New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-18


away 1t IT, therefore so completely the policy OF the
state that its representative parties should nu0Ise III
and indOrse II as their own :.
Thirteenth Tue party that for nearly twenty years has
controlled the administration OF State Goyernment
Is especially bound TO recognize this principle ~ ~
continue TO direct the councils Of the state 10 s
cessfu controversy with gigantic national crime should
now be added its controversy with another cIiv
as II has been I'M thai dty sill larger success awaits IL
than any II has heretofore received from EraVe Peo
pie emancipated from the thraldOm Of rum: -
Fourteenth: The Democratic party, protesting as Us
original cornerstone the equal rights OF al men shoud
approve Of law which keeps men OF every class
becoming slaves OF the rumseer and which nsures that
freedom from temptation that alone can aKs az h e
happy and yirtuous, and we therefore urge upon %
our fellow citizens 70 declare themselves Ill favor oi e
prombitory law. 80 - -. - ,....
Fifteenth This cause is not the cause Of Massachusetts,
only but Of the whole country, and OF all the world Uh
like that OF Slavery, with which we have waged so long
and successful warfare, which had been FIRST abolished
elsewhere this reform originates IN America and pro
ceedng thence the salvation and elevation OF all ma
every good and perfect gift the progress other states
and nations We give brethren in America nnd
our efforts until IL shall be everywhere triumphant
Sinleenh We thank the constables of the Common
wealth for the faithfulness and progress eyneea III
execution Of the law and recognizing the dlfheuy OF
securing deputy c0nsables reliable men throngnout
State the obstacles which the lar more huheIou
policemen Of several cities who under concurrent
obligations TO execute the lawg may throw IN thels way
operated we call upon citizens and officers Ot our
cities and towns TO cooperate with the constDes III lS
SeTeatesnMs We gratefully recognize the various ser
vices OF His EXeelency, GOV Claim 10 the cause VI to
hbition' especially In the appointment vi yuusS ~
whom we may expect faithful administration OF tle
laws, and we hereby pledge His E1oeneney our nearly
support in the discharge Of all Oner0us dates OF winch
these services are the haTblnger. -. .,,. .o.,
oause TO the Goa and Savior OF our Iathefs &C.
and children, earnestly impormg HIS guidance III
and conduct, and His converting spirit 10
renew the hearts Of those who hostile t0is Denenceh
provisions that by voice. vote and the press they may
the law which they now oppose ana tat ne
may deliver our from the curse and cause
OF inemDerance and advance our nation ana lnanAInu
a daiiV TWO cent morning paper in Boston devoted 10
Temperance could be widely circulated, ana ooulh 90
forts OF the Hon NJ Usher and others in that dlrec
ton and recommend the appointment OF Gomm''e%S'
Pond, the Hon. Onver Ames the Hon. T. L. Raymcna'
the Hon. John Hesmith TO aid him In this Hhder'aA
fse,tiet That the state Prohibtory Committee are
authorized to call Convention, in Gaze any emergency
exists that shall in their Judgment make 1t necessary
The address was at unanimously adopted amid
great applause II voted TO consider the resolutions
one by one and the first eleven were adopted withoo'
opposition regard to the twelfth resolution there was
some debate, Mr. Chapman Of Chcopee and the Kew D
+ Holden OF Maiden advocating amid conslderaoe ap
plause. the formation OF temperance party b9t lhS
majority of tie Convention evidently preferred
to act within the Republican party anu anu
the resolution was adopted by large majority Iho
thirteenth fourteenth, and fifteenth resolutions were
regard 20 sixteenth resolution OF inc most ear
in the party thinking that Maot SoS
the Constable OF the Commonwealth was not enforcing
the law as he ought especially IN regard 10 sdes sn6 III
MluslOW
Ladd OF Lowell criticised the course OF the SohsADo ~
returning lager TO the brewers after IL hao Deeh su
and I'M allowing wholesale dealers to continue selling
Mr. H d. Cushing OF the state Temperance Aahce' te
Rev. Ed win Thompson. the Rev JusIlh u futOn the
Rev Dr. Marvin OF The COnGrcgdh0dhSt ana Othets ue
Tended the Constable, ana e1pIalheu lnat ~ va "a
difficulties that prevented him from enforcing the ID"
The Rev Dr. A. A. Minor, the leading advocate Of pro,
hibtion State, who combated the arguments OF
remarkable speech in which he sand that the prohibtoy
law had done more for the cause OF iengIahe9 SsS
been enforced (snce July than license laws had done
during the centuries tney had been upon tns statute
overcome which could hardly be conceived OF by az
outsider The entire city government and police force OF
Boston were against him. and II they who deserved
the anger OF the good people OF the STATE ana Do NlS
30 S Ir enforce tho prohbifory law Tne city govern
OF Boston as much bound 10 enforce S ~N hs
Mai Jones ana they were false their official Oahs
and had periured themselves IN not dong 80 VINO ala
not know that there we're two classes OF people III
one class was marching the music OF demons, under
the oolOrs OF the devil guided and e9use4ed Dy me Dos
ton Post The Boston journal, ana me boso' iaS,p,
The other class marching 10 the music OF Angtt III
some measure guided and controlled by the llthini.
