The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1890-10-09


shall be supplied with the required textbook,
at the public expense,
lie bases his argument IN favor Of such
recommendation upon the broad proposition
that the education IL the mAss.s Is sbsolniel,
essential 10 the safety 81 the state and the
United States that II is, indeed, public ne
eessity and that the state, in recognition 81
this principle, has established system which
is compulsory in almost every feature. and In
which little that is optional can be found and
he claims that the spirit the constitution as
we'll as its letter, requires that. inasnuch as
society is protected IN its enjoyment of life.
liberty and property in thousand fold greater
d -r.e by education than through lis jlils and
prisons every member is bound TO contribute
his proportion toward the expense Of that pro-
& lection, and that until iarstion for the support
Of those schools in which arr taught the re-
qulred English branches il substantially equal
lied among the towns and among the districts,
the state has subjected portion Of It's citi-
zens, and those least able 10 bear H. to unjust
hardship. Time will not permit ME to review
his argument. It's material is drawn from
every source. his facts are clearly stated, and.
TO my mind, his logic is unanswerahle. A more
valuable report has seldom, If ever been pre-
scented to Vermont legislature, and bespeak
for II the consideration il so richly deserves.
THE IIouoR QUESTION.
In my first message to the general assembly
! called attention to the fact. as il seemed to
me 20 exist, that there had been gradual
strengthening of public sentiment in favor of
the enforcement Of the statutes relating 10 the
traffic in Intoxicating liquors. and that in To-
ealites where in the mast few conyie,ions could
be procured the law then found ready support
ers and was easily enforced and that the chief
difficulty encountered by the prosecuting ottl-
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ties In this respect have had no reason 10
change my opinion, and extended observation
has convinced me that the proper enforcement
of the law in the central localities would result
in its perfect enforcement in every town in tho
state Ii stands to reason that ii men engaged
in the traffic in such communities are seen 10
be successful, not only in eyading the proyi-
sions of the law, but in acen,uulatinp hand
some properties. weaker men in smaller places
will be stimulated and encouraged 20 make a
like effort, though upon a smaller scale. IT,
on the other hand. the business is attacked and
driven out Of its stroDphoIds il will lie abap-
doned in its more exposed positions
Much Of the opprobrium that has been cast
upon the law has been the result Of a failure in
limited number of the larger places TO have
il impartialy and vigorously enforced. The
men there engaged in the traffic differ from
those in the smaller places in that they make
il their chief and only business. They ara
men who are ealjoused TO ali sense Of right
and wrong; they enter into criminal occupa-
ton with deliberation thew pursua il nersist
emily. and they adopt the most desperate meas
ures to shield themselves from lis nenalt;es.
10 avoid the operation az The law ,bsv do M,
hesitate 10 commit perjury and often suborn
Others to do the same: their crime i Of that
order that can find no ustifcation NOR has Il
even the excuse Of hot anger or other evil mas
sions thar may Ae ur,ed nv tboae ubos, az
fences are often followed by jono terms in the
state prison. II seems TO me tbat In tbe INST
these men have been dealt with loo len;ently'
both by the la,s-making poser and the conrts
and that every subterf,lee beneath which they
take refuge and every avenue ,broueb ,,b;eb
they attennt 10 oseane sbould be o.,refnlIv ~.
ahmed and exposed
Ii il a matter Of potor;ctv and ono v;aved
with fear and shame Inv ali tLouphtfnl c;ti,sns
thar. al every term of our courts ,nsn vba sra
called az Witnesses in these cases conou,;, mar.
inry apnarentlv without ao n,uob 90 a ,hnnaL,
tbat thev are oniltv If n crime n, tbat ,hars ia
a possibiIitv tbat ,bov NAV ha nrosao,,tad
tberefor Fba;r mil, Is n.tan, 90 I'll anJ ~
conclnson can nos be aya;dsd tbat oonv;a, ;a
nnst follow II lie witness he nrasaon,ai e.
ney;nry I aunrebend hot ,bs rasso,, ,.b,
Ms practic III been nerm;tted ~ ass,,,,a snnb
.reat n,nnort;nns l;ea II tha fao, ,ba, NO. go.
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