Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-07-20
be used as a beverage, together with largely in
A.ad tias far all viola tions Of the law OF

creased penalties foP all violations of the law of
whatever character.
RESOLVED. That 50 long as we retain the ines
Unable privilege of free thought, flee speech,
and free suffrage, we can never consistently AID
in nlacing before the freemen OF Vermont. any
candidate for Office, whose opinions upon the
Question of prohibition in any of its bearings
are involved in doubt,or who hestates to express
Them fearlessly on all occasions when properly
Intercepted. - saas-,..
Reso7red. That we have right to expect,
and. composed as we are of men OF all parties,
we do demand of all political parties, now ana
hereafter ,san explicit avowal OF their intentions
and desires in reference to the prosecution ana
enforcement of the pprohibitory Law, and that
the nomination of men known to favor the sys-
tenn. shall no longer depend upon accident.
The LIST. I'd, Sd, and 4th were adopted unani-
mously and without discussion. The 9th was
debated by Dr. Powers, Bliss N. Davlss, WIN.
Brownell, C. G. Briggs, and Others, and 1t was
adopted unanimously by a rising vote.
Letters were read from Hon. Merritt Clark
and Hon. Stephen Royce, in relation to the tenn
perancc movement and the probibitory law, as
| follows
~"-. WEST PouLTNEY, July II, 1854.
Hon. ZIMRI HowE,-&r Il have the honor
to acknowledge the receipt of a communication
dated yesterday, in which you, as Chairman OF
the Executive Committee of the Vermont State
Temperance Society, have addressed me as a
candidate for the suffragcs of the Freemcn. You
are pleased to ask" whether | am in favor oil
the great temperance reformation -" whether
| approve generally of the means adopted to
carry forward that reformation and = more
especially, whether am in favor Of Legislative
enactments sufficiently stringent to accomplish
the objects contemplated 2" To these several
enquiries give yon an affirmative answer-ant
would add that regard the existing laws rela
ting to the traffic in liquor as inadequate to ac
complish the end designed, and that amy legais
lation calculated to promote temperance, not in
consistent with the Constitution, will meet m,
approval. Your most ob't servt,
.I...... NJ. CLARK.
To E. B. Whiting Esq, Editor Of the 81
Adams Messenger :-SIR,-Since the nomina
tions for State officers were made at Rutland, OF
the It'll of june last, | have been pressed 70
some public avowal of my opinions in regard t
the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise, and tn
present Liquor Law of this State.
first thought that my views on the forme
subject were sufficiently indicated in acceptin
the nomination with full knowledge of the Fest
lutions passed by the Rutland Convention an
that it best comported with my position be
fore the puplic, to suspend replies, for til
present, to the questions proposed upon tina
matter This impression was signified to som
of the gentlemen by whom | haze been &C
dressed.
But applications Of he same kind are still cor
timed and to quiet the solicitudo which
manifested, may as well state in general tern
That have always had that feeling OF dee
rrpagnance to Slavery which SO generally pc
. vads the North, regarding it as utterly ind
. feasible upon any principle of natural right.
moral Justice, and asa blight and curse npc
the prosperity Of any people; and that ha'
. consequently looked upon the extension OF slav
nv rs a great evil, to be opposed and resisted |
d all Constitutional means. | have never doubtt
that Congress had the rightful power to lin
4 its extension and therefore, that the 9Th So
: ton of the Missouri Compromise Act Of 49,
was valid and binding enactment and tn
it was passed under circumstances which d
rrvel Congress of the moral right to repeal
o though they retained the legal power to do S
1t In regard to the Liquor Law, my opinion is
/. That the Prohilitory system should at lea
IS have further trial of course do not THU
l. it would DO wise at present to Substitute d
ferent system; though alterations might prof.
bly, he made in some OF the. subordina
provisions Of the existing law, which won
tend to render it less obnoxious to ohjectio
ID without impairing its efficiency.
n raat s.s sF q@ STEPHEN RoYcE.
H. East BERKSHIRE, July 10th, 1901.
On the question Of approving the lcttt
various remaks were made by Dr.. Power
Zimri Howe, j. s. Adams, Azcl Spalding, CHI
Grant, IL. Wheeler, Ii. Carpenter, 0. Ii. Smit
Il. B. Sawyer, and others. Various motto
were made and then withdrawn, and long IL
as animated discussion ulon the question Of
IS, cxpcdiency Of making separate nominate
ISIS was had.
Adjourned to clock P. NJ.
EVENING SESSION.
For the purpose Of bringing up distinct
MT sue, Judge Howe, Of Castleton, introduced res
nd sntion to nominate u state ticket, which "
adopted by majority vote, and n commit
as was appointed to presenta ticket.
The Committee named Lawrence Braincrd
ge Governor, E. Walton, for Lieut.. Governor, IL
he Henry M. Bates for Treasurer.
,r- On motion of Mr.. Sampson, and after discl
he c,;ssion by Mcssrs. Pingry, Sampson, Pow
to and others, the report was laid on the table a
the Convention adjourned until 5 O clock p
ct tomorrow. t....
IL o.. ..s Az. July 18th, 5 clock, P. NJ.
CD On motion of DR.. Powers, the ticket nomil
lc- ted by the Mass Convention was approved un;
's- imoasly, and the Convention adjourned.