The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-07-01
WHOLE NUMBER 563.
TEMPERANCE PLATFORM.

The following platform Is submitted a.
the basis for the joint future action o. til.
| friends Of temperance in Iowa:
Proposition /. The people Of this Stat,
have perfect right e protect themselves
from the evils ofihe traffic IN intoxicating
liquors as a beverage.
Prop 2. The evils Of iutempcrance are
not merely the incidental results Of iht
traffic when improperly conducted. Bai
arc tho legitimate fruits Of the business it
self, and 90 inherent in il, that nothing
shor, Of prohibitory laws faithfully exec9-
ed will afford adequate relief.
Prop. 3. All laws which protect com
nerce in that which Htosicates, tends III.
fectIy TO the corruption ofpul,ic noras.-
They are subsersiyo Of individual happi.
ness, public peace, and the general wellare,
sud ought therefore to give place 10 laws
prohibiting entirely tie sale Of such drinks.
Prep L. As the sale Of intoxicating
drinks is the fruitful parent Of immortality
and crime, and tie generating cause Of
the premature death Of thousands, it is
manfesily wrong and impolitic that the
laws Of The State should allow this traffic,
and then seel. TO make men responsible
for its abuse.
Prop. 5. Whereas prohibitory laws are
IN essential feature ofprotectiye measures,
therefore it is manilestly right far the free,
men of this State 10 demand oflheir legis
laive bodies, the entire prohibition Of The
traffic in intoxicating liquors as beverage.
Prop. +. That that government dutrages
one Of its most important functions which
attempts to restrain crime by penal laws,
and 10 relieve pauperism by imposing tax
es upon the people for maintaining the
poor. while it neglects TO prohibit the trat
ic in strong drink, the fruitful source Of
both
Prop z. IF the main features Of the
preceding propositions are true, it is lhe
right and the duty Of the treemen of this
State, to use their seiIrages, and their IN
faence 10 carrying them out.
Prop. S. The highes, good of society in
al in lis varied relations, without dis;inc-
ton of sect or party, is enphatically the
aim and end Of this platform--therefore
Resolved, That the scheme Ct mitiga
ting and eradlcating the evils Of lntemper
ance, which the foregoing propositions en-
body. offers hasi5 broad enough for all
creeds and parties to stand upon, aud Is
Que which recommends itselfto the hearty
Incorporation of every true patriot, and
we'll wisher Of lis kind and country.
The above is the Platform adopted al
the Iowa State Temperance Convention
held recently at Muscatine. The follow
ing resolutions were then passed:
Resolved. That the Executive Commit
tee Of the State Temperance Society be
authorized to appoin, committee Of three
persons from each county in the State
and that they have the power to appoint !
subcommittee Of from one TO three il each
township, whose duty il shall be 10 present
a petition to each and every person in the
township, menoriaizing the Legislature
to pass law in accordance with the State
Temperance platform, and that the said
committee have power to draw up said
petition
Resolved, That we momorialize the
Legislature Of Iowa to pass 4 law embody-
ing the principles Of the platform adopted
By the Convention.