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and impoverish the country through which they 

 run. 



Itaoletd, That many of the railway corporations of 

 the United States have not only disregarded the pub- 

 lic convenience and property, but have oppressed 

 the citizens, bribed our Legislatures, and defied our 

 executives and judges, and stand to-day the most 

 menacing danger to American liberty, au'd to repub- 

 lican government. 



JtftolceJ, That the present system of railway man- 

 agement, having failed to meet the just expectations 

 and demands of a long-suffering people, must be radi- 

 cally reformed and controlled by the strong band of 

 law, both State and national, and railway corpora- 

 tions compelled to perform their proper functions as 

 the servants and not the masters of the people. 



Rttolcstl, That to this end we invoke the aid of all 

 fair-minded men in all States of the Union in expel- 

 ling and excluding from the halls of legislation, from 

 our executive offices, and from the benehj such rail- 

 way officials, railwav attorneys, or other hirelings, as 

 prostitute public office to the base uses of private 

 gain. 



Rooked, That leaving different sections and in- 

 terests tliut desire cheap transportation to work out 

 the problem in such a manner an they may deem best, 

 we earnestly invoke their careful conside'ration. their 

 energetic action, and their resolute will in regulating 

 and controlling the rates of transportation and giving 

 remunerative wages to the producer and cheap prod- 

 ucts to the consumer untaxed by unearned charges 

 for their carriage. 



Raolttd, That we invito the people of the various 

 States to organize subsidiary associations State 

 county, and town to cooperate with the national 

 association ; that the power to accomplish the pur- 

 poses desired rests absolutely with the suffering mill- 

 ions ; that relief is within tlieir reach and control by 

 united action, and the near future will give, us cer- 

 tain as its need for all that and the good of all, the 

 true solution of the problem of cheap transportation. 



A convention of committees representing 

 several temperance organizations, and of other 

 advocates of reform in the regulation of the 

 liquor-traffic, was held at Albany on the 24th 

 of June. The sentiment of the delegates was 

 expressed in the following resolutions : 



Retained, That the traffic in intoxicating liquors 

 being a crime against God and humanity, all 1 

 laws, by which respectability is given thereto, are 

 the great bulwark of that traffic, and while tln-v n- 

 inain upon the statute-books no great ami pcrmu- 

 nent success can be reached toward its abolition ; 

 therefore it is the imperative duty of the temperance 

 men to unite in their efforts for the immediate re- 

 peal of all such laws. 



littnlred, Tlmt in their stead, as the one great, im- 

 perative need, should bo enacted a law prohibiting 

 the sale of all intoxicating liquors as a beverage. 



Retoleid, That at the earliest possible period an 

 amendment to the constitution of the State should 

 be secured, rendering null and void all legislation 

 legalizing or attempting to legalize the aales of such 

 liquors as a beverage, and prohibiting such sale. 



Retained, That we will make the best possible use 

 of all existing laws bearing on the sale of inl 

 ing liquors, by their most riid enforcement, thrmieh 

 the proper officers as Instruments in securing the 

 aforesaid ends. 



Rooked, That the members of this convention 

 fully sympathize with the feeling of disappoint 

 and mortification which pervaded Die 

 upon the announcement of the veto bv Governor Dix 

 of the Local Prohibition Bill, regarding 

 as in direct violation of the plight, -1 faith ..ft!, 

 publican party ; hostile to the moral and rcli 

 Interests of the State, and unworthy Its Executive 



Ketolced, That the members of the Legislature who 

 voted for temperance measures during the last !.*- 

 aiou, are entitled to the thanks of the temperance 

 men of the State ; that some of the leaders of the 

 Republican party j who advised the Governor i- 

 the Local Prohibition Hill, and others u. 

 diti'erent. notwithstanding the pledge* ui'thc Kepub- 

 licun party, deserve the in.. 

 temperance men of the State for their duplk-i:. 

 :ery toward those to whom they were iu>. 

 for success in the lost political MmpaJgA, 



Rttolved, in the organized efforts to secure from 

 Congress, and from the Legislatures of the t* 



. legal discrimination IM-HM . n mult and dis- 

 tilled liquors, and the practicable exemption of the 

 former from the restrictions of excise, Sabbath, and 

 otiu-r laws, we recognize a deliberate assault on thu 

 sanctity of the Sabbath, and the systematic continu- 

 ance of a movement to denationalize the civilization 

 of America, and to substitute a loose and demoraliz- 

 ing infidelity for the Christianity upon whiel 

 chief comer-stone, rest the republican institutions of 

 our country. 



RetohfJ, That we note with pleasure, and accept, 

 as among the most encouraging signs of the times, 

 the increased attention which of late has been 

 to the evils of intemperance, and the means for their 

 suppression, by the religious journals of the 6 

 With an earnest religious press, an earliest pulpit, 

 and an awakened Church, the work of destroying 

 the liquor-traffic would be soon accomplished, and a 

 great hinderance to the spreading of the gospel quick- 

 ly removed. 



Jfaolved, That the use of alcoholic drinks for me- 

 dicinal purposes will greatly weaken and cripple all 

 prohibitory lows, until the people join with the med- 

 ical men of this State, who have lately condemned 

 such use. 



Raolted, That the temperance cause is superior to 

 all party interests or obligations, and that legislation 

 for its promotion should be adopted to invoke the 

 hearty support of all true men, irrespective of party 

 relations. 



Retained, That it is the imperative duty of temper 

 ance electors to vote only for such candidates for 

 offices, the duties of which are connected with the 

 enactment and enforcement of a prohibitory law, as 

 are known to heartily favor such enactment and en- 

 forcement; and, when no such persons are n 

 i.y the political parties, it is alike the inr 

 live duty to unite upon and support independent 

 iinrc candidates. 



Jtaohed, That the education of the people upon 

 tin various phases of the temperance enterprise it 

 essential to success, and that the wide circulation of 

 the publications of the National Temperance Society 

 are well adapted to promote this result. 



to pr . 



Retained, That n State K\e.-nti\c Ti inpcr.nnco com- 

 mittee of nine bo appointed bv this convention to 

 supervise the political work n the 



State during the coming year, and that such com- 

 mittee have power to odd' to its number r>n from 

 each senatorial district, fill vacancies, and determine 

 the number necessary to constitute a quorum. 



Jfaohrd, That the State Temperance Committee be 

 authorized to call a State Convention prior to ti 

 day of October next, to complete piano for political 

 action at the fall election, and that Ihe oommiti. 

 instructed in the measure to perfect the most thor- 

 ough organization in the several district* by local 

 alliances, conventions, or otherwise, in order ' 

 cure the (.lection of thoroughly reliable friends of 

 prohibition to the next Senate ami As-enit>lv. and 

 wo also recommend that a property pledge lie em- 

 I in the constitution of our 'alliances for as- 

 sessment in order to prosecute all violations of the 

 present laws. 



A Nntinnnl Tompornnoe Convention wns 

 held at Saratoga on the 27th of August, at 



