Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1852-04-17
Sons Of Temperatures.

Capitol Division. mo- W, ~ tue SONS
Ut Temperance, adopted a preamble aud
resolutions charging dat tlfefe il aa 9 OBJ
viatH disposition on The pnFt of many and
especially come Of The p,,blis Journals OF
orr city ~ Identify he eaiise Of Tempefs
a,tra. with etftaip Ordinances of the late
board Of SeleetnHn,'i and diseiaimihg
4 any participation whatever III tile pass
saua II said 0fjinaneea.H The Heeena fHso1
luton declares, q Tint the responsibility
thus assumed fot tie Rois Of Temperance,
by those opposed 10 the Ordinance. Il
wholly arbitrary, ,thwhffHhtea by truth,
and an upgaiefotts effort 10 place the
Sons Of Temperance Ia d false position
before the community" This charge IA
mRia without The shadow OF foundation,
10 laf NJ the press Of t,aten Rouge Is aotls
eesnsd, and with all due respect IN The
sietisfse f the preamble and resolutions.
We must say that theif publication IL ,iu'
called for aud wholly unWaffantea by
faeia, We believe we speak The truth
when we cay that not ole syllable pub
tisbed by the Comet OF Gaset,e THE two
paptfs Tint bad, al the time Of The I,esFi'ge
ut lie resolutions, spoken OF the arbitrary
ordinance alluded TO Ivy the ssola.l which,
would bear sueli al interpretation One
or lilo Editors Of the Comet IL q eoDsis.
tent i Son" The Eliief Of The Gazette nj
tie time 81 reiinina The hftiels il, refer
e,iee to The nbti,1t Of The BuHfd 81 Select
men. regarded himself II Son "=Hnd
wrote as Il +. Son. md II would seem
singular that they should eitiaF pof "
identity an institution III which They were
pratta ta9enll themselves members, with
np ordinance which they rewarded he afhi'
tfnrv, nnlusl and Ia violation Of The fights
| at lie ~eitisei. that members OF the Uteias
,oay III yeFel and ar gad The passage Of the
| ordnance we know, but that 40 u society
| tl,ay dill 40, we do not believe, 10 have
We ever seid anything which could be so
| construed, The resolutions bfe maiileat-
ly most inconsistent, they ttiink II ahst.
Ialely necessary to diaelailn any statfses'
| nation sehafagey la the rahsaae ef tie
law. indignantly assert that sn obvious dis
position In manifeated' to identify them
win, its nashaee, deay steh mn identity,
and vet The ordinance meats their /" full
aud hearty approval This strongly re-
minds ns Of he who could
aRa,ss s%ernpies, dark aud nice,
And amer soiva 'etn In q triee,
A II divinity had eeteh'a
The Itch on purpose 10 be aefstehidb
We ar, proud to emil enfhelf n Sof, u
Temperance, VIC know that ita object l. 9
holy ane~@tl,a, IL exerta d henignnnt in3ii
enee nron Hoeieiy, 'hst n''faoiig the ''fvet
tenor of its why" the society hrs heel
the means Of converting many deaolatf
md unhappy homes Into eheerfall ant
eoateuted md lappy onesa-tlat It ha
brought low to the heat of the nefortn
nate afnnkafd' w~ifa~~atd that dilapiaaiet
warthtess tetam have been con vefie,
by h into thrifty lion ree--ahd il iA beraua
we are aware Of this, because we ar
q Sons because we desire 10 eee. TEN
pefanee triumphant. that VIC opposed III
ordinance, heeauee we believe that
Who grlpes too hard The dry and tlipaery can
Melda none At all, or little, IN hia hand.
We again repeat our firm belief that
the ordinance IA hot repealed TINT To
caasc Of Temperance will be ret hHos-
the ordinance, BIO Ii remembered, does nc
prolihit the sale Of liquor OF Sunday,
merely eonpels them TO close their estnt
lishn,ents, they Gun be full OF inehriateI
they can do what they rleese--they ca
drink, they can gamble, they can inanle
in debarehery OF every kind. but The
doors must be oloacd. the object OF the o
dinanee Ii NOT obtained, mud for this reaso
independent az the fact, TINT we heliese'
to be illegal. opposed 10 the very prime
plea OF our government aud tending 10 q
gender The preludices Of the mass, TINT "
oppose Ii. In conclusion. we DEFY NJ
member to point TO single word pualisl
ed ID the Comet OF Gasatte, which wonl
iastifv tho unexpected and vitaperatis
lmnguage contained in The preamble al
resolutions Of The Sons OF Temperance /:
guilty conscience needs no accuser, aud
may he possible that certain members q
, !, Individually urge the passage Of The orr
nance, and seeing their dangerous tende
cy, cray, fshed. md by language which y
would expect 10 hear from any 9th
place, now attempts TO throw the blan
7 mon The press. We trust that when q
Division effects upontiis matter that tn
? will do no, only ourselves, hut theniselvs
! the justice 70 explinge the resolutions.
a. least That they may. be amended 50
10 possess some show Of truth and reasc
We feel that we have said . much
this subject, but u motives. feelings, Q
. acts have been Injured and ~misrepresel
ed we do not believe intentionally.
y leas, we trust not, aud we hope that !
y Division will remember that mel ~
differ aud yet be hones..
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