The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-06-10

siness, becomes destructive of thes
ends, it is the right and duty o
the people by the enactment an ex
cution of all necessary, just ant
constitutional laws to abolish 1T.
RESOLVED, That on this basis o
fundamental truth, We hold 1T boil
the right and duty of the people tt
abolish and forever prohibit tn,
manufacture of, and traffic in intox.
icating liquors as a beverage, and
their importation from foreign
countries.
ResolUcd, That the traffic is antag.
onistlc to religion, morality and
knowledge, and these beng essen
tIal to good government, it Is the
duty of the government for its own
sake, as we'll as for the sake of Its
citizens, to suppress it.
Resolved, That every such evil be
ing nahum in Sc, a crime against
God and man, is beyond the power
of government to remedy by any
provision but total prohibition and
be any process but utter extIrpa-
ton; and that all laws to license or
sanctify, by pretending to regulate
such crimes are insane and ina
nous.
ReS0Ired, That 1T is the first and
chiefduty Of government to protect
the citizen to the fullest extent, in
the enjoyment of his natural rights
of person and of properly; and
that IN the exercise Ct this prime
function of protection, III govern
ment is deficient to all alarming ex-
tent, as the large number of MUIR
doris and other high crimes through
out the land clearly show; and that
this failure on the part of the gov
ernment is due to the mistageu, r.
rational, absurd policy of attempts
ing to suppress crime In detail, In
stead of striking at Its most prolific
source, the liquor traffic.
Resolved, That we approve and
adopt the platform Of principles
laid down by the National Temper
ance Convention held at Chicago,
on the Cd of September, 1869.
The following resolution was off
cred by Rev. J. w. Lindsey, and
unanimously adopted:
RsSolred, That IN this country the
the traffic IN intoxicating liquors is
the greatest barrier to the progress
of the Christian religion, and every
friend of Jesus Christ should unite
heart. and hand in removing this
barrier. And we call upon the
Christian church of every name and
faith, to engage with US in this, our
Masters work, believing as we do,
that for the same reason we build
churches, support schools and main
tam other civIlizing and christian
izing agencies, we should destroy
the liquor traffic, because between
these agents and this traffic, there
is an eternal antagoclsm and ire
pressihle conflict that can never be
reconciled~
MIR. J. A. Spencer offered the fol-
lowing resolution, which was adopt
sd:
RESOLVED, That we invite to our
ranks all voters of our state, what
ever their past political views or
connections may have been, rejoice
ing in the fact that there Is no great
issue before the country to divide
men on party organizations, save
this of prohibition, and we should
at once rally to the settlement of
this great question for the advance
ment of the social, educational, NOR
al and religious interests of our land.
On motion a committee of five
was appointed to select candidates
for state offices.
The committee consisted of Rev.
NJ. J. fray, of Mansfield; G. a..
Nerrick, of Cleveland: J. G. Muir
duck, of Morgan; Hugh Grant, of
Franklin, and DIR L. P. Harris, Of
Crawford.
After a short absence, the CON-
mittee returned and submitted the
following
NOMINATIONS FOR STATE OFFICES.
Secretary of State-Jay Odell, OF
Cuyahoga.
Controller OF Treasury--Thomas
Edmundson, of Clarke.
Member Board of Public Works
-Enoch g. Collins, of Hooking.
Supreme Judge. L. Stewart,
of Huron.
RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS.
The thanks of the convention,
were rendered to several lines of
railroads for their generosity In re~
turning delegates free of charge.
Also 10 the officers of the conven-
ton for the faithful performance of
their arduous duties.
Also to the Good Templars OF
this city, for the use of their hall,
and to A. A. Stewart, Esq, for his
generous and untiring efforts in se~
curing q place of meeting, and rem
dering it comfortable in all particu-
lars. On notion, the convention
adjourned.