Windham County Democrat. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1836-1853, 1851-08-27
For the Democrat.
To the Temperance wings of windham County.

TO the temperance wings oil Wlndham county.
Mr. Edtor,-Will you allow space for a few words
TO the above class of my brother Whigs' ought, in
addressing Wings be allowed the columns of wing
paper but in these days of party subservency and de-
generacy none but articles of the ,oholc hog stamp,
breathing unquesonng loyalty and serflike eay, can
find place in the party hacks. Moral honesty and
principle have fallen into sad dsfavor and must go beg
cling Thus compelled to speak through columns rare
y read by wings, I have but little encourage
ment to suppose that shall accomplish any thing by
this appeal. But | wish to relieve my own burdened
soul, and rid my skirts of responsibility.
wish 10 ask the friends of temperance if they can
conscienously vote for the wing ticket for County Off
at the fast coming electioni Have you looked at
this ticket Look again and whose there.
1t is of grief to that party to which have
belonged, and with which have uniformly voted from
its origin under the cognomen of achig, should present
for my adoption and support, such ticket. find my
self driven 10 the unpleasant necessity of either with
holding my VOTE or exposing myself to ridcule and de-
rsion for the most barefaced inconsistency. Let
look at the ticket and see if any temperance man can
support it without making his principles byeword of
reproach and conumey. Who is the candidate for the
first side Judge of the County Court? His must
be familiar to the temperance voters of this County,
Elley Albee acted conspicuous part in the dispensing
of licenses for the sale of intoxicating drinks He was
the favore candidate of the sellers and rumdrink
have many Keeling drunkard approaching
the ballobox with vote for Ellery Albee because, he
frank 10 say, he could have plenty of 10 drink
if he elected. He was one of that board of Com
missoners that granted lavishly licenses TO all app
cans, and deposited with the County Clerk any amount
of m adj
l voted against him then, and why should not now
He is candidate for office in which he en-
courage the infamous traffic in intoxicating drinks and
njure the of temperance more than when Com
missioner The County Judges have the entire control
of fines for violations of the present law How plain
with such judges, that present excellent law will
become dead letter; nugatory and imperative
statute. | then call upon every voter in the County
who voted against Judge Abee when candidate for
Commissioner of license, TO vote against him now, if
he would preserve a particle of consistency or self
respect.
OF the other candidate for county judge, being who'll
ly Ignorant have nothing to say. But who have we
presented to us for Sheriff? The Sheriff has the
power of filling all vacancies in the jury and thus often
determines the fate of important causes Does any one
doubt should Mr. Carpenter be elected that the rum
sellers will enjoy his sympathy Does he not carry in
his face the unmsakable evidence and pledge of SYM
pathy' Is it not notorious that under the former sys
ten, he exerted himself 10 the utmost secure the
election Of License Commissioners, and thus aid all in
his power TO keep open the fountains of misery and
DEATH Did he not do his best to perpetuae a traffic
which has been a scourge to than "war,
pestlence and famine ?"
Is the candidate for States Attorney known tenn
persnce man' Has he ever been identified with the
friends Of Temperament When has he been present at
any of the meetings of the County Society," doing bat
tie for the glorious of Temperament What as
surance have that, should he be elected the vola
tors of the present law will be erreted and brought
to condign punishment If there design to
evade the law, why make changer Our present pros
ecutng officer is Vgilant and faithful and if il the