Temperance > Autobiography and personal recollections of John B. Gough

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I had received applications from New York, Phila¬
delphia, and other places; and it was decided by my friends
that I should take a trip to New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and Washington, in company with Deacon
Gi’ant. The anniversary of the American Temperance
Union was to be held on the 9th of May; and this occa¬
sion was to be my first attempt in New York.
We left Boston on the 8th, and reached the city on the
morning of the 9th, and were entertained at the Croton
H6tel, on Broadway, kept by Mr. Moore. Dr. Bacon, of
New Haven, made the first speech; I was to follow.
When I rose the audience began to go out; but I had the
opportunity of speaking to a large number, and the papers
spoke encouragingly of my effort.
I proceeded, after speaking in Newark and Brooklyn,
and twice more in New York, to Philadelphia. Although
arrangements had been made for my speaking there, it
was not deemed advisable to hold meetings, in consequence
of the riots which had recently occurred. But after
speaking five nights in Baltimore, and two in Washington,
I returned to Philadelphia, where I spoke in a riding-
school to a very small audience; the next night in the
large room of the Chinese Museum, to a smaller audience,
— only about one hundred.
Mr. Leonard Jewell, one of the Executive Committee
of the Pennsylvania State Temperance Society, was pre¬
sent, and finding no one to receive me, or to introduce me to
the audience, kindly came forward, made himself known
to me, and presided on the occasion. He seemed interested
in my address, and suggested the idea of procuring a
church for the next evening (Sunday). Accordingly
through his influence the Presbyterian Church, of which
Rev. A. Rood was pastor, was obtained. I went there
accompanied by Mr. Jewell; as before no one received me,