Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-01-05
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State Temperance Society.

State Temperance Society.
The Vermont State Temperance Society me
at Middlebury, at 10 o'clock, A. M, Dec 81
1889 The President, Rev. S. Chamberlain, il
the chair.
The Committee on Nominations reported al
follows:
For President-Hon w. c. KITrREDeE, o
Fairhaven
Vice Presidents-Rev: L. D. Sebbins, Of
Burlington; Hon. j. d. Bell of Walden ia
son Steele, Esq, of Windsor.
Secretdry-B. f. Winslow, of Pittsford.
Treasurer-John b. Page, of Rutland.
Authorization. q. Howe, OF Casteton.
Executive COmmutee-Rev. A. Walker, ia s
Barrett, w. A Burnett, DR.. L. Sheldon, Rev
G. A Thomas, D. D , John Howe. Jr, Col. F
Parker.
Who were severally elected.
The following resolutions were adopted,
viz.
Resoloed, That the practice Of our local Ii
quor agents of selling Intoxicating liquors tx
men for purposes not contemplated by the
statute, is subversive Of the great end we aim al
as friends of temperance, and should receive
the indignant rebukc of an injured community,
and should be visited by the penalties provided
by law.
That the Constitution be SO altered, the term
of membership shall be subscribing the Consti-
tuition and the payment of one dollar annually,
and also that the Executive Committee be seven
instead of five.
That the Executive Committee be requested
to prepare bill, making such notifications OF
our prohibitory law as shall require all prose
cut uns for It's infraction to be conducted at the
expense OF the State and all fines imposed to
be paid into the State Treasury and that they
cause the same to be presented to the Legisla-
lure at its next session, for its consideration.
That the clergynen Of all denominations in
this State be requested to preach on the subject
Of Temperance, sometime in the month of Jan
uary or February each year
Resozued That the Executive Committee be
authorized and requested to appoint, in each Of
the various counties, some earnest friend OF
Temperance, as an agent of the State Society,
and official co-Iaborer of the Committee in the
organization Of local associations, and the ad-
vancement Of the interests of this great cause.
The Executive Committee made report OF
the condition of the cause of Temperance thro
out the State. They sum up the result as fol
lows:
And what are the results to which we are
brought? With the execution of few locali-
ties, The testimony is uniform, that SO tar as
open and defiant violations of it is concerned
the law is repeated, and that is regarded with
favor by large majoriey Of the community
Take the State through, open drinking is sell
dom seen, and drunkenness Of rare occurrence
On the other hard, with two or three excep
t!ons, the testimony is equally uniform, that
while the law is outwardly respected. it is Sc
cretly broken that the habit Of drinking, es-
recially among young men, is alarmingly on
the increase; that the enemies of temperance
and our law are untiringly, and by the most in
geniOus devices, at work to cvade and violate
the law; and that in many cases, they have be-
come SO bold by mpunity. that they have
thrown off all disguise, and buy and sell in
open day. While this is SO, the friends Of tenn
perance have, apparently, been in a profound
slumber. In some localities the law has been
PROMPTLY and thoroughly executed, and has &C
complished it's work in suppressing all open
sales; but take the State as whole, what was
said of one county may be said of the State--it
seems to be struck with total paralysis on the
subject