The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-08-18

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/. is with no par.iIan spirit and not as
the adborcnt of any political party or
any iavorite man, but honestly as a tenn
perance manand solely in the interest Of
the cause Of temperance that | say what
| now proceed to say.
need not say Il word in advocacy OF
the position that the use Of intoxicating
liquors as beverage Is rro.emincnty
calculated and has proved to be pre- omi.
nently effective to destroy human welfare
indeed to make man the suicidal de-
stroycr If his own welfare and the most
deadly cucmy Ct h0th ms present anu MS
eternal peace And now | do not hest
tate 10 affirm nay conviction, shat through.
out our commonwealth, and eminently
throughout our highly intelligent county
well nigh the sole occasion and cause of
the continuance of the injurious use Of
Intoxicating liquors. is the fact of its be.
ing held for sale and easily purchased 10
taverns, saloons, and ! am sorry to be
obliged to say, not unirequently in drug
stores. And | am equally strong in the
conviction that nothing hut the strong
arm Of the law will ever suppress this
traffic. And the people Of our State, |
cannot doubt-the great body Of cur in
telligeut and viituous public, agree with
me in this conviction, aud III the further
conviction that it is both right and wise
to use the civil arm for the suppression
Of this nelarious traffic. And our legis.
lators, under this conviction and with q
view to promoting the public veal, have
cuac,ed laws such az, in their collective
wisdom, they deemed best calculated to
meet the case, aud mos: otfcctually to
suppress the evil.
Aud DOW, upon the States Attorney
more than any other man, rests the re.
sponsibility OF seeing TO it that these laws
are inielligently. promptly and persever.
ingly enforced And if he will be true
man in his place, and prove himself skill.
full and efficient in the administration Of
his office, | am confident that the terrible
evil Of iutempcrancc will be largely di.
minished. because thus the chief genera.
tive cause OF the evil will be largely, il
not entirely suppressed.
Now, therefore, through YOU | beg Of
the voters OF Addison County see to it
that the best man who can be obtained be
elected as our States Attorney for the
ensuing 'wo years.
Do you ask me 10 name TO you man!
I will not hesitate TO declare TO you my
own deliberate conviction on this point
There are two men aud only two who
are suggested as candidates, ard who are
commended to cur favorable regards by
their respective lr;cnds-Joel IL. Lucia
aud George Chapman, both Of Nergennes
And now in regard to these men, il
comparison. With TO iavoritism for the
one and no prejudice against the other
but in honest Difference to the verify OF
thing, | call your attention to the fol-
lowing specific aud as il seems TO me
conclusive facts;
|. That Chapman is u new man, and
as regards his temperance principles, and
particularly his views and feelings touch
ios our prohibitory law, he is entirely
unknown TO the great body OF our elii'
ZeuS
Lucia, on the contrary, l. well known
aud distinctly pronounced man, and Ion
two years certainly has evinced himself al
earnest aud ontspokcn temperance man
aud committed in favor Of prohlbitory
legislation, and in his official capacity nai
abored earnestly, and in the face O.
much opposition, uad at the expense o
much opprobrium, has done his best t.
enforce the prohibltory laws which stan'
J upon our statutes. And now, is it tn
part of wisdom, in the circumstances il
which the temperance cause among u
} now stands. to accept the new and un
: proved man, aud TO reject the man Shon
| we know, and who has proved himself re
, liable.
But secondly, Chapman, as cannot b
concealed and is not denied. is favored b
the entire rum interest aud sympathy Q
4 the county, aud will receive the eutir
! vote of all who are engaged in' aud a
who favor or wink at the trafic in iniox
icaiing liquors. Lucia, on the contrary