romewrien forbearance hai cowed to ir
tue and when the evil must be abated. All
tppnUblo mm ought to join hands in th.s mat
.nd t Mlile ll paity distinctions what
soever. It these difference be entertained on
other subiects, and advocated in tlieir proper
place., but here, or the rod of our cMMren,
ur brothers, our friends, our client,
cutm in bunlne, of all who are to live with us
pr after us, let us be united.
Thomas Potter, Esq.,
u-as then introduced. He eald:-Mr. Prel-acntt-I
And in a communication from the
Major of the City of Philadelphia, the folio w
Ing language:- - - , . .
'It ID not lo he clwniea mat ine P""
IhliiKS
STny "four bo. brS." pn.mii I,, pacing; to and
frm thalr rP!tlve plnoes of worship are oftnmlod
ths "inducements to dissipation which are flaunted
before them, and mauy a heart in umde sad by the
knoedgethst some relative or friend H led astrsr
b? Ibwe temptations. Moreover, the police rnturus
bowUa Tln cerlHlo sections, owIuk to the onponu
allies ollered; what should be a lsyor real is eon.
SertTd li to a day ol debauchery, and the i week wliloh
Mmuld beBln with relnvltforated slrenm and spirits
Is huD by too many under the exhaustion ot excess
Dd the disgrace of exposure."
That was the language of the Mayor In re
sponse to a resolution which was passed by
Councils, requesting the Mayor to enforce a
punday ilqsor law, and all laws prohibit n
the sale ol liquors to minors, and all wilful
abuse of the sale of Intoxicating drinks through
out the city. He also states "that undor the ex
isting laws," as we then understood them, "he
had no authority to correct the evils" which
he has so vividly pictured in bis sommunlca
tlon, which waa made to Councils In the early
part of the month of May. ...
A law was enacted at Harrlbbur? a short time
Blnce, which has excited a great deal of interest,
particularly among those who are engaged In
the liquor traffic. It appeared to have been
framed to meet precisely the exigencies which
have been complained ot by the Mayor in this
communication to clothe the authorities with
the power to enforce the laws which already
existed in Pennsylvania in regard to the observ
ance ot the Sabbath, and prohibiting the sale of
intoxicating drinks on that day. The law In
question is that which you are called upon this
evening to consider and give your approbation.
(The speaker then read several extracts from
the law, with which the public iu general are
lamlliar.)
He then resumed, as follows:
The concluding clauses of the law just read
provide tor the enforcement of it by the police
authorities, and provide for the deficiency in
the laws in regard to enforcement, and the pro
visions of laws that have existed for a long time
past, and which have been a dead letter in con
sequence of a want of authority on the part of
the police officers to enforce them. Mr. Potter
then read the following resolutions, which were
Unanimously adopted:
Whereas, Drunkenness is reeosnlzed by the laws of
TeDDsylvania as a crime, and tersons guilty of the
crime are punishable by fine and imprisonment, on
conviction thereof; said laws have been universally
acknowledged to be wise and beneficent, prot oting
the community against wrong and outrage; and the
persons entity ol the offence against the progress of
habits of Intemperance, that are conceded to be de
structive of health, prosperity and happiness, that
crush the brightest prospeots of genius, wreck the
peace of fan illes, and are the chief cause of orime and
poverty in all civilized oonimunltlei;
And whereas, An act, etitltied an act to enable police
Officers to enforce order in licensed houses, and to ex
terminate the unlicensed traflio, approved April 17th,
1867, in spirit accords with former enactments of the
legislature of Pennsylvania, on the subject ot selling
Intoxicating IIquois t minors and habitnal drunk
ards, and the necessity of preserving order and de
cency in all housei licensed for the sals of spirituous
lisuors, wlnei, beer or ale, and the closing cf such
houses on the first day of the week, commonly ca'led
Sunday, except for the reception and lodging of per
sons travelling;
And whereas, Bald law has been denounced and
pokes against, and a systematic effort inaugurated by
certain liquor dealers to have said law repealed at the
Bext meeting of tte Legislitnre, we, the c tiaons of
Fhtlade'pula, without distinction of Dirty, have as
sembled to give expression to onr opinions respecting
said aot of Assembly , and our opinions are that all Its
provisions are eminently wise, tut its strict en oroe
ment in Philadelphia, by the Mayor through his po
lios force, will decrease crime, will promote good or
der and sobriety, will stay the progress of intempe
rance, will cause the earnings of many mechanics and
laboring men to be expended for the comfort aud good
of tbeir families, which otherwise would be expended
lor iniox loan tig liquors xuereiore,
Besolved, That the act of Assembly of April 17, 1867,
entitled an aot to enable poltoe officers to enforce order
in licensed homes, and to exterminate the unlloensed
traffic meets with our unqualified approval.
That seotion first, which requires persons licensed to
keep taverns or eating houses to prevent disorderly
conduct abi'Ut their premises, and in case of distur
bance of the peaoe, to give notioe to the nearest olrloer
entrusted with the oreiervatinn of the peace, to inter
pose; and that requires said officer to remove the dis
orderly persons and if need be to olese tha place until
order and qniet are restored. Is of ths highest impor
tance to secure the public peace.
