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JG. 1. M'AliTOX, J IS.) UDITOIl.
Thursday, Aur. II,
ELUCTIOJV,
h.sii.iv. SEPT. 0.
or Onrf nor,
EUASTUS FAIRBANKS,
or St. Joiissnuny.
For Lieut. Governor,
WM. C. KITTREDOE,
Or FaIRHAVIN.
i'or Treasurer,
GEORGE HOWES,
or MOSTTEMER.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
For Senatrs,
E. P. WALTON, JR.,
JAMES GREEN.
Por .Issittnnt Judges of the Co. Court,
DON P. CARPENTER,
A DEL K. WARREN.
For Stalt'i .attorney,
HEMAN CARPENTER.
For Judirt of Prt,bale,
OSMAN DEWEY.
Ihr Sheriff,
II. L. IIRIGGS.
For High llailif,
HARRISON KETCHUM.
ORANGE COUNTY.
i'or Stnalort.
JOSEPH ATKINSON,
WALTER CARPENTER.
Tor States Mornty,
.DURNHAM MAR UN.
'or Sheriff,
CHARLES C. 1'. BALDWIN.
For High liailiff,
JEREMIAH HODGE.
For ,'lssislanl Judges, '
NATHANIEL KING,
HENRY HUTTERFIELD.
For Judges of Probate,
JAMES S.MOORE.
JOHN U HUTCHINSON.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
For Senator,
W. M. DICKERMAN, of Coventry.
For Stote'N Attorney,
JOHN L. EDWARDS, of Derby.
For Sheriff,
S.S. Kl.MHALL, of llarton.
For Judge of Probate,
THOMAS JAMESON, of Irasburgh.
' I'or Assistant Judges County Court,
JOHN M. ROBINSON, or Charleston ;
LUTHER PAGE, of Wcstfield.
For Hieh BiililT,
JOHN GUILD, of Irasburgh.
LETTERS FROM EUROPE.
NoTxVl.
' AmstehdXM, Juno 4, 'Kl.
Mr Dr.ia Sir, A peculiar fcnturo of moat
of the continental cities that I have seen in a
grove in tiio imtnedtato vicinity. Soms of these
era very oxtenMvc, often two or threo miles in
length by opo in width. They are intersected
by roads und walks, which nro finely shaded, nnd
there of an evening the people go for relaxation
and fresh air. hi theso groves are their pleaauro
gardens, which are great places of resort, espe
cially with tho Germans, who aro very fond of
cheap and innocent amusemojits. A band of
music is a necessary nppendugo, and hundreds
of men wiili their wives and children may bo
seen strolling about tho place, or seated around
small tables under tho trees, refreshing them
selves with coffee or beer. I have never seen
epiritous liquors in thoso gardens. Rut a Ger
man will smoke, and custom makes it allowablo
every where ; in tho dining room, in tho railroad
car, or diligence, in tho company of ladies, it is
all the samo ; ho smokes his pipe with cool in-
uiuercncc. i no objection is raised by somo
persons, that these groves are resorted to on Sun
days afternoon. I have no doubt, hat many mora
go tboro on that day, than any other in the week,
butbeforo no condemn tho customs, mo should
examine tho causo. Thousands in every largo
city find it difficult to support themselves nnd j
large families respectably, by working six days
in the week in close workshops ; to them, such
a change gives new hfo and iinpulso to tho sys
tem. It invigorates it for tho labors of the com
ing week, and I am gatined, that if wo had
more places of innocont recreation around our
American cities, wliero intoxicating liquors were
not sold, wu should bee fewer sallow frees
among our laboring classes, and is it not hotter
that the proplo should enjoy euch innocent and
refreshing oxerciso, than to waste their time in
listless inactivity at home, or in visiting tho grog
shops? From llerlin to Hamburg, requires
eight hotirs by Railroad over an extremely lo
"vel c6o."ntry,"preseiithig no obstacles to building I
a road greater than an occasional sand hill of I
trifling elevation. Hamburg is situated mi tho
Elbe, eighty milcB from its mouth, und is the
principal port of entry for Germany. Ships of
large size como thus far up tho river without dif
ficulty. They have no docks, but ships anchor
in tho stream and transfer their freight into bar
gee, which pass through the numerous canals
directly to the back door of tho warehouse of lha
merchant. In 181 2, more than seventeen hun
dred houses, bomj a largo liortion of tho city,
were destroyed by one firo ; but that part has
been since rebuilt, forming r very marked dif
ference in the aspect of the two parts. The old
is constructed with pointed gables to the street
with steep roofs covered with the reddest kind of
tile, while tho new part has incorporated
all the modern improvements. Some estimate
of the extent of tho business may be formed
from the fact that four thousand vessels enter
the port annually. The country people, as seen
in the market place, present a novel feature in
their dress. The milk men with their pointed
.hats, their spencers with bright buttons, and gay
small clothes and stockings, and the flower girls,
wearing on their heads acovering made of draw,
of the size and bhape of an ordinary milk pan
bottom side up, with large black bows hanging
Wdown behind, and wearing skirts or somo bright
color and extremely short, while tho cook inva-
. riably. carries her marketing home under her
-ann,coiorcd over with tho gayest kind of a
ehawl, A ride of sixty-five miles by diligence,
carried pio from Hamburg to Bremen. Tho
country gently undulating and in a high
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ststo of cultivation. The road was most excel
lent, and fdr the whole distance planted en both
sides with trees. "Inch added much both to the
beauty of the sce.iory and the comfort of trav
eling. In ww countries they think only of cut-
ling down and clearing up wood land, while the
old are planting and cultivating fur timber and
fuel as they would for any other crop. Bremen
is a very pleasant old town, situated on the river
Weser. The new portion has an air of noat-
ncss and comfort about it something like our
New' England t'wns. Its foreign trade is ex
tensive fdr a city located so far inland, and espo
cially with America it is a successful competi
tor with Hamburg. The American line of steam
ers, although designated as the lino to Bremen
stop at Brem'erhafen, thirty miles below the city.
