The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-01-22

zeal parties ia favorable 10 the license system nquoe
traffic. the duty the friends of temperance nomtnat
who not favorable to and that II after
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drink vii BE- the aay o. the friends Of y
shall go for all political Righteousness and especially ahu
Resolved That nssnluch the true religion which the
Christ religion requires conformity TO the laws bengs
ths. and The drinier dishonors Ina. 4s.
Sssovsd recognise sasse 'e q smpsrano.
Inc
Resolved That the drunkard IL dangerous man, danger!
alike himself and all Others and that The liquor
traffic. which Illus Transforms the man into
longer be tolerated legazed without the Sroassst
Resolved That prohibition political necessity tina. n
pendent political orsanison Is demanded a. shs prssss
time p'
On taking up the resolutions for discussion it was
proposed by DR. Lore 10 strike out the two first res0-
lutiOns as truisnls.
Gerrt Smith and Others opposed, and the Conven.
ton refused to strike out.
There was disagreement as to the order in which
the resolutions should be considered. II was finally
agreed that the hrst i've should be considered to-
gether and subsequently was resolved to consider
them separately.
The first resolution was considered. One pro-
posed to strike out the proposition that tGo family
combatted strongly and did not prevail. The resO-
luton was adopted.
The second and third resolutions were adopted
without dissent.
The fourth resolution came up. r. starr "a.
traffic and contending againse the license sys-
TEN. He was for the exrrpattOn OF all legiSla-
ton for the sale q LIQUOR He mad fought sucn l1
had got rio OF the curse Of slavery but had one now
upon us that was much greater--one that no tongue
can tell the difference. The resolution 8iOptedk
The fifth resolution was adopted alter striking out
the word 'longer' before tolerated"
The three resolutions looking To political action
coming up. A. H. shurtlen, OF bloomfield. proposed
as substitute that a convention of two delegates
from each county be called to meet in Syracuse on
thp rf m nv n nrun
party Mr.. Shurtler supported his resolution. He
thought political action had been too long delayed.
He believed that in less than three years such
party could crush the rum power In the State.
Rev. DR.. Goodale did not doubt the necessity OF
how 70 act .' He thought the dicalty would be to
combine the temperance influence SO as to hold
the balance Of power between the parties; Politics
Is difficult animal to deal with. There was
always some weighty issue-some crisis lii Elections
that persuaded temperance men 60 give up their ponx
ties How many temperance men in the State WIZ
stand upon this PLATFORM
Rev. william Homer, OF Hosmer, said 1t was
Seymour who threw the temperance men back and
take new start-begin with o few and swear them
to endurance. The temperance men now were all
the party and wait for 1t to grow.
Other speakers followed, advocating immediato
Mr.. Clark, OF Wayne county, expressed some
doubts as to the policy Of an immediate politicaf
UaTed e. saw III that he woud oppose the
ton, but he admonished those who heard him
that there was u higher power In the land, and
lie and tight for their interests. The temper.
ance men, the moral men, would not go into
would them 70
in contact with the rum sellers. II they could not
the town aoT could ssy
dor He did not believe the temperance men wefo.
competent TO get up the machinery and run party,
At this point II was discovered that there were
many disposed to speak, and 1t resolved 70 liWiG
the time OF each to ten minutes "a
Garrit Smith addressed the Convention. In feg
public reformers will seldom succeed in compassinH
legislation through their own machinery. It Wa
different IN England. All reform meant IN Engan4
Of O'Connel in relieving the Catholics Of disabilities
was an instance where perseverance, succeedsd3
nothing but carrying it in Parliament. The Quaker&
led, Candidates went to the Quakers and solicited
Image OF the slave and ask II he could
60 that. "n thee cannot 60 that we cannot go
un Wers Se ssced @
There IL now great movement for temperance IN
England. i is TO suppress the traf1c IN liquor N
forty~in Parliament but they win keep on and
ns ~ the n q party ar Sere
enemy OF God and humanity. We have never sue
csedsd BY the q the I'm,
ated the stakeholder and made him the instru.
ment Of his own destruction. He staked hlA
Thus far we have the title OF politics for
temperance. There is nothing In our part -
party ne liberty S party was an example Of failure
IL was hard TO hold party on single idea We
could not can men from 4 the wns Or democratic ,
other measures and broke up. 1t Is now proposed %
repeat that undertaking for temperance. Not much In
to come to this organization but there Ii danger that
we shall not succeed Is II not best to call upon the
psres Warning ISap should e given this day.
They may not listen. Put the enemy clearly In the
wrong before acting 80 much e due: The pSoiic
leave them without notice and warning. What had
other states was done through appeals to existing
political parties and not through separate opanixa-
Msssachusetts 20 relax on prohibition and the rum
party triumphed. The republicans ut the late
election rallied on prohibition and won decides
Mr. sroIth said he would now give warning
to the two parties, and II they refused then =
would be time to organize distinct temperance
Fred starr had heretofore approved political action
WITH IN s az s notice hsa been ne
political parties TO do something for temperance
For twenty. years we had called upon the
answer. The same power had always con-
tirolled them. We must have question "a
the people and talk. This proposition to organize
temperance party Will afford question for discus.
sion. lie WAS in favor Of SO much Of the resou!o9
called State convention TO consider the subjects
The further discussion OF the question was then
postponed till the afternoon session.
The Committee on 0nicers made the following ~
port
fTesident-Abijah Fitch.
Vice Iresde,sts--Gerrit Smith, OF Petefboro; ex-
Governor n. II. Clark, OF Canandagua; ]. u o. ked-
ington, or SYRACUSE Lewis Lawrence, OF Utica; kevA
sllas Ball. OF Manius; Rev. James Ervine, Of syra.
cuse; Vim. q. sawyer OF Buffalo; J. q. Gallup. %
Clinton; Rev. u. Il. Curtis, OF Elmtra: Fred starrs
Of Rochester; Rev. Horace Eaton, OF Palmyra; kevs
WIN. DIN, of Utica; Oliver EldrIdgc OF Cambridge
J. B. williams, Of Ithaca; w. X Bush. OF Albanys
James savage, Of Argyle; j. r. Hilman. OF Troy.
Mdndger-To Ill vacancy In the class of TWO
years, James L. Baggs, Of syracuse.
Managers nor THREE Yedrs-Rev. n. 3 Goodale, OF
Amsterdam; Rev. u. u. Lore, OF Auburn J. II. sans
derson, OF Rochester; REV. u. W. Bentley OF ElleuA
ville George w. eaton, Of 0l0versville; Rev. T. l..
Cuyler Of Brooklyn; VI n. Ireland q Utica; u. y.
Eddy, Of Geneva; De Witt Gardner, Of Fulton
Report adopted
The Convention then TOOK up contribution TO pay
tho deht of no society--SlH7.