{"id":9961,"date":"2014-08-21T10:14:42","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T17:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=9961"},"modified":"2019-11-11T12:53:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T20:53:42","slug":"advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Advocates of Vegetative Food organize an American Vegetarian Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_75 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"  class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #000000;color:#000000\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#%E2%80%9CVegetative%E2%80%9D\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\"  >&#8220;Vegetative&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#%E2%80%93_an_adjective_%E2%80%93_meaning_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\"  >&#8211; an adjective &#8211; meaning &#8211;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#%E2%80%9Crelating_to_vegetation_or_plant_life%E2%80%9D\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\"  >&#8220;relating to vegetation or plant life&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#_Here_we_share_for_the_first_time_on_the_Internet_an_1849_letter\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\"  >\u00a0Here we share, for the first time on the Internet, an 1849 letter.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#From_the_Reverend_William_Metcalfe_to_Joel_Shew\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\"  >From the Reverend William Metcalfe to Joel Shew.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#Writing_to_propose_that_there_be_an_American_Vegetarian_Society\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\"  >Writing to propose that there be an \u00a0American Vegetarian Society.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#The_original_of_the_letter_is_in_our_Ernest_Bell_Library\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\"  >The original of the letter is in our Ernest Bell Library.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#_And_now_Mr_Editor_may_I_be_permitted_to_ask_you_and_the_friends_of_this_cause_here_cannot_a_movement_of_this_nature_be_got_up_in_this_country_America_is_distinguished_throughout_the_civilized_world_for_the_noble_stand_she_first_made_against_intemperance_in_drinking_Shall_she_be_less_zealous_in_opposing_a_system_of_diet_as_detrimental_to_the_health_and_happiness_of_humanity_as_intoxicating_liquors_Could_not_preliminary_arrangements_be_made_and_circulars_subsequently_addressed_to_all_the_known_advocates_of_vegetative_food_throughout_the_length_and_breadth_of_the_land_inviting_them_to_assemble_in_convention_at_a_certain_time_and_place_agreed_on_and_then_and_there_organize_an_American_Vegetarian_Society\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\"  >~ And now, Mr. Editor, may I be permitted to ask you, and the friends of this cause here, cannot a movement of this nature be got up in this country? America is distinguished throughout the civilized world for the noble stand she first made against intemperance in drinking. Shall she be less zealous in opposing a system of diet, as detrimental to the health and happiness of humanity as intoxicating liquors? Could not preliminary arrangements be made, and circulars subsequently addressed to all the known advocates of vegetative food throughout the length and breadth of the land, inviting them to assemble in convention at a certain time and place agreed on, and then and there organize an\u00a0American Vegetarian Society?\u00a0<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#Why_not_make_an_associated_effort_to_set_this_%E2%80%9Cball_in_motion%E2%80%9D_I_have_conversed_with_some_of_my_friends_who_highly_approve_of_the_proposal_%E2%80%93_others_with_more_cautiousness_perhaps_than_I_possess_think_%E2%80%9Cthe_good_time_is_coming%E2%80%9D_but_is_not_yet_come_I_submit_the_matter_to_you_and_your_readers_willing_to_co-operate_in_any_order_that_may_work_for_the_elevation_of_man_from_the_bondage_of_an_unnatural_destructive_and_barbarous_custom\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\"  >Why not make an associated effort to set this &#8220;ball in motion?&#8221; I have conversed with some of my friends who highly approve of the proposal &#8211; others with more cautiousness, perhaps, than I possess, think &#8220;the good time is coming,&#8221; but is not yet come. I submit the matter to you and your readers, willing to co-operate in any order that may work for the elevation of man from the bondage of an unnatural, destructive and barbarous custom. ~<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#The_letter_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\"  >The letter &#8211;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#Transcribed_%E2%80%93\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\"  >Transcribed &#8211;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#Reverend_William_Metcalfes_proposal_fructified\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\"  >Reverend William Metcalfe&#8217;s proposal fructified.