Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1854-01-20

either Of our political parties higher
and more to be desired than the sup
preston Of the Liquor Traffic, and for
that reason are determined to make
that result the issue, above all mere
party considerations, in the elections 10
take place next October.
This can be accomplished through
existing party organizations, without
affecting the political power which
they now maintain in their respective
Representative and Senatorial Districts
in the State.
The mode OF procedure recommend
ed by the resolutions Of this conyen-
ton will insure this result, il carried
out in good faith, as we ardently hope
they may be.
We are told by some Of those enga-
ged in this traffic, that prohibitory
law cannot be enforced in this State;
and some who profess TO be as good
Temperance men, join in the assertion.
In a country where the Supremacy
Of the Law is the acknowledged sheet
anchor Of all our hopes for the perma-
nency Of our institutions, this assertion
is an attack upon the character Of those
institutions themselves. That every
single Infringement Of the law may not
be visited with its just and merited
punishment may be true; but such
law will just as eifectually be enforced
MS the laws, now in our criminal code
are enforced. Such were the predic-
tons made in other States previous TO
the passage Of these laws, but they
hare been enforced there, and they
will be here when obtained.
Look at the prospective result Of the
enactment OF the law. for which We
contend upon the we'll being Of our
STATED
We have 80, 900 square miles Of as
rich and productive land as is to be
found in any country. Here are as
many inducements TO labor and enter
prize rs exist in any State. The bless.
ings Of health, as the country becomes
more and more improved. are enjoyed
TO an extent equalto any portion ofthe
Great West. We have q school fund
surprising in amount that Of many Of
our older Sister States. We are en-
gagged In the construction Of Railroads.
lin almost every direction) which.
when completed, will bear our rich
productions 10 more remuneratiye
market than has heretofore been expo
riencod.
Notwithstanding all this, however.
there exists among Ms an appalling evil
which brings blight, misery. crime and
premature death TO thousands OF our
countrymen; which ellis our Jails and
Penitentaries with criminals: our Be.
nevolent Institutions with the idiotic
and insane, and our Poor.houses with
suffering humanity. IL increases the
taxes Of the citizen; Il endangers the
life Of the peaeeable man rs no returns
home from his labor; IL parlyEes the
hand that would otherwise add thou
sands 10 the wealth Of the State. In
short, II brings nothing else than woes
untold and innumerable, .and with II
notone single good. The monster thai
does all this Is Iatemperanee. created
rs II Is by the traffic In Intoxicating
Liquors. Why shall II not be Danish
ed from our land?
Let Il be done. and look at the grca
good to be accomplis he'd IL would
facilitate the cultivation OF the milllon'
of acres now untouched by the hus'
bandman; II would increase tina
health We now possess; Il would ena
BILE us TO carry out our system Of Ere,
Schools, until. In short time. there
would DO no one unable TO read and
write; il would push forward our Rail.
road enterprise TO more rapid com.
plction; and II would empty our Jails
and pcnitcntiarics. The vacant stare
Of the Idiot, and the wild yell Of the
Maniac. would be less frequently seen
and heard. No logger would our chill.
dren be seduced from the paths OF safe.
ty and Of honor, TO become the most
loathed OF human beings. and no long.
or would the wall OF heart.brokcn wives
Of drunken husbands be heard In the
land-and the cries OF their children
starving for bread would be hushed
lorevcfi
In vicwof all this. may we not come
before the People OF Indiana, and ask
them. In full confidence that they will
do 40, 10 aid us In the movement Ia
which we arr engaged.
Aud finally. may We not invoke
them. by the regard they have for their
State and lie prosperity: by their own
desire for safety and happiness; and.
above all, by the love they have for
their offspring. 10 arouse In their might
and TO proclaim that the aeeursed Lq.
uor Traffic shall be banished from the
land for all time 10 eomel
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Resolved, That, as friends Of the great
Temperance Reform, assembled In Con.
veniIon In the Capital Of the state. for
whose Intellectual advancement, moral
purity. social enjoyment. political rights
and future destiny, az citizens, we feel
al abiding interest-we would express
TO the Source OF all Good our unielgned
thanks for the success which has 50 far
attended our labors. and invoke contn-
uence Of hs wisdom 10 guide and power
to sustain US. until cause so just shall
have attained universal sway.
Resolved, That the manufacture and
sale OF intoxicating liquors as beverage
stand as the fountain of the great vice
Of Intemperance, aud open the streams