
Report of the Executive Committee of the American Temperance Union - 1844
Report of the Executive Committee of the American Temperance Union - 1844
PLEDGE OF THE UNION.
WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, DO AGREE, THAT WE WILL NOT USE INTOXICATING LIQUORS AS A BEVERAGE, NOR TRAFFIC IN THEM; THAT WE WILL NOT PROVIDE THEM AS AN ARTICLE OF ENTERTAINMENT, OR FOR PERSONS IN OUR EMPLOYMENT, AND THAT, IN ALL SUITABLE WAYS, WE WILL DIS-COUNTENANCE THEIR USE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.