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VOL. XIX.
Id-. l‘aifliaA.KOJ HUNIwR
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Or*a >f the Situs <;f reuiperauce
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Stale Oo'nveation of Ueon'ia:
POBUSIIKL) WEEK IY,
By Beiij in in ES:"ii!l!y.
Terms—On - Dollar a yin :id-
Viincu; §1 50, if paid within six nivulis : 1
and SO 00 at tiie end of the year. No sub- :
scrip lion taken for less than a ye: r.
Loiters must be i’osl paid, to rjveive al
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“suns Os ‘I’EMFEitANCE.
4*lmSs{! <>!’ lU<‘ Son* of Teiiii>e
r'isi*-—’L without reserve, solemnly jileiloe
my honor as a man that 1 \v ill non her make ,buy,
es-11 nor use, os a beverage , any .spiriluouk or
Malt Liquors, Wine or Cider.
(tffie.ers of ttSs’, Isr;ti>.l eivissss.
E. H. Mvens, G. U'. T. Macon,
li. HItANTLV. (L. V'. A. I'elltield.
W, ti. iVILUFosn. S. Scribe, Maeon.
K. C. Guanniss, G. Trims. .Maeon.
!). I*. Jones, G: Chap. I'almeito.
Wm. Woods. G. Com Madison.
‘P.S.vj lluiouu ■ i;tu,G Sent. Liberty Hill
Worlds Teinperdiica Oonvaution
-1 lie W orld’s Temperance Cotiven.
lion in- t at Metropolitan Hull at 10
o’clock on Tuesday morning-. Nearly
1-.50U persons were present, ol whtnn a
very small proportion were women. —
There were many of the clergy pres
cut. Tneir proceedings were exciting
and, at limbs, angry, while discussing
the admission ol delegate.
Morning Session.
Tlic Convention was temporarily or
gmized by the election ot Gen. S. F.
Cary', of O in, to the Ciair. Subse
tjuently, R* v. Mr. Patton, of New
y mu, and Gfcn. Duffielu, of Reunsvl
vania. were elei ted Secretaries.
Mr. Jacks m, of Penn , Chuiniyun of
the Committee tor Perm merit Ofguni
Nation, reported the follow iog ttamos as
tin* choice ol the Committee for perma
nent o I fleet's of the C invention :
Nil U.POvV, President.
Vice-Vresidetitu
John Cassel, England.
./.isepli Carpenter, *V I.
1 ;y HI ill It -eelier, Mass.
H üben 11. Whilworth, N1 Y“.
I'jdmu id 8. James, N. .1.
Thomas Wat-on, Penn.
Samuel P. t ary, t) no.
Christian Keener, Aid.
Geo. Savage, Dist. Columbia.’
./ohii 11. Cocke, Virginia.
John N. Tlibmas, 8. Carolina.
Isaac Paul, l’eiin.
II. C. Jachdis, Midi.
8 ituuel 11. Hastings, AYis,
,/ohll Dttgald, Canada.
Edward VI. Harris, N. I!
Geo. Jeffrey, Scotland.
It. 11. Powell, Aiaham i.
C. C. Latlit'bp, Louisaua.
A. Paulson, Delaware.
E.H. Parry, Indiana.
Secretaries.
Dr. Win. Patton, N. V
It. M. Faust, Pena.
George Driffield, Peart.
Clement Webster, R. I.
l)r. Leeds, England.
John C. Beckett, Canada.
Treasurer. —Selnueman IlaLtead, N. Y.
Business Committee. —l. Belton O’ Neal,
. C., Joint Marsh. N. V., Ulyses Ward,
i). C.; E. W. Jaekson, Penn, j A. C. Bar
stow, R. I.; Edmund Beecher, Mass.; —
l Aaac Tillou, Tenn. ; Wadsworth, Ohio ;
Willi mis, Alabama.
The President, on taking the cltiir,
said Utat he woulJ verv gladly r.aVe
avoided the responsibility of me post,
tion, tftoCgfi he did not fV-el at libeity
to decline the honor which had been
tendered him. They ha t met hero in
this comnercial metropolis of the Wes
tern Continent to take e mus-l as re
gards the best means to e a 1 ipted to
carry out the principles of ill ’ cause
in which they had so long anJ harmo
niously been engag’ and. i here were
many excellent an t intelligent m m u lio
are not prepared to go with them in tue
mdCin.ent for protection from the terri
ble results of the traffic in intoxicating
drinks.
