Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-09-06
Miscellaneous.

hhss ouhif i emp rance UnNPutiOn.
The Mass Meeting Of the friends Of Ten
perance and the Prohibitory Law, opened
pursuant to notice, in the City Hall Thurs
day forenoon. There was q respectable at
tendance Of gentlemen and ladies from this
and other towns in the County, which stead
lily increased. up to the adjournment for
dinner
The meeting was called 8, order by Rev.
c. Z. Ferrin Of linesharsa, President Of
the Chittenden Co. Temperance Society, and
Capt \. E. Leavenworth appointed Sccre-
tary pro TEN. Prayer was offered by Rev
Isaac McAnn, Of this city The President
with some preliminary Iomsrks, introduced
Rev. W. W. ATwATFR. general agent Of the
State Temperance Society, who addressed
the meeting Mr.. Atwa;cr w,s happy to
report progress. The general awakening on
the subject OF Temperance in the State was
most cheering, and more work had been
done in the last SIX months than in any SIX
years before The people have discovered
that no advance can he made with but one
oar, and are now using both, those Of NOR
al suason and the law
In two years past 40 town temperance
Societies have been organized, auxiliary to
the State Society. and having in view both
moral effort and the enforce ment OF the law.
Protective associations for securing the exc
cution Of tie law, have been organized in
Bennington, st. Albaus, Burlington, Rut-
land, Manchester and other large towns.
Sixty lodges OF Good TcmphIs have been
established, and, by these means, with the
aid of i,w lodges Of Sons Of Temperance
and Rechabites, public interest and effort has
been greatly increased. lt is now not the
Temperance men. but the liquor sellers that
are dissatisfied with the law He believed
that they would he still more so, as the
work went on, and imprisonment for the
third ofiense was added 20 punishment by |
fine, as it would be.
Remarks followed by Ecy J. b. Perry, /
who showed that the violation Of the good
order of society by the drunkard, challenged
lorciblc restraint, but urged that prominence
should be given to the higher work OF touch
ing the heart of the incbia'c ard inducing
him to reform.
Rev. Mr.. Estes, Of Es,2 hcing called on
defend d the Irinciric of Irphiiiuon, showed
how the Maine law WORKED n Maine, and
described the bad rosul;s ui its temporary |
reIe,l and its final and firm restoration on
statute book. He urged the Importance Of
both mora! and legal zuasi'n, and the duty
o! lighting it out on this line
Mial Davis, of Burlington, Icing called
on to report the cordtian Of Temperance |
eHort in Burlington, said he was satisfied |
that there was no lack of wholesome senti-
ment and moral power IN tns community to
back up the enforcement OF the law. Much
of the trouble heretofore had been with the
prosecuting oficcrs, their reluctance making
it necessary that it should be somebody's
business to bring violations Of the law TO
their notice and see that they did their duty.
This was being attended to in Burlington,
and the effort to enforce the law he belieyed !
would continue and be successful
4 committee to arrange business for the
afternoon was appointed, consisting Of j. $.
Adams, of Burlington, Z. II. Wheeler of
Charlotte, and Rev. John Chase. \ COM
IN ttee on resolutions was also appointed
consisting of Rev. &. B. Stafford, Rev. ].
McAnn, Hon. G. W. Benedict, and Rev. 5.
N. Whiting. Of Colchester, and Peter f
Peasc Of Charlotte. The meeting then ad-
iourned tc O'Clock.
The City Hall was pretty well filed
IN the afternoon, with persons Of
both sexes, gathered mainly to hear the
address of Rev. Norman Seavcr, D. D., Of
Rutland, before the County Temperance
meeting
Mr.. SeaHer commenced by saying that the
contest in which the Friends Of Temperance
are engaged is simply one Of Right versus
wrong lie proposed to maintain four
points
Frs. Ii ",tgAt 10 discourage The use of
"tol'odfiHg driHks. lie wOali not seriously
argue this point. " hen the mass of the
clergy nine-tcnths Of the physicians, and
all The criminal auth5riiics tell us that the
most prolific source OF disease, misery and
crime Is the use Of Intoxicating beverages,
IL ought to be enough Still some tell US
that this is one Of the old bluc law IDEAS, and
inconsistent with the freedom Of an Amcri-
can citizen. To such he would quote high
American authority certificate setting
forth the evils of inlemrcranoe, and urging
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