The Cecil Whig., 1867-06-22
The Temperance Movement.



perance Association desire to present tC
the people Of the State Of Maryland the fol
loving expression of their principles and
aims
The Association is composed OF represen
iatves elected by different temperance or.
CARNATIONS in the city of Baltimore, who
have for their object the dissemination OF
The principles of total abstinence from all
Intoxicating drinks as a beverage, believing
as they do that the enormous increase OF
crime and paupcrism owes, in great mea-
sure, its present awful proportions to the
common use ofalcoholIc liquors. They aim
to abate this evil by prohibiting the sale of
spirituous liquors within our commonwealth.
aud to secure the enactment of laws that
will make the vending Of such liquors a
criminal ohense.
During the past few years, or since the
termination Of Tie war, crime has steadily
advanced, while pauperism has increased
thirty per cent. Thus the tax payers of the
State have been compelled to pay enormous
taxes to support the criminals and paupers
made such by the use ofintoxicatng liquors
Vice in every form, the legitimate offspring
OF intemperance, rules with terrible sway
throughout our large aud populous towns
aud villages.
The missionary Of God appeals in vain :
his efforts seem powerless for good in com.
munities where the liquor traffic is so abnn.
dant as in the city of Baltimore. 1t is,
therefore, the object Of the Association to
call a State Temperance Convention, for
the purpose OF devsing some plan whereby
the people will be saved from the dreadful
scourge which now afllcts them. They
therefore appeal to the temperance men and
women of tie State to organize in every
ward, township and county temperance as.
l.Ng to F,r,, H.,
to select good and true men to represent
them in a convention to meet in the city Of
Baltimore, on Tuesday, August -, 1867.
The Board, acting for the benefit OF all,
being composed OF Sons Of Temperance,
| Good Tempars, and others who have no
| connection with any secret order, desire the
members of every branch of the temperance
brotherhood, to cast aside all prejudice in
! favor Of their own particular organization,
and TO unite their efforts in this common
| undertaking, which is intended for the benc
| tit OF all organizations whose object is the
| iurtherance Of the cause of temperance
! he motto, Love, Purity and Fidelity govern
oar action, while Faith, Hope and Charity
will prove the great incentive in urging us
! forward in the great work.
1t is earnestly hoped that the convention
will be composed ofuncomprom friends
| "i the cause; that prohibition will be made
| The standard principle Of onr contest, and
that in future we will use all honorable
means to secure through our State reprrsen
ta'ireS the passage Of a prohibtory liquor
law.
Prohibition ia no new theme it has been
advocated by The ahlrst of statesmen and
inrists more than n century ago. Lord
Chesterfield. IN speech made in the British
House o. Lords, February Dist. 1913, in
opposition to a bill for granting licenses 10
sin shops, by winch the ministry hoped to
rralH" very large ann;al INCOME, thus
argues: "Nothing, my lords. bpt the des
traction Of all the most ahorons and usefnl
part of the nation can be expected from the
Incense which is now proposed 10 be given.
mol only to drunkenness, bnt to drunken
n"Ss oi' the most iet"stabia AMI dangerous
hInd Ia the abuse not only Of intoXicati0n.
hut of poisonous liquors. For when did
amy man hear that commodity was prohb
tied hy licensing the salr?' One of hi,
opponents answered and said; '"rhese men
ought TO be allowed to SELL because if re
strained, number would be deprived Of
their occupation: ii employs great numbers:
they have arrived at exquisite skill. and
therefore the trade Of distiIng and vending
Of course is not to be disGouraged" Lord
Chesterfield responded: 'tlt appears to ne
produce are allowed to enlceble the limbs
and vtiate the blood, to prevert the heart
and obscure the intellect, that the lumber
ot disillerS should lie no argument in Their
lavOr, for never heard q law against theft
was repealed or delayed because the thieves
were numerous II appears 10 me. my lords,
that if so formidable q body are confeler.
atel against the virtue or lie Of our fellow
citizens, it is time to pnt an end to the hor
ror, ana 10 lD!elppse' while it is YET in our
power TO stop the destruction. If, then,
liquors are so delicious that the people are
tempted TO their destruction, let us, my
lords, serTrn then. fro,n .ie fatal draughts
BY bursting the Walls that COMA: III them lei
us crush at once these artists in slaughter
who have rcconcilcd their countrymen to
sickness and TO ruin, and spread over the
pitfalls of debauchery such bait as cannot
be resisted'
The celebrated DR.. VIM. Jay, of England,
in letter, says: ~ believe that next TO
the glorious Gospel, God could not bless
the human race 50 much as hy the abolition
of all ntoyitating spIftg.'
DR.. l.. Hcecher, III one oi his sermons,
has these words; ''The ungodlness in time,
and the everlasting ruin in eternity, iusepa.
rable from the commerce in ardent spirits,
prescribe il as an unlawful article ortraiiic.'
Carefully compiled statistics show that
sixty thousand lifcs are annually destroyed
by ntempcrance in the United States; one
hundred thousand men and women are year.
| ly sent 10 prison in consequence Of strong
drink ! twenty thousand children are yearly
sent to the poor house for the same reason:
three hundred murders are another of the
yearly fruits OF intcmperancc; four hundred
suicides follow these fearful catalogues of
misery two hundred thousand ORPHANS arc
bcqucgthea cavii year to private and public
charity; two hundred million dollars are
! yearly expended to produce this shocking
amount OF crime and misery, and as much
more is lost from the same cause,
| Fellow citizens: We therefore appeal 10
YOU TO unite your efforts with us in staying
the further progress of an evil so monstrous
and powerful that its influence is felt
nearly every hreside throughout the entire
country.
In conclusion, we again urge the temper
ance men and women of the State to rally
rally around the standard of total absii,
nence, and select trustworthy representa-
tives to represent you in the Convention on
the 9th day Of August next.
Associations wishing to unite will report
to the Secretary, at No. IL Lexington street.
by order Board oiControl.
C. w. Dorsey, p. G. W. Ward,
A. w. Monroe, G. W. Virtue,