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#Here_is_our_article_about_the_inaugural_meeting_of\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\"  >Here is our\u00a0article about the inaugural meeting of<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#The_American_Vegetarian_Society_which_was_held_at\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\"  >The American Vegetarian Society which was held\u00a0at<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#Clinton_Hall_129_131_Nassau_St_New_York_City_NY\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\"  >Clinton\u00a0Hall,\u00a0129\u00a0&amp;\u00a0131\u00a0Nassau\u00a0St,\u00a0New\u00a0York\u00a0City,\u00a0NY,<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/#on_Wednesday_15th_Thursday_16th_May_1850\" class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\"  >on\u00a0Wednesday 15th &amp; Thursday 16th May 1850!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CVegetative%E2%80%9D\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8220;Vegetative&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%93_an_adjective_%E2%80%93_meaning_%E2%80%93\"><\/span>&#8211; an adjective &#8211; meaning &#8211;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9Crelating_to_vegetation_or_plant_life%E2%80%9D\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8220;relating to vegetation or plant life&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_Here_we_share_for_the_first_time_on_the_Internet_an_1849_letter\"><\/span>\u00a0Here we share, for the first time on the Internet, an 1849 letter.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">From the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bible_Christian_Church_(vegetarian)\" title=\"The Church's message was later preached in the United States, as about 40 members under the leadership of Reverends William Metcalfe and James Clark crossed the Atlantic in 1817 and formed the Philadelphia Bible Christian Church. These members subsequently provided a nucleus for the American vegetarian movement.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\">Reverend William Metcalfe<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~godfreyshewfamily\/index.htm?ssmain=p29.htm;\" title=\"On 15 May 1850 at Clinton Hall, 129 &amp; 131 Nassau St, New York City, NY, Dr Joel Shew was elected vice president. Along with Rev O.H. Wellington &amp; Russell T. Trall, Joel spoke on behalf of hydropathic physicians at the first Convention of the American Vegetarian Society, which they helped to found.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\">Joel Shew<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Writing_to_propose_that_there_be_an_American_Vegetarian_Society\"><\/span>Writing to propose that there be an \u00a0<em>American Vegetarian Society.<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">The original of the letter is in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/our-etymological-past\/\" title=\" \u201cI have little doubt that the proposal for the establishment of an Ernest Bell Library, which would specialize in humanitarian and progressive literature, and so form a sort of centre for students, will meet with a wide response.\u201d Henry S. Salt \u2013 writing in September 1934\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ernest Bell Library<\/a>.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"_And_now_Mr_Editor_may_I_be_permitted_to_ask_you_and_the_friends_of_this_cause_here_cannot_a_movement_of_this_nature_be_got_up_in_this_country_America_is_distinguished_throughout_the_civilized_world_for_the_noble_stand_she_first_made_against_intemperance_in_drinking_Shall_she_be_less_zealous_in_opposing_a_system_of_diet_as_detrimental_to_the_health_and_happiness_of_humanity_as_intoxicating_liquors_Could_not_preliminary_arrangements_be_made_and_circulars_subsequently_addressed_to_all_the_known_advocates_of_vegetative_food_throughout_the_length_and_breadth_of_the_land_inviting_them_to_assemble_in_convention_at_a_certain_time_and_place_agreed_on_and_then_and_there_organize_an_American_Vegetarian_Society\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">~ And now, Mr. Editor, may I be permitted to ask you, and the friends of this cause here, cannot a movement of this nature be got up in this country? America is distinguished throughout the civilized world for the noble stand she first made against intemperance in drinking. Shall she be less zealous in opposing a system of diet, as detrimental to the health and happiness of humanity as intoxicating liquors? Could not preliminary arrangements be made, and circulars subsequently addressed to all the known advocates of vegetative food throughout the length and breadth of the land, inviting them to assemble in convention at a certain time and place agreed on, and then and there organize an\u00a0<em>American Vegetarian Society?<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_not_make_an_associated_effort_to_set_this_%E2%80%9Cball_in_motion%E2%80%9D_I_have_conversed_with_some_of_my_friends_who_highly_approve_of_the_proposal_%E2%80%93_others_with_more_cautiousness_perhaps_than_I_possess_think_%E2%80%9Cthe_good_time_is_coming%E2%80%9D_but_is_not_yet_come_I_submit_the_matter_to_you_and_your_readers_willing_to_co-operate_in_any_order_that_may_work_for_the_elevation_of_man_from_the_bondage_of_an_unnatural_destructive_and_barbarous_custom\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Why not make an associated effort to set this &#8220;ball in motion?