, 1876-12-22
THE TEMPERANCE RADICALS.



CHICAGO, Dec 1S.-Originating in Chicago,
and chartered by the State of Illinois, Dec. :215,
1915, this organization bids fair to be OF some
service to the community Like the Washing
tonian movement of 1s40, OF which it is, per-
haps an unconscious revival, it labors to propa-
gate Temperance principles by the instrumen-
tality of open meetings. Its orisinators wished
to carry the truths that undcrlie the Temperance
reform to those who needed them most
the drunkards, and those who are in danger OF
becoming such. For that purpose they devised
this organlzation the cornerstone OF which is
the principle OF open meetings. any one may
bcconle a member by signing tie pledge u
total abstinence, and remain a member Dy sln~
ply keeping tie pledge inyiolate-
III this city the organization comprises cen,
trail society, known us the Charter Section, aud
several subordinate or auxiliary sections. lhe
Charter Section gives musical, literary,
and social Temperance entertainment every
Monday evening, FROM 5 to IL o'clock,
in the chapel of The Washingtonian Home, 5C3
West Madison. The other sections hold similar
meetings in various parts of the city on different
nights i'll the week.
The attractions at all these meetings arc
vocal and instrumental music, as we'll as re:lt;-
tions, readings, aud decla1nations, by amateur
aud professional talent, often OF the highest
order, and always lar above 1nedlovrity The
display is very rem 3rkable, and generally quite
an effective programme is stcuicdi not infrc-
quently All evenings entertainment Is furnished
free OF charge that would do honor to the best
professional combinations.
Iutcrsperseu with the solos, duets, fecltations,
and the like, are cxperie.We-talks by reformed
men, No long -wnled remarks are permitted;
occasionally an invited guest Is n'dulSed
to the extent Of a fifteen or twenty
tic rule, and there is no chance to get bored by
prosy dissertations. The practical aspects oi
the temperance question as they present them
selves to men who at one time loved liquor, out
have since learned how to abstain, constitute
the burden Of these talks.
once month an admission fee Of ten cents is
charged to dcfray expenses No one is paid Tor
any Service, the whole movement being based on
the principle Of voluntary contributions Vi time,
talent. and money to t:-* ;'a'.s4 II tehpcfahtc {:
Eacb these seetiOrr h'4n :" :. number ol
mal ught IT, :; cir ii :!lt st '9':~, ana saved 10
the, sa1nlIius ar:I ,: ictr by less meetings.
The, Z is no Il, i It Ky q 'o;:s:: much good,
tho,..ll in E, .ar:,a > "i'ttarioi, aEu w!1e'
drunkenness 81 sMe!y prevails, thc:r ettorts
Their platform is substantially as follows: as
tie saioous make no iudividious discrimination
as to the religious or political views ci their
patrons, SO the Temperance Radicals do not pro.
pose tu make any distinction between man anti
man iu their efforts to save the victims ot strong
drink. s'They deem nothing human to be Tor
eign to them"
While the value OF religion and morality to
society, us we'll as to the individual, needs no
recognition from them, they respectfully declare
that their Society makes specially OF temper
anye not of scctari:t1lisul. Refusing to commit
themselves, Us an organization, to any party IN
politics, they gladly welcome men of all opln-
ions, who wish to labor for temperance. Inc
Radicals do not hope to remedy all abuses ana
introduce the millennium; they do want to
kill rum. Without opposition to any organlza-
tiun, they devote themselves to the e1tlrpat1on
OF the perncious practice OF using alcoholic oeV-
erages. And, to this end, they propose to make
special efforts iu the following directions:
FirS-Bv opposing by word and example, IN
private and in public, the use OF alcoholic bev-
erage5. .......
otcond-By inducing persons to become, ana
encouraging them to continue, temperate
Thirdly making total abstinence popular
and this BY encouraging aud freely enjoying
every lawful amusement apart HOm the aSsocl-
atious of the saloon.
Eourth-By educating the public into what
| are the claims OF temperance and tile wrongs OF
intemperancc-
The Radicals have adopted for their motto
those stirring and forcelui words: Honor,
Manhood, Humanity, and Temperance" They
TO not theorize much, but build largely on per
sonal experience; they appeal to reason rather
than to prejudice; and to facts rather than to
speculations "ODe thing | know that, whereas
was blind, I now sec.n They leave all persons
to decide all questions for themselves, while
they are content to urge upon az. whether
Young or old, the one duty Of abSta1nlng from
inc ,lse ri alcoholic drinks.