Correspondence

Ann Arbor, Mich., December 19, 1881 . Editok Coürier :- On Sumlay last, we, in company with a numberof our citlzens, took conveyance for Ypsilanti witli the avowed ntention of bcing present at the opening temperance meeting, at least, ol the series to be inaugurated thatafternoon, and to be addressed byour former fellow citizen, K. E. Frazer. We arrived in Ypsilanti (at Light Guárd Hall) at 3 o'clock precisely, and in a few moments were comfortably se.ited among a large and deeply interested audience. The hour for the meeting having arrived, it was immediately opened In the customary marnier (by songs of praise, prayers, andjreadingof the scriptures) after which the presiding offlcer introduced the Hon. R. E. Frazer, of Cheboygan, as Ypsilanti's old and beloved friend. Mr. Frazer came to the front directly and made a few explanalory roniarks respecting the proposed series of eight meetings, the (as it seemed) iinpropitious time for holding them on account of the holtday festivilies DOW detnanding the attention of the father, the faniily, and the household. As be claimed, if this is the important and carnestly desired reform that we claim it is, what more approprlate or befitting time could be set apart for its (lvancement. He hoped and expeeted that the citizens of Ypsilanti would, by their )resence and assistance at these meetings mke them the cause of doing Ypsilanti nd the Stat n inestimable amount of ood. He then took up the question of the liquor trafflc, as he would a case before a court and jury of bis couutrymen, made the very many charges against the same (that all know to be true) and challenged any one to arise and deny one of them; and Uien, witli the undcrslanding that they were undeniable, he adcèd ior those interested in the liquor trafflc (witli all their boasted wealth)to engage sonie clergyman, some legal gentleman, or some eminent scholar who wouhl coine forward and delend their rlghts (?) and show the people tfie good the liuor tnijflc was doing the country, and the reason why itshotiUl lic He claimed this could not be done successfully, as the open saloon did not benefit the public in any way, ai'd not a partiële of goud could come therefrom. It was bad; its tendencies were bad; and every thing in connection therewith wasa.a festering sore 011 tlie name of our nation, our slate, our country, our city, our village, and oiircüiZfllS. The speaker quoted trom tlie editorials ancl articles in tlieUetroit l'ostand Tribune, and other Detroit papers, on the violation of the Sunday liquor law, and their deinand for its strict enforecmeut and taking these as calm views of the situation by editora of the political organgof the State of Michigan he compared them willi wliat the socalled "temperance fanatics" were talking tothe people evervu here, and drew the conclusión that the Post and Tribune had taken au ad vaneed and correct view ol that matter He wondered, if theeffectof Sundiiy liquor was so damning, wliat must be the resultof that which issold on all olher days of the week. He proposed to stand by and support, with what means lay in his power, these or any other papers that voluntarily came out and took a brave and correct stand for the cause of God and justice, man and the right. He closed bil afternoon address with a touching and eloquent enlogy on the deatli of our old friend and co-laborer, Dan. Frazier, of Ypsilanti. In the erenlng, of the same day, notwithstanding the fact that the meeting TM called at 7 o'clock, bcfore the appointed hour Lizht Guard Hall was well Ulied, and before the address cominenced, extra seats, of necessity, were brought in to accommodate the large andicnce. Mr. Frazcr took for his subject, the duty of an American citizen to see that all the laws are enforced. If his afternoon speech was excellent, what can we say for this one, delivered in the evenlng. Many were the words of praise it broiight forth. Such sentences as these were frequently heard. "The most maslerly effort.ol'his lifc;" "used more lojflc, good common MBM and solid argument than any man we ever beard speak upon this subject from the phitfonn," "he beats them all, f rom home orabroad." etc. Froni the grand opening of these meetings we have no hcMtalion in pMdtoting great good as the outcorneof liia work In our sister city of Ypsilanti. Yours respectfully.