Saint Mary's beacon., 1883-08-16


appIause). Can yoa balance
sheet of the drink 10. mol
And now my genera neb4e. Irish
people, les me ask 500 y E.onld not
be greater power bngland,
and for Irish Nationa & pplAuss),
II there we're 10 liauoK ox drunk
o. Irish soil (cries 6afe right.
Would you not have bEa inEFin-
SIC. force ard streue hat the ty-
ranny of centuries col rot resist 7
fapplauss). / belieVs sTa wlaia-
keg hanished eM zrs. ! 81 0ns
| year even, that before the expiration
Of the twelvemonth, your strength
and prosperity would be such, that
England would coaafk he alliance Of
your PosOsT (applausel by granting you
any and every request and demand
prolonged applause).
Temperance, abstinence, makes the
man. It sanctifes and hallows the
hermit and the monk. There even
comes . season when the Catholic
church commands you to abstain from
pandering TO the animal instincts Of
the body. She commands you to whip
and subordinate your animal appetite
to your rational inteIlects. Why she
has not gone the full length, the pro-
per length, and prohibited damnable
and damning intoxicating liquors, /
know not (applause). Were / not
afraid of the logic of MAMMOTH. and
the theology Of All Hallows, in the
person of the Rev. Chairman Qaugh-
ter, l should challenge the Church to
vindicate herself for not doing it, or
demand of her at once to pass pro-
hibition decree (applause). We are
taught to pray LEAD Us not into
temptation. Is it not a mockery Of
the High God. to rise with our lips
yet consecrated with His name and
that covenant-for it is covenant
and rush into the temptation of drunk
enness2 (Applause)s And / con-
tend that he who touches liquor is in
temptation. Because one, or hum
dred, do not fall. is no argument to
the contrary. The millions proclaim
the fatal truth Of my position zap
plause). The social drink is the COM
panionship Of Hell (prolonged APP
plause). It is q lie on the lip of any
Christian who says, or who ever said,
the Lords Prayer (applause). Are
yoa acquainted witlsfive men cut Of
all you know, who, if they are social
drinkers, have not been drunk at one
time, or more, in their lives? You
are not. That is proof Of the temp
tation. The temptation once admit
ted, and | think you will not deny it,
the social drink becomes crime Zap
plause). Yes, / defy Maynooth and
ALI Hallows to meet me on that po-
sition (applause). The desolate home,
the shabby families, the starving chill
dren Of the social drinkers-that Pc
rennial supply Of drunkards-are ar
guments greater than the syllogisms
and ratiocinations Of all the schools of
the three kingdoms prolonged APP
plause).
However bad your laws are, and
have not been willing to allow my
liberty-loving soul to venture on your
wrongs, inflicted by hostile race aud
an alien Government, (applause) the
habits Of intemperance are worse.
Your strength before the world,
crushed and beggared as you are, is
your chastity and honesty Iapplause1 I.
Add to it what will assist the body,
for those are great virtues for the
soul, temperance, and your own lion
strength will soon stop the roaring of
q toOthless bag [applausel who scares
Zulus, Ashantees. and ignorant Egyp-
tians, by roarings which are the mere
echoes Of Waterloo [prOlonged cheer
ingl. Gould I 60 to each of your
homes would put your wife's hand
in yours, and your children at your
knees, and beg you in their names to
forever avoid the temptation Of drink.
Onyour own hearthstone, with the stars
of heaven as witnesses, would ask
you to pray, Lead us not into temp
tstion' loud and prolonged applause
A vote of thanks was passed by the
meeting to Mr.. Haydn for his address.
To this, Mr.sHaydn responded as fol-
lows:
In responding to your kind and
generous vote of thanks, / must dis
close a national trait; I must criticise,
find fault flaughter1. The excellent
gentleman proposing the vote Of
thanks. has slandered the orators OF
my land in calling me an orator Tno,
nel. ] am but "quill-driver" laugh
ter sent here to your land By friend
ly American journals to faithfully
portray your condition, your hard
ships. your wrongs Iapplaussl. News
paper men are seldom orators lauph-
ter ] had not thought that the gen.
erons Irish would 50 traducs the real
orators Of the United States, Just to
hatter aguest laughter and applansel
demur 10 his statement that Eng
land owes her Colonial possessions and
her warlike reputation and strength
to the rrowess Of Irish soldiers. That
is, | don'tdemur. Ionly protest against
its being allowed to be true in the fla-
| ture Fapplausel If there il any one
| that Irishmen onght to boycott, Il Il
the British Army prolonged applause
! In saying that am = witness 70 the
prosperity and success Of the Irish in
America Eapplausel, he says thas
hired .scribblers have now and