Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1854-03-01
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may arise IN your state. In Maine the /
of the Legislature was Democratic.-
The State had gone for Gen. Pierce by nearly
10000. Yet, by a combination of the friends of
the Maine Liquor Law and the Wings, a Wing was
elected. At the last election for members Of the
Legislature of Maryland, in the CITY of Baltimore,
Democratic to the core. the Democratic party had a
regular Democratic ticket. The temperance party
got up a ticket with an equal number of Democrats
and Wings, pledged to a prohibitory liquor law and
independent action. The Wings ran no ticket
The result was that five Wings and FIVE Democrats
were elected. When the Legislature met, the Dem
ocrats united upon a well-known statesman of tried
patriotism and marked ability, albert Constable)
The Wings united on James A. Pearce, a well known
and decided politician. The whole delegation from
Baltimore City voted for the Wing and he was
elected Senator in Congress for six years. "Thus,"
says the Argus of Baltimore, "has the temperance
movement been used by the Wings for the base pur-
pose of defeating the voice of the people, and putting
into office their own partizans, in defiance of q we'll
known democratic majority" Now the wise man
tells US, "thc thing that has been, is that which
shall be and that which is done, is that which shall
be done and there is nothing new under the SUM-"
Would not five such men in your last Legislature
elect whom they might prefer as Senator No one
can object to the great cause of the Temperance re-
form, when kept within its appropriate sphere. But
when it goes to enact sumptuaTy regulations as to
what men shall eat, or drink, or wear; or when it
mingles itself with the politics ofthe country, it then
becomes the mere hobby of a political and broken
down party, seeking to gain favor by means which
every man of honor should despise. If friends to
the Maine Liquor Law wish its nactment, let them
instruct their representatives in Congress or the Leg
iSlature but Democrats ought not to allow the enc
mics of their party to divide and conquer them by
false and fallacious devices, which their advocates
do not believe themselves or practice.
The above is taken from the Washington
Correspondence of the Raleigh Standard
Now mark how plain a story will put to
flight the Misrepresentation of this writer.
And first as it regards the State of Mary
land: We have the authority of the Balti-
more Clipper for saying that the Convention
for nominating Prohibitory Law Candidates
for the Legislature, determined to make the
nominations, Independent ofparty politics
and the selection of FIVE from each of the
great political parties was purely accidental;
the Convention knew the men to be of spot
less reputation, and reliable on the Prohibi-
tory question, and with a unanimity unpar-
alleled rallied to the support Of the ticket
Party preferences were laid aside-and the
people called upon to choose between candi-
dates known to be temperate, and if elected
would strive to obtain the passage Of a pro-
hibitory law for Maryland, and those who
were opposed to it. There was no attempt to
conceal the real issue involved in the contest.
1t was declared hundreds Of times from the
! " hastings" that every ballot given for the
: Temperance nominees would be a vote for
the Maine Law, and Uice versa. Upon this
i, issue and this alone, were the Prohibitory Del
Y egates elected.
The Delegates from Baltimore, had they
all voted with the Democrats, could not have
4 prevented the election Of Senator Pearce-
as it is well known that the Wings have a
; majority OF joint ballot independent of them
4 We do not know as to the truth of the as
n s%ertion that the Prohibitory Democrats voted
for the Wing U. S. Senator-we have nc
where else seen it SO stated-yet the intima
n ton of the Standards Correspondent that tn
ProhibitorE men were the means of %electing
a Wing Senator, is totally disproved, upol
the authority of a Maryland Paper %entirel.
conversant with all the facts in the case
: Mr.. Pearce received SO votes, Mr.. Constabl
35, scattering 2. There were only 10 mem
:. bers elected on the Prohibitory question, i
the Legislatures Wings and 5 Democrats
y and if the whole ten had voted for the dem
! ~ocratic nominee, he would have been 8 vote
below the Wing Candidate. See what
:. ridiculous misrepresentation the Standard
- Correspondent is here convicted of
And now as to the effects Of the ProhibitC
~ movement in the State of Maine. w
Il gather the following summary of facts an
b. the state of parties in that State from paper
.er published there
s "There has been a great deal of pickering in Il
100 Democratic party for several years, arising fro
: various causes. One cause has been, that there a
"a. many leisure hands in this State that can only
ect employed as the Government gives them emplo
ment; therefore, the outs" have been enrag
Se against the :" ms" These parties are generally d
of signated by the beautiful cognomen of "Wild Cats
, lowing to their fondness for the possession of t
Aeo pine timber lands, and possessing a very untamal
ur- disposition, and a strong liking to stimulants J t
~ other, the "Wool Heads" or uunkers, owing, it
'0 said, to a more favorable sympathy for humani
lit, however, is not discernible,) and an inveters
love for Office.
Since 1850 there has been no particular questi
agitating the minds of the people in their election
save the Maine Law" In that year, June 2,
law was passed by a large majority of the Legls
cen ture, and received the signature Of John Hubba
o na~a - assa;oI anJ norsnnal inanonco in favo,
-ipe the law; and thus brought down the ire of cert
men in the State, who out of revenge, were Diet
u.s. mined he should not be elected Governor at
and next election, for which he had been nominated
live the legislature according % rs uSasgs u ! F.,
toll and another man nominated, and a repeal of
Maine Law made the rallying cry. A rum orr
was started in Portland, to advocate the election
Chandler and repeal. Money by thousands
mtg received from Massachusetts to accomplish the
ant Jeet. u III = ~ NJ :" f;anJs Of tbo Low Lac.
len- aroused they called their conventions, sent fC
With their lecturers ana a great anu iastihs goo9 was
OF politically. to kill Hubbard, the friends of the
- multitudes of them, supported Hubbard at the ba
box. The Democracy, by thousands, voted for /
lers, and more than ten thousand Wings voted the sa
for Yet he lacked a few thousand of an election.
received A., 900 votes, while Chandler received
anu %, 600, and Crosby, (Whig) $4,000. While E
bard failed of an election, the Legislature was
,pels thirds Name M inc saw saw ! i aoa"rdina anu ~ t GloSSy D. wsIv
,om- and though the Senate was Wing, yet enough NJ
nil Law Wings voted for Hubbard, (Demoerat) to
-" him, had it not been for one or two anti-Maine
ever Democrats who voted for Crosby and on this
) all count Mr.. Crosby was chosen Governor.
rule The rum power, having defeated Gov. Hubb
their were then on inc aierts making lheT plans 4
Upon eoc[ns : e afte- tbei ~ own bcart Gccordir
our 4oatiroonv of domocrotic DELEGATES 70 tbcir State
Ibers yention. thew accomplished their purpose. Su
very Convention probably never assembled many
came helplessly drunk upon the occasion. J
sowed the wind, and, as the election showed,
reapcd the whirlwind. They put in n
tered nation Albert Pilsbury, a man generally unkn