Tha seotion second, which prohibits the sale, gtv-
Ing away or disposing of any strong or spirituous
lquors, wine, beer or ale, or any intoxicating drinks
to apprentices and minors, without consent In writing
of master or father, mother, guirdian, Is also judi
cious and proper.
That section third, which prohibits the sale of in
toxicating liquors to habitual drunkards or to any in
toxicated person, is also a commendable provision.
1 hat seotion fourth, which prohibits the sale of in
toxloating drinks to perrons against the requestor
any wire, husband, patent or child, is also a proper
prohibition.
That section fifth, which requires all licensed houses
to be closed at 12 c 'dock at night, aud not opened until
sunrise, and to remain closed during tne whole of Sun
day exoept for the reception and lodging of persons
traveliug. Is in acoordanoe with ths oldest laws of the
Commonwealth; that in the language of one of our
judges, the profanation of the Lord's day Is an offence
against U d and religion, for besides the notorioui la
decei cy and scandal of permitting any secular business
to t e pubiloly transacted on that day. In a country pro
fessing ( hristiamty , and the corruption of morals, i hat
usually fol ow profanation, the keeping one day In the
seven holy, as a time of relaxation and refreshment,
as well as for pubiio worship, .s of a lmirable service
to a t te, considered merely as a clvlll ns.itutlon. It
enables the industrious workman to pursue his occupa
tion in tbs eubuing week with health and cheerfulness;
and It imprints on the minds of the people tha senseot
tbelr duty to God so necessary to make tbem good
citizens, bnt whloh yet would be worn out and defaced
by unremitted continuance of labor, without any
stated lime of recalling them to the worship of their
Maker.
- Keaolved, That waiving all debatable questions re
lative to the licensed traffic in intoxicating liquors in
large cities, there Is a common ground upon whioh all
ood oillaens can agree in resard to the traffio when
regulated by legal sanction, namely: that It should be
so regulated aud lestricied that the fearful ourae of
intemperance snau rcoi De losierea ana encouraged
thereby; that the thousands of young men of sober
habits shall not be tenanted ana enticed from their
habits of sobriety into habits of intemperance, but
that ail me sairguaras tnat law can auord to protect
and guide them In the paths of virtue and sobriety
shall stand it. vested with the tnapsty of a legal provi
sion enforced by the ex cutlve oiUoers of the law, and
Sustained by an Intelligent pubiio sentiment.
JUesolved, That the provisions of the ai t of April 17
are snob as should command lbs obedience of all
right-minded men eniaged in the liquor traflio; that
all snob erone must be impressed witu the ueoes.lt f
of order aud sobriety within their respective premises
t all times; of the proprl.tjr of closing the said pre
lnii.es at a proper hour ef the night; cf having one
day In (even for the rest and refreshment of them
selves, their families ana tueir employes, and the
ability at an iiruei to command me oo operation or the
police authority to enable them to transact tbeir busi
ness free from the iuterfereuce of the drunken, the
disorder y. the riotons.
besolved. That we will sustain the pubiio author!-
ttos in the enforoemeut of all the provisions of the
act, and that it is the duty of every good citisen to
H.. .l uiiniincals aolloe officers In riautrina of all
arn,ia licensed to sell lutoxicatins drinks obedionne
to said law; aud to report to the Mayor any want of
altlitainess on ine pari or ponce mri iu strieuy
urfnrmlni thair il nlies nnder its arovisions.
At the close of the reading of almost every
resolution the audience mamiested their appro
bation by the loudest applause.
William Welsh, Esq.,
era nnvt tTlrrrlnrprl. and ftnnkft as follows:
Mr. President and Fellow-Citizens, I thank
Ood for the Drivileere of seconding those resolu
tions. (ADulause. For one I am not orepared
to surrender my manhood to any "Liquor
Aieague." ine simple Question we are to deter
mine to-night is, whether we have a law making
ana a taw-eniorcing pDwer.
It may not- be known to all that this Is a mfr
jnoraoie night. Hot only memorable in deter
mining Whether we are to be bound aluvpa nnrl
be the laughing-stock of the whele community
Whether we are to go again to Now York and
bk w oe taaen unaer Us patronage: but memo
Table because four years aero a little band were
atDnroacninK tuu inirtiers or our Ntatn unrl rl
jrianding of us "to be let alone," that they might
fasten slavery upon our Constitution, and have
it riveted mere iorcvt-i.
nn,w axked the nrlvilege of destrovlnar law
n.i evervthini that we bold dear, and
.v,'era utterless powerless, because we were
Uzed. We uaa tne municipal strength,
-logged, inanit uoa, a power
to save us a nine nana oi veto-
jut on the Fourth or July made
iwn flesh and blood were lu mat
deep inter eat in itj
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY,
I hardly knew what a veteran was until I met
one, when with General Anderson I ws called
upon to aid in raising our ling over Fort Sumter.
