The Delaware herald., 1854-03-22

Resolution LIST says, "We Will m
Independence our fathers pied and
Very creditable, gentlemdp. All
anda other parties, in thA day. int\
SO too. This is particularly the int N
the temperance party. 'Hhen cons
selves, gentlemen you viii have Ggh
the discharge of this duty, for you ha
body to help you. 1t is we'll indeed
country, that this duty doe not devol
upon you.
Resolution Cd says, "we
of the voters of the State
hibition, and we will not vo
ance man." Well, gentlem
to find with that You have
what you please, and you hs
vote for whom you please;
have no moral right to vote against
for by doing SO, you vote against Il
csts your country.
Resolution Sd says, eve aliez/
from all party ties" &c., and pl
forts to the success of your caus
virtue, liberty and independence
tlemen, have no fault to find wit
tion from your parties. If you hay
5 or Democrats, and think it best =,
!. parties to join the rum party-tl6s
tlemen, it is a little too bad to tell
r cause is the cause of virtue, libert
pendence. You know, gentlemen,
: the whitening curse of intemperant
q dies. You know that the moral &c
= Intoxicating drinks PRODUCES is at
r. true liberty, and rational independC
/ know, gentlemen, that the wretche
IS this vice are not the men upon WI
l. shoulders the ark of our liberty may
N Resolution 4th, challenges the
rs set OF men to say what you shall
or wherewithal you snail be clothe
j. chrcs, that as our forefathers, on
of field, conquered our foreign foe. s.
er rally to the ballot-box, aDG defeat
On tic foe, !. G., the .partb in favor Of
We Really, gentlemen, | fear that, likefs
EN- renowned knight Don Quixote, Won
C. time fighting a windmill. Who,
Ii prescribe what you shall eat, or
ity Drink ! Not that temperance l.
nd (Which you seem so much enraced
,st ls to prohibit the sale Of intoxicatjnG,
lev IA beverage. The law which VIC
re have placed upon the statute book
.c-H will not hinder you from drinking
rel can get 1t; but We intend to give '
sr. trouble 70 get it. That other part @
1 tuition in which you 50 complacentl,
III yourselves to Your iorefathers; veu
A iore!athers, indeed No, gentlemen
h very far from beng Ike your forefathe
1t were these glorious men Of rs wM
1n '4cr live, Their fortunes, and the
H. honor, III defence Of American her
h. poured the.r b!ood oot he w;rer
sct battle fields OF the Ha1iOn. You ike y
= fathers, indeed They were men wl.
ith to take the pledge, aad we're true
he piIghted faith; wh..c you, gentlemen,
IL never took the pledge IN your lives, a:
ar were t" dc So, | Il, !inc il would :nde
to uphill busin~as ivr y3u to i:"ep it.
en-, tiemen, you are not Ike your fpraf
b Of less those torciathers were the torie
il revolution, ard then admit YOU are
ais tAein indeed. Il$rfosc men who tllr,
70 interest and influence in the acale Of
the ny IN their couatry's darkest hour
TIE we're your iorctathers, then you are in,
them, and you ncCd not hunt up the oil
to OF the past to provo that you ar lineal
tus ants; there is too striking family Ill
as adnlt OF any doubt upon the subject
the iorsook the stered cause Of liberty for
crs nation OF the tyrant George II. and
re- sake the cause Of yirtuous liberty for
Dol nation OF that worse tyrant, king Alc,
ire. Resolution 9th. tolcroles all religion
mt, nations, but opposes church and stat
.os, nations. You tolerate all relig Gus d
4ud tens, do You, gentlemen. How yer
-ea YOU. Doubtless all religious demo
.om Wlll feel very grateful to Won for "
has ton. Bdpt!s;s, Presbyteriaus
pie Friends, Mormons, Jews and Turks
.ost voutly to Heaven for these kind gen
yer Frcoerlca; for they tolerate you all
no. quietly IN your beds-no danger or h
: of come unto YOU, for this new rum party
uds you. lis pity, gentlemen, that 81
urc ness, ON your part, should be thrown
fed these religious denominations: for I Y
l to doubt indeed whether any of them ttg
not ate yOu. But you are opposed to ch
not state, are you. So are We, gcntiemt
its tins church and state; what gloTi
nm hide and bloody bones, to frighten tn,
uc- You remind me, gentlemen, of a poor
de- fellow who, being warned of the dan
Lins attack of Asiatic cholera, swofe th,
eet was humbug; that it was but tri
the priests to unite church and state.
not yourselvese gentlemen no one want
of church and state. Certainly the
be oppose is as much opposed to it, ain
ion is to your cherished object-a unior
,ost and state.
cps Resolution 9th says that you are q
a of every thing anti-republcan, sid espe.
of very anti-republican thing, 'Prohll
liar Well, gentlemen, we are equally W
selves opposed to every thing anti-re
to and only convince us that prohibitio
in republican, and we will join you in
nd lanx-the whole temperance party
in you; and, with such an accession
ial- strength, we will get up such bait
ter wind-milis as the world never saw be
res But, gentlemen, while | have no
nu- with your efforts to exterminate thes
Gle ance men; while can but deplore
ich versity of heart, or obtuseness of inte
we does not see and feel the sad evils
!. from the traffic in intoxicating drinks
very much dislike your one principu
/, you credit for your bold and decMdf
u its favor. Go on, gentlemen; orgI
rum party, and bring the qgestion ouf.
fully before the voters of law
Ing simple question of prohil&bn,Eo.
traffic in rum, be presents t4Mfhei.