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Show HUH VS. IHMjUVSiX An lulrrcslliig Ochslo at Hammond Hall. Last night Iho long-oxpecte I dtt ate lielHeoutho Y,M. O. A. and I,ceum debiting clubs catuu elf at Hammond Hall. The question debated was "Has Inlemiiorance l'roducexl moro Crime and Misery than Ignorance;" Mr. Ucott Anderson waa elicseu to net aa chairman lu the absence of the regular chairman. The Judgea appointed were Mr. II. O. Whitney, Mr. William Ilateraau and Mr. Hal Union. The latter gentleman gen-tleman not being prcicnt, Mr. I). J, llrowne was chosen by tbe other two Judgea to net as their colleague. The affirmative elduuf tho question was ('iif.l by Mr. J. I). Axtnn, who lalutol a vlvll picture of thu misery ant crime resulting re-sulting from atrohoUo Inteini.rance, In 1807, said he, 100,000 drunkard dleddurlng hatyiar. hrom 1801 to lSbT the coniiimpllon ol alcoholic lluuora lucreosed MO jer cent Mr. Illalue emphatleally slatoil some lime Ago that two-lhlrdsof the crltnca In tlio Unltt-d Blates could be traced lo Intoxicating Intox-icating drink Mr. Axtou next glanced At the condition ol tho l.uropeau countries, coun-tries, and showed that lnlemjranio was also ou the Inert aso there. Mr J.l' Bmlth, Jr, rollowud Mr. Axton, nud openud tbe negative side. Heslatcd that In contrasting lutein-lerauceuud lutein-lerauceuud Iguorauce, Ihecrlmei re-tuning re-tuning from the fjruior were but an atom 1 1 Hi" uulverwi as compared Willi thtijo mulling from Ignorance. Tho sieakirllieiielwilt on the crimes nud misery arising from the crusades, the Inquisition, religious liitoleranci, wlteli I liming and laguia a the direct result of Ignorance. Mr. 1'lulsted was Iho next speaker. Ho look the eeroud place ou thoafllrni nllve. Huopenod very earnestly aud rather excitedly. The last eaktr had inado a very fine rjwli, aud If oil Hm i-itrgory nf crlmu he recounted ruulJ lie tiaced to Ignorance, Mr. i'lalstedfilt that tho mgallvo would lomecutlrliiniihant. Mr I'lalsted eontende.1 that the In qultltlou nud other religious pctiecu. lions weru the reaulls of Intemperate religious fanaticism He said these fearful crimes wele tho remit of a devouring de-vouring greed for tower And wealth. Tho epuVker next quoted from tlio census cen-sus stallsilis nf ton showing that though schools and collegia and churt lies had lr.crci.ed In America from IsSOto 18W. jet the Inmates of Jsltsfaallncreaaed some 17 er cent mnro than formerly. This speaker dwelt largely on autistic--. He Also llctured the Ills And beatitude of ruial Innocence a compared with the vice and misery of city civilisation. He descrlbeal the landaof educated revelers who tnako night hideous and day gloomy with their deed In laslern cities. Mr. Fierce followed nn the negative slJc. llemadeaslenlid sfvecli, but It was mainly of a religious character. Mr. Taylor followed un the aflliuia-live. aflliuia-live. Ilo quoted from Herlrl Hpon-cer, Hpon-cer, whoetateil that If education could avert crime llscun and Nawleon might he lionet men. Mr. t,yon followed next on the negative, nega-tive, and madeaveryttwerfutsjmti, aliuwlug Hist ;nonnce was the latent of nllcrlmrAiiJ misery. This closed the list of speakers, and Mr.Bmllh, Ihu leilerof the negative, spoke In rebuttal for ten minute-. Mr. Axlo'i, leaner ol theAlllrm.tlve, then closnlthediliatebyA ten inlciulo effort, ef-fort, also In rehultat. Una of the Judges asked whether the word lntemperanse embraced olhsr to! Ira than alcohol. The answer was that It did. The Judge then ret I nil an I after a lew mluulia the dectalou naarenliredlnruvor oftlm allltnu. live, tajtoulyliy two to one, nnd because be-cause liilcm)?rsncei wo considered lu lis widest n plication. |
