The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1852-05-05
Fer tho Express.
Fer tho EXPIRES
THE MAINE LAW.
MrssRs Enirnps


in your paper for Fri |
day, you quote the fol- wing from the Pilot:
"MaIsEAcs These fanatics have been de-
tated every where. Neal Dow has been ex-
PEELED rom Office at Portland, fate which I'M.
little despot richly deserved The Maueacs
have been defeated in Connecticut and in Penn |
syvania, their success in New York and in |
Rhode Island has become very doubtful and |
their chances in Massachusetts are growing less |
1t could scarcely be otherwise. for the despot
ism If this law has PARALLEL in the laws Of
any Eur p an nttion.
have frequently seen similar statements IN
the papers, designed to give the impression that
,he dereat Of Neal Dow for the Mayoralty of
Portland, vas irlunpi OF Oppos ti0n to the
Maine Liquor Law But this is great mis-
take. The election did not turn on that ques-
ton, hit on political party issues. The highly
respectable and entirely reliable. Bangor cores
pondent Of the N. Y. Independent, referring to
this matter, says:
1.-The result of the Portland election, over
throwing MIR. Dow, has seeming Of unfavora
eAess in lis temperance BEARINGS The reality
have no doubt, is very ff.ren, from the seem
| irg That 1t IS triumph Of the opponents orcr
The friends Of the lac, no one Leitcrcs, r. e. no
one here IN Name 1t was not an issue be-
tween the friends and the foes of the law
"'sN"
BRING out the Inc ascendant at any time. IT Is
| UNDERSTOOD THAT THE MAYOR ELECT, WILL
! SUSTAIN THE LAW; as he cannot help dong
when he 10 ks at the benign effects of it The
| Mayor of Bangor was fIIihfu to the law after
he came INTO office, though his election in tn,
first instance, favored by tn ,se who wer,
in the rum interest When he 10 kcd around
and saw, as he lad not seen before, the crime
and woe arising from intoxicating drinks and
saw also the admirable workings of the new
law, its astonishing and beneficial fruits, he
mast heartily gare IN his adheSi n 10 it, and
give all his personal and nfficial influence 10 its
ex cuton. Aud how did such a course eff
tse question of his re election? Most favnra-
bly, He came IN the second time by almost the
entire cote Of the city. In his recent address,
taefs ar" adduced, sho,etmy the tarorable opera
ton Of the tGso
Among other things, the Citv Marshal is quo
tad as saying. "Dn the st of July when I pave
notice tha' sh 'uId enforce the Liquor Law,
one hundred and eight persons here were sell
ing liqhor openly. Twenty of them have lei
the city, and ! understand most IF them are
carrying on their trade in Massachusetts, O
the remaining cighty-ei hi, MT one sells here
openiy haaxour0
5 tar from the elections gainr aya,nst the
law in Name, wherever It was made The issue
1t was overwhelmingly sustained Gy ihe neon e
Such are the facts IN Name, ,chcrc 1t has been
tr ed
As t, the defeat of he an aneacs" elsewhere
II Is rath 30 sron to tr,u nph 1t was not ex
p'cled that so great step, thou .h ever so be-
fetal, shoud he taken at once, in all the
STATES, and especially, in the great commercial
and manufacturing ones like Prnnsy lvanIa and
NV York, where so mach capital is lnvese ed
IN the quor business, and S strong pecun a.
ru iuHla tct,i y..d Il, To-,
Even IN Massachusetts, this step may MT b. Ia
ken this year, though see nothing very dis
cnuraGinI there, motwith standing the powerful
influence ni Boston is arrayrd against 1t. Let
the law stand IN Maine and work out its lpgiti-
III tie results there year or two, and then See
which way the current will run. Minnesota
has adopted the law GALL honor TO the little from
tier Territory Vermont will adopt it, and |
doubt not other States.
And now as to the fanaticism and despotism
of the law, much is roundly asserted, but
should like tn arguments | should
Ike to have the particular respects in which The
law is despn'ic pointed out and then we can NEE,
the question Until then an assertion rof n,n-
na'icism and non-despo,ism is as good as one
on the other side. f ~
And let me add a word on another point am
sorry to disposition On the part of some to
drag this question into the political arena /,
is not the friends of the law that are doing it.
and hope they will avoid it as long as possible
but let me tell politicians that when iha,
question becomes the issue in this Stale all par.
~ lines will be swept away aud the peop'e viii
rise and by one mighty voice declare tor The
law and put into pnwer those who will support
it. There IS no purity ihat can long sdna
ngainstfhc pr,arip'es oftAe Temperance Reform
It's course is onward and it will sweep all BET ire
it. We must not jud re OF the public sentiment
of our State by that of few toaons, every other
shop IN which is grnggerv. Goout in to tn.
interior villages and forming settlements and you
will find vast majority OF temperance men,
Every county but three IN our State has once
declared against the liquor traffic by public vote
d. not wonder hat democratic editor ir
Minnesota should have lately soemnly protest
ed against his party heng called the rum party
or iden flied with opposition to The Maine or an,
other temperance as party Temperance
min do not want to make this party issue il
p i csbul if fore d 20 do il, they ,oM act togeth
or Independent ofaH parties.
- Respectfully, Yours