Amsterdam, the greatest commercial city of
Holland, containing a population of Ui't 000, is
situated at tlio junctions of tho river Amstel
with the Zcider Zee, a bay putting in fron tho
North Soa. The city is built on flat ground and
intersected in all directions by canals, some of
which aro more than a hundred feet wi l o and
have streets on cither side. In all directions
vessels aro to bo seen in those ennal, loading
and unloading, presenting n novel sight in the
heart of a city. The soil is marshy and nil the
buildings aro built on pilesdriven through a loose
coil until they reach a solid foundation. The
buildings generally aro well built, and the city
compares favorably with any otlior on tho con
tinent. Formerly large ships were subject to
frequent detentions in getting to soa on account
of shallow water on the bar and In tho Ztider
Zee, but to remedy that, one of the largest ship
carrals in the world was finished m 182.", con
noctinp Amsterdam with the North Sea at the
Texel. That cnoal is fifty-ono rriles long, 124
feet broad it the surface, 31 feet at the bottom,
and '41 feet deep, and by moans of that, the lar
gest ship? may enter and leave at all seasons
without difficulty. The Hollanders nro a most
industrious and mrsevcrini class, and they km
sc9 n most productive country, and they well
deserve it, having gained it from the ocean by
the greatest skill and industry. Most of Hol
land is several feet bolow tho surface of the
ocean and protected from ovorllow only by ditch
es which ore kept in repair at an enormous nn
nnal expense. They are still adding to their
tillable land by draining the few lakes remaining
within their limit. They have nonrly comple
ted the draining of Harlem Lake, n body of wa
tor over thirty miles in circumference in the cen
tral part of Holland. To effect that they orcct
cd three steam engines with powerful pumps,
but most of the water from the low grounds is
raised by ineoin of wind mills, of which there
are great numbers in all directions. They are
in fact tho distinguishing feature of Holland.
In raising water by the wind mills, no pumpi are
usod, it is done simply by the floats of the wheel
moving in n circular channel; by this means
they soldom raiso tho waier more than five feet
with one mill; when a greater ulevation is tieces
eary a second ill is employed. Most of tho
buildings constructed in Holland within the
present century aro built ns in other cities. Btill
tho clinker brick, appearing almost black, and
the steep roofs with gables to tho street have tho
ascendency and givo them a peculiar nationality.
At aaardam, six miles from A., I saw the
house where Peter tho Great lived when ho wor-
ked there as a shin carpenter. It consists of
but two small rooms, betweon which was built a
cloact seven by three feet, with broad doors, fur
Ins sleeping place. Tho home, though some
what decayed, is a place of groat attraction.
Tho late Queen of Holland purchased the prop
erty a few years since and had brick pillars
erected around it and a roof put over it to pro
tect it from tho weather. I saw about thirty vol
umes filled witli tho names and comments of par
sons who had visited it, hssidos thuso names in
scribed on the walls. Snrird.iin ut that time con
tained ship yards, but of late years little ship
building has been done there, still it is a very
hllAV nlnrn Ivltnn ll.A icin.t ltlnwa n llinra n.n!
more than four hundred wind mills in its imme
diate vicinity, and many of them are of great
dimensions. Grazine; is the principal business
of tho farmer in this part of Holland, and hun
dreds of fat cattle and sheep ate sent wockly to
Loudon. Their emtio and sheep were fine and
in excellent condition, and their dames were fil
ling with butter and cheese. - I wsited a pattern
dairy house and I hope it will not cause a dis-
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reusn lor uie cuecse uy describing it, Jluilding
being very expensive hare, the farmer oconomis
es as much as possible, and usually on those
farim one building servos for both man and beast.
Tho houso part is a pattorn for neatness, from
which you havo but to pass a door and enter a
stable. That has a tloor of brick well cement
ed, and tho walls and partitions are well white
washed, and to proveut th' cows from defacing
them with their tails, they tm thoin up by a cord
to rings in a beam above. Tho cows have snug
and warm quarters there, but tho winter being
past, thoy aro turned out to graic, and the stable
is scraped nnd new white-washed, and thus be
comes tho dairy room, and from its extreme neat
ness, no person would Buppnse it was cvjr used
fur viler purposes. The milk was certainly very
sweet and the butter and cheose both looked
nice. They make the small round cheeses, and
instead of salting them in tho usual manner,
when only in part pressed, thoy are taken out
nndjmt in brum to itnbibo the salt At nearly
every house in Amsterdam, 1 saw one or mora
females employed either in washing, scrubbing,
shaking of rugs, or such like cleaning up work,
nrd so general was the business, that I conclud
ed i was a time fixed upon by consent of all for
a general cleaning up, but on enquiry I wustold
It was no more general than on every day in tho
year. 1 can only say there may be such a tiling
as a waste of labor in extreme neatness. But I
must toll you about Brock, a town of eight or
nino hundred in nbiUms, a few miles from A
That is admitted as the paradise of all neutness,
even in Holland. It is situated on the borders
of a small lake with several canals passing
through it. .Neither horse or carriage is admit
ted within tho place. The streets are narrow
and pavod with light and dark colorod brick,
which aro swept daily like a floor Most of the
homes were shining with dark green paint,
though other colors were allowable. All tho
front doors were closed and it is said are never
opened but to admit the new brido or carry out
corpse lor uuriai. My guiue. a worthy man to
appearance, informed ine that he went with a
Russian Geucral, at the tune the Emperor visit
ed the place, to call on the Burgomaster, but the
wife refused to open the front door, saying, you
know we never open that door, and they wore
compelled to enter at the side one. n leaving,
however, tho Burgomaster said to the General, 1
will pay you tho highest compliment in my pow
cr, I will open my front door. The front room
is never used except upon extraordinary
uious, and the window and blinds are kept clos.
cd except on a particular day in each vtk, when
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thoy aro opened and tho room and furniture dusV
ted by tho mitrcss of tho house, aftor which tho
blinds are closed ond the roam locked. Tho
whole placo had a sombre nppoarelico, nnd such
an awful stillness reigned there, I really lolt tin
comfort bio oven the children seemed to hao
no disposition for play, but moved about like old
people. I entered no house, but trom the pre
cision and neatness without and the rows of
shoes by the doorside, I have no doubt the inte
rior fully equalled the rxterior. It is said that
for ogee thcro have been but few marriages out
of their own community. K.
VERMONT POLITICS.
Liberal County Convention.
