Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1850-03-27
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- THE CITIZENS Of RICHMOND
YELLow.ClrIzExs:

yELLow.CDTIzExs:
As . committee, appointed by
the Division Of the Sons Of Temperance in this
city, ~ respectfully address you. in regard TO
the liquor estsblisisaDe pts now in existence IN
Richmond; which ere kept by those who scru-
pie not TO tempt their fellow. men to their own
undoing-desiroy the happiness Of the family
circle by putting the bottle 10 tho lips Of some
Of its loved members-scatter the seeds
u disease aud death-manufactuse drunkards
snJ paupers; these liquor sellers, say, COM
NIT ell those evils. 80 that They may put money
their oH" psekrfs, by this accused trafic!-en
sching themselves BY sacrificing the lives Of their
Misunderstanding the he arts Of wiyes-causing
the bitter tears OF the " idGw and orphan to flow
bringing the gray hairs Of the sged to the
grave with s"rrow--blasting the prospects Of
Ne friends Of talent. and filling the land with
mors than the pIsgues Of Egypt
elloW-eiiisens, we call upon you to lend US
ysar ell in suppre.sing those ~s.ablishme n,s,
cut Of which these evils flow.
You are swsre that 'RtomrEocsS.ss -xalteth
snstion,' while Sin il rrprosch to any People;'
therefore. we call upon you not only TO abstain
from evil but from the appearance Of evil for
70 are certain that il is in our midst. and we
dare not say that we Know u not.
We know that there those in town
~ho. in violation Of law and the good order OF
society, keep establishments where intoxicating
liquor 10 sold sSd drank-estsbli.hment s which
do no public good whatever; but TO the reverse
-~xciiing q bsn~ ful appetie-csesting and fos-
tcring tho worst hsbiis, which il not abolished,
will lead many Of our young men and others 10
Disgrace aud ruin. Shall this evil continued
shall We stand by aud raise no rebuking voice ?
shsii we make effort to stop these inhusnces'
We trust We shall awaken to our interests and
cor duty. We therefore respectfully request
shss ALL OUR CITIZENS, male and female,
yousg and old. will meet
AZ the Methodist Episcopal Church.,
- Saturday Evenbox, 2Oah isnst.,
70 devise means TO 10 away these estsblshme n's
esd redeem town from the evils they inf1ici,
end the S~prOach they subject us to.
But you ask, what good can be effected by
meeting togsthe We answer: ifnothing else,
the petsss power Of public opinion may be uni
ted in an expression Of its adherence Of the
1vsflsc-but. we trust, consultation will devise
sems scheme Of scsion--these is always 'mea aus
n there 10 . will We are we'll aware that ma
ny Of OR citizens. who themselves exam
pies Of Temperance worthy Of imitation, take
bus little interest in the cause, far as others
are effected by il. They are content to occupy
. seuis.I ground. Are they right7 We think
de time for such position has gone by, IL II
ever existrd--"he that is not for 10 against
me. and he that gate re,h not with me, scatter
eth abroad" II this be true, aud it comes from
high and holy authority. we shalt expect all good
citizens to be present. Those who possess no
plilsnthr opy those who have no love for virtue
~ piety-thoss who have no heart to feel for the
widow in her distress. aud TO dry the tear Of ~
orphan, may claim with prcpriety tho privilege
Of remaining at home. But even these are re-
spseifulIy invited to be present-come and let us
reason together.
We make this cal! for public meeting in the
sincere hope that GOOD may come Of il. Nor
10 We deem, that we subject ourselves to the
charge Of undue cfficiousness in thus coming be-
fore The public. W. do it in discharge Of
cos,mOu duty We owe to ourselves, our neigh
bcrs and our country; aud by order Of the In
ssisution 10 which we are attached.
JAMES r. BURGESS.
WILLIAM &. sCOTT,} Committee.
BENZ. w. DAVIS.
RlcBnoND. March 90, 1850.