The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-03-10
PRINCIPLES RATHER THAN MEN

river held very interesting anu en'husi'
aslic Town Mee,ing on Tuesday last al
which there were some curious eNemplili-
cations Of the most excelleni aud venerable
doctrine contained in the heading oil this
article. Our duty TO The principle involved
in attending TO all local matters" requires
us TO give the meeting, and lis an'ecedenis,
suitable notice. Previous 10 the holding OF
the Town Meeting, Two public meetings
were held 10 nominate candidates Tor Town
officers; The iirs' III oFoef oil ''me' oe'ng
he'd uhuer eau LOT VIC ',''%e"s Vi '"'
Town III 'a'or VI 'l'c '"'.o Lid" F." 10
semole; anu lie ias', uhuer per 'cqueS'
OF many OF lie Citizens Oh saco - 50 'euo
the Handful, in 'avoroi sroa' many un'
Objectionable things, including" iai'hin'
just, yet decided, enforcement. oil all pro-
hioi'ory laws" WIN Tue aade"oa o' sustain
ing principles rather ihan men," lhero
was good deal OF good thing IN The last
call, but circumstances, rs Cass said TO
the Chicago people, prevented MS from be-
ing present. The nominations made by q
Committee chosen al The first meeting,
were subsequently reported at an adjourned
meeting and unanimously confirmed, all
of which was before The las, Call appeared
The second ci,izens'mee,ins was held in
Cults Hall. on Saturday afternoon. and TAX
ing its incidents in connection with The
terms of,hc call j, is quite certain ,ha, very
promising revival has been going on in a
sill kind nj way puder some kind oil
Maine Law nreochinc or The Saco side
Onr mental v;s;o, !. No, go acute rs 10 see
al, r,,, ;n,or,,,, 1;g.ro,ce :, Tho forms
Of the two calls and Of course, we
spnnosed ,bo, N, tolIing of lhe las,
uaa,;r, ,r,s mil, ~ ,noch tho Maine law
mil n s,ch , w,y ,h,, Tho s,ron,es, claw.
oil liberal hammer coulJ no, star, il, The
mos, rep,rl,b,. Gs,,pro NJ Ina, meeting
bowever was Tho active por,icipa,ior in il.
Droceedinps of men who have been mos,
inve,era,e ha,ers of the law, and The nom.
inaiion Of a ticket for town officers o.
Maine Law men. who were TO be supported
whore ,hey clashad, asains, the iicke, pro
nosed bv the frs, meeting. We never ex
noo,od IN l;vo 600 The LAY when we sbould
see the men WHO were active in this meet,
;ny rallyinr under The cry of the enforce
men, of to prohihi,ory laws Ye, we know
we live in an are of progress and we are
no, certain bu, wha, even The Leopard may
change his spo,s," and therefore we are de
voutly thankful at the growing popularity o
the Maine Law, and sometime when we
have leisure shall try TO study out MacalIIs
,ers magic tricks, and The philosophy OF SUD
den conversions at one and The same nme'
and when thoroughly convinced oil Inc I'M
position oil Inc one, ami Tue oe"u'y VI VIC
other, may give our readers Inc oeheli' o.
our investigations. Under these clreutn
stances, with two tickets in The field, bo'i'
emana'ing from prohibilory law conven
lions, The meeting was held and part Of
both tickets were elected, and what Pnzzels
us Is 10 know who has 'riumpheu' ohe 'hl"s
Is certain that tins great glorious law, a'
Senator Whidden called IL IN Inc receh'
Stale temperance convention, al'housh nc
was IN Tor regular nominations, even houSr
the candidate might be IN bad way nom
the day OF nomination 10 The day oil election
rs sale, taking the elections made as eVi
dence, in this vicinity. All The 'fa'hers .
chosen are good Maine Law men, and have
the confidence of The supporters OF the law,
the Town Agen, talks well upon these sub
jec,s, and the collector will probably feel
better pleased with taking the taxes from
Maine Law men than from others, as his
heart is said 10 be in the movement" and
were it no, for title "noise and confusion"
which took place during the closing pro
ceedings, while the new converts were cleo
ting Geo. V.Jordan and others, cons'aoies'
i, would be fair TO presume that everything
is n, "s,raiyhl ms a book" and tha, the
,re,, obiec, of securing peace and harmo.
nvn in the community had been attained, a,
lens, until The time comes for Thai " faithful
me, 90, decided enforcement, of all prohbi.
,ory laws Ills said ,ba, some of the Maine
law men who aided the new converts in