The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-08-06

| should present ~, that he might give serious
otience TO the other two.thirds cf his const.
| tuency. In TINS dilemma he received second
| petition. signed by all the ladies and children
in his district and he at last presented il. Now
| these petitions never had, and never were ex
pected to have, much effect upon the legisla
| ture They were intended TO exert an infia.
ence elsewhere among the people, But the eff
| feet of the petitions was, in great measure,
| lost, from the manner in which theyswere pre.
| sented. They fell into the hands of Tom. Dick
| and Harry, and they Jared, of course, . Tom,
| Dick and Harry happened 10 feel on tne sub
ject OF rum drinking and rum selling.
| Rev. Mr. Fletcher OF jefferson, called on yele
gates to state, during the absenee of the comutk
| tee on resolutions the condition and prospects Il
the Gauss in their several coun:iss. He would sats
for Jefferson county, that In pursuance OF circular
Received from the Stats committee, county central
committee had been appointed In Charlestown, and
| IN or other and separate parts of the county;
that many petitions had been sent in to the county
eoM. tee and by them forwarded to the State co. n
| mlftee. Cur expectations In procuring names
| were more than realized. We oouid | have no
| doubt have obtained much more than a majority
| OF the names OF all the legal voters, even among
| tnose who are intemDerate and who have been con-
| sldered a. the opponents of the temperance cause
| We could obtain majority in our county, as
| mink, for prohibitory law. We have within the
Ieir, had two public discussions in which, of course
we met with opposition Among opponents
/
were Andrew Hunter, Esq and Hon. Henry Bad.
| 1neer, ID. L. However, we believe that we have
nothing to fear from the conse quences as the
citizens on hearing the discussion, decided in our
favor We certainly feel encouraged In our county,
and intend to persevere until our objects shall be
accom- 5lished.
| Mr. Adams, of Dlnwddie, stated that In his eoun-
ty ones famed - being the greatest drinking county
Ia the country the cause OF temperance is gradual
y progressing. There is certainly gres. decrease
| IOtemnnranca rnu IN
my opinion, vo e for prohibttory law, Maine or
| rather, Virginia Liquor Law At the last court
but cne, all the Gquor.shops (sone IA or l5) were
denied licenses except two, which escaped on the
| ground that they were also taverns. There are
ABOUT thirty drunkards among as wno may occa-
sionay be seen court days, reeling and stagger.
ing about but most if not all of them would go for
| aprohi0itory law
| Mr.. E. Clarke, of Augusta. stated that several
meetings had heen held in that county during last
| Spripg-thst large quantity OF resolutions had
been passed, ou' nothing remarkable done, except
ma election OF two democrats TO the Legislature
we can poll ZOO temperance votes out OF some
| 5000 or 400O
| Mr.: ii. Pdddy, of Louisa, regretted that he
could state out little to tne progress of tempe
rance In that county. Has been SO much confined
at nome That he can give little finite information
SONS OF the people there doing all they can,
out Is not able to give any accurate report
Mr. Brent, OF Fah fax, said that the friends of the
| cause, were not now as lukewarm as they were
year ago. The people seem to stand Ia need OF
| some further enlightenment on the nature ana ten
dencies OF the 30 called Maine law. good feeling
prevails among the people on the subject o: tempe
rance, and the WHOLE the prospects are that ihe
eaase will gain ground, with proper attention ON
| the part of its advocates
Rev Mr. Sgfried, of Monongalia, said that his To-
csity lar distant from Staurt IN, that proba
bly, the people had not interested themsev s,or sym
psthiled with the operations of the convention at
that place In august last, ss they otherwise would
1 No hnxn naf1s pzxr IL
| yentlon ION own hook at Fairmount Our
| own egion al am aware, has tean scandaEsed in
| years past Wniskey has rolled up year after year
| oy the river when the water was high enough and
when that Tailed, 1t has been rolled In by railroad
| We have been ao,newha, active and sen. numerous
ett Ms TO tx eg sarnre but until now Iince the
