Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-06-13
INTEMPERANCE.
Lecture of Col. Balm On The Eyils of lEco-
hottie Indulgence.

Lecture of Col. BAN or the FriIs of lEco-
hottie Indulgence.
Col. Balm, of Kentucky, lectured last
night. under the auspices of the W. c. T.
o., to large audience at Market hall. and
spoke for nearly an hour on the subject of
intemperance. He proved conclusively
that alcohol as beverage is a mockery, a
cheat and fraud, and quoted DR.. Rich
ardson, of London, as to the physiological
effects upon the system. He said water
was the Oldest, cheapest and best bever-
age, and was better for health than all the
morning toddies ever concocted for the
depraved appetite of men. The
brewers congress had metamorphosed its
name to that OF Liberty league, He de-
fined what true liberty is. and said the
freest man that treads the earth is the
man who controls his sensual appetite and
is temperate in his habits and mode of
life. He said drurkards were not beasts
nor brutes. He instanced Webster. S. S.
Prentiss, Geo. D. Prentiss and Tom Mar
shall, of his own state, as being addicted
to the intoxicating bowl. Tom Marshall.
who could cross swords in debate with
Henry Clay, and who swayed his audience
as the storm swayed the mountain pine,
became debased and only shadow of
his former self owing to excessive indul-
gence in drink.
But some say, ''let man drink and take
the consequences" The husband drinks.
but it is the wife and children who take
the consequences. If there is not sufficient
manhood in the men of this great nation to
protect women from the consequences of
alcoholic drinking, then give her the ballot.
He was tired of hearing the refrain. ''the
hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that
rules the world.' 1t was an union of
effort that has built our nation up. Let
US unite in combating this gigantic
evil of intemperance, and we will succeed
in discriminating -.it.-ANe-e4srot accom-
pilsh our purpose by regulating irregu-
ldrity. Some think the question can be
settled by a judicious license law. He
would not quarrel with those who think so.
Stopping the importation of slaves did
not abolish Slavery in- this aSakE. neither
did the Missouri compromise, nor the
fugitive slave law. William Lloyd CARR
son declared that slavery could not be set
tied till it was settled right. 1t was the
proclamation of the martyr
ed Lincoln that finally settled it right
forever. He believed here was
day coming when Kentucky,
that gave birth to Lincoln and
JEFF. Davis, the latter of whom, with
Toombs, is still rebel and secessionist at
heart, will erect monument to Lincoln
for granting universal emancipation. The
nation must properly legislate on this
question. The liquor question has to be
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divine law, and if there stands upon the
statute books any laws conflicting with the
divine law, let them be rescinGed. Public
sentiment must be aroused, and
every man must exert the influence he
possesses to advance the cause.
If that is done victory is
assured. Minneapolis is one CT the finest
cities he had ever been in. Its moral glory
should keep pace proportionately with its
commercial glory, and that can be achieved
to great extent by cooperation with and
aiding the good ladies under whose auspi-
ces he lectured.
Col. Balm is an eloquent and pleasing
speaker. His address was interspersed
with humorous anecdotes and illustra-
lions, that tended in a great measure to
loosen the purse strings of the audience
and cause them to contribute generously to
ward the cause in which the Womens'
Christian TEN perance Union are engaged.
He will lecture again this evening on
popular subject, entitled Journey to the
Golden Gates
RObbed TiHiIe DrunH.
A man drew $1,000 from bank yester-
day, bought draft for $3.50, which he sent
east; filed up with wine; took a bed at tie
Quady hotel near the corner of Second