Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1868-05-14
National T.mnerauce oonY,n, don.

The following call has been issued signed
by Hon. VIM. E. Dodge, of New York, and
a large number of other well-known gentle
men, including Bishop James, Rev. DR.. Hat
field, George II. Stuart, and others =
| The desire having been expressed by many
persons prominent in Church and temper
| nkce organizations, that at some early day Il
national temperance convention should be
held. correspondence was opened with
friends in different parts of the country, all
of whom expressed an earnest desire for the
holding of such convention at some central
point some time during the summer. We
accordingly, in behalf of the bodies we re-
present, do earnestly invite all general as
semblies and all synods, all General and
annual conferences, all associations OF min
listers and religious State conventions, all
national and Slate temperance organizations,
Grand Divisions Sons Of Temperance, Grand
| Lodges of Good Templars, Grand Temples
of Temples of Honor and Temperance, to
send delegates to Il national convention, to
be held in the city of Cleveland, Ohio, on
Wednesday, July %, 1865, at 10 o'clock
A. NJ.
Each body to be entitled to seven dele
gates, of which the presiding officer and sec
retary shall be two, the other five to be ap-
pointed by the body. In case any associa-
| ton or organization shall not be in session
after the issue OF this call and prior to the
meeting of the convention, the presiding
officer shall appoint the delegates and furnish
them with credentials accordingly. Those
Churches and parishes whose bodies may
fail to appoint delegates are each requested
to send one delegate. All delegates must
have credentials duly signed by the officers
of their respective bodies. Vacancies in
delegations may be filled by the remaining
delegates.
The objects of the convention are to COM
pare views. discuss foundation principles,
and secure, 50 far as practicable, concert of
action. To this Diapers prepared by the
| best writers in the country will be presented,
bearing upon the various aspects of the
temperance work, such as the duties of the
pulpit, the press, and the platform-the re-
lation of temperance to the Sabbath, the
Sabbath school, aud Church-to colleges and
I institutions of learning-to statistics aud po-
litical economy-the scriptural, scientific,
medical, and legal phases Of temperance
the necessity of organizations.t the ballot, etc.
Notwithstanding the triumph of the cause
| in the past, and the encouraging prospect
of the future, the evil of intemperance still
ravages our land, filling homes with discord,
suffering and woe, almshouscs and prisons
with inmates, peopling graveyards with
victims, and recruiting the army of eternity
with lost souls And the demand is now
made by the trafiickers in strong drink that
all laws tending to the observance of quiet
Sabbath shall be abrogated, and they per-
mitted to carry on their Obstructive work
without let or hindrance Oh that day.
Friends of temperance and religion! let
the 10Th day of July, lS6s, see such a gather
ing of the forces as shall demonstrate that
in laboring for this cause the different temp
pcrance organizations and the Church are
not antagonislic, but co-workers who are
striving to redeem our beloved country
from the curse of intemperance.