The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-12-23

Temperance Convenfion,-A Convention q
the friends Of Temperance Ia this county
was held at the Court House. on saturda,
last'in accordance with a previous announce
msnt. Rev. J. NJ. Lowfie was called to IN,
Chair, Rev. J. Sehlosser appointed Vic,
President and d.. NJ. z. Kreider, Secretary
Messrs. M. u. Kreider, II. Leonard and A
Brandt, I'd, composed the committee on res
olutions. We give the main one adopted
below, for the figures Of speech in which, VIZ
are not responsible, One or two OF these
might be avoided in moro than one instance
with profit. What the law and the people
have legalized, cannot certainly be c~Iusset
with what has never been thus sanctioned.
RESOLVED, That the principle assumed and
carried out in the Maine law, that spirituous
and intoxicating liquors, kept for sale, as a
beverage, should be destroyed by the State,
asa public evil, meets the appreciation OF
this Convention, as consonant with the de-
struction Of the implements Of gambling and
counterfeiting, of poisonous food, infectious
hides, and weapons of war in the hands ofan
enemy; that If the liquor destroyed is pri-
Vate property, so are the implements of the
counterfeiter, dangerous and deadly TO the
best interests ofthe community; that Is de-
struction is no waste of the bounties ofProv-
idence, more than the destruction of ~noxious
weeds, while its very destruction enriches
the State, exceeding the amount for which
it could have been sold. 1t tends to put an
end to all subterfuges, frauds, and secret
sales, and to the demand for it in the COM
munity. Itmakes the State a perfect Asylum
for the inebriate. 1t Is a solemn manifesto
tation to the world of the vile and worthless
nature of the article destroyed, and an un-
mistakeable token to the vender Of the end
to which a righteous public sentiment will
ultimately bring his busineas. For these
and other reasons, the convention give it
their hearty appreciation, &they DO strongly
recommend to all the friends of Temperance,
TO cherish it as the sure, and the only sure
triumph Of their cause, and continually to
urge its adoption upon every Legislature.
In addition they resolved that it was ex-
pedient to have a law authorizing the sale of
alcohol for medicinal and mechanical pur-
poses. Five delegates were appointed
from each township to attend the Conven-
ton to be held in the city of Columbus on
the 9th %ofJanuary, as follows:
Liberty.--Jesse Schlosser, R. D. Sotphen,
H. D. Apt, H. Leonard, VIM. Schopp.
Greenfeld.--A. Brapdt 2d,J. C. Reynolds,
NJ. Ebright, Samuel Hanshy, s. Radebaugh.
Wainut-2-J. Ketner, Esq. Miller, Esq.
Trovinger, NJ. D. Brock, P. Wiseman.
Ciearcreek.--J. Dresbach, Henry Fehr,
Col. Hamilton, Mr.. Lawrence.
Berne Judge Stuckey, Geo. Sihsebaugh,
Samuel Jackson, John Lamott, w. Melon
aid.
Vioet.-Wm. Kramer, NJ. Curtis, Simeon
Handshy, John Curtis, Jacob Pickering. p
Hocting.-B. Connel, Rev. E. D. Girls
void, Rev. J. NJ. Lowrie, Jacob Meyer, NJ.
z. Kreider.
Amanda.-A. ]. Peters, Geo Williamson,
Silas Williamson, Samuel Vanbriece, Mr..
Benner.
Rushcreek. john A~shbaugh, Jacob Weav-
er, B. Black, J. Simpson, Thomas Wilson.
Bloom.-Samuel NJ. Wilson, Rev. /. S..
Weisz, VIM. Andrus, A. COPYRIGHT, Jesse
Richldnd.-Caleb Copeland. David Will
son, Rev. j. NJ. Milligan, E. Kalb, J. G..
Madison .-Salem Wolf, Isaac Wolf, II.
.hinger, Daniel Ream, ]. Shaeffer.
PedSant.--Daniel Keller, p. Z. Benadum,
Radebaugh, DR.. A. p. Miller, Mordecai
Bule.
On motion Rev. J. Schiosser, Gen. !. C.
Reynolds. David Wilson, Henry Leonard
md NJ. y. Krcider were appointed to pre-
,are and circulate a memorial to the Legis-
The proceedings would have appeared at
N earlier date, as per request Of The Con-
but they were not handed in by the
secretary, aud we were consequently under
he necessity of waiting until one Of the
papers was published containing
hem.