The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-11-01
Addresses to the Holy Father and 70 Archsishop
Manning

i Manning.
At the Convention Of the Total Absti
hence Union of America, held last month il
Chicago, the following address to the Holy
Father was unanimously adopted:
Most Holy Father: Remembering will
| gratitude the encouragement given by
Your Holiness to the Catholic Total Absti
neuce Union of America, we, the Iepresen.
! tatives of the various societies in member
| chip with it, assembled and celebrating or
the best measures to advance its interests
deem it our first duty to greet Your Holi
ness, assuring you of our filial love and de
votion to your sacred person. It will no
doubt cheer your pastoral heart to know
the great and good cause of temperance is
making rapid progress toward the ameliora-
ton OF orr people. One hundred and fifty
one societies have been added to the roll
since the Convention of 1873, making a
total of 400 societies Mt the present date,
representing 100, 600 /teetotaIers. Those
who heretofore simply admired our efforts,
and looked on with doubt, consideripg
them merely spasmodic, now wonder much
at our great success. This success we at
and the blessing of that Divine Spirit Your
Holiness invoked, which was to guide our
actions by His holy inspirations. Our
Union has had its enemies and its scoffers.
They are not dead; they only sleep for q
while. We must keep ourselves ever on
the watch, like faithful guardians OF the
sacred trust given us, knowing our help is
from on High, for in Heaven " hope, and
10 Him trusting We shall NO, be confounfied
We PROSTATE ourselves at your feet, and
implore for our Union, our societies and
ourselves individually the blessing of our
Holy Father Pope Plus Plus TX.
The address to Archbishop Manning,
adopted at the same time, reads thus:
The Total Abstinence Union of America,
in convention assembled, greet your Grace
with the warmest Of love, gratitude, and
for your noble stand and power
fui advocacy in the blessed cause of total
abstinence. We thank your Grace for the
WISE counsel, true principles, and the
have conveyed to the members of our
Union. Working in the holy cause of tenn
perance for our own benefit and for the
good OF society, our hopes have been
strengthened and orr path Frightened by
the blessing of our Holy Mother, the
Church, conveyed to us in the Apostolical
Of our Holy Father, Plus TX,
as also by that of 60 many illustrious pre-.
lates. Among these Apostolic names we
are proud to number the worthy successor
OF the eminent Cardinal Wiseman, and
assure your Grace that among our most
precious memories will be the recollection
OF the kindly words that have been wafted
from Westminster to America.
We hail your Grace and ext, nd the hand
or Fellowship and brotherhood to the mem
bers of your Total Abstinence League. Re-
the truth of the motto. "In
nnion there is strength" we are banded to-
gether throughout North America. /We
would then wish that our Union may cross
the Atlantic, and be strengthened BY the
of the Societies which are car
rying the banner Of Temperance in the Old
World. We trust, illnstrious and beloved
Preiate, that not many years will have sped
down the stream Of time before the Old and
New Worlds Can extend their hands and
not only as friends working in
common cause, but as brothers laboring to-
getber In widespread and permanent
Total Abstinence Union, encouraged and
directed by the Prelates of our HOLY
Church. We trust your Grace will, if you
zee ht, give to this your kindly and wise
The representatives of 100, 900 total alb
,tinence men, assembled in Chicago in their
ourth annual Convention, again greet your
Grace. and hail az brothers the members of
Iour Total Abstinence League. We bid
hem God speed, and cheer them on ward
or our sake, for their sake, for the sake of |
ociety, and for the sake Of our holy reli-
ion. And, illustrioRs Prelate and beloved |
Father, nothing would give us more
Measure and encouragement than to have |
lis Grace Arch bishop Manning among our |
honorary members. Hoping that we may |
Don hail your illustrious name upon our |
oils We have the honor and the pleasure to |
ign ourselves your humble aud devoted |
ervants.
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