‘li.r question of the suppression of
the rum’ traffic “'as tie: most important
that could corny before the world, but
they were surprised and grieved that
great and good men were uot more dis
poser! to enter into the vvotk with a
their power and might. It vvas impor
tant for tire welfare of mankind t.ovv is
weK as foi the happiness of mankind to
come. But such was the experience
of all great principles, as the mass of
the wo r ld was not prepared to hear
them when they were tirsi announced.
The speaker illustrated his point by re
ferring to thr* position occupied bv De
witt Clinton when be conceived the gt
I gantic project of Uniting the waters of
! the great lakes and the Hudson. His
ideas were scout'd at, but now m one
accord recognized his greatness. Such
was the condition ot the cause in which
they were engaged, and though now
many did not admit its importance, yet
the time was not far distant -v lieu lit -y
would gladly do so, If they could ac
complisli the extermination of the traf
fic, they would open the way for the
extermination of other evil- the more
easily and .successfully. At the con
elusion of the I’residetit’s remarks, lie
was loudly cheered.
Evening .'Session.
At 7A- o’clock List evening, the Con
vention re-assembled at Met ropolitan
Mali. The audience iiuml- u and about
3,5i!0, of whom a considerable number
were ladies.
The President, Neal Dow, on taking
i.is seat, was warmly applauded. Tile
proceedings were commenced by a
prayer from I'.’ v. Mr. Hunt, ot Penn
sylvania In Ins prayer he asked Ibr
the Divine presence and guidance in
the proceedings of the evening, and also
on the deltbeiutions of the Convention.
Tin* Presiden, (lieu introduced to the
audience AL'. RnL.s Liark-*, ol i> i.stott.
lie said ;
Mv Lieu is, ! congratulate )>u on
tile happy .i'sp.ucs under winch this
great Worth's lYinpel'uiicu Convention
liTve assemtiled h -ie in the Great .Me
tropolis of the New World—this great
Heart of the Nation. We cannot walk
through the streets without feeling the
electric pulses of its enterprise. When
1 look ul the Crystal Palace, the noble
residence, the stately shipping, the
churches, and the thronged streets', all
remind me that 1 am in the center ot a
mighty couime.cial universe.
Your commercial interests extend
over the whole world ; and steamers
and telegraphs entvey your thoughts
and impulses to the extreme putts ol
the globe. Tile nations throng hero,
a., though tiie oceans were bridged
over; yotj may hear the ti'uinpof Hum
sands and lens of thousands ot emigrants
who are hastening to your shores. —
Why the vviiole City is a V> orld’s Con
vention nf enterprise, art and til luslry.
But in tiie midst t;( your fair Guy
: there is one deadly Haiti a vv liiclt duk
eusyour blight skies wttii black liiou
del clouds, irom'v’lißjf? ooilentous light
niugs iiicessaiiily dash. Amid your
refined, gay, luxurious society, are
heard the piercing cry of the urui.k
ard’s wife and her lirsiitule children.—
Beside your palaces uni noble institu
tions, loom up alms-houses, insane asy
lums, prisons and me gallows. Way
not show me same zeal and energy m
reform.
Why it’d take the mighty m e, and
let it turn tiie wheels ot the great tem
perance reformation. l'lt-re may he
counter-currents and eddies, hot these
always use vviilt the svvt’lii ig tile.—
Great refoitnat tun, in lin-it n-.. , prog,
ress and success, follow cerium law -,
I’he advoc ites ot lempet a ten h iv - It a 1
two extremes to c > ileu 1 aga list ; lit;
olltei is ultra coils- i vaii.vo. These are
always (bum; to alieud great reforms;
yet both, in some sense, may boot serv
ice to the cause.
