Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-09-11
From the Cincinnati Gazette, Sept. S.
THE NEW PLANK.
Actions and Addesses OF the Temper
ance Leaders OF Cincinnati.

Opera House, yesterday afternoon. Hon. @
W. Rowland presided, and M. Cole acted Al
Secretary. The proceedings we're marked b,
a remarkable unanimity OF sentiment regarding
the temperance plank adopted By the late Re
publican State Convention. II was declare 4
enliueutlY satisfactory BY the most ultra pro
hihitiopists present, and as containing Eors
than was expected Of the Convention
Several NJ the members of the Com
miitss are dysd-ln ths-wonl Democrats, and
their com Trndations Of the wisdom and cour-
age OF the Republican party in giving such
plain and uneqnivOcal expression TO It's senti.
ments, were pleasant music in the ears Of their
Republican fellow committeeman.
Men who never drea med in the past of eveI
| voting the Republican ticket proclaimed their
intention ot voting that ticket and henesforth
working with party which was not afraid TO
own ih sentiments.
Tho Committee was unanin 1usly Of the
opinion that since the declaration Of the Re.
publican Convention on the subject II temper.
ance. there existed no reason whatever for th {
formation OF new party. THIS being tho OBJ
ject for the consideration Of which the Com
uittee had been appointed, a resolution express
Sive of the sense Of the meeting was adopted
which Is Incorporated in the address which we
print below.
The Secretary was instructed to communi-
cate the sction nf the COMMITTEES tn the resi-
dent of the Women's Christian Tsmpsrsncs
Union Of the State and ~ the State Prohibit o
Executive Committee.
ADDRESS OF TnE coNNITTEE.
At a meeting held this day Of the Committee
of Fifteen, appointed at the mass meeting of
the friends Of Temperance at Pixies Opera
House, August 9Th, the following resolutions
were passed
Rs.~IS.d, That we, as a Committee, approve
Of the action taken by, the Republican State
Convention. recently held N Columbus, upon
the Temperance question.
Resoirsd, That we recommend to the tenn
Perance voters Of Ohio, 10 unite with us in
standing to this action, in the contest and at
the polls; and that 10 this end, we prepare q
short address to our temperance friends
thiruuhout the State, to be signed BY the Com
miuee.
In carrying on, this purpose, We most 70.
spectfully declare, as our deliberate Judgment,
that the Temperance resolution embraced In the
platform Of the Republiesu party, is all, in the
present junc;ure Of nfairs. that We can reason
ably ask any political party 10 Ohio tn pro.
claim. II Is IN these words:
Rssoieed That the restraint Of intamperanee
and its causes, 10 the full extent Of the leg
islntive, judicial and police powers Of the
State, aud the rfeiture Of public trust for In.
toSicati"n. are dsma nded by the moral and ma
terial welfare Of society aDd the State"
IL all that the terms Of this resol ution NAV be
and faithfully carried out bv the several
branches Of tie Government which are men
tiuned. aud If the Republicans as a body
throughout the State shall exert their pnwer 10 It's
iull extent in this behalf. aud if the friends OF
temperance shall mite in hearty cooperation,
we do not see why, under this resolution, all
that our State and municipal authorities can do
TO suppress inirmpernnce NAV not be done. Il
is believed that this is tue first instance Of one
oi the great political parties of the State plant
ing itself squarely upon temperance platform.
Viewed in this light, II Is a greatly advanced
step, and shows the influence Of the movements
which have been made within the last few
months. If the whole body Of the friends Of
temperance in this Stale could sgree tp stand
together m this ground, there is no doubt bat
thry could carry the State by large majority.
We have full confidence that we indicate the
position Of the friends or Temperance through
out the State, in so far as they have svmpa-
thiZ d with the " wOman's movement" when
we Say that they will, without a dissenting
voice, sustain this action, and use thsir utmost
endeavnrs To insure the success Of the party
which has adopted it.
We appeal To our temperance friends who
have hunestly differed With us on the license
qnestinu. As that Is No longer a living issue
before the people OF Ohio, Ehy can We not all
unite on this now common temperance ground,
and work together.
We also appeal 20 our Temperance friends ia
the Democratic party. Some will be recog-
mixed as old Democrats who sign this address.
We ask others, IL there is, at this time, any
principle embraced in tho platform Of either
party. as distinguished from the other more i'm.
Pnrtaut 10 the mprai, social. material, or poiti-
cal we'll being OF the State Of Ohio, than that
declared in the above resoIhiion Of the Rspubli-
can party For ourselves, those of ~ who as
Republicans are free To declAre-a we know
6f many temperance Republicans who take the
same Ernuud-that II the position Of tho State
were exactly reversed on this question, we
should undoubtedly give in our adhesion to the
Democratic party
We finally appeal to our temperance friends,
who are organized into a political party called
the " Prohibition Party" No third party, or
ganiz I'd on the simple basis OF temperance, has |
been able tn carry any State in the Union at the
polls. Ia Massachusetts and other Eastsru |
States, the friends Of temperance have aehis ved
all their success through oHs or the other Of
the previously existing pnlitieai parties. Cau |
We hope To dp any better in Ohio than the \
friends Of temperance have done in New Hamp- |
shire, where they have been battling Tor the |
cause al the ballot b,x much longer than we |
hAEei At the lime when the 4" Prohibition |
PartJ" was fuImSd, several ears since, neither |
OF the great political parties of the State took |
decided temperance ground Both usually ia |
nored the subject. But within the last few |
months the whole position has bsen changed. |
Public sentiment HIS SO risen on temperance |
that bnth parties have spoken. The liquor in
terest has plank IN the Democratic as the tenn
peraucc iuserest has ia the Republican plat |
iorn. Can temperance men hesitate which |
party 10 support, when inevitably one or the |
ntheS mast riumph at the p1ls2
We may, with puPriety, state for the infor-
nation Of all concerned, that it was the deliber.
ate purpose Of the friends of temperance In
this city to jnin in a distinct political orgAniEa
lion had not one or the other Of the political
parties Of the State placed itself through its
Convention, IN temperance Rrosnd. 10 that
case We should have exh0rted ~ the friends Of
temperance tn unite IN distuet organization,
with the same earneStness that We now exhoFt
ihem to sniie With US in sustaining mat party
" hieh has adopted oar principles.
To all our frisuds IN the various temperance
organic 'ti"ns thronR hnnt the State, We sav that
our motives wruid bS wholly misconstrned. and
We should he Judged barshly. " any person
shOnld suppose that We here assume to dictate
Ia any voter the hne Of his duty. We regard
M nrselves oulV - equals addressing our equals.
We have thonEht that as ths earnest friends OF
living in a city where the hardest
battle for oar cause has to be fpuRht and feeling
Ihe neeessiiv nf early union and energetic ac-
ion, we might properly speak a friendly waPd
10 O1r reihIen in other portions of the Stats
and all we ask of them Is 10 tseeiTe our sugges-
lions in the same fiiendly spirit in which they
are given,
@ W. Rowlasd. samapl Wells,
John Siwpkiunnn, n. wilsnn Brown,
Abner L Frazer, Phillip lIiakls,
X, l.. Stanton, J. N. Walden,
q. W. Cote, S X LaArttt.
Smith Slinnel, William elena,
A. 8. Hobbs. +. @. Dalton,
NJ