The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-21
Addison County Good Templara Union.

New HAVEN, Aug. IS.
The quarterly meeting Of the Addison
county Good templars union was held with
Mizpah lodge No. 17G, located in New
Haven to-day. The unfavorlblc weather
(it had rained a steady drizzle all themorn-
ing) prevented many from coming, but
the hour of found the hall we'll filed
with representatives from lodges located
in Bristol, Lincoln, North Ferrisburgh,
Addison, panton, Cornwall and East
Middlebniy. The forenoon and afternoon
until y. IN. were occupied in hearing the
several reports from the lodges and trans
acting other private business Of the order
Adjourned from 1880 TIL 2p IN. for din
ner.
At O'clock p. IN. the doors were thrown
open to the public and the hall was soon
packed with an appreciative audience. W.
q. f. Clifford then announced as the first
speaker, r. II. Mardin Of Bristol Mr..
NJ. spoke ably in substance ss follows:
Referring to the great amount of intcm-
pcrance he said. 1t is question Of to-day
for our consideration whether this is to
| continue through the march OF civilization
| and il is the question before the American
people and it is for you and |, my friends,
| to solve. 1t is question in the legislature
whether it shall be prohibitory or a IL
ccnse law. Whether they will prohibit or
license tho use of intoxicating liquors.
The statesmen, lawyers and ministers are
agitatiDg the question of prohibition. In
| Massachusetts it is to be said whether the
| license law shall continue under the adj
ministration of the rum party or whether
Gov. Talbot shall unfurl the temperance
| banner and inaugurate new era.
lie referred TO the tact that il the friends
Of temperance did not take the matter up
there was anothtr element that would and
would strive most earnestly for the accom-
plshment of their ambition. We are not to
stop at suasion for the suppression Of the
evil but we must use all our powers whether
it is from the bar or from the pulpit.
| | know that the time has been for the
last 20 years and is now when 1t is very
hard matter TO get the ministers to preach
temperance from the pulpit, | am glad
| there are some ministers and believe you
have one here who is not afraid to preach
| and urge temperance. The question to he
solved. is first, have the right on my side
and / f SO to press onward. 1t devolves
upon us as members of society to cast our
influence in favor of the man who unfuIls
the right banner in the great issue. |
| know | have lost business because of nv
fixed principles ON this ground.
He referred to political principle and to
illustrate how he formed his principle he
related how that, when boy lie went to
| Boston and while there he took up the
Richmond Enquirer, Chat was in the time
of such men as j. r. Hale, VIM. Lord
Garrison,l Wendell Phillips and others. J
1 saw he said an advertisement OF slave
who had run away reading some like this.
Ran away, my slave Sarah, light blue eyes,
auburn hair, light complexion rather hand
some, and in the same column an adver-
tisement of a pack OF hounds for the hun
ting of such fugitives. He returned home
and thought it over. If that description
was not that Of white woman what was
it, and from that time | have fought
slavery through all the war and had fixed
the political principle which have adj
hered to ever since. We now come to the
second conflict The conflict against rum.
Is there man who dares TO come out on
the platform and preach rum, if there is
would like to see what he looks like.
liS Iclciieu W tut laCl lnul inc Clergy
were unwilling to preach against the rum
sellers. Now what is it that IL drawn
around the rum sellers that they dare not
to have anything to do with them. lie re-
ferred at length to the power the women
were exciting in the field. | have always
endeayored to be on the temperance side
and | will never cast my vote on the rum
side as long as God gives me strength to
cast that vote, (cheers.) might talk for
ole hour and half, | should like to talk
upon the probationary law here and in
other states.
The next legislature Is tobc either pro-
hbitory law or license law and it is your
duty and mine to use every influence in our
power to drive every lawyer to speak for
temperance and prohibition, to train our
children and to raise our banner to the
highest point of the flag staff and then to
step back and enlist all under our banner
and then march forward to victory and tri-
umph.
A quartette by the choir was followed by
an excellent essay by Mrs. Upper Of
Middlebury which was well received.
Henry G. Hathorn of New Haven, then
| Ialiuarol h.,, Al.