Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1843-07-13
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various sahhah Schools IN Town and adjacent country
mol At the Masonic Hall with their banners aud march
ed IN PROCESSION 10 the Methodist Episcopal Church
where appropriate address delivered Ia the scho
ars aud teacher. hy john \. Wharton Esq.
! 'rhe Bedford lnlm Temperance Society then formed
procession OF It's memhers, together with tho Sahbs
School children, and otll4ens gene rally. and marched
through The main street aud college around 10 Cot
Aunspanehs Grove where nlleI the meeting had been
CALLED 10 order by the President of the Slcety and
prayer having been offered by the Rev Dch u Hank the
Annual Report Of the Noceiy read by The chairman
Of the Executive Committee aud Joseph Wilson Esq,
introduced the reading o the Declaration Il ludepeu-
deuce by an interesting reference To the occasion which
produced that Instrument and mate impressive nd
dress hc Invaluable character OF the institutions Which
ha,c sprung from ITS pfnc7leS and have been commit
ted 10 cur carc-aiter which tho invited orator OF the
da, beng absent the request OF the Sucley. tho Row
Jacob - Mitchell. John \ Wharton. Esl. and the
Rev lr Hank successfully addressed the assemhlage
the Subject OF Temperance aud 10y general salcIa
lion the Rev, Nh l!a0k contributed much 10 The harmo
al the mrruug hy glyfn9 several temperance songs
with 6ne effect all III which resulted ar2e adil
tlun Of menhcts To- the Saeley Amer Which. the Sp,-
having elected lis officers lot the cnsnln. year.
suyed that the lNnchhnig Nsnlan and Republican he
requested 10 publish the Annual Report o the fNrcu
tive Committee in then respective papers. Inv assem-
bage then invited 10 parIaLe OF ample dnnri pro
vdel b, III, friends of temperance and then the meet
ian adjourned JNO X STEPIOE, Sec'y.
ANN Al REPORT
The Executive Committee OF the Bedi nj Union
Temperance Society present thor second Annual Ike
port.
The operations of this Socc,y for the past ycar have
cot,,n,ndrd m usefulness with the preceding u, rod of
It's history IT, monthly meetings have been regularly
held tbf,noh the AGENCY ot lts members several asanc
ate societies have been established III tins MA the ada
cent c,ontl,, and loueh The enthusiasm with which
lin n.llut,u ,nsrc,iyfd scarce left Us 10 anticipate
80 pf,1 an accession Ia us numbers we ar eraiIted to
state that four hundred and tphr,cn panea have been
onrod since The last annual meeting nah mo IN aprfc-
oa,. If mar, Than fifteen hundred members aud tauph
small number NM have brru.e weary Of the restraints
If salti.ty nuJ hay. r,lai.rd INTO the indifference of
wee now tcnardcd as alike Incompatible with the habits
of man of Gusnes4 ar the accomplishment, o renllo
man there are suil individual cssrs uf reformation
=, ,eb r,hy cmo,ns,l, the Socety for all then rxcr.
lions
The almost fatal abandonment Of Intoxicating drink.
49, s,c,, us,ue and IN, ,mpr,yemcnt In industry and
order ,yinecd IN our community prove tina, Tar rn he
mo the result, Of An cnhcmera xclremcn t the total ab,l
,e. s,,, j.. Il, ,neJ In lraye its ,,np,.ss unon The
~ , If ,ho .,s,st and u,ost he,eGcen, nj oit ,ns,l
tn,nns since ,h,reG,r. the successlul prootcss oC
the ten,noranc, caus. leaves Ms htl, To record beyond
t,ao y,.ncos Of i,s sselqe y.ur coumlttco " bo
n,,Ioi = ,C ruce ia II. ,,ot. ,xtend,d ,nencnrp. IN
ny, ,b, il s neither limited IN il. oneta,,ons moi ,tan
,o, IN ia Good effects and Ma, il NAV be ns,l, trpnr
e rs one II the many ,ynle,ces hnw ftt freedom Of
onn,n md diffusion II nielor.rr is ,mprn, mo the nu
man, eI,,,,rtor throuohput III, 81 ll,yod world
Far from heinz confined 10 the Tinted States. the
,,,ne,,n.. ~, r,r h,s oy,tsprrad Eutore and . nh
in,l,n,,,,i,y nniiona Il, ~ ,doncd vice which
has nreyalled since the earliest records-whel has
h,r s,ncti,oJ hv n,on,l uaa,o and nv the oer,nc,
ma, ,g,n,I. r ,h. hyhcst CIV II amid n lioo,s ,uih ri
u, hrso have all welded To the conviction tina,
,n,,n,no,,,rA :, = na1onnl evil if moi n,t,,1,l
,i .al ,,lI,,,,s l,ve snlsc,h.d Tins ,eln,,r lodi,
man, AZ or,,, anJ nj ,,lge ,t amendment Such hns
n.a ,, ;nnouc in Enrnnc If ,cnp,r,nce and ,houob
~ tho inn,c,ce of The oteat or tho di-pt,s oI soper
,,; l, i.l,ud> n,av nav h,cn IN gotnr depfr, tho
a =, j.. ,.,on,.h,no n,opress vet IN our ir,. coun.
go, ,l ,,,,,,,.n nt ,his ycc can II. attrbu,ed alone
-, y1n,,,,v Denomination demanded alike by our ma
,,ai ,o,,,,,io, md our s,c,i hu-niness Indeed de
,,.l 40 an ,n,v.,s,l evil hv n,ankh, this yi,o i.
no., 1..,,,,,, in H., consciousness To Am,flcan. in
,h ,,,,,c costly win. and ,u,o, cotnc lllnors cNerl
,I, L,,,l s,oi,co ,non thc n,llI,v aud weather.
l., e. ,L.. c,n ,l,ne II, :, ruinous decree lndulu,
:, - l.,c. tho irti,tn,na o,amnIr of ~ hm,ct
M, ,aaoc,.d unon N. ndnslt,U classes who are
III, noycr,r and by p,,ltIon all participation in
,I ,lo,,i1 yicc. nl the nre,1. and ALTHOUGH among
, tho ior class drunkenness has certainly ia VIC
,. ,l si,l distinctions which divide and the lnIl-
.o bich ,,s,r,ns by cnu6n,np them to the harmless
,I,r,n,, n,t,lots necaIiat Il, ttei. ,ailnr IN ttr
,,os' H. en- l,,,n in discriminate dcsrrlcIon But in
4msr,, ,is vice is nocnljafy ncrnciyus Tho e.oer.
Which G,,ci,n f,sb,ons are cop,h. At and co
s: y e; :: ;:: ::: =; "A; E.:
ton Of HI. own associates the abundant prodpe-
'', fc,los car nr,curna arden, poison To