The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-01-14
Fu: the Ca.c,", ian.
Essex County Temperance Society.


Fo. the Ca.c,,", ian.
Essex County Temperance Society.
The Essex County Temperance Society
met in annual session at Luncnhurg at | !
o'clork, a. NJ. Tuesday. Jan. 3 aud was call
ed to order hv Vice President Chase of Con-
cord.
The exercises were opened by PRAYER hy
J.. H. Co!hurn Voted that committee of
.hrcc be appointed b., the char to nominate
officers for the cn~nin. wear: and Jonah
Brooks. Asa Ilillarl and Rev. Mr. Colhurn
we're named as said Committee. Mr>>r>. H.
C. Benton, VIM II,ywcol r Alex. Lang
rcv. VI Evans. ard S,l,.cn Freeman. were
appointed a committee 20 present business for
The action of the Socictv.
Adjourned to |! o'clock. T. N.
ArrrrN"o>. Met agreeable TO adjourn
mrnt. Meeting opened 10y a Temperance
song from the choir. Th" committee on nom
nations reported As follows:
For President. HON. john DEWEY. OF Maid!
stone
Fgv Iirr Pro- dents. Asa lilnn.Hn. of Con
cord -. :. CHA>pIrE. Of Lrrrnhur-. " NJ.
HAYWOOD. .Jr. Of GuiIl!a.i. DAME: "
SMITH. Of Brunswick. E,y. {. l.. N!EEuL.
of Canaan.
Ercor,lin. Secretary. IoH> :. CrAEk. of
Lnncnhurr: Correspondent. Secretary. CHA>.
CHASE. West Concord: Treasurer, Hon. II.
l.. WATSON. GuilIh,ll.
Executive Committee. Harvey .luIc,inc.
Concord. GEORGE +. French. Luncnbur.. AZ
ro Burton. G,il,iha,l. James Cowlc>. Maid
stone. VIM burbank. Brunswick, Samuel -.
Merrill. Bloomfield. George Appleton Gran
Wv. VIM. H. Ru>,brook>, Brighton. George
". IIart,iiorn. Canaan.
Which was arccr,c,I and the several n"u-
inces declared daily elected by the chair.
The President elect being absent Vice
President llibbard took the chair.
The business committee Was called to re-
port and thr"u.i, their chairman expressed!
regret that Mr. Powers had disappointed them
and 50 many of Tie GOOD citizens of the coun-
~. But while they regretted the di>ar,o;n-
mcnt, could not attribute it to any negligence
or studied design Oh his part since he has
long since proved himself Il ready champion
and faithful rc~i,on,i:nt to his puh!ir en-
earcmcnts. A. substitute IT,, would ca, i"
upon the clcre.mt!i present to lead in the
: discussion Rev. r. Hall. l.. H. CoIhurn, Mr.
Evans and \. NcMluIcn responded and were
| followed by Esq. Haywood jr. 1t was truly
r gratifying to the friends Of Legal Prohibition
, TO witness the oncn">> of feeling and deter
; mination manifesto! lv the clcr.v and bar
| to raise alott the Temperance Banner. and 20
: maintain every advanced position till the bat
: tie cry Of TIE opposition SHALL cease and their
o strong holds become the happy abodcs of re-
e joicine wives. sons and i,,.htcrs
n The choir sung all appropriate piece and
! the meeting adjourned till six o'clock eve
n EVENING SESSION. Met at the hour of
t adjournment. The choir opened the meeting
z with beautiful sonnet. Rev. ILL ColIurn
l. was called to the chair, and after diSpo,inc
r the business before the society. Hon. X. {.
a Benton, l.. II. Colburn, 4. McMullcn and
c Judge Brooks addressed the meeting. The
:. discussion was animated and to the point
:, Moral and Legal suasion had each their adj
vocatcs. While the one would 90 forth to
/ battle with the olive branch and pour the
| tones of persuasive eloqncncc into the ears
of the encmy.leaving the seed to mature such
fruit as would be conscnial to the soil the
other too, with the olive in one hand would
cooperate with his eloquent brother to the
casting of the sccd,bu in lieu of leaving it in
adverse. or at least Indifferent influences to
develop fruit for good or evil as crcumstan-
ccs might elect, would advance. and with the
Statute in TIE other hand, speak to the under
standing: and prevcnt,a least, the sprncins
up Of weeds and brambles where the myrtle
and palm ought to grow.
While the pied &c was being circulated for
signcrs, the choir gave two pretty we'll timed
songs.
On motion of j. s. Clark, voted that Mr.
Powers be obtained to lecture in Essex Co.
soon as his prior engagements permit. John
: S. Clark, Preston May, Jonah Brooks. Il. c.
G Benton. James Morse, and Milton Cutler
were elected delegates to the State Temper
ance convention to be held at Montpelier on
r Wednesday the 18th inst.
adjourned TO the third TUESDAY Of March
t next. JOHN 5. CLARK, Secretarv.
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