The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1873-02-08

Temperance Meeting.
We attended one of the largest
and most determined Temperance
meetings on Saturday night last. IL
has beeEsour pleasure to be at for
several years. at Phillips Hall. 1t
was organized by calling Hon. d.
B. Crawford to preside, and ap-
pointing as Vice Presidents James
E. Reeves. J. NJ. Hughes, w. G.
Scott Samson Boone, Rev. Father
McMnllen, j. H. Hutton, George
b. Grant, Rev. N. Gillian, Thomas
Woodnut,s Rev~Se L. Yourtee. Rev.
Wilkinson. Timothy Nicholson,
DR.. o. r Baer, Chas. E. Coffin, &.
R. Wig gins, VIZ, s. Reid, Elwe Cd |
Patterson, A. A. Curme, A.Gaar,
E. D. Palmer, Levi Jessup, A. Sam
| con. Judge Holland. b. x. Ze.ler,
and Ezra Smith. Editors Of She
different papers present were re-
quested TO act as Secretaries. 81
William Baxter Representative
in the Legislature) was present,
and, in . brief aud comprehensive
manner explained the provisions
of the Butts temperance bill then
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pending in the House now passed
that body by vote of SO to 38,
and gone to the Senate, which body
the Journal says it will also be sure
to pass) and he was followed by
Revs. Wilkinson, Hughes, Gillian,
MrMullen and Yoirtee, who all
urged the people to put forth their
best united efforts to stay the raw
ages of the demon intemperance!
We were especially interested in
the emphatic condemnation of the
monster evil, that fell from the lips
of Rev. Father McMullsn, and we
only wished that every whisky Low
ing hearted Irish Catho-
lie wereson!y present to listen to
the fervid eloquence and truthful
arguments he brought to bear
against the unmitigated sin of in
temperance. This is the first in
stance in this CITY where clergy
man of this denominations has
united with the Temperance move
mcnt, and threw his moral and so.
cial weight in the scale with us
and we rejoice in this because il
will effect an untold amount Of
good in our community. We need
the influence OF the Father
Matthews and the Father McMul
. lens and every earnest Christian
, man and woman in our land, evers
! friend Of good order, and the per
manent prosperity of our littl,
, city, especially, to mitigate thu
: evils flowing from intemperance, i
its entire eradication cannot be &C
/ complished.
| Charles F. Coffin introduced th,
following preamble and resolution,
, which wero unanimously adopted
3 WHEREAS, Experience has abun
3 dainty demonstrated that. the sal,
: and use of Intoxicating liquors i.
: by far the most fruitful source o
: ignorance, pauperism and eli ne
3 that in,emperance fnrnis hes larg
!, er percentage of the idiocy, insan
t ity and other frightful maladies-
= that it fosters every species O
o vice, and tends continually to null
: lily all efforts for the moral eleva
i ton Of society, and that il form
c the most formidable barrier to tn
n progress and security Of FIRE,
J. government; therefore,
J. RESOLVED, That VIC, the citizen
q of Richmond, in mass meeting as
|; sembled, do instruct our Senator
d and Representatives to exert thei
/ best influence to secure the pas
sage OF such law by our presen
General Assembly as will prever
It the evils resulting to society frol
7, the existing license law Of on
d State. Is
i RESOLVED, That we sustain GU
e Senators and Representatives i
If thei- opposition to intemperanc
& and tlieir decided stand in favo
is Of judicious legislation TO eradica,
II it. o.
If RESOLVED, That this mectin
<. heartily approves of the earnes
and judicions efforts OF our Repr,
D sentative, William Baxter, and th,
n we shall rejoice to see the bill il
{; trodUced by him passed, as bein
(, probably the most effectual la
W which can, Under present circuu
stances, be enacted and carrie
! out.
y LpUsRIAL ASSOCIATION. - La
( MONDAY, Messrs- J. NJ. Gaar, J. Y