I didn't know what H coHt us lo put a flag np
until after it was done, and our hearts were full
of patriotism and thankfulness to Ood. A youn
man came up and asked tor an Introduction. I
cordially shook hands with him, feeling sure
that he wai a brave fellow. Presently I became
acquainted with his history. I found that at
Antietam a ball had passed through bis body,
entering the breast and coming out of the back,
iiatsing through his lungs. Tdat didn't stop
htm. He said "he enlisted for the war." lie
recovered in time to take part in the battle of
Getty? burg, and helped iu achieving that vic
tory, but lost a leg. That didn't slop him; he
got a patent leg; he bad "enlisted for the war
and wanted to see it out,"
It we have that spirit here to-night, it Is per
fectly cay. For 1 tell you the conflict will be
JuBt as great as that of Gettysburg. You may
not all know that we are bound baud and foot
by the Liquor League.
Thank God that tho noble brotherhood of
Odd Fellows, fifty years afro, In settlitif their
principles determined never to hold their meet
ings in a tavern. If we had followed their ex
ample, would we have been here to-night f No.
Grog is our political master. Hardly an elec
tion has been gained except through its agency.
The money that we contribute, that is spent In
giving "Jree treats," Is putting a halter around
our necks. If we do not piny the man to-night
it will bo on our necks lor years.
You may not know how deep this thlnsr Is. It
was once my privilege to be a Director of tho
Glrard Colleee. One of this Liquor League, in
liquor time again, was in the habit oi baboliug.
Some ot us were startled by a murder that oc
curred not long since. We ought to begin to
see how It is fastened upon us. How can we
shake it offf Nearly all our elections are held
in such rreclncts. It is no easy thing. It will
take veterans to do it. What hinders them
from nominating the Judges of our Court?
They want the power, and they mean to have
it. They see that other laws on onr statute3
books have not been carried out. For iustance,
the law in regard to prohibiting minors from
running to fires. The papers reveal the fact
that two lads were killed by the fall of the wall
on Walnut street the other evening.
You know that there has been a law upon our
statute-books tbatj would have obliged every
order-loving citizen to close the grog-shops on
Sunday; but because there was no power to en
force it it remaiued there dead. You kno w that
it is illegal to sell liquor to minors, yet they
have been going down to the grave Iroiu the use
of intoxicating drink bv the hundreds an I thou
sands. We know that there is a law prohibiting
them to sell liquor to persons who are in the
habit of getting intoxicated, yet those who have
anything to do with it know that, throughout
he whole year, there are men who have every
dollar taken fiom them, when thy aro known
to be habitual drunkards by those who take it.
Now, then, something on the other side.
They have usage; but why eive us a law when
we are to have no use of ill When I heard of
it, it brought to my mind the lines of the poet
that
God made the country,
But man mudc the town."
If it bad been left to our residents in the city
we would never have bad it. We can thank
those in the country for it. (Applause.)
You are hereto-night to meet this. It is a
grave tli ntr. I know there is one way in which
it can be done. We might have our whole city
transported to Pitt3biirg. I happened to b3
there on a Saturday evening, an I as is my
usual cui-tom, I went among the working peo
ple. Those who were in the habit of drinking,
and those who ought to know, told meihero was
not a back-door of a grog-ehop open, and that
they could not get a elass of grog.
What is the matter? Whyl they have a
Mayor who enforces the law. I thovtzht I
would go and have a look at him on Monday
morning. (Laughter.) I went and took him
by tne nana, and thanked uoa that mere was a
place wheie the law could be enforced, and it
gives me courage. No man clothed with mere
authority in a republic like this can execute the
law unless he is supported by the community
in wntcn ne lives. Mow it is tne question to
night whether you will bold up the Mayor's
bands, and it this law is not strong enougn, let
us understand what words will make it stronger,
and nave tnem tnere.
I hold that the Jaw is strong enough, uow
can we have it executed? It is not being doue.
The first Sunday the Liquor League gave orders
that no back doors should be open, that nothing
should be given to the community, to force it to
give up the law. It was really a Christian Sab
bath day. In some sections of the country it
was beautiful, nouses tnat naa been rrequentei
by tipplers, and where lewdness, profanity, and
lighting had been indulged in, were as still as
death. Good Christians congratulated each
other, and took courage. But when they found
there was no reaction in public sontiment. tne
change commenced, and from that time to this,
first the back Rate, then tue back window, and
last Sunday the side door, and in some ot our
saloons on Gbesnut street, in the course of the
evening, the front doors were thrown wide open
(a voice, "Ail any, ioo)." xnai is tne progress.
because we have had no meetings. They
thought we had surrendered everything to the
Liquor League.
it is with you to say whether n shall or shall not
be enlorced. It is enlorced in other cities and
1 know that if ttaid community rise np and say
that it fball be put in operation here, that it
win ne. tvocuerous applause.)
If we rnn. Int. ns rpnirn to nrlmitive usa?A.
W hen I was a boy, when anything of this kind
occurred the citizens patrolled the streets and
aided in upholding the law. 1 think we can
muster a much lartrer number to-day, il six or
eight hundred policemen are not enough. If
we cannot havo our laws enforced by the police,
let us do without them and become police our
selves. (Appiause, ana cries ot "uooa, good.")
