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ALKXAXPMA gazette*
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EDGAR SNOWDEN,
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o R I G I X A L POETRY.
[For the Alexandria Gaart'e ]
LINES BT W. M. C-, OF VlHO NIA.
There was a time when I presumed to love
, One of earth’s favorites; one so beautiful.
That I poor fool, «at smitten unto madness.
1 rest at her proud feet my earthly treasures,
The pure unleavened feeling* of my heart:
AfW non* which had lain accumulating there
Ftnoi a ieet and sunny childhood, to the hour
When manhood’s fiercer glow their prison burst,
And sent the torrent forth, impetuous.
1 told her ’»wa* the choice»t gift in all
The wide domain of Nature; a young heart.
Whose strength and pride had then first bow d
T'» the supremacy of Beauty; and that she
Might wear the g«*in on her pure breast,
The proudest trophy of her loveliness.
Alas! to her ’twa* valueless, and there,
ln*t>er fair bo»om, which I fondly thought
The throne of love and purity, a coach and four
Was lord of the ascendant; and I gather’d up
The torn and bleeding fragments of my heart,
And put them in my pocket!!
f COMMCS1 CATF.D. 3
The depth of Kux which fell during the last
week, commencing on Sunday, 19th May, at
•sunrise: shewing the depth that fell each day
[2-4 hours) f oiu that time:
l.XCHSS.
Sunday, - - * 0 11
Monday, - * .* 2 00
Tuesday, - 0-67
Wednesday, * * 0 00
Thursday,- - * 1-01
Fi.i'lav, - - * l 15
Saturday, - - • 0 57
•4 51
[communicated. J
yr% fjifor:—There er's's a practice in this
place t disturbing Uelig:,*u Societies, when as
jen, ,t their places *.f pi blic worship, by
cul.. »• s of ul e vouihs and boys at the doors.
The\ ave gone ou Iroin misbehaving at the doofs
to doing so in the house. It is much to be re
gretted. that parents, guaidiun*. and others who
have the control and management id, young per
sons, and especially teat hers who board them,
do not keep them at home. or go with them to
the places of worship, when prattirabie, and
make them behave, while there, with decency.
It is a tact, which my own observation, as to
other places, justifies me m stating, that this dis
graceful practice exists in no other town or vil
lage where l have been. The inhabitants of Alex
andria have the exclusive honor of allowing their
children to run about the streets on the Sabbath
O.tv nd at night, and collect in squads opposite
p'acesof public woi*hip, to the great annoyance
of those who assemble lor religious du'ies —
These remarks have been made to cal* the atten
tion of not turfy parents and others, hut the pub
lie functionaries of the town, to the subject, in
the hope that an effort vill be made, by domestic
and pub ic authority, to stop a practice which is
not only disgraceful to those engaged in it, but
distressing to others
htTo'ts wui be made to have the laws execut
ed, if 'he disturbance is continued: and it is ear
nest* v hoped, tha' all orderly citizens will aid in
detecting those who aha'I continue this habit
Bv the law of Virginia in force in this county,
it i«'declared, “any person who s'-all, on pur
• •y e maliciously or contemptously, disquiet
• if ‘is!urb any congregation assembled in any
*• rhurt h, meeting house, or othtr plact of relt
*. an»*is worship, or misuse any such minister be
“ mg there, may be arrested and bound to Ins
• •good behaviour} and such person may also
••he punished by imprisonment and fine at the
“ discretion of a Juiy.” It mav be supposed
that a youth, because lie is not 21 years ol<J. is
not liable to be pui ished unJer this lav*. This
is a mistake: any child capable of knowing what
is right and what is wrong is as liable to be pro
ceeded against ns if he may be over the age of
21 years. The Corporation law declares, “ If
“any person shall, at any time, disturb anv lie
“ ligtous Society, by making riotous noise wiih
“ out the house in which such society mav be
“ collected, and shall not disperse upon being
“ required bv any member or hearer in such so
“ cietv, sorh prison, or persons, if white per
“sons, upon being rot.vi. :ed thereof, shall for
“ feit ami p*\ tV sum of five doltars for ear h
o offence: and I R free negtfj nr mi. st<o the sum
“of five doji.. or it ajiOftye, heir^he sliall
“be publicly w* ipped nm*tiie bare hack with
“stripes, unless his or her master or mistress
“ will pay the penalty of fi.e dollars;—and if a
*» minor, the parents, guardian, or master of such
• • minor, shall forfeit and pay the sum of five
“ dollars to the use of the Corporation. ”
A FRIEND 10 ORDER.
