The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1852-03-17
For the Middlcbury Register.
The Maine Law.

1 uc cNcrullNe committee OI AIulSOn IOun-
~ Temperance Society. desire 10 call atten~
lion to the subject Of introducing for sub
stance the Maine License Law. There is
always encouragement in addressing an in-
telligent community on subject, where their
interests are deeply concerned, and the OBJ
ject is 10 promote those interests. Evils that
have been overlooked or supposed to be es.
tabshed beyond remedy, on examination
by such community, have often been repu-
dated and discarded. All know the result
in England, where the slave trade was once
protected by law. As Vermont claims a
respectable rank in the intellectual and NOR
AL world, there is hope of reformation. when~
ever the interests of society demand it.
That the evils Of dramselling are immense,
and that its desola!ions should be stayed, ali
now doubtless acknowledge. An effort of
quarter of a century for temperance has Sc
cured most valuable, but only partial ic>
form. Such is the base selGshness Of some
and such the violence Of appetite and the
indscretion Of many, that we cannot exTec,
4 complete reformation under our present
statute, nor unless we have an enactment,
which embraces the essential features of the
Maine Law.
Many valuable temperance men have
shrunk from the idea Of searching for alco-
hohc liquors, even when il is well known
that they are stored for the purpose of being
sold clandestlnely,& in violation & contcmpt
of law. And tho nuerv has bccn. s,,r,aa
whether I'VE are not bv claim;no ,bo r;oh,
of sea,cb. ADVANCING ON. s,en bevond ;ho
nteceJenls either of The individual States mr.
the general government. So far i. This from
being The fact. that the General oovsrrncn,
have set us an examine. They have antbor.
| lied search, and the seizure ond conGsca,;op
of hoods. if contraband or if they have no,
paid a duty. And case of preat maoni,uJc
recently occurred IN Boston. The General
Government. for the beneft of tho Indians
have made laws. which outbor;ze ann nor
son in the cmpioymcnt of the ooyernmcut
to seize and destroy anv inroxica,iny l,ouors
which are brought on TO Indian rrosnd 10
tempt them. whether sold or not And shall
no, The government of our respective states
be as ready TO protect the families of ,he,r
constituents, as Congress is to shield the In,
dams against the rites of those land sharks
not more yoIacious nor cruel than may of
our liauor sellers, We ask for laws. tba,
will under due restric,ions. DIVE The ricb,
of search for that oalv which Is Iesioued IN
the great injury of The community. 10 he
sold contrary to law. We do no, ask for "A
llaw, that is so little guarded Ms the one en-
acted by Connress TO nrotect the Indians
We ask for a law that will address itself 70
the nurse of those, who have no conscience
"a law projected by such provisions. that
no man shall presume, that his claudestne
sales will be more profitable than lawful
business.
But our chief Object in this communica.
ton ia to cali the attention of all who are
fearful of cverdoinr and are apprehensiye
of reaction. 10 the Tract. which is now We.
Inv extensively circulated and is entitled
- All about The Maine l;onor law" We on
treat YOU to read it. and 10 consider whether
Maine has NOT been immensely bcnef,tc6 Inv
that law-vhe,her the evils that have grown
on, of thai law NAV No, Inc connicd ne nonoht
while tbe benefits ,ccru;ng have vastly ex.
cod The mos, sa,,n;ne cxnec,aions of its
Irieras Tb;s T,oc, abonnJs with f,rts
,ho, show vc,v nar,;cpIarlv bo W the law on,
crates in Maine II il nrcc;selv villa, many
want in orIcr n ;nJoe whether such a h. "
youiI he hen,6c;I i5 Vermon,. While the
most dcliobiful results have been witnessed
;r Maine wLy may no, other State, be "a.
vored with such n law. and Vermont in mar.
ucnla,9 Vermont was ma we think the first
S,nte ,hn, Inv n sween;og majority condem,
ned Tho traffic in ;n,oxica,ing liquors AS n
bcy,ro,e II il mor,ify inc that we did no,
make % law for Maine and the rest of the
countrr before our Eastern sister stole the
march ur nm ne What we now ask sneeial.
ly is ,bst all temner,nce men. and women
too will ende,vor IN Iurn The Tract above
men,;on.J IN Tho hos, AEGEAN, moi only by
: read;no !, win, care buI by uniting il into
: The hands of ,ho;r rr;snJs and neiohboIs who
nerbnns are We, hardly preparcd for The
Maine INV bnt have so much candor Thai
thev are wiIlinc ,o examine and willing tc
, Yield 10 evidence. I'm This way Won NAV dc
much for vonr coun,rv nerhans save some
If yonr fr;en1s nr nei,,hbors from a DRINK,
1asI,s orave In Ills way persons. whose
! hearts are warm. ,bev wish no Essays. ana
mako no speeches somotimes more cfIrctu
, nllv nromote Ills ronse than some. who Sc
cnre nnrarious annlanse. By the use of ,hi
Trac, headed IAN nbout The Maine iouo
Iaw.n vast numbers NAV exert an inhuenc,
that will he ,ncalculnLiy beneficial 10 m,
: community. Let your neicLbors and friend
S zoe he resul,s of the Maine Law. and yo,
moy exnect # Won can bring their minds i'm,
nn,i;slI, 10 examine the subject. that the,
viii heroine ro-,yorkers and when This Iay
ia cnnc,rd. thai they will be among the vas
mnl,ipde. who from the Sou,hern 10 Tho ex
D ,rrn,c.t Nor,hcrn borJers of The State shall
, make mountains echo 10 mountains peans o