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Show AFTERNOON SESSION. 'fm·: afternoon was appropriated to the Philadelphia I~yceum, and the exercises were of a scientific and literary character. It was expected that the proceedings of this and of the subsequent meeting of the Lyceum, would be published at length in this work, but the following communication will sufficiently explain why they are omitted. To the .1\fu.nagcrs of the Pennsylvania Hull Association: E'stecmed Friends :-It becomes my duty to forward to you the enclosed resolution of the Philadelphia Lyceum, to whom you kindly granted the usc of your Hall, on the afternoon of the 14th <md 15th in st. This procedure of the Lyceum grew out of an over~anxiety on the part of some of our members, that the Lyceum, which is a literary institution, should not appear to be in any way connected wi th the bene volent institu~ tion known by the name of the Anti.Slavery Society, which met in your H all on that same week. How your publishing the proceedings of the Lyceum would prove any such connection, I am entirely at a loss to perceive. Respectfully, I remain Your friend, SAMUEL \VEnn, P1·esident. Fifth month 26th, 1838. At a meeting of the Philadelphia Lyceum, held Fifth month 26th, 1838, the following preamble and re~olution were adopted: WHEREAS, the Managers of the Pennsylvania Hall have resolved to pub~ lish a book, containing an account of the proceedi ngs held therein, during its dedic11.tion ; and whereas, this Lyceum is not in any way connected with the abolition question, therefore, Resolved, That the Managers of the Pennsylvsnia Hall be respectfully requested not to publish in said book the proceedings of this Lyceum, at their meetings held in said Hall. Extracted from the Minutes. H AwORTH WETHERALD, Secretary. EVENING SESSION. A CROWDED aud ience assembled at 8 o'clock in the evening, to hear ad dresses on the subject of T emperance, from AnsoLo B uFFUl'll, of Philadelphia, and 'l'IIOlfAS P. lluNT, or North Carolina, both of which ha\'e been kindly furnished fo r publication . ADDRESS OF ARNOL D BUFFUM. I ADDREss not myself to drunkards, for in this highly respectable audience lhere are noue of that unfortunate class; but I add ress those who, more than drunkards, stand in the way of the temperance reformation. Fir:;t-The thoughtless mode rate drinkers of fermented and spirituous liquors, who, however, when convinced of their chnger, will cordially come over to the temperance cause. Secondly-Those half-ruined moderate drinkers, who have considered the subject, but st ill are unwilling to deny themselves the dangerous indulgen(' e, ei ther for their own safety , or for the good of others. Thirdl y-That portion of the practically temperate who are afraid of be ing contami nated by associating with the ac tive fri ends of the cause, in doing good. T o each of these classes, I propose to offer such brief remarks, as the very limited time allotted me will allow, and then gi\'C way to the distin guis hed advocate of the cause, who is to follow me. P hilanthrop ists and Christians, in mak ing their observations upon men, have witnessed, with deep regret, th at in the most civilized and Christ ian nations, a large proportion, through the des tructi ve innuence of fermented and spi rituous li quo rs, have so fallen under the controling power of their appetites and passions, that, drink ing to intoxication, they have been des ignated by the opprobrious epi thet of drunkards; and, moved by the best feeli11 gs of humanity and religion, they have adopted such measures as to them seemed best calculated to arrest the flood of intemperance . They sought to reclaim the drunkard from his ruinous indulgence, by kind per~ suas ion, by legislative restrictions, and by the terrors of the wrath of God. But all these proved unavailing: the drunkard stil l pursued his dread ful career, until, having filled hi!:J measure of iniqui ty, delirium tremens con· signed him to his eternal doom, and when one generation of drunkards was swe pt away, theil' pl aces in the catalogue of sin and wretchedness, were su pplied by a portion of the same persons who had been so zealously en~ gaged in fruitless efforts to reclaim them. lt is but a just concession to th e claims of humanity, to suppose that even those who have become drunkards had, while in the possession of a sobe r underRtanding, commiserated the cond ition of the miserable vi ctims of alcohol. But there was a fatal error a t the foundation of all the benevolent effo rts for reclaiming drunkards, which ent irely defeated the purpose. This error cons isted in the supposition, that intoxication was the cause of the wre tchednefls and ruin whirh follow the use of fermentf'll and spirituous |