Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-08-14
More Rum demanded by the De.
moCraCy.

MOCIdCy.
At the recent Democratic Convention
held in this State, the following resolu-
ton was passed
"Rcsolrcd That the present prohibit
DRY liquor laws of this State do not meet
the demands Of the Freemen Of Yer
mont, and that it is encumbcnt upon ALI
citizens to vote for its repeal, and to Sc
cure enactments relating TO spirituous
liquors, wholesome, practicable and eff
cient."
The liquor law not meet the demands
Of the freemen of Vermont" II by this
declaration the democracy mean that
there is not liquor enough to supply the
" demand" or that the law is so stringent
as to debar them from getting it at all
times, we think they are quite right, and
that the law does not come up to the
wishes Of those freemen who think that
because this is free country, they have
the right to do just as they please, or to
open wider and multiply groggeries for
the sale of spirituous liquors to the ba-
sest Of our kind. But if they mean that
the law is faulty because it is not strict
enough, and mean to charge any or all
Of the misdemeanors committed against
it, upon the law, they are entirely in the
wrong. The law where it has been en-
forced, meets the demands Of the freemen
ofVermont, and ofevery one who desires
to impart moral and healthy tone to the
people and politics Of the State. The
law is L" wholesome" and where there
has been an attempt to make it so, has
proved cminently " eiIicient;" and those
who care more for the welfare of those
endangered by its repeal, than they Dc
for the success Of a party welded to ev
cry known vice, will be prepared as op
portunity offers to pronounce against thi
attempt-however cautiously worded-
to lift the Aood-gates Of sin and one
more drench the country with alcohol
merely because It does not " meet the dc
mand" Of the enemies Of temperance, 70
this is the class which asks for its repea
Temperance people are satisfied with il
"practicability." 1t is only the refus
population, and those who have such a
inordinaie thirst for power that they ar
willing to strike hands with vagabond
to obtain it, who declare it to be imprac
ticable and unwholesome. Very likel
it is to them, for
"No rogue e'er felt the halter draw,
With good opinion Of the law"
The Democracy have felt the halle
draw" and hence their poor opinion
the law" Inefficient indeed. Look
ST. Johusbury! How has it worke
there Scarce a week has gone by til;
the law has not been visited upon one
more offenders, and few are the Instance
where its officers have failed Of a convi
ton. The cry of inefficient comes n
from that quarter. In Burlington, to
the law works well. 1t has not to
sure, stopped the sale of'Iiquor; but if
has done no more, II has punished often
ers, and thus proved that it is practic
Die.
If the traffic has not been suppress
entirely, it is not the law that is too blau
but that some viii not help carry il o
No law can stop the sale Of liquor so 10
as it is manufactured in other States q
imported into our own by such miseraI
vampires as have a residence amonl
US. The present law prohibits its sale
beverage, but if it is 50 drank, it is
fault of the law, but the work of tho
unprincipled knaves who for the sake
sixpence would bring to eternal n
him who has it for the sake of Il
sixpence the liquor seller would nc
gage his own soul, and thereby ms
an advantageous sale because il is