Smyrna times., 1885-01-14
for the SmyT7
Letter from ROsfCu

An amen from Boston To Rrotbo,
Ayers article in last weeks SroUIn. U,neI
TINES may not be heard awav doEyn 10 -
Uhe good old Diamond StSto ;, - -
yet that is what I said when 7 road ''til I,i-
artcle. l believe | have nevar haar 80,
SIsPecIeo OF harboring any FEELINGS ~
charIJy towards the liquor traffic 81 u
nave not fallen from the grace VIII
was gwen me many years AGO and -
Whloh L was true when a nasto. y,
smyrna, but my conviction is tbnt
Uhere Is better way Of reacbin,, 49,
ehu desired by nearly all temnaTanao ao
workers, viz: the total overt bro,,. ,''ioG :
froy, m" Iquor tranlc and its banishment
iaoin iaoi our our land, than by forming poIit-
icai party to attempt that project.
i, now are we to reach this end . T
OuIHK we need to use what wa colI
moral suaslon and press vigorously an
to greater things. 'O''y u"
Uh thursday last | was permitted
10 De one Of company of men oDJ
women who met in the BromfaiJ M
otreet Church, in Boston. to nIan f'I.
victory for the temperance canSa ~
0Iale and Nation, and we org,ui.,aj
What IS henceforth to be known 49, Ill H.
National League lnon-sectarion ana
n,oh,,partlsanl, for the suppression ~ ~
the liquor traffic. Vi
should like to have Won nuhlisb tI,o
ehtlre platform Of this new Soc;ot,- i.,,.
you would not have room for aIJ 7
should write. | can only saw tbn OH
JeGts OF the League are
Flrst-Ihe enforcement of lo,r, ~
ready existing against the Iionnr or
Second-The withdrawal Of all IaooI
sanction from the traffic.
Inlrd-The suppression Of the liouor
Fourth Our ultimate purpose is. bv
constitutional and statutory provisionyy
land. '''''i0 from inc
The methods proposed are, by discard
lhS an partizan entanglementS. we nro-
pose the total suppression of the liduor
First-To create and INTENSITY nub
tic tic sentiment, by the pulpit, platform
and the press. i''''0'' -
9econd-To educate the young in
pubic school and elsewhere as re ,bn
nature and effects Of alcohol
Ihlrd-To use all legitimate civil
!! l!eslslatlon and to refer the oucs- /
tioh, iOr final decision to the constitn-
Il0nal verdict of the people.
we invite persons Of all classes
creeds, parties and States to unitn
on this platform and work and voto
Is"iIlsI liquor traffic without ex-
posiHS inc cause with its varied inter
5Sts i' 10 the perlls Of personal schemes of
pGnlicianS and the perils Of party Dol
Rev; DR.. D. Dorchester. No. 20
. 9romileld street. Boston, is the Presi-
lenI OF TINS National League. A cir
'ular Will be issued soon, callinn unon
men all over the couHtrv to
organize under this plan.
0ucn men as Edward Everett Hale
Jr. HaygoOd, Bishops Andrews Foss
Ial'alleu, DR.. Buckley and Oliver
1oyt, and hundreds of others inclnd.
1g Key. ). B. Quigg, of Smvrna. have
, ,,iready expressed their sympathy With
ne movement and are ready to nnsb
/, forward to success. Mrs I EIen
oster Is one of the secretaries. Mrs
.lVermore heartily endorses it. Ttisa
ISM 8 and promising movement and
,e DeIIeye under this standard ali
hades OF temperance sentiment can '
e rallied. BY doing the first duty
ere stated, viz: the enforcement If a
AlSIihg laws, men will be toned up to
ne ne next and then step still further in q
avance ;.! until full and complete Prohi- \
lioh IN State and Nation shall ba
our plan. us
7, GpAC1I-