At a Convention called and liolden nt the
Courthouse in Montpehor, on tho ilOth day of
July loan, Theodore ritrong tjm., oi uornn was
chosen President pro tern, and J. A. Vnil Esq.,
of Montpclicr was nppointed Secretary pro tern.
On motion, Voted that a committee of fire be
oppointod to present nominations for the perman
ent organization of the convention) Jas. M. Cur
rier, lq, of Northfield, C. F. Walker of More
town. Harvey Johnson of Berlin. A. L. Cham
berlain of Middlesex, and Eli Broco of Fays
ton, were appointed said rommittce.
On motion, tho convention niljoiirnod till half-
past 1 o'clock, r. M.
AFTERNOON.
The convention met ncreenbly to adjourn
ment. The committee on nominations made
their report, ns follows :
For President,
THEODORE STRONG.
For I'icc Prosideuis,
William S. Smith,
Harvet Jom.nso.v.
for Secrtiary,
Timothy J. IlunriAnn,
which report was accepted, and the nominations
confirmed by thn convention.
On motion, Voted that n committee of two be
nppointed from cadi town represented, to present
ri nomination for County officer, to bo support
ed at the next September election.
The following persons were appointed said
committee:
Harre. Timothy Dudley, Jesse Scott.
llerlin. Looimrd Ellis, Joshua Line.
MUUltMX.h. I Chamberlain, Curtis Has
kins. Mortlovnt. C. F. Walker, Joseph Sawyer.
Calais John Rich. John White, Jr.
PUtitfidd. David Fay.
I last MonlptUtr. - Ira Siblry, A. S. Brown.
Montptlitr. Levi Boutwell, A A. Sweet.
XorthfiM. James M. Currirr, R. H. Little.
Duxbitn. Oliver Clark, James Stuart.
Il'anen. Richard Sterling.
Fnyslon.S. W. Fisher. Eli Bruco.
Il'aterbury. Augustus Haskins, T. B. Search
On motion of Levi Uoutwell, a committee of
live was appointed by the Chuir to report resolu
tions. viz :
jHCKson A. Vail, .ilontpelier : Asa (iforge
i aiais ; Harvey Johnson, llerlin; A. L ( ham
berlain. Middlesex ; David U. Fay, I'lamfiuld.
Subsequently the committee on nominations
made the following report:
For Scwitms,
JESSE SCOTT, l!..r,.-,
JOSEPH MOODY Jr. Wateihurv.
for .itssittanl Judges.
ROGER O. BUCKLEY, Moietown.
ELI BRUCE, I'ayston.
Judge of Probate.
JACKSON A. VAIL, Moutpelier.
Stalt'e .Women,
M H. SESSIONS, WaitBfield.
High Sheriff-,
J. M. RICHARDSON, Waitsfield.
llish ItadilT.
LEVI BOUTWhLU, rtfontpelior.
The report was accoplod, nnd the nominations,
uunnimoasly confirniod.
ComraiUco on Resolutions by their chairman
made report of the following Preamble and Uuu
olutionB :
Whereas, at tho last eessi 'ii of the Vermont
Legislature, an act was passed, commonly cul
led Jhu '"Jlaino Liquor L-iw," nrslet circumstan
ces Calculated to excite stirprws mid fsgrel a
tnong temperate nrl fair minded men awl well
calculated, it the hct Uselr was not liable to
strong constitutional objections, to arousu a spirit
oi opposition, to n measure pushed by trick and
in hot ha3te through the fornrH of legislation,
and w herons, tho act aforesaid in its most sub
stantial and material provisions is iinunnl, vio
lent, arbitrary ,nnd tyrannical " and in no other
time, since the tculcinent of tho country, unless
in the parly and dmkest penod of New Lug.
lands' history, can an act continuing more bigo
try and intolerance be found," feud wlieroiis,
"fccaroely n section of the art that is not liable
to strong and unanHwerable objections, eitlu r on
constitutional grounds, or admitted axioms ot
policy and justice, or on (eiierully recognized
uud woll understood doclrinus of civil iVimloin.
and its arbitrary and Uraniuml character, its
bold and reckless disi eg ird of personal rvrhUJ
iniiiorio acKnowiei gjd as sacred, and its utter
incomiwtibility witn the principles and spirit of
our institutions, appears on the tace ot the act.
And wnoeas," the net naturally excites animos
ity, strife and contention in the' community, and
fills our courts with costly and vexatiouo nuea-
turn," mid it is justified by its friends Ukui the
solo ground tint it was intended to promote the
public weitare-'- and all expenenco has shown
tint whenever civ il liberty is invaded it is und -r
fair nnd plausible p.olensew of the public good,
und for the moral or social, religious or politi
cal advnntsgo or improvement of the people."
And whereas, wo are in favor of temperance
in all things, whether in matters of religion, eat
ing drinking or legislation.
'And wo do not belie vo that the temperate
uo of liquor, especially of wine, or cider, fur
health, strength, or innocont exhilaration, either
of the body or mind, is, of itself, n crime or vice
any moro than a tmnpeiate uie of food and to
call ii either, would be an exaeaeration. a ho
contradicted by scrinturo. hislorv. nnd the uni
versal history and practice of the chrhrtiim world"
aim wherons " the wrons to society, consists
not in the temperate uae of liquor, but in using
it to excess : and any law, intended cither to
prevent or punuh tho wrong or abuse, should
not only bo suited to tho and aimed at, and freo
from ntiy woll founded objection on constitution
al grounds, but should go no farther than justice,
sound policy, nnd public opinion will clearly
warrant," and whereas the act aforesaid is liable
to all the objections above set forth and in con
filet with the principles wo have abovo in.licui'
ed,and with our views ot Uie natural andconsti-
tut.onal rights ol tho people, and to numerous
other objections ; among winch, wo declare that,
it is more likely to increnso than suppress in
tomperanco It authorizes tho invasion, and
opening inspection not only the places of busi
ness but the fireside of nil our citizens. It ex
poses tho domestic hearth to the official search
and judicial enquiry of some executive officers
perhaps instigated and witnessed by those who
are prouipieu oy curiosity, nialigiuty, or revenge.
It allows nil the judicial caprice, of an execu
tive officer to arrest thu citizen, and seize his
property lor connscation.
