Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-01-06
STATE TEMPERANCE socrpu

STATE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY
We find in the Vermont Chr,oiol. =.
official Report of the Annual meeting Of d
Vermont State Temperance Society. bal5
Middlebury on the Dist and 22I Decent
The meeting is spoken ofin the Chr,nicl..-,
in the Middlebury Register as one Of ,,..
than common interest. \ whoIesom, ,r.,..
seems to have pervaded all its doinrg 49,,
we doubt not good influences will i,rr,-
Its train.
We condense the Report little. Tbsp
port of the Executive COMMITTEE is lon, ~.
we must defer it for few DAYS.
| OFFICERS ELECTED FOR NEXT yrr
PRssDEST-Hon. W. c. Eit,r-d-..
Fairhaven.
VICE PREsrDENrs-Rev L. D S-.bs...
of Burlington Hon. J. D. Bel, of Wall.
Jason Steele, Esq, OF Windsor.
SEcRETARr-B F. Winslow. Of Pits.
TREAsUREE-John B. Page. of Rgtl,r4
AUDrroR-Hon. u. Howe, Of Cls.Is,o7
EXECUTIVE CoAMnTEs-Rev. Ir.u.-
James Barrett, W. 4. Burnett. Dr.L Sal
don. Rev. c. A Thomas, D. b J,t-
Howe, Jr., Col F. Parker
WATERBURY, was selected as the plac. ~
the next annual meeting.
The Report Of the Executive Commit,
last year, was accepted and referred to Gam
mittoe of five to report some place for the FL.
ture operations OF the society,-Rev. G.. G.
Parker, Rev S. Chamberlain J. G Stin,-7
Esq. Hon. Z. Howe, and Rev. DR.. Labarss
the Committee They reported as follow.
% The Committee appointed to consider
what new action is demanded, in view Of the
facts and considerations presented in the r.
port of the Executive COMMITTEE, u1ari-
mOusly recommend that this Society BE-
made more efficient working Organizati1r =.
and in order to do this, that the terms Of
membership, in addition to the signing Of
the Constitution, be the payment Of one dol
lar year, the funds thus raised to be aprr1-
priated. under the direction of the Executive
Committee, TO support agents, to aid in the
prosecutions, and for the general interests IS
the cause the understanding being that
each member shall be furnished by the Society
with the Periodical of the Massachusetts Al
lance. in consideration Of membership.
We also recommend that measures BE-
Immediately adopted by the Executive Com
mittee to secure members to the Society
through the St1te. and that local organizl
tions be formed in every town. in some re-
spects auxiliary to the State Society
Adopted.
At the Annual Meeting Of 1858 certain res
olutions on the subject of total prohibition
of the sale of intoxicating drinks were intro
duced and debated at great length, and final
ly laid over for further discussion at the An
nual Meeting of 1859 They were brous1,
forward accordingly by the COMMITTEE f
Overtures and were disposed of as follows
'Ist. That the sale or furnishing Of Alc5l
all the forms in which it can be used as b---
age, ought to be prohibited by law
On motion, this resolution was dismissed.
%. That the sale or furnishing Of intozica--.
liquors, in every form and for every purpose
ought to be prohibited by law"
After full discussion by large number o..
persons this resolution was also rejected
90. That our present system Of Liquor Agencies
as generally practieed is an odious License >ys
ten, wrong in principle and wickedly mischisv51s
in its operation, as under it every moderate drink
er in the State. and almost every drunkari. i'
able 10 obtain all the alcoholic stimulus his sp-
petite NAV crave, and thus the manifold evil and
and ravages Of intemperance continue 70 a-3ict Soc
cietS.7
r.. sLi7 resolution, the following was
adopted as a substitute
Re,olUed, That the practice OF our local liquor
agents Of sellin. intoxicating liz % men for
purposes not contemplated by the statute. is sub
versive of the great end we aim at as frlen1s %
temperance, and should receive the Indignant re-
buke Of an injured community, and should be Wis
tied by the penalties provided by lawS
The following resolutions were adopted
viz.
THAT the Constitution be 50 altered the terms Of
membership shall be subscribing the Constitute
and the payment of one dollar annually, and ais
that the Executive Committee be seven instead Of
FIVE.
That the Executive Committee be requested 70
prepare bill, making such modihca tiOus Of our
prohibtory law shall require ali prosecutions
for its 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 sane
to be presented to the Legislature at its next
sion for its consideration.
That the clergymen of all denominations in this
State be requested to preach the subject Of
Temperance, sometime in the month Of Jan nary
or February each year.
ResoiUsd, That the Executive Committee be su-
thorizsd and requested to appoint, in each Of the
various counties. some earnest friend Of Temner
ance, as an agent of the State Society, and Official
co-laborer Of the Committee in the organization
of local associations, and the advancement Of the
interests Of this great cause"
The usual complimentary resolutions were
passed. The alteration of the constitu-
ton as to membership was not made till az
ter quite number Of persons from a distance
had left; but between sixty and seventy
names were enrolled of those who became
members under the new form.
We are told by those who were present
that on every resolution the action by vote
was without dissenting voice.