The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-09-02
Temperance Movement,
JUSTICE

On Tuesday evening last, Aug. 29th, a
special meeting Of the friends of temperance
was held in the Presbyterian church of LIE
hIghton, for the purpose Of making neces
sary arrangements to petition the coming
Republican and Democratic County Con.
ventions for the insertion, in the platform Of
PRINCIPLES, of plank iavoring the subms
sion to the vote of the people OF prohibi
tory amendment TO the Constitution of the
State.
After some discussion il was resolved to
present to the approaching Republican and
Democratic Conventions the f,llowing pc
tltion, and suitable persons were chosen To
obtain signers, and 10 see that the petition
be presented when the Conventions meet
To the -- party Of the County o.
Carbon, State of Penna., in Delegate Con
vention assembled.
We, the undersigned, believing that all
political power rests with and is Inherent
in the people, and that whenever oues
tions arise which are considered of vita i'm
I~rtance to the whole people, that the peo-
pie when desired by them should be
premiLted to express themselves on the sub
Ject, in legitimate manner, freely and
without restralnti therefore, your petitioners
pray your honorable body as the representa-
yves OF the --- party of Carbon
County 10 declare and procliim-in no un-
certain sound-in your platform Of princip.
les To be promulgated, that il is the duty of
the General Assembly of the State of Penn.
sylVania at its next session to submit TO a
vhe "fthe people, for their ad ption or rei.c-
ton, an amendment to the G Institution 70 =
ever prohibiting the manufacture aud sale
ot intoxicating liquors for beverage pur
poses.
1t was also decided that the candidates be
required 10 expressly declare how they will
vote in the Legislature on the question of
submitting to the people an amendment, so
that there would be no room for deceptiop
or double dealing. 1t is simply impossible
l"r Legislator To represent a liquor and a
temperance constituency. Two men going
to law never employ the same attorney.
THIS is move in the right direction. In
years past the liquor men have been organ
lied and have made their demands on poll.
tlcans, requiring that men be nominated
who were known to them to be favorable 10
their business, and refusing to support all
nominees known to oppose their traffic, and
to-day, in council assembled, they openly
declare that they will vote for no canLi-
date, no matter Of what party, who does not
favor their interest.
We quote from sermon recently publish
ed in the New York Methodist: "'The Brew.
ers' Convention, in session in Washington,
pledged its members TO overlook party afiili
ations and act together in defeat of the can
didates of any party that panders to fanati-
clsm by supporting prohibitory laws.'"
This means business. What is to be done ?
Let them alone2 No. "When bad men
consPire," said Edmund Burke, "good men
must combine" This is what we want. We
want the friends of temperance IN combine,
and boldly aud fesrlessly demand of polite.
ians that men committed to the interest of
the temperance cause, be nominated, and TO
refuse, 10 man, to vote for candida of
any party who favor the liquor traffic. Let
the friends of temperance do this and the
victory will be won by them. Let party
go The party that will not give the peo-
pie the privilege of voting on prohibitory
amendment ought to perish and it will
perish, and the sooner the better. Party is
nothing principle is everything. Vote for
men who favor and work for the complete
destruction of the traffic in liquor as a bev-
ersge. TEup.