Middletown transcript., 1888-10-18
Daclaration or Pr,ncipIes.

U0CldEtJhOIA VI
The following are the resolutions adop
ted by the ". G. T. o., of Delaware, a
Middletown on last Friday.
WHEREAS, The liquor traffic is en-
trenched behind our state and natlona
laws, and organized as never before t.
defend its criminal business against thu
growing public sentiment that demands
its prohibition, we, the Women's Christian
Temperance Union of the State OF Della
ware, in its ninth annual convention, as
sembled, recognizing that the Divine
favor must rest upon every righteoul
cause and with earnest gratitude TO Goo
do hereby resolve
1. To dedicate ourselves anew to the
work of destroying the greatest enemy
of domestic peace and national pros
perity.
Q. That we hereby affirm Our BELLE
that as the principle of license is funda
mentally wrong no amount of money
paid to the government for the privilege
TO do wrong can make that wrong right
8. That as under the false system oi
attempting to regulate criminal traffic,
that traffic has steadily grown during the
long suffering OF a century of expert
ment, therefore our conviction is now
unan imous that the only effective remedy
from which we may hope relief lies in
the total prohibition both by state and
national legislation of the importation,
manufacture and sale of all alcoholic
beverages.
4. That the history OF our govern
ment must ultimately be obtained
through the action of political party, end
as the attitude of both the old political
parties is either openly hostile or prac-
tically unfriandly to the policy of prohi-
bition as shown by the spirit and plat
forms of their national conventions, and
as we find the prohibition party is the
only party embracing our principles on
this and other important policies
of government, conceived and created in
the interest of this great reform and
prayerfully consecrated to this holy
cause we can not consistently do less than
heartily approve and give our undi-
vided sympathy and aid to the Prohibit
ton.
5. Whereas, the laws for the protect
ion of girls in Delaware are obviously
inad equate, therefore, Resolved that we
shall earnestly urge the superintendent
of the department of social purity to
draft bill to be presented to the next
Legislature which shall secure to our
children that protection from the social
degradation to which the law, as it now
exists, exposes them.
6. That the National Temperance Hos
pital of Chicago is an institution of in
calculable value as being able to practi-
cally demonstrate that alcohol is not in
any just sense medical agent. And we
believe tito be our duty to see that their
Hospital Quarterly and other documents
of value FROM this institution are liber-
ally circulated among our practicing ply.
sicians and heads of families.
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alarm on the growing practice of using
tobacco. The injurious effect of this mar
cotic on both body and mind is clearly
demonstrated by modern science. That
the drink habit and tobacco hold kind
red relationship to each other is beyond
doubt, and we cannot pronounce our
antagonism to the one without entering
our protest against the other.
Resolved, That we appro We the action Of
the General Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in submitting to the
great church the other question of open
ing the doors of its highest council, to
the representatives of the sex that forms
two-thirds of it members; and we hope
the time will soon come when the church
of Christ shall be able to utilize to the full
extent the powers of consecrated woman
hood.
9. That we invite the teachers OF
Delaware to realization of their oppor-
tunities and responsibilities under the
scientific temperance instruction laws
and request their hearty cooperation
with our organization.
10. That thorough understanding OF
the temperance question in its relation to
the individual and to the government is
commend the extensive reading of the
publication of the w. T. P. A., of our
national organ, the Union Signal, and
other reliable prohibition papers, as we'll
as general circulation of the same.
IL. That we urge upon all friends of
law and order a vigilance in the preserva-
ton of the Christian Sabbath, and that
they with courage cast their votes for the
only party that has declared in its plat.
form in favor of observing Gods holy
day, and we desire all friends of the Sab
bath to aid in discountenancing the use
OF Sunday newspapers and Sunday excur-
sions.
IL. Resolved, That the W. @. T. q.
OF this state hail with pleasure the in
creasing interest of the young people in
the great temperance reform, and we en-
dorse the movement that has started
among them to form junior prohibition
clubs, that we ask the w. G. T. Unions
and the "Y's" in counties and towns
Wherever practicable to take active steps
to organize, which will be the means of
holding and educating our youths in the
principals of prohibitory legislation and
in creating public sentiment in favor OF
protecting the homes and the boys.
IL. Resolved, That our warm est
thanks are due, and are hereby extended
to the peonle OF Middletown for their
generous hospitality; to the pa stors and
trustees who kindly placed their churches
at our disposal; to the sections for their
careful consideration OF our comfort, to
the railroad authorities for their courtesy
in issuing reduced rates and to Mrs. Bel
lab for her personal influence in that di-
rection; to the children, who so largely
to our entertainment; to the
choir who furnished most excellent
m usic, and to Mrs. Bellah for her efforts
in securing the handsome banner pre-
sented to the convention.
Resolved, That we express our appre-
citation of the labors extended for the
colored people OF our state and will lend
our aid in the formation OF unions in any
where they may be deemed
practicable.