It allows the arrest of the citizen and his in
carceration in jail, and during the discretion of
n Biicrin, aeputy snenii, cunt-lable, town grand
juror or (elect roan.
It authorizes the town commissioner to com-
pot a town to deal in iiquurs without their con.
sent and a person apjiointed by the commis
sioner to purchase an unlimited quantity of li
quors at the expense and on tho credit of tho
town, in whoe appointment the town has no
voice, and over whom they have no control,
and for whose fidelity thev havo no second-.
It inflicts cruel and unusual punishments upon
o uiuzrn woo snau oxoreue the right ol hospital
ity to his cuest, friend or neighbor in fivinrr him
at his own houso a glass of winb, nle, or oi
der. It inflicts penalties of fines and imprisonment
upon physicians' and apothecaries who mix li.
quors with their medicines and dual it out to tho
SICK.
It makes criminal and penal tho giving away
orsellmgof a gallon of cider for medicinal oi
culinary purposes, but allows the sale of five gal
Ions or moro for such purposes, (hereby compel
ling a poor man with u small family to buy four
gallons more thau ho wants, or go without the
one gallon.
It compels any person accused of aching or
giving cider or alo or wino to n srek neighbor,
or friend, to give excessive and unreasonable bail
before he shall bo allowed tho right to appeal,
thus depriving him of a right given to all other
persons accused of crime.
It infringes upon the right of trial by jury
and indeed it would seem upon tho right to trial
at all, in florae cases. In soino counties tho
right to a jury trial is allowed nnd in others it
is denied.
It provides that a person accused of an offence
under section 19, shall bo deprived of introduc
nig evidence in his defense, which is nllowed in
all other criminal trials by tho rmcs ol the com
mon law. Why tint prohibit the accused from
producing any evidence at nil ?
It authorizes tho seizure and connscation, and
instruction of a man's property without his con
sent, nuil without making him any compensation
llierelore and this too, in n criminal prosecu
Hon, in which ho is not allowed tho fair and im
partial trial which the Constitution provides fur
every man.
Il authoriies and compols tho courts to ad
judge a man to bo guilty of boing a common
seller nt intoxicating liquors in certain cases.anu
lined S 100 and costs, when he has never been
accused ofsuch an offence, nnd never been
tried for it; nnd worse even than that, where
there is no proof, that he has oversold a drop of
liquor.
Tho act instead of presuming a man innocent
until proved guilty, presumes a man, from whoso
custody the officer takes liquor under section
Iti, guilty of having it with the intent to sell,
without a panicle of legal evidence being intro
duced in court ngatnst hun.
I'y tno net, it a person purcimtcs liquors in
Boston or Now York or elsewhere, not of
the town agonts, for his own family use, or has a
barrel of -cider hi his cellar of his own trranufne
tofe, ary &rM may' go and take the liquors out of
his possession by force, without law or right,and
convert the sanislo Ins own tuo, nnd the owner
has no redress for the injury. Sec. Ul denies
tun all right of r tioii for the trespass.
And, whereas, the natural nnd inalienable
right of tho people to be protected in the securi
ty of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
and in acquiring holding and enjoying pro
erty ; their right to be cecure in their houses,
person and effects from tinrpasomble searches
and seizures ; und their right in all criminal ac
cusations, to a fair nnd impartial trial by jury ;
to introduce evidence in their dolence ; to be con
fronted with the witnesses against them ; and to
liave right aud justice freely ; were purchased by
our" Revolutionary sires with blood nnd treasure
ami secured to thorn and their children, nnd to
us by the constitution of the Union, and by the
constitution of our own State; and those nacred
rights are violated and infringed upon by said
act in the roost bold nnd reckless manner & said
act passed the Legislature under circumstances
which have no precedent in the annals of our
Legislation.
And whereas, in oor opinion the ac'. was and
is wholly unnecessary, ns the former act in force
at the time of the passage of this was sufficient,
if enlbrcod. to prevent i lie unlicensed sale of in
toxicating drinks and was as strimonl in its pro-
'' visions as public sentiment would warrant and
! was not Imoli to tho many constitutional oDjec
' Hons which we quote in the " M.une ,ict,"
And whereas tho " Maine act" so e.UUd in
' some of the most essential features li.is already
i boon pronounc, d unconstituiionnl hv the Su
preme Court ot '.he Stute ot .New Hampshire.
' .....I Ku tk., lT...f n.l ttti,d f 'tr.iit t t if, 11 n.iilo
Island, nod by eminent jurists in this State, aud
elsewhere.
Thertfort Iltsolvcd, 'I hat the act aforesnd
conflicts with the constitution of the Union, and
infringes, upon tho natural and inalienable rights
of tho peoples n arbitrary, violent and tyratncul
in its provisions ; and us execution nas uecn au
ministered with a spirit of persecution and fan
aticism worthy of the days of theSalerr. witch
craft. llcsolccd. thatsaid net ought to be immediately
and unconditionally repealed, and we hereby af
firm and declare that wo will support no man for
office who"te not in favor of its repoal.
And be it further Jiesolved, 'I hat wo hereby
form ourselves into a political organiza'ion to
bo called jjiid known asu .Liberal l'arty for tho
purpose. o,the immediate repeal of said act,.'
I'csBtsttlTVA the icket this day nominated
tie recobir3sd to the Liberal ana ternmrate
freemen oY Uie County, as composed of title,
faithful, and competent men, worthy of the sup
port of all 'Vnrnnt who think moro of their na
tural and constitutional rights, than thoy do of
the importations of Neal Dow, and his army of
intolerant followers.
The report was accepted and on tho question
of the adoption of the same, tho Convention was
nildrrssed by J. A. Vail, Doctor A George,
William H. Smith and others, ami the preamble
and resolutions were unanimously adopted.
(in motion, it was voted that the committee
on numinous for euch Town, be authorised to
appoint town committees in their respei tive
towns. On motion, it was voted that the pro
ceedings of this Convention be signed by its of
liecrs, and furnished to the proprietors of each
newspaper,
and that they be rtoursted to
publish the saino in their respective papers un
til September election.
On motion, the I onvention adj.
THEODORE STRONG, Pres.
W. S. Smth. v Presidents.
JUitvnT John? ON, J
TlMUTHT J. IlCHBARD, See.
