Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1864-02-19

lington yearly S75 900, and the value Of the
FIRE gest thereby and other incidental lossee
No put at as much more. Yet some SAD -,
matter of liquor selling ought nc, . interest
the public
Rev. Mr. At~ster of Bristol was called for
and MADE some interesting remarks on the
general subject of Temperance and the duties
of community. Rev. Mr.. Stafford of Bur
iington followed saying that the friends Of
- a stringent license system" ctsected to the
Prohibitory Law as too coercive. There
were some when the rebellion broke o1t, We
he,nently opposed to coercing the rebels into
submission D.; the nation now calls them COP
perhcads.
Judge Bennett, prefacing them with few
remarks. introduced the following rosolu-
tons.
Resolred, That, though we, by the third ar
ticle in our Constitution, % stand pledged to
act, as Individuals and in concert in the public
agitation of the subject of Temperance, and in
securing the enforcement Of the Prohibtory
Law yet we repudiate the idea that this AS
sociation was formed for any other purpose than
the laudabe one of trying to relieve this COM
munity from the alarming evils of lntemper-
snce.
Res0ired, That in all moral movements, union
Is strength and hence the formation of this So
ciety; that we may bring into the field united
moral action, in staying the torrent Of this
mighty evil.
Resoired, That while We, as Individuals. feel
deeply the Importance Of electing men TO Office,
in State and in Town, who are tried men, and
who viii, in our opinion, best promote the pub
lie good: yet we will at all times confne the ac-
ton of this association to the legitimate object
of its formation, to wit the public agitation Of
the subject Of TtmPsrahce and the securing Of
the enforcement Of the PTohibitory Lar.
Mr. Role said that the subject OF nominal
ting ticket for election at Town Meeting
had never come up at ally meeting OF the
League, or of its executive committee.
Rev. y. P. Foster congratulated The
League upon having hold Of the right end of
the poker; for such an opposition showed
that there was effective work being accom-
plished by the Temperance agitation. Re
erring to the License system, he showed
what a comfort it must be TO everybody,
when the drunkard was made such accord
ing to law =" He also showed the superior
right of public good over any alleged natu-
raj right of the individual.
Prof NJ. H. Buckham said the issue was
now distinctly made and no man can now
be silent.
lie proceeded to show the -deceptiveness
OF the phrase well restricted license sys-
TEN, the only restriction in effect being that
but two or three men shall sell all the liquor
and thus take for themselves the money spent
in a hundred rum-holes.
Mr.. Roberts after relating an occurrence
showing the effect already of the movement
among the citizens in favor of temperance.
called on Mr. Huntington, who said it was
mistake TO suppose the Laws would not be
enforced, by any officer elected under them,
if the people 'riHed their enforcement. He
was glad the question was at last settled that
Huntington was a temperance man, and was
also glad that those who opposed intended to
do it openly. 1t was very apparent what
the friends of License System intended to
DO, namely defeat Mr.. Whitney's election
as Commissioner, and it was for the friends
of the ProhibitOry law 10 say whether it
should be done. He mentioned a case which
had come to his knowledge lately where a
drunkard had obtained liquor from six per
sons, part Of whom he knew to have
been at the meeting of the '' friends ofTem-
perance' who had sent their delegate to him
for his views. As to the enforcementof the
Prohibitory law, some were afraid to inform
Of violations of t, for fear OF injury done to
themselves in consequence; point wherein
they greatly mlstook Rumsellers were not |
different from other men and no more likely
to take revenge by injuring persons or prop |
erty than others.
The resolutions were again read and /
adopted, after which the meeting adjourned.