Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1860-03-28
State Temperance cnnrentinn

State Temperance Convention.
At a session of this Convention, held at
Columbus on the 18th inst,
Gen. Cary, from the committee on bust
ness reported the following
RESOLUTIONS.
J.. ResOlred That pledged temperance
men are specially bound to be true 10 their
pledge of abstinence from the use of intox-
icating drinks of all kinds 1t is better
not to vow, than to vow and not perform.
l. RsS0L-ed, That the Christi n min
istry must ever be regarded as leaders in
every moral reform, and that as our main
hope of the final success of our cause lies
in the fact that it appe Is to the conscien-
ces and moral and religious sentiments of
manhood, We respectfully and earnestly call
upon the Christian pulpit to utter its voice
of c~ntrcaty and warning. and not regard
this vital question SIS a mere secular issue.
3. ReSoLred, That our cause has been
greatly injured by a class of selfconstitu-
ted lecturers. destitute alike of intelligence
and moral principle; who desire to live by
imposing upon a too eredulous public-and
that we urge upon the friends of temper
ance, everywhere, to withhold their coun-
tenance and support from all such mendi-
cants-receiving no professed lecturer IN
less his credentials are well authentica-
ted.
4. ResoLced, That we re-afirm our
confidence in, and devotion to the princi-
pies of the Maine Law, and that the tenn
perance men Of Ohio will not cease agita-
ton and effort until the accursed traffic in
intoxicating drinks is entirely propibited
BY law and those guilty of violating such
law are punished as other criminals.
s. HeSoLced, That the universal adul-
teratiOn and drugging of liquors ought to
alarm all who are in the habit of drinking.
and induce them to unite with us in bring
ing the makers and vendors of these poi
D n to the bar of justice, that they may
receive the punishment due their crimes.
6. ReSohyed, That the fraudulent man.
nfacturers Of poisoned liquors and those
who sell them, knowing them to be poi
soned, deserve the halter as much as the
assassin wio takes life by means of the
bowie knife or other deadly weapons.
z. Resotnyd, That such amendments
to the Inspection law az would enable the
Inspector to demand access to liquors and
provide for the summary destruction OF all
drugged and counterfeit liquors. would II
enforced, empty every bar in Ohio, and
prepare the way for a Maine Law. Anu
that, in the opinion of this convention tie
present legislature cannot do less than to
protect the people Of Ohio from wholesale
poisoning.
WHEREAS, Memorials purporting to
come from tie friends of temperance, NOR
atty and god 'order have been presented
to the General Assembly asking that the
question of changing the Constitution of
Ohio, so as to admit of the passage of a
law to license the liquor traffic, may be
submitted to the electors of the State,
ReSoLred, That this Convention, repre-
the various temperance organiza-
in the State, demonstrate against the
prop sed modification of the Constitution
and will steadily and persistently oppose
every effort to restore the license system,
for the following reasons
First-Fhis system, in this. and every
other State, has entirely failed to limit or
the evils resulting from the liquor
traffic, and this State will compare favora-
bly, with any other where a license law
Second-The business of liquor selling
in this State is every year becoming more
.lisreputable, and hence the desire and cf
forts on the part of the friends of the traf-
&c to restore the license system, and thus
i've responsibility to a vile and damning
,usi1ess.
Thrd-We solemnly protest against be-
oming participants in the guilt, by rccei-
ing into the public treasury a revenue de-
lived from robbery and wrong.
Fourth-If the trafie is wrong and re-
nlts in injury to society, it is unjust and
MT republican to license tiff right and
blessing, none should be prohibited from .
ngaging in it. j.,
Fifth-A license law would be in direct 4
onfict with our bill of rights which de- .
lares the right to enjoy and defend life and Q
pursue and obtain happiness and {
iqaEenGUe.
Sixth-It is an outrage upon the intelli- 5
.ance of a civilized people to build aims y
lOuses, lunatic asylums and prisons, and
hen provide a way by law to fill them. 2
Seventh-The great Law Giyer, infinite ,.
n wisdom and goodness, never licenses but !
Uniformly and universally prohibits that =
which is wrong in itself or which results
n wrong to his creatures. !
The resolutions were discussed by the .
spirits of the Convention, but for
Fant of room we cannot give even a syn !
psis of the discussion; its nature can east
y be imagined by the tenor of the resolu- :
ions: they were heartily endorsed by every
and by language made eloquent c
y nature, education. and heartfelt inter- 2
st in the subject. {.
Resolutions one and two were uuani- n
lously adopted and the balance laid on the :
able for discussion in the evening, when b
was expected members of the Legislature !,
Tould be present, and, as a delegate said, n
hey would show the law makers with =
hat a laundering vote they would be ?
assed. e.
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