The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-07-21
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Editor ofth, Register
In looking over the REGISTER of last
week, / noticed correspondence signed
A Radical Temperance Man.
Now, Sir l wish to add a few words
to what has been said, in his cores
pondence. He spoke my feelings to
the point. Sir, the time has come when
the sober thinking men of old Addison
County must arouse themselves and
think this temperance matter over and
look on the right side Of the picture.
We have men in Addison county |
think l can safely say that never drank
a glass of liquor in all their lives.
They stay at home and work on their
farms, year after year. They are the
best men in the county, or state. Such
men deserve great credit at our hands /;
but the time has again come when they
too must put the shoulder to the wheel
of temperance and not let the glorious
work so nobly begun by Col, Lucia.
stop by his being defeated ct the next
September election. | fought by the
side of Col Lucia to defend our coun-
try in its hour of peril and terrible
trial, although | served in another reg
iment. He served his country well and
when see the empty sleeve by his side
as standing witness that he has sufi-
cred and bled for his country for the
liberty that thousands of people enjoy
who did not stand side 10y side with
Col. Lucia and the rest of old Yer
monts brave men in the field, | wish
To ask, are we, temperance men of Adj
Olson county. going to show the white
flag, when Col. Lucia has served US
faithfully the past two years in trying
to stop the sale of that cursed beverage
that ruins human beings, ruins thous-
ands of quiet homes, spreads destruc-
ton and misery all around US, and
leads our young men to all of these sa-
looms where they can find plenty to
fill the Intoxicating cup, and drink
eternal ruin and bring sorrow and pain
upon many II praying mother? APP
peal to every thoughtful temperance
man to stand by the side of the one
armed Soldier. We find him every
time in the extreme front line ready
for duty, ready to enforce the law ON
the sellers of misery, or in other words,
death and destruction to humanity.
! The rum sellers of Addison county dis
like Col. Lucia, and why? Because they
know that he is n temperance man in
every sense, ready to do his duty, and
the rum class know it, and temperance
men know it. Nov, Sir, I say let us
| fight it out on this line it takes all
summer. In my opinion the right man
is in the right place. | do not say that
| Mr.. Chapman is II rummy, but | dc
say, most every rum-drinker and seller
is in favor of Mr. Chapman's election.
What does all of this mean ? Why,
Sir it means that if Mr.. Chapman is
elected that they have little or no fears
of the prosecution of the law: while
on the other hand Mr.. Lucia stands
ready to enforce law and order.
Some complain that Mr.. Lucia is moi
capable to fill the Office of States Attor
ney because he fails in the prosecution
of so nntlny liquor cases, but the fault /,
not in him. We must put good tenn
perance men into the jury box, at oul
town meetings. Then we should have
no troubble. Put the righ t man in the
right place and temperance will flour
ish. nc.