The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-06-04
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sissjuei 10 cnsrs upsa SD " go 100 vel
asasfsesa a. ihs prussa Day 10 Require
vsfy uiarh frfnssk fam sny oae. PROM
,he Asys n ~ fis' Bsssnascr 70 n prescott
insr. 80 acaiosss ia the uaassi fsf5nnaiory
enterprises II The day. have bod 70 nevi
ibr ohlccsioas q honesi aQuhrfs .hc ssT-
csssl md ne ecfrenelr - the heodicss
snd ctrries and ise batter sbuse, the
stsnlsi ana unslcgng opposition n the
devils eva the bcfcsical ereW eoinpos-
I'd q isn.c rA1sc nsiuni proelisi,ics ---'af
rn imcfosi---iesds them 10 oppose nN
nleasurrs a moral wfs'm whsirsef. Il Is
rsranec then that one a. honorable even ne
ycrf correspondent, should 10 setting forth
his views siinyly upon the Duties efCoun-
" COMMISSIONER" under the Maine law, be 4
lnis-fspfcson,ed, az thai bis opinions should !
be-, by slpe scoffid ai--by oahcrs passed I
undecided. and by Others, the fc~ perhaps, I
be received sith warm and gcncnous /
sanctsoni Certainly Ds; And while /.
feel gfa,,ficd IN learning that The commits /
sioncr Of our County has in good faith !
gone on IN sccoFlAncc with the true prin-
oipics q the psriy--i must regret that the
commissioner Of Windsor County siill holds
10 has original ground. lie did To be sure
do use the honor Of giving my article en-
,irr ~ the .N,rcpy,-but 10 the same pa
/ per be comes out with manifesto IN which
he says;
! a. For the honor of the temperance cause
and The credit q Sone Of those most clam
orous Cor the law, we had hoped tina, there
I would have been no applications 90 the
Z Commissioner Of ,his County fof license To
traffic 10 intoxicating liquors the coming
year bti,c, mr. sorry 70 say hat I,ose ,rho hare
manifested ne moa E,ai for temperance
( are among DC fra 10 demand that accom-
raod,riion. The Commissioner, although
asssiled in VARIOUS quarters, will adhere
strictly To hi. proportion. however rot,on
the plants may appear 10 some Of those
who asu,ms 10 be "mos, noted for virtue
and wisdom
Those towns that have given n majority
of votes for The law ard the law Commits
sioner. will be considered NJ having deold-
ed in favor Of Town Agent.
Thus II would scom that while be mr.
Iiaskell) gives me the beneii, OF hearing,
he renders the compliment nm cquiyocal
one by endorsing the truth Of my state
monts as 10 the general expectation Of the
Temperance ,pdty'-and yet clinging TO
II
platform, in the slope" that .'for the honor
Of the temperance odnse--snd the credit Of
some 81 those mos, clsmorous for the law,
no applications for the traffic would be
made" Now il has long been said and
sung tina, 'hopo spUngs eternal in the hu-
msn brcast"-and ] suppose man has a
righi 10 hope for just what he pleases; but
upon wha, reason such hope was ground
sd, OF how II could have got possession Of
Maine Law Commissioners breast at
this tune Of day Is TO me an inexplicable
mystery and II Is no wonder that IA his
instance the gentleman finds that ''hops
told natiering tale" indeed. Bat what
bad the Honor of the temperance cause 10
do in the formation Of this hope that so
completely seems TO have stolen away the
Windsor County Commissioners seiisos
certainly had not alluded 10 the temperance
oa,ass, but spoke entirely ofthe Maine Law
T and the temperance party and II was with
the expectations Of this party that he had
To do,--and ], Is under the requirements Of
this idir tia, he is nov bound TO net. II
he thinks however that he is acting up TO
these requirements by granting license only
; IN the five towns which were for the law
> lyis Woodstock, West Windsor, Spring
! field, Royalton aud Rochester--no non-res-
ident OF the coan,y need have any thing
TO say--but that this will mol satisfy the
4 expectations Of the p1rty is slrcady suiiic-
, ienily apparent despite the hope for the
|. honor of the Temperance cause And viii
this ! leave him 10 the temperance party
buiiciings Of Windsor County. In regard
To this matter the Vermont, Chronicle wei
= SAYS that As these town arc No well dis
b tnbuied over the County there need be III
actual starvation for the want Of the neces-
: sRries OF life This doubtless Il true
!. and yet, there may be considerable suffer
II ing--and = dead Of inconvenience to many
&, Bat, as have no personal acquaintance
with Mr.. iiaskeil--ncsor having secn hin
To my knowledge, and Us had, IN the CON
incncement Of this, no design Of sayin,
anything on THIS matter farther than I,
express my satisfaction ia the action o
, our own Cotniniszioner--snd the rogre
= that the Windsor County officer could no
c also pursue the same course--i here vii
= drop the Commissioners and their duties
e and bnefiy sllude TO one OF two other mat
Il tiers in clsse connection with this, and bu
!. for which. you would not Mr. Editor hss,
hoard ffom iae at this time.
= There are few, doubtleSs, among ua VIII
;" have no, noticed the extreme anxiety late
~ manifested by the Democratic party, :
pass over To the Whigs 0f Vernon, all Ia
n honor 70 be derived By the passage Of tn
e Msinc Ia~; snd the strenuous effort
l. made By them 20 identify the ,rinpernnc
,e party with the, a tier wsig adversArie-
4 nor IL the modest DENIAL Of the Wings .
q ihr claim 10 tins honor. or their espresso
a Discrimination to acknowledge the part
liberalization, less apparent. from lbf-,
= casual observer might infer that a part
y thus banded about and tossed beiwee
tuo extensive political organizations. iin.
hold an oquivccsi position, and thus noce'
~ sandy be crushed in the COLLISION befwce
~ the two eoaiesding ihctioas whereas, ,
a. t''sth. II y lilis very position that give i q
a. Creates poser.
a AsH ~s siih Gen. Plraer. IA rcfei
=. cbce 10 the caEdinsi poin,s u The eosapas
son u wish ,be temperance party, az
? pulitical crganisa iion. A. saeh, they knsi
!" no Wing, no Demscrai. NJ ffee-solle
= Silver Cry o. iiuntoi and though ther
~ bot sinTir pishs 10 their platform, ih'
plsnk u alwAys there Wiih this pan,