Geu. S. F, Cary, of Ohio, was next
introduced to the audience, and he ad
dressed them m a brief and excellent
speech.
llev. Dr. Patton, of New Yoik,
, spoke next. Ile c mtmenced by teilmg
‘the audience that he came thereto use
‘a little “moiat suu-iuti. ’ Just put
vour hand into your pockets, puil out
a bill, and put it into me plate, when
i the collector conies around. The pur
pose to vvhich the money would he ap
plied, is to circulate the truths that
have u £, eu spoken and sting this eve
uifii'. life hud a treat to; them us soon
u- met had pul I up t l 'dir installments ;
hut until they dt i so, lie s utlld ii H
gratify thetri, on tiie principlo of “No
s mg, no supper. ’ tie was a very
modest; ano lie told them Lie small su u
ho wanted tit in to give was only •'s>-31J. >
above what we have. [ Laughter. I
Geritleim-n cm give u dollar ; n hi,
been customary tor ladies to b i let uli
nt lia-l price; but lie ’.nought this m-.ic
they Would liave to give ; .i l. [L ru c h.
ter}
[Here the Ii upht man cam? upon
the stage, and disposed his wares w.th
hi- usaal taste ; in ioit g whtcii, lie
excited const it.ruhie m'-nmetil umo-tg
tiie audience.]
.Mr, Joint Cassell, of England, was
then introduced t.r .lie audience by tue
President- lie was i.i >st warmly re
eeived, and began by staling ins sur.
prise at tiie enthusiasm which tie wit
nessed among the friends of 1 emper
ance in America, lie then proceede I
; to state the condition of the Abstinence ‘
movement in Eugiar. t. Uls disco im.
consist* and mainly ot Ins pracuc-ii < xpe
rieuce in life. Ills case was pretty
much the same as the generality of the
class from whic ihe -piu.g Wuhan
intemperate father, draining the family
purse for the gra’.ifi-M ion of hi< intern
cerateappente.it was n p < *rv *hat he
PEN FI ELD, GA. OCTOBER i, 1853.
shouiJ he placed in a position, though
hut a boy of nine years, to aid in tit--
family suppoit. He then narrated iris
expei teuc t as an appreiitico and a
journeyman.
Unlike many of his fellows, he was
n fiective ; and though given to tiie usu
of strong drink, still, vviien in a fortu
nate hour ids attention was called to the
Temperance movement, lie became a
memh ~of one of us societies. Since
tliut lime, so ii” eighteen years ago, !|e
lias been steadily advancing in tire
vvovlii, and to day he sta..,Js at tlto head ;
ol one of the largest printing and pub
lisiiiug estublishuiciiia hi the Briiish
Ale!ropolis. Tnis p.iMtion lie lias at-I
tamed, aided by no other friends titan
sell-denial, indus rv uuj mli grity.—
He and -tail -i the m -cries iutltcteJ on
tlie slave of ii.toxicating beverages in
England. Tiie picture was a most’
painlul one—ilm wives starved and de--
graded, mi l so brutally bruised and out
rag -I, tiiat lately a special parliammi-.
tiirv enactment fur their protection was
rouh ivd imperative!v n-c -ssary.
II -d ploted the negative position of
the English cler.'i v on the Temperunc ■
ijnesU in, and hop-d Lie daV won 11 not.
ne t, .1 i-ist.nt when they would lend
their powerful ai l in support of a cau>e
which would so powuilully second
tlieir t llorts lonite regeneration oftlieir 1
race. lie concluded bv hoping that
the day was not lur distant when Amer
ica and England would both have their
Maine Law.
H regretted iiis inability t> express
him ell acceptably to tin Atmricai! an- |
dienee, hut lie hoped tiie next time he
addressed Idem he should be able to
apeak to them in a manner satisfactory
to bims :l. H.., was heartily ciieered,
during the delivery ol his address, and
set down u.n.d a furor of applause.
Bec-oNt* Day—Morning Session
* in delegates to the Convention re- !
assent.i ei. no Wednesday morning at (
M etr lipol it an 11-tli. The number in
alien lance was greater than that of
1 m e lay last, the increus , being occa
sioned by the arrival of delem.lns from
I • 0
societies at a distance.
l’lte C invention was called to order
b.V Pre.si lon Hon. Neal Dow-, of Maine,
■ after vv liiou Rev. Mr. Cuvier, of New
Jeisey, ii liessvd the tlirone of grace.
O “ j
A r reh noon Session .
ihe Committee of A ri-aiigernents ol
tue World s [’einperance Convention
tiaving invited the children of the vari.
rims Sahb-ath Suhools in the city to at-’
ten-1 at Al “ropolitan Hall, at !l o’clock
yesterday atu-ruom, to listen to nil
d res ms fro m some of the leaders of the
l eiiijx-i atice Cause, upwards ol two
thousmd p-o-s ms, ptiucipally young :
people and-children, vveru assembled in
that ediftc ‘, piVsentii'g a most citot'l fnl
and pie is-ng sipi'ct icle.
