Resolved, That the deliberations of this body be each day opened with prayer.

The Standing Committee reported the following resolutions, which, after amendment, were adopted.

Resolved, That the Convention meet each day during its session, at 9 o'clock, A. M., adjourn at 1 oclock, P. M., and assemble again at half past 3, P. M.

The committee to provide a place for the meetings of the Convention, reported that they had obtained the 5th Presbyterian church, in Arch, above Tenth-street, whereupon it was

Resolved, That when this Convention adjourn, it adjourn to meet at this place, whence it shall move in procession, headed by its officers, to the place designated by the committee. On motion, adjourned.

Afternoon. The Convention organized at the appointed hour, and in pursuance of the resolution adopted at the former session, proceeded to the 5th Presbyterian church.

The following resolutions, reported by the Standing Committee. were then considered, and adopted.

Resolved, That no member of the Convention be allowed to occupy more than ten minutes, in the remarks he may make before the Convention at any one time, and that he shall not be allowed to speak more than twice on any subject or question, without in either case obtaining the unanimous consent of the Convention.

Resolved, That notice be given in the churches and newspapers of Philadelphia, that a temperance meeting will be held in this city next Monday evening, at half past 7 o'clock, for the general attendance of the citizens and others.

The Standing Committee reported the following resolutions, which were severally considered, and adopted.

I. Resolved, That in our judgment it is the duty of all men to abstain from the use of ardent spirit, and from the traffic in it. (') II. Resolved, That it is in our view expedient, that all who are acquainted with this subject, unite with temperance societies. (2) III. Resolved, That we regard with peculiar satisfaction, the formation of the American Congressional Temperance Society, and express our decided conviction that, should similar societies be formed by the Legislatures of each State, they would greatly benefit our country and the world. (3)

IV. Resolved, That the regulations adopted by the national government, for discouraging the use of ardent spirit in the army and navy of the United States, evince the wisdom of the rulers of the people, and their paternal care over the individuals employed in their service. (4)

V. Resolved, That the abolition of the practice of furnishing merchant vessels with ardent spirit, or employing men who drink it to navigate them, would greatly promote the interests of the country. (3)

VI. Resolved, That temperance societies in all mechanical and manufacturing establishments, while they would promote the pecuniary interests of all concerned in them, would also in various ways, promote the good of the public. (6)

VII. Resolved, That the formation of a temperance society in each ward of every city, and in each district of every county and town in the United States, would tend powerfully to complete and to perpetuate the temperance reformation. (7)

VIII. Resolved, That each State society be requested to take the direction of the temperance cause within its own limits, and to employ one or more permanent agents, to visit periodically every part of the State, and to devote their whole time and strength to the promotion of this work. (8)

IX. Resolved, That each family in the United States be requested to furnish themselves with some temperance publication.(")

X. Resolved, That the increase of temperance groceries, public houses and steam boats, in which ardent spirit is not furnished, is highly auspicious to the interests of our country; and that the friends of human happiness, by encouraging such establishments in all suitable ways, till they shall become universal, will perform an important service to mankind. (10)

XI. Resolved, That it be earnestly recommended to all emigrants who contemplate removing in a body from foreign countries to the United States, and also, to those who contemplate removing from one part of our own country to another, before their removal, or on their passage, to form themselves into a temperance society. (11)

On motion, adjourned.

May 25th. The Convention met at the stated hour, and was opened with prayer by Dr. Hewitt of Connecticut.

The minutes of the preceding day were read and approved. On motion,

Resolved, That the secretaries have power to make such verbal alterations in the minutes and resolutions, as will best express their meaning.

The consideration of the remaining resolutions reported by the standing committee at the former session, was then resumed, and the following were adopted.

XII. Resolved, That temperance societies and the friends of temperance throughout the country, be requested to hold simultaneous meetings, on the last Tuesday in February, 1834, to review what has been done during the past year; to consider what remains to be done, and to take such measures as may be suitable, by the universal diffusion of information, and by kind moral influence, to extend and perpetuate the principles and the blessings of temperance over our land. (12)

XIII. Resolved, That a correspondence be opened with national temperance societies and friends of temperance in other countries, for the purpose of procuring as far as practicable,

meetings at the same time, for the same purpose, throughout the world. (13)

XIV. Resolved, That it be recommended to temperance societies and friends of temperance of every description, to obtain as full and accurate statistics as possible, and embody them for the benefit of the community, in the annual reports, and communicate them at the simultaneous meetings; especially on the following points, viz.

What is the population?

What number belong to temperance societies?

How many have been added to them the past year?

How many have renounced the traffic?

How many groceries and how many taverns in which ardent spirit is not sold?

How many continue to sell, and what quantity is now used? How many drunkards have been reformed?

How many are now drunkards?

How many distilleries have been stopped, and how many are now in operation?

How many deaths is there reason to believe were caused by intemperance?

What proportion of pauperism and of crime, are occasioned by strong drink?

