The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-04-27

l4l'lll'l VI wv Nv 'HN
UDuR 90 Iur Uropr ofthr MUoulg ~
hr Select COMMITTEE un thr lRrian 0grt-
nUu, lu thr AssomnlY Of ihr State 0i Sow
AaIa NarrA q, lEll OgAyp, pp 800.
Mr Enron
Ihr'obIrct al thc ReylrNtI b. a. LLA4 o.
tbo notice of roadrrs 10 VERMONT the vlua.
bic Report. Tho facts and rcaaou,nrs o. tho
Committee, especially 90 ilr roo they viii be-
quoted are boo most cases 600 truly applicable
90 vermont oa tu Apw Nork, So iDat this
Document drsrfyrs oasruullly lho same con.
hldcrauou, by tho moss of our o,tzrus, no itit
had been the Report ola Committee appoint.
dby our own Legislature. Many w,Il doubt
lees dp.,rt tu know whnt Che Emwrr Suiuur
doing ou ,hr subject ol 1rmprttH,r. sueh,
whore they have url 1rrrrr 40 tho Report ,m1y
bo d.sp--.4 b. 4l44 ll44a Review Tor u'urma,
ton Though lho beneficial influence mry Doc
slight compared with ua' ni iho r...ual Re-,
port. tmny uil ut,ct la gro6t "a gwyara.r
ofhgbt aud hclt,ns dora Our highly priced ,,,
nuulry iflm lhc Dab ot day IA. 81.
1trmcuduus evils ottrp Creep tutuH olW-
muuilN, und tl ltf ralu foot bold is 60 prJ.
ducr rrttlrd aablt of iI.r gra.4uiag, or a
bind Ut Grlirium ou lbr suLIrot,uud greatly g.
atmiuhn, % not phrbsr uli influence, and do.
nttuy all hope ol cTadgaiipr then. such Wa
once, prrhlpT, iHD slave uAda, and t,Gluly
slavery HuH tH,rbt-ru'ntfy. auH 90 rurur
'"GHtut- lhe HDuttHrut uHt $40 rhYu'd hr
HufHri ]. they aWrryri lffmtIHr national Iuith.
"a. l+- !-Hsll+. mpte co., n4laA.p, NL4t -.-
. she argument Go susiati iIui worship, ur tr
.npIsuuls of " iuuHi Aud yut nI. ihr
'raw,i men az Gi,ter,unir r.uaWted Go DO
philosophers thIs .Iy f. 30 tu. ogtr-rultIlua
4g-4-4 I.l. ,'"prr wholly F-ta q. iIa!4lfy. .
ll,n lusl5lNuua aw introduced tl rhun,
when community arc wrong, and VYckrdIE
or toulftHly WONG, that q bel often dfUlrub 60
. brof vice ,n'n and good ueu g.. b.lirye tbat
thcir habits ~ reasoning, which the, ,Wbibrd
. from 1hrir parents uud thrlr tpIrhl', Md
which olvr had thc sanction 90 aara, -Clu-lp
wrong ttJrVU ron Gpus may and u ar.
counting Tor lhr comparatively slow progress
~ tIr flr3arITrr YrturUHtrTr, and WY IL r.
/ ih1t so uluy valuable men, even when they
trc and drplorr the oytl, su hesitate 20 tabs,
,Ar uulN course that can IrH,Cdy % Tho ryl,
however, h1s been fo great, and llie Wfr'rh.l.
ness tu. W'uilttt, mat, notwithstanding 900
] legislative regulations and ihuy have abound.
lrd-m1uy who have east their Thoughts about
I thtm have become. alarmed. Eui, amor Cd
luruPglo az twenty ycafs, most prt-pna vino
are not influenced bya vicious appetite nor
/ the hope of gam hN the stIv, whether such
! sale De- fshi coz wrong, ace taking thr Etuuud,
land Nl humane aud lar rrrug legislator.
should unite 50 ith them their energies o. stay
tAU- 4, -slat!H4 ado Which - aWs. i.tae- atst
our luud. Nhlu incompetence o. the pufyW
I Of an crimes, ~ brings on The community more
I wtrtchrdur-s lb1u an the sumrs prohibited
i in the statute book Tho rum that iHtrmp"r.
bncc brings on vast multtudcsi the urouy and
often Wfctchcdncss, 1t entails on friends, the
burdens % impusrs uu the tax paying cummu.
7 uily NJ such, thIt Iu grHpbI We have now
90 IftI.I
/ better class lfthry have mo interest nor APP.
/ petite ly c"uui,nct nor sinister ends 20 ac.
/ eomplsh, wr may expect tha', Zoo order 60 rgs.
cue our cuuutry from thn dominion of vicious
appDutos, they VIII cooperate go all reasonable
measures tdl our l8ud can boast moro noble
I ircrdrn Than lhat which our fathers gave Ms,
az the expense ui and 800 much .ui
rrlng and tq many battles Hence
. attention cttte- public la called ia. L4a
Report named li tho hold oi this article f.
- ono at the most valuable documents which
has been published since any part ot The com.
munllE Ltyg lad tho Llrl- gguLI-.l 10. -rln. -
pie Nuh lhls demon, and tuHcrihr un lhrF nir
.-lNtEAsiNG ElroDT rtIL Iur llroN Is
yves t-t'. rut' Vr'yv ~ -I-ryI-T.
Many thousands ."i riifrrns uf New York,
who iuit kcculy the mischlrls md tho wretch.
cdurf5 iiioh JsUtt1 from ~ F5ts - TTJ,1y ;.
eating liquors, pcttioucd their Legislature iur
81 law prohibiting the sale OF such liquurs as a
.
az they arc there called, the Assembly, carly
m their present session, via, Jan ith, adopt.
\ tcEulutl4u dltrct,ng Tho Mhtden- nnd -krEp.l
cfs of the several county aud city PRISONS TO
report without delay the nqimbcr Of persons,
committed M l-ip, charged with the offence
OF Incompetence, and how many othef persons
committed ia l-i9 were Of intcmrpratc habits,
or were under the influence of intoxicating
liquor when they were Imprisoned The
thJvf at the Police md Police in titCS IN INV
several eitlcsMctc directed 10 report how ma.
ny had been aSroslcdafor irtoxicuion, or con
victcd for offences committed uudur the i6iln,
cncc Of intoxicatlng drinks Keepers ocAlms.
Houses, and other tasl,tottons-jor the poor,
received ofintcmpcratc habits, or were the
-'rtTe=1er- children ct trtrrrrrrutr T1rryury-
Atlcr obtaining a vast mass of information
respecting the fleets Of intoxicating Liquors,
the Committee say--
Had the petitioners in their memorial offered
IN the Senate, stated the number of intcnpcr.
ate persons in this State At one hundred tbous
ands instead of fifty thousand, we believe they
would not even then have expressed tho
whole Of the awfuRtruth.
The State Of New York had, in 1910, pop.
ulution of ., lgS ,a2l; and Vermont, a9l Dis
This would give Vermont, If reduced to the
same level as New York, l5,OI9 Incorporate
persons. But though doubtless their popula.
ton has increased faster than ours, and though
the temperance cause may have found them
rnnrt iebascti, or ma ,havo been less success.
full there than here, yet, ailcr excepting their
seven cities, we are not probably ia advance |
Of them. And we certainly owe much TO
them that we have attained our present posi-.