Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-10-03
81 c1EvELAND, INopAY MORNING, ocToBER3, 1859.


Pursuantto to a call of the ENeeuii,e Commitie' {
the Cuyahoga County Temperance Society, 'he
friends Of Temperance me, at the Old Oour, House
in this city, on Saturday October lst, at p O'Clock
7. ~, for the purpose Of forming q city society to
oct rs an auxiliary to the county Organization
George r Burwoll was called to The Char, and
George II. Wyman elected Secretary.
On motion, l. O. PsndIetOu Elisha Taylor and
U. Bartlett were appointed Committee on Per
maaent Organisation
On motion, D. W. Gage, II. D. Paul and John
Foot were appointed a Committee On RssolutiOnsi
The Committee on Permanent Organization re-
ported the following Constitution, which va'
adopted
AR. l. This Association shall be known as tho
Cleveland City (EHst Sidt) Ttmpetance Society,
aud shall be governed by thousual rules and usages
Of similar organizations.
Arr 2. Tie officers Of this society shall he
Presiden, Vice President, Secretary aad Treasurer,
20 continue in ofice one year and until their sue
cessors are chosen
Arr. g. There shah be Beard Of Managers
Consisting Of hve peraous, aud the President, Vice
President, Secretary aud Treasurer shall be CO off.
ci0 members Of the Board. -t
ART. A. All meetings Of This Association shan
be called BY the President and Secretary, and the
Annual Meeting shall be held at such time and
place as tho Board Of Managers may determine, for
the choice Of officers.
ART. 5. This Constitution may be altered or
amended az any meeting Of this Society, by vote
Of twothirds OF the members present at such meet
ing.
ART Q. Any person may become member OF
this Society by signing this Constitution, embrace
ing the following pledge
We agree to entirely abstain from oil intoxicating
drinks, as beverage, aud disoOnntenance the sale
or use Of them in others.
A majority Of those present added their sigma
lures to the Constitution aud Pledge.
The following persons were named by The Com
miitee as officers for the ensuing year. and were
unanimously elected by the Society
President, w. Il. Stanley; Vice President, U. b.
waddloi Secretary, George H. Wymau, Treas
urer Gearge Mygatt
Board Of Managers-Be benjamin Rouse, r. r. Her
rick, Cbaunccy Tice, DR.. l. II. Marshall and jams
Christian. LE
The following persons we're chosen Delegates to
the Meeting Of the CuyShoga County Temperance
Society, 10 be holden at Brecksvlle on the 2sth
instant
George P. ButWiI, l. c PcudIcion, W. II. STAN
ley, George IL Wyman, d. W, Gage, u. b. Wad-
die, Cbauncoy Tice, Peter Seils Rev. H. P. Hen
dersun, j. 3, Gibb0na.
On motion, power wac conferred upon the Boaid
Of Managers to al vacancies, should any oconr in
tho list OF officers.
Rev. II. p. Henderson and j. g. Gibbons were
appolnted Committee to escort the Presidon, 20
the chair
Iu assuming tho duties OF the ohiss OF President,
Ar. Stanley rendered his thanks 10 the Society for
tho honor conferred upon him. and pledged his best
services 10 the cause.
The Committee on Resoluilons then submitted
report, which, with some slight smsndments, was
adopted. The following arc the resolutions a.
passed
WHEREAS, Iutemporaneo nov Is, and ever has
heen, the fruitful source Of taxation, pauperiam
and crime, and
Whereas, The sale and an Of Intoxicating drink
as beverage teDds directly 70 produce intomper.
ance, and as comparatively few OF the AluIl inebri
atcs arc ever pSrmSnsatly FefoT@ed, therefore
ReSolpsd, That it ia The imperative duty OF svery
Fiend OF humsuity 80 eKert his utmOsl lnausnce IN
All lawful WeyS TO prevent intsmpersncs by prohb-
ting the sale and resirAisinE the use Of iatoIicat
Reiolced, That tits the duty OF temperance men.
an the friends OF humanity every whore, by mora
aud religious Influences to create 3 general and
ptopopderating sentiment In the community favor.
able to tho suppression OF intempeTAnco HII
Resolved, That all honorable means should be
used 20 induce persons 10 pledge themselves 30
total abstinence from everything that inioKicales
and at an early age 10 have them thoroughly
hohooltd in temperance principles, before their an
petites become yitiated and their character loat
by the contaminating and seductive influence that
clusters about saloOus and bar.rooins
ReS0ioed That our hopes for The future welfare
and temperance sentiment Of this country are cen.
terod in enlsting aud interesting the young as &C
tive to-workers in this great re5Ormatory movement
aud that We should spare no pains and leave no
proper Influence unapped to secure the active
sympathy OF all Ia lhiswork. a
AS the meeting was about to DO adjourned Rev.
r. IL. Conklin, Pastor Of Congregational Church
in Providence, Rhode Island, arose and said, q a.
a. he was sojournng in the city, no had attended
the meeting in order TO encourage the friends 0,
temperance in the West, and to tell them of the
progress Of the cause In the East He smoke quito
briefly but eoquently In regard 10 the means to 10
employed in the work. and said they OF New Eng.
aud were planted as firmly as tho eternal rocks on
the basis OF legal prohibition. and that It made
his heart glad 10 be able to convey to his native
city the welcome tldlngs that Cleveland stood
shoulder TO shoulder with her on this platform.