Spirit of the age., 1853-05-11

members present at any meeting.
ART. XII. Three quarterly meetings shall
be holden on the last Mondays of January,
April and August, at one 7. NJ, in each
year, at such place as the Society shall ap-
point.
Arr. XIII. Any member, or in case of
his death, his legal representatives, may
transfer his share in the stock to any person
who will become a member, and the proper
ty in such share shall be deemed to be vested
in the purchaser, only from the time of such
purchasers subscribing to this Constitution.
ART. XIV. Any member expelled shall for
felt all his rights and privileges IN this
Society.
ART XIV. The manner of amending this
Constitution shall be as follows, and not /
otherwise any member wishing an amend
ment shall submit it, in writing, to the Trus-
tees, who, if they approve thereof, shall de-
liver it to the Secretary, who shall read 1T to |
Society at the next quarterly meeting. The |
Society shall, therefore, appoint committee |
of not less than three nor more than five, to !
consider and report therefor, at the next an
nual meeting and if approved by two-thlrds
Of the members of that meeting the same
shall then become part of this Constitution.
Adopted last Tuesday of April, 1808.)
Misunderstanding Berry, Jesse Billings,
Jr., J ohm Dumont, Thomas Thompson, Charles
Kellogg. Jr., Billy j. Clark, John Berry,
Cyrus Andrews, William Nelsey, Henry Mar
tin, James Mott Esek Cowen, John Thomp-
son, Asaph Putnam, Oliver Bissel, Jr., Ich
abod Hawley, Abraham p Green |. J. Girls
void, Russell Burrows, Jesse Woodruff, Eli
| Velsoy, Lebbeus Armstrong Gurdon G. Sill,
/ Stephen Payn, Isaac B. Payn, Joseph De
j Wolf William II Jacobs, Joseph Benjamin,
| Squire Harrington, John LIE Barnes, Rode
rick lie Barnes, Horace lie Barnes, Ephraim
Osborn, Nicholas w. Angle, William Angle,
Jr., Simeon Berry, Jr., Gardner Stow, j. J.
Seeloy, Joseph SILL Alvaro Hawley, Samuel
Hinche, James Croker, Dan Kellogg.
SECOND AND THIRD EPocHs.
During these epochs Of the temperance re-
/ formation, comprising q period Of about a
quarter Of century, the temperance cause
increased and spread extensively over nations
and kingdoms of the earth, by the formation
oftown, city, ward, county, state, and national
temperance societies and associations. And
all this increase was brought to pass, solely
through the blessing Of Almighty God on the
various divinely appointed instrumentalities
of moral sua8ion.
Among the most distinguished events of
this period, the following are deemed worthy
of special notice The organization Of the
American Temperance Union In Boston, A.
D. 1926. The organization of the New York
State Temperance Society, about the same
time, principally through the influence of the
distinguished temperance philanthropist, the
Honorable Edward Cornelius Delavan, rich,
retired merchant, in the city of Albany, who
gave, even to the State Of Maine, the noble
example oftalzing from his own cellars, vessels
full of the choicest wines, in store for family
al
and rolling them out into the street (amount
ing in value to several hundred-perhaps Il
! about $500, and there conscientiousiy pour
ing their contents upon the earth.
Also, the establishment of the Temperance
Recorder, state paper, published in Albany
. which was admirably conducted and devoted
to the dissemination of light and truth, 70
the promotion Of temperance.
Other state temperance unions were ais
organized, and temperance papers ofvariou
appellations and descriptions were published
and associations formed throughout the na
. tions and islands of Christendom. And wha
!. was most peculiarly interesting men of di;
: tinguished talents for piety, erudition, an
! science, and others, deeply skilled in th
:, knowledge of law and national governmen
> from the highest to the lowest gradation, i
e connection with others of the various profe
- sional Offices, both of church and state, all
= whom, with apparent parity of feeling, el
: listed as volunteers under the banners
- temperance reform, and gave the infuenC
e of their membership and examples for tt
= promotion Of the cause they espoused; ar
= thus continued to do, in the exercise
their various powers of moral suasion Il
:, art Of persuadingI, the best weapons the
- known as Battering Rams, to break dow
~ the walls and strongholds Of intemperan
fortifcations.
And what was still more encouraging, Il
rY ladies in thousands-yea tens, hundreds
thousands, even to millions-during the
IN epochs, gave their cheerful influence to t
ly promotion of the temperance reformation,
ed their attendance on temperance meetings, al
v. liberal donations in support of the natiou
US reform. And best of all, was the adoption
lin the American PLEDGE OF TOTAL ABsTINEN
lot from all Intoxicating liquors, at the Natior
IL Convention Of the American Temperan
IN Union, at Saratoga Springs, in August A.
we 1886. This was the triumphant cup of t
M climax of the third epochof the temperance
OIL. formation, which gave new zest toevery p
sation of the universal system of temperar
by reform. Joyfully and most cordially did I
OF parent temperance society at Moreau, al
subsequent period, after o long season
at declenslon, call special meeting OF surv
be ing members, which was holden at the Uni
the House of Worship in Moreau, on the
laIl Monday in October, 1843, for the purpose
taking the important step in advance, by
mt, unanimous voice OF tne surviving plonee
,ra- ana all members IN ADDITION, OF adopting
ase American HledSe OF IotaI Abstinence IT
,ra- the use OF all intoxicating liquors as beY
IAN age.
Iot TTo BE Continued
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or gGAe The Register gives notice of a
1m, gerous counterfeit SO note of the Bank
= of tha State now in circulation II Il n,