The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1853-09-22
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Si-'fn b. Anthony, y. 1. 4. NJ. Bmloigh, Penn.
t. b. l-s Gauon, n y. d. H. Vaughan, RI.
Mary Jackson, Enghni.
Species wore made by Mr. BmIegh and Miss
.ha,,u>re l.. Brown, and letters read from Neal
Dow $. :. Chase, Horace Mann, James K. Lowell,
rul Jaai-- Hooshton, OF Dublin.
lion. iiorace Greeley, from the Co.a,nttee to re-
pa, re- t;cns, introduced the following. which were
unanimously adopted:
R-s.ircd. That the Of Total Abstinence
l,m Al that may Observation-Disclosures Considered
= tn ccird to the magnitude and v;rulepcc of the
,yis : nlais, 10 the good it has aread, achieved,
& ar nork which It has still To do, or the power
g., ta. Sci fish interests and deprayed nppetites whch
3, cor,.a, and must yauquish-deserves the warnes,
sympathy aud the most active and devoted support oi
e,rg sersant of God and every lover Of Humanity
Re lived, That IT especially behooves the Christ
an tnprch, IN all It's divisions and demonstrations,
AIS ely other reig ious organization, TO cooperate
.llh al its might IN the great wo,h Of Temperance
Reform, by abe diffusion of light and truth with
gard the nature and effects of Alcoholic Liquors,
by tc enforcement of total abstinence, part of
- eraiive discipline, AMI by the restraining of all
Whom may influence all who recognize its auhosl-
- i-en any participation in The guilty gains OF the
Liquor raiic.
N-sifed, That the manufacture and sale Of Aco-
hole A. velages, IN view OF the moral certainty that
tncs ~li he used nnc times in ten, to the injury If
cr-t0stVc business, in which no one who recognizes
The ID ,at'on VI Love to God and Man heuceforth
cu4"-' Without gait; and we DO most earnestly en-
to- Cd sc involved In IT to ponder well their steps
snd a-h themselves this qaesuun--' Is the business
ot ster, a brewer, ruulse,er, one wherein |
ought lie content 10 live and willing to deg
hszJyet, That The State should he every where
sad a. he extent Of its ability guardian OF tie weak
pro, OF the assailcd, admonsher Of the be-
foe aud tempted, among its citizens or subjects
thst "a houd eyer revere and conform to the Diyinei
ygesC bed supiiicaion s. Lead not into temptaton
bJt yer III from ev--and that there is no pos-
gson ,oSard the Liquor Traffic hich il can consis-
tent, md woih,ly maintain but that Of declared and
uncon promising hos iiy.
r. lyed, That the fundamental, nndenable SCI
enflhothy demonstrated tact that Alcohol is a uoisou
q sl suitces prove that DUG ut cot Ia be pre-
scented IN such osms and combinations as will tend to
cisgaise ais character and blind the uniformed to its
haeiu potency but should always be sent forth from
t,r ig store and the chemical laboratory, where il
saoad De sold, either, pure and unduied or in such
comb iations as do not disguise its deadly PROF critics
ard 30 not tempt dcprayed appetite a reckless
oesne Tor novel sensations; for Satan is only
Periods TO the peace and happiness of Eden when
Disguised, il is crime to assist him In d;,eu;sinp
A,nself
R..oved. That we impeach the use Of fermen,ed
~ A'cohoic Wine IN the solemn celebration OF the
kochrist as profane and impous deseciation; since
that Inch Ieisons and destroys men can be no true
sS'li OF that which purihes, restores, and saves
ana se challenge the current assumption that w inc
devoid OF Alcohol is unattanabe, in country where
the ape grows prof,sey, and ia an age when the
rssoafoes OF chemistry abundant as 10 ours as
oln1.d IN ihe grossest ignorance, the most iudoen
heeoirssness, or the most iagraDt dishonesty.
teso.ved, That while all we-iirec,ed efforts tn
reclaim TO virtue, seitrespect, Usefulness and happi
ness me unfortunate victims Of incompetence should
receive our ready and dent co-operaton il is never
iheess truth not to be concealed that DRUNKEN
mss Is CRiME-shat no father husband mr. son-
% mother, wife or daughier-has any moral RICH, TO
b arunkard; and tina. they who are such are de-