The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1848-01-21
SONS OF TEMPERANCE.

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go back to ancient daysto look for its be-
ginning. We need net tire the mind nor
the eyesin poring over mnsty manuscripts
and parchments Of past Centuries; we need
taryt but 10 this, our time. and generation.
1t is not shrouded in darkness and mystery
1t is or may be known to all. Even now
the scene may be brought before tue minds
eye, and you can, not only hear and know
its origin, but see it.
Do you see that city yonder in the east,
stretching over many rod of ground!
4 Do you see its broad bay filled with many
sailsi Do you see its many domes and
steerles with their lofty spires, as if they
would each the heavensf Do you see its
many parks aud foun palaces and
its hoy els--its beauties and its filthinessa
Do you see this mistress of the western
world before youf Come let us GO down
its broadway, where all is noise and con
fusion; let Us turn into Division street,
and enter that large and beautiful build .
ing that you see there. You need not
fear for nough will modest you or make
you afraid Beheld the scene! Ii is the
, 29;h of September, 1912. 'Tetotalers'
Hall is lighted up with its many lamps,
| and the call has been made for several
, weeks past, for temperance meeting.
But why is not the house crowded as it " as
I of old! Why do You find the seats vacant,
with the exception of llttle band in yon
s der corner! Has the Star of ffemperanc ce
5 sunks No! o! No! But it is waning fast.
, Day after day, and week after week, have
( few of its friends tried to get rallyi but
8 withont success, and now they meet for a
: last at mpt--thal little band--the last OF
the Washing gtonians who have been accus-
e toned to meet here, have come to devise
S some means to bring back to lis former
/ brilliancy their waning star Let us
; count them. What, sixteen! Yes, six
s teengood and true friends of reformation
S Of peace and good will towards all man
o k ind. They have met TO swear eterna
! vengeance TO old ALCOHOL 10 all its forms
9 Behold that man there with the nobl
bro w---the beaming eye--with Love, Pur
n ity and Fidelity written in his counten
IS ancs. lie speakslshis raRanieSs ssSteh
Il As Be proceeds, Joy and giadness animal
/. tember, IS42. 1t lie at a public meeting
is in great city, and 10 public building
e when John w. Oliver read to this liltl
is band the Constitution and Bye Laws Q
It the 'Sons of Temperance. Can you no
II see bin even now /, as he stands--lbat maj
n with the noble brow! Listen to his word s
of they are plain and simpe--all can under
e stand them. Hear him:
Is we, whose names are annexed desi
i rous OF forming society to shield Us frou
q the evils of intemperance, afford mutua
if assistance in case OF sickness, and elevate
10 our characters as men, do pledge ourselves
i to be governed by the following constitu'
II tion and by-laws.
!. This asso clation shall be known as thu
N Sons of Temperance.
l. No brother shall make, buy, sell, o.
IS use as beverage, any spirtuous or mall
liquors, wine or CIDER
l. 1t is the 29th of September, 1S42-
:, There is Joy in old 'Tetotalers' Hail.
is There is joy in the hearts oftho 5 e sixteeI
n patriots-there is joy in the sound of tha
10 bell as Its chimes send forth the hour o
6 of the mig ht--there is JOY in the 'all's ell
} of that watchman out yonder as he walk
IT his nightly round. Yes, it is the 29th o
e September, l842. The sixteen have sign
!, ed the constitution, boldly signed it!-
d They have again set that ball in motion
II on plan that will be everlasting. Ii
onward! No oath has been given or tax
,fl en-, theE Iege Voluntarily bound them
selves on their honors as men, and this II
Love, Purity aud Fidelity 1t is the 29t
of September, 1912. Il new era aud
= ne,o epoch has commenced. We have trac
ed its origin aud seen its organization
And here is its strength. Unity severy
thing, unity and Organization go hand II
hand. BY the fruits of its organization d
we ould claim your support. Our Orde
: is scarcely Yeas old and numbers ll0'
= Divisions-these Divisions will agerag'
about 100 members each, making the nun
berof Sons at this time about l 100 O0C
Look at these numbers and see of wha
they are composed. See ifthey are seek
ing for destruction of peace. See if the!
walk worthy of their vocation, SS if the.
should be ashamed of their fruits. II VI
continue TO advance, land see nought u
prevent it,) what an amount of good ma!
!, not be done in the next century BY thu
influence of this Order. What We do, W.
:, do quietly, but our march Is onward. W.
have no oaihs, no meckery--our grane
object is temperance, robed In Love, Fur
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