New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-04-08

Neal Dow has been defeated in Portland,
and Gov. Seymour re elected in Connect
cut-which prove, say its enemies, that
the Maine Law is unpopular
Then, gentlemen, why don't you unite
with us in demanding and providing for its
submission to the People' We dare you
70 the ordeal You know that we should
beat you on an unembarassed issue or you
would court such decision. Why do your
Seymours pocket resolves providing for
such submission, but for your consciousness
that the decision would be against you
1.-THE opponents of Neal Dow could have
been made to base their opposition on the
ground of hostility to the Maine Law, be
would have been reelected overwhelming
". But though their aninlus was Rum
their preteDse was Democracy. Nota word
was dropped in their resolutions of hostility
to the Maine Law, but Gov. Paris, an old
party leader, was put up as a Democrat,
and the party rallied to his support on that
ground. Here were some fourteen hundred
votes to begin with, regardless Of the Maine
Law then the Wing or Nottingham lovers
of Liquor, or men willing to make money
by transporting or selling it, needed 40
war cry to rally them to the standard. A
wink was as good as nod to the whole
crew. Now that it is ever, they may claim
Rum triumph, but they we're very careful
not to make an issue against the Maine
Law.
So in Connecticut. The Maine Law is
beaten by mixture of sham Democracy
and Rum Whiggery, bat it is stronger In
that State than any party to-day. Thus
Chatham, usually anti. Wing, elects two
Maine Law Repre- sentatives, yet gives 10
fer Seymour to los for Kendrick-thus,
under the influence Of psrtissnship, electing
a Governor to veto what they elected legis-
lators to enact The consistency of this is
the voters affair, not ours. We have re-
turns from dozens Of towns where the
Maine Law issue was fully made, and in all
but two or three the friends of the measure
prevailed. But in most of the towns the
Democracy went for their party, the lib
eral' Wings for Rum, and both together
for Seymour e. Co., which of course de-
feated the Maize Law Wings. This would
not have been ifthe Wing Press and active
politicians had met the new issue promptly.
squarely and heartily. Even the New
Haven Journal and Courier, though not
heartily for the Maine Law itself, after
serting that the new issue defeated the
Wings, adds:
at il worthy OF remark, however, that whrs the
Whiss hare accepted the MAINE Lawl issue and met
1t boldly, they have made large gains. While their
losses occurred principally whrs they attempted 70
dodge it,
Such is the simple, naked truth, not with
regard to every township, but as to the
general result. And, so great has been the
necessity felt by the winning party to gar
nish their tickets with Temperance men
wherever they had any Of ths raw material
a: command, that we are confident they have
elected more Total Abstinence men this
wear than ever before. To be personally
Teetotal, politically facile and devoted to
the party but as to the Maine Law mum
or two-faced, was to be admirably fitted for
a Democratic Representative, nominated
to rope in Temperance men to vote for Sey-
mour g. Co. This, in full view of the fact
that the Rum selling interest of this City
could better afford to spend $4,000 than to
have the Maine Law adopted in Connecti-
cut, while it has just raised fund of
100000 to prosecute its resistance to that
Law, accounts for the reverse which the
cause Of Temperance has there expert.
eneed. Only let its friends stand firm, and
the clouds which new envelop them will
soon be dispelled by the sunlight Of victory.
The combinations which have now proved
successful cannot be repeated.