Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-08-11
TEMPERANCE CAMP MEETING.
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STATE TEMPER
ANoE ORGANIZATIONS AT IYNDoNv1IhE.

TIE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STATE TEMPER
ANoE ORGANIZATIONS AT IYNDoNy1thE.
tForbes's Letter to the Boston Journal.l
Tho fourth annual assembly Of tho Union |
Temperance Camp Meeting Association OF |
Vermont closed O very interesting and sue
cessful series of mass meetings day. Aug.
3, in the beautiful grove Of the Passumpsio
Road at Lyndonvilo. The first days meet
ing was held under the auspicies of the CAL
edoniau County Temperance Society, an Or
ganization nearly half century old, and was
in charge of Rev. II. P. Cushing Of East
Burke. Rev. b. NJ. Tilotson Of st. Johns
bury made an address on How Shall our
Young Men be saved from the Vice OF In
temperance. An original poem The Sec
ond Delugo," was read by Rev. f. Is. Phelps
of st. Johnsbury. 'The Duty of the Church
and Ministry in the Temperance Enterprise
was the subject of an address made by Rev.
l.. W. Culver of st. Johnsbury. In the eve
ming largo assemblage listened to an adj
dress by Rev. A. A. Miner, d. D., of Boston
on "The Revolution Wrought by Temper
ance" Wednesday morning Rev. A. j. Cor
don d. D. of Boston spoke on "Constitu-
tional Prohibition" In the afternoon a
chidren's mass meeting was held Nearly
1000 Sunday school children were present
from towns along the Passumpsio line, and
| interesting addresses were made by Rev. q.
W. L
Pierce, d. D., of Boston. In the evening
Rev. Hugh Montgomery of Norwich, Conn,
made an excellent temperance address.
| The principal address on Thursday was
made by General Neal Dow of Maine, who
spoke TO large concourse of people in the
| morning General Dow stated that he was
opposed to liquor selling because it wages
deadly war against every interest of tue state
and nation, and because intoxication was
| 4, thov M
famine to a people. Its influence was to
drive out from among people everything
good and to bring to them everything EVIL.
| General Dow refuted the theories and views
of DIR. Howard Crosby and Thurlow Weed
| ~ the effect that prohibition was a failure
and that in Maine the prohibitory law was
ubortive. The speaker said no one could put
their finger upon a spot where prohibition
prevails that the liquor traffic had not been
lessened. He claimed that great prosperity
had come to the people of Maine by the
suppression of the liquor business The
people of Maine once spent the entire val
ue of taxable property in the State for
strong drink every twenty years. Our pro
portion of liquor drank in those days. Gen
eral Dow said, as compared with that con-
sumed by the United States, was Sl2, 600, 900.
Now $500 900 would cover the value Of ill.,
toxicants drank in Maine There is not a
|
hbition is absolute in all but the large cities,
where we have some secret grog shops. We
| propose this year to mako amendments to
| the law to clear these remaining grog shops
from our cities. 1t il now three months
since we had a clear understanding with the
Republican party in Maine US to what we
want in legislation. The Prohibitionists in
Maine are going to support the Republican
ticket in Maine this year with all theii
| ,,s.l,t in ri will H.
on the temperance question. Prohibition,
however is not a party issue in Maine
Both parties have pat themselves on record
in the past in fovor of the existing law, bu
the Republican party have been most pro
nounced in their resolutions, and We be
lieve they will stand by Us in our EFFORT
this year to secure needed legislation. Gen
} Dow urged the temperance people OF Yer
mont to make efforts to secure amendment
for Constitutional prohibition, with authority
for the Legislature to enact measures frou
time to time to restrict and suppress illega
liquor selling.
The following officers were elected for tn
! ensuing year: President, Rev. w. j
johnson OF Waterbury; Vice Presidents, Rev
Il. d. Osgood of Lyndon, Rev. b. F. Til
lotson Of St. Johnsbury, Dr. L. Gilman o.
st. Adams, Rev. III. A. Spencer of Mont
pelier and d. NJ Camp of Newport Treas
urer, c. W. Wyman Of Brattleboro'. Tn
? closing addresses were made by Rev. Mer
rift Hulburd of Burlington and Rev. Il. p
Frost of Bradford.
; cided success. Excellent music was furnish
; ed by select choir under the direction o
Rev. j. r. Bartlett of Barre. Every speak
er advertised to speak was present, and til
exercises as whole were of an instructiv
and edifying character.