The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-06-28

4 Youmans Of Canada; and others from Edin.
burgh and London.
All the states on this side Of the Mississippi
were represented and some beyond.
Mrs. Wittenmyer delivered the address OF
welcome, aud said among other things, that
" IN about dozen years we propose to send
60 the polls 100000 voters, trained to vote
for Prohibition, for the baud that rocks tue
cradle, rocks the world" She welcomed the
delegates Ia the name of the Temperance
union of the United States, aud assured
them that they would be heartily received in
whatever part of the country they might 20,
for in every city and town might be found
branches Of the Union.
Mrs. Parker, of Scotland, responded to the
address Of welcome, aud said that almost all
that had been done In Europe had been
brought about BY the agitation in the United
Stewart, IN Englaud and Scotland, and con-
Guided With a brief review Of the British Wo-
mems Temperance Union.
Among the most important Committees APP
pointed during the day, was one selected to
draft resolutions, aud these seem SO fitting
that we insert a few of them here
WHEREAs-The capital used In the liquor
traffic of the United States during the last
century would build and equip six lines of
railroad from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
Z erect and endow University with SIC, 000,-
QUO in every state IN the Union, build a
$4,000 school house for every two hundred
inhabitantsg pay off the National debt, and
with the rest of the money at interest sup
port a teacher for every 100 of the inhabi-
tants of the country therefore,
Resoleed, That we deeply deplore the fact
that the commissioners of the International
Exhibition ignore this monsLrous waste of the
nation's resources by allowing building to
be erected within che Centennial grounds
where brewers may seek the appreciation of
the world for their traffic, and where restau-
rants are established for the sale of wine and
beer
Resolved, That a copy Of this preamble and
resolutions be transmitted to the Commits
sioners.
The report Of tho Committee concludes
with the following
Resoloed, That we here so1emnly pledge
" our lives, our fortunes and our sacred
honor to the suppression of intemperance
by all Legitimate means, and that we will
maintain this work to our life's end, and dy-
ing bequeath it to our daughters.
These resolutions were adopted amid ap-
plause.
No honest person can help sanotioning
united effort to crush out great wrong from
which our country is suffering, even though
it be made by women. We may be called fanat-
les on this questol, 1T all that we ask, lis pro-
lection for our homes against strong drink,
the great destroyer of soul and body, and
this 1t is safe to predict the women of this
and other nations aoiH hare, though it take
years of patient work and earnest. prayer to
accomplish it. A sense of wrong is upon us.
Is it not a wrong when the boys who go out
from our pure and pleasant homes can no
more safely walk the streets of Lambertvillep
Should not the mothers and sisters ask for
protection9 Win any one say we have no
part in this matter2
Many other things might be said in honor
of the gathering at the Academy of Music If
time ard space would permit
We are fully 10 sympathy with the Gonven-
ton and with every other lawful means for
saving from the power of drink.
A Cordial invitation is extended to the Ia
dies of our town to meet with us in our Tenn
perance Prayer Meeting every Tuesday after
noon, at o'clock.