Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1837-05-03

was III2C WIN Intoxicating A44uOlSj OdIkei
still holding the bond and myself holding
the pledge. The reader will Judge f,
himself as i, regards the defeat &c.
JEDED!AH HoLcoM2.
More on the general subject, next week.
AAuSLAvERY NoTICE,-The Treasurer
Of the Vermont Anti Slavery Society. B
F. Haskell! Of Cornwall, requests US to ask,
through the Telegraph, the several A. S.
agents in this State, to transmit to him al
account Of all the monies collected By them
giving dates when and of whom money !.
received.
This request is in pursuance Of the f.,
lowing resolution, passed by the Vernon
Society at its last annual meeting:
"Resolred, That the several Anti Slave
ry agents be requested to keep correct and
minute account Of all monies collected ov
them in this State, and furnish the TreasuT-
er Of the State Society with such account,
also an account Of all sums bv them trans,
mlIed 10 the Treasurer Of the American
Society,""
1t is also desired that returns be made 10
the Treasurer, from the Book Depos!,aries
showing the number Of books Of various
kinds on hand-also the amount C money
IN deposit for books sold. This is in pur-
suaNce Of vote Of the Executive Commit.
tee, at its late meeting in Midd!eburv.
----
1he following form of petition, We fed
IN the Vermont Chronicle. The editors Ct
the Chronicle Understand it 10 have been
prepared by a member of the last Leci=ll,rre.
1t is more brief, and therefore more CONVEX,
lem, than the one we gave last week. IT,:
1o'm OF the petition is less important ;ke2
The n"m6eT and character Of the signatures
attached to it-provideI the form asks for
enough, which can be done in a rerv lyw
words No time should be lost. Let The
work commence Immediately. And in tx
general prayer let aromons voice be head
emphatlcally. Let her claim protectics
against the numberless, naneless ills infl!c,,
ed on her by the atrocious traffic.
To the General Assembly, Of the State (,
Vernon! TO be c0nrsned in Oeto5c.
1887:
The undersigned, inhabitants Of
---- appeal to you, as guardians Of .hy
public morals, and as the rreservcrs {:
The public veal, and leg leave respectft..!y
10 represent That we believe The vra11.
ing Of ardent spirits is demonstrated 10 be
the cause of more crime, vice, pauPey;sm
and misery In our country, than are pre-
duced from any other source whatever;
that the licensing the sale is con}err;l,?
exclusive privileges upon u certain class
OF men, at the expense and great iniary C.
all others; and that it is thus subver:ir;;
The first principles Of Legislation BY e..
the cause OF those very evils
which it prohibits and condemns.
Statistics have been collected vL.;h
show conclusiye!y, that at least three
tourthS of all the crime ard ravncr;s,2 il
our land is produced directly through The
influence of ardent spirits. This nav II
charged as the effect ofthe present !;ttnsr
system; and the result is, that the vel.5,r
= a'usO' spirits IS enabled to pursue
lucrative trade, at the expense of pub!.:c
morals, private rights, and individual hac,
plnesS. The vender is made rich By the
traffic, while the community is loaded
with burdensome taxes, to defray the e1,
penSes of criminal prosecutions, and 10
support the victims of intempcrance.-
we humbly represent, that we cams
We" II otherwise than ~nu5ust, that We
should thus be subjected to enormous
AVIATION "a Tor the support of privileged.
We would further represent ,ho, in our
view great part of the distress eA;eri.
7nced the past year, by the poorer class q
community, from the extreme scarcity and
nign price of bread-stuffs is chargeab''
indirectly 20 the license system. 7"