The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-08-06
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VIII send man OF our own creation, wno viii re-
gard our wishes.
Genl Cocke of Fluvsnna. arose amid loud ap-
Dlause and said that ne eoud not speak as defnits-
ly ss ne wished "a ne had only bsea In the county
about four months during the past year. the
county Is divided by the Rivanna River, and be.
tween that and the Jamea River no licenses arc
granted On the other side liquor Ii sold Ihsre
crirae ON the las'er side, but none on the other
indesd, the ssa.isi:s of the two portions of the
county were published, hey weuid furnish pow
iat argument against the liquor trsfis Whenever
enorts have oeen maze. they have been triumphant
Ans people nave become more Industrious and
more moral We have held meeting in which it
was resolved to support man for any ofice-and
especially Tor delega,e-who Is not opposed to L.
censes. ana In favor of prohibition. That humbug
taAt emperancs had nothing to do with poliucs"
ought to be done away with Peopls talk as though
Fpolncs had close connexion with, and an exclu.
ave rignt to all the Drunkenness zs1
Mr.. Sturdivant Of Richmond said that In regard 10
l9mpsr anee Richmond III ban asr sp,t In ylr-
TWAS the strong hold of kh wh skey interssk
hcond man 7fassures large quantities Of intoxic.-
fna TAX, aad sells moro. The James river. a. far
airty, Shhy wnisksy Y.t the cit zsss a,e heut,iy
trsd OF trails. AL asres tnat 1t woah be BEST 20
exc. the m,s.rab doggsr whore ths me-
sIoSs consSEate. buswe cany do without the LIQUOR
| trattic In henno,d- Our msrch,nn must keeo IL I,
qa0fs fou yespls IN the country will have it and
Yoa must have 6verns re,ta;rants &c were il in
sold; How .S, cSM the .p.ak.r dsies tes &C., sst
uen 'neiI Das4ess without hq aer How Atasger
nome under the I'D OF laws which they passed LIST
winterl fhe tadsuefa. too respectable to be ab.n
donea Then, too, tomvst have import az houses to
bernatorial aston, o else the members won.t esl
on him. He might get Few, pernass o: tae bslles
and sons few devoted zins, bus not great mum.
and nothin: Sc but iiqlox will do it. Then too
some rich SC mss oicur In vsh honorabls me nbers
We nave got tae liquor traffic In r. Rchmord and tns
worst OF It Is, we can get nd it. Members from
| the country who nave ned up-n beef and mutton as
homs, come to Richmond tnsy i1ere iivs u.ou fab
and oysters ana get sick snd taks no medicine but
brandy. saw fellow, not long aso no, much over
feet high printer who declared tnat hetore the
Maine Hqlor law should be enforced in Richmond.
he woul1 poinr his bayOnet and shoulder his mus set
to resat Toe poor fellow ha learned to drink while
at work upon this debates the convention
Their. is mush to contes e inst ia Richmosd We
have tocarv on contest with all tine fiquoy seersin
tns State We have as sh ewd a dealers Is "a.
be found anywhere. Two Yankees who had been
chaed out OF BoatOn by the pr3hibito-y law came 70
Richmond to make Virginia drpnk, got ont their ad
vertisements in Ia papers, circulated hard bills &c.
Wel the friends of temperance Ia year wante
tstics, and on examination, found that there were
from 400 co 600 liquor shops Tor the most 1t unli-
cen:ed, thcut the police can't them, with
with he OK glasses The society oIdingr sent
out agent to a1strDue temperance tracts in
places; the age 1t, who was good man, but lit
tie weak In toe garrett among other places called at
The Yankee shop dropped tract, got into chat
tn Ih, prosrierors He Afterwards discovered that
in some laccoun able way, .ftne bills firm,
resdint s'Wis ana Lombard, Wine and Liquor deal
ers mad been sIted In each Of remaining stock
oftracts Ths hquor dealers get. Stesrns
rummel dtatiies, have change1 she brand of tneir
casks the article sold By them ha become an
shat nobod would buy IT, Some ef this vile stuh
FUND recently in tin fla. which taken from the
pocS ct OF who wss arrested IN Aiexandr. and
the mo ming the stencil of the whisky was abom-
insbie that they had to the doors aud windows
OF the Msvor otics There Is more capital invested
In tue business of manufacturing an selling quor in
Richmond tnsn mall the the State Blu. never.