Ih ■ v- i lions banners ar.'’ eml/lem .
w.-i -- anangi'd at Lie hack of the pl.il
fhrm, t lie main pu;t of which vvss fully
- pi'-d hv frieii I, of the C mse.
i,'o 1 word) s Band was in aitenlaue -
tmd played several popular ufrs, and
some of ill - songs mi l music prepared
lu’ “ A , Id's tYii’perauo ; (J niveu.
ti-m—the words being sung'bv the as-:
seoiulcd eniidren.
J he exercise:; were commenced bv
the cuildreii singing tiie hymn,
“U’lin paints thu rose?”
L-‘V. Iv. lieecher, i)l Boston, ollered
an oppropriale prayer.
A song follow and, sung by the cbil- !
dreu •
“J rom bold \i igara fountains.-’
H nt. A. I Bii s ow, late Mayor of
Providence, If. 1., then came forward,’
and mad-,’ a !>vv remuiks to the chil
dren, exit irfing them to abstain cum
pletely Iron touching, smelling, or last
it:.', nit'.v.ica'ing liquor; Ibr Ui* ; sake
of their temporal as well a their spirit
ual welfare.
.Sing by the children :
“Soul.- to . v todi-ink from die foamy brink ”
[ Air—" Lilly Dale.”
-Mi . Christian K letter then addressed
lie- mm ting, relating several anecdotes
indic t ive ot the influence possessed by
lildren and y .utli when exerted in
tin-great and holy cause of Temper
mice. •‘‘Gug as before :
*■ I'm; noble Law of Maine.”
After vviiiob the author was inlro.
and need, in lit ■ p- fsott of Hon. Neal Diw.
IT was received with loud and lorn*
continued applause. Thanking the
children for their reception, he pm it
to Li” vote, among rime i laughter and
cheering, whether any chil Iren w,ut
ted grogshops nr intemperate fathers a
ij'ii- ■ tmt which we need scarce'y say, -
was uiianim )osly carried in the nega- i
live by slri.v of hands.
The Ciiairman announced the nro
po.sed livening .Session, und Rev. 8.
Alartindale, of New York, delivered a
benedctiori, which concluded the after
noon exercises
Evening 5... g
Tits CiiiviaiO'l was caned to Ordei J
utVj o’clock by ;,ie President, tiie iuil
being quite fi led with people. After *
piayei’ by Rev- Mr. Gregg, thu Presi
i dent introduced to the audience Dr.
Lee, of England, delegate of the Brit
ish Temperance Association, one of the
oldest in the world, who spoke in sub
stance as follows ■
1 do not know that 1 nave anything
speaeial to ad Irnss |j you upon the
present occasion ; but as a representa
tive of tit” oldest Teetotal Association
in the world, 1 will endeavor to convey
to you, however feebly, yet most sin
cerely* tho feelings of sympathy and
respect entertained by British teetotal
lets toward their American friends
[Appluus )
Then vvo were pivpired to d> battle
on the £ found if science, and ! assure
you lit re is a mighty difF reuoe tie-
I ween the two countries in the progress
ol the advocacy -d the cause upon this
ground. America’s young heart beats
m >fe quickly in response to soei and and
political reformation-—springs forth
more readily than ours. Plus is your
glory ; see you abuse u not. AVe have ‘
to do battle step by step, combatting in
turn with medical, chemical, political
and religious principles. Neverthe
less we wont upon the broad ba-is of
philosophy und criticism, e.u I main
tained that Gad, speaking through
mauilold modes, must be in harmony
with his works, und there mu 4 be one
truth on the question. Men answered
our total abstinence doc Line bv saying
Lint What God had provided for our use
was good. We replied—nature knows
nothing of ulcoled ; she rots thu grape
tip mi the vino, hut wine is the result of
art —a perversion of the good thing
which God produces.
Then came the physiologists who as
serted that certain states of the human
constitution made it necessary to lake
a small quunliiv habitually of intoxica
ting liquors. AVe answered—God made
man in the beginning perfect in Para
dise, but provided no alcoholic drinks
there. Natuie hid omitted to spread
out in her bountiful repast of everything
necessary to life and health anything
that c mid intoxicate. [Applause.]
