The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-04-19

NEUPORT,
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL ~, 1897.

tive towns Tor the purpose OF voting Tor 6oV-
ernor, &c. and elerting Rep resentatiyes to
the General Assembly. In this town II. Y.
CIaaslon, Esq was chosen moderator, with
out opposition. The following gentlemen
were chosen Representatives, via ;--Benja-
min Hazard, Henry Bull, Eleazer Treyett,
Solomon G.. Weaver, Henry Y. Cranston, and
Edward Simmons H. Y. Cranston was OPP
posed by Joseph II Patten. The result Of the
vote was as follows Crans,on g9--Patten II
majority S5.
Tho Farmers prox, as it y called, met with
very poor success in this town, there being
but TWO Of them deposited in the ballot box
The names Of Nathan Brown, VIM. Whipple,
Wm. James, and George Field, were erased
in three quarters of ,ho proxes polled at tins
meeting. The whole number ofvotes receiv-
ed for Governor and 1t Governor, were lf6.
We learn from Portsmouth that the repre-
sentation in that town remains the same--and
that there were l2 votes polled for tho Con
vention prox and EIGHT for the farmers prox.
We presume the Convention prox has sue
coodcd, notwithstanding the efforts which
have been made by few individuals, to pre-
won't the recollection Of Messrs. L. Whipple,
Wheaton, and EIdrdgc.
The Commissioners Of the Newport Asy-
lum made their annual rcpor, at this meeting,
but owing to the latcncss Of the hour when
the report was acted upon, we were unable to
obtain copy lor this days paper.
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u7rIf our papers arc not received by our
Providence friends, VIC can assure them the
fault is not to bo attributed To ms, as they arc
regularly mailed at this post Office for that
place.
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The Annual Election of Officers for the
Chartered Military Companies Of this town,
Will take place OF Tuesday evening next.
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Providence, April IL.
promotion Of Itmperdnce.-This Is
subject of vastly more Importance than the
progress of internal Improvement, the pro.
lection of Domestic Industry, or the next
Presidential election; and yet how little
attention, comparatively, does 1t receive
from even the rejecting part Of the com
illIully, III JHl' iO-b, lHC AIntIlNdu IoO
ciety for the promotion Of Temperance
was formed in Boston. The object o: this
lauIable association Is not SO much 10 al
tempt the reformation of the vicious aud
too generally incorrlgibly incorporate, as
70 check the fearful spread Of the vice Of
drunkenness, by taking from the tempe
rate the temptations which but too often |
insidiously bctray them into confirmed ha- |,
bits of ;nebrntlon. This scheme will by
many be deemed quiXouc, but twill be
found, we believe, on Investigation that
there are arguments in its favor which n"
candid and ingenious mind can resist
With something Of skeptlclsm as to the
Feasibility Of the plan OF inducing tempe.
rat, men to abandon the ordinary use OF
epirltuous liquors, VIC were among the
large concoursc that attended the meeting
on Sunday evening last. at which the
Rev. Mr. Hewitt, agent Of the Society, de
livercd n discourse in explanation OF Ms
views. His reasoning was iorclblo and
conclusive, and we think must have car.
'ricd conviction TO the minds ol great part
of his audience. The facts stated by him,
and which appear to be within reasonable
estimates, are truly appalling. The ardent
spirits drank in the United States 1t is cal
culatcd cost 10 million Of dollars annually,
and the paupcrism occa stoned thereby,
upwards Of twelve millions more. Out OF
1860 criminal prosecutions IN the city OF
New-York in 1870, more than 600 were
connected with mtempcrancc In lS3b,
of 30 persons sent tn the Almsbousc III
Baltimore, sol were tho victims OF ntcm.
porntc practices in drink. More than ten
thousand persons annually die IN the Uni
ted States Of diseases induced hy ntem
pcrancc. One third Of the deaths which
happencd in New Haven, Conn. III 1896,
were traced to ntcmperance. Taking
this as the basis Of the calculation, 81, $50
pcrsons due annually IN the United States
from the effect Of intemperance. In Lon
don, one in eight deaths is attributed to
this cause, but the above estimate would
make one in three over 2O years OF age, in
the United States We should hope this
was too large an estimate. It's ascertain
cd there are 1000 drunkards in the u
nited States, and these carry misery aud
atllcflon into at least two hundred thou
sand families.
Such is a brief sketch Of the statements
mnde by Mr.. Hewitt, The subject is
worthy the consideration of every good
citizen. Our public bar-rooms and shops
are becoming more and more the resort for
no, only abandoned drinkers, but young
men of promise in Society. lfovcry per.
son by simply denying himself an eleven
o'clock, and the few glasses he drinks a
day, and by uniformly discountenancing
tho practice of drinking, can essentially
contribute to the suppression OF intempc,,
rance. where Is the truly temperate and
Il al In