How many criminals were convicted the past year, who drink no ardent spirit, and how many who do drink it? (14)

XV. Resolved, That as the SOLE OBJECT of the American Temperance Society, and those numerous State and other temperance societies, which have been formed in accordance with it throughout our country,-EVER HAS BEEN, IS NOW, and EVER OUGHT TO BE, the promotion of TEMPERANCE, to this object Alone all their efforts ought to be invariably and perseveringly directed. (15)

XVI. Resolved, That as the question has arisen among the friends of temperance and agricultural improvement, what shall be done with surplus grains, provided they are not converted into ardent spirit, the friends of human improvements are requested to investigate this subject, and to present the results to the public through the medium of the press. (16)

XVII. Resolved, That the prompt and united testimony of many physicians, to the hurtful nature and destructive tendency of ardent spirit, has been a powerful auxiliary to the temperance cause; and should that respectable and influential class of our citizens all exert their influence to induce the whole community to abstain from the use of it, they would render themselves still more eminently useful. (")

XVIII. Resolved, That the medical profession be requested to inquire whether substitutes for alcohol may not be found, and its use be dispensed with in medical practice, and to give the results of their investigation to the public. (18)

XIX. Resolved, That editors of papers and other periodicals, who from time to time publish information on the subject of temperance, are rendering important service to the cause; and should all editors adopt and pursue a similar course, they will render themselves the benefactors of mankind. (19)

XX. Resolved, That the associations of young men have been powerful auxiliaries to the temperance cause, and should all the young men in the United States, and especially in the literary institutions, unite in temperance societies, they would render themselves benefactors to our country and the world. (20)

XXI. Resolved, That the influence of the female sex, in favor of the temperance cause, has had a highly salutary effect upon all classes in the community, and especially upon those who are the hope of future generations, the children and youth; and that should the influence to which they are so justly entitled, be unitedly and universally exerted in favor of this cause, they would do much to perfect and to perpetuate the moral renovation of the whole human family. (21)

XXII. Resolved, That it is expedient that the friends of temperance in all countries, unite their counsels and their efforts, to extend the principles of temperance throughout the world. (22)

XXIII. Resolved, That the fundamental and highly salutary influence, which the promotion of the cause of temperance must have on the purity and permanence of civil institutions, demands for it the countenance and active co-operation of every real patriot. (23)

XXIV. Resolved, That the influence of temperance on the intellectual elevation, the moral character, the social happiness, and the future prospects of mankind, is such as ought to obtain for it the cordial approbation, and the united, vigorous and persevering efforts of all the philanthropic and humane of every class, age, sex, and country. (24)

On motion, adjourned to Monday 27th.

May 27th. At the stated hour the Convention met, and was opened with prayer by Christian Keener, of Maryland.

The minutes of the preceding day were read and approved. Nicholas Devereaux, of New-York, was appointed a member of the Standing Committee, in the room of Hugh Maxwell, who had left the city.

The Standing Committee reported that the meeting this evening will be addressed by

G. S. Hillard of Massachusetts, Thos. P. Hunt of North Carolina, Thos. H. Stockton of Maryland, Joseph Lumpkin of Georgia, and Nathaniel Hewitt of Connecticut.

The following resolution, reported by the Committee, was adopted.

Whereas, It has been announced that Henry T. Newman, a delegate to this body from the British and Foreign Temperance So

ciety, has arrived in this country, and expected to be at this meeting, but is providentially prevented, therefore,

XXV. Resolved, That we cordially reciprocate the fraternal kindness manifested by the British and Foreign Temperance Society, in the appointment of the above mentioned delegate, and express our earnest desire and hope, that the mutual confidence now subsisting between temperance societies in this and other countries, may be perpetuated and increased, till intemperance and its evils shall have ceased, and temperance, with all its attendant blessings, shall universally prevail. (25)

The President then informed the Convention that Stephen Van Rensselaer, of the State of New-York, had offered to defray the expense of publishing 100,000 copies of the proceedings of the Convention, for gratuitous distribution; whereupon it was unanimously

Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be presented to Stephen Van Rensselaer, of the city of Albany, for his liberality in proposing to defray the expense of distributing 100,000 copies of the proceedings of this Convention.

Resolved, That the President and Vice-Presidents be a Committee to communicate to Stephen Van Rensselaer the foregoing resolution.

The Standing Committee then reported the following resolution, which was adopted.

XXVI. Resolved, That the formation within six years, of more than 6,000 temperance societies, embracing more than a million of members; the relinquishment of the manufacture of ardent spirit, by more than 2,000 distilleries, and of the sale of it by more than 5,000 merchants; the banishment of the poison from the United States army, and to a great extent from the navy; the sailing of more than 700 vessels, in which ardent spirit is not used; the hitherto unparalleled exhibition of more than 5,000 drunkards, within five years, ceasing to use intoxicating drinks, and becoming, as all drunkards if they take this course will, sober men, and many of them highly respectable and useful men; and the uniform and universal progress of the temperance reformation, whenever and wherever suitable means have been used for its advancement, are, it is believed, facts which call loudly for fervent gratitude to the Author of all good, and for united and persevering efforts on the part of its friends, to extend universally and perpetuate the temperance cause.

A resolution, reported by the Standing Committee, on the subject of a general union, which was laid on the table at a former session, was now taken up; and on motion,

Resolved, That it be referred to a committee, consisting of one member from each State represented in this body.-Whereupon the following were appointed that committee, with instructions to report to this Convention.

Joseph C. Lovejoy, Maine; E. P. Walton, Vermont: Eli