Shortly afterward cam-- Lie discovery
of the German chemists, and then,
based upon the pillars of science, the
teetotal temple rose up lit glory, firm
us the pillars of the uuiveise itself ; for
nothing was more certain than the
truths of organic chemistry, not even
malheui ilies, and (lie truths cf organic
chemistry, accorded with the temper
ance doctrines upon this question. Tne
German chemists discovered I But the
food of man on-Lied of two kin Is—one 1
for fne!,'urd ‘.lte otlr r Ibr a nourish
ment, or the formation of the various
parts of the I'liot ui structure. The oil,
fa , starch and gum were the fuel cast
into the living furnice to be burnt up,
and t nit with,.-it | inducing fever or iii
toxioation. AVliatelse was wanted ?
i it.if vvlticb wo.dd make blood, and
from blood, I, me, tn-t ve, tissue und
brain—the instrument with which we
think and Del. Only three idem tils
wore diseoveied, viz! Albumen, cas
sine and libfine —none ol then: ini ixi
eating—all beautiful, bland und blessed
as Water it-elf, neither poisoning, nor
inll tilling, n>\ intoxicating any organ.
[ A .piau-e j And vvh.it, upon analy
sis, were Lie elements of gum and
starch? Oxygen and hydrogen, tin
very elements that cons.iiute pure,
wholesome water. | Great applause. ]
Then it was said to us.” “Yoi re
ject the good creatures of G id.’’ D *
we ? Bu ter writ melt in our mouths
as well a , yours 8 tgar willswcel.it
our puddings as well as yours. As
your own Pi-rpoint has siil, “God
give* the stigur, and men c invert ii
into murderous rum.” Ile gives bn-u J,
and men convert a into iutoxica.ing
drinks ibo result of art, not ot nature.
Physiology taught us that there was no
agent !ii the whole materia mcdictt
which, introduced quantity for quanti
ty into the living body, su sud lenlv,
powerfully and cmtiuually depress of
the vital elteigies .is alcohol. Tills Is
the reason why alcohol is associated al
ways with disturbed temperature and
unevenness ol mind, so that it lias be
come a by-word when any dark trans
action is lieurd of it is usually ucco.u
p.tuied with drink, and excused only on
that giomi J. Strange declaration !
AfV-T gif “oig al tne various exam
pies of Temperance in Holy Writ Him’
also hi profane Ins’o y, the speaker c hi
eluded with an exhortation to America
i-> g,, on with the glorious work, for to ;
them we: the people of England lo ik
ing for the future steps lit the. cause.—
Finish the noble work you nave so n--
bly begun, at and you shall become the
glory of tne world and the wonder of
all ages, f Great up]ilause. ]
The audience were here entertained
by a song from Mr. Oakley, alter which}
a collect! Ml was ‘asell up to ielray the
ex |i .use of the had, printing, <sic.
8 jute years since, the sermons de j
liver-"! fro n H” pulpit, and oub isbed,
were tno -a ■von 1 neology, 11 - const ! ■
ere.j that i ‘malic Tm ology wis Vt-rv
good, and he dt I uot at a.I slight it,
but yet Theology was not the wnole of
Christianity, end -o up p.-uI-iiciFjii^
and practical charily ought to be h,en
ded with i;. The first Temperance
sermon be evor heard of being preach
ed was by an old New England Di
vine on tne occasion of one of his flock
being frozen lo death in the snow, und
when found stark and cold, had a rum
jug grasped in his frozen fiugets. ‘Fite
authors of the present day. as welt as
the newspaper press, were beginning
to recognize the brotherhood of man,
and this was the cause why tins son ol
literature made such an impression on
the people. He advocated u prohibit.!,
rv law, as it was necessary to restrain
two classes, those vvliose appetites w ere
so vitiated us n A to be able to romst
drinking, und those who were so uv uri-
Clous as tliut they woulJ sell. Jlr.
Walcott went on to advocate the cause
in a plettdi I speech.
Tue speaker was freq'uently inter
rupted by loud cheering
I lio meeting then adjourned until
next morning at 10 o’clock.
