The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-07-20
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Tyranny comes seeking to control The
ballo,-box, the iury-box, and our courts o
justice, and deprive US Of the privileges ant
liberty for which our fathers fought.
The same tyranny comes TO US in h,
form Of an angel Of light, rs n messages
Of peace. Under the garb Of temperate,
and moral reform Is enacted law which
has no parallel since the Revolu,ion-it
equal can only DO found in barbarous no
tons and yet this law Is regarded by man,
rs hardly inferior TO the Divine law, ant
some place !, even above the ten com
mandments.
Have you ever read this law, I aske,
one OF the most intelligent men in Maine
he bad read the Maine Law, said he hal
three time attempted 10 read il, bu, j, mad
him so mad every time, no could not sc
through with il. want you to read tina
law, lot your families read tread il sec
ton by section, read il through, but keel
your tempers; and your good CONNER
sense must condemn the great proportion
Of il. Give !! all the credit due 10 tile
Us look at il as j. is-and take the bull BY III
horns. .-.... ......
Its basis Is in this ptovision-No iatoried
ting liquors shall Be sod ereepi for mtdienG
and mechanical purposes. Rum, gin, bran
dy, cider, beer, and every liquid that IN
ioxicaIes-camphor, laudanum, and ever
compound in daily family use are forbidden
BY it, except when bought Of the agen
created by the law.
The first section of,he law declares " III,
:erm intoxicating liquor, used in this nc,
means and include. evory pre- partition tAa
win produce in,oxicaticn. WIN cAmpho
or laudanum proddce intoxicaiion in TIL
form usually sold by apO,hecariesi If so
tho sale is prohibited, on The other hand
j, willInOr, itmay be sold as FREQ as flou
or pork. Then tho fourth section Of tn
act explicitly allows apothecaries and drug
gists 10 use such liquors in the preparation
of medicines, and they may sell such med
icinos, providing they are not Intoxicating
in any quantity. Judge Wells sla,cmena
in these particulars arc wholly incorrect, al
any one may see by examining the statute.
When you 20 to an agen, TO buy a quar-
Of liquor, whose is il, when you pay for IL
lit is your property, and you will do with
i, as you please-,he law dont pTohibi
your drinking il. VIVA, then becomes thi;
=" Name LGp ," il is decepiiye-it holds
on, wha, The law cannot do. The more the
law is understood, the more apparen, will
be its deceptive character, and the less To-
yor will it find umong free and Intelligent
people. The people Of Maine are the mos
temperate people in the known world, and
through their desire to see this virtue uni.
versally prevalent, they have boon mos
grossly humbugged, as any one may soc by
a careful consideration OF the law. Admit
/, is advisory with the agent 10 consider the
person TO whom the liquor is to be sold
who are these agents! are they wiser and
better than yourselves, that they arc set uE
~ Judges over the community in this matter
why dom: II say no liquors shall be sold ,C
minors and Indians, and any
persons who have no, judgment 10 use i
properlyi With these wholesome provis
ions the great body Of the people would be
freed from the tyrannical control Of such q
law.
We have been called dumb democracy.
belong 10 no dumb party; torm my
opinion upon reflection, and do no, conceal
them whon formed. Upon the Missouri
Compromise and Ksnsas-NebTaska question
the speaker was mum and dumb. 10 10
an agen, TO buy u quart Of liquo., ne says,
don't know you-can', have IT. trould
see him and his liquor stuck into ihe earth
Jsfore 1 could 60 10 kiE.
do no, want much liquor-have MOI
consumed two quarts Tor % years-don'l
know as shall for 25 years 10 come. II
DO wan. il, shall have it--Slall never &c
10 onn Of lha-a asanis. hnmhlin1 mySali
with petitions and certificates and | CLAIM
for the great mass Of the people-.he same
freedom from unjust restraint which claim
for myself.
The Judge did no; resign his place on the
bench a momen, too soon. His unfitness
for the office is demonstrated when he says,
" when he wants liquor no will have IT and
win never 90 10 the Agents for it, humbling
himself with petitions and cer,ilica,es."-
We always admire dignity in 4 Judge, bu'
this is running Judicial disniiy into the
ground besides, for man who is stick
lsr for the enforcement Of the Fugitive
Slave law, il sayofs OF lawleSSacss. II won
answer, o, mos, learned Judges; for Judge.
TO DO violalers Of law. Better get YOU
liquor Of ,hes' Rum AGENT same as other
people, when wanted f" for medicinal ant
medical purposes" 1t won, pay FOX candi'
dates for Offices in these days to be above
The laws, or much above tho voters. Your
wi,c's rheumatism is no, whit more ais-
tOcratic in tho eye OF the law, than is that
suffered BY tho wife OF the poOres; labOting
man,
Have moi 90, through with the LIST section
yet. II provides that this agen, shall sell
oaly 10 citizens Of the town which appoints
hun. II any OF you are sick here to-day,
tho agent in Alfred can't sell you drop OF
liquor, If you don't live here; no will tell
you to run home as fac, as you can and ge,
|, there. Is this the liberty we enjoy in
this nineteenth century!
What a pity |, was the sick Democrats,
tho Democrat says the Judge said there
nigh, be thousand Of them liable to sick
ness, were placed in such a strai, place.
They could sc; no liquor without running
home at extra speed TO get il. bad, every
way bad-pcsitively awful. Could nc, so,
any rum in Allied, "and mus, run home TO
&c, il there" We incline TO the belief that
some sick Democrats at Alfred got little
Or medicinal purposes, withou, goin: home
II the TOP Of their spced.l
Tho agcnt must keep an account, OF wha,
40 soils, and specify Tor wha, purpose you
wan, il, and no must record your nawc-if
your wiis has the rheumatism or o soro toe,
i must all be recorded, and tbs your do
nestle affairs must DO laid omen 10 public
inspection. Any Justice OF Peace may de-
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