Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-08-25

D Re i further enacted, that the Ger
tiicate to be issued by the Town Clerk
as nreyidedl ia the first section Of this Act,
shall be ia the form following, TO wit:
.Whereas the Legislature OF this State
did at their session, &c. enact as follows.
kE4ere reci.e the whole Act with the Pre-
amble,l this is to certify that A. B. hath
complied wiih the conditions of said act"
sAttest," &c.
8. And be il further enacted. that the.
certificate herein before provided for, shall
be valid for one year, and no more.
4. And be it further enacted, That the.
freemen of any town in this State, in reg
ular town meeting assembled, may s0s-
pend the operation of this Act within
their limits; in which case the sale Of
intoxicating drinks in such town shall be
ildictable," Sc.
This is given Of course Just 10 indicate
the principles on which we think a re-
s,rictive law might Justly and properly be
framed. Here would be no sanetioning
Of the trafic,-no respectabiiity given to
/ it; and yet all the advantages that are
claimed for the license system by those
who advocated its continuance at Saratoga,
would be fully secured. Our argument
is reserved till there shall be occasion for
| it."
REM ARKs s..
A slight examination will show this third
view to be only thing 'eo aemine'-by
this name. 1t is in fact only another form
of the present license system. The pres
ent license system says, af6rmatively and
directly, for so much money you may
" deal damnation round the land"
| while the Chronicles proposition only takes
the negative form and says, you may not
"deal damnation round the land"
"untit" you give notice Of your intention
to engage in the diabolical work, and depos,
tie cash or adequate security. Now should
like TO be shown the difference between a
law which says you may commit adultery
or murder for ten dollars payed or secured
and law which says you may not commit
adultery or murder until you pay or secure
ten dollars. Is there anything in the latter
form Of expression more "restrictire" Of
these crimes, than in the former? Nothing
To say, you may not sell poisonous drinks
until yo1 pay for the pauperism, is 10 say
lyou may sell poisonous drinks l1hen you
ariH pay for the pauperism. Perhaps shall
be told that this third view, so styled, fxe'
on higher rate of taxation. But this doe
nothing towards altering the nature of TIT
case. /. is only saying, you may not sin il
this matter, until you hare paid OF secured
a definite sum-while the present system
says, you may sin in this matter by payini
an fndeffnite sum. But, again, it may b
said that this new-fangled view makes
definite proposal as to the appropriation O
the reward taken for licensed iniquity.-
This is only an alteration in sdme-an
perhaps in Price-it is NO alteration in tn
nature Of the thing. The present syster
says, you may make paupers if you wi
help ill up the treasury, so that the pauper
may be sustained. The new tangled y.
stfictire system says, YOU may not max
paupers, until you will pay money int
the treasury equal TO supporting as man
paupers as you make. Quite redeemin
feature this! A great consolation it mus
be TO wives and children who are reduce
to pauperism, to know that their bread come
from the hands Of those who have poisone
and destroyed their husbands and parents
Instead of coming from The common publ
= treasury And then il must be quite mi
: igation of the crime-quite an atonemeni Q
J. the part Of the Legislature, to sell indulger
2 ces to sin at so high price, and make {
a benerolent use Of the money! For Ii
e legislature TO say, youlmag scatter poiso
. and death for small sum, would be horr
bly, sinful. But for the Legislature TO SAL
: you may not scatter poison and death, aat
). you pay large sum, would be highly vi
t tuous and christian!
5 The truth is, il is idle, and vain, and d,
: lusive, to think of finding any third groun,
touching any manner of sin. The Gre;
J, Teacher gave correct instruction in regar
to this matter. His words are, he that
i not for me is against me.1 His requir,
ment is, not to san at ALL One side of tn
!. case is, TO sin. The other side is, not
sin. They who seek TO "lake third vie
of the case ITO find half way gruun
y between sin and holiness, between rigl
and wrong, between heaven and hell, onl
!, delude, and bewifder, and blind themselvt
, and others. And it is worse than idle an
8 delusive to undertake 10 reduce the ca:
d into necessity of SHINING little, by So,
: ing il is "not wrong to restrain and limit
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