The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1848-12-23
For the Caledonian
TO THE FRIENDS OF TEMPERANCE IN
VERMONT.

| The Central committee the Vermont State
Temperance Society believe 1T is high tme re.
newed exertSons were made in the cause of
Temperance.
The great political excitement, which foi
months past, has absorbed sublic attention
seemed to forbid any special effort on this sub.
ject at an earlier DIV. There is no time to BE-
lost The dissraeeful defeat of last March is
fresh in car recollection; and the evils consc.
qucnt are before us. The time is at hand
, when the "ballOt box" will again proclaim the
sentiment ofthe State on this subject; shall i,
be said that the voice of Vermont is still for
RUM
The committee have decided that il is not
cxpedient to commission agents to lecture on
! this subject. They have come to this conclu-
sion from various considerations; but chief '
because the labors OF public agents tend to
weaken the sense of personal responsibility
After all That agents can do, the ioork must be
done by the friends or temperance acting upon
their own. personal responsibility. But if an
agent be employed the expectation is that he
will do the work
Thecommttee therefore wish it to be dis
tinctly understood by the friends of Temper
ance that the responsibility is upon them. If
they will not act, the work must remain un-
done. There are men enough in every part
of the State, who will cheerfully do all that
remuins to be done by way of public lectures,
if solicited. Let them be employed in every
county and in every town and the lack os a.
gents will be more than made up.
If The committee are asked to suggest meas.
ures, they would say:
l. Let meeting he called as soon as pos
sible in every town in the State for the pur-
pose of inquiring what can be done, and deci-
ding TO do IL. To such a meeting numbers
will not be so important as a determined pur-
pose to act Would il be difficult to make ar.
engagements by which every family might be
visited, free conversation be had on the sub.
ject of Temperance and the pledge presented
TO all who have not signed it?
g. One meeting, at least, should be held in
each county before the annual meeting of the
State Society. One object ofcounty meetings
should be to collect Efacts illustrating the eff.
fects of the traffic during the present year, for
the benefit of the annual meeting
g. The annual meeting of the State Tenn
perance Society is appointed to be holden at
Burlington the Sd Wednesday 9th day. of
January, lS49. Arrangements should be made
to send up large county and town delegations
to this meeting, from all parts of the State
These suggestions only meant as hints
to assist in the recommencement OF operations,
IF the friends ofthe cause feel their personal
responsibility, and realize in any degree the
good their efforts may accomplish, and the e.
wills that must follow from inactivity they will
find means to do all that is necessary to a glo-
rious triumph. Then let each one feel that
he is bound to do Something and that it is ex-
pected eDery will do his duty ..f.
-.' JOSEPH STEELE,
ZIMRI HOWE, -.
CHESTER SPENCER, Central
EZRA S. CARR,
VIM. G. KITTREDGE, Com.
. JOHN NEWMAN, ..' r...
... J. N. ROCKWELL, .... /
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