To be practical, we may meet and talk, but
action is necessary. W ithout organization there
win be no power, l never have beeu a member
of any temperance society. I thousrht the
Christian Church was strong enough. I frankly
coDiehs that to bring anything like Dolitics into
the Church is IniuriouH, and therefore we must
lau Pack on tnat society that has called this
meeting ro-nignt. we need tnem. ihey have
veterans in it.
The suceestion I have to make in eloalncr is
mis. j.ei tnem arrange as wen as they can.
between this and the Fourth of July, to have
as many meetings as they can, and let us assert
our independence, or yield the ground entirely
To what nobler use can we put that day than
euner 10 surrender an claim to manhood or
determine to be law-abidinglcitizeu? Talk about
independence and yet have a Liquor Leagaa
boidiug us by the neck, haltered I It seems to
me to ne preposterous, nut yet that is the very
thing we are doing now. We have it in our
power to perfect the work, aud with the aid of
this organization we can do it. I Judge from
your countenances that none here are disposed
to yield their manhood and their Independence.
Let ub determine Ihen that we will rally around
this Temperance Society and enlist for the whole
w ar
,B-IJe'1 vare, say wm be maimed; but sup
pose they should get a bullet through their lungs
or lope a leg, If they say they enlist for the war
and want to see it out, and on the Fourth of
July declare their independence, 1 think we
than all breathe freer and will not see a mem
ber of the Liquor League a Judge of the Su
preme Court, and all our ollices filled by them,
and our city surrendered to them. If we do I
trust all in this room will move out to Pittsburg
where there is alaw. (Loud applause i
(At the conclusion of Mr. Webb's address,
several eentlemen sang "Carry me back to my
Modntaln Home," and "Father Comej Ilome,"
with a rr.elodeon aecompainmeut. The pieces
were rendered exceedingly well, End the au
dince applauded them heartily.)
Gmu.a Carey's Address,
General Carey, of Ohio, was then introduced.
Ho was greeted, as ne came forward, with vo
ciferous applause and cheers. After these had
subhided, he delivered the following adores :
Mr. President: 1 am glad, my countrymen, to
be permitted to stand lu your presence this
evening. I regret that the fatigue consequent
upon lengthy speech In the open air this after
noon, to au immense multitude of people, iu a
nelghbortug city, has In a measure Uiou,uulidcd
me for the dlscuRKlon ot the Interesting subject
before n. We are living in the mldHt of stirring
evrnta, and. as 1 believe, upon the threshold oi
a brighter day than man ha ever y t witnesned,
tiny when the rain and the sunshine and tho
dew of millennium grace ii to de-cend upon the
wold:when thelightof the sun or righteous
ness, that now only touches tho hill-top-Jund the
mounla'n-tops of earth, shall pour hi- benuty
and grandeur and brUhtncsi upon the hearts of
the whole human family.
The late William 11. Seward (prolonned
laughter, and applause) said there was an "irre
piessible conflict" in this country. There is
and has been an irrepressible conflict. We have
just pat-sed through one iu this country. I think
It was Oliver Cromaell who remarked that there
were such things In the history of tho human
rr.ee as "ProMJential binbs,"and when any
great event occurred some nation would be in
travail, and in proportion to the agony and
blood would be the ''greatness aud the glory of
the human race and the event born." I believe
that this nation has just passed through one of
those "Providential births," that the Irrepressi
ble conflict that has been going on since tho
Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock and the
slave-ship landed at Jumestown, has just culmi
nated in this land of ours.
There Is au irrcprebsible conflict between
virtue and vice, between light and darkness,
and between Ignorance and Intelligence; and I
believe that it is our ml'Bloa, now that the old
Temple of Liberty has been preserved, to gar
nish its walls with pictures of moral beauty,
and fill its niches with statues of regenerating
humanity. We have made more progress iu
everything that concerns man's best interests as
an inhabitant of this earlh In the last fifty years,
than was made in the whole six thousand years
that preceded.
Our i'aihcrs were born barbarians. They
didn't know much about anvtbiuir. iLauorhtcr.)
There has been a conflict going on between free
and educated labor, and slave and ignorant
labor. We aro upon the threshold of the
greatest strueele the world ever witnessed
(Applause.) We are now occupying a position
among the nations of the earth (thank God and
our "Boys iu Blue!"), and have au equal footing
witn an tne nattous oi tne earth, and have ar
rived at the summit of human excellence and
greatness aud glory.
We have preserved the stars upou our banner.
and we will cover and crowd the whole blue
with stars, so that, like the great sun, it shall
bear me ngnt ot civil ana religious liberty into
the dark places of the earth aud the places filled
with the habitations of horrid cruelty.
The subject this evening is one of those moral
conflicts lor which we may look, that while
the wilderness aud the sultry places are beluir
niuue to museum as tuc rose, wnue our puysi-
rf.1 wnrld in mirHncr nn ita imi'mnnia Af haanin
and while, by educated labor and improvement
and cnterpiise, we are to build our tabernacles
betide the Western Ocean, aud our school
houseB and our churches are being built upon
every hill-lop and in every valley; while our
manufactories aic built upon every stream, and
t lin huotr V lint s4 irtiincf rn i j hnnai nil vrma
land, the question comes home to us-Shall F
lon.onintin., u,., am a ha iiDhni i,i.
giving and the vo C2 of the multitude break
lcrlh in all our dwellings r Shall this land be
redeemed from the blighting, withering, blast
ing, damning influences of cursed drink ?
