American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1827-12-14

Al large and respectable meeting Of the citizens Of
Whining on, convened Town Hail. at oc.ock p.
W. on Saturday he Stu inst pursuant 70 public Notice. o
the purpose Of o,nng 6 A Temperance Society,"" John
Bullock cad to the Chairs and l,ober Porter chos
eli Secretary.
Afer which the meeting addressed conslei able
ie"gth by Judge Hail. in which he took view OF the
tent Of the vice Of nomperance in his country, and
means which the temperate portion Of society possess i
not entirely to Eradicate al Il asst very materially 10 cnta
It's baneil effects He then read 10 the Meeting ftm
OF Consu'inn, proposed for heir government, which
after being discussed was adopted and follows:
CONSTITUTION
Of The Temperance Society Of UiimioSton and lis
ricinty
Art T. THIS Society shall be de- omina,ed s. The Ten.
perance Snclets OF whining on and It's vicinity"
1t shall hod meeting oil the Sd Monday Of Jelly every
year
Its officers shall be President two Vice Presidents
Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary Treas
and eight Dire 1t shall BE- the ety Of these If
fcers to meet ON the 4,h Monday of December, March,
June and Sepember and they may hold occasional meet
ings Any five Of them shall constitute Il ard @Ilh pow
t. cors,c all The Of The Society Tsy shall
each annual meeting lay before the society Rcort Ut
Is operations and concerns.
Tie officers shall be immediately on this cnnsu.
lion being established and Al annna meeting Of the
society Vacancies may be flied by Tie u ard
II. he jcct o this oocey shall be 20 suppress Intern,
perancr.
Ill Tie Members Of this society believe that any use f
srrnos liquors has tendency produce Inten perance
and that Use Of these liz can be considered safe.
Oithe incompetence, Inch dstresse the there
rarely case, that has not arisen from hat at first
moderate, aid deemed prudent If ardent spirits.
The natural effect If the If srltn riIs is
and destroy the very prudence, Which al admit, ~
necessary guard against the dapges air.ng from
Therefore the Members of this soc'ey regard
duty to discOunenahce any Of sr'tous liquors
and they hold themselves pledged each aud II he
community, in which they live. to abstain altogether onl
the Of spirifnons liquors and not to suffer them in her
houses any esab;shmen of which they have the
trout: excepting ony The use Of these liquors med
cine when p esc,Ibe, BY physician
" This Sociey shall correspond tn Societies having
the object, ia u,her parts of the United States; will,
a view obtain all the niurmaon which can thus be ac-
qired to enable them more clecualy to promote their
ub;ect.
Y. Each member shall annually pay 10 tie Treasurer
twenty-five CENTS To raise fund 10 deffay the expenses"f
The Society in the espondence, which it shall carry OF,
and IN dtisng the information, aIch Shall deem proper
rom time time to lay " fore The public
VI livery person sisrIng this CONSTITUTIONS shalt be
member Of the Society, So long he paes With the
oregong articles.
.HE.uBERS.
W;l.arl Hall, /. +. yanstan John Sebo ". A. Mem
lenhall. G. L. Mackhy Joseph Scott, WIN Malan al
oln Bullock. Jas Allen, l.. w. tlbtrt, James at
ION, 'Ihons, MCorkle, S. l.. Menihew, 4. C Ahitis,
Sc naiu webb, Isaac pcrce Deli NGble't Il. 4 Hen
le son, Cha,lss Carby. Beii ann Chandler, d wilson,
Mark Erenr, robert Porter, w. W. Baker. Geo jones',
,ranch Geen shop Davenport, Andrew Taylor, James
t,cc, w. II Nait, III Iiiiies f!uson Swayne
II was then motion Resolved, hat Committee of FIVE
persons appointed b, the Ilailnar wa, the cri-
Of tbs iorongi to obtain signatures to this Consti-
uoo The Committee ID, & Wilson, Geo JcEes,
Be i,nin webb, Thomas C Atchs, aid Isaac pe,sce.
Aiionined 10 meet next SATURDAY., at Henry iiead's
cho.l room, al O'Clock, r. N.
JOHN BULLOCK, Charmaa.
RonERr Fomrru, Secretary.
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