Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-06-04
DOMESTIC.
PHILADELPHIA, MAY 49,
CLOSE OF THE TEMPERANCE CONVENTiON

On Monday evening, at very late hour after bart
a'y work. report OF which will be found in another CO
umn, the assembage called the " National Temperanc,
Convention concluded its lsbor and adjourned sine die
Yesterday therefore, the boats north and south
crowded win The members and the members wives an,
daughters, baggage, portmanteaus &c. Sc The hote
ana boarding houses again competent eceive ne
supply OF travellers and the they visit us the better
AS the eyes OF great many persons throu tb,
country, including churches, societies and
bodies have been directed the Conyention and IA II 4
asked daily what does the Convention mean ,"-,sw
are their objects "-' what have they done -we have
deemed IT the duty Of Journalist 10 toll mn,
readers exactly what people say this very
body OF men, engaged in fleeing evolution anil
in society and morals.
setting aside, therefore, great deal of unimportan
matter In the shape of resolutions that died in their birth
orders that never estiops tba,
talked into unpopulay-and motions that furnished on
porunllies Tor spcechers show off, we come Al once
10 The leading ideathe principal of the
IS moral tcrong The promuIg alton of this new and
remarkable principle in public MORALS is the result OF the
uoie aoois OF he convention and combines the essence
anu etiuvia OF the great cause.
Oh the hrs introduction OF this question, very serious
difference OF opinion developed itself among the
aud this difference brought out talent y;t nd
pom. I'D great abundance The movement in favor of
adopting and Promugatng such declaration and of civ
ing me sanction Of the convention, first came from west
eh Now forkbut unless had been followed I'M wi,
the incorporating determination of the New ENGLAND
members, II could have passed by the mo;oritv r, r.
serveu. ne tennsylvana, part Of the New Jersey,
Maryiahu hentucky, and southern members penerally
opposed the measure as founded in wrong views inex
pedeni aud injurious to the cause leading 10 unfor,
nate consequences This availed nothing II w. ..r;I
oy strong and high hand, and thus G have the Ten
perance Cause before the world in the form of dsnc,
ana tangible declaration. which will create more con,ro
Vesy-ead TO more inquiry the subject of public mo-
rdIs-thc liberty OF trade--the power of pubc onin.n
man any which has agtated the
country during the present century. Churches congrc
gallons, societies, independent citizens morasts pboso
piers, priests politicians and perhaps the fair ,ex will
probably minge in this controversy.
The declaration by the first great National Temperanc.
lied States i,,tss
Prfs IS moral tcrong necessarily incUlpates in tho
same crimnaiiy all those persons and
ss In any degree connected with the fracture,
se' ,mPor'aion' or expectation of the article This
sweeping declaration includes probably one half of the
population OF the eouny-armers dstillers traders SC
&c But this is not ALL Ii traffic in ardent spiri,s ia
moral wrong, it ought TO be punishable and thence we
are gradually ed step by step, to the necessity of build
ing ACQUISITIONS and OF creating Inquisitors correct the
errors OF he age We say nothing OF use of tobacco
in all its varetiesa habit which eads to more
man all other habits put together.
Is very evident, therefore, that the Convention has
aceo seii ana the cause in very extraordinary position
before The world No person Of good morals and
cre,on VIII question the value and virtue of temperance
IN drink, ealing or dress. IL is worth every eood m,,
attention and approbaon but the propriey Of the decIa
Iauon now made viii have TO undergo a rigid ANALYSIS
gre II WIN command universal acquiescence. We have
nueed heard 1t said that several remarkable political mo-
yves, ND from the world, were at the bottom of tho no
cy pursued by the New England members From the
coPeAioh anu warmth oil the debates, it was very oby
a' something besides 'heaven and virtue mi xed in
heir deliberations. The attempt to Introduce the slave
question was defeated but say that the New England
members did not and could not forget the tariff and
policy In order to punish Pennsylvania for NOT ayav
supporting the woolen and monopoles of the Eas,
the new England members determined "to put nm
ner inc pan oil the empire the farmers who raise grain
me discrs who disl grain, the traders who trade in il
!, The commonwealth of Pennsylvania This, if
DC So was most shrewd thing and 'noton equal 10
any that ever from the East a "
ne remarkable dongs OF the Convention have broken
up, we are persuaded the united organization of the
S PeoPe throughout the country The OF
afa
will produce the best and lasting reform in the use Of
spirituous liquors. ylUanian.