The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1877-08-02
THE CONVENTION.

THE CONVENTION.
To the Temperance Peoptc ef Io,cn.
The committee appointed b. our
State Convention, held at Des Muin es.
May q. 1877, pursuant to a resolution
then adopted, has decided to call ii
/ State Temperance Convention TO meet
| Mt
| Gria8eH, IoWa, Imyust -, 1877.
Your committee is not authorized TO
| direct the action that will he ha'l at
| said Convention. The present and tu-
| ture interests OF the temperance party
| will be discussed and decided. and Ii
/ any nominations are determined to be
| made, the Convention will feel us
much ut liberty to make the same a.
| if the Convention had been called for
that special purpose.
| 1t is hoped that all counties. sunday
! schools and churches will send as una
| my delegates to said Convention as
| they may see lit, but let them all be
] snfe 10 be represented.
4 !. We invite all to unite with and
/ help Us in this great work who believe
| that intemperance is the most destruc-
| tive evil of the present age: that it can
never be banished from civilization
without the united efforts o! the friends
| Of temperance; and that it is the duty
! of men to make some sacrifices for the
for the public good.
3. We invite alf who believe that
the slavery of appetite TO alcoholic
! drinks Is the most appalling and alb
! iect >eryitude that ever afflicted the
| human race, and that the only sure
way of breaking such CALLING yoke
/ is to disarm the oppressor Of every
! thing, as IA beverage. that can intoNi-
/ cate them.
| 8. We invite all who believe that
this is the,most momentous, as well as
the most unwieldy, issue that has
ever been presented to the people, in
moral or physical science, or for legis-
lative action: and who believe that
the prohibition of the traffic in intoxi-
eating liquors is the only sound legis-
Iative policy upon which this yeAed
question can be solved; and who are
therefore, opposed to all license laws
OF whatsoever form or character.
4. We invite all who are in favor OF
maintaining inviolatc the personal
liberty of all men aud women 10 labor
in this cause without fear Of threats or
intimidations or ostracising anathe-
mas; and who are in favor of inaugu-
rating and continuing Il persistent,
pungent and unyiclding warfare
| against our common enemy until
complete victory shall crown our la
| hOrs.
We invite all who believe that edu
cation and Christianity are the corner
stones of a Republican government;
| that the common schools are the breath
| and life of our free institutions; that a
wei, regulated financial system Is the
| back bone of the government: and, in
asmuch, as iBtemperance is the conn
mon enemy of all these, that IL il the
duty of the government to use all its
power to accomplish the entire over
| throw of this destructive traffic in our
country.
| 6. We invite all who believe in the
vigorous and rigid enforcement of our
present prohibitory liquor laws, and
| in the enactment of such further pro-
hibitory legislation a. will place the
! brewd and fermented liquors under
the same condemnation of distilled
liquors.
I. We invite all who are in favor of
using every lawful and honorable
means to save the one hundred thou
sand of our people who are annually
| going down to drunkards graves: TO
save the nation the one billion OF dol
lars wasted annually by intemperance;
| to save people from exorbitant taxa
ton; and to relieve our poor houses.
prisons and insane hospitals Of their
| victims.
S. We invite all who believe that
the unrestrained liberty of a licensed
and privileged class of men, to infiict
the worst of all scourges upon our
country, is the liberty Of tigersand not
of men in well regulated govern
| ment.
8. We invite all who believe that ii
Is the duty of temperance men to car
nv out and enforce their principles by
voting for none but practical and the
oretical temperance men to NIL our Of
fees.
Hoping to see large delegation at
our Convention, we submit to the
people the interests Of our cause.
II. w. MAXWELL,
Chairman Of Com.
Judge Maxwell accompanies this
call, which was first published in the
State Register, with two-column let
Of argument and explanation, from
which the following extract will give
the substance and intent of the whole:
In the first place the temperance
people of Iowa have never had Il polit-
ieal organization; but for the purpose
of furthering our interests We called 4
State Convention in May last, and at
that Convention we did commit the
great sin of asking the Republican
party to giveus temperance candidates
TO fiji our offices. We did so, however
modestly, tremulously and humbly.
This action was characterized rs "of.
fensive dictation." We also appointed
a committee whose duty it was and is
upon a certain contingency, to call q
State Convention. That contingency
has occurred, and the convention IL
accordingly called. Now this Is the
whole of the offending and the sin oi
the temperance people, as u State or.
ganization. 1t was an unpardonablt
"otfensiye dictation" was it, for us t.
humbly implore the political party to
which we always have, and now dc
belong, to give Us temperance men Il
fill our Offices? 1t was no dictation fol
us to decide to call a convention in 4
certain contingency, for that was was
asking nothing of any party; 1t wa>
making no suggestion to any party
1t was our own business and a thing
we had right to do.
Our only apology for calling thu
convention is, that the temperance
people of Iowa ordered us to do SO II .
certain thing happened. That thinl
hos happened, and, therefore, we hav'
acted as directed. II it is asked how
we know that such . thing has hap
pened, I answer that we were directet