The Newt York Evening Post says;
“ A pampl.»et1ia* lately appeared in this ci^
entitled, • An Outline of a Plan lor a Nations
Bank, with incidental moarks on the Bank o
the United States. * It consists of a repot t mad.
bv a committee to an adjourned meeting of cits
z'ens of this place, held on the 20th Februar
last, of which Preserved Ftsh was chairman, am
Henry W. Hicks Secretary.
The Post then furnishes “an outline of th
features of the plan proposed in the pamphlet'
One teatuie, which we proceed to notice, is pai
ticularly expressive of character. A Lavate
would ieqwire no more. “ The Hunk is to b
located in .Veto Tori, with un ujtice of tHscoun
and 1-t Msite in the same city for the managt
nunt c'f i's load business.*9—Sat Gaz.
JOB PRINTING
JVtally and expeditions!}* executed at this Ojfte
fFrom the Correspondent of the Portland Ad'
vertiser J
THINGS IN NEW ORLEANS.
1 go every where, for 1 want to see every thing,
—from the graves to the gambling-houses. Ol
the last I had heard much,—and with another
Portland friend, of whom there are not a few
here, 1 began a patrol about 9 o’clock, P. M
Wherever we beard the clink of dollars.we went
in. Some played roulette, which is an indescrib
able, because to ine an incomprehensible game
and some were playing faro, or in the pharo, or
faro Vinks. 1 am not versed in the etjoining* or
propei terms. We went into five or six. borne
were in the streets, with only intervening eii
tun blinds. A few were up stairs. Imleeil
“ maison a touer,” gambling house, with proper
directions, is posted up boldly on the corners of
many a street. 1 am told there are eight o these
licensed gambling houses, and that the tn on
each is 8000 dollars per annum, which fund ts g -
ven to a charity hospital! Many contend tor he
utilitv of these licenced establishments, saving
that d»ev are •• the safety valves of the city,
and suppress minor establishments. But quere,
' for men play cards here on the levee in broad .lav.
and often in the shops on the street,—and a bil
liard room is as public as need be.
The plavers in many »f the houses were “row
dies,” at Kiev are called, scurvy fellow* in de
cent clothes perhaps, but vulgar and profane,
with an abundance of slang and slang-whanging.
Occasionally a man very respectable in appear
auce might be seen, a stray sheep perhaps, from
a good flock. 1 wa* told the company was not
so good at usual. Indeed, one «f the establish
ments looked much belter than Hie other*,—and
this was said to be the fashionable establish*
ment, where “ the best characters” resort—but I
Haw none ot them. Spectacle men and cigar
men were there. The stakes were chiefly in
specie. , .
To visit New Orleans, and not visit the Ken.h
Theatre, was out the question. I therefore last
ed to this scone. The Iheatre itself is very
good. The company was large and brilliant,and
usually attentive. Every representation was of
course in French. I did not h.-ar even among
the spectators a word spoken in English, except
suth as came from my companion The Creole
ladies were tastefully and elegantly dressed.—
- * .. _.;.i.
nanv in ini:hi me ---
forms and engaging laces. They were in the se
cond tier of boxes. Above those were the quad
roons, or in French qual't-uns, many «»| whom
were quite w hite," till as fine a cast of countenance
and figures as one ever beheld No white compi
nv was allowed to mingle with litem,—and their
doors were guarded onlv tor the admission of their
own class. They were also elegantly and tasteful
ly dressed. Above them were the negroes, who
crowded there in masses.
