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November 14, 2026TEMPERANCE MEETING.
The Temperance Society of this town held a meeting on the 11th instant, the proceedings of which were marked with considerable interest, and afford the most favorable indications of the success of the cause.
Religious services having been performed, Mr. Murvin, a gentleman from a distance, presented a resolution, advocating the advantages of the youth of both sexes sanctioning the principle of total abstinence from ardent spirits, and sustained it with appropriate and forcible remarks.
Thomas A. Moore, Esq., urged the importance of the step in a feeling address, in which he illustrated the danger of using ardent spirits, and the sad end of intemperance. The resolution was adopted.
Andrew Hunter, Esq., stated that he had attended this evening for the purpose of uniting with the Society, and advocated, in an interesting address, the importance of taking bolder measures to advance the cause. When he had concluded, a resolution was passed, proposing to select a person to pronounce a public address in favor of the enterprise, on the 22d day of February next, and to appoint a committee to make arrangements for the occasion. Mr. Hunter was chosen to deliver the address, and the chair gave notice that the committee would hereafter be announced.
The question of prohibiting the use of wine to the members of the Society was agitated in the course of the evening; but, after several gentlemen had expressed their views on it, was laid over without decision. The Society then adjourned to meet on the first Wednesday of February, 1835.
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