The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-12-21
Good Templars' County Convention


The Cecil County Temperance Conven-
ton met in Quarterly Convention at Colora,
on "Wednesday, the 18th inst, rs per an
nonncement.
There was a fair representation by dele
gates from nearly all the Lodges in the
County. Notwithstanding the severe cold
and the recent trouble with the horses. In
the afternoon. ether delegates and visitors
| from our own and nei.hbo.ing counties,
dropped in until there was :. full house
The Rev. G. W. Denson of Washington.
D. c., was in attendance and presided over
the deliberations of the meeting, adding
! much to the intellectual entertainment of
those present. while the members of the
lodge had amply provided for their phys-
cal wants. SO that the session was one Of
mutual interest to the entertained and
entertainers.
The first business that was laid before
the meeting after that Incident to organi-
cation and dinner was the report of com
mittee appointed under a resolution of last
meeting to draw up a statistical exhibit of
the strength of the liquor interest in our
| State, and also that of the various temper
| ance organizations in the same. On mo-
! ton, this report was adopted. and the Sec
! rotary was directed to enter it on our min
utes and have it published in our County
papers.
The report will be published next week
following resolutions, which We're adopted
by the Committee.
WHEREAS, We, in Convention assem-
hled, to devise means to increase the pros
perity of orr Lodges. and advance the Tenn
pcrance cause; Therefore.
Resolred, That an essential part of our
work consists i'll correcting the error that
there is a virtue in alcoholic drinks"
Resolced, That while it is the cuty of all
to diScnuntenance the use of intoxicantS.
by both precept and example. it is alike
our duty to exercise the sovereignty of
citizenship, To remove the present existing,
wicked license law.
Resolced, That it is the duty of all Good
Templars to act ont the principles of our
pledge at all times, and under all crcum-
StlliCtS, iIdl our tAdihpic may Ut IL sillu-
ing light to all who are not members of our
Order
From Sassafras Lodge, No. 1T, to the
County Convention at Colora:
WHEREAS, The Legislature of our State
at its last Session, by an unjustifiable exer-
else of their powers, in opposition to the |
wishes of large number of petitioners and |
voters of this State, failed to pass a law |
giving the privilege of every voter in the |
State, County. District or neighborhoOd. |
to say by ballot. whether liquor should be. |
or not be, sold in this State, County, Dis |
trct or neighborhood
Rssolued, Therefore, that in SO doing |
they have arrayed themselves in direct !
antagonsm to all the dearest interests of |
humanity; that homes made desolate, wives
made widows, children made orphans and
all the evils flowing from the prosecution
of the rum traffic here, aud also given a
fresh impetus to said traffic, by failing to
pass such laws.
Resolred, That the constitutionality of
law to prohibit the traffic in intoxicating
drinks, and the right Of tile law makers to
give us a law to search for and destroy
Liquor unlawfnlly kept for sale, has been
fully maintained by every Court where
record has been made of the question.
Res0lced, That with true hearts and
strong hands, we pledge ourselves in view
Of the fate of the caterers, speeches and
petitions that have gone up to our legisla-
tors. TO do our share of the work neces-
sary to elect next fall an assembly and
governor who mW unite in the passage of
prohibitory law to take effect soon after its
passage.
RssolrGd, That we appoint a committee
of three to collect statistics of ntemper-
auce in our County.
Reso,ced. That this Convention has learn
ed with pleasure, of the publication of a
weekly paper, devoted to our Order, called
" The Sentinel & Harbinger,' at the low
price of 81 so IA year, of which our worthy
brother. G. w. Denison is editor, aud we
commend the same to the patronage Of the
friends OF the Temperance cause.
The Convention having been informed of
the introduction into our United States
Senate, of bill by Senator Pomeroy to
prohibit the manufacture and sale of intox-
icating liquors, for beverage purposes, in
the District of Columbia and all territory
under their immediate jurisdiction, the
Committee produced a petition to be for
warded To our United StaIc senators, urg- |
ing them to use their influence to secure
its passage, and had the same signed by
all present.
The usual resolution of thanks to the
members of Colora Lodge for hospitaities
extended to the visitors was unanimously
adopted by them.
Charlestown was selected as the place for
the next meeting and the End Wednesday
in March, 1873, as the time. Rev. J. d.
Kemp was elected to serve as w. G. T.,
and Miss VI. Peoples, w. v T.; the Sec
rotary holding over.
Bt o'clock T. NJ. large and respecta-
BILE audience assembled in the Mt. Pleasant
NJ E. Cnuict near Colora, to listen to an
address, by Rev. G. w. Denison; most of
the members of the Convention remaining
to attend it. The speaker held the undi-
vded attention of the audience for an hour
and half, and all were well pleased with
what was said, although he hit some OF
their most popular sins severely.