For the Wielim4n and Jsrril.
Mr. WAt.TO.v I notico by your remarks,
commenting upon the Liberal Convention, that
youeeoin to think the repeal of the "Maine Li
quor act, so called, passed at uie lan session ut
the Leg stature, would bo to " legalize tho unli
censed sale of intoxicating liquors." I presume
that you did not think that tlio repeal of the set
of the last soasion would mire and restore the
act in existence- before the passage of the act of
the last session. But such is tho fuct. The new
net repeals the act then in existence so far ns the
same conflicts with the new net ; and by the le-
peal ot the repealing act, the old or original act
then in foreo comes into life again, and stands
upon tho etatuto book as the law of tho land.
I think your comments upon the convention
and the liberal party wore hardly just or in ac
cordance with your usual courtesy. I suppose
the freemen of Wnkhington County who are op
posed to me mniue L.iquor act, n&ie just as
much richtto meet and express their opinion in
rolati -ii to my measure of legislation, or to any
act of the Leg slature, as its supporters, without
being called the " new rum party," or disorgani
zes, or enemies to law and order. I supposed
that U4"inrri who onaoced an act of thsLe-ait-
lature by frrttng for its repeal, which they thought
was aronrary, tyrannical nuu uiivuiisuiuiionai,
were the friends of law. I have always thought
that the Constitution was tho bupremo law of the
land, and that all thoso who stood by Uie Consti
tution, and vvere in favor of tho repeal of all sets
of the Legislature which infringed upon that
palladium ot our liberties, wo ro tne true mends
of "law and order," Hut I shuuld judge by your
remarks that you thought otherwise. And I per
ceive by a cull for a Maine Law Convention to
be held the lUtli of August that tho writer of
that call is of the same opinion as yourself, and
therefore, it may be that 1 am mistaken in sup
posing that the friends and bupporters of tho
Conutitution are the friends of law and order,
unless they also support tho " Maine Liquor
Law," notwithstanding it may boldly and reck
lessly infringe upon the natural lights of the
people secured to them in our Hill of Rights.
Of this matter let tho people judge.
One would suppose from your remarks and
comments about the Liberal Convention, that
you wuuld not sanction or give countenanco to
any ninveinciit wherein the Maine Law" should
be made n issue in tho coining election. Rut
before concluding your comments, if I under
stand the moaning of your language correctly,
you adopt, sanction and recommend tho very
course which hi tlio foro part of your comments
you so iiointcdly condemn. And it seems that
this is not a new matter with the friends ot the
" Maine Law." Its great originator, champion,
and expounder, in tills state, Dr. Powers, the ed
itor of the Maine Law organ, lias recommended
and advocated this issue from tho beginning ;
and only a few weeks since he recomu ended, in
his paper, to the Franklin County Maino law
Whigs, not to vote for Jwo of the Whig candi
dates for Senators in that County, becauso they
who opposed to tlio Maine Law, The Aurora
of tho Valley, printed at Now bury, takes ground
in favor of tho usue of the Maine Law or no
Maine Law. And tho Orleans County Temper
ance Maino Law Convention, held at Barton on
the 14th day of July last, in their 7th resolution,
declared that they could not rote for mtninouti
fo be opposers of the Maine Law tofdl offices
of truit in toicvs, county or state, but tcoutd
vote jor those in javor til Hit law. louuonoi
scorn to object to or condemn the Jriends of tho
Maine act tor malting this matter an issue tn tho
approaching rlection. It is all right for them to
do so, but it is nil wrong for tlio friends of repeal
to do so It is all right for the friends of the
law to hold a convention on the subject, nnd re
solve that thoy will not vote for any one for of
fice in favor of its repeal. But it is all wrong for
tho fricndi of repeal to hold a convention and de
clare that thoy will vote for the fnonds of repeal,
nnd for those only. I suppose that mon of liber
al views on this qiies'lon, have the samo right to
vote for whom they please, and to so declare and
resolve in convention, as the Maine Law men
have.
If I understand your view of tho Maine Law,
it is that it should not be repealed, but modified
somewhat, if necessary, thourh not so much ns
tn dostroy the substantial features or principle of
tho act. in mis, noerai mpii diller w.th you.
Thoy require such modifications as would destroy
the substantial part of the act winch vanes the
new net lrom the act existing in 183'J. 1 hey think
that the Maine act was wholly unnecessary nnd
ought to be repealed, nnd if repealed, it would
leave the old net in force. It would seem to be
fair to place the matter where it stood when the
Maine act was passed, for the reason that the
Maine act was not fairly considered, end was un
fairly sent nnd retained from .ho possesion of the
Hnusoof Representntives. The House reques
ted its return to thorn for further consideration by
a vote of 1 1 majority. Fair 1'i.av.
Montpelier, Aug. 8, ISM.
REMARKS.
In the exercise of that courtesy, for which
" Fair Piny" gives us credit, wo have given
his communication above, and the proceedings
in full of the Liquor Convention. We now pro
pose to remark briefly on throe points.
1. On tlx effect of an unconditional repent of
the present law. We aro aware that the effect
of repeal is to restore the act of )e!0 ; but we
insist that the consequence of that restoration
is to permit an unlicensed traffic in "rum and
ruin." What was the fact under the law
0f!
