The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-08-25

HOW nuuc tO ucltdl tuC lc-CicCtioh VI WI.
Lucia. Will you aid in striking down
faithful public servant, at the bidding OF
rum, because he has, by his fidelity, in.
Cured the envenomed hate, and the fierce
opposition of the criminal classes of so.
ciety? viii you check the manifest ad.
vance which has been made in the re-
preston of the traffic in intoxicating
drinks among us ? Will you help to de.
stroy the first administration for n series
of years among us that has paid revenue
to the state? We believe your answer
will be NO thousand times NO! Let
your votes SO proclaim it on the first day
Of September next
Per order Of Ex Cow
NERGENNrs. Aug. Il, 1874.
E,bior -i III, Rcg,str:
had thought should conclude what
| had to say ere this, but am led to con.
tipuc as long as it seems necessary to
countcract the wrong impression liadi-
cal attempts TO insill into the minds Of
the people, In the first place it is not
true that and my associates attempt to
force upon the people free rum through
out the county. We know of no better
Temperance man than he who never drinks,
and such Il man is George f. Chapman.
L is not enough that he abstains entirely,
but he is required by such shorts GIFTED,
bigoted radicals as the writer in the REG
rer,t, f,il int, LINN "a al aonnnt M otl,or
course than what is proposed by Radi-
cal" lie makes Il great flourish and ex-
ultingly exclaims that he shall be able to
bag me, and says that he has drawn
wonderful net and boasts that the meshes
Of his net are very fine. He is a very
modest man, indeed.
The truth il, Radical drew his net to
catch the golden trout that live in pure
water, but alas.he finds that he has caught
nothing but 4" bullheads " that bite at the
naked hook and go it blind None but
such will be caught in his net, although
he is bursting with high professions of re.
ligious zeal aad moral honesty. The hon.
est, intelligent thinking voter is not to
be led into the support Of man entirely
untitled for the position Of States Attor.
ney because he is an honest man. Hon.
esty of intention, as we have said before,
is not all that is needed to put down rum
selling and rum drinking. It needs a
good degree Of legal knowledge governed
by common sense, to successfully cope
with the sons of Bacchus. The true tenn.
perancc men in the county will say to
Mr.. Lucia as the people said to Mr. vii.
lard, our Member OF Congress, stand a.
SIDE you have had your day
The great aud all.absorbing argumen,
used by Radical and the whole gang Of
smaller ours ut his heels is, that all the
rum men support Mr. Chapman. 1t may
be true that large share Of that class
, support him and desire his election. They
wish to have change. The reason fol
desiring change is apparent. They hate
, to be arragned without cause, as many
, have been, and after public exhibition
, have been let off as no offence was PROVED
, against them. claim that TO arrest al
innocent man for selling rum aud failing
is worse for the temperance cause than tt
3, let dozen 20 free But undoubtedl,
= Radical thinks otherwise. He woult
@ have all suspected persons arrested as tel
5 ons to see if somebody was not guilty
t If Mr.. Chapman have complaints ant
judges Of their truth by a careful exam
/ ination of all the facts in the case. an
e then proceeds with the prosecution it
e all that we ask of him. This we consid
5 or his whole duty as far as the public
c concerned. Radical would ask more h
5 would have the States Attorney itlnerat
it about the country instituting suits t
g crafty personal spite, and half the ii IN
fail Of convection thus making large bi
&c Of cxrenSc to the State, and thus do
e great injury Ia the cause Of temperance.
l. Mr. Radical tries hard to make gre;
Y hnndic of the committee from Mddl
:, bury Let us look over this committ'
d from Niddlcbury. The following gentl
'c men composed said committee;
'c Hon. John W. Stewart, Capt. j. Cob
1t Col \. S Tracy, James NJ Slade Jl
n John W. Martin, \. + Rider, o.
y Comstock, John IIoladay, &. &. Cad
'c Dea. f. j. Matthews.
r The three latter voted for Mr.. Luci
y Most of these gentlemen have from ear
&C manhood been identified Will, the teme
IN ance party and always considered ha
he workers in the temperance cause and we
ly instrumental in putting Mr.. Lucia iorwa
al two years ago. They have beeh stienl
mt tized as rummies by radicals They su
eir ported Mr. Lucia until they found hi
no wanting in legal accumen and sharp fol
10 sight as diScerner ofmeu, and thereto
involving the State in costs, accompli'
'at ING little or nothing. Mr.. Radical Ia
re- OF separating the accounts OF States
ias torney. We have been discussing
nto prohbitory laws and their eniorccme
ith and therefore must take what comes fr
Ind that source and all that has been
lw, ceycd from the enforcement of the liql
e'y laws Of whatever name or nature,
twelve hundred and ten dollars. and
Mr.. hope MIR. Radical will not have the
rd. dacity TO undertake to say that this '
pss. nay the costs Of the numberless suits /
fif- nave nctn lOhl % inc HtdtC, lot tHt
the two years. lie says We neglected
een state the nmou of the costs of tn
nry failures. We could do so, bat our
to -pect for Mr.. Lucia and his good int
erse tion dcbars Us from SO doing.
aies Mr. Editor, there has been q
ave deal OF discussion in regard TO the N
af- ination Of Mr.. Chapman, by the Com
lnds tion In our first article we asserted
sent nomination aud ratification OF his mol
,cen alton we now lay before you a list
re. the number OF voters aud their relu
OF standing from every town in the Cou
this who was at the Convention June .
ould 1874,