Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1852-02-25

Dow" They must and would have Dow;
and the political parties were forced to
yield. 1t is death to any political man
or political paper to take sides against this
law. l know of one man who was a mem.
Der of our Legislature and opposed to this
snd of legislation. He was Democrat.
The Temperance Democrats of his district
put mark upon him At the next cleo
ton, they passed him by, aud took in his
place good Temperance Democrat. This
is our way in Maine. We let men desti-
tute OF principle, stay at home, and We
t take for oiice men We can rely upon. No
political paper in Maine dare take the
ground Of open hostility to our law [cheers]
1t would be death to any paper, to any
party to do it. With this state Of things
we shall 60 on. If We need further legis-
lation, We shall have it. We will send
men to State Prison before We will longer
endure the evils of intemperance [cheers.
We rejoice that the time has come when
an officer may empty barrel of rum. and
the owner can not sae for damage. One
individual took bis liquor to Boston, sold
it, and pu. the money in his pocket. Other
liquor-sellcrs learning what be had done,
asked him to take their liquor and sell
them for them. He did SO, and returned
with the money. When he came back,
they asked him to settle. He politely
declined asked them BY what law they
could recover in the sale of liquor and
il vas some time before the owners could
effect compromise. Istopped, (said Mr..
Peck, las. night in Albany and saw the
liquor shops open. rel 'iced tha, my
sons we're not living in Albany. When
We have got rid of our liquors and the
temptation is all out Of the way, and the
sums heretofore squanderei upon liquor
are spent up'n useful objects, we shall
think that Maine viii be no uad,siral e
place of abode for any family.
. The Rev Freeman Yates, Editor of the
Gardiner Fountain, sustained Mr. Pee, in
his remarks. BY request, he gave a
synopsis of the law Under the old law,
said he, we could not get evidence. Men
who drank, would perjure themselves. The
whole system of grog-selling WAS enc Of
deceit aud fraud We formed law to
meet the enemy in every quarter. Mr.
Dlw received suggestions in his work from
all parts Of the state. Bu: our Governor
vetoed the bill in its first passage. The
veto was his winding sheet. This year
it was passed by j tw6fErls vote and
Gov Hubbard gave it his assent. l viii
snow You its operation in Augusta, which
has been called the great rum hole Of the
State (lIere Mr. Yates read an ex' ac
FROM the Age, which declared that e er
hotel AMI liquor shop had voluntarily
cleared itself Of the forbidden article. }
IN Bangor, said Mr.. Yates, they have met
with most serious difficulty in carrying
on. the law. The director of the aims
house has usually employed about sixty
men, the victims of strong drink, to gct
in the bay. This Year these have been 50
scarce. that he bad to hire 4 set Of sober
men a, the city charge, or not have the
hay gathered He read from Bath
paper to show the operation Of the law
there. There had been. he said, but t~o
instances Of open resistance to the law IN
the State One Of these occurred at
Watervile on Saturday mig ',when about
I 100 laborcrS and operatives We're gathered
a, drinking establishment, full Of the
vile stuff, aud were ready for f ght. They
made open resistance, and would ha, e
used violence had the Sheriff proceeded.
The other was at Saco A. the result Of
resistance some two or three are on trial
for States Prison offences We hear
nothing in Maine now for mere moral
.uasion- All good men are for protec-
ton By law. Even the drunkards are VI b
US; and thank US for removing the temp
tation that they may now live and die
sober men.
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