Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-05-21

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The Order of the Sons Of Temperance
has now been established nearly twenty
seven years. The Constitution of the Ma
tional Division requires that this body
assemble once a year, and we meet to-day
in this beautiful city, surrounded by a band
of noble brothers, as the highest branch of
the Oldest organized sbody of the temper
ance army, with thirty-six Grand and near
ly two thousand Subordinate Divisions,
extending into States, Territories and the
British DominiOns. During the twenty
seven years we have admitted over two
millions of persons /; extended the Order
into the Old World, and are steadily but
surely advancing with increasing force and
swelling ranks. We should recognize the
fostering care and heavenly blessing of an
unseen but Divine hand in ali our past tri-
umphs and present prosperity, and still
seek that guidance and blessing without
which all our undertakings will be in vain
Our progress and prosperity have indeed
been wonderful and almost unprecedented.
Commencing with sixteen men in a little
room, our Order has spread over an entire
continent, is firmly planted, and rapidly
increasing in other countries, attracting
the attention of the wise and good, raj
lying the hosts of temperance, and or
ganizing for the future conflict and the final
victory.
A review of the financial condition of
the Order showed collections by Subordi-
nate Divisions to date, to have been the
enormous sum of Sc 16S,4 AL.
In speaking OF the onward march of the
grand temperance army in the different
States, it is incidentally remarked that but
little activity can be expected in the South
ern States until the country is in q more
settled condition and the present financial
endorsements are removed; that many
of the old guard yet remain, and only wait
favorable opportunity to renew their vows
and once more unite their efforts in putting
down the demon intemperance.
The different societies and organizations
Of the great and gathering host of the tenn
perance army are not antagOnlstic Or CON
iiicting. They are one in aim and purpose,
and should be one in spirit and action.
They have operated 10 union and harmony
in such States as Massachusetts, New York,
Michigan, etc, when great fundamental
questions called Tor united action. We
would extend fraternal greetings, and seek
still further to cultivate fraternal inter
course, harmonic conflicting views, and
unite our efforts upon great foundation
principles and modes of operation. The
Sons of Temperance, Good Templars, Tenn
plars of Honor, and other kindred orgsni-
cations, should form league of friendship,
have a common bond Of union and frater-
nifty, and work in unison and harmony
wherever they exist The organizations
may not be merged in one-perhaps il
would not be best, even if it could be done
-as each has its peculiar work and
separate workers; yet with these three
great armies moving in one grand solid
phalanx upon the enemy's works, the strug-
gle would be shortened, the end nearer al
hand, and the victory more complete.
Our Order has survived the opposition
of its enemies, the apathy of its friends, the
jealousy Of lis rivals, and is still able 10
withstand the recent malignant assaults of
professed friends. The moral and Chris
lian community have been called upon to
oppose our Order on the ground that we
are secret society, and as SUCH unable 10
help forward the work of moral reform.
This is said in ignorance or in malicious
opposition to orr principles. Tens ofthou-
sands have been saved from drhnkard's
eternity, and restored TO their families, the
church and the community; aud tens of
thousands of young men have been pre-
served from going the way of the drunk
ard, through the fundamentally of our
Divisions. Is not this moral relorm2
We are in no proper sense secret 30
cieiy. Our name, objects, membership,
aims, purposes, times and places of meet
ings, are all known and promulgated to
the world. The entire proceedings of our
National and Grand Divisions are openly
published and given TO all who desire
them. We have no signs, grips, or de-
grees in any department of the Order
Our installation, dedication of halls and
funeral ceremonies, are all performed in
public We are not secret society, but
may be denominated society with a Sc
cret. The Order is visible and operative.
Ii operates upon the heart, changes the,t
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