CuiUinuetl Lxeitement — liigl.ts of 1> U
gules.
n AD mining Session.
r he exoiiing proceeding., which had
characterized the deliberations of th -
Convention of Tuntday und A\ c lues
day iiio’’imigs, .vere again rein wed llim
miruing, but tho gag law prevailed,
an I the l ights of Delegates were pre
set i bed. None but delegates went ad
mitted mi the floor of the Hall, but the
first gallery was crowded with specla- f
tors.
On motion, the regular business of,
the Convention was suspended to take
up u resolution to be inlioduced bv
Gen. Sam. F. Cary, of Onio. As Gen. j
Cary was about to rcu I bis resolution
a Mr. I lemming from .AT., uskedsome
questions relative lo the admissibility
ot delegates to purticipatoin the di-lib |
erattons without their credentials be-,
ingacknowieJged ly the Comihitiec or
the meeting.
He was ordered to take his seal.
Gen. Cary then introduced the I'd
lowing resolutions
Resolved, That inasmuch us this Conven
tion has been interrupted la its proceedings I
by a faction of dirtorgauizars assembled in |
New York City for this purpose, and whose ■
design is to involve the cause of temper- .
ance, woi'M-wi le in its popularity, with
tm-h peculiar notions on topics not cornice- j
led with the Temperance reform, It become
a duty We owe to ou"selves ami the world,
to avow distinctly'Unit our great and only ‘
purpose is to prohibit the in mu fact me ami
traffic of Intoxicating liquors as a beverage,
ami we solemnly protest against and resist I
any etlbi t from any quarter to involve Ibis I
wait any other quest ion, moral, social, polit- 1
ical or religious. ‘,
Resolved , Tli.itcomiiiou usages of society
have excluded Woman from the public plat
lortti, and whether it be right, or wrong ii
is not our province now to determine,"but
we will conform our action during the
present Convention to public usage, and
i xclml: Icuiiilcs from participating in the
public discussions of tills Convention.
A delegate (rom Now York Glv
moved that the rea duti ms bo laid on
llm table, which was Heoomioil amid
lon I litsM- ; ami stampings, pruct-o ling
alike Irum the platform uml the floor.
A I'd quiet was measurably restored,
Dr. Snodgrass* called Ibr u division on
llm question, but cllbrls were Iliad lo
cry bint down.
! ~<■ I’rnsident entertained his de.
niaud, and put the question on tiie firs!
resolution, which was carried.
The second resolution was thou pm
tu a vote of the Convention, und a
mid great disorder, was also cai
tied.
Rv. T. I*. (Juyler, of New.Jersey,
the Chairman ol the (Jo nmittoo up
pointed to draft mi address to Young
Men, announced Ink readiness to re
port. The repo, t was read mid accept
ed hy the Convention.
ITv. Thomas Hunt, of I**., usked of
the Convention thatu valuable undue
live worker in the Tempeiuuco Reform,
whose feelings had been injured, ho
pci milled to speak. f lie gentleman
had been many years in tho service
of the cause, and how as the Editor
and proprietor of an influential riuroul,
telus-d to ins nt the advertisement* of
Rum sellers und Rhui- h-tilers in his
jiaper. [ Applause,]’ Mr. Hunt lIIOV
ed List leuve he granted to Mr. B loth
to address the Convention —which mo
lint was earned.
Mr. Booth bejng iutroduc#"l by the
Pr*jdeut, address and th; Convention
as follows:
Mr. I* resident, I did not cmm lice
with a design of making an issue
W hen the room was cleared by the
Police I went with the rest, hut ob.
serving that the Reporters remained,
and being inysjlf in the habit, when
absent Irom home,ot writing letters for
a daily paper in Milwaukee, of which
I am Editor and proprietor, I returned
into the body of the Hall, believing that
my position as a Reporter was not in
validated hy the fact of my being a del
egate. A policeman, however, order,
ed me out ami after the explanation ol
my position, still insisted, * ben I of
fered to ritfer the matter to the Praai
force in pushing tne out, so much so
that two or three gentleman vvera near
ly knock ’d down by my being thrown
uginnst them. I have labornu In this
cause arduously twenty years. Thir
t’ Mi years ago I lectured for nearly
every school house between New York
ami Albany, on both sides cf the river.