1850 ? Every body knows that rum was sold
freely, here and elsewhere throughout the coun
try. Hardly n day passed, in which you could
not find barrels of the most poieonous of nil "rot
gut" in the depot of this village, marked with
signs which, however cabalistic or mysterious
to the unitiated, indicated wholesale and re
tail dealers in the article. Rod noses flourished,
delirium tremens got its victims, public and pri
vate peace were often distuibed,and drunkenness
never increased so rapidly, since the first day of
the temperance movement in this community, as
I in the years 1851-2. This town and county got
a bad name abroad, and retnin it now. We know
tins to be true. "Fair Plav" knows it to be
1 true : nnd yet what did the Inw of loO avail ? 1
1 Who, among th" hundreds of unlicensed traffic
ers in this county, were stopped? How nnnv
prosecutions were there We have examined I
the records of the county court, and find that
during the two years' existence of that law, there
were tes than one dozen prosecutions uiulrr it
in ll'aslungton County Court ! In short, there
were just cltttn prosecutions, and convictions
in nil, and thee were all at tho last term of
1852 ! Enough 1 1 this point of view. There is
another. What is tho consoqunce of uncondi
tional repeal If it dots tiotsutttul 1 " Fair Play"
takes tho ground that the law is unconstitution
al void of course; a nullity of course; and the
Liquor Convention avows this doctrine. What
is the inevitable tendency ofsuch a proclama
tion by a convention respectable in nurnsenantl
character, and by I lawyer of good standing in
his profession? We submit that it is an open
proclamation to the people to disregard the law ;
to treat it as no law ; to trample it under foot ; to
j convict and punWi no offender. To um up in our
language last week : "the liquor convention has
raised the issue of unconditional repeat and
also the issue, :n fact if not in form, whether an
! unlicensed traffic in rum and ruin is to be legale -
1 ed (i c. ncrmitted as it'leirnl.l or il. Inwr ,t" ii,e
laud is to be despised und violated wiui impuni
ty" precisely lis was the act of IH.10.
2. The Constitutional objection. We do not
doubt the right of ' Fair Play," or of any body
obje, to entertain, and on nil proper occasions
and for proper purposes to express, his opinions
op this question. Now grant, if you please,
tf at the objection is well Uken. We say, then,
it forms no excuse or warrant for the formation
'of an anti-liquor law party. If the law is un
constitutional, it is not the office of any parly to
set tlio law aside. No party can be tho judge to
decide that point. This belongs to the Courts,
and it is enough to say, that if the law is uncon
stnutional, it will be authoritatively pronounced
so : and from that moment the law will be dead.
No " repeal" will be required. A ' repeal
party" is therefore entirely unnecessary. We
ore 6iirpiic4 that eogood a lawyer as "Fair
Play" has failed to perceive tlio absurdity of i.b-
stituting an irresponsible and powerless political
party in place of the Supreme Court.
a. ISringiHg the question into polttics. " Fair
Play" beonwlo think that wo havo changed our
opinions on this point : that wo have been against
bringing tho question into politics, whereas wo
are now in favor of it. He is considerably mis
taken. Our opinions are changed in no respect :
our course may bo changed; but if it is, the re
sponsibility rests entirely with " Fair Play" and
his associates. The. u havo forcod upon all par
ties in tho county the question of Rum or No
Rnm the Iaw or UepaaL . They nave said to
every candidate, and to all parties, " wo will
vote foi no man unless he is for the repeal of the
law." Their war cry is, " lepeal or Defeat"
nnd it is in the very spirit of tho highwayman
"your purse or your life." We say they havo
done this. We aro not unmindful of "Fair l'lay's"
plea, drawn from Dr. Power's "Standard," tlio
"Aurora," and tho Orleans County Tempernnco
meeting. Our answer is, that no Temperance
ticket had been nominated any where, or by any
body no political convention had meddled with
the law and in this county tho Whig conven
tion had resolved "to raise no new issue " Tho
Rum convention it, and it only lias " raised a
new issuo," and it is but fair to suppose that they
intend to make us take it, or rebel. Wo don't
liko tho dose. Clear, it would be bad. Mixed,
six parts locofoco to two parts Whig, tho thing
eHall not gn down our throat. We havo not chang
ed opinions or principles on this subject : but wo
tell Fair Play" that he nnd his associates Aaie
forced upon us, and upon every freeman of tho
county, a new and important question of duty.
"Fair Play" has arrayed himself against the whig
ticket in this county, by pledging himself to an
other ticket, six eighths locofoco, aud three of
them on the regular locofoco ticket: does ho think
that tlio Whigs of the county havo not tho right
of self-defence, and to cbooso their inoJo of de
fence ? We tell him that he has required us to
cxerciiu tills right has raised a new question.
It is this: will you go for unconditional rep tal in
order to tavo tho votes of these gentlemen who
propose most kindly to cut your throats political-
ly ifyou won't do it ? or will you for thenonco
turn to and unite with all men of nil parties who
nro disinclined to tako their politics at tho edgo of
the knife or the twang of tho bow-string, nnd de
fend yourselves by defeating them? 2'Aafisthe
question forced upon us. Wo nre ready to tako
this course if It appears to bo tho best one. Wo
arc ready to unite with free toilers, democrats and
whigs, against this movement, and to try the is
sue, if the issue can be fairly tried. That re
mains to bo seen. Tho Convention of Saturday
next will dctcrmino it. Wo hopo nnd expect
that men of nil parties will attend, nnd that the
result may be nn agreement of men of all parties
upon n county ticket fairly representing each
party. Wo do not expect that it will mako tho
present law a Shibboleth, nor do we desire to
havo it do so. Wo do hopo that it will go against
unconditional repeal, nnd in yawr of the purpost
of the present law, and in favor of judicious a
mendmcnts such as may obviate nil rcasonablo
objections, and yet leave the law efficient for eve
ry good purpose. That is reasonable, right, prac
ticable ground; and it seems to us that no man
can object to it, unless his real purpose in to pro
mote nn unlicensed traffic, and open wido the
flood gales of drunkenness, and public and social
disorder. The people of the State by thousands
demanded such n law ; the people of the State
havo formnlly approved it ; and wo cannot doubt
that the public voice, if it can bo ngnin fairly had,
nnd tho public good will equally require such a
course.
A few words as to tlio state of parties in this
county. In November last the Presidential voto
was as fallows :
Scott, 1102
Pierce, 12.'11
Hale. 1217
On a fair party vote, therefore, the Whig party
was in a plurality On that vote it would havo
elected its whole county tickot ; nnd we do not
d ubt that the fact indicated by this vote was the
very thing which imluced sundry political opera
tors in this county to resort to means which in
other tiraM would be stigma'ised in any party.
Tho first step was to form locofoco nnd freo soil
tickets, which embraced n coalition of these two
parties upon four candidates for one of theso
candidates taking Mr. WiictiLrn, who voted for
the Liquor Law last year. Sofarthu liquor law
was no objtncle, certainly. Then came the rub,
how to save the rest of the locofoco lioket, and
defeat both freesoilert and bigs ; and it was
solved by getting up an anti-liquor law ticket, and
putting on those of the locos who were in danger.
