The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-04-29

OouAwkA. April 2S5, 1885,

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OouAwkA. April $50. 1852.
Friend DAvn: After, I day passed pleas
sstly IN a,teoding the State Temperance
Conseasion II Davenport, found mysel
y 10 close sseamiag il down the Missis
sippi on tho craft Aisttha No. Q. The da,
session Of the Convention was marked b,
good feeling, harmony and zeal. The res
olutions--which perhaps have been fur
nishsd you by the Secretary for publication
assumed high ground. They took the
position which is maintained and sustained
BY the Maine Liquor Law--,hoogh little
reference was made to that statutory en-
aciment during the day.
vas pleased with resolution introdn.
ced by Mr.. Price, as j, expressed in fe"
vosds az opinion formed 10 early life and
which has become firmly rooted In my
mind by the elapse Of years. !, was in
brief, moral suasion for the dTinker, bu'
legal restraint for the manufacturer and
dealer.
Prohibit the manufacture Of the articl,
and none can be obtained for sale bu, that
WHICH is imporied-you will perceive il [
stopped here would be advocating sys-
TEN analagous to The blind policy which IL
virtue prohibits manufactures in this coun-
try and encourages importation from
abroad, Of other things besides old King
Alcohol and his numerous piogeny-bgt !
60 further, prohibi, the sale, also, and shen
you have The great fountain dried up and
the little thai viii be made and sold s.onI
the sly" will not be sufficient 10 caust
much evil. Very little "moral suasion"
will be requisite io-iaduce men not TO drink
il we remove from them the temptation.
The lore Of wbiskey, as Of tobacco. is al
unnatural aud generally an acquired taste;
II il one that men see the evil effects o.
more plainly than thai Of any Other vice
entaiied upon mankind; and one The bad
result Of which are acknowledged by none
sooner than these who are its unfortunate
victims. An individual may have his bodA
or even his mind enslaved, and yet have
81 The attributes Of man. but so soon a.
hs becomes the slave to bis appetite he To-
ses the God-like principle within him and
10 no longer fii associate for intelligent
beings.
Some Of our readers may think them
selves well bored Of late with Temperance.
but ] beg 10 assure them that j, is diff
cult matter to refrain from the discussion
u . subject to which all others at presenl
appear 10 be subordinate and which The
Locofoco party from its systematic opposi
ton isl am rejoiced to say it--lasseninel
upon the Wing party as lis leading princi
pie. am pleased TO see moral element,
one that viii bring to i,s advocacy ever,
Christian 10 the land, introduced into th,
turbid waters Of politics. ! know il will
have 4 tendency to drive from the ranks
many active and efficient Whigs, but al,
the same time il viii attract larger nun.
Der Of intelligent Democrats--so that the
Wing party will not only gain in upright
ness but 10 intelligence and numbers.
IwouId not wish TO spesk too harshly of
the Democratic party, but the intelligent
ones Of Chat organization will acknowledge.
that the great bv,hen, perhaps seven.
eighshs, Il the liquor drinking and liquor
selling 10 community, is confined to ..ihe
Democracy." The most influential mem.
bsrs of ikat party are those who are enga-
ged 10 tho traffic 10 this article, aud their
strongest aiders aud abe,tors ere general
~, the ofiice-seekers. This cannot be de
nied, and il is from these fscis--added Il
ops ether, that the foreign immigration as
simulate easier with such state Of thing,
!. THAT The systematic opposition is now be
ing wsged against the Wing party as ths
exponent Of the Temperance principle.
The Washington Republic opposes Ten
persnce, Or the Maine Law upon thu
ground thai il will lead to the organization
Of third party. The tendency Of ,bt
earlier movements Of Temperance ,ner
certainly was to the Formation 81 tbire
pssty-which all experience tells us new
J e. can be successful under our lotm or poy
ernspent--bu. the organized opposition q
tho Locofoco party has forced The principle
into the Wing party and thus with the ii,
Of good and intelligent men from The Oppo
sitiou, We shall carry il to success. If ID
jewellers Of The Locoioco press. ever o
The vstch 10 saddle upon the Wing par,
IN the isms Of the day, bad not 10 ibei
blind zeal fastened this principle upon th
wbigs; as third party measure i nese
would have acquired sufficient thought :
accomplish any Of those great moral effect
mich are now certain 10 follow its agi,a
tton. Yoart &c. A. s.
TEE river is very high aud still risipg