state aud possessing the benedicton Of the Most Hgh
pened, there was delight IN hell ~ the aay issue OF
The Post Journal. and Transcript Who ala not Know
that the chief occupation OF the Boston daily presses
vith one exception was 10 call black white and white
bscki fair sample OF the false logic In which they
an once fanatics and hypocrtes two rrecOncaDe con
ditions. Mr. Minors remarks were received VIII
e eRgorsao"' enthusiasm al" '1' "'.' 80
Tbe 10th resolution was then adopted. There some
affection 10 the adoption 81 the 18th resolution on the
ground that Gov. Cafin had appointed gentleman 70
fbe beBch who was accustomed 10 indulge M liquor III
was generally understood though no name was men
toned that Judge Marcus Morton who Gov. Claim pro
noted from the Superior to the supreme bench. was re-
frrred 20; but the objection was finally Withdrawn, ana
this with the remaining resolutions, was Unanimously
adopted. 49,. 81. Az oo, ouch,
nm. Committee Finance reported that $1,000 ought
IN e raised for the ensuing campaign me report was
sdopfed The Committee a state Committee reported
the following list and the gentlemen naheu were uHhi
mOusy chosen: ,,.,,, s--,,.- e.i
Epas lei Task spuDgsd3 lVers Philips W0rcs1'ef = b'As
BIZ Couuts -Sufok-Jossph Ryerdtrn, Martin Grnu W B.
Spoo5sr H. Roberts j. G. JudsOn, Geo n Johusoni Mdlssei
M Itbgoot Borptou BIOS Ioyt G. ~ Hove l. Knapp o. X
CrE Merriam: BHsto-W. Tweed H. Van Camper, Ira smith
r. " Dudley g. NJ Buttenck Joel Merriam
/ N MeIrure. Plvmouth-J ". Ward Erra kngmap HaLIden-
Chase; BerJ W Berry g. IT, hlghet j. a.
Edder b. C. Perkins Han ptireBea Gariuer Berkshire 500
U.wpd.r-J Dana Berksbire-W s Puuk-tt FranfhuWhlng
G1sIoh EoFiot-Ot Csesy G. o. HTon Norfolk aud PymQath-
Bliss Richards Island Dc-A J. Church. Cape DHuei-ileo'
PRAYER was then offered and the Convention was
adjourned a few minutes before 8. The Convention 10
said 70 have been the most influential assen5age ~ Pro
bibonsts ever held In the state and they evidently
mean 20 conduct vigorous campaign tins FAN Ihey
intend contrary 10 thar brethren IN Maine 90 Keep
within the lines OF the Republican party whose leaders
many OF them from the outset aud IL Is Tar
from improbable that prOhibtOry plank VIII be intro
duced into its platform at the Convention In September
AS will be by the resolutions, u s proposed to start
a cheap daily paper In the interests Of prohibition
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