explanstions wnicn have heard to day) never
| knew what had become Of them. The truth IL,
| t1e men were not there. The Leaislaturs was
| sfrsid. If We look for success, we must make the
Legislature, and then the Legislature viii make the
| Law Werecogn.ze this a. undeniabe fast and
have made it the ground of our course and deter
minatou In our section of country. Six or eight
OF the NortnWestern counties have refused to grant
| licenses a.tegeIner. Harrison county was cns OF
| these. There, in full court all licenses were de-
MED. At the last sesfion the venders tried again
again taelr plans were vetoed, whereupon the rum
felix's assembled ana burnt the presiding magistrate
| (who had given the casting vots) in efigy. was
glad that II was done, a. 1t reused hun 20 the ns
ture of the subject and the character of the subjects
hs had to deal with. the effect of that demonstrs-
ton viii not be lost, and it aas already called out
| saany men on the side of temperance wno nad
| before been inactive. have recsntlJ heard from
| the Commissioner of the Revenue that in the
eastern part OF our county there 10 large msjority
| Tor no hsense By the way, wish 70 dsabuse the
public az to the character which has gone abroad
concerning tie Ever Manongsiia. For years IL mas
| borae bad name, but can assure the pubic t.et
Its current IL OF pure cold water apd not alcohol
The people of the Northern counties with us In
4 l. IL
sion, and will be found the fast friends of prohbi
tory Legislation. Shortly before leaving, an old
man. tavern keeper, enquired whetner | wa:
coming to this Convention, TO which answer4 d in
t1e ID nstive He knew that prohipitorg legisia -
tion would be proposed and said ne would hep by
paying something towards expenses. He said II
| sell wniskey. but abominate the business. When
| you go the Maine Law, go it," lean assure the
| Convention that when prohibisory measures sha,l
| be brought before the people, ths North will be
| ready with their vetes. 4 -l4
| Mr. Alex Mcdonald of Lynchburg. stated that he
could give NO special Information the state or
tae cause in that city, but thinks That he
is sale in saying that ir Ia al prosperous as In any
part of the SraIe There are many eff ;ient work
| lag men in Lynchburg. Our 0elegauon Il small,
/ only two when we expected at lea a Dozen But
| know thar they are with as 10 heart, Ii nor In
| person. There are over 40 Sons of Temperance
| and many temperance men In Lynchaurg. Ii Ia In
nv opinion probable that prohibtory law would
pass in taa: place ov large majority at this TINS
| We have q large number Of groggaries-a lew of
| which are iicensea-but mostly unlicensed Thev
| sell to slsvss, great number of which are EN-
poyed in the tobacco factories and the evil cons.-
| ouences daily TO be seea. Many OF the color ed
population are degraded and brutslized Dy intox-
eating drinks obtained from these places, and as
| am Informed By manufacturers manv valuable
hsnds are iost every year. strong sentiment pre-
| walls in favor OF prohibiting the traffic.
Mr. VIM Hsdrisk of Rockingham, said that nc
was NOT prepared to state definitely tie coodtion
ard prospects of ths Temperance movement, rene
rni!y, mis- county being very large and In great
degree mount .inous. In the valley the cause i.
steadily on the increase We are ready 10 spes I
out on the sub ect Of prohibitory Legislation AT
The c3un'y court in May sst all appcstions for IL
| censes were obtained By one majoriry We feel
encouraged TO believe tina. our efforts thus far have
not been 10 vain. Siiii We need the right sort OF
enort; we need to have the Maine Law fairiv and
iaiy presented to tie people, in order TO carry q
similar msesa:e Toe gentleman oaly spoke OF h.s
| own par, Of the county
Mr Fiesaman OF Charlotte, sxid bis county
was the cradle the Temperance csuss In Virginia
AZ timss the cause seems ho1risning, and snen
again sppssrs 10 hsye vanished ons Of sighs oai
hesSfIn less temperance 10 on as nrm Dsss as
ever Tns nuix of she pe0pis desire that intoxics
uag drinks snould % doae swas Win, ana q sass
ose nalt the voters are oppossd 10 licenses tnis
Conyeuti n viii present somstning wnicn pr .mses
to secure thst resat Charlotte win sanction u. =
Col F,nta ne of Heary. said that his county was
| far up among the moaa airs aad tnal ine tampsr