The resolutions that have been presented hero
to-night meet my most hearty approval, and so
they ought ot any in'.elligeut man, woman, and
child in the country. Kvcry one's conscience
and intellect ought to approve of this matter.
Uon't you believe that the educational and the
pecuniary interests, the peace, and, in fact,
every interest dear to the people of Philadel
phia, would be promoted by the closing up of
every grog-shop in this city? You may be a
food Democrat or a Republican, a Presbyterian,
laptist, or Methodist; but if you acknowledge
the justness of the traffic of liquor on Sunday,
you are dishonest.
lou are false to yourselves, to your families,
and traitors to your God, unless you are wilting
to take hold and help close the dram-shops up
altogether. (Applause.) Would not the public
peace be promoted? Ii you close all the grog
shops of this city on Sunday, your policemen
can go to church morning, noon, aud night
(laushter and upplausej, and the people will be
better protected then than they are now with
all the police you have, and you may brim? the
New Yoik police here too. ( Applause.) Don't
jou think that the peace of this city would be
better without policemen if grog-shops were
closed on Sunday, than now with your police?
(Cries of "Yes, je.") Certainly It would be.
It would be an insult to the most ignorant
and stupid person in this house to attempt a
contra-demonetTation. Why not close them?
Because they do not want to be closed. (Laugh
ter.) You have closed the dry goods stores,
(cries of "that's so") and other places of business
of your city on Sunday; they do not hold meet
ings to determine that the law is oppressive.
W hat apology have they for keeping opun on
that day? One of the reasons is that
they are licensed to make drunkards In the
city of Philadelphia, and are paid lor the
privilege of doing it, and that they help to
support the Government. Where do you get the
money from to support the Government, Mr.
liquor seller? You get part of it from the
dry goods men. One or a dozen of your custom
ers on Monday would buy a dress lor hii wife, if
you didn't take his money from him. (Applause.)
The grocer who sells his flour and sugars, the
provision dealer loses money, and you (rum
seller) get it. You take the little all from tho
wile and child oi the mechanic, what they need,
many of them! ob, 60 bad) Out upon all
apologies for the liquor sellers. They are the
men who are not paying anything for their
living, but live at your expense. Every man
who consumes what other people produce, and
produces nothing in return that is valuable, is
a pauper. (Applause.) What does the liquor
seller produce? Or what does he give you in
return tor the money he takes from you on Sun
day ? Does he earn it by the sweat of the bro w ?
Hard labor f rem dawn till dusk? Nol Ue takes
that which comes from the toiling of some
sturdy mechanic, aud bhould have given sup
port to a loving wife and prattling ones, to sus
tain himself in Idleness; filches all that has been
earned by the workman during the week to sap
port himself in ease the coming six days. They
say you cannot make men moral by law nor by
legislation. Nobody proposes to do that. No
Ube whatever oi legislating on moral questions.
You have the whole Decalogue upon the
statue books of Pennsylvania. 'Thou shalt not
steal, nor kill, nor swear lately, nor break the
holy Sabbath Day." You cannot here legislate
on such questions, because God has thundered
from Sinai that no man shall lake another's
blood, and shall not steal. But suppose they
do steal? It becomes, then, a sacred question
uliectSng the well-being of society, and as such
you will legiBlhte upon it by right of personal
interest and municipal and national wel'are.
Not because it is a moral question simply, but
becauee the public peace and safety require it.
"The safety of the people is the Supreme Law,"
is the language of an old and memorable axiom.
There are more men in this city who attend
these rum-shops places of lowest and most
dcgiading vice and evil ou Sunday, than there
are who worship in all the temp.es dedicated
to the living God; more drunkards than upright
men; more grog-shops than churches I These
liquor men are continually running an opposl
tlon Hue. Many advertise a "free lunch" at
their place.", just about that time in the morn-
lug on the bub bam when the young men pass
bv, wending their way to the house of the
Most High, entice them in, and forever alter
have gained their custom. A paper
states that it is all folly to prohibit
the sale of an article where the use of it was
not an o Dense" and says that all the laws passed
prohibiting great evils are based on that prin
ciple. In Ohio, we thought that the political
excitement was enoueh without any of the per
nicious Influences of liquor, and we accordingly
paused a law that on election day all grog-shops
should be Closed I In olden times, when the
former state of affairs was In full blast, a half
yuv vi uumri ui puugea eyes would naruiy
suilice for the rightful ending of an election
day, while now, under the new regime, we have
unuBual npaea and aulet. Knu .,n,u.ciani
liquor sellers, the law prohibits ihe sale and
the use. If a man were to enter the city with
kh-ci ui uuei'i'UB uviuib, mere would be lio
law to prevent any who was so depraved from
reading them, but no sooner would tho seller of
ine same be seen than ho would be taken in I
etitody and summarily dealt with. Yes, we
have a law, and . we have a right to
slop everything which would lend to cor
rupt the morals, disturb the ponce, and
degrade our citizens by its use. When the
cholera that dreadful rlairue was raoinir in
Cincinnati, all vegetables, green corn, cucum
bers, and cabbages were prohibited from sale.
