TEMPERANCE CIRcuLAR.

\ CALL! A LoUD CALL! FoR A STATE T. RANCE CONVENTION, AT LITTLE ROCK,

 ON THE 22D FEB, lS44
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 RANCE CONVENTION, AT LITTLE RocK,

 ON THE 22D FEB, l844.

 To ell Temperance Societies aud egely Couat,

 Stafe of .4'kaasas:

 In accordance with resolution of ''Arkansas State Temperance Society," of tie Rock, passed at the Anniversary, on 9th Nov, instant, the undersigned addlq to you this circular The objests of thisl yention are clearly set forth in the resol'I and as Ii is probable that matters of importance to the State, to society g5nc9 and to individuals, will be considerel acted upon at that time, 1t is hoped ii part of this State will fail to be represe We wish to hear from every Society and " county in the State Will not eveI, ciety already formed, hold a meeting nl to appoint one or more delegates3 Ar3| not some of the leading men in col where there is a0Jc no Temperance S. step forward, make a call for meeti.! the formation of a Temperance Socie| and when that is done, appoint their gates ? And in case no Society is form time, will not some one or more indivTl m such county, constitute themselves 1 gates, and7c0nie ltrwarlll iii aid ilotf otf the glaI cause of Temperahce3 Need we sayaII to induce you to dc SO? The ENEMr practice of drinking that which makes a the EVIL, intemPeraace, is in our land, Ing destruction upon thousands yearly the young, the middle aged, and aged. we sit down quietly As reasonable we say, shall we sit down quietly and ness it's rayages, its destructive ravages not raise our hands to stay it's progres'

 The formation of a lSiate Tempn4 Union IS proposed" Union is strengI The officers of which are to be chosenfOn terent counties of the State, and so orgH as to be State Institution, in reality as as in name; and the centre of our future rations for the advancement of the T' rance caasc; all the County Societies auxiliary thereto. It is proposed, also take some steps for the more thorougl semination of Temperance intelligents order that the people may see the ea THEIR ENEMY, in its true light, and be prepared to resist it, and 1t is hoped ils rious other "matlers and things" will posed and acted upon by individuals ID Convention, and that the cause of la rance will receive such an impetus Ill quence, as to induce their enemy to sun' at discretion. The day is propitiouS, 22d February, the birth day of the Fam his comhy. The season, we think, vorable; the cause is elsewhere adyap the cause which seeks to meliorate the dition of the human family, by stopplas devestation. which intemperance is pr0ess all around us, and among us; and VII not, one and all, put our shoulders wheel, and urge on its progress, tlI drunkard shall be found in all the lensu breadth of our beloved land , Gan lovers of our race, as lovers of our our friends and kindred, as lovers country, as lovers of our God, do other Then, we say, let delegates from the als counties and county societies, conct1 here on the 22d February, 1914, in O~ assist in devising means for the accoif' ment Of go desirable an object. r,, si

 THoS. J. HONEls;s sE

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