Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-03-06
THE HERALD.
THURSDAY. MARCH t, isI5.
TEMPERANCE AND rnE PRESS

: Tho Rutland County Temperance Nonvon'
luon, at Clarendon Spuncs, and with he sug.
. ce,tion that we should lecl oarse.l coasIrsli
( 6,,i te.ola,inn adopted NJ that meeting. In
doing 81, ~e ate aware that We may incur
the dlSplessurc Of some of our mos, estesmed
Giends, who kor,sGy-we douh not-ierl
! like sustaining the pnne,Ples e@hrseed In
} the Resolution allndei lo--and we knoir that
! by so doing, We shall bring down upon US,
anew, the contemplate abuse ~ those who
would fam hide the real grounds Of their hos.
u,uy to "a, under 'be gu'sc OF an ardent
/ devotion To The cause OF temperance. We
here beg 10 assure ,he former class, that II -
not IN a cspiious spin, that we make our
, tomment. 10 relation to this matter nor is
Il with q design to arouse feeling NJ oppo'
s.tiun, or in any way impede The noble cause
Of temperance but Justice TO ouIseii-Jus-
( ice to- those who have hitherto snstsined Us
ny ,nelr C,e ojshp and their pniron'ge-In'-
lice 10 TIE good VINO CAvsr to which our
humble sheet has been So long devoted
( IN consideration OF the bsst Interests, IpOli-
icallyl al lho people of Vermont and IN jus.
/ tice TO our editorial brethren of the Wing
rfess throughout the state, who have stood
with US, N reference 10 the Temperance
movemcnt-w we feel compelled TO Notirc the
action of the contention alluded 10. As It
regards the personal attacks made upon us,
bv our neighbor AMI (ricni, and his attempt
10 drag US bodily before the convention for
their condemnaticn--we have but little or
nothing to say. The acts Of this gentleman
except so far as they go to reiard every
good cause in which he becomes enlis'ed-
are 10 us Of little consequence. HIS 'Reso-
luton an the spiri, in which II was offer
cd were alike Characteristic, and entirely
worthy Of the man. We have long since
LEANED, that, when license is once given TO
over Jealous men, to cut the throals Of those
they haie, they will never want fot matter,
or prelerce, for their acts Of cruelty and in
'jas0ce.
Pa,sins bl,'hen the attempt (which it would
seem proved abor'lvel Of this gentleman to
render us personally, altogether o1lpus to
this convenilon--we proceed 10 notice the
further doings' Of this body, and more es-
pecially with reference to the adoption Of
the frs. resolution embraced in their publish
ed proceedings We must confess that we
were much surpr ised a, the passage OF this
! les o
Than gteived, On subject So intimately
connected with the wellbeing Of man, and so
interesting to The be 81 ,ensbilites OF our nature
Il einena,ing from a body OF so many really
and all proiesedy, good moh--we were deep
/ ly panied at the exhibition OF 50 Oh gross in =
tolerance by this resolution pa pcrs not avow
eddy temperance--not established by the tenn.
perance party, 50 called, and when so call
ed, oltcnllmss a mlsnomet, nor sustained by
that party exclusively as party organ or for
tho purpose Of sustaining their peculiar ten
cts, are denounced as utterly unworthy the
support Of the people, Of this county. -
Yes, political, family, rcienlGc, in shur, all
general or secular newspapers are denounc-
cd as unworthy Of support, unless they do
what a minority u the people OF this county
have just decided ought not 10 be done, --un.
les, they encourage and inc'e the people to do
that, which the Supreme C0u ri the hi CHEST
judicial tribunal Of these United States, have
not as yet found reason or authority for
saying can even arful!y be done, in accor-
dance with the Constitution Of our common
country. These Saees allow nothing to the
doubts Of those who tElns the power is want
log. -no,hing to the opinion Of those who
think i tho pow ereIists, tina, it would be in
eSped!enl ot unwlse TO exercise lt---but say
! 10 the editor, think as ise do---write as We
dreci---conlorm in all matters IN our opinion
--.or we witt denouuco yuu Withdraw our
patronage, and do al in our power 10 induce
others 20 do likewise If reform 10 temper
be here forwarded by the adoption Of such q
rule ot action, then are we mistaken in the
charac ter and spirit Of Vermont freemen.- %
No like the fatal gold which Brennus took
from Delphos'- which proved desiruct-
i've TO all who shared it,--.so will these
men ind that the apparent strength they gain
/ by proscnctive course like tins, will Prove
the uler ruin oftheir cause and p'ry.
Rot do these reformers, or will they prac
llce what they preachl No the idea is alb
su,d, and ,heywell know that il they would
,hey could no, shut out from the community
the circulation OF papers that are even de-
e,dcdiy hostile to their movements, Ito say
nothing Of those which from their oharac
Ter. while ,ney should and do, advocate ihs
genera principle of temperance. ere abso
lu,ely bound to maintain a strict neu'raht,
IN reference to the parfIculgT means by whicl