Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-07-25

order by Rev. L. Fl. Stone, agent OF the
State Temperance Society.
BENJAMIN w. Marshall, of Rutland,
was appointed temporary chairman, and
JAS. X. Mclean, secretary.
The Conference then adjourned till
o'clock p. N.
AFTERNOON.
The conference met at Good Templars'
Hall at three O'Clock in the afternoon, |
and were called to order by B. ". |
Marshall, temporary chairman, and was
opened with prayer by Rev. r. F. Cush- /
man of Manchester.
On motion of Rev. L. II. Stone. the
temporary organization was made per-
manent.
Rev Mr. Conant Of Providence, stat
ed that the object Of these meetings was
to cali together the leading workers in
the cause, to compare and harmonic
views. This is the third meeting, the
first being at New York, at which Yer
mont was not represented. The Sec
ond was held at Providence which adj
iourncd to meet at this place.
After remarks by Rev. Mr.. Stone and
Thompson of Massachusetts,, Rev Mr..
Conant read a paper on - the Common
Basis of Temperance Labor" He said
the sobriety Of the mass, and the remoy-
al Of grog shops are essential to the rem
ovating of human society. The m0dus
opsrandj differs materially. The age Of
experiment has not passed. The pledge,
organizations, license laws, prohibition
and other legislation has been tried.
There has been no organized common
effort. This is essential to success. We
have failed to realize the strength Of our
opponents and have divided our efforts.
The license law has been tricdand failed
and must be struck from the statute
book. The great need of the hour is
some simple, but comprehensive move
ment that shall unite all and sweep the
ggog shop from existence. Close organ
izations are confident that in them lies
the cure. They embrace a large num-
/ Der. but the mass have not and will not
come in. No open organization has as
vet. been found sufficiently cohesive to
T answer the object. They all have their
good effect, and cannot they be organ
lied in the common work on a common
ground? 1t is our purpose to point out
the common ground We state, first, the
acknowledged fact that personal and
general effort to enlighten the public
mind upon the subject is a necessity:
| and. second, the press, the platform and
pulpit are patent agencies for the ac-
complishment of this work. The press
should be used in the form Of daily.
weekly and monthly publications, as
well rs tracts. The artists, too, should
embellish them. The cartoons Of Is Mast
would be all powerful if it could depict
some scenes. The platform reaches
many that cannot be otherwise reached
1t must he free, however, from butfoon
crv. Many 90 away disguised by sucl
acts. What is wanted Is plain facts
Illustrated with appropriate gesture
Wit, hum0r, and sarcasm may be used
but the warp must be solid substantial
truth. The pulpit is a divincly choscI
agency to reach the hearts and lives o
man. 1t is a sad truth that the childrel
Of many church members are fallin!
victims to the curse. The pulpit mus
illuminate the truth of God against thi
great demoralizing agency, which, com
mencing with the social glass is sweep
ing many to the drunkard's grave.
conservative pulpit is dangerous to tn
community. An outspoken pulpit is it
safeguard. 1t is said that the division
of effort arises from a radical diifercnc
! Of opinion. All are agreed that tota
; abstinence is preventative and cure 0
drunkenness that it does not make on
less qualified to meet the responsibility
of life and is not prejudicial to mora
, business or religious character; and tha
there is 70 absolute safeguard in toti
n abstinence. Here, then, is a commo
= platform upon which all can stand. w
%, are agreed that if children can be S
-, educated, the next generation viii be r'
: deemed from drunkenness, and ais
: agreed that the grog shop is nuisance
To restrain the evil viii not meet til
: question, and here is the trouble wit
the license system. Would prohibition
= law enforced remove the traffic and I'll
> grog shop more effectually? We answC
:, that it will
: Rev. Mr.. Bacon asks if the speabt
f includes with ''grog shops" fashionab
~ hotels.
r Mr.. Conant answers that he does.
J Mr.. Bacon said this is the truth
Addison County. They have there
! fashionable hotel that is doing more il
jury to the young men than all the gro
- shops in the county, Young men ca
go there and be tenderly handled.
Rev. Mr.. Thompson followed in Il
same strain, and said that there we
, more educated men, in proportion, WI
became drunkards than any other elias
What we want to get rid of is the d
fusion that the low grog shop is the on
thing to be feared. =.
5 Rev. Mr. Brigham thought that the
% was more danger to a certain class fro
: fashionable hotels and saloons than fro
other places where intoxicating liquo
are kept, and the paper should be amen
Il ed by stating hotels were included in t
10 term ''grog shop
E. N. Merriam said, in the Coo
e Templars' pledge, where they were !
g, CURED to abstain from cider, it W
S. stated, in parenthesis, that cider mea
h apple-iuice, and he thought that t
y paper ought to have some such explain
it ton. That grog shop meant any pla
d where liquor was sold.
II Rev. Mr. Conant said, that if his o
i5cf had hepn to define q prOg shop