Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-03-09


adopted by the Indiana State Temperance
Convention held at indianapolis on the
tn and 18th of January last. We com
mend them to the attention of our read
erS
Resol,'ed, That, as friends of the great
Temperance Reform, assembled in conyen-
ton In the capitol of the State, for whose
intellectual advancement. moral purity. So
cial enjoyment, political rights and future
destiny, as citizens, we feel an abiding in
terest-we would express to the Source of
all Good our unfeigned thanks for the sue
cess which has SO far attended our labors.
and invoke a continuance of His wisdom
to guide, and power to sustain us. until
cause SO just shall have attained uniyer-
sal sway
Resolred, That the manufacture and
sale of Intoxicating liquors as a beverage,
stand as the fountain of the great vice of
Intemperance, and open the streams that
are sweeping thousands and tens of thou
sands to destruction-tha the great army
of drunkards that now disgrace our land
are the legitimate fruits of such business,
and living exhibition of the characters
of its deeds.
ResoIrea, That from the efforts hereto
fore exerted-unparallele in the history
of any moral reformation-we had hoped
that blow had been given to intemper
ance which would have prostrated it for
ever. But to counteract all the moral
force which has been brought to bear up
on 1T, upon almost every street, highway
and byeway, throughout our State, stand
the railylng points of intemperanee claim
ing and receiving protection from the law
"a law which we believe to be not only
at war with the best interests Of the peo-
pie, but contrary to the express provision
of the Constitution of our State. which
enjolns upon the General Assembly to en-
courage, by all suitable means, moral and
intellectual improvement, and wholly in
opposition to the wishes of large ma jor-
ity of the people of the State
Resolrea, That as it has been conceded
by the people, in the adoption of our Con
stitution, ''that the great end thereof is,
that justice be established, public order
maintained and liberty perpetuated"-
and that '-all power is inherent in the
people, and that all free governments are
and of right ought to be- founded on their
authority. and instituted for their peace.
safety and well -being"-it is to that cher
lshed instrument we look as the palladium
| of our rights-and as the effects of the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating lio-
uors as a beverage, are to 21crrert justice,
subrert order, dcstr0y liberty, interrupt
peace, end0ngcr safety and leopard our
we'll being. we demand as right. the en-
actment and enforcement of law that
will avert these ealamities and secure to
US and posterity the rich blessings SO
clearly expressed in our Bill of Rights
ResO/red, That as Intemperance is the
scou-ge of our land-the fountain of crime
the source of untold social and politi-
cal evils-the ever-present foe of human
happiness, invading alike the cottage OF
the poor and the princely home of the
weaithy-robbing the Pulpit. the Bar, the
Bench and the Forum of their brightest
ornaments, and by corrupting the purity
! of the Elective Franchise, endangering
the stability, if not the very existence of
our free institutions Therefore, it be-
comes the duty alike of the Patriot the
Philanthropist and the Christian, to unite
their efforts to accomplish its entire over
throw.
Reso(ccl, That no prohibitory law will
satisfy the temperance sentiment of this
State, which does not contain the princi-
pies of seizure, confscation and dcstrue-
tion of liquors kept for illegal sale.
Resoiced. That the principles for which
we contend, are, and have been recognized
! by all civilized Governments, as well as
by the Divine Government as fundamen-
tai to the existence and well being of So
ciety.
Resolrcd, That, attached as we are to
our respective political parties, we have
no disposition to interfere with their or
ganization but we distinctly declare, that
we will not vote for any candidate for the
Legislature of any party, who is not fully
committed in favor of the principles avow
ed in the two preceding resolutions
Resolced That in view of the high NOR
al bearings of the temperance question,
we deem it peculiarly the duty of minis
ters of the gospel to interest themselves
in the progress of this good cause. And
we respectfully solicit them to bring this
subject before their respective congrega-
tions as often as they can make it conven
lent.
DiSroufpnf