theless The e.i M gh. be aoated il the city alone
m dzua dacia t1ar yr1tr
thai upholds the trst;. As the fable of the man
who had agreed TO drink the ary, he no. un-
dertake to drink also the river flowing into it, the
temperance men OF Richmond Id do awa7 with the
rum traffic, were 1t no. fronl he ieeasing streams
State. Your merchants will buy q lor and s,y they
have IT or lose their customers The consequences
Is, that the traffic continues, and ming
peers IN upon dark asd aingy Mayors office, whe
coilec ed rne wretched vet ms of drunk saness
The country rolls in rhs evil upon a. and it con nues
although OF our cirisens in favor of
Rev. ]. Tnslsy, from ths business rmmittee pre-
sented the rcliowlng report and resolutions which
cussisn during the evening SESSION. and asked
continue In SESSION, wnlcn was granted:
COMMITTEES REPORT. =
Your commit g. to whom =as rsferr I'd the bus ness
Of the Convention being deep and sol snny i'm
ed with the conviction ha. the time has come whom
1t Is both urscc. BILE and necessary call Into requi
siion other nstrumen ahtIes tran those wnicn have
been used heretofore to aid the fnsnos of 1mantyin
virsns In the suppression OF the sale and making of
ntoxisaln ing liquors, wond most respect ully recon-.
mend TO she Convention the following resolutions.
namely: a y
1,t Resolved, Th q law curt t, be- pissed. abol-
shing and prohibiting th.oughous in Virginii, the
manufa ture and sale of qaors except for
meiicinaI mechanical sacramentai uses with pro-
visions calculated to make the law eectu Il espe tally
providing ths such liquor when ke for sale contrary
/ TO law. shall be destroyed.
End Resolved Thatit is exped sn. to circulate for
signstur IN ths coming fail and winter, petii M
sski the Legislature TO pass such law ss IL above
3rd Resolved, xhat the said law before taking sf.
feet should admitted to the voters oftne State az
the polls, and be approved by m jor ty of them
Maj Preston of Rock bridge presented the follo wing
with some minor cnanges substitute for the reso-
aGns % reported by the committee ana aitsI some DIS
ths convention adjourned to meet at o'clock This
eve,ing: t Il rg .e,E- Ri at3
Resolved l. That th manufacture and sale ofntox-
icating nripks 10, In all itsbesnnssx egtmats sub
ect Tor t1at the Legislature have the pow-
sr 70 pf1niot IT'S entire e, and in enectins t'is to
cause all qu;r TO be destroyed hich may tound in
the possession O. any one coairars to law. :
Tnat In or opinien public sentiment In Virg mia,
upon this IS much in advance of the proyisons
our Code and that Addit ona leg -aton 10
In oraer that the laws Of tbs and may the
It is tae of this Co ,venton that the csr "a
laws of Virginia should be rspealea ana law enacted
th1t snail utterly forbid the manufs=ture for sale and
the sailing 81 alcoholic liquors kept far medical a.
crsmantai and .cnaEical pur aud 10,
the seizure, conscation and destcti N of All 9nor
onered for sale violation OF such law And further.
more that the details OF said act should arranged
a. TO Iend.r its en- orcemsnt eav ana pIacticable
Provided, that majority Of tn peose If Virgins
snail have at the polls previously Inacated their do
: rs such enactment.
Provided further that the meantime, the Lesis.
lat-re shall be memoriszsd 70 pass law. psoyiding
that In any county or ccrpo alton OF the Common.
wealth. and upon the pettio, Of twenty five or mora
voters there f. the sheriff Of said county shall at the
time OF the next eniuing election cf delegates to
Assembly, open poll at precint for the
urposs ding the of ths qaa.ned voters,
for aganst the granrn Of license BY the county
corporation courts wi hin said -ty CT corporation
for the sale CT Intoxicating liquors. and feqa "a said
&, rel epplisaties lnereor Ano If ths ma
orty be favor of granting csns that Ii be lst en-
trsy tae OF fhe +ourts grant or refuse
and destruction Of all qaors offered for sale in viola.
ton of tsid ststute.
shoud the authorities herein contemplstsd d.c,d.
to grant license, tnen 1t sha be qnred that ali mar.
so ss holding licenses. snxli give bond an ser nv
und.r adequate penalties that they Will not sel
ieaunz liquors to any minor eny eoorsd par.oa or
any notorious drunksrd: and that on seekins
i'd shall be ged 10 make ath tnst fsy
ne net sold TO any sach persons during ths
year. s 11 - - =
That'sll pers,ns obtaining license to sell ts.oxi-
eating liquors shenld be required te give bon @ se.
curtr N e they viii bs responrb Tor all oss or dam
sse Whcn, oy verdict Of AIRY, asy Dc asSerfatned
70 have 4een eccasionsd by cir frsffs. -. Z
o. Faas there disappointed BY the G Stste Co n
ties, for the general superysloa sf t~e works
psocare isr a. they may bs able tne sppoIetmsat
pf SANDING committees in tne different eosntiss apd
corporatioas md perf0rn other acts - the exi
gsneics oftae require; and futhex tnat To