) After a tiresome comedy, not worth listening
to even in English, much less in French, where
one must make an effort to follow a story, — the
Ravel family delighted us with their dances ami
exercise. 1 have never seen this family before,
and as they name a good boat walkjn-lhe-water,
so one may name the family, the walk tn-fhe-air.
The feats were most surprisiu", from the youngest
child to the oldest man. They dance on the rope
and take pigeon wings ns others do on ihe Hour.
Jean Ravel displayed great feats of muscular pow
er, such as Suspending himself by his arms hori
zontal!' in the air from s pillar erected on a step,
and there continuing some time
Next we had the play of Jocko, with an abun
dance of amusing anrl interesting monkey feats,
the Ra'els performing the parts ul the monkeys
with fine effect,—extending trees, climbing the
scenery, amt going up almost any where among
the boxes. The pith of the story is. that Jocko
is a mischievous monkey,—but during a ship
wreck, rout rites to save a drowning child, dearly
beloved by its father,—and aftei nuising it, and
carefully guarding it from a huge snake with a
forked a’nd fiery tongue, that pursues him over
the stage, is *iio« by pursuers, much to the grief
of the child and pain of the faihei;—and then
Jocko dies in great agony.
I never have seen in an American theatre so
much prop'riciy of conduct a’ul good behaviour as
1 witnessed here. Tile pit was quiet and res
pectable. The boxes were crowded with pretti
nessaml fashion,—and though every Frenchman
talks with all his might and main, yet all was or
der, all propriety, anti presented, thus far, a
spectacle worthy of imitation to American mana
gers.
This theatre is open, usually, three evenings a
week; one of which is on Sunday, when theie is
fKu I «a rival lit itlpml.lllfP.
This morning 1 came within one of being pre
sent at a duel across the river, where combatant*
go—but they gave u* the slip by naming a laUe
hour. Since I have been here, less than a week,
there have been two duels fought,—and probably
the average is two a week or more, judging Irom
the h*'»t information I can get. Duelling is a
v»ry common occurrence here. Tin fi ry,heads
fight without much ceremony. Almost every lit
tle grievance is redressed with pistol#,—and so
• common are these duels, that even the newspa
pers take no note of them. People laugh ami
joke about them.—and many go as to witness a
larce. Such is public feeling!
i The parties whose shooting I was going to wit
J ne*s. for I go every w here when any thing is to
be seen, were—one a merchant from Njtchez,
and the mher a merchant in New-Orleans. They
! exchanged, to use the terots of the dav, three
'•hot*,—-and the New Orleans man was wounded
j in the leg with the third dis, harge, w hen the com
^mtants Settled the quarrel.
There i» a law, \ understand, here, against du
elling; but public opinion,—and voxp;>puli is t'ox
deiy,eVen Col. Johnson says,—gets command of,
r and control* the law. The French fight. The
I American fights in defiance of the law. Duelling
f, is such an innoient amusement, 90 far as the pub
f j lie ia concerned, that if a man can settle hi* o»n
' i account with his conscience and his God, 1 do
’ ] not look upon it with half the horror with which
I I witness other vices dominant here. Ducding
is even to be sneered at here, for the negroes are
e taking it up, and thus there are some hopes''the
* whites will lay it down.
r New Orleana must, 1 think, in the progress of
e time, and probably not a very long time, be the
/ largest commercial city in the world- It has in
. cfeased, and la increasing, dirty and unhealthy
as it ia supposed to be, with immense rapidity.—
, iRevI estate ia very valuable. Rents are higher
| than in any other city in the United States.—
II When I cast my eye over the map, and trace the
almost intertpinable water communication In the
interior, not from two nor three great rivers,
but from many rivers, flowing ahrrssagh re
gion. not .ettled at mil. or but
any where, but now yielding so n>uch rade U n
not afraid to hazard the prediction that New Or
leans must be the greatest commercial city in the
world. The field on which the merchant is to
act is most magnificent, fifty fio* thousand mil"
of internal water communication, R >* ®‘ul*
a vent for its trade at New Orleans-* trade from
a wreat variety of latitudes, with a great .varie y
of productions,—coming from lands unsurpassed
in fertility, and administering every thing to the
• wants or luxuries of man. Ihmk of tnis, an
run vour eye over the map, and remember ,a
vast portiou of this country we of New Rowland
should ypt call quite unsettled, and say if 1 err
in my calculation.