&#8221; I have conversed with some of my friends who highly approve of the proposal &#8211; others with more cautiousness, perhaps, than I possess, think &#8220;the good time is coming,&#8221; but is not yet come. I submit the matter to you and your readers, willing to co-operate in any order that may work for the elevation of man from the bondage of an unnatural, destructive and barbarous custom. ~<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>William Metcalfe was\u00a0a lacto-ovo vegetarian.<\/p>\n<p>Many of his friends &amp; connections\u00a0were vegans &#8211; from as early as 1815.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Dr. William Lambe &#8211; writing in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vegsource.com\/john-davis\/dr-william-lambe---father-of-vegan-nutrition-and-his-vegan-biographer.html\" title=\"Our understanding of vegan nutrition has come a long way in the last 200 years, but it had to start somewhere, and William Lambe (1765-1848), Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, was the first to be specific about it way back in 1809.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\">1815 <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>~ My reason for objecting to every species of matter to be used as <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>food, except the direct produce of the earth \u2013 as maybe seen in <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>my last publication &#8211; is founded\u00a0<\/strong><strong>on the broad ground<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>that no other matter is suited to the organs of man.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">This applies then with the same force to eggs, milk, cheese, and fish, as to flesh meat. ~<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_letter_%E2%80%93\"><\/span>The letter &#8211;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1849.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9962 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1849.jpg\" alt=\"1849\" width=\"550\" height=\"501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1849.jpg 577w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/1849-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Transcribed_%E2%80%93\"><\/span>Transcribed &#8211;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><em>To the Editor of the Water-Cure Journal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>DEAR DOCTOR,-<\/p>\n<p>With great pleasure I have read the introductory number of the Water-Cure Journal for 1849. The zeal and talent you display in favor of the various Reforms of our day &#8211; physical, moral and intellectual &#8211; are worthy of all commendation, and I trust will be rewarded by a corresponding addition to your subscription list. Your dietetic doctrine \u2013 proving that a purely vegetable regimen is more conducive to the physical and moral well-being of man than a flesh or mixed diet is doubtless correct. Anatomical testimony and physiological facts sustain your views; and the lights of Science reflect, if possible, a still greater confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>After much research, and carefully consulting the Bible, ancient traditionary records, comparative anatomy, physiology, chemistry, general history and private experience, I have long ago arrived at the full conviction, that the flesh of animals is not only unnecessary to the sustenance of man, but that its use, as food, is decidedly prejudicial to the health and moral well-being of all those who resort to it to satisfy their appetites. Accordingly, for the last <em>forty <\/em>years I have discontinued it as an article of diet, nor has it, during that period, been used by any member of my family, nor even introduced into my house. When I first adopted this dietetic course, many of my friends expressed their fears and their remonstrances on the subject, notwithstanding which I persevered, and soon became convinced of the superior adaptation of a diet derived exclusively from the vegetable kingdom, to secure greater health and a more intellectual enjoyment than I had ever experienced under an animal or mixed diet. The poetess has justly observed \u2013<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Fatal effects of luxury and ease!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We drink our poison, and we eat disease;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Indulge our senses at our reason&#8217;s cost,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Till sense is pain, and reason hurt or lost.&#8221; (1)<\/p>\n<p>In your excellent article on the Asiatic Cholera, addressed to the Editor of the <em>New York Tribune, <\/em>and republished in the first number of the Water-Cure Journal for 1849, you have been pleased to advert to the Society of <em>Bible-Christians <\/em>in Philadelphia, and also to insert an extract of a former letter of mine, corroborative of your views, in relation to the best mode of preventing the fatal effects of that much dreaded malady. I have no doubt, whatever, but that a purely vegetable diet, attention to cleanliness, bathing, clothing, &amp;c., would be a more effectual preventive than any other that could be adopted.