The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-02-11
Proceedings Of the State Temper.
ance Convention. -

aG . ociOck, M, ON wednesday
the 18th Of January, 1858. sg9t
Elder Enoch G. Wood was chosen
Chairman, and ]. W. Gordon, Secre-
tary, for the purpose of a temporary
organization Of the Convention.
On motion Of the Rev. Mr.. Smith,
it was ordered that Messrs. johnson
of Cass, Pomroy Of Marshall, Boy
Ian Of Carroll, Osgood Of Dearborn,
and Fletcher of Marion, be appoint
ed a committee to nominate perma-
nent officers for the Convention, and
to prepare business for its delibera-
lions. a~ e n;, y,ag
| The committee retired and in a few
moments reported the following Off
GERS, who were unanimously elected:
For Pgssident.--Capt. RIB. MIL
ROY. s ta. .fs.5
For Vice Pre8idents.--I. N. Dunn,
Rev. J. L. Smith, and Rev. Mr.. CAR.
NAHAM. hf4 s#"Hoi a'.a4
for Secretaries .-+Jg w. GORDON,
SETH PLATTE, and S. R. JONES. 3ad
For State Central Committee for
the ensuing year.-Rev. JOHN A.
/ MoCLUNG, Rev. VIM WILSON, Rev.
JOHN O'KANE, Rev. JOHN @. STEELE,
Il VIM. HANNAMAN, CHARLES WooD-
\ WARD, and j. w. GORDON.
The committee further reported the
| following gentlemen to act as a cor
responding committee. viz 5af
/ Rev. N. SHUMATE, Mt. Vernon, Ind.
H ELIJAH SABIN, New Albany, Ind.
/ J. Y, ALLISON, Madison, Ind,
H Rev. J. W. SULLIVAN, Aurora, Ind.
Rev. W. SroUT, Kingstown, Ind.
DIR. WIN. o. THOMPSON, lndianapo-
lis, Ind. M bio mus 81 rs
Hon, JUDGE KINNEY, Tere Haute,
Ind. 6e bre rf
HowE, Montgomery, Ind.
SIBERIAN, Plymouth, Ind.
Rev. G. w. M1LuER, Fort Wayne
Ind. 6aalo ai aa5a lliu
! STERNEs FISHER, Wabash, Ind.
II A committee of three on Memoir
ais, viz Messrs. Hall, Scott, anG
Wright were appointed
The business committee then
brought forward resolutions, which
were discussed, amended, and adopted
separately, as follows, to wit: o
i /. Resolued, That the cause : o.
Temperance is the Cause. of the peo.
fple; that upon its prosperity and final
triumph depend the prosperity, virtue
and happiness Of the community in
which we live, and that it becomes
the duty of the people acting as the
guardians of their own dearly pur.
Chased rights. and defenders Of theil
own permanent interest, to prosecute
their efforts in the cause with earnest.
ness, till every opposing obstacle ant
and every conflicting prejudice shal
yield. ... s.g
2. ReSoZved, That the evils ofintem
perance affecting not only the guilty
but the innocent, and extending no
only through the family and socia
circles, but into the business, JUDICIAL
+ political, and religious worlds,-cor
rupting morals s-infuencing legisla
ton, and tampering with justice-al
for the axe at the root Of thetree, ant
; for heavy and continued blows till n,
vestage Of the poisonous apqs is let
to plague our soil,
g. ResoIued, That as the love 0
money is the root Of all evil, and tha
we recognize the worship of Nam
f mon by depraved men, the creates
! obstacle to our advancement as TEN
peranee organization. It's the prof
on the poison sold by which the selle
is enabled to employ a part Of his in
e vestments to influence legislative &C
. ton through the elections, to procur
!, license for his work Of destruction
a or if refused, to risk capital in def
4 ance Of the penalty for selling an
: resort to methods Of Illegal trafit