The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1858-12-29
state Temperance Society.

met at BradfOri, Dec. 10. lS5 :. at III !
o'clock, A. VI. The President being al.
sent, M. Brockway, one Of the Vice
Presidents took the chair.
Prayer by Rev. +. Ballou.
Hon. f. f, Merrill, Hon. Thos. +.
Powers, Rev. II. 4. Leavitt, Rev. +. BAL
lou and Rev. A. j. Copeland we're Com
mittee of Overtures.
On motion of Hon. w. Carpenter
Reso/gef, That all persons present, who
are pledged friends of Temperance. be in
vited to participate in the deliberations of
this meeting as members of this Society.
On motion OF Mr.. Spaulding. a Com
mittee was appointed to revise the Con-
stitution, of DR.. Powers, Prof.
Rood and Hon. F. F. Merrill.
The Chairman of the Executive Com
mittee presented their Report. which was
voted to lie on the table.
Rev. 1. McAnn was appointed Assis-
tant Secretary.
The following resolution was offered by
DR.. Powers:
Resolved, That the sale Of Alcohol, in
any of its forms, ought not to be sane
toned by law for any purpose whatever.
Adjourned.
AFTERNoo N.-The President in the
chair. After prayer, Committee of five
was appointed by the chair, to nominate
officers for the year ensuing, viz: Rev.
H. f. Leavitt, Rev. D. Packer, Rev. l.
McAnn, Rev. s. McKeen, and Hon. H.
Carpenter.
The resolution introduced by DR.. Pow.
ers was discussed.
The Committee on nomination of Off.
GERS reported as follows, which was adop-
ted.
President, Rev S. CHAMBERLAIN, of
Craftsbury.
Wee Presidents.-Mr. N. B. Willis.
ton, Brattleboro DR.. j. Brockway, Mont.
pelier; DR.. E D. Warner New Haven.
Recording and Correspondence Sec.
retary-Rev. H. P. Gushing, Montpel.
Ter.
TedsWer-Mr. O. W. Storrs.
Auditor--Hon. H. Carpenter.
E9ecutive Committee-Rev. c. G..
Parker. Hon. F. f. Merrill, Hon. j.
Spaulding, Rev. L. H. Stone, Mr.. J. G.
Simpson.
EVENING SEssIoN.-The following reso.
lutions were presented by the Committee
on Overtures
l. Resoived, That it is expedient to OBJ
tain the enactment of law declaring in
toxicating liquors kept for illegal purposes
TO be common nuisances, and as such liable
to be abated by any individual
2. Resotred. That while we deem the
prohibitory liquor law essential to the
success of our cause, yet We regard it o
paramount object of our exertions to re.
claim the unfortunate to strengthen the
weak, to guard the young, and to win to
temperance all within our power; and we
earnestly recommend to all the friends of
temperance the Jealous and persistent use
of all other legitimate instrumentalities
that are within their reach, as individuals
or as associations and as among such
means the formation of new temperance
organizations. or the revival of old ones,
to be maintained in vital activity.
8. Whereas we believe the order of the
Sons of Temperance is an important in
strumentality in promoting the cause Of
temperance that it is means well cal
culated for reforming the Incorporate, for
encouraging the young in maintaining
habits Of strict temperance and especially
for thorough execution of the law against
illegal rumselling; therefore,
Resoired, That we recommend the Or
galization of Divisions of Sons of Tenn
perance in all the towns of the State where
it may be found practicable.
The above resolutions were laid on the
table without debate.
A Committee of three was appointed to
name the place of the next meeting of the
Society namely: Rev. P. Merrill, Rev.
RI. F. Leavill Rev. H. Rood.
A Committee of three was appointed
to examine into the condition of the Car.
son League Fund, namely: Rev. A. ].
Copeland, Mr.. F. Reyes, and Mr.. John
Morse
Messrs. John Spaulding, A. Low and
P. W. Ladd We're appointed Committee
to settle with the Treasurer.
The Committee on fixing the place Of
next meeting, reported Middlebury. which
was adopted.
On motion, the Report of the Executive
Committee was taken up and adopted, and
it was ordered that the several papers in
the State be requested to publish the same
The Committee on Overtures presented
the following resolutions, without any ex.
preston Of opinion, and by vote they were
laid on the table.
A. Resolved, That, in the judgment of
this Society, the present prohibitory law
has now become the settled policy of the
State, and therefore it is expeiient to dis.
pense with the Inconvenience and expense
of popular elections of County Commits
sioners, and so long as the agency system
is continued, to confer the appointment of
these Commissioners upon some competent
and important officers of our Government.
5. Resolved, That our Executive Com
mittee be requested to bring to the con-
sideratcn of our next Legislature amend