<\/p>\n<p>The Bible-Christians of this country and in England continue to move onward in the propagation of their principles, and in the even tenor of their way. You are probably aware that in England the advocates of dietetic reform, some time ago, instituted an association, (somewhat after the manner of our American Temperance Societies,) under the appellation of <em>&#8220;The Vegetarian Society,&#8221; <\/em>which is creating quite an excitement throughout that country. Last summer its members held their first anniversary in Manchester, and had a banquet prepared in accordance with their dietetic principles, of which nearly 300 persons were partakers. Resolutions, expressive of the light in which they viewed this reformatory measure, and speeches demonstrative of its truth were delivered, which gave ample evidence that the affair was truly,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;A feast of reason and a flow of soul.&#8221; (2)<\/p>\n<p>More recently, a number of these Vegetarians residing in London have had a social Vegetarian Supper, in the large room of the Crown and Anchor, of which about 160 ladies and gentlemen of that mighty metropolis partook. After supper the evening was devoted to addresses in favor of the excellency of this <em>pri<\/em><em>m<\/em><em>itiv<\/em><em>e <\/em>mode of sustaining human life. The Association has a monthly periodical, ably conducted, called <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vegsource.com\/john-davis\/the-curious-affair-of-the-vegetarian-advocate-1848-50.html\" title=\"In September 1848 the pro-\u2018vegan\u2019journal previously known as The Truth Tester was renamed as The Vegetarian Advocate. The editor and publisher, William Horsell in London, was also the first Secretary of the one-year-old Vegetarian Society, but this was a privately published journal which reflected some uneasy compromises within the new society.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\">&#8220;The Vegetarian Advocate,&#8221; <\/a>(3)\u00a0<\/em>and everywhere throughout the kingdom there are indications of progression in Vegetarianism.<\/p>\n<p>And now, Mr. Editor, may I be permitted to ask you, and the friends of this cause here, cannot a movement of this nature be got up in this country? America is distinguished throughout the civilized world for the noble stand she first made against intemperance in drinking. Shall she be less zealous in opposing a system of diet, as detrimental to the health and happiness of humanity as intoxicating liquors? Could not preliminary arrangements be made, and circulars subsequently addressed to all the known advocates of vegetative food throughout the length and breadth of the land, inviting them to assemble in convention at a certain time and place agreed on, and then and there organize an <em>American Vegetarian Society?<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Why not make an associated effort to set this &#8220;ball in motion?&#8221; I have conversed with some of my friends who highly approve of the proposal &#8211; others with more cautiousness, perhaps, than I possess, think &#8220;the good time is coming,&#8221; but is not yet come. I submit the matter to you and your readers, willing to co-operate in any order that may work for the elevation of man from the bondage of an unnatural, destructive and barbarous custom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">WILLIAM METCALFE,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Kensington, Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reverend_William_Metcalfes_proposal_fructified\"><\/span>Reverend William Metcalfe&#8217;s proposal fructified.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/amvegsoc1850\/\" title=\"The leaders appear to have been Sylvester Graham, the bran-bread man, Dr. Alcott, who presided, Dr. Joel Shew and Rev Messrs Metcalf and Wellington. \"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here is our\u00a0article<\/a> about the inaugural meeting of<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_American_Vegetarian_Society_which_was_held_at\"><\/span>The American Vegetarian Society which was held\u00a0at<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Clinton_Hall_129_131_Nassau_St_New_York_City_NY\"><\/span>Clinton\u00a0Hall,\u00a0129\u00a0&amp;\u00a0131\u00a0Nassau\u00a0St,\u00a0New\u00a0York\u00a0City,\u00a0NY,<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"on_Wednesday_15th_Thursday_16th_May_1850\"><\/span>on\u00a0Wednesday 15th &amp; Thursday 16th May 1850!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(1)<\/strong>\u00a0Mary Chandler- <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mary_Chandler\" title=\"Mary Chandler (1687\u20131745) was an English poet.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\">Wiki<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TEMPERANCE<\/strong>, by MARY CHANDLER<\/p>\n<p>Fatal effects of luxury and ease!<\/p>\n<p>We drink our poison and we eat disease;<\/p>\n<p>Indulge our senses at our reason&#8217;s cost,<\/p>\n<p>Till sense is pain, and reason hurt or lost.<\/p>\n<p>Not so, O Temperance bland! when rul&#8217;d by thee,<\/p>\n<p>The brute&#8217;s obedient, and the man is free.<\/p>\n<p>Soft are his slumbers, balmy is his rest,<\/p>\n<p>His veins not boiling from the midnight feast.<\/p>\n<p>Touch&#8217;d by Aurora&#8217;s rosy hand, he wakes<\/p>\n<p>Peaceful and calm, and with the world partakes<\/p>\n<p>The joyful dawnings of returning day,<\/p>\n<p>For which their grateful thanks the whole creation pay; &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>All but the human brute: &#8217;tis he alone,<\/p>\n<p>Whose works of darkness fly the rising sun.