The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-05-18

License or No License.
NO Ill

/ It1Ntrw o. ruU NrrnBr Of the Maiafitv Of
! the Select COMMITTEE on the Excise Cues.
ton, to the Assembly of the State Of New
! York March e, lsi0. Oc,nyo, PIP 10.
In anSwcF to those who prefer the repeal Of
of all lave, the Committee reply
| "Stangc rclson,ng this Would a repeal Of
all the laws against lccntiouaness aud leg.
/ ITlatiyc notification Of the marriage covenant
tend 10 promote the moral purity Of the com.
monwralth Would repeal Of the laws a.
ghinrt gaming, thrn, forgery, false swearing,
violence qpd murder, tend 20 tho. diminution
OF these Gtimcs Would it be safe aud Cx.
pcdicnt 10 repeal All laws requiring men to pas
their honest debts
If the statistics presented In this report,
gathered from official and reliable sourcea-if
10000 ntrmpcrutc persons sent in one year TO
our ptiHops, or arrested for drunkenness, be.
sides those m New York Cty--if millions OF
dolluta.iu taIca, aud n score Of millions paid
Tor strong drink IN the cities Of our Siatc-if
all thu, with all the moral evils connected
aud lit horrid. unnatural crime ntc IN perauea
has ruuurd during tAH isst year, ~ oniy enough
=IuN Ia 10 sleep then how much irorSe
must iUtcmpctancc become 10 dicdhcH rs (, az.
ton Shall another boy Of seven years old
strike of his drunken fathers head with an
AK Shalt another and yet another younp
man IN fiji of dclirum trcmens attempt TO
kill both himself aud his own beloved mother,
in The same act ShItf We wait TIT next
winter and see Il any other county will emu.
late moral and temperate Chautapuc; where,
five trurH WITHIN twenty rdyu from aHtt trrTEt
mas,u drunken man was found frozen TO death
Yea, where now il tho county less afflicted
with mtcmperaucc than Chautaquc How
many more villages, like Plattsburg, shall be
set on fire from recently licensed dram shop,
and consumed And when the next cxplo.
sion occurs like that in New York, killing six e.
ty-tltss- aHd iFaaaa'as 4eFty aefe,- shalt II he
said in evidence, even by ono so deeply inter.
it-.-..-l4- saaEe-tAaE- iIuih
bar tender himself, that the engineer visited
the grogshop "hye or sIG. times day To drtbil
brandy" and that "hc drank brandy twice an
the morning of the explosion 2" We trust
then, an not one living being has asked for the
free aud unrestricted sale of intoxicating
drinks, the members of this Legislature will
give no countcnance 90 the idea Of a lcgisla.
tive repeal of existing laws, only by the enact.
ment of other and prohibitory statutes"
We pass over many topics as not having so
much bearing on our circumstances in Yer.
mont. In drawing towards the close of their
Report, thky remark
A gain say that If we were lerialating for
the special benefit of the rum selling tavern
keepers, or To profess 10 do some thing to quiet
the struggles of the temperance friends, while
we were determined to do nothing that should
c fiectualy stay the rAvnges of inlemperance
we would advise to patch up this old system.
But we feel bound TO legislate for the advance.
ment of the temperance reformation and for |
the best good of the people; for the recovery
of the Incorporate, the prevention of crime, |
the illumination of the pnupcrs, end the rcduc.
ton of the onerous burthens of taxation; TO |
suppress those public nusancos created by aud |
for the sale Of intoxicating drinks; 10 guard !
most ciirctuully against the fatal corruption |
Of the elective franchises to separate the qdeg
lion of temperance entirely from all conncc.
lion with political parties, and from all merely |
political Influences; and To answer the earnest
1rUyrr of, nv VIC b-itrr-, u+f-o~-rvv+rirrrrfft,
majority of the Intelligent aud virtuous, and
patriotic voters of this State, against which
prayer, that has been for three ccessive SEES
lions proficred TO this Legislature and publish.
ID TO the world, not a single note of Temon-
trance has been heard If these are the
proper objects Tor which we are now called