The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1853-10-01

I. 1, proposed to hold a public mes'''g
of the citizens OF HARRISON county, at The
Courthouse. III Warshall. NJ . clock p N,
on Monday nsst. me 81 II Octoher. Tor
,hs purpose OF sgiec,ios Delegates 10 at
tend 4 State Temperance Convection. 10
30 held a, Austin, en- the 23j OF Novem'
Der ensuing Ageueral attendance Of those
s..er5'y,l no ,4ast % earnestly desired.
The object Of the Convention IN question
ia 10 devise means # possible, - arrest the
progress Of iniemrerSuce he % yodng and
growing State; 40 evil that ia productive
f 80 much msfssslne nui crime the fcS.
:erer Of vice and inmorsi.iy. aus Of social
u1hsppiress: The .nAseueo Of Watch % every
DAY widening. aad spreading abroad the
seeds Of desola,ion aud death. l. there an
indi,iaaa. az c.s1 70 it,smpefsnce that
does no, desire the template remoyrdF Is
there one vao, al,hou.h not within is bale.
e., Influence, tia, 10 40. Wiling To MAKE the
s.gh. sacrifice OF hIs o'sn pleasure Tor the
senest Of friend and the society With
which he {, sgrtound,d' Is there parent
who is wl.lnx to suffer the preseD, state Of
,l.ines TO continue. and bis children to grow
% surrounded by temptation. when his
voice aid Influence eau produce snlsisfy
changed
The prcsen, movement 10 favor OF tenn
o.rance, /. one 10 which 40 enc can object
1t = not proposed Is ia friends to run
counter to pablc opinion, and to propose
The passage ui a pfohibi.ofy law By the
Legislature. What they desir. is tbs
.impiy tina, a law may be passed allowing
each county to determine ~ i.seli whether
or no, the sale Of alcoholic liquors shall he
allowed or prohibited This is nothing
moro than extending the privileges OF the
people, and permitting them 20 say wbe'her
o. no. they viii rii Themselves Of az EVIL,
so snovedRet to be such by every body, Or
perrtt Il to exist.
We k,ow tina. there 10 a great prejudice
existing against temperance rrlorms aHG
is coniended that they do no good Indeed.
many good men have gwen up the matter
In de.pair. satisfied that nothing esn be done
10 ARES. the evil This has arisen from the
fac, that these refofma,ions have either
started or been managed by impfactcabir
and visionary men, who hsv" mtscd the
question Of temperance with that OF poli-
tics. Fouhedsm. Women. Rgh's, a., 40.
We feel assured tia, under proper manage
uer, incompetence car be put down, il
sensble. practical men viii take bold OF It
men who wl.l make no Efforts to eaFr}
ou, visionary sehemes, but eoniine them
selves to such reforms a. the public voice
viii sanction. We ate sati,f thu, the
great mass Of mankind would reJoice 4 the
.ecre, OF dis,iliing alcoholic liquors was
lost, never to be reclaimed We ars equally
assured tina, If the vote OF the people Of
r,':s we're taken for prohibiting the sale
Of arden. 'pri,r. within the li'oiis OF the
State, ,hs, ,wo.,hirds would vote tor such
n Law, provided the suffice, was properly
laid before them. We confidently believe
that i our conn,cs had the right t. prohibit
the sale OF intoxicating driuk, withie their
limits, that many Of them would vote
for such a Law. This wii! be- the com
niencpmeut Of reformation. whlch, II
properly managed. vii spread rnpidI, over
tho whole State. That such may ice the
result "a certainly the wish Of every pill
anthropis'. Of every lover OF humanity