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Tis to thy rules, O Temperance! that we owe<\/p>\n<p>All pleasures, which from health and strength can flow;<\/p>\n<p>Vigour of body, purity of mind,<\/p>\n<p>Unclouded reason, sentiments refin&#8217;d,<\/p>\n<p>Unmixt, untainted joys without remorse,<\/p>\n<p>The intemperate sinner&#8217;s never failing curse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(2)<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;A feast of reason and a flow of soul.&#8221; &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/research\/collection_online\/collection_object_details\/collection_image_gallery.aspx?assetId=141522&amp;objectId=1634404&amp;partId=1\" title=\"&quot;The feast of reason, &amp; the flow of soul,&quot;-i.e.-the wits of the age, setting the table in a roar.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\">click here for the source of the saying<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(3)<\/strong> The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vegsource.com\/john-davis\/the-curious-affair-of-the-vegetarian-advocate-1848-50.html\" title=\"a very good and nutritious diet may be obtained from them [vegetables] without animal substance of any kind, or of eggs, milk and butter.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\">Vegetarian Advocate<\/a> was a vegan publication of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/london-vegans-meeting-in-1856-elizabeth-and-william-horsell-plus-many-of-their-friends\/\" title=\"~ \u2026.it was not enough that one should give up the use of flesh, one should become a whole, and not a half person, and give up the use of tea, coffee, cheese, eggs, and milk. ~\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elizabeth &amp; William Horsell<\/a>. Much more in this 7.6MB\u00a0<a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Documents%20and%20Settings\/DELL\/Desktop\/Vegan_History.pdf\" title=\"World Veganism \u2013 past, present, and future By John Davis, former IVU Manager and Historian A collection of blogs \u00a9 John Davis 2010-12\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">.pdf file<\/a> from John Davis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(4)<\/strong>\u00a0Click\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/asenath-nicholson-vegan-in-the-1830s-missionary-philanthropist-and-traveler\/\" title=\"It surprises many people when they first find out that there were vegans in London, England from as early as about 1800. &amp; in New York &amp; Boston in the US in the 1830s.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here for an article<\/a> on New York vegans in the 1830s &amp; 1840s.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/metcalfe.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9994 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/metcalfe.jpg\" alt=\"metcalfe\" width=\"456\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/metcalfe.jpg 456w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/metcalfe-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0(5)<\/strong>\u00a0Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ivu.org\/history\/williams\/metcalfe.html\" title=\"He corresponded with Drs. Graham, Alcott, and others; and finally an American Vegetarian Convention assembled in New York, May 15, 1850. \"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\">here for an article here<\/a>\u00a0going more deeply into the life of \u00a0the\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Rev. William Metcalfe<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/joel_shew.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9995 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/joel_shew.jpg\" alt=\"joel_shew\" width=\"550\" height=\"626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/joel_shew.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/joel_shew-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #141823;\"><strong>(6)<\/strong>\u00a0Click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com\/~godfreyshewfamily\/index.htm?ssmain=p29.htm;\" title=\"Joel Shew, early advocate of hydrotherapy, was born November 13, 1816 in Providence, Saratoga County, New York.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer external nofollow\">here for an article<\/a>\u00a0going\u00a0more\u00a0deeply\u00a0into\u00a0the\u00a0life\u00a0of \u00a0<strong>Joel Shew.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"yiv7974342342yui_3_7_2_39_1370002123407_128 yiv7974342342yui_3_16_0_1_1404189294970_43287 yui_3_16_0_1_1404197066650_16036\" style=\"color: #000000; text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv7974342342yui_3_7_2_34_1369964552938_39\" class=\"yiv7974342342yui_3_7_2_39_1370002123407_129 yiv7974342342yui_3_16_0_1_1404189294970_43288 yui_3_16_0_1_1404197066650_16037\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><span id=\"yiv7974342342yui_3_7_2_34_1369964552938_99\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv7974342342yui_3_7_2_34_1369964552938_39\" class=\"yiv7974342342yui_3_7_2_39_1370002123407_131 yiv7974342342yui_3_16_0_1_1404189294970_43290 yui_3_16_0_1_1404197066650_16039\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/remembering-vegetarian-pioneers-henry-s-salt-ernest-bell\/\" style=\"color: #0000cc;\" title=\"&quot;I have little doubt that the proposal for the establishment of an Ernest Bell Library, which would specialize in humanitarian and progressive literature, and so form a sort of centre for students, will meet with a wide response.