Tnere is the Red river, the trade of which goes
to New Oi leans, up which a steam boat this year
has gone as far as Cantonment Tow son, 1-00
miles—400 miles above which there are settle
ments,—ami all along this river there are new
plantations, many of which are the richest in the
world, fertile in the sugnr cane and cotton, and
in almost every thing whicli the imluntry of man
| sees fit to cultivate. An individual has juit in
1 formed me, that in February he arrived tlieie from
' Tennessee and planted with fifty negroes, and
that when lie left, Ins cotton "as up, coveiing
! two hundred acres on a prairie, and w as then
promising him a feitile and valuable crop.
Tlu-re is the Arkaosaw river, the trade of
. which must go to New o.leans navigable at
times by steam b »ats 900 miles, as I a n infor
med. Aikansit'.v is yet but partially settled,—but
I Hie extent of Hip liver is 2500 ««iile<*.
There \* the While River, navigable for strain
boats fi uni 400 to 500 miles, and for keel boats 600
| nules. |:s course is 1200 mil' s.
| Then there is the 0 no, navigable to Pittsbuig,
[ 2000miles from New Orleans by water, where
nearly all of the principal steam boats on the
Mississippi are built,—the Olio with all its trihu
taii-s,—wi ll thp Tennessee, navigable at times
to Knoxville bv steam boats, meandering through
the best paits of Tennessee and the finest ter
ritory in Alabama, — with the Cumberland, navi
igableasl.tr as Nashville by steam boats.—ami
manv other navigable more or less, pouring
tlieir treasures ultimately into fbe Father of Wa
ters.
| Then there is the immense Missouri, with its tri
butanes—there is the Illinois, with boat naviga
I lion for 500 miles — tt-nk River, navigable 2')0
miles-—Kaskaskia 150 mile*, with manv others,
which any eye will note on a map. Ami now
to all of tneni may be a«l«t"d the mighty Missis
sippi itself, navigable by boats to tlie Falls of St.
; A ntbonv In short, there is a continent above
1 New ()t leans—a world of itself,—with streabis
I as useful for trade as the great ocean. A small
j skill’or flat boat, that cannot stand a wave ol the
I ocean, adventures in safety from the cold north.
with its tcc and snows, to the warm south, with
I its sugar cane, i’* olives, and its oranges!
I Nor is there in this Union such a field ns New
Orleans for enterprise — enterjnize of all sorts,
from the counter and the desk, to the b»* and the
: pulpit. Every thing is new,—in chaos as it
were—juat advancing to form and comeliness.—
Moral courage acting prudently and cautiously,
and thus winning that inlliience which moral
I courage aided by ability and prudence always
i must have, will here find a glorious theatre lor
| action. There is hardly such a place in the
1 world for nn upright, energetic, industrious and
brave man, — no mattei what Ins occupation. A
.brave man, 1 sav, for courage in such a society
is necessary—but I do not mean the biavery that
sets at defiance powder and ball, anti re* kless’y
rushes into danger,— 1 don’t mean the bravery
of the bull anti the bear—for I leave such bra
very to the pistols of the duellist*, anil the horns
anti tusks of brutes,—but I donvan the bravery,
, the moral murage, which dare think, speak and
act for itself,—if necessary, even in the teeth of
Public Opinion, always acting with cart and ex
i cceiling caution, and delicate respect even for
1 the errors of others. And .Public Opinion will
ultimately honor the man who arts thus from
honorable impulses, fur Public Opinion is ever
■ scanning with an eagle eye the motions of men;
and evereiring, ever wandering as it is, it ul
timately awards justice eight times out ol ten,
wherever it is due.
