Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-08-10
TO ALL WHOM TT MAY CONCERN


IA tots community:
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
k4oa all ,ncu by these presents, that
iiordiio y Mains, do hereby solemn 5
;.:litln that wiIl prosecute 10 the utmost
tttof OF the law, any person. tnat FEC ard
"a, -..c ar -. 81 who shah hereafter MOI
hring L. al AGENT knowingly. sell. give
az eonse, - me, IN any manner, az nn'
der any pr,tence >pir,tu ms, If IN Wal
.i.a drinks ii any klnd within the eircu.
atom OF the Ellsworth .imp-icaH, or any
ef H. correspondents Dated at Els
worth, the second day August, IN the
Year of .ur Lord olc thousand eight hun.
drcd and iiiiy-iive.
HosArlp y. MAINS
There yon have it. runiny-wildcat.
papjSt-; Il victim Rag broken from ,ovr
s,lar.s, aud like freeman and one al
natures noblcmen as he is, he thus pub
i,ciy declares his freedom. There is
,q,e vote lost for Wells and rum. Wells
and slavefy,M ellis and Fonarsm. Yet
otsr tie one vote we do not triumph for
we have staudant reason to believe that
ctr party would have triumphed without;
bin over the redemption OF an crying
ft4n,w man We can and will rejoice. IL
the fitness Of our heart We exclaim,
'thank God for this victory owe. the ell.
emN"
Will Mi. Nuius VIC hars ,.e...s'.~l
acquaintance, bu, have taken pains 10
iitrife respecting him since the forego.
mr. vas handed to 1s, ss,d we have Ne
eeifed such answers as these: "Malns
Way he is one o. the best fellows that
eve. brea,hcd the breath Of Ne, II he
wocd only lei rum alone - He is a
smart, iniellisen, man when he is sober. :"
There va. never better OF kinder hus-
baud ii il wan, for rum" No person spoke
III Of hm-all spoke well Of him, reserv.
Tag the saving clause. But nov he is
ran He Is d whole man wtho1, an "
or fxe.ption.
The time vas, ie such man CHANGED
70 be reclaimed, men OF all parties rejoic-
ed alike over il; but IN ;!Iese evil days
there is party which feels mortified and
chaerincd when the drinksr reforms. but
deaien ,he ears Of a multitude with their
shouts Of Joy when a temperance man
falls. Such is the true character OF the
enemy when disrobed Of the hypocrltical
garb Worn under the varions names Of
"toirra,ion," "llberHliiy." "freedom,'
patriotism and even religion" itself
With these various DISCUSSES, it s.noi
Ia be wondered at that they often deceive
TIVE sunwary. The honest, industrious
laborer who from time munemorlal has al.
ms,t reverenced the names cf Wing or
Democrat, is deceived into believing that
the principles Of these once srea, parties
have undergone Ne. material change Tor
the pas, twentylyears. They are honess
in their belief, and we venture 10 say
there are hundreds IN Hancock county
" no " i'll cast their votes nextSep,ember for
either Wells or Reed. who, il they right.
Is understood the ro,tenne.s and corrup-
ton oil the dregs Of these two parties,
would as soon put their hands in the Ere
as he found voting with them.
There are others who would not be
found 10 their ranks were il not for the
danning influence Of rum. When!soLer r
they possess = nobleness Of soul thous-
a,xis,mes sEeases thsn the cold, calculas.
rl,, heartless wre,ches who, Tor the sake
AZ their votes. do not seruple to tempt
them to ruin, although well aware that
their ruin envolves the ruin Of helpless
wives and innocent children.
Then who shall blame US il We rejoice
wheu the ranks Of the enemy have been
weekend Not the christian. nor the
nor the phiIaeshrop's,. nor the
moral,s,, The drunkards widow. nor bis
orphan. be their politics al sentiments wha,
they NAV, Ban the Passiand rioters and
Samuel Wells; the oflire hoiters snder
Pierce and degraded papisn; the wild.
cars and rum-seiiefs, these may point
their fingers and hiss and cry chame un-
ii they work themselves into towering
passion, We, at c~esy pause We would try
md 2es in hurrah for the man who has |
,eokem irs~o tAei, tolls.