Numerous  toasts  were  then  given,  not  to  be  drunk  with
wine,  but  responded  to  by  speeches  and  songs,  as :  1.  "  The
day  we  celebrate;"  2.  "  Old  Faneuil  Hall,  the  cradle  of
Liberty,  to  be  guarded  by  the  genius  of  Temperance ; "
3.  "  The  memory  of  George  Washington,"  (received
standing  ;)  4.  "  Temperance  ; — The  common  cause  of  all
good  men,  confined  to  no  party,  sect,  profession  or  coun-
try ;  for  each  and  all  it  has  been  a  duty  and  a  blessing."

To  me,  as  Secretary  of  the  American  Temperance
Union,  it  was  assigned  to  sustain  this  sentiment ;  and  I
could  only  say  that  we  were  this  day  a  spectacle  to  thou-
sands and  tens  of  thousands,  for  it  was  as  natural  for  the
people,  in  all  parts  of  the  Union,  to  cast  their  eyes  toward
Boston  when  they  desired  or  expected  any  good  thing,  as
for  the  Persian  to  look  at  the  rising  sun  for  needed  bless-
ings. Boston  led  in  the  great  struggle  which  gained  our
Independence,  and  Boston  would  go  before  us  in  the  great
conflict  in  which  we  were  now  engaged.  The  speaker
had  entered  tlie  vestibule  of  the  temple,  not  to  join  in
battle,  for  the  seventeenth  of  June  with  the  glories  of
Bunker  Hill  were  passed  ;  we  had  fought  our  great  fight
and  now  were  for  establishing  by  our  cause  the  moral
independence  of  our  country.  After  dwelling  on  the
value  of  the  temperance  reformation  to  the  agricultural,
commercial,  political  and  religious  interests  of  the  coun-
try, I  gave  way  to  others,  first  rejoicing  to  behold  in
that  assembly  the  venerable  William  Pierce,  who,  in  1773,
had  assisted  in  throwing  the  tea  into  Boston  harbor,  and
who  had  now  come  forward  a  second  time,  in  his  advanced
age,  to  assist  in  saving  his  country.  (Great  cheering,  as
the  venerable  teetotaler  rose  and  bowed  to  the  assembly.)

An  ode,  by  Rev.  John  Pierpont,  was  then  sung.