, A Divine, not bigotted nor^anatic. might do
wonder* here for the cause of moials, if l»«* l»a«I
that ability which commands an audience, and
in it nt vital rlitirrli.tininif H nlt’il
church and pleasure grounds are here rivals on the
Sabbath. A Lawyer, travelling a» times beyond
his suits and his writs, would find here ample
range and scope fur action
On the who^e, 'tr.mgc a* many l it;gs appear
In a stranger. I have been most ..greeably depriv
cd of many of inv pre formed opinions of N<'W
Orleans. * l h re i« not much more vice among
those whose opinions are valued, than in many
i)(her cities f* obatily there is no more, for
here it takes no trouble to conceal itself, ns in
other places lucre is lar more society and far
better society than report *ed me to espcct. i
have heen lure but a short time, but long enough
to find men and women with minds as well slur*
■ id as i7i any part of the Union. Literature, it is
true, is here but in the blossom; literary institu
tions and societies are scarce; but there nrc very
many intelligent nnnd«,—there is the intellect
that needs otvU the occasion—ti»e flint and steel
to strike out its spaiks. Families begin to look
| upon this ettv as an abiding place, as well as a
j stopping place. Thus society is forming and or
! guitizmg. S hools of course cannot yet be worth
i much; but gradually the schools will improve, as
children are to be educated here, and cannot al
ways be sent to the north. Large parties are of
ten given, in which the Creoles and the Ameri
; cans mingle—parties as large as anv party-going
! man can desire, no matter how fond of society.
Social visiting is kept up—and with the civilities
and cordialities of life, there are .it* amusement*
and enjoyment*.
Ne»« Orleans is not Boston to be sure—Boston
with its proud associations, its past history, and
its great meo, valued as its “jewels”—nor Phi
ladelpkia with its science and refinement and ge
neral literature—but it is New York almost —
There is the noise and bustle and dust of New
York—the saute mercantile activity, the same
love of good eating and good drinking, and varied
amusement. It is the place to live in, to make
money in, to figure in—if you don’t die in the
acclimation, and if you love long summers and
good springs.
In the progress of a very few years New Or
leans must be a different city. Northern feeling
will get uppermost and take command, and tuos
influence the morals as well as the manners ol
the city. Northern enterprise, unless eff-jininat
ed bv the luxurious climate, will improve and
beautify the citv, and render it healthy.- Thus
far I have found it the most interesting part ot
mv tour, giving one the best scope for observa
tion and reflection. Every traveller should
'come here, and though he will find no men ot
leisure, yet he will Bod enough for his eyes to see
and his ears to»hear. '
I go up the river this evening. (April 27.) in
the Steamer Cnancellor, as far up as Louisville.
If no a» cident occurs, vou will next hear from
meat Louisville, (Ky ) or at Cincinnati, the head
quartets of the great West. B.
NATIONAL TEMPERANCE CONVEN
TION
Satunlai/ Morning.— The Convention assem
bled at the usual hour. A number of resolutions
were brought forward by members, and referred
to the General Committee; among them was one
that the members of tlie Convention should be
enrolled without official distinctions; another up
on the cau-e* of intemperance; others relative
to the circulation ol Temperance Almanacs, the
formation of Temperance Associations by the in
structors and pupils of Literary Institutions *—
Mr. Anderson, of Philadelphia, presented are
solution touching the present manner of celebrat
ing our National Anniveisary. A member,whose
name we did not hear, rose and read an article
from one of the cii v paper,, containing the charges
made bv the Washington Telegraph against the
fiends of temperance, that there is a deliberate
purpose to organise a society with a view to the
nnmiMlute emancipation of slave*; that the Ge
nius of Temperance, a Ne* York pip-r, is avow
edly devoted to this object, and is published un
der the auspices ot one ot the New York tenipe
ranee societies; and that a New York temperance
society lias published ami given extensive circu
lation to a political tract. The gentlemen said
that these weie grave charges, and should be
met at the threshold. Some discussion look
place, anu rtfs'llieu ill ine reiereme wi menu's”
for the action uf the General Committee. An
e.fl'irt was now made to abolish tins committee,
so that resolutions, should be brought at once be
fore the Coiiveiiiion, and d> fiui'ively acted upon.