Now there was no law that could prevent any
person from partaking of them, if they so de-
airru; out mere waa a iw, as a wnoiesome pro
vision for the safety of the communitv a
sanitary measure that no such vcgotable should
do oioiigni into tne cuy or toui; and If It hap
pened that tome old farmer, who had spent his
labor In taising fat cucumbers and plump cab
bages, should arrive within the limits of the city
during that period, some officer would dah up,
and, In an authoritative manner, tell him that
if he offeied to sell, and should sell any of his
vegetable slock, he would throw horse and
wagon and cabbage into the Ohio river. No
one objected to this, because it was a require
ment, necessitated for the satcty of tho city lrom
a terrible tcourge. So far as Intemperance is
concerned we want no protection, but we want
the morals and safety of people protected.
Who sutlers the most, the poor, destitute
drunkard's wife and shivering child, or the
drunkard? What a life to live? Destitute of all
comfort, bereft ot all happiness, a home of pov
erty, starving to death, the poor woman and
little child linger out a miserable existence,
whilo tho father damns his soul, blights tho
happiness of his wife, casts an evil influence ou
every hand, while the barkeeper, cold-hearted,
caiing only for money I motey I chuckles
behind his bar, near his warm Bro.
It is a hard thing, mothers and fathers, to
think that one must live under the curse ot
being the child of a criminal. Two hundred
thousand children there arc In Pennsylvania,
who to-day are suffering and destitute with
drunken mothers and besotted lathers. They
have a right to seek and demand the protection
cf ihe law. Close up the rum-shops on Sunday,
and go witness the refult which will be attained,
when snares and pitfalls, more horrible than
imagination can depict, will once again be eradi
cated, ano men ireca irom loose neiiish Influ
ences which concentrate about the dram
shops. Close un the rum-shoos, ani soon t hp
prison doors may be opened, and there shall po
out those who will reform, and no more will the
barred gate fall back to hldo from the world
that misery and woe accomplished by the seeth
ing cup. Close these places, and on some bright
Monday morning glance over your police reports.
and see what a wonderful change has been
wronght in this vast community. When those
who once were drunkards may return to their
happy borne?, once the scenes of misery untold
and desolation unutterable, sober men,
rejoicing in sirengiu of Doay re
gained, moral elevation, and the satisfucton
ot a fair and honest name among brothers re
established. It is meet that we should have
one day lor rest in the seven yes 1 in order that
there may be rest even for devils. We all need
"7 '"Tr if.8.!,
man cannot live lu
of the field require it, and
strength and cood health
without this recess in llles labor. This ques
tion is cue of great import now to all the in
terests of society the moral, teligious, educa
tional, ana one wnicn presses down home to
the heart ol every person In the community,
Is there a father here that has a family, aud
anions his eons one who has become endeared
to him by warm sympathy of feeling: one boy
who is more promising for good works and
deeds than the others, who has the finest sus
ceptibilities, a generous nature, ana a gushing
bean which goes out to all wno come within its
contact? father, nave you buco. a oner it you
have, let me say he is in the most danger
of certain destruction from these dram
shops and groggeries. Kr should he
si art once on tne road, ne steps on
the fast descending volute, and will be dashed
to pieces a life blasted end hopes withered ere
you are aware, sucu are tne men who fall.
Our beet men, our noblest men, many of them
simnlv because tbeir natures were softer than
others, more generous and sociable, were the
first to tail, ihey are not use your cold
blooded, phlegmatic, surly individual, whose
pulse does not beat more than fifteen times a
minute I No danger of their becoming drunk
ardsthey have become liquor proof by drink
ing the evil for fifty years you take them by
the hand, and It feels as if you were grasping
the caudal appendage of a dead fish. They have
drank so much that their brains seem to have
been systematically spread over their entire
body, without concentration, and tbeir natures
are deadened to all good influences. Far differ
ent are they from the noble young men, of
whom so many are finding a pauper's and
drunkard's grave. We are losing one thou
sand every week of lust such young persons
in this noble land ol Washington and Lincoln
(applause), until along our pathway are long
tombs strewn with broken hearts and deso
luie hones. Aid Philadelphia is reserved her
snare of this great sacrifice. Countrymen, think
of it ! They are Ihe very ones we can least
spare. The very men who, if we wanted money
to send to the heathen, or distribute neces
saries to the poor, or build churches, would
sink their aims to their elbows in their pockets
to aid us; and yet we see them sinking last on
every hand, engulfed in that yawning abyss
intemperance. If we could exchange and turn
over the 50,000 ot those old and impenetra
ble drinkers to the sexton and the devil, and
save the 60,000 young men. a vast good to the
nation would be accomplished I The world
would be bettered, society would be elevated,
and morality would become more deep-seated in
the communities. But the liquor seller claims