This has been tlio course of the Patriot clique :
willing to take cither horn, or auy number of
horns, to suit their purposes. We say ' the Pat
riot clique," for so we learn. They chuckled
over the Liberal Convention as a wisely arranged
trick of theirs, controlled by getting in the right
men ; and Eastman himself has begged temper
ance men of his own party to bend tho knee to
rum in order to save their ticket. This, we think,
1 is a fair statement of the case, t lught lugs
1 and freesoilert and democrats to countenance
such management t That is the question.
(jy While condemning the Liquor Conven
tion, we feel bound to condemn also the spirit
and sundry statements of the Woodstock Stan
dard concerning it Somo of the alleged facts arc
not facts ; tho Standard has greatly exaggerat
ed the whole matter, and in our opinion il has
not done its cause any good service by iU
The Temperance Question. A Stato Tempor
ance Convention was held it Springfield, Mess ,
Inst week. It was fcfly attended. In Massa
chusetts as in Vermont, a liquor law is in suc
cessful operation ; and there as here, the oppo
nents of the law have made its repeal a para
mount political question at the coming state
election. Among other appropriate resolutions
the following was passed with much unanimity:
lletnhed. I hat the preservation and (iidicious
1 amendment of the lawere ol higher moment
, '"'l ""nsiderations-of part) ; that this is to
1 i. . .
upon us as such uy oui-trpnnjeiile, am accept-
ed ! ourielvoB ; that we iwfh esury voter that
he 1,h n.it misled in respect tnihe is.-ue and tlio
bearing of Ins vote ; and earnestly r. commend
to our Irituds to attend Uie pi unary meetings of
their several parti' s, ascertain forthwith the po
sition of evt ry nominee, and secure if possible
the nomination of candidates who will be true
to the best interests of the Commonwealth.
1 he above resolution breaths the right spirit.
Let the Freemen of Vermont, who will be cal
led upon to speak out on the same question at
the polls in September next, on whom tho tem
perance question is forced, as a political one, act
out the tame noblo spirit that animates tho
friends of the best of causes in Massachusetts.
Let them show to the world, tlial in this, as well
as other quastuins, Vermont is the " star that
uevor sets." X.
Tbi th VV auhtun.
Mr.. EpiTon, Vour remarks, last week, in re
lation to the recont " rum convention," (so called,
for brevity's snko,) I believe will receivo thu
hearty approval of the friends of law and order
and temperance, throughout the county and the
state. Not only of wings, but of the temperate
and the considerate of nil ji&itieg. 'I he liquor
liarisites, rum republicans and v". lngg of all spir
its but the genuine Whig spirit of 70, have held
their convention and issued thoir war manifesto
and go for unconditional repeal, and no quarter.
Well, let tho war come and the bullets fly. We
may as well " meet the enemy" and make them
" ours," at ono time as well as another. If thoy
prefer the ballot box to the cartridge box. why.
just fight them with their own weapons, and give
mem a uecent Hogging, rut mem wnero tney
will stay put. alter election. There aro soldiers
in thu temperance ranks to be eiied on at all
times, and ready (Br nny emergency. None of
your sham-patriots, who fight for tho spoils but
men of muscle and of principle, who have enlis
ted for life, if the war lasts so ha" ; and are pre
pared fur " war to the knife and the knife to tho
hilt," if their opponents desire it. 1 think the
opposers (if the Vermont Liquor Law who have,
of their own free will and accord publicly soun
ded the tocsin of repeal, had a perfect right to
do so. Let thein enjoy tho privilege. If thero
is not enough of the spirit of '7' in the temper
ance ranks of Wasiilnotpm County to put tho
foo to flight, the county is not worthy the namo
it bears. Tk-to-tal,
If'indsor County, Tho rummies put two of
tho locofoco candidates for the Senate on their
ticket, and lico uhigs who were on no other tictuts.
Tho design, of course, was to get whig votes for
locofocos, which votes would possibly count to
mako an election of these locos, while every lo
cofoco voto for the two Whigs, who were on no
other ticket, would amount to just nothing. Tho
same game is attempted in Washington County,
as our readers have seen. Where is tho Whig
who will sell his vote so cheaply ? It is u bar
gain to be ashamed of.
I'. S. Hon. Solomon Kcyes, one of the whigs
who was put on to tlio rum ticket in Windsor,
has interposed his veto, in the following sensible
letter to tlio Windsor Journal. Good.
Readi.no, July 25 ie5.'l.
Mr. 1'niTort: As my namo has been placed
upon a Senatorial ticket nominated at Conven
tion, assembled at Woodstock oulho 4th instant,
I deem it my duty to decluiu that nomination. I
am a big ; and if the people of Vermont can
not expect justice and moderation at the hands
of a Whig Legislature, I know not upoa whit
party they can rely. I certainly prefer to truit
tho making of new laws, nnd the correction of
past errors in legislation, to that political nartJ
which hns so long enjoyed tho confidence of tha
people of this Stato. In my opinion, whatever
support is rendered by tho Whigs of Wln,l,.
County to this "People's Ticket," will be ao
much nid given Inwards electing two Locoloco '
Senators from this County, and I cannot consent
.i.o..uiui.-tiiai in juutiuuinp; sucn a result.
oui-vjjiuiN KKYES.
Chittenden County. A coalition has been tu
rned again betweon the old liners and free sod.
ors. tho latter swallowing a regular Pierce tick
et, in consideration of having a single free soil,
or (formerly a Whig) put on for Judge of Pro
bate. It strikes us that tho free soil leaders !
themselves " dog cheap."
Wo cnn'i help what tho H'rtchman's " V"m.
say In relation to Mr. Jewctt's namo in cornier,
tion with tho governorship. He, and every one
else who attended tho Democratic State t on.
vention, knows what ho " nllirins" to bo false
Spirit of the .Ige, ll'oodstoek.
Wo Anoi what wn affirmed to bo true, and so
do the delegates from Addison County to the
Democratic State Convention, ond so, also inn
Mr Solomon W. Jewott, tho vulgar charges of
falsehood, by the editor of the Age, " to the con
trary notwithstanding."
David A. Smalley, Esq.