After a short debate, in which Messrs M’Tanc,
of N. J , Terry of Conn., Urice, of Washing
ton, Wilkinson, of N \ ., took purl, the resolu
tion to do a.cav with the Committee was put to
the vote, and negatived by a large majority.
The remainder of the resolutions leported by
the Commi tee on Finlay, were finally sub
mitted The twelfth, respecting simultaneous
meetings throughout Hie Union in teDruary
next, was carried; also, I*•© thirteenth, uu
thoiiVmg a general correspondence to effect si
multaneous meetings throughout the world; and
the fourteenth and fifteenth The sixteenth re
solution, stating that six thousand temperance
societies have been firmed within the last six
years, enrolling a million members, that two
thousand distilleries have been iii'-continued, five
thou*.tin! persons have disconti med the traffic,
five thousand drunkards have been reformed. &c.
. «a-( on motion of Mr Farley, ol R I . again re
lei red Mr Hu- Committee fur reconsideration, on
the ground that the Convention should put noth,
ing forth to the world, that it was not prepared
j lully to substantiate to the letter. Ftie other re
1 solutions to the twentieth, were parsed as re
pot ted.
A gentleman named Collier, we believe the
editor of the Pnilanthropiat. proposed 'he forma
■ tion of a general society, on principles calculat
ed to work elsewhere than in the North—a so
! ciety that would he equally efficacious in the
I South and West, wher* the differences of man
j ner*, feelings, ami opinions require different
modes of acion Mr Godill, of N Y., coin
cided, ami observed f-at the present American
Society wanted reformation, that it was not sul
firiently republican. Tnis discussion grew fioni
the reported resolution tof »rm au Union by means
of the officers of the Slate Societies. An amend
ment was offered ilia* a committee of six be ap
pointed to arrange a plan for the formation of a
general society oil proper principles Mr.Graham,
of N. Y.. -pike in favor of the amendment, but
on motion of a gentleman from Pennsylvania,
■both the resolution and the ameudmetil were laid
upon the tab'e.
The Committee reported in part—nflVing a
resolution “that the associations of young men
h n k.i n MMtuHelial an viliarluu In (In* tum nui -i aion
... - - .i 7 i
• ause, and should all the young men in the Unit- j
etl Slates, especially in literarv institutions unite
io so doing, they would confer lasting benefits
on the human race”—adopted. On the subject
of disclaimers, the Commiittee stated that they
had received letter* requesting them to disavow
any connection with masonry, anti masonry,
cl urch and state parties, emancipa ion schemes;'
in short, with every political subject winch now j
agitates the public mind I Ivey thought it un- j
ne< essary to enter into specification*, and there- j
lor* submitted a resolution “that the sole ob- •
jocl of the general, state, and other temperance (
societies has been, is, and ought to be, the pro-!
motion of abstinence from intoxicating liquors;'
that they devote all their efforts for temperance
at.it temperance alone.” A member from Wash
irfkton rose, and made a warm and earnest ad- i
dre«s nn the subject, specifying that they had no ;
intention of meddling with slavery; he said it *
was necessary to quiet the excited feelings of
the South, where this fear obstiucted and would
inevitably ruin the cause in that section of the
Union. lie closed.by submitting a preamble
and resolutions to that effect, to be added as an
amendment to the abovt- Mr. Brantly, as a re
presentative of Georgia, opposed them, lie de
clared himself to be a native of a slave holding |
stale; one who had resided long among slavery, '
and therefore qualified to judge of what was ne |
cessary. A warm debate now ensued, in which 1
Messrs. Graham, Pitkins, Adams, of Virginia;
Keener, of Maryland; Wood, of New York;
Kennedy, of Virginia; Hunt, of North Caroli
na; Samuels, of Georgia; Crane, of Virginia;'
Breckenridge, Hewitt, Watkins, of Maryland, :
and others, took part. Tha southern gentlemen
were divided, but the majority were against Mr.
