Cox, Mary Ann Fulton, Dinah Mendenhall, Mary K. Darlington, Mary
S. Agnew, and Hannah M. Darlington, be a committee to call
meetings of the people in different neighborhoods, at which to
read the addresses to men and women, obtain signatures to
petitions, etc.

_Resolved_, That we offer the proceedings of this meeting for
publication in the County papers and _Temperance Standard_.

_Resolved_, That we adjourn to meet in Kennett Square, on
Saturday, the 3d of February, 1849.

MARTHA HAYHURST, _President_.

SIDNEY PEIRCE }
} _Secretaries_.
HANNAH PENNOCK }

At their next Convention in Kennett Square, another stirring
appeal was issued, and the following resolutions adopted:

WHEREAS, The peace of our homes, the security of our property,
and our inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness, are all jeoparded by intemperance; and whereas, this
monstrous vice, with all its attendant train of evils, will
continue to spread its ravages over our fair country so long as
the traffic in intoxicating drinks is supported and sanctioned by
law; and,

WHEREAS, The people have the same right to be protected from the
desolations of this vice, that they have to be protected from the
depredations of the incendiary, the robber, and the murderer,
whose deeds are but too often instigated by it; therefore,

_Resolved_, That we demand of the Representatives of the people,
at the next session, a law for the total prohibition of the
traffic in intoxicating drinks as a beverage, within the limits
of Chester County.

_Resolved_, That we see neither reason nor consistency in the
conduct of our law-makers in restraining the thief, the burglar,
the counterfeiter, and the robber, while they let loose upon
society the legalized rum-seller.

"Will they the felon fox restrain,
And yet take oft the tiger's chain?"

_Resolved_, That we hail with joy the appearance of a recent
pastoral letter issued by the Synod of the Free Church of
Cincinnati, containing sentiments in regard to the advancement of
this reform, which meet our hearty approval, and which, if
adopted by all religious bodies, would insure the speedy triumph
of temperance, with all the blessings that follow