|At the present time my paper is (he
only journal in the piiucipal city of
AViscjiisiu which advocates the Maine
Law, und the only one ulso winch re
uses to publish ruin advertisements,
though by which means I suffer to loss
of several hundred dollars’ worth of
patronage. 1 came into this Convention
i delegated hv a Btute Conference or
| guuiziLiMi of At isoonsitt, organized lost
(•.itubt-r D. she express purpose of pro
oming tie enactment of the Maine
Law. [ Applause.j*
Rev. Mr. Wolcott moved u recon
sideration of the question oh the pas
■'ogo ot the resolutions. lie was im
pelled to make this motion to save the
Integrity ol the Convention and the
sicivd internals ol the cause. The
( onvolition wore assembled to consid
er tln subj cl of temperance only, and
not those subjects ott vvhich they were
heaven wide apart, und which were in
no way connected with temperance.
Air. Hunt said the motion to recon
sider iv,is not deliateuhle.
I'll’’ President—That is true; the
genileiiiuu cannot discuss his notion’
to fee insider.
The previous question was then or
dered, and the question being taken oti
the motion to reconsider, it was lost,
amid much applause and many hisses.
Rev. Mr. Outfield, from tiie (Jom
miltee directed to report on the sub
ject of pceuliur difficulties in the way
ol the progress ol Temperance, sub.
milled a report, concluding with the
following resolutions
lie sol nit, That the I'liuse Oi’ Temperance,
in its original and legitimate relations, is
equally above sect ns it is above party, and
that it is no other than the great cause of
humanity itself.
ItesuUrd, That it is alike according to
the dictates ol common sense and the ex
pei iencc of the world at large, that the
platform of lilts cause should bo confined
lo as lew and simple pr.neiples as possible.
lirsoUed, Tliut it is injurious to any
cause u lien it is made to subserve ulterior
amt subordinate purposes—party or per
sonul.
Resolved, Tliut they arc traitors to the
cause ol humanity, who endeavor to sub
vert oar cause in order to advance what
they consider to be another.
Re sol i ed, That this Conventipn, as they
would mil pul the shadow back tell degrees
upon dial, und jeopard important elections
in dillerent parts ot thu [mid, leoi now cull
ed upon to lake a lust and desperate stand
ami by a strong and determined arm ele
vate once inure lids glorious cause, high and
lur above associations that arc as uncalled
for as they are ruinous.
Resolved, That the cause of Temperance
is a question altogether separate and apart
Irom Lie question of Woman’s Rights,
Abolition, l-.iud Return! or any oilier, and
that it uiusl stand or fall upon its own
merit*.
Mi . Ciaik, of Rochester, moved to
strike out the lust resolution, Ibr tho
icsson tnat its substance was included
in the preceding ones. It was de-
Mudttig m this Convention lo go into
particular*, und mention iliis or that
•liter little ism, after having said tnal
it would have nothing to do with any.
Mr. I casdeli, of AVayliingtou, tno*’ed
a i utt. mdiuoiit, hy rocommiuing the
whole report, with instructions to the
Committee to leave out ull of utt invid
ious nature pjitainittg to other organ
izalioiiE.
Jubge O'Neil moved to lay the a
meiidiin-iit and the proposition on tho
table, which uiotioi) was curiied.
The questiou then recurring o-i the
adoption of'tne report resolutions, tho
previous question was called for and
sis iiined, und tho ic.olu ims adopted.
| A ppluu.se.
The I’levious question was called
and sustained on tiie adoption of,the
report, and it was accordingly adopted
uit.nl applause and hisses.
Mr McCliic, ot New.Jersey, front the
committee to whom wus referred the
subject ot the econoqiy of the Maine
Law, submitted a, report in favor of
Lial law, and maintaining that it bus
been sustuined wherever it was fairly
tried.
Mr. K- *.-ner thought a report of that
soil ought to be carefully scanned and
purged ot any expression calculated to
give offense unnecessarily, aim thero
lore moved that it be recommitted, with
instructions accordingly.
Rev. Dr. I’atton suggested a commit,
te-- of . Itn-e lo revise ull the reports, und
afterwards rt >ved that the committee
on publication have power to make ver
bal alterations in all, wliiuli vv as a
greed to.
A report was then read from the
committee to whom was referred the
subject of an address to the govern
meuts of the world, recommending the
enactment und execution of the Maine
Law.
The report was sdopteJ.
Mr. Cary no.edu> tske
NO. 40.