St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-02-17
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Mn. EplroE Il notice in your Issue
Of thc 10Th an article under the caption
of Contemporaries that seems to reflect
upon the motives of the temperance men
of Lyndon, Who have been making efforts
TO secure the enforcement of the liquor
law. | cannot divine the purpose of the
writer of the above named article in
bringing tie matter before the public in
such way, but it Looks like IN effort &c
palliatc Walkers offence against tie law
of the state i.y impugning the wisdom
ard motives of those men who caused the
suit.-to which he rcfcrs,-to be brought
Take the following extract, eff moa,
sures are adopted for the execution Of
the Prohibitory Law, for instance, with,
out due consideration, and carried out tC
the dishcartcning Of real temperance
men, and the Strengthening Of the op.
positc class if the real motive is per.
sonal spite, or political difference, OF
jealousy between towns and villages; il
the heartinesS of officials is liable TO sus-
picion; in any such case would it be
proper to say the action is Incorporate -
We have here no positive assertion, Tut
string of insinuatiuns that deserve criti-
cism.
First, the measures adopted without
consideration. What does the writer
know about the matter, except there w;l-
4 failure to convict And why n fail
ure Because Of mere quibhlc made
by tie counsel for the defence, by which
an unlrendly jury could see their way
to bring a verdict in favor of the dcfcn-
dant. The Witnesses were very 10th 10
swear against the defendant, but twenty
or more sales were fairly provcA.
Tie next insinuation is that the rca,
temperance men are not interested in the
matter, and are di,hcarlenel by the re-
suit. VIII the writer please 10 tell Il,
who the real temperance men OF Lyndon
are And does he know that they are
not dishcartcnel F.; but confident that Il
cause based in crime, and sustained 10y
pcrjury, must eventually fall to the
ground conquered by the principles Of
truth and Justice
Again, lie conveys the ilca that the
real motive was personal spite, or poiiIi-
cal difference, or jealousy between towns
or Villages. do not believe that any
man concerned in the preparation of the
prosecution in question, was influenced
by any personal i'll will towards Walker,
and all the writer knows about that mat
ter he has learned from Walker or his
sympathiscls.
As to the ''poliical differences, Walk
cr has no political influence to provoke
political persecution. The insinuation
that jealousy between >i;lages," was
the cause OF the prosecution, SCUM l. Just
like the writer's right hard man, not like
himself. \ sufficient answer to this i
that all tie hotel keepers in town were
visited the same day that Walker was.
the difference being that the lest plc"l
guilty TO several Offences each, Will" he
stood trial.
The writer seems to think that I.yn-
donvillc must he lei alone because il Is Il
new place. 1t may he well for him to
know that the real temperance men of
Lyndonvilic Itself, with others in the
town OF which I.yndonvillc i, but Il part,
think that they have been cursed about
long enough with the most notorious rum
hotel in the county.
The gentleman has had an interview
with the hotel keeper, ana seems to take
considerable stock in his assertion, and
purposes of reformation. THIS interview
will, perhaps, account for all the iusinu-
aiions found in his article, for they sound
very Ike the hotel keepers talk, and if
he reforms 10 the extent indicated, the
temperance men of the town have ac-
compli>hcd quite aS much as they OK
pccted to at this time. They will he en-
couragcd 10 pcrsevere in their effort to
complete the good work begun. But
they confess to some encouragement when
the standard bearer gives to the public
such an article rs tie one under consid-
Grafton. LYNDON.