&quot; - Henry S. Salt\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Ernest Bell Library\u2019s<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0primary objectives are to: &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Collect all of Ernest Bell\u2019s book &amp; non-book works and make them easily accessible to everyone.<\/li>\n<li>Collect the literature of vegetarianism and all the other humanitarian movements in which Ernest Bell was so deeply involved.<\/li>\n<li>Assist students and scholars in their research.<\/li>\n<li>Introduce all aspects of Ernest Bell\u2019s life, including his writings, campaign work, influences and his circle of friends.<\/li>\n<li>Undertake our own research into missing aspects of Ernest Bell\u2019s life and work.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We already have more than 300 pieces of Ernest Bell\u2019s own writings.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We are also actively building a collection of examples of promotional material, campaign material, fundraising &amp; marketing activities etc. \u2013 related to: &#8211;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li>veg(etari)an products.<\/li>\n<li>veg(etari)an books &amp; other publications.<\/li>\n<li>veg(etari)an\u00a0organisations.<\/li>\n<li>veg(etari)an businesses.<\/li>\n<li>animal rights organisations.<\/li>\n<li>animal rights publications.<\/li>\n<li>humanitarian organisations.<\/li>\n<li>humanitarian publications.<\/li>\n<li>rambling clubs run by members of the above groups &amp; related publications.<\/li>\n<li>the work of Richard St. Barbe Baker &amp; the \u2018Men of the Trees\u2019 organization &amp; its many sub-branches.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>There are currently more than 2,000 items in the Ernest Bell Library.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yiv7974342342yui_3_7_2_34_1369964552938_39\" class=\"yiv7974342342yui_3_7_2_39_1370002123407_135 yiv7974342342yui_3_16_0_1_1404189294970_43294 yui_3_16_0_1_1404197066650_16043\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong style=\"color: #008000;\">&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If anyone would like more information, please send an email to:\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">humanitarianleague<\/span>\u00a0(at)\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">outlook<\/span>\u00a0(dot)\u00a0<span style=\"color: #800080;\">com\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8211; or message me through\u00a0HappyCow\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/JohnnySensible\/\" style=\"color: #0000cc;\" title=\"Working to promote vegan businesses since 1978. Henry S. Salt Archive - researcher &amp; fundraiser. The Humanitarian League - researcher &amp; fundraiser. The Ernest Bell Library - archive manager. Collecting &amp; republishing historical material of vegetarianism and other humanitarian movements.\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/author\/JohnnySensible\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Vegetative&#8221; &#8211; an adjective &#8211; meaning &#8211; &#8220;relating to vegetation or plant life&#8221; \u00a0Here we share, for the first time on the Internet, an 1849 letter. From the Reverend William Metcalfe to Joel Shew. Writing to propose that there be an \u00a0American Vegetarian Society. The original of the letter is in our Ernest Bell Library. ~ And now, Mr. Editor, may I be permitted to ask you, and the friends of this cause here, cannot a movement of this nature be got up in this country? America is distinguished throughout the civilized world for the noble stand she first made against intemperance in drinking. Shall she be less zealous in opposing a system of diet, as detrimental to the health and happiness of humanity as intoxicating liquors? Could not preliminary arrangements be made, and circulars subsequently addressed to all the known advocates of vegetative food throughout the length and breadth of the land, inviting them to assemble in convention at a certain time and place agreed on, and then and there organize an\u00a0American Vegetarian Society?\u00a0 Why not make an associated effort to set this &#8220;ball in motion?&#8221; I have conversed with some of my friends who highly approve of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9728,"featured_media":10018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2274,2275],"tags":[1229,1734,1152,1262,1736,1732,1735,1144,1733],"class_list":["post-9961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vegan-history","category-vegetarian-history","tag-american-vegetarian-society","tag-dr-william-lambe","tag-ernest-bell-library","tag-joel-shew","tag-mary-chandler","tag-reverend-william-metcalfe","tag-the-vegetarian-advocate","tag-william-horsell","tag-william-metcalfe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Advocates of Vegetative Food organize an American Vegetarian Society - HappyCow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/advocates-of-vegetative-food-organize-an-american-vegetarian-society\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Advocates of Vegetative Food organize an American Vegetarian Society - HappyCow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8220;Vegetative&#8221; &#8211; an adjective &#8211; meaning &#8211; &#8220;relating to vegetation or plant life&#8221; \u00a0Here we share, for the first time on the Internet, an 1849 letter. 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