Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-05-31
TFot the Delaware Republican.

The GOOD ThMfLAho OONN ENllONs
Thursday, the 2Ath of May, was day long |
to be remembered BY the friends Of Temper |
ance In Delaware. The Good Templsrs, ar
infant Institution, in our State, agreed some
time ago, to hold q convention OF their sever |
al orders at Middletown, on the line Of the |
Delaware Railroad In furtherance Of this, ar |
rangsments were made with the Railroad Com 1
pany TO run extra cara from Laarel and VIII |
mington.
The day came, when the sun rose in all his |
regal majesty, 10 welcome the gladstone event L
The winds were commanded to "be still" and
all nature appeared to sympathiEe 10 the glo,
rious denomination about to transpire. A lit
tie after 8 O'Clock In the morning the trsin OF
nine cars arrived from Laurel loaded to their
utmost capacity with men and women, good
and true, enlisted In the holy cause Of redeem
ing Delaware from the curse Of rum.
Tue different orders were marshalled at the
Depot headed by an excellent band OF music,
breathing forth its soul stirring strains and
marched to the 'Templar's BALI when the de
gress OF the Grand Lodge were dispersed to
vast mulitudes OF eager participants which &C.
cupied the time until the train from Whining
ton arrived when the same ceremonies were
repeated to all who wished, coming In that train
and the hundreds Of persons who came In pri-
vate conveyance.
The ceremonies of initiation being ended,
procession
the band. and marched to a beautiful grove
near the Episcopal Church where the commit.
tee Of arrangements had prepared for their re-
csptiou. But such preparstioa-why, sir, the
ground was scarcely able to stand the multi.
eide, much less seat them. The Committee
uodbtlees guided by their political meetings
had prepared seats for some thousand or IF
teen hundred persons consequently only about
one in Ave could be seated.
IT h az
Roberts, called the meeting to order, when
Thomas B. Coursey, Esq, of Kent County was
chosen President and the usual Vice President
and Secretary appointed.
The first speaker was q Mr.. Goats, tailor
from Philadelphia, who spent about an hour
and ten minutes in cuttieg out and bastiug up
wsrf for the Temperance men and women OF
Delaware to sew up, and the manner In which
he performed his Job proved him q master
workman. He stated one fact In his own his
tory worthy of note, that he had raised fam
lily OF eight chilGren, had kept house 40 years
and had not In all that time one gill OF alec
holic liquor In his house.
he was followed by the Rev. T. L. Poulsou
In an excellent address.
The meeting was then adjourned till hal
past one O'Clock tor rest and refreshment.
splendid dinner was providedby Charity Lodg
of AiddletowA, for the officers, speakers an
delegates TO the Grand Lodge. This repas
produced two facts; frat, complete safety I
our hungry stomaehs, and second, the yer
handsome manner in which the ladies of IL
Good Tsmplars of Middletown acquitted them
selves in getting it up. May no drunken 8,
ever blight Their hopes
Long before the hour of adjournment ha
expired, the vast multitude had again Assem-
blsd around the speaking stand, looking happ
and contented as only men and women eng
ged In good cause can look You have hear
of the Blue Hens chickens, let me tell you
Editor there were among those chickens son
Puiists hard to beat, wnere beauty was to
compared. 1t was thought best TO CRAFTY Ii
eager crowd and the meeting was again OF
ganised before the hour had expired, when Ii
Rev. George. Quigley addressed it for over q
hour in telling speech which was listened
with marked attention. Mr.. Qugley 10
man after my own heart, no compromise wi
the rum traffic or trimming to political tricl
sters-aoknowledgedo once as an evil 1t must
sbated, without fear, favor or affection.
he was succeeded by the inimitsble Samu
Hewlett of Philadelphia, whose telling hi,
veil timed anecdotes and complete mimicr
kept the audience in good humor-I can't 81
how long, when the Rev. Thomas Martiuda
syoung man OF fne promise and sealeus tel
persnce aspirations made a neat closing spec
full of good, practical, common sense, aft
which the Rev. Thomas L. Poulson read
appropriate Poetical relation oil the 1ourne
man, the landlady and the cherries. The rea
ing Of this proved Mr.. P. TO be an eIcelle
reader.
The meeting was then adjourned.
Thus ended the frat Convention OF the Go
Tempsrs, aided BY many Of tbe Sons of Te
porAnce OF Delaware. We were pleased to 8
the sono unite with u.s. We are engaged
common cause; then let our efforts be uu
ted. There is work enough for sll, truly d
harvest 10 greAl and tho laborers are few.
wore To those wno are standing alooi from Ii
great revival In the TEN perance reformation.
Do you acknowledge that intemperance is g
evilf lfyou do why not unite your edoi
with ours 10 extirpAte it from the land7
you object that the active persons in vorkil
out this reformation are not such az Won el
associate with? We ask you to study the hi
tory of the early founders Of ohristianity +;
some poor ignorant fishermen were chosen
God himself TO revolutouiIs the world. "
you therefore reject Christianity because
founders were not genteel2 Do you belle
that God made and preserved this beauti
continent OF America for no other purpose ii
the propagation Of slavery, the rum traffic