Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-13
GEN. CHANTS REFoRMAT1oN.
The Ex-President Held Up as an TX
ample for Young Men.

From tho Neeo York World.
Nearly 1000 people paid DC. each, about
200 paid 10c. each, and a handful laid
down quarter-dollar to get into the Ma
sonic Temple, Sunday, and listen to the
temperance exercises of the Manhattan
Temperance Association. There were
recitations, singing, addresses and a col
lection. A man with sandy Whiskers
who sat in the last seat on the right hand
side of the house kept things lively by ap-
plauding in the middle of solo and
whistling whenever the spirit moved him.
He had been drinking, and an usher tried
to get him to 80 up on the platform and
pose as an horrible example, but he de-
clined.
Prof j. NJ. Latin, the athlete, was ad-
Vertised to talk ON the Tobacco Fiend."
The tobacco tiend, according to his adj
dress. was a cigarette or rather great
many cigarettes. Il see boys OF ). 3 and 1
years of age smoking cigarettes" he said.
"What will become of such children?
Look at the boys Of Cuba. They all smoke
early In life, and you never see a Cuban
more than so high" and the athlete held
out his hand on a level with his chest.
"Our boys nearly all smoke. Do they
know that one drop of the nicotine they
inhale would kill goat? Down in South
America the very schoolboys have little
boxes, like pigeon-hOles, put in
the schOOlhOuse, so that when they
come in they can lay aside their
hali-smoked weeds and take them up
when they 90 out. Such BOYS never learn
much" Prof. Latin said that he knew
that many cigarettes were made from dis
carded stumps Of cigars picked up in the
cutters. There were $50, 000,0 Of the vile
things made here to-day. He advised the
formation OF a nOn-cigarette smoking
class in connection with the temperance
assOci alton.
Rev. Justin d. Fulton, d. D., delivered
the address Of the day on Gen. Grant and
his relations to the temperance question.
lit is an American characteristic" he
said, "tO make gods of those we love, and
we are all sensitive to refer to such
ones fault or faults. Grant had a father
and mother Of sterling worth. They were
true Christians, and Gen. Grants boy
hood was one Of purity and piety. He went
to West Point guileless youth. After
he joined the army he learned to drink
and smoke. He married woman who
loved him from beginning to end. She
was the truest of the true, and that step
he was. After Grants VIC
tory at Fort Donelson there
was considerable talk about his
drinking, and some one told the story to
Gen. Halleck. That official remarked
that III whisky helps a man to win such
! fights, he had good mind to order the
whole army to drink That was bad
thing TO say, because Grant was at one
! time actually set aside. and when ne
wished to give his views to his superior
| officer he was told that when he was
wanted they would send for him. He be-
came discouraged and disheartened. But
when he was victorious at Vicksburg.
they gathered round and couldn't honor
! him enough.
''The saddest thing" said DR.. Fulton,
Ewas Grants condition when he rode out
! to parade at New Orleans. He had acigar
! in his mouth, his hat was crushed in and
his general attire was out of it's accus-
toned order. There was something
wrong. Grant was not himself, and his
horse threw him. A rib was broken by
| that fall, and he might have lost his life.
| We cannot say what would have resulted
! il Grant had died at that time. Thank God
! the current was then and there turned
and Grant was ever afterwards Grant. /
am glad to say that long years before he
died Grant gave up rum, and even ceased
! the use OF tobacco before be began writ
! ing his memoirs. His brain was I'M
| cl0uded. and he undertook this work after
being robbed as a means of providing for
! the family Of bis love"
In conclusion Dr. Fulton warned young
men to give up drinking and smoking,
and said: "If you want the young men of
America TO grow TO the proportions of the
Cubans, just scatter cigarettes far and
wide"