Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-02-08
State Temperance Communion.

burlington on W tuursuay lhsi Tue ulHeT
ent portion of the State were represented by
true and honored temperance men, and an or.
gauization was effected by the election Of Hon
/ Geo W Grandey Of yergenncs, as Chairman
and c. c. Torrcy Of Georgia, Secretary.
On Tuesday evening DR.. Charles Jewctt Of
New York gave an address in which be con.
,idcrod in his own peculiar and original style
the obstacles which were to bc overcome in
the success Of the temperance movement
synopsis Of his remarks may be given here
after
Ga Wednesday the Convention came to-
goiber at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
Reports relating to the condition Of the
temperance work in all the Counties in the
State, except Esscx. were made, from which
we gather the facts that the work goes
braycly on. and that at no time for several
years has the cause been in such prosperous
condition as at the present time
Dr. Jewett related a case in which the Sons
Of Temperance aided in starting an outside
society Of those who did not favor close so.
cicty, aud the two worked in perfect harmony
tin the last rumshop in the town lMilbury,
Mass,) was closed He was always sorry to
see rival organizations working against each
other, and asrcibly urged the duty Of united
action in the common cause.
The Committee on resolutions reported the
following
l. Rsolr,d, That the obligation of parental
example, instruction and authority, ms means OF
saving children from the peril of ntcmpcmnce. Is
imperative, and can be measured by nothing less
than value Of the children thus exposed
.. Res0'red, That we recommend total abb
stincnco pledge containing the names ofal mem-
hcrs of the household who will sign IL To be kept
in every family, whcroit may be daily seen by all
its members
3 Rsoircd, That juvenile Temperance socie-
ties should be organized, under proper leaders, ms
among the most promising means Of keeping chill
drcn from The use OF strong drink, and speedily
securing for our country generation OF sober
and vrtuOus citizens
(. R00lr,d, That the advantages Of tomper-
ance societies, under disciplinary government are
so Obvious rs to render orc or more Of such or
carnations eXpedont, in some form, IN every
town.
g. Rcolred, That by tine divine command to
abstain from all appearance Of evil the church is
under rs strong an obligation of total abstinence
from Intoxicating drinks, as any other Organi1a-
ton, and should not be less rigid than other or
CARNATIONS in their discipline Of It's members I'M
der this rule
G. Resoircd, That the churches Of Vermont
with the corporation of the temperance organic
atluug hold tho af tafartufrfrfr flta i.an1
of the temperance cause in this State, and their
responsibility must be equal 10 such power.
!. Rcs0ired, That it is the proper work OF the
pulpit and Of the press 10 create public senti-
ment and feeling against all popular vices, and
especially against that great parent Of other vices
the common traffic ia Intoxicating drinks
:. Whereas, No enterprise can be successfully
prosecuted, nor any organization be long efficient
without financial basis and
Whereas, The Vermont State Temperance So
ciety has no such basis, and consequently is less
influential than tie needs of the cause and the
interests Of the State require
Rcsolrcd, That committee of three mcinbers
Of this body be appointed to take into c)n,idem-
ton the facts above stated, and devise some plan
for supplying this defect in our State organiza-
ton and report the same To the Convention before
its close
9. Resoirdd, That it is the duty Of Temper
anco men 10 give their preferred patronage TO such
papers rs are most positively committed in favor
of our cause and that ministers who shrink from
the duty Of preaching on all proper occasions
against the sin Of intempcrnnce and the common
rum traffic, are not worthy of the support Of tenn
perancc men.
TO- RcSoired, That all moral means should be
used with interchangeable zeal TO save the young
from falling into the use of intoxicating drinks,
and 20 reclaim moderate drinkers and drunkards
from their downward path
! IL. Rcsoired, Believing that the custom o
Offering wine TO New Years guests, and on simi
lar occasions, is of the most lrghtiul source,
Of intemperance, by forming a taste for intoxica
ting liquor and making drunkenness respectable
therefore resolved, that we entirely condemn al
such customs and will do our utmost to bring
about a reform in this respect and that we cal
, upon oil friends Of temperance, the church an,
the press, to aid in destroying this pernciou
practice.
H. Recolred, That as moral influences ar
limited in their efficiency to such as are suscopti
bic 10 them, the State should provide the mos
rigid legal measures 70 restrain those vino. in dc
dance Of all moral sense are leading others t.
ruin by selling intoxicating drink
H. RtS0tCd, That druggists who violate TIN
law IN selling intoxicating drinks deserve TN
same penalties as other offenders against jus
and righteous law.
II. Resoircd That as it is the unque-tionabl,
duty Of the State to provide the most ellectua
, We therefore recommend provision by our mex
legislature for a State police for this purpose.
10. Res0irsd, That we do not think it expe
dent at the present time to organize an indepen
dent political temperance party in Vermont, 70
t immediate and unconditional separate action, bu
| that we deem some sort OF organization Of on
political forces expedient, Therefore we recon-
4, mend
|. That State Committee he appointed b.
this Convention, consisting of three from eac
county, and that any vacancy existing or occur
o ring in such committee before another genera
convention may be filed by the remainder of sue
committee.
H. That it shall he the duty of such commit
tee TO watch all nominations made at regular pc
litical State and County Conventions, and when
G ever, in the Judgment Of such State Committee
no ticket has been nominated By any of such pc
10 litical State Conventions as can be c0nscousl
, supported 10y true temperance men, it shall b
i their duty TO prepare and publish such Stat
ticket as they can recommend, containing III
d names of no men hut such as are known to .
true friends of the Temperance cause.
u Ill, That the members of such State Commit
n tee residing in each OF the several Counties sha
be County Committee for such county, and whe
II they shall fail to find county ticket proposed
/ regular political County Conventions which,
, their judgment can be conscientiously and full
u approved by temperance men, 1t shall be the
Y duty to call a special County Convention for Il
purpose of presentinga Independent tempemn,
- county ticket.
". That it shall be the duty Of such Count
Committee to appoint true temperance man
each town in their respective counties as q tow
committee, with whom they may hold correspoi
denco, and to whom they may entrust such Sta
or county tickets as may be prepared or approves
n for distribution among the voters Of his town.
a Res0ircd, That the too common practice amor
u physicians of prescribing alcoholic liquors
l. highly reprehensible and deserves the censure
u, all true temperance men
Al The resolutions especially tho one relatir
IS to duty of the clergy were ably discusse
IS and in most cases adopted with few disscntil
n. votes
y Committees were then appointed under Il
N above resolutions, among which we give Il
2 following counties
d Caledonia County, Fairbanks, D, \
n Granger, L. B. Roby
Lamoile Couniy-Dea. r. S, Savage,
j. Stafford, Rev Edwin WheelocE.
N Orange Couuty-Col j. b, Mead, Stcphe
:. Reyes, Ezra Walker
N Orleans County,. b. Tenney, JOSEF