This undented leader of tho Old Hunker par
ty and Collector for the District of Vermont, has
just visited the little port of Canaan for the pur-
liuso 1 1 Bun-wing some suiudio person tor Dep
uty Collector mid Inspector. 1 hero nre some
half dozen applicants for the office, nnd we aic
informed by high democratic authority that he
has nvowed to the one selected, tint be mu-t
sisnu reaoy at nil times and in every einerirenrv
to devote his timo nnd money to the support of
the old line Democratic party, under the pen illy
of being removed in n foitmght. U e l.eieV..
the salary at the port of Canaan is $-Mo per
annum, but since the completion of the Atlantic
and St. Iiwrencc Rail Road, the business i t
ken away from Canaan, so much so that thee
arc competent men who will, and haveolTere.!.
to take charge of the ofilco for $15(1 neran
num. But no; this Baint of the pny inn-e
keep up tho salary, awl have it expended i, -the
support of the old hnr regency.
we would nsk tho good people and ntirntu ,,t
our enlightened country if we nie to he rule.!,
governed and gagged by eurh officials ' A',
we to remain mum, and sink into polio, il
ranuy with no higher morality thn mmi
makes right"? Aro we to be led by the , .,
nnd made to obey the commands of Fuch un
principled party leaders ? The time has l . i
in this northeast corner town tn tho State i
Vermont, when somo half dozen mdivuiua - nt ! .
Locofoco dynasty managed the wheels in ii
party machinery their own way, and the n . -
ignorant, nd consequently more bom st ..ir
the clique, were led along in the un: us if .
magic. And here we use id the charac r 4 i
i. Smalley, the head, soul, Biid bu.lv nt o,
I ( lid Hunkers 111 .Vermont, Ihat'princip.e w
; would be mo-e congenial to the darK np ,
to tins enlightened age of our exist, iv e. V.
Iliad hoped such time had passed, hi. in ,
names were of paramount impoitjrice in ,
pies, when honest freemen would let a !
,cal jngjjleredo ali the planning nnd jo v
1 tho virion party inov.-inoiits, wuho .t n inn.
" wh) do ye so 5 But we are lulhi'g on -s- ..
into the belief that such times are limit, d 'i.
the intelligent part of our ficeimn u ,, m
fiom their slumber, to think and act l-.r '!: .
selves, put down unprincipled office m.-r.,
and break away from all political juggling, and
act like freo slid independent men.
Canaan, Vt., Aug. 1, I8.VJ. Iisrii.i.n
Ifore Ilatmony.-On Thursday, week, i
Democracy of llennington County met in I
vention, and after rejecting two or three nmvm
tions made by their Committee, promptly la d
reioluunn approving their State ticket on th
te ticket cm Km- II
pleasant taie . ' IV
andidatc t. rti v i
conventi'.n tu.l II
tame, ana adjourned in highly ,
feeling. Mr. Robinson, their ca
ernor, was a member of the
doubtloss felt highly complimented by the pn.-
ccedings. it is a somenhut nignincniit f, u t tut
only one or two County Convention-" in t,..
State havo made any allusion whatever in tne
resolutions totho national administration. llal
' tteboro' FagU.
The foregoing is confirmed by a letter fr -.
Marvin Dole, Esq., a delegate to the Convent
i n ho announces in the llennington Dinner t
I " we ;the locos) shall call a new Convii:
which will be composed of men who will not
1 our State nominations on the table nor uiiuc.-
i Till. Watchiuh denies the charge rf u.
' paper week before last, that the edi or .id- t
Gov. Fairbanks to leave out of his message ',
. pan recommending the Maine Liquor Li.-
l erhaiH wo did not draw our indictments r..
enough to prevent him from dodging the ! tti
Rut where is the great difference between arh i
ing the Governor to leave out from the M
sage a clause which he had actually intc-rt.
and advising him not tn iut in one win.:,
had prepared or concocted with the ir.tcni'
of inserting f If tho editor, with one i
two whig leaders, did not advise one or '
othrr of these courses, tliey wero sadly bi l.c
about thoso days, by their own political as
ate -that's all. Green Mountain Freeman.
It is tho Freeman which ii dodging nut tit
Watchman. Wu have before said that (-"'
ernor Fairbank's message never contain i
clause recommending the Maino Law.
now say that ho never prepared or "concocuc'
a clause " to put in," which recommended i I
Maine faw. Porlnps somebody did belie
about this matter that sometimes occurs: bt
ruully woeupposu that somebody niisnndenduft
tho facts very much as the editor of the Fr
man persists in doing.
Certain papers of tho State aro endeavor t
to excite prejudico against Gov. Fairbanks, a
circulating a story that he struck out lrom "
inossago. last fall, n recommendation of
Maine law, by request of somo Wings. U
know this to bo a sheer fabrication. Notlii"."
the kind ever occurred. Certain Tempi ri'
men wiUd such a reeommsudation mse
after the message in its present form was cte
ally printed which strikes us as a very li ft'
ent matter. Middltbury Reg.
(Cf Tho Green Mountain Freeman if' i
mites that Messrs. Moody, Sessions and Hicna"
son wero put on the liquor ticket without u-
ktHiwIedrrn or eminent. Thev will decline. t!('l
wWt they ? Whatever may have been'-
action of these gentlemon personally, we '
assured that thoir friends, sundry vriro movef 1
the locofoco party in Montpelier, managed toel
cure their noinimtion by the Liquor Cuiiventi!
The tiling was well managed, too only tf!
imbibed rather too big a "horn," and vui! Pe
sibly come to tho grass. Such is tho usual w
sequence of undertaking to carry too muco,
Major Eastman & Co. have had their H
Convention in Montpelier, but we do notw
exactly how they ca mo out Probably 11
"little end of the horn." llurlington Coun"
They have taken the " horn" butt, tip
contents. How thoy will " como out," rem1
to be seen.
A Glorious Example.
Tlio noble Whigs of old Kentucky hve1
rrlnrinna nvpmnln fnr Vnrmnnt tllVllllT ftf
a handsome majority in both branches oftbet.
n.i !... r ,!,. .n niembf1'
Congress. The delegation stood 5 whigs tclJ
locofocos last year : now it stands 8 whig 15 :
l,nfo U'll .!., I
I'. S M'l.n tnenv elnini fnor' or five CO'81 f
m Ky. Tennessee end Missouri reported
1