Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1847-02-18
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Vermont Temperature s1eiety.

AT the annual meeting of tiiA ,SoeiGty,.
held at Springfield on.the Goth and list ult-,.;
the following appointment of officers was
made for the ensuing year - ~.
Hon. Horace Eaton, President; Hon
Zimri Howe, Rev. B. M. Hail, Hon David
Pierce, Charles Adams, Esq, Rev. j. Z.
Peck, Erastus A. Houghton, E. G. Reding-
ton, Vice Presidents; e. J. Scott, Cores
ponding Secretary for Washington Co; Prof.
S. Stoddard, Rev. r. A. Merrill, ]. Meach-
am, William Nash Esq Prof E. S, Carr and
James NJ. Sladc, Central Committee Phil
ip Battel, Central Corresponding Secretary.
Three gentlemen have been employed UNI
der the direction of the Central Committee
to lecture for the next six weeks in various
portions of the State, to wit Rev. Mr..
Morgan, Rev. Mr.. Finney of Newburyport,
Mass, and Doct. Powers of Woodstock,
whose efforts are to be seconded by Mr..
Spencer ofCastleton and the Rev. Mr. Chase
of Brandon.
The following resolutions were passed:
RcSOlOed, That the question to be decid-
ed by the people of Vermont on the first
Tuesday in March, is one of deeper inter-
ests, and fraught with more momentous re-
suits, than any other on which they have
ever been called to act.
ReSolUcd, That those who vote for 9" Lii
cense" and those who voluntarily neglect to
vote No License" become responsible for
the misery and crime which may result from
the unrestricted traffic in intoxicating drinks.
| ReS0lyed, That a regard for the welfare
of his children and dread of their expos
ure to the communicating influences of the
bar-room and the grog shop, should urgently
impel every father to vote No License"
ReSofred, That to prepare the minds of
freemen for right action in the coming cri-
sis, there is needed great amount of per-
sonal effort in the way Unfamiliar and friend
ly conversation with those who have not con-
sldered the important bearings which the
question has upon the welfare of society,
and that the most active exertions should be
used by every friend of humanity to diffusc
information and awaken attention to the SUBJ
ject.
ReSOlced, That we have undoubting con-
tidence in the onward progress and ultimate
success of the Temperance cause, and we
renewedly pledge to it our active and perse-
vering eXertions
whereas, 1t is expected that large num-
Der OF foreign laborers will be employed the
coming year upon the various railroads now
in progress in the State, and whereas ntox-
icating drinks have often proved to such bod
les of men the occasion of riots and outrage.
Resolved, That it would be dangerous to
the peace of the community as well as det-
rlmenta to the progress of our public works,
| by adopting the system of general license,
to multiply facilities for difusing alcoholic
! liquors among them.
ReSOtUed, That the interests of the re-
formed drunkard and of his family are deep
lily involved in the decision of the license
question, and that all those who would pre-
serve that interesting class of men from the
almost irresistible temptations to which the
unrestricted sale of intoxicating liquors
would expose them, should vote No License
ReSOlced, That the result of the first e.
lection under the new excise law of New
York, indicating as it does an overwhelming
opposition to the egalized traffic in alcohol
ic liquors, furnishes occasion for hearty
Thanksgiving to Almighty God, and should
be recognized by the citizens of Vermont
as an earnest exhortation from sister State
to 90 and do likewise
ReSOiced, That we recommend to. the
friends of Temperance in their respective
towns, to hold meetings in every school dis
trict, prior to the election, for free discus
sion of the question at issue, and the con-
sequences whichare involved.
ResOired, That the changes made in the
license law by the last Legislature, have inn
posed upon every citizen of the State new
duty to God and his country from the dis
charge of which no one can shrink without
mourning fearful responsibility
An address was adopted, and copies or
dered sufficient to supply the State.