that his freedom is curtailed, that he is op
pressed by the law. Is that any abridgment of
the law which requires that a liquor seller shall
observe the same rules and regulations in
the community the same as any other
roan ? And we see that no other busi
nesseven of such untold superiority
over the infamous liquor tradic is carried on
on the Sabbath day. The coopers do not split
their staves nor pound their barrels; the smith
does not labor at the lorge nor heat the iron;
the grocer aoes not sell his provisions nor keep
his cart moving through the neighborhood with
his produce; aud why should he who sells
liquor, which cannot aid man in any form
whatever, and tending only to his speedy de
gradation? Another thing we know. A nation
ol drunkards cannot be a nation of freemen, and
unlets something is done immediately to stop
this awful sway of intemperance; unless there
be counter currents or bulwarks, to prevent the
perpetuation of this evil, it will result in a ter
rible storm of vice, and all that is pernicious in
the extreme, to the speedy ruination of this
people; and in the niLeteenth century we will
have 1,000,000 drunkards in the land, biiilllt be
that this thing shall go on ? Oh, stand by your
autboilties in this legislative enactment, which,
if carried out, will give the people the best
liberty In the truest 6ense. Ladies, you have
something to do in this matter a grand a
noble work is left in jour hands I Ob, I know
how true the women are, aud how they labored
whin the storm of civil war burst with
its roar of artillery and clashing arms
upon this landl See that tender woman,
how in that hospital, 'mid the dying, she toils
like an aneel of mercy, as the is to many a sick
and dying boy. See how she binds the wounds
and smooths back the hair of somejpoor soldier,
Hiding between the rows of couches, she speaks
a kindly word lo al; now she writes a letter to
that father who will never see his boy again,
and now hark! that murmured prayer, as sue
lends over the dying boy, and klbses the lips
fnnhat motiinr far awav. who will never kiss
l.pr nn nrrntn. Oh. I tell VOU
Oh. I tell vou now nome ana
persevering our women are! Burns never spoke
a truer senuinem uiau wueu u
irutes without you." You have a noble and
grand duty ti accomplish. You to a great de
cree are the only ones who can do it. May it
succeed, and the time come when shall be
opened the prison gates throughout the land,
v. hen echoes shall ring from God's Holy Moun
tain with the songs that fell from angel's lips,
to be wafted over the plains of Bethlehem in
ttrains of heavenly mublc. and waken up re
f roualve echoes, that shall resound lrom the
granite hills to the golden sands ot the Pacific;
from north to south, shall float the holy an
them "Glory to God in the hlghest.'on earth
peace and goodwill toward men." General
Cary retired from the platform aiuid.a storm o
JUNE 22, 18G7.
applause, which spoke for tho audience their
great mteret-t in his remarks.
ftpscrh of Ilsv. Pr. Halt.
The Tretldent then Introduced the Rev. Dr.
Hall, ot Dublin. Dr. Hall being welcomed In a
demonstrative manner said: Mr. Chairman and
Christian friends: It would be very improper
lor me, as a British subject, and though I am a
stranger yet inasmuch as I have not been
treated like a slrauger, I feel more like an old
friend to advise or counsel you In matters that
directly concern yourselves, your own legisla
tion, and tne great duty due tne laws wnicn you
have established among you. But it may not bo
Improper for roe to give, iu a fow sentences, a
slight Idea of the condition of aflnirs, and how
this question stands, In the countries from
hich I come. In Great Britain the
liquor dealers aro licensed on the Lord's day
from 2 o'clock in Ihe afternoon until 12 at mid
night, atjd it Is supposed that they are bound in
ine hour during wnicn morning services are
proceeded with In all the churches to shut up
all their placcn, but alter the first hour men
tioned they mere allowed to open their dram
shops. I will mention this one fact, as illustra
tive or wbat has ceen done locuange vnat orner
of things, and which may be regarded by the
tax-payets of Philadelphia as throwing some
light upon the controversy now pending. In
the city ot Kdinnurgb, during ine same year in
which Forbes McKenzle's act was passed to
clore the shops from 11 o'clock on Saturday
night to 8 o'clock on Sunday morning, the Couu
cilof that city earned a private bill through the
House ot commons to assess rweive thousand
pounds sterling upon all the property in the city
in order to make an addition to the State Prison
lor the accommodation of the Increased number
of criminals. In the same year when
this till was to have gone into operation,
Forbes McKcnzle'a act passed. The Town coun
cil seeing that there was a greater need for money
elsewhere, passed another enactment, mat ine
money should be used in erecting an asylum for
drunkeu women, where, by God's help, some
mieht recover and live In the paths of honesty
arid puiity. This was evidence of what the city
had rained by allowing the whole night to be
left to drunkenness, debauchery, and carousals.
It was worth my while to come here and listen
to the admirable and the noble speech of the
gentleman proceeding me.
There is no end of public spirit there is
no limit of patriotism in the manner in
which the publicans and the liquor sellers
regard tho poor of Great Britain and Ireland.
Yet they, one and all, send up a cry against the
law their liberty is to them no liberty, because
they are in the midst of oppression, because
they cannot go out on the Lord's Day and drink
as much beer as they desire, and come home
besotted wretches. We tell them, as you have
been told to-night, that if we consult the
mothers, wives, sisters, and daughters In the
matter, we find they desire no such legislation
to destroy their husbands and fathers and ruin
themselves In the matter at all. They do not
feci any infringement upon the rights which
are thus legislated for, or bad in the enactment
which they themselves fight and clamor against.
At one time, but shortly ago, there was
a gathering of workmen to promote tho
cause of temperance in their midst.
Many of them had been redeemed from a
drunkard's life, and among others one got up
seemingly afraid to utter a word. He tremble J,
abashed, and his tongue clove to the roof of his
mouth. But being pressed by an urgent re
quest, he said that his own reformation and the
wellare of his family had been effected in a
curious manner. "It was the little shoes that
did it." He said to the gathering, eager to know
what this meant, "I was in a public house on a
winter's night, cold, dreary, and tired. The
landlady brought her little daughter, aud
walked her about the room, while it showed me
its beautiful new shoes, and seemed so com
fortable and joyous. Soon after my own little
girl came to the door, and entreated me to go
borne. I did so, and taking her up, found that
the long way she had travelled in bare feet,
over the frosty pound. Tears started to my
eyes. I opened the bosom of my waistcoat, put
the tiny little feet in there, and hastened home,
resolved tnat my nttie daughter snouia nave
new shoes too; that no more money would I
spend to clothe a rumseller's children, and let
mine go naked."
Concluding Proceedings.
George H. Stuart, Esq., and the Rev. A. A.
Willitts spoke enthusiastically in a few short
remarks, alter which the former moved, "That
when this meeting adiourn it adjourn to meet
again in old Independence Hall, on the coming
Fourth of July," which was carried unani
mously. The American Vocalists, who were especially
favored, by their sweet singing, with the enrapt
attention of the audience, sang "We are all
Home."
The proceedings were closed with a benedic
tion by the Rev. Mr. March, and the great assem
blage dispersed, all pleased and interested with
what they had heard and Been.
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piIIbADE L P II I A DEPOT
Assistant Quartermaster's OFFroie, 1
No. 1139 Qikaho Htkkkt, June 20, mi. f
Proposals will be received at this otlloe until
12 o'clock M., TUESDAY, June 25, 1H07, for tQe
immeUliile delivery at tbe United tstatos Store
house, Hanover Htreet Wtiarf, tbe following
described Quartermaster's 8 tores, properly
packed, and ready for shipment, viz.:
100 Tall Boards for Army Wagons, "Army
Standard."
60 Wagon Tongues, Ironed complete. "Army
Standard."
iiou Halter Straps with Roller Buckles. "Army
Standard."
20 Pairs Double Lines.
100 grotts Harness Kings, "Assorted."
644 Rings, "D."
6 lbs. fcnddler'g Silk, "Yellow."
All of the above-named articles to be of tlia
best quality, and to be subject to Inspection.
Samples of tbe Lines, Kings, and Hiik. must be
delivered at this olllce twenty-four (24) boors
previous to tbe opening of the bids.
Each bid must be guaranteed by two respon
sible persons, whose signatures and residences
mum be appended to the guarantee, and certi
fied to as being good and mKHcIent security, by
tbe United States District J udge, Attorney, Cof
ltctor, or other public oOlcer.
The rlaht Is reserved to reject all bids deemed
unreasonable, and no bids from a defaulting
contractor will be received.
All proposals to be made out on the regular
forms, in duplicate (which will be furnished on
application at this office), and conform to the
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Envelopes to be Indorsed "Proposals for Quar
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Bidders are requested to be present at the
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Asst. Quartermaster-Gen. U. S. A.
HENRY W. JANE3,
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GOVERNMENT SALES.
RUCTION SALE OF ARMY CLOTHING)
Deputy Q. M.-General's OFFrcE.1
Baltimore, June 18, J8H7.
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GARRISON EQUIPAGE, will be sold at Pubiio
Auction, on July 9, 1867, 12 M., at the Clotblnii
Depot In this city, No. 120 South EUTAvv
Street, consisting of
681 Uniform Artillery Coats.
1087 Uniform Infantry Coats.
145 Uniform Cavalry Jackets.
822 Uniform Light Artillery Jackets.
122 Uniform Veteran Reserve Jackets,
298 Footmen's Xrowsers.
9tf Horsemen's Xrowsers.
603 Horsemen's Great Coats.
10)3 Footmen's Great Coats.
189 Wool Blankets.
1084 Rubber Blankets.
1500 Sack Coats lined and nnllned.
900 Pairs Boots aud Bootees.
682 Pairs Stockings.
1400 Uniform Hats and Ostrich Feathers
622 Forage Caps.
123 Hatchets and Handles.
: 107 Shovels.
624 Knapsacks.
1060 Canteens, etc etc. oto.
The above articles are all new and in good,
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There will also be sold at the same time and
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Terms of sale Cash.
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68,289 pairs Maobine-Mewed Bootees.
13,600 pounds of Wall Tents.
6,900 pounds of Common Tents.
18,000 pounds of Hospital Tents,
10,900 pounds of SheUer Teuts.
7.356 pounds'of Canvus.
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