Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-28
-. The General Convention; Of the for.

md 4 OY Ui Temperance Socielies;-recomheu
din, employers to prevent the use OF liquors I'D
mechanical or manufacturing establishments
recommending the formation OF ward lem
perance Societies in cities. and district snc'e"es
in the COUNTIES of each State,-that each state
society should employ travelling agents VIM"
il, limits, who shall devote all their time anu en-
ersies to the cause; that every family should Pro'
vide itself with temperance periodlcais-ree'
ting the great advantages already gained oy 'he
establishment Of Temperance grocery stores,
steamboats,, hotels, &c.; advising em'stants anu
those about removing from one state to an'ther'
to form Temperance Societies before ao'"g S"'
requesting Temperance Societies to hoiu Smut
taneous meetings on the last iuesday o. reo'u
arv 1854. to review their past ground, and take
measures for the fu,ure-to then report on 'he
moral state of the population within their sphere
If ac,;nn. how man, have signed the pledge
bow MANY have given up the traiilc IN ardent
sn,ri,s hnw MANY deaths which there is reason to
believe we're caused BY intemperance; the crlmes
induced by intemperance; how many criminal
convictions of snber men, and hos many OF those
habtualy incorporate.
THO ,es,Iu,ion also recommended the estab-
Jishment Of correspondence between societies.
that there might be, it possible simultaneous
meetings throughout the world. The services
that the conductors Of the public press and Phy..
sjciaus m,ght render to the cause were pointed
out: and il was stated that during the SIX last
wears SIX thousand Temperance Socieues nave
been formed in the Union, enrolling upwards OF a
million of members, tw" thousand distilleries nav
ing been discontinued in that time. ami n'e t'ou
sand traiickers having abandoned the trade. IL
was also stated that five thousand dIunkards
have been reformed during that period, who are
now useful members Of the community. Inc
officers Of the National and State Societies are
requested To form All union, to em0odV puohc
sentiment, to extend their principles not on' y
throughout this country, brt throughout The world
The for nation If the Congressional Society was
spoken OF in the resolutions with peculiar >aIs'
faction, aud State Legislative Societies we're all
vscd.
An animatrd debate took place on the rcsoIu-
ton relative 10 the statistics oil inemperance u
which amendments we're offered, to ascertain no"
the members of certain Professions $1,000 I'D re-
gard TO the cause Of total abstinence. These
amendments were opposed as inpoi'tic ana INV
Jious in Effect. by Me,srs Bradford. OF Pennsy''
wanna: Pllkin. of Connecticut, who took occasion
to CONT nent the fair upon their .alaary endfa
,ors III, the side of Temperance; Adar. OF D.la.
ware; Miles. of Harrisburg. and Dr. Drury.-
Two gentlemen of Massachusetts,, whose Games
we did not hear, were IN favor OF these amehd'
ments.
On motion Of Mr.. Bradford, clauses IN the
tw eflh resolution, relative to members OF church'
es engaged in the traffic in ardent spirits. &c
were stricken out The motion was supported
by d. Harris, of Albany; Farley. Of Rhode ISL
and; Atkins. of Kentucky: Wright. OF Aa,sa'
chusetts; Maxwell. Of New York; Messrs. WI
kins. Of New York; Key, OF n. Hampshire NC:
On motion, the Committee OF ARRANGEMENT
was requested to procure proper place Tor p'e
general Temperance Meeting on Monday even
ing; and the Committee Of seven 10 ascertain the
gentlemen who would deliver addresses on the
occasion
The Convention then adjourned INIT! this
morning at nine o'clock.-Pennsyir""ian'