Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-03-10
BRANDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1886.

toxlcatlon is alcohol, and that it exists in
ardent spirit, and in other intoxicating H.
quor, not in clinical combination with
other substances, as fixed air in combina-
ton with lime to make marble, but mere
mechanical union, sothat wine is as much
a mixture of alcohol, and water, and su-
gar, &c. as grog is.
Mr. Welch did not intend TO make any
speech. When he introduced the rcsolu-
lions he designed to throw them upon the
wisdom ofthe convention. Butthey had I'M
=, happily been so misrepresented, or at least
misunderstood, that in justice TO himself
he would offer few explanations
stated distinctly, sir, that these resolu-
tons were designed as measure ofcon-
tclliation-, They ware not designed to ag-
itate the wine question, but to extend the
hand of fellowship to any gentlemen who
! are now alienated from US We have
abundance of evidence of the success ofthe
ultra doctrine, as it has been called, in the
country. But our friends are not at all
aware Of the spirit that exists in our cities.
= One gentlemen from a city has told you
j that the number ofinebriates has increased
! tive-fold. Now are we to abandon our
cities to the destroyer? Shall we, for the
sake of legislating up our own opinions
abandon all hope Of bringing around US
the worth and virtue we have lost from
our ranks? The eloquence to which we
have listened has no application to the case
in hand. The resolution holds out the
hand to those once friendly but now inim-
ical to US, who say you are attempting to
oppose the Bible, and interfere with the
church. l wish the society to say to
them, " Come with US and we will do thee
good. Come with US and help US to do
good. The accomplishment of our object
is understood to depend on public opinion.
and it is therefore all i'm portant that we
should secure the friendshi and co-opera-
ton ofthose who lead and regulate public
opinion. In respect to our cities, it is
fact that very few Of the wealthy and intel
hgent citizens are now with you. Your
resources and your strength are in the
country. But it is in the cities that you
are to meet the hydra, and therefore you
must carry the cities, or fail in the conflict
/ am myself, in sentiment and practice,
heart and soul, a temperance man. And
| contemplate, as the ultimate object of
our efforts, Total Abstinence from intoxi-
eating drinks. And | expect that those
who would come with us under the old
pledge will be brought in the end to tenn
perance as ultra as the most extreme ad-
vocate can desire. But now you have
:, closed their ears against You by the doc
trines you maintain, and the manner in
which you enforce them. The object of
this resolution is to conciliate public opin-
ion to you, so that you can be heard.
Nathan'l Culver, pastor Of the Baptist
Church, Union village, Washington Co.,
f wished to offer few specific reasons for
opposition to the resolutions. we'll ap-
, preciate the motives of the mover ofthe res
t olutions. lam reigiousIy associated with
him, as well as in the great object before
u.s. His object is good in these resolu-
tons, but they will not accomplish the OBJ
iect. 1t cannot be accom- lished but by
the sacrifice of all that you have done
Ifyou PASS these resolutions, and say you
adhere to the old pied ge, you admit that
r the principle is unsettled, which has been
+ settled by the labors of this society in the
last two years. The resolutions leave il
r predetermined whether the use of wine is
4 Injurious, whereas it has been settled thai
o fermented drinks are dangerous, and are
# to be let alone, not #, but because they are
I a stumbling block. 1t throws the weapon
l. back into the hands of your enemies
r They will say you are Inconsistent, you
n do not give up drunkenness, but only on
s manner of drunkenness. In the countr,
the weapon has been we'll nigh takel
l. away by the efforts of the last two years
s and particularly since the resolutions G
J. last year. Be honest in that resolution
o. and state sthe true reason, and it is this
J. that you shrink from the faithful discharg
re of your duty in pleading the cause often
of perance.
lie Our brothers views are not correct, a
Id to the occasion Of the difference betwee
IN the city and the country, in regard to tn
at progress of temperance. have lahore
e, in both, and can give the result ofmy ow
IL observations. In the country the peop
ty are on a level The preachers approac
w every body in the omniI otence of trutI
ot without fear or favor and they carry tt
le, point. Let this course be adopted in tt
ut cities, and the results will be the same
n But the fact is, the same plainness is n
of used in the cities. Too many of the lea'
he ingpeople drink wine, too many shrin
or from the exposure of evil The gentl
to man asks, shall we then abandon the ci
he les to the destroyer? No, sir, but on II
r. other hand, we must carry them, in Il
of same way we do the country The citi
les are the centres of influence, and they a
it the strong holds of intemperance, and
nd would have my brethren who preach
len cities feel it and take up the matter in ear
es, est, and rebuke sin in high places, as We