The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-11-18
From the Indianapolis Journal.
Seventh Annual Meeting OF the State
Temperance Alliance-The Hon.
William Baxter has few Words 10

Temperance Alliance-The Hon.
william Baxter has few Words TO
Say ON the subject Of whisky.
The Indiana State Temperance AL
lance held its annual session in this
city, at Roberts Park Church, yester-
day afternoon, at 2 o'clock. There
were about one hundred delegates
present from different parts of the
State. and fair representation of peo-
pie from this city.
The Alliance was called to order by
the Psesident, Hon. William Baxter,
and prayer was offered by Rev. S. E.
Wishard, of Franklin.
The President then presented the
following report, which was received
unanimously:
MR.. BAXTER ADDRESS.
We meet at this, the seventh annual
gathering of the State Temperance
Alliance, after an eventiul year. The
past twelve months has witnessed a
deeper interest and more earnest labor
in the great work of humanity than
any previous year since the inaugura-
tiOn OF this Alliance.
The fearful amount of intemper-
ance, immortality and crime following
after our late civil war, and fostered
by vicious and very ineffective IL
cense law, told with terrific effect
upon the social and material condi.
ton of our people. The facts reveal
ed in that most excellent pamphlet OF
our worthy Treasurer, John W. Ray
entitled Cost and Cause" that from
1860 to 1870, under our license law
| the manufacture of intOxicants in oul
State increased twelve times faster
than the population; and, as legiti.
mate result, that pauperism had in.
creased six times, and crime nine
times faster than the increase of pop.
ulation; that pauperism, crime and
insanity increased in the same ratio
as the increase of saloons; these facts
/ say, startled the minds of many
earnest and philanthropic people
The question was frequently heard
What can be done to check this fear
full scourge of our nation?' Meetings
were held all over the State, attended
by large and enthusiastic audiences
Churches took hold of the question a.
they had never done before. Metho
dist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Christian
and Quaker, all emulated each othe
in their zeal for their work. Th'
Catholic Church, with a noble enthu
siasm, embraced the cause. and in it
various institutions throughout tn,
land has done an immense work
Within its folds are nearly 3OO,OO
pledged abstainers-a grand army O
workers is this invincible in zeal an,
power. With the exception of tn
Episcopal Church, we believe tha
every religious denomination in ou
country has espoused the cause o
temperance. We hope ere long tina
this only exception will be removed
Already in England the Episcopa
Church has stepped into the vanguar
of this great reformation. Throug
the exertions of the late Archdeaco
Sanford and other influential digni
taries of that church. the so.caIle
Convocation of Canterbury was helC
The information presented to tha
convocation revealed a series of start
ling facts as to the fearful curse of tn
uTIuk tTduC, duu. Ou Tic OtIleT u3D(
Of the great protection and blessin
that prohibition is to the peopl,
These facts stirred that church frol
center to circumference. Th
Church of England Temperance Mas
azine is grand evidence of the glor
Gus work which the Episcopal Churc
is now doing in the temperance caus
We hope that the philanthropic an
Christian spirit of the Episcop,
Church in England will soon be waf
ed across the Atlantic, and innocula,
their churches here, so that at OF
next annual meeting we may be alb
TO say that every Christian organic;
ton in the land is actively at wor
with us.
RECOGNITION IN POLITICAL PLATFORM
In consequence of this activit
throughout our State, the great poll
ical parties for the first time reco,
nized this question in their platform
One party endorsed the fundament
principles of the present law, viz
that the majority Of the voters sha
have the power to determine for then
selves whether liquor shall be legal
sold in their midst or not, and holdil