Show temperance in congress however fer much p un and those who are rc gioi not partisans may differ concerning the action of congress and congre congressmen esmen the latter havo have recently binau tir movement which wm will be hailed with datis satisfaction faction nil all over the land we refer to tho the organization of an asi association called the congressional tern tem society we hav e acconio so accustomed to hearing healing congress abused by the prong for acts of omission and commission so fo many complaints coming aming up from all burr against members of congress until the doctrine of total depravity so far as concerned public officers has attained v ery general credence that n no c are arc glad to hear of iome om thing ething on their part which extorts uni versal commendation there can bo be no doubt that what vo 0 o americans term and so loudly boast of as the liberty of the pim has degenerated in too many instances into utter unmitigated licentiousness tiou nor c can in there be beany any doubt that the flippancy aud and ease with which public men are ro assailed and charged with nith tho the most bei of fences has bas tended much not only to corrupt the morals and ION lower er the standard of our public officers but also to bring journalism itself into disrepute to give to the articles of many newspaper writers one would be induced to believe that mem mcm tor bor of congress was war but a synonym for all that is licentious dapra depraved baand and demoralizing mid and that our representatives in the main are arc common drun drunkards Lards these glowing glowin 0 phil epics however are rather gocr highly colored as all know who bai have e ever spent a winter inter i in washington Washing toti our re representatives P are aio neither better nor worse morally orally in considered than other men nevertheless it is a fact that can bo be neither denied nor concealed that intemperance at washington as elsewhere is the great evil I 1 of tho the day indeed from one end of the land lando to the other the baleful effects of whisky drinking ire arc plain apparent palpable perhaps it is not exaggeration to say that seven goven tenths of all the crime misery poverty and folly of the day adny is ia attributable directly or indirectly to intoxicating liquors the country will hail bail then this new movement in the cause of temperance by senators and representative as ar ft a hopeful sign the bene benefits tits likely to flow from the personal abstemiousness of our public men will not be light but the example they thus set to the entire cout country itry cannot to be productive of tho the happiest results le oar attention bention has been particularly directed to this subject by tho the perusal of an eloquent au and d touching address delivered by senator yates tales on sunday evening abc kuig february in the hall of representatives at a great temperance meeting holdby the congressional temperance society tho the meeting was presided over by senator wilson of massachusetts senator yates a gentleman of acknowledged ability late governor of illinois and one of her fo rement orators and patriots now occupies tho the important position of chairman of the senate committee on territories for up jardh of a quarter of a century he be has bas been i in public life and the only serious charge ever urged against him has been that of int crupar ance in ins hiis speech after having with one look to god and one to home signed the pledge ho he says that it had bad been published an all 0 over ver the land that he was wag a drunkard and he continues v fellow citizens while there wa was 11 home truth in this there was avast s vast deal of error Wha whatever I 1 have bavo done lor for the last seventeen years whether I 1 had bad to male make a speech to a political meeting whet lier I 1 spoke against the nebraska bill upon the floor of this house whether as governor I 1 wrote a message or or published publish ea a proclamation ortro or pro rogues 1 a 1 secession legislature great ap applause the universal charge of thu the opposite party was that all th these sq atts dene under the influence of whisky laughter now follow fellow citizens I 1 have concluded to put a stop to this matter I 1 never intend that they the editors and reporters r ab li all have any license or authority to publish me as a drunkard again oyen cyan if I 1 have to abstain as I 1 will abstain from the mildest glass of claret that ever the ibo fair hand orthe or the fairest lady in this land should present to me applause A noble resolution and a hopeful one for richard yaten I 1 man to violate his solemn pled pledge go the entire speech glows bows with feeling and pa pathos and sparkles with ith gems of eloquence we have but splice space for the following wing extracts 1 I will ill atop it I 1 it hao 9 promised god I 1 ba have bae e promised my country I 1 have promised that proud commonwealth which ifor for twenty fite consecutive years has bus honored me with all her public positions in the begir legislature lature as governor as mem berof batir houses of congress f rass I 1 have promised nil all who love in ms and 1 havo have promised katie ind and the children loud applause lause abati will never fouch hang or handle 0 the R n thing applause aud and by the blessing of god and my own unfaltering faltering purpose I 1 intend to fight it out on this ling fineto to the in the e evening of mv my life applause ap I 1 ause if all you gen gentlemen tzemei would do the le same thing yon you would lose nothing in mind body or estate laughter there is something some thinK so bo 7 etching Eu ching in the following that we cannot resist quoting it la in thavone that one letter alone must the senator have I 1 seen his reward for fhe noble resolution taken after I 1 signed this temperance pledge 1 wrote tote to a little lady ont in illinois ji ho I 1 f weighs about a hundred pounds has black hair and flashing black ea e es and lit A form fairer than grecian chisel ever wuko from Tn marble arble and I 1 received too follow following mg answer mr my den DEAB AnD HOW beautiful is this morning how bright the sun shines how meed sweetly our birds m ring ing how hor joyous the children how ow happy is my heart I 1 aco the smile of degol god ho has the prayer always proud of your bucce suc cc s you yon have now achie achieved ed that success which god and angels will bless i itis it is the shining summit of human aspiration for you xou have conquered all who nd V 5 1 lovo 1070 you will 11 aid you to keep the pledge I 1 love you my Y dear boy KATIE lolo loc the sun soul sool a and ad centre of tho the moral universe loc which links angel an gel to angel and nd god to man lovo love which binda in ono one two tire loving hearts 11 iio r Is love 1 applause can it bo be doubted tha tsuch demonstrations will bo be productive of tho the highet highest nud and happiest results |