The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1853-12-15
TEMPERANCE ADDRESS.

10 tho Total abstinence Societies and Ia the fricHd
Of Total abstinence in ioIa:
The undersigned, committee appointed hy Il,
Grand Division Of the Sons Temperance Of said State
would respectfully cal! your attention the su,jcc
which engages the efforts that organization wit:
The suppression of the Liquor traffic a beverage,
Proc sna,ion and dcay-the defeat Of armies III,
wreck oftainics and the ruin OF individuals Truth
no more tru,hfuly applied 10 other relations in life
than I" te Temperance cause delays DANCE 10 is
Therefore il our object is 10 b. .bained-Iowa re-
deemed from the grasp Of ,hr lilusr-mik cr aud tn
II auor-v sndar-Iowa to bloom with health and yi.or-
loan To be strong in manhood aud a.e-iowa. whom
lrf citizens shall be proud OF. at home and abroad =
,ts Temperance men of ,"wY must er, and they
must ~, al once
He who quct. folds his arms ard seats himself OF
III bank of the Mississippi aud wait. until the
pts..s liz, that H. cross ii dry land will tirry
long That wha in these .n,s reasons with III,
manufactured and the yender IT alcoholic drink
reasons 18th the breeze Of hea, cn. ana storms at Tho
untr, blast; for Tic Mississippi rolls o. in her re,i,
IL. c"urst, the brceze ~ scn'l, PLAYS afenHA hi,
an inclIscl. and the winir! blast blows les, cold
l., III huus los orphan. (nadc BY the vendcr;) non
49,. the manufacturer and the rcIlcr nuke and sci
- their distilled passions despite the tears and rc
,t< ofthc widow, the rawlings Of the naniae I.cas
il brings ortl frnit; tn Scndrroes on IN hi, mad
"a siia: aud dtnuin- carr.
4hc question ihcn ma, naturally occur 10 YOU wha
s shall do. What effort shall put forth. tina, ht.
& not already been danc: Or. what b. done in adj
TO to. ciori, already going oni Patrick Henry
once u shed til. IN, sans, .>hali gather strength
b. rrcsouton and inaciion. Shall acquire the
means Of ctco,ul resistance by lying supuci,
backs, and haggiLg the deusiNe phantom of hope.
sln!il oIr ene,ne. have bound u. hand and fpoi!''
Are not those last questions applicable to the Tenn
rrrglncr in Iowa. nj this day: DO they come
home u.s. every of them: In ,lrr immortal ,a-
triet', lansua=e, 1--WE hay! but one lamp hy which our
feet guided. and that is the lamp erience
nhio, arca,. illustrates that s,lnc ncssIie groans
ftom the millions ofmonc. .rofr 81 in ihc traffic of al
.ohoe drinks and the preparations now being made
#iuthai state, 10 dr1nt,a the entire West That eternal
,,lanet which u tn, price IL liberty, points the
#i-lualh :h states 81 Miine. Vermont StM Ys+k and
u WISCONSIN ana lii, eHrsei cit. Of Hal' mcrc.-
%shat then ia ipna oars. Shall We wait
In tittle longer: Nn.r rfrt. Let tbatb be til an
tran The South - the North; rex CIDER
IN 4 from III north ts III. extreme south MAY the
40 h. taken up from The eastern bank of The
#lr.,l fair ami fertile liaius and prrcs
~ west bank Il h' Upp,r Mississippi and The thun-
Ia ming aue> af low t's siunly pass along down the
Xt length Of The fafaer II nattrs gsag clear
II. "a Wat.r ;ir and daughter. .asG,rcga,c
"a fair hbrs rian ii fran ,i,c cities, the
I'd Nns. tn Villages thc valley. plains aud praric, the
~ out. aud III eou ,c. from I'll css Of stciey. the
81 III aud ii low. The rich and la, poor, all. and say
~ lVaor-inak I, fh ,iqaar r:udtr. say to IN,
N I'D Az ~ ia ii sIht rfug away with liquor
10 ~, enacted hy shiskey inturIecs, and away with
"a a9r meek CgRr'ttai,9adf rrai, 4 prohihhnrs law
Ia denrand, nd nothing bat Prohhit3r! liquor law,
IA Al vti sullFass H. entire slle bevcr &c in
u.
# The mortiH. ofs' Iowa 81 Ne Temperance Society,
I'D, krs Itta,. 81 Iowa Cay Nedarsd the 9lst
December, ;i, which time snI place, movements
IA III ts foot o action had in reference To ihs
Ma Fa .loip-t1e qp,st5oa Of the dgs-1hi,h will con
III, alt Therefore. rr.r upon YOU: and upcn all
III. .. Atoms, nd upon the friends Of the pro-
~ <ug lot Il alr.t'tr from al that iHtoxc dcs 10 be
n that their particular community rep
resented aih irhfutiy scirc,cntedo that ere long
10 ma. 10 ri "fthr sDisaHrss. in THE 'ern of Th's
"a shsPs. IL urs d.<.rl.t Hr,revcr, iown in her
"a irdenr,it>.
IN Rr>pr,tuy ,phH,:t 4 /, dc Temperance Portion oil
NJ
& JAMES THoRINGrON.
TiloS. NAhTiN.
8 GEORGE TEMPLE.
III Ahf 90, frieud, The cause Of Temperance in
~ si.ic "t low. requested la publish.