Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1853-08-10
~ For the Portage Sentinel.
Atwafer NTaSS Convention.

Atwater Mass Convention.
Pursuant to adjournment the Portage County
Temperance Alliance, and the friends of the
cause generally assembled at the Congregational
Church in Atwater on Thursday August 4th 1853,
and were called to order by the President.
The throne of Grace was addressed by Rev. E.
C. Sharp of Atwater.
The minutes of the last quarterly meeting of
the Alliance were called for, and read by the
Secretary, whereupon the President in compli-
with the 9th Art. of the Constitution, appoin
ted the following committees:
On resolutions, L. W. Hall, George Messen-
ger, J. c. Brainerd Laurin Dewey and Otis Reed.
Business Committee, DIR. F. Cook, S. r. Free
man, T. w. Browning, S. A. Gillett and C. B.
Curtiss.
Committee next place of meeting, Isaac
Brayton, Caleb Brown, H. L. Carter, Valentine
Heyd and Albert Austin.
The convention then adjourned to the grove
whittier they repaired in procession under the di-
rection of Marshals Hinman of Atwater and Reed
of Rootstown, led by music from theB ands, where
all partook bountifully of most superb dinner
conveniently, tastefully, and elegantly arranged
by the Ladies of that hospitable place.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The convention was called to order by the
President from the stand in the grove at the ap-
pointed hour, and listened to a very excellent and
interesting address by Mrs. Lyman w. Hall of
Ravenna, after which H. M. Addison of the
ssCleveland Commercial" briefly addressed the
meeting,
The Rev. Mr.. Hawkins of Cleveland was then
introduced to the audience and in lengthy speech
of great strength and ability preached the Tenn
perance ''word with power.
! The committee on resolutions having signifed
their readiness to report were called upon and
through their chairman presented the following
which were unanimously adopted.
/. Resolved, That as Temperance men we be-
lieve the decisive and final hour for action has
rived.
2. That we should be false to ourselves, false
to the cause, and doubly false to our State our
Country and our God, if we let this hour pass un-
improved. ...
8. That we will each, in our individual, and
all in our united capacity, do all that as men,
American citizens, and christians can, may or
ought to do, to secure an out and out Maine Law
representation in the next General Assembly OF
Ohio.
That, we here reiterate in substance the
declaration of the Alliance at its meeting at Ra-
VIENNA in May last, when we say, that in the ro-
gress of the Temperance reform crisis has ar
rived when this cause can make no substantial
progress without the aid of prohbtory laws-and
that there is, at this uncture in judgment, no
political necessity which should restrain us from
rising above mere party considerations, and Civ
| o the cause of Temperance-having in this no
design to give any political party advantage over
another, but call for generous forbearance on the
part of Temperance men of the respective politi-
| cal parties, disclaiming any intention to over.
reach, entrap or mislead, to promote mere party
or personal views.
That we hail as a sure harbnger of success
, the recent spontaneous movement of the people
of this County, having for its primary object the
election of Maine Law man to the Ohio Legis
lature from this County.
6. That VIM. Wadsworth, Geo. Messenger S
A. Gillett, J. S. Herrick, J. T. Green, and H. A
Hail. be committee to procure speakers, and tc
make such arrangements as will be necessary fol
the Mass Temperance Convention, to be held al
: Ravenna on the 18th inst.
The Business Committee recommended the
holding of County Mass Meeting at Shalers
vile on the 9Th of September next, which re.
port was also adopted.
The Committee to select place for holding the
next Quarterly meeting of the Alliance reported
that they had agreed upon Garretsville as the most
suitable place-adopted
On motion of Mr.. Austin,
: Resolved, That this Convention tender then
thanks to the citizens of Atwater for their very
7 liberal entertainment
2 On motion of Mr. Keen,
? ReSolued, That we tender our thanks to Mrs
Hall and Mr.. Hawkins for their able, interesting
!, and instructive addresses, also the 'sHale Fami
ly'' for the very excellent Temperance songs with
E which they have favored us, and also the Brass
:, Band for the entertainment given by Them
7 Mr.. Chance the "Buckeye Broad-axe'' was
then introduced to the Convention and in his own
peculiar manner addressed the meeting at con.
siderable length.
On motion. o. P. Brown was chosen dele
gate to attend the Worlds Temperance Conven
, ton to assemble at New York on the 5th of Sep
: tember.
On motion, convention adjourned to meet il
l. Shalersville on the 9th of September.
o. P. BROWN. President
L o. w. STRONG, Sec.