Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-22
Temperance Meeting at Manassas.

At q grand temperance mass meeting, held
at the Nj. E. Church, at Manassas, on Tues
day, the night of the 18th of January, pursu-
ant to the call Of the pastors of the churches
Rev. Charles King, Of the Methodist Church.
aud Rev. j. A. Carmichael, OF the Pres5yter-
ian Church, the following preamble and reso-
lutions were unanimously adopted by a rising
vote. Nearly every man. woman and child
has endorsed the same by the signing of petit
tons to the Court and the General Assembly.
Remarks we've made by the pastors above
named, and BY Rev. J. w. Marsh, Rev. VIM.
Round, DR.. w. G. Hancock, Isaac T. BALDWIN
and Geo. z. r ,uud. The executive commit.
tee, to carry out the wishes of the people, were
az follows: Gentlemau-Geo. g. Round, Y.
A. SNOWFALL, Robert c. Weir, Samuel Wolyer'
ton. Charles H. Wilmington. hadles-Mrs.
Ada Merchant, Mrs. S. A. Whitman, Mrs.
Harriet NJ. Hixou, Mrs. Estell Cross, and Miss
Nellie Hazen:
Whereas, The public use Of intoxicating Il;
uuors has seriously injured our prosperity ana
reputation as a village and has proved q curse
| alike 10 the bodies and souls of men,
Therefore, Be it resolved, by the cltizsDs OF
| Manassas, IL mass meeting assembled,
LIST. That We submit to our fellow citizens
who are now engaged in the sale OF liquors our
earnest protest against the farther continuance
Of this traffic 10 our community, and respect
fully ask them in Difference to the common IN.
terest to make no application for license during
the coming year.
2od. That We respectfully submit to the
Honorable Judge of this county that 10 our
opinion there is DO suitable, proper and COD
yenient place for tie sale of intoXicating liquors
in Manassas, except at the drug stores tos
medicinal, mechanical and sacramental pur
poses: That we protest against any license be
ing issued for the sale of intoxicating liquors
except at those places, aud for the aforesaid
purposes; that we protest against the issuing OIL
hotel or ordinary license to persons who do mol
keep a public house; and we protest against lssu;
ing such license TO any person keeping q place Of
amusement or a store for general merchandise,
or to any person who heretofore has broken
the laws of the Commonwealth by selling OF
giving'aw liquors on Sundays, on election
days, or to minors.
Sd. That we respectfully submit to the Gen
eral Assembly Of Virginia that the charter o.
the Corporation of Manassas should be amend
ed to correspond with the charter OF Fails
Church, aud many other towns of the State
allowing 90 license to be issued by the County
Court except with the approval of the Councl!
of the Corporation, and also allowing said
Council the right to lay a suitable tax tor Cor
~poration purposes upon said licenses it issued.
And that We respectfully ask our Senators and
Delegates in the General Assembly to procure
the passage of said amendments.
4th. That the pastors Of the churches o.
Manassas acting as Joint Presidents OF this
mass meeting be requested to appoint an execu.
tive committee to consist of five gentlemsn and
FIVE ladies, whose duty it shall be TO prepare
suitable editions to the County Court and to
the General Assembly, to circulate the same
for signatures, to present said petitions at the
proper time with such farther statements as
may seem proper, to arrange for future meet,
ing to which they shall report, and 10 genera
to perform any duty which may seem necessary
to carry out the objects Of these resolutions,
and the pastors of the churches of Manassas
are hereby requested to act as ex. otlclo mem
bers of said committee.
5tb. That copies of these resolutions suitably
attested be sent to the Manassas Gazette and
to the Alexandria aud Washington papers for
publication. O. p. MERRITT,
e. 4. TANsILL,
Secretaries.