New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-12
TEMPERANCE IN VERMONT.
We especially commend the following rae
Latter tn the perusal Of our readers;

Progress of Temperance In Fermont-Ne".
YORK Rnm-Perverfed Tastes-fermon'
state Temperance Seciety-Its "eehns
nj RutInnd-Rntland and Ii arlington h1h-
road, &c.
RUTLAND, (vt.) Wednesday, Jan 5, 1913
To the EdtO, Of TIE N. Y. Tribune:
The State Temperance Society met here TO-
dsy under favorable anspicies. gay favorable De-
cause the Legislature Of Vermont at rs last session.
enacted law touching the traffic in spurious liquors
similar in its provisions that Of Maine few years
ago the people of this State voted TO grant licenses
and at a subsequent struggle on the same ques1oh
they reversed their decision The last movement
WIS a decided improvement On the hrSt- but tue
enactment of the Maine Law is better than all Inc
passage of that law shows that the people had the SUD
ect in view when they met ct the ballot boxes 70 give
their votes for their law makers and proves TOO
that they were not idle while the Legislature was In
session Such law is not go easily carried throusna
legislature as some may dream o. - !" Thai. philosophy
Befdes the sppettes of men, there are other formdi
BE barriers in the shape Of dollars against which the
Temperance part Of the community Is compelled 10
struggle.
The agents of the liquor establishments in your City
are traversng our State at all and In every d
recton 10 find customers for their vile and adalterated
stuff And am sorry to cay these agents succeed but
too well in finding purchasers. The stuff comes cheap
and great profits made upon It's sales. The very
name of New. York Rum" makes a Montreal gentle
manly drinker almost gag and the smell oft would sure
" make him cast up bis accounts" Ihaveheard Cana
dian gentlemen complain bitterly Of the liquor sold In
this State No wonder they say, that delirum tremens
hurries many TO the grave when such vile and cor
rupting liquor is sold and guzzled down. large por.
ton of this liquid poison comes from your Cry and
the sooner the Legislature at Albany pass the Maine
law and put stop to the traffic il it, the better will
be- not only for the people Of the Empire State but
also for Vermont What is called good liquor is bad
enough in all conscience; but "New-York Rum"
is the devil all over. Even many of our Vermont
drinkers, whose tastes are not wholly corrupted,
call it " New York Tot-gut," not a very euphoni-
Gus name, but nevertheless a very just and true one
And regret to say some of these gentlemen who thus
denominae it, will endeavor to quiet the cries Of their
stomachs with it when they can get nothing better or
less poisonous. And they seldom find "the genuine
stuff" as it is called in these regions. The. drinking
part Of the COMMUNICATE most essentially humbugged,
end guzzle down more New-YOrk rum than they
are aware Of They have been so long accustomed to
drinking such stuff that their tastes perverted and
they scarcely know the pure from the aduterated.
There may be bliss in such ignorance, but can't ap
preciste it.
Men aduterate medicines and our National and State
Legislatures pounce upon the enormous crime, and
visit these aduterators with penalties; but rank
poisons are mixed with of liquor which the
people swallow and no notice taken Of ii, inspect
ors appointed who do their duty. The law fastens its
iron hand upon the counterfeiters dies and plates
upon the burglars tools the appointments of the gam
bling bells and they destroyed Quarantine laws
are established the liberty of passengers ia restrained
the casgo Of the ship seized and thrown overheard
And who complains Saius popuh suprema Ter. What
are all these evils In comparison with those that flow
from the uefic in spirituous liquors. To destroy
burglars tools, gamblers properly obscene books and
pictures ships cargoes overheard and restrain the
captain, crew and passengers In their liberty is all
right but to seize and make contraband the liquid
poisons which men constantly dealing ont to their
fellow men, by which their souls and bodies are de-
stroyed, is an awful thing and an outrage upon the
Constitution Of free country VIVA, consistency
Some really more tender Of that Constitution
than they are of their own Chief Justice fancy has
said al any State deems the retail and internal traffic
in ardent spirits injurious to its citizens nothing
In the Constitution 10 prevent it from regulating and
restraining the traffic or from prohibiting 1t atogeth
err" The law says You may shoot down dog in the
street Il he has done mischief however highly the
er may prize him but to knock cask of liquid poi
son on the head and let its contents in the CUTTERS
lie a shocking crime
But to return from this depression TO the State Tenn.
perance Sociey's doings large number of dele
gates from different parts of the ate were present al
an early hour in the morning and before noon the Con-
gresational Church filed by fine looking body
of men MS ever assembled on any occasion They are
fine specimens OF Vermont humanity Mr. Powers,
Speaker of the House, took the Chair, and Commit
tee of Overtures and other committees were appoint
ed in the forenoon and after dinner the Central Com
mitiee made their annual Report Nearly IN hour was
occupied in the reading. better written, more logi
cal and conclusive argument in favor Of the Maine Law
have never heard or read II lie ordered to be pub
h,hed in the form of a tract and $4,000 copies sent
broadcast over the State I'm quite Its arguments
cannot be answered its appeals long resisted by
the people of Vermont or Of any other State of our
Union when II is read consider it one OF the mosI
able documents that ever enanated from any body OF
Temperance men. 1t places the subject of the Maise
Law in a clear light that all may it ia, and
to thus see il Is to approve IT, liberal amount Of
money was raised and the State will be thoroughly
vassed before the day when the people vote upon
the law The friends of Temperance engaged heart
ana soul, anu no uOuOt tue are Also luz
battle will be warmly contested but it is to be hoped
the friends OF Temperance will succeed
During the two days the meeting was holden many
eloquent and rousing speeches were made, and some
exceedingly pungent anecdotes relsted. Mr.. Kellogg
the Buckeye Orator. said when the people OF Bangor
turned into the streets several casks OF wine and
brandy many stood and gszed upon the stream as 1t
ran down and mingled with the waters of the Penob
scott some saying what waste and others rejoicing
in its destruction The circumstance reminded him Of
8 Southern lady and her slave Dinah The lady was
very pous and told Dinah she mus; pray that satan'
kingdom might he destroyed. al does nj know bout
dat" replied Dinah. What not pray for the destruc
ton of Satan's Kingdom demanded the mistress
do nj you desire it," DiRah, being brought up in
habits of strict economy, replied, IL does nt missus
hub TO see anything wasted" And SO say these rum
mics especially when such streams Of liquid poison are
running down the guies The difficulty OF convictins