Eastern times., 1855-11-29
Tie End of a Maine Law Reformer.

How the affairs Of the Police department
have been conducted in executing the Maine
law under our reform City Government, NAV
10 a certain extent be learnt from the report Of
the investigating committee given in another
part of this paper. The report was drawn up
By Mayor Hayward; and although the COM
mitiee sat with closed doors, it is understood
outside that 4 much worse case might have
been made out from the fact. ELECTED at the ex-
animation; but enough is disclosed that is
repreheusible and disgraceful, and to prove
true all that has been alleged concerning the
Marshal, Rev. Phillip Weaver The report
is forbearing towards him, bat the very morn
ing it appeared in the daily papers. he left the
city, having previously disposed of his proper
ty; thus confirming all the suspicious concern
ing him, and leaving those who had stood by
him in the lurch.
The Mayor and a majority of the members
of the city government was elected rot only as
friends of the Maine law but to carry out
system Of reform in relation to its enforcement.
Not only the Marshal but the constables and
watchmen were changed 10 get more vigilant
officers, better temperance men, and men who
would set better moral example. A minis
: ter and temperance lecturer standing next 10
Neal Dow and Rev. Mr.. Peck, was placed at
of Maine law man he has been the report
discloses. \ reform has been made with
vengeance. Mr.. Weaver turns out TO have
been free drnker. and they have had ''lolly
good times in his department, and the miss
ing liquor is accounted for.
Many citizens here and elsewhere have Ia
bored under a strange delusion respecting the
professions, and true character aud objects of
certain men who have lately appeared IS apos-
ties OF reform in temperance and politics. set
ting themselves up as better and wiser than
other men, and being exceedingly denuncia-
tory of those who had opinions of their own,
or doubted their infallibility and declined TO
follow the course marked out for them One
of these apostles has fallen, or rather his true
character has been made more apparent than
1t was before, which should be warning 10
those who are predisposed TO run after new
lights, and to adopt new theories and new
men. Mr.. Weaver is the SAME that he was
when he was taken up, caressed and put for
ward as moral reformer, lolded with hunors,
and sympathy was poured ont upon him as a
prosecuted man.-Baagor Dem.
We are not disposed TO look upon Marshal
Weaver as gone beyond all hope of recovery,
and as not quite so bad man as many people
gospel and let politics alone, all this trouble
might have been saved But the truth is he
is a spoiled child of the politics of the priest
hood. The great Freedom and Humanity
party had work for him to do, and ne was
seduced from the pulpit to the police. We
are not sure that other clergymen who have
gone strongly into politics, could have stood
temptation such as Elder Weaver had TO en-
counter better than he did, Morrillism made
a lion of him, and when the lion had lost his
teeth and could not bite, MorrilIism threw him
overheard. Well fitted 10 become tool in
the hands of the political reformers Of the day.
they defended him while he was of use 10
them,-when his work was done, they cooly
stabbed the very reputation they had defend
ed. And his fate is only one of the results of
the selfshness and black ingratitude of the
black republican party.