Brice’s resolutions, and declared them unneces-,
sarv, impolitic, and inefficient to the end. »* If,” j
observed one of them, “ the general disclaimer
of the Committee is not sufficient, nothing will
answer. If the South will not take the word of \
this Convention without specification, their opi
nion of ns is such that they will laugh at spe-'
cifications. We hm declared ourselves forf*®
perance, and temperance only. This m*er,
whole ground. Why shou'd we travel over j!
•gain and again? If the South suspects u% 0f
sinister purposes, a specific denial *nl no,
move those suspicions.” The debate gin, m '
and more earnest, until Mr. Bradford rose on'
portunely, and said that the hours of dinner a-j
adjournment had arrived; that after dinr.t-r
tlemen would be in better disposition forhandun.
exciting topics with safety ||e then ,noieii *
adjournment, which was carried,
j Afternoon—Mr B ice’s resolutions were a-,jD
debated. Messrs. James M l.innard o| Py,.
delphia, Alley of Washington,. ^t«>ck'on ut Ms
ryland, Collin of Washington, Randall of y,.
ryland, Fraley, Skillman of Kentucky, Hubbard
of Maryland, participated. Several slave hold.
I ers declared lhem*elve* content with the original
resolution, and Mr. Brice, finding the current
• strong against his movement, rose, and, after j
short but earnest address, wi'lulrew his amend,
nieots; when the original resolution was earned
I 'l*lie committee continued; reporting a resolu.
! tion requesting •* the Medical Faculty toenqaire
| whether subsiiturs for alcohol in practice canno;
| be found, and its use discontinued; and t'u> j(lrl
give the results of such enquiry to the public"
—Adopted.
lies ilced. That the. influence of ladies t,p„.
the community has had Isighlyr salutary effects
especially as regards moral renovation.
The word “ladies” was objected h. Mr.
Gray thought that all women in favor of tt«
' perance were entitled In be called ladies: li0»t
• ver, the words “ female sex” were substituted,
and the resolution carried.
Mr. Garret Smith of New York, from the mm
niittee. brought forwaid a resolution, enianttn*
from himself, declaring the traffic in ardent sp"
fits to be morally wrong; that it should b* p.g.
hibited by legislation, by allowing towns, town
ships. iic. to prevent it within their limits. Mr.
Smith advocated the resolution. |t ishisopitiH
that there must .be legistalirn on the subject t„
ilestrAy drunkard manufactories; that the la*
must urge on temperance, reform, &c.
I)r. (’atlicart opposed the resolution. Tht
» ar in iiwi pirpaiiu im sui u lir a
will ruin the cause. For his pari
prepared to say that he believed ill
dent spill's was immoral lie l.a<
of God for it. He could nut arrog
the light of denouncing infiltrated
moral men.
Mr. Ludlow of New Yo k advr
solution. Mr. Keener of Md than
with more serious consequences ti
subject that cou'tl be brought befot
lion. It was going too fa*t, and
(rack. He preferred mild means
example, and the force of opinion
Mr. Guernsey of N Yr. said th
once make a political parly of the f
perance, an occurrence to be carelu
The cause needs no extraneous a
vance by its* If without any legislati
Mr. Uradfurd luq*rd that Mi 81
would not prevail. It would have
influence EMilic opinion can regu
do so; but otherwise the object of t
could no' be effected. Compulsion
useless; its certain end would be t<
motion. He besought the Convent
ahead of prudence, an I sacrifice tli
ill regulated zeal. *• In Pentwylvi
tinued, “such law* cannot eas'd
while our legislators think there is i
occasional glas* of brandy and wat
gislators of other states no doubt it
in the same way.
Mr. Johnson of Pa said that pc
be dragooned into temperance. 1
against any aotion, by what they
mammoth convention to connect tei
politic*.
Mr. McLanef»f Delaware regret
en< e of opinion, and Imped that l
would be withdrawn.
After much conversation, and di
solution into two propositions, the 1
feired back to the Committee, from
anated, for reconsideration.
The Convention then adjourned,
morning at 0 o’clock — /‘t-nnsylvai
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