Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-07-29
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s.s RESOLUTIONS.
Offered at q Temperance meeting, and laid on the
> table for future consideration.

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table for future consideration.
Resolvel, LIST, That we will be faithful tt
our vowsto the latest: hours Of life.
End, That 10 .being active iu the work, We
will strengthen each other in fidelity to the
cause of Temperance, and endeasor-to cor
vince the people of the desirablcness and le'
gality Of prohibition.
Sd, That all apostates from Temperance
be- aEesctionately invited TO return and be
sober.
4th, That all who persist in their apostacy
be requested to- wear their shoes heel fore
most.
5th, That all dram drinking and liquor
treating candidates deserve defeat, and rich
ly merit the indignation ofal people who
have a right to vote.n &c.,
9th, That every self,styled professor of re-
ligion, who is withal a dram drinker, be re-
auested to wear a hat shaped after a black
bottle; a religious official wear ona'like a
jug; adrinkipg preacher wear one exactly in
pattern after a demijohn, without any rim.
7th, That every rum shop be built in the
shape ola still pot, and every rum dealer be
requested to wear a hat, in shape, size and
weight of the cap of still pot.
9th, That all the expenses Of law suits,
&c., growing out of liquor drinking and
drunkenness, be collected by taxing only
liquor dealers and liquor drinkers.
9th, That every licensed grog shop be
required to furnish pallets for those magis'
etrates who voted them license, to sleep on
during court week ; the pallets to be under
the counter and the 'Squires- compelled to
lie there day and night. .
10th, That the Attorneys who procure
license for grog shops, receive pay in the
briny tears of helpless women and the rags
of wretched orphans, and that they preserve
them as heir.looms for their posterity.
18th, That a certain class of gentlemen
be requested to wear flannel stockings over
their shoes, so that in stepping around the
corner or along the alleys, they may not
make a noise 80.
18th, That that pretended advocate Of
Temperance, who drinks Intoxicating liquors,
berequested to,bave a tumbler Of water paint
ed on one cheek, and a glass of rum on the
other, a little nearer to his mouth, and that
he wear a coat nearly one half blue, the BAL
ance, including buttons, and button holes,
British rea.-
18th, That those gentlemen who manage
to be generally on the popular side of the
question. of Temperance-whether for OF
against whiskey-be requested to wear a hat
shaped like a weather cock, anq. spend as
much time as is. consistent with the claims
of the bottle, on the fence.
18th, That every run seller be compelled
to keep a supply of collins and -shrouds on
hand, with a mattock and spade to bury his
slain.
18th, That the money paid for license
be used to buy a lot Of ground adjoining
every grog shop, to bury the customers OF
the proprietor.
10th, That the rum seller concerned be
requested to write an epitaph, to be engra'
ven in large letters on the tombstone of each
subject, stating when, where, why and,how
the deceased came to HE death, giving the
amount paid at his bar for drinks and the
quantity Of liquor bought and drank.
18th, That those who granted license in
the case, be requested to append to the rum
sellers inscription the following, viz
s.Doue according to law, with our cordial
consent and approval" and sign their names
in full.
18th. That all those who approve of the
license law; read carefully the inscriptions
on each drunkard's grave, and say "Amen'
to this work of sin and death, or henceforth
touch. not, nor taste not, handle not the ac'
cursed thing, in any manner or to any de-
gree.-Spira Of the Age.
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