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At meeting of number Of young men Of
Wilmington, convened on "Wednesday 2Sd
inst. for the purpose of forming Society for
the suppression of Intemperance, Wm. A.
Mendenhall was called to the chair, and
Thomas M'Corklc was appointed Secretary.
The object of the Society being stated, the
following preamble and resolutions were a.
dopted.


When we view, as we now do. with mingled
feelings of pity and regret, that many OF our
fellow creatures, not only in the humble
walks of life, but even those enjoying more
elevated standing in society, both old and
young. have given themselves up to habitu-
al inebriation, by which they are bringing.
and many have already brought, upon them
selves disgrace and ruin, the nober feelings
of our nature resume their empire, and
mourn the deprayity of mankind


Intempcrance, with all its concomitant e.
Wis and miseries, is spreading distress. in
thousand forms, among the inhabitants of
our country-in,ruding itself upon connubial
feicity-on the social circle, and on every





species of domestic bliss and tranquility
shacklng and destroying the most noble
principles of man n-transfcrrins an honest
and virtuous mind to one depraved, vicious,
and neutrality-suspicious. not only power
ty and infamy, but host of morbid alice
tions; and furnishing catalogue of crimes,
which demand retributivc Justice by death.


1t is not cur desire to enter into detailed
view of all the baneful effects prou.lced by
this species of depravity; we would wi'h'
merely, to recount few Of its effects.


Believing that we clearly see the ehscts
which this evil is producing among us, we
feel it to be a DUTY which we owe to our
fellow creatures, to society and to GOD,
when an antidote is placed With" our reach'
to use our best endeavors to obtain it; and by
proper application. arrest intemperance
il IS progress, and ;f possible. snatch ito