The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-02-17

Nh CHtnHIeW Tho following cNirc
from lrfer rroryod fom ganlsnnu wei
known n die rsg.on lur hiA cuIdpF and In
legdy VIM lns spent llia Miutrr iU Boston
,SH slow rln estimate liirud upon ln
ssinlrnrnis of llo mayor bon regard 90 ilic
liquor pllie, Ia llul city, IT, publication muy
b. le menus .ofromo'ing soue erroneous
impressions Ia regard 10 lho state Uflle tenn
HeAncr culrpu.r in Boston md vicinity,
'Ynu hsh IL Mayor Digrlow's salemeuIs
respecliHg ia iuerfnsg pl lnlompernneo ~
shis oify, are generally thought correct
imgiYg from what hive heard aud read,
should my lry we're not. 80 many ~
ltine trnllis, cerminly, mud | should llink
morc, nfdlose whom have heard reulr,
upnn lln nddrrss-iud among them f0mn
OF his wirmdsl political irrnds --liH,p rrn-
Hured more OF loss strongly, lliHi pnn of ~
relating ~ lhe law against licensing, They
my his assertions are not warranted los uClf,
Aud llni having slnued from wrong premises,
Iia lAs necessarily arrived NJ wrnng'couclu-
rinus,
hngc % upOn authority Which ~ flid 20
he onliriy rthlhlr Tint the Records pi the
Police C,ur show less uumirr 0l' arrests
fdr druukctuc-s ~ ~, linn iu 'ldi Hud slll
,sss ~ a. tile Difference between ihr hrI
md l1-i nnncd ycnrs nu"unlluP o. about
one hundred and thirty nm aEurc that
tlIiTFi1trrrrHl y nHi in Hrcorlgllce Win re-
ppr,5 which l1yo pone uhrond, nud which
ire ~ a,ouuslcruhlr eNient credited; never
TrtrvT TtTT'y 'lAsii.----
Irciucs-.
Neohy oll he ciy prroH, uto, wlich !
laSC .h,yu Hn e--n'ruur etoutl against The
dnclV.uo of tie Now Alayur They sprnk Of ?
ii- slnicWcntr M uususinincd ly facts, at liI
arguments NJ weak and uusnuud, ard az lis
recommendations 49, altogether hcliud the 7
ngc, Hnd wnrtirisE 4,sall.s- ul!ler- Ellg llnu
Boston remember 10 have fren hul one I
paper nrd thai ono the generally drspised .
''lin-iun Herald" which claims anything
,uore Cor him, on the subject of Temperance, (
ibnn iapcst purposes, mud irankness IN STAT I
ing lNcm ~
] must coufrYs lint sllouhi, lave good /
deh moro f,pl IN the real honrslyofhs pur- /
g,ufcs, ifho lad rhoson some more hitting
'wNy ofulioNiug HE gratitude TO his friends .
thnn hy placing before thrn on the evening .
tfrr lis rlcctlOi, WtiHt h0 himsrtf trrrUrd p
'lllc great aud prolific cause of niscfy.'--
But allowing liui The MAYOR spcuks truly of (
tho rcslllr of Withholding lccnses in lhs city,
" rs claimed hy those who understand the
matter well, that this result cencs, not ~
much from any defect IN the law ni'n,nst u.
cc,ring, as from he faulty administration
oft
kcanpo, believe ,hii dc citizens Of Boston
& 10 ready 20 go backwards IN the Tcg!,ri.
uuce movement, nnd, ly Sustaining their
Mayor ~ Ibis recommendations throw The
rhicll oflnw over irniic Which lus blasted \
So mnuy bright hopes, crushed sn many fond \
hearls rud q'ieor,Gd llir Grr'oc 80 nnuy
brilliant nlcllecls, lut suppose they do this;
-'!oes u follow HAT Temperance men In Yer
mont have littc encouragement 20 continue
Nhclr warfare pgaius, the nhomiunhle system
'fliccu'ing' IT, Ivy "ri"irn IL ,locs not ~!
any means. This opinion Is based oa the
'hel fhnl there nrc mnny aud serious ohelu-
cct 20 tho udvnnccmcni of 1cmpcsan1c !
here that do no, exist there" =