Rensselaer Union, Volume 8, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1875 — Resolutions of the Women’s National Temperance Convention. [ARTICLE]

Resolutions of the Women’s National Temperance Convention.

The following resolutions were adopted by the National Convention of the Women's Temperance Uuious, recently in session in Cincinnati : WmuiKAs. The survey of the work accomplished Brough the Women's Temperance Unions the past , year inspires our most earnest and devout thanksgiving to God—our deep self-abasement that we have not dpne more, and firm determination to work and pray unceasingly for the triumph of our holy cause until tlie kingdoms of this earth shall become the kingdoms of our God aud His Christ; therefore, Jftsolced, That tlie results of labor for the reclamation of inebriates and the drinking classes convince us that a great work ha* been and may bp done in this direction, and that nothing is too hard for tjie Lord. To this .end we recommend Go-I>el temperance prayer-meetings. Cheap lunch and lodging houses, free reading-rooms. Washingtonian homes, temperance reform clubs, the circulation of the pledge, and. above all, continued individual effort with individuals, applying the Gospel remedies which cleanse from all sin. Rftolwd, That, whereas prevention is better than cure, and the hope of our country lies eminently in the home-training of the children, and since temperance is of the flrst importance as a conservation of the morals, strength, pnrity and integrity of our Republic, therefore we urge the women of America to train their sons and daughters in the cradle and around the home altars to forever abjure all that can intoxicate. Recoiled, That as the rum power is the greatest obstacle to the advancement of the > hristian religion we look to the ministry and churches of the land to aid us in the prosecution of this great work. RYolred. That we recognize the existing temperance organizations of the land as fellow'workersand pledge them our cordial sympathy aud cooperation. Resolt-e'l. That, realizing the precious reflex blessings that have come to our hearts and homes -from engaging in this work of love, we urge our sister* everywhere to co-operate with our Women's l nions. aud to unite with us iu banishing from our social circles aud culinary preparations everything that may engender the taste for intoxicants. Retolrel. That, grieved as we are with the indifference and lethargy of the church on this mofueutous que*tiou, -and believing, as we do, that tue use of fermented wines in celebrating the Lord s Supper is tlie source of .much harm to the cause oi temperance, often undoing iu a moment the painful work of months, we pledge ourselves to do all iu our power to induce the officers of our churches to cease from a practice that we regard as so baneful. Resot red. That, as we deem the circulation of temperance literature of the utmost importance, we not only disseminate our own paper, the oof/teif a ' r ranee Uh:om. but endeavor to sc - cure a ptsc- in the columns of our secular newspapers. and th il we recommend the introduction ot the publications of the National Temperance Society into ail our public schools' and public libraries. Re ared. That we recognize with devout gratitude to Almighty God. the mover in every good work, that Secretary Bristow has so successfully ex|»>- ed the corruptions of the whisky-rin-* in our country. llesotred , That we recognize with gratitude the true statesmanship of the Postmaster-General in removing from his department all assistants addicted to alcoholic beverages. Rexolred. That we recommend each State to memorialize Congress njxin the appointment of a National Committee of Surgery to investigate and report rhe effects of the liquor traffic, and to prohibit such traffic in the District of Columbia and the Territories. Said memorial to he presented bv a committee of one person from each State, on the Ist of March. 1876. ltmolrerf. That w hereas the Abject of just government is to conserve the interests of tbe governed; anff whereas the liquor traffic is not only , a crime against God. bnl subversive of every interest of society, therefore, in behalf we call for suck legislation a* shall secure tfils end: and while we will continue to employ all moral ageneieH-as idt’.ispeusable. we hold prohibition to be essential to the full triumph of the reform. Resolve,i. finally. That, whereas women are the preateat sufferer* from the liquor traffic, aud realizing that it is to be ultimately suppressed by meaus of Jjie ballot, we. tbe Christian women of the land, itv convention assembled, do pray Almighty God and all good and true men that the question of the prohibition of the liquor traffic may be submitted to all the adult citizens of this country, irrespective of sex; not as a mean# of en* larging oar right*, nor antagonizing the sexes, but as a uterus of protecting ourselves, our children tad home* from the ravages of the nun power.