead or not. They carry liz over
every year In their d.bt" Tney brought me- rcceiped
bills by the hundred to show how they swndled.
One them nave here. rneso of tue charges:
One pound ot dOg-Sg tobacco, 81 90; cOne3 ttnd bad
round coitonnde 40 cents yard pork $50 barrel
calc 10 cenrsa yord; -four, " huudreI soap, 20
cents pound (tud III guarantee u was soft soap o'l
ncing nails 10 cents n pound; mule rent, one uil
bind mule for the cropping sea'on' $50; and grouud
ora sed at as per How long would or could you,
eltlzeus OF w-Yors, remain hre under such domino
some questions been propounded to me by gen
tcman audience. which i VIII now answer: l.
IL mas been alleged persons went south, aud With
flaming handDs promised the negroes lands re II they
to De Ccue 2" No, nor has anybody else any reason TO
think / offered 80 year ago for copy OF any Such
haudbll purporunX nave been circulated from Kan
;ss D1t none Ia u1 COO m searco OF Ono OF those
6andbis and did not hud LAugnterl Kansas offered
no lDducement the cOlOred people except healthy
climate a rlch soil free educ and free ballot. p
IL mas that the climate OF Ka"sas Is 50 severe
that many OF the coOred Immigrant nave dieoIs mat
tue ~ remember that III ssouri That lies alongside
Kansas colOred people were saves for dfU years
remember Tat hundreds Of negroes were assisted TO
Canada, and remember thas they tried to force
soored has died s from the ., climate of
Kansasi" starved IN Kansas X sas raised TASTY year
and her hills are speekicd WIN sheep anu eatte
Tax about starving IN Kausasl No; no eolored man
pause a. II charged that many OF the abe-boded
negroes are aEy and that they 4, have GNo become
Ioos mart IN The exodus Of whom about 10000
received aid Aoout $4,000 was spent TO relieve them
for them Were they stayea day or two. Tney are
s-supporuug they work at anything they can get TO
ayer-meelings 70 thank God Tor their escape from
DondaSe and then set about building c1urcGe'; , Ol
w,,y 10 prlsOu. 3. Is the general sentiment
IN Kansas favorable untavorabo to tue exOduf T.
The general sentiment In Kansas is that mao has a
ugnt TO 90 just where lac pleasee o. would DC wiser
Tor the negroes 10 10 Kansas or New Mexico T. IL
woud be wise them To wherc tuey please Oiher
ates tnan Kansas may feel the eff cts OF tnis move
ment you nav reel ITS force her Ia New York Ii IS
vii nm the possibilities that negroes will leave
the South dsOrgln her labor system unless she
gyes IN proper protection. Ii has been sad that
1ne nrgtoes wish 10 20 home. Is that irue =
asked sal yart old nero who came INTO my office
one day II ne did back 10 LOUISIANA, and
hr said: troyernor, II must choose between gong
back 10 louisiana aud Standing out IN the yard ther
with II ,nnah and chiidren AMI beng shot dead.
afore Qoi we'd all be first" None lave gone back.
AID few will ba X until they are assured tntt they
will be protected
How many old soldiers here Hold up your hands
thar may KnOw you. You remember that wuen you
escaped he prison pens wIfn now much Joy you
sped the CABIN OF the and how confidently
you CRASHED lis hand and SAIL, " sambO, | am "a,
escaped Unlon sodicrl" He Kept the bloodhound on