The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-12-21
WOMANS' TEMPERANCE COL.
UMN.
Woman's National Christian
Temperance Union.

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church, Rev. G. II. Payne, pastor Gin.
cinnati. Ohio, commencing Nov. II, and
continuing three days. The representa-.
tion was one delegate from each Congress
sional district, and nineteen States were
represented by one hundred and two del
egates and large number Of visitors.
Tho Convention wac composed OF conn
of the ablest and most devoted of the
Christian women Of the land The meet.
ings were filled with an enthusiasm sub.
dued from last year, but more intensified,
and capable of earnest, deliberate, thor
ough, and systematic work. The pro.
ceedings were characterized throughout
with deep devotional spirit the absence
of the so'called "strong.minded" women,
and the presence Of "sanctiied common
sense"
The following is list Of the officers
President, Mrs. Anne Wittenmcyor, Phil
adelphia recording secretary, Mrs. Mary
G, johnson, Brooklyn; assistant secre-
tary, Mrs, Mary T. Burt, Auburn cor
responding secretary, Miss F. L. willard,
Chicago; treasurer pro TEN, Mrs. s. X.
Leavitt, Cincinnati.
The first hour OF the session was spent
in devotional exercises, led by Mrs. Mary
@, johnson, Brooklyn The convention
was called to order at ten O'Clock hy Mrs.
Wittenmeyer. the president MIS- f. j
Thompson, of Hillsboro, Ohio, "f'.. irsf
crusader" read the 24th chapter o l4ke
where "the women found the stone rolled
away" when they went to seek the Lord,
also the 10th Psalm, which first impress
sed her to enter the crusade work Mrs
S. A. Clifford, of Worcester, Mass led
in prayer.
Mrs. S. X. Leavitt, Of Cincinnati, ex-
tended warm aud cordial greetings to the
convention, in behalf Of tho women Of that
city, in thrilling and eloquent address.
She welcomed them to the city of indust
ry, art, science, schools, reformatory in.
stitutions, churches, &c, but said the
"trail of the serpent was over them ALL"
There were fifty saloons to every evan
gelical church. Millions Of money and
thousands Of men were engaged in the
traffic. Let the whiskey influence raise
its rod, and saloon keepers 90 into Office
women are insultcd and dragged to pri-
son, and some of our ministers are dumb
before its power.
Mrs. j. +. Willing, of Illinois, in be.
half Of the convention responded in a
beautiful and impressive address. She
said it was fitting to meet in the city
xuh ba ho &
went to prison through an insulting mob
This will be the Mecca where pilgrim.
ages will be made in future years in honor
Of these devoted women. We are here
to plan for organization, and to perpetu.
ate the work so well commenced one year
ago, so it will stand for all the years to
come.
Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer president, de
livered her annual address, reviewing the
work OF the past year and presenting
many valuable recommendations for the
future. She said the crusade had but
just begun. The voice Of the women as
heard last year was only the shout Of
the first vanguard of the coming victori
GUS army. We have recruiting armies in
almost every state, sapping and mining
under the enemy's strongholds, cutting off
supplies. creating publ. ss".;"'o~t. and
expected to live to see the day when fhii'si
curse should be blotted out forever. She
expected to sec it in ''twelve years" from
this time, when the boys of to day should
be the voters of the nation. She recon.
mended the convention to give attention
to the following, and appoint special com
mittecs for each department
l. The work among the children, of
whom there are 100000 between the
age Of five and fifteen.
2. Organization Of young ladies' lea.
CUES.
3. A lecture bureau.
4. A medical commission, to invest.
gate the relation of alchoho to crime and
pauperism, and the medical uses of alco.
hol.
5. A commission on Bible wines. She
said that inasmuch as doctors of divinity
disagree on this question, we should do
well to do our own thinking,
6, Visitation of religious and medical
associations.
7. Our publishing interests.
8. A financial committee.
9. International convention.
Miss Frances f. Willard, OF Chicago
corresponding secretary, presented har
annual report, which was interesting
classical, dignided, and exhaustive. She
reported twenty two states thoroughly or.
ganized, and several others with local
unions already. Fortyfve state conven.
tions of women had been held the past
year, besides large number of congrcs
sional and district meetings, and also the
women participated largely in the Nation
al Convention held at Chicago in June
last, called by that "dignifed but some.
what conservative body, the National
Temperance Society and Publication
House."
A committee on resolutions was ap-
pointed, consisting of one from each state
of which Mrs. ex.Gov. Wallace, Of Indi
ana, was chairman.
Mrs Yeomans, OF Pioton, Canada, the
leading crusader of the Dominion, was
present, and officially received and well
coined to The convention. she made
thrilling aud eloquent address at one Of
the public meetings in the evening.
Francis Murphy, of Illinois, Col. } f
Hoy, and j. n Stearns. Of New York
together with two or three city pastors
were invited to complimentary seats in
convention, "but not to vote"
A large number of committees were
appointed, giving nearly all the women
Of the convention something to do, and
they went about their work with an Gu
thusiastc devotion and business ability
which would have done credit to any
temperance, political, or religious cOnven-
tion ever held. Reports were promptly