Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-01-05

lectures TINS season.
temperance Rally.
In pursuance of notice heretofore givel
large number of ladies and gentlemen
assembled at the Opera House on Satur
day evening and were called to order b.
Joel c. Baker, Esq, on whose motion
Hon David f. Nicholson was elected
chairman.
Mr.. Nicholson, on taking the chat
after a humorous allusion to his wei
known diff lence as he expressed it, sale
that the meeting was assembled under
the laws of the State, apA in accordance
Herewith and with the prophecies of The
occasion, having assembled in crisis il
the temperance cause, every one under
standing the cause of the assemblage, i
seemed 70 linn eminently proper that the
meeting should be opened with prayer, he
therefore called upon Rev. Mr.. Hall, Of
the Methodist Church to lead in prayer.
After prayer tho organization of the
meeting was completed by the choice OF
Newman Weeks as Secretary, and James
[. Mclean and Chauncy K. Williams as
Assistant Secretary
After the rendering OF temperance
song by a select choir, the chairman, Mr.
Nicholson, said That it was probably
beyond all question that the audience had
assembled to listen to or take part in a
discussion Of the questions now agitating
the community, and that ia order to give
form and point to such discussion it
would be best to have sentiments in shape
of resolutions. It was within his know
ledge that such resolutions had been pre-
pared, and upon prope; motion commit
tee would be appointed to draft and re-
port resolutions.
Joel G. Baker, Esq, said that resolutions
had been prepared for the occasion and
therefore he did not think it necessary to
go through with the form of appointment
of committee to draft resolutions, aud
with tn permission of the chair he would
would present the following
The people of Rutland find themselves
in the novel position of saying to the out
side world, "We have no hotels; > and the
issue is to day made by the former land
lords of them,-"to guarantee them
against prosecution for the violation of
laws elder than the houses they Keep, or
they a05W have nons.
While we ask nothing of them we will
not ourselves do, therefore,
Res0lUed, That we accept the existing
prohibitory law of Vermont as in harmo-
ny with, aad conducive to. the veal and
beat interests OF her oiti4ens, Gnd We ool-
lectively and individually pledge our
selves to sustain this law, and by all the
means in our power, morally and legally,
to stand by its enforcement, and that
whethe~ the owners and keepers of our
present hotels entertain strangers or not,
they shall not entertain themselves, or the
habitusl drinker, nor bring pain to the
we'll wisher for the highest good to our
commonwealth, with the humiliating
spectacle of a community who wink at
the violation Of law, the debasement of
it's citizens, the paupefisnn of the Yeak
and tempted.
ReSol0ed, That az the hotel keepers
closed their hotels of their own accord
while we know the value of good hotel
to our town, the reputation and attrac-
ton it gives it--much as we desire it, and
gladly as we would hail their reopening-I
yet we cannot by any invitation of ours,
as lovers of our race, as question be-
tween simple right or of open wrong.-I
ask them to undo what they have done by
any compromise between this right and
this wrong--so that if opened at all, they
must be opened as freely as they were
shut, with the sentiment of the wholesome
effect of the prohibitory law, not only
still cherished, but deepened and strength
ened by the experience of the past week.
Resolved, That we depreoate the alien
alton of one citizen from another, and
have no enmity toward any individual
with the hotels of Rutland,
the proprietors as in other
enterpris.ng and worthy men,
yet, as community, we cannot present
ourselves to sister towns in the State as
party TO the further increase of crime, |
poverty and the long traia of evils which
the sale of intoxicating |
liquors, and we here in convention renew
our allegiance to law, good order, good
morals and good citizenship, and may God
'need the right
Rev. Charles Woodhouse, NJ. D., said
hat be wished that if any persen present
objected TO the resolutions, either in sen.
.iment or phraseology. they would feel at
perfect liberty to express themselves cow
md here, or else forever hereafter hold
heir peace.
N. p Simons said that he was opposed
% the resolutions. He was as much in
'avor Of temperance as any man, and
thought as much of the cause as any. In