The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1872-08-29

he couveaaoh was called a. of8eg
% tie Hon. b. 4 Bvwasl = pownal
Chairman 81 csnniy cmmittee Hon
0ua Dates, y Pownal was elected
President n tie convention and 7 r
Miller ~ Bsaaiarioa. Secretary Mr.
b " Stafford e Arlington. offered tie
following resolution which was adopted
Eeelref That it Is iaetpedieat, a,
ibis lmu q pet "a Temperance political
ticket % the Geld. The oause Of ten
ptfaaee, ia the judgement II this cou-
rruiian, would suffer ifaay such action
wero t. he had.
Moved by b. Z BnwueH, that a
. committee, Of one from each town rep
resented, be chosen from delegates
present 10 drah resolutions expressing
( the sentiment If this convention in re-
gard 70 future political action, which
was adopted. The following delegates
were appointed such committee T +.
Browucll oi Powual w. ". Puhcr.
of Bennington 4, J Gray, Of Man
chester Aaron Pierce, Of Salisbury /;
E " Stafford, Of Arlington i. NJ
Torrey. ofDorseti VI ". Hale Of Sun
derlaud aud VIM. Root, Of Rupert
/ The convention then adjourned until
. o'clock p. m On rcassembling, the
/ committee on resolutions presented the
following resolutions, which on motion
Of hon Hartman Garfield, were taken
up separately and after discussion were
adopted
Whereas, Prohibition Of intoxicating
liquors has become a settled policy Of
this State, therefore,
Resolved. lst-That it is the duty
! Of temperance men TO act politically
with a wise regard 10 its strict enforce.
ment, and give their votes to elect rep
resentatiyes who shall strengthen and
perfect its laws, and officers who shall
| fulfil an Of its requirements with JUS
! ticc and impartiality
Resolved. "a That we condemn as
| illegal and noiarious the custom Of
county grand jurors to dismiss without
injury complaints against offenders
under our prohibitory laws.
Resoired. 3d-That committee OF
three be appointed by this convention
to act as a a County Committee, whose
duty il shall be to call a convention at
such time as shall, in their opinion, be
necessary in order TO secure the several
objects expressed in these resolutions,
Ree0lued, 4th--That we recommend
the further appointment Of town com
mittees Of three for each town in the
county TO call town meetings in their
respective towns, when requested by
the county committee, which shall ap.
point delegates to.the county conyen-
ton.
Resolved, 5th-That these resolu-
tons, together with the minutes Of this
convention, be published in the county
papers.
The convention then appointed the
following county committee
b. H. Brownell, Of Pownal, S. S.
Scott, Of Bennington, and w Adams,
Of Manchester,
The town committee, as appointed
by the delegates OF the several towns,
are as follows
Bennington-W w Puhcr, A NJ
Downs, G Il Woodland.
Pownal-B n Foster, A II Potter,
Barber Thompson.
Sandgate--A J Woodward, w j
Hamilton, Il B Randall.
Dorset-E Torrey. Hyram Hawley,
Rolin Sykes.
Manchester--A j Gray, W RDean,
Egbert Smith
Shaftsbury--Aaron Pierce, John NJ
Ferry, A A Collins
Sunderland-M NJ Hale. II n Buck
A W Phillips.
Arlington-WiIIard Holden, ID, Saml
| Benedict, Fayette Shepperd.
Rupert and other towns in the coun.
ty to report their choice of town com
mittees to secretary.
/ On motion, the convention then adj
Ijourncd without day.
PERM BATES, Pres't.
/ T. b. MILLER. Scc'y.