The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-28
SUPREME COUNCIL FRIENDS OE
(. - ~s~sr TEMPERANCE. -
THIRD Days. SESSION.
Interesting Proceedings.

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| Phe Council met yesterday morning pllr
| suant TO adjournment. All the officers ii
| Inc minutes Of the preceding session
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memorial was received from the "Sons
1oi ene ooll, colored Temperance organi
zallon instituted in North Carolina. askino
.toc Ibis Councif take their Ortier-undel
us fostering care and provide contribution,
| and bylaws for its government, This Orda,
| only admits natiYe-born colored persons
Ghus Keeping ont the carpet-bag negroes
inelr ritual was presented, and is truly
interesting. The whole natter was refer.
fed to o special committee, consisting oi
Representatives :Whittaker, Hill, Dame
and Able, to report at the afternoon session
The Committee on Constitution resumed
their report: -
Quorum for Supreme Council Two
members from any two State Councils, pres.
ident or associate. and secretary or his
assistant. 49,. -.
Art.2, sec. 1, of Constitution of State Colin
ell reads as follows: Tt shall be composed O
the Presidents, eX-President, D. Y. p, ant
Chaplains of the several subordinate Couu
ellis, and all past officers of the same in the
State. Whenever no one Ofthe officers o.
the sub Councils can attend the State ColIn
Gil, the Council may elect any member o
the Couucil rs It's preventative.
Article 6, striking out and abolishlns
office Of local vice.presidents. .r.
Arrcle 19, amended SO as to admit mem
GERS Of subordinate Councils to visit tho
sessions of the State Councils. -------,-
Article 5, section 2, Constitutions Of Sub.
WhifF
male citizen" and insert "white person. -
so as, 10 allow either sex to full member
ship and Office.
Section 81 and )" stricken ont and sub
situations therefor the following: ''Any
white person possessing the moral qualiii-
cntionS for active member may, by n NIL
jOrity vote OF the Council, be elected asso-
ciate member. ...@ .H...
Article 8, add " But aht Subordinate
Council may, after Two weeks notice. and
by Il two-thrdS vote. ut q stated meeting,
adopt quarterly or scmi-lnnl.al terms"
Article II stricken out. o.. ....
"A resolution was adopted indefinitely
postpOning any alteration Of the present
pledge. .s
A resolution was adopted withdrawing
from the president OF the Supreme Council
the right to grant diSpcnsations to clerks in
liquors.
The committee recommended the ap-
Dointment of special committee Of five to
prepare degrees for the Use of such COun-
ellis rs may desire tc use them. Committee !:
MessrS. Raven, Whitaker, Dame, Hill, and
Blanks.
Council then adjourned to AZ o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Council resumed session at Az
O'Clock.
The Committee on the State Of the Order
Nffcrcd their report, which was adopted.
This report shows that the Order has
spread rapidly since the last session Of the
Supreme Council, and that new State Coun-
ellis have been organized. Recommended
frequent public demonstrations and public
free lectures.
\ resolution was offered b.; representa-
i've Dame. of Dauvile, that the secretary
be directed to prepare circular letter, TO
be sent to the prominent ministers and iay-
men to secure their services in the eXteu-
sion of the temperance cause, and to train
ing the rising geneI alton to the principles
Of temperance that the communication
from the State Council of Texas be referred
o the President, associate, and secretary
If tue Supreme Council for their action
during recess.
The committee to whom was referred the
memorial from the 'Sons Of the Soil"
offered the following report
"The committee to whom were referred
he proposition to take under the fostering
care of this body an order for the benefit
OF the colored people, known rs the sSons
of the Soll,> have considered the same, and
be- leave TO submit the following report:
They heartily recommend the order to the
attention OF our State and subordinate
Councils as being we'll calculated to extend
the blessings OF temperance among the col
ored people, and urge them to lend all
necessary aid in establishing and building
UP councils of this order. The committee
further recommend that 50 soon as the
proper papers can be prepared, the subor-
dinate Councils be requested to enter Wig
orousy upon this new and important
work in all parts of the jurisdiction of this
Supreme Council.
r. II. WHITAKER,