Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1839-05-29

The object OF this communication is to
draw attention TO the subject 1t is believed.
ahat deliberate consideration of what are
The DUTIES which these laws require of the
citizen-those possessing the approaching
.potOsr in partcular--will tend very materi-
ally to benefit society; the more especially,
as our late law enables the town authorities
TO control the vending Of spirits by the
quart and gallon.
These laws having sanctioned trade
which has been so prolific in dispensing ills
TO community, they should be examined
and discussed, with view 10 lessen or pre-
vent the evils which they naturally tend
TO produce. 49,
Persons possessing the approaching pow
er should act as if they had important du-
ties TO perform, instead Of signing their Off
cia names as mere matter of form, while
by so doing they place knopn, not-fo.be
aeithStoOd TEMPTATloN before some PARTIcu-
LAR NEIeHEoRs, 10 drink to excess, and also
create an establishment which has gener,
-s1e
ell tendency to propagate intemperance.
Heretofore any person could get alcense
TO retail ardent spirits, aOithorH being uppro-
Dated, but now it is necessary for the retail
er to get appreciated, il order to obtainsa liz
cense from the court. 3s.-. ... .,.5.. 4.
By this new act il is declared That no
county court, or Judge of said court, shall
grant any license to retail foreign or dones-
tic distilled spirits, except under the same
restrictions and limitations as they are grant
ed TO inn keepers. 49,.
Will the people see that these agencies
for filing jugs shall be scarce in Vermont J;
or will they continue them to modest the
peace of the human family?
BY our present laws, apothecaries and
physicians may sell ardent spirits for medi-
cnal uses without license.
The vast mischiefs which ardent spirits
have brought upon community, and the pres
ent ills which they create, wherever
used, il would seem, ought to arouse the at
tention of every moral man to concert
means TO prevent their use as beverage.
AS there are no ardent spirits nAanufae;ur-
ed in Vermont, it is easy to discern what
class nourish most of the drunkenness that
exists here. Retailers and taverners are
the persons These have been licensed by
the laws Of the land 10 deal out the known
source of inebriety and the direful effects
Of their agency have been manifested in al
most every family in the State.
For though the father got disguised, or
brother staggered TO his home, or son fell
ruined before their eyes, the former cry was,
rum! MORE RuM!!!
But the experience Of the last ten years
has proved that these liquors are unneeessa-
ry for menin health. Will then the consti-
tuted authorities appreciate the establish
ment of rum-shops within their precincts,
knowing that they inevitably tend to con-
vert men into such characters as even rum
drinkers say they despise.'
VIII the authorities give retailers legal
monopoly to make money by Whaling the
human appetite, and generating vice, mise
ry, degradation and want? Will they say
70 the vender, give US fee and we will
give you legal right to propagate mischief
among usp
L.quor-shops have been the agencies
through which community has been suppl
ed with its Intoxicating substances. They
are de facto, drunkard-factorie and as
such have never failed 10 supply communi-
" with large quantities Of their manufac-
tures' and never will, so long as they exist.
out u IS often said by the upholders of spir-
At drinking,-' The vendors compel no one
to drink True, indeed but BY ENGAGING
in the business, they buy stock Of LIQUORS
expecting, and hoping to sell them, well
knowing people will be tempted to pufchas,
and drink and believing also that some o
their customers win beruined or aided o,
70 ruin upon the liquor they dispense. s
Under the operation of the law above cit
cd The town authorities may be called upol
20 recommend persons to the County Cour
70 be licensed as retailers. If thew believ,
mat shops Tor the sale Of ardent spiri,s +,
me quart and gallon will promote the wei
lale q community, it will be their duty /,
.pp'Ooa'e. 1t they believe otherwise, the,
should refuse their appreciation.