The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1845-01-01
70 the Freemen and
Liberal Temperance
men Of Addison Go.

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As citizens Of free State, as rational
and accountable beings, you will soon be
called to discharge a duty Of paramount
importance. both to yourselves, and 10 So
cietr al large. A great and interesting
question is at issue, and must be answer
ed at the ballot box, on the first Thursday
In January next.
We hope you will clearly and fully un-
derstand the subject on which you are TO
act, and then 10 your duty as conscience
may dictate. Suffer no ina,tention on
YOUR part, to cause false and deceptive
majority TO be given, on either side. We
ask for 4 far and fill expression of
public sentiment, on The License question.
Would honest men desire Il different re-
sult2 But, be not deceived.
The question is not, whether You will
permit the continuance Of the unhallow-
ed traffic in intoxicating drinks and per-
petuate its evils in society, CT extermi-
nate this bane from our borders and for
the plain and undeniable reason. that a
refusal to grant Licenses to certain per-
persons in each town, does mol preyent
the traffic III ardent spirits. nor the evils
accrulng therctrom and 10 Law is even
proposed, by which TO eytermi2ate, or
eTep exclude the bane. Intoxicating
drinks, from our borders. Every man has
right to purchase and bring into the
State and County, as much spisit as he
p!eascs, and drink it, if he be sU urwise
as to desire it. Perhaps the next move
will be, % crclade all intoxicating liquors
.rom our borders, and dc6er the drinking
thereofin any quantities, Such laws must
be enacted, and rigidly enforced, too, or
the refusal to license as contemplated
would be verse than nugatory. At the
present s age of the TEMPERANCE CAUSE,
it would introduce bone of contention,
which would divide, distract, and give its
Societies to the winds: pre-cminently
useful as they have been, heretofore. 1t
would prove here, as It has elsewhere, a
purblind concern, provoking TIE few, who
are disposed 10 traffic in ardent spirit, to
continue 10 do SO, i'll any way they can
Rad avoid the penalties CT the radical law;
and induce many who would dcspise its
desnuiic pretensions, TO drink more and
eltncr,-unwisely 10 he sure,-but, in de-
filnce Ct legal arm, which instead of pro-
posing 10 rule them as children, should
insalt aud menace them as slaves. Such
wol.d be lis tendeacy,-foreign. as that
gould he, frcm the purposes CT many,
who aTe conscientiously in favor of gram
tin. 40 licenses.
We say then to all the Friends of Tenn
perancc, whether members Of Societies,
(Which are now being rent asunder) or
not,-Lc careful that You act understand
ingIy. While you hearty agree in re-
gard 20 the necessity Of sGppressing i'll
temperance aud preventing lis evils you
ln7y honestly differ i'll opinion, as to
Iaclns or measures, best calculated to pro-
,note yorr benevolent objects. So far as
obscrg-:i1;: and experience are concerned,
We all know, that temperate and prsuG-
sire measures haze clone been successful
in Tie great and good cause Of Temper
alcc This is the tue HosAingtOniGn
,i4c:r:s,c, which has wrought wonders in
Our borders, and through the wcrld. It's
advocates are receiving the gratitude of
millions, whom their efforts have blest.
We recommend, therefore, wise, pru-
dent and judicious measures, and present
fsr Board of Commissioners for Addison
County: