Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1853-08-11


giving cider or ale or wine to sick neighbor,
or friend to give excessive and unreasonable bail
before he shall be allowed the right to appeal,
thus deprlving him Of right given to all other
persons accused of crime.
II iniringes upon the right of trial by jury
and indeed 1t would seem upon the right to trial
at all. ID some cases. In some counties the
right to jury trial is allowed and in others it
is denied.
Ii provides that person accused Of an offence
under section ~ shall be deprived of inlroduc
ing evidence in his defense. which is allowed in
all other criminal trials by the rules Of the com
mon law. Why not prohibit the accused from
producing any evidence at all
II authorizes the seizure and confscaton, and
destruction Of mans property without his con
SENT and without making him any compensation
thereiore-and this too, IN criminal prosecu
ton, in which he is not allowed the fair and i'm
partial trial which the Constitution provides for
every man.
II authorizes and compels the courts TO adj
Judge a man to be guilty of being a common
seller Of intoxicating liquors in certain cases,and
fined : 100 and costs, when he has never been
accused Of such an offence, and never been
tried for it, and worse even than that, where
there Is no proof, that he has ever sold drop Of
liquor
The act instead Of presuming man innocent
until proved guilty, presumes man, from whose
custody the officer takes liquor under section
u, guilty Of having il with the intent TO sell,
without particle Of legal evidence being intro
duced ia court against hun.
by the act, if person PURCHASES liquors in
Boston or New York or elsewhere, not of
the town agents, for his own family use or has
barrel Of cider IN his cellar Of his own manulac
ture, any one may 20 and take the liquors out Of
his possession by force, without law or rghtand
convert the same to his own use, and the owner
has no redress for the injury. Sec. II denies
hlm all right Of eston for the trespass.
And. whereas, the natural and nalienable
right of the people to be protected 10 the securl-
| w of life, liberty and the pursuit Of happiness
and in acquiring holding and enjoying pro-
lerty their right TO be secure in their houses
persons and effects from unreasonable searches
and seizures aud their right in all criminal ac-
cusations to fair and impartial trial by Jury -
TO Introduce evidence N their defence TO be con-
ironted with the witnesses against them; and 10
have right and justice freely; were purchased by
our. Revolutionary sires with blood and treasure
and secured TO them and their children, and to
/ US BY the constitution Of the Union, and by the
constitution of our own State and those sacred
rights are violated and ininnged upon by said
act IN the most bold and reckless manner * SAID
act passed The Legislature under circumstances
which have no precedent IN the annals of our
Legislation.
And whereas, in orr opinion the &C. was and
! is wholly unnecessary, as the former act IN force
at the time of the passage Of this was sufficient,
If enforced. to prevent he unlicensed sale Of in
toNicatng drinks and was as stringent in It's pro-
visions as public sentiment would warrant and
was not liable TO the many constitutional oblec-
tons which we quote IN the Maine act
And whereas the Maine act SO called in
some of the most essential features bas already
been pronounced unconstitutional by the Su-
preme Coun OF he State oi New Hampshire
and by the United States Circuit Count 10 Rhode
Island, aud by eminent jursts IN this State, and
elsewhere.
Therefore Resolred, That the act aforesaid
conflicts with the constitution Of the Union, and
infringes, upon the natural and inallenable rights
Of the people, is arbitrary, violent and tyrauicaI
I'm ITS provisions; and ITS execution has been ad
minstered with a spirit Of persecution and fan
atheism worthy Of the days OF the Salem witch
craft
Resolred. that said act ought to be immediately
and Internationally repealed, and we hereby at
firm and declare that we will support no man fol
Office WHO'S not in favor Of its repeal.
And be ii further Resolved, That we hereby
, form ourselves into a political organization Il
be called and known as "a Liberal Pariy Tor th(
purpose Of the immediate repeal of said act.
Hesoiredf 1t4' the ticket TINS day nominated
A be rccomAf-ded to the LIBERIA ana temperate
/ treemen "a the County, as composed of true
4 faithful and competent men, worthy of the sup
! port of an srcsnsH who think more other ma
tural and constitutional rights, than they do o
the importatious OF Neal Dow, and ms army 0
intolerant followers.
p The report was accepted and on the question
of the adoption of she same, the Convention wa
= addressed by J. a. Vail, Doctor A George
William $. Smith and others, and the preamble
and resolutions were unanimously adopted.
. Tn motion, It was voted that the comm,e
n on nomitions for each Town, be authorised I
f appoint town committees in their respectiy
i towns. On motion, II was voted that the PIC
ceedngs of this Convention be signed by ia Of
5 ticcrs, and furnshedto the proprietors Of eac
newspaper, and that they be requested t
n publish the same in their respective papers M
NJ til September election
- On motion, the convention adj.
THEODORE STRONG, Pres.
d w S SMITH, W. p...;l...-
HARVEY JoHNsov, ''o0
e. TlMoTHY J. HuBnARo, Sec.