The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1872-01-07

cause, the prcteeaen Of our people from
the evils OF t1teMHfan aud the promo.
ton Of their hapellsss and well-being in
the community.
tablished. The 1rsk was formed in the
State Of Conneeticse( two years ago; the
second in Rhode @and, one year after
wards; the third ID Massachusetts, last
May the fourth in New Jersey, in August;
/ the fifth In New York State, on Father Ma
thew's birthday, October 10th and sixth
has existed for more than year in the Dis
trict Of Columbia. Three others are now
forming-in Pennsyivania, Ohio and Min
| nesota-and our brothers In Maryland, Yir-
ginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Illinois, Iowa
aud California are making efforts to intro
duce the system Of 6tAte Unions in those
States.
The societies connected with the several
State Unions may be said to number three
hundred, with, perhaPs, fifty thousand
members. The whole number of total
abstainers in the Cakhoaic Associations
throughout the Uaitsd. States cannot be
less than two hundred Thousand. This
shows that tho virtue Of Temperance is
widespread among the Catholic people, and
leads to the hope that, with National
Union to develop it, the Catholic Total
Abstinence movsmeak = 1estineA % beeomss
community. 1t will help to create a good
public opinion and disabuse the minds of
our fellow-cttizens Of many erroneous
notions regarding our religion and our.
selves:
The State Unions have done m uch good
by inaugurating system of transfers, Sc
curing to q good number the boon of MEM
bership and Of friendship, within the Ca
tholic Total Abstinence Societies, in the
most distant parts where he might have
occasion to go. When this system is ex-
tended over the whole country, under a
National Catholic Total Abstinence
friendly greeting when he goes to the far |
West, and the western trader visiting the |
cities Of the East will not fall among |
" sharks, ,"-the Catholic Total Abstinence
Societies, in all parts of the country, will
afford harbor Of safety to the honest teu-
perance member wherever he wanders.
When this great beneficial feature can
be found within Catholic Total Absti-
nence organization. extending from one
end of the country to the other, Catholics
will not seek it in Objectionable Orders,
where many soon forget the teachings of
religion as well as the practice of temper
ancc.
Feeling the great Importance of this
question, we invite every Catholic Total
A Abstinence State Union, and every Catho-
lie Parochial Total Abstinence Society
the United States, whether at
tached to Unions or not, to select repre-
seem best, to meet in the city of Baltimore,
Md, on Thursday, February 22d, 1872, to
take counsel as to the feasibility of estab-
fishing a National Catholic Total Absti-
hence Union, and to adopt such other
measures as they may determine upon to
give activity. strength and success to the
Total Abstinence movement. Each State
Union to be entitled to three votes local
Societies of States where there are no
State Unions to be allowed three votes for
Zach State; and Societies not attached to
Unions in their States to have such voice
IS may seem equitable the whole vote of
! State to be cast by tie representatives in
as they may arrange, OF, in case
# distant States, by proxy duly empower
I'd, and the acts of delegates to be submit
ed for approval to the bodies appointing
hem. Credentials to be forwarded to any
# the undersigned, when the hour and
,lace of meeting will be made known.
Signed for State Catholic Total Absti-
renee Unions.
Rev. JAS. MCDEvITT, Pres. Dis. Columbia ]
Union, (St. Matthew's Church, Washing 1
Rev. j. A. O'HARA, d. D., Pres New York
State Union (St. Mary's Church, Syra-
Jas. w. o'BRIEN, Pres. New Jersey '
Union (142 Nassau street, N. W
(305 Chapel street, New Haven.) &
THos. E. NooNAN, Pres. Rhode Island 6
Union, (Fleet street, Providence.) J
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