Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-10-05
viii the Maine Law be Repealed !

both its friends and oppo'crs, and can only
be answered by the next Legislature.
While no one knows precisely what will
he done with The law, by the conflicting el-
cmeuts Of character that have been elected
as is oppo-cr., .iill we all hsyc the Yankee
right to gus, what win b. r. fate.
Both the democratic and whis convcn-
,ious, declared themselves ia favor Of a suit
able rroiRiiorv law. They dill no, in their
resolutions, strike against the great leading
principle upon which the law is hasci-in-
stead Of doing this. they only declared war
against some Of il 5,in,. Now the anti
law men have got tho power into their own
hands, what will they DO with ~
This alliance PARTY have now got the
load fairly and sluarcly upon their shout
ders thy have now got N take the rcspon-
.ibility, and will have to answer to the
pooplc II Maine, Tor the WY and manner
they uso n, power cutrus,al 70 their hands.
Now will they rcpral law out right
abolish Il from oar s,atut, books, without
cnactinc a substitute, SUBSTANTIALLY cmboly-
inc the stringent, prohiliiory principle ?
Thcro are men elected to the next lcgisla-
turr. who would ruthlc,sl, brJak down all
LEGAL restraints upon thcrum traffic, they
would look on with stole Indifference, and
s,c the very frs of hell, Enilcl mp in and
around every peaceful dwelling al over the
State, they would no, ohTyt to having tip
ping shop. IN full blast at every village,
corner and neichh5rhoolin Maine or At
leholiins our streets, Highways and bye
WAYS Incl with gutter drunkard', from
Kitlcry to Calais. This clan want no lnr
at all. They could 60 III this for the sake
orhl,riv, frc' rum and liberal democracy
They are comparatively few in number,
and without ard from some quarter, are
powcrlc-s. Thy alone. cannot harm tie
law There are It'll another clas Of mem.
hers elect, who would 'rpcal the law, blot
il out entirely, and in t. stead, would en-
ar, a hoc7ss law giving every man who
would pay q stipulated sum, The right TO
Ill Intoxicating drinks, 90 anybody and
everybody who want, {. Thos, men pro.
ra- 90 ~ lack any years, and r.-,uact the
laws ol former timo. Every man who can
SEQ 10 an, wei knows that 10 rcyiyc this old
exploded sy-tcm, would BE- tanamoun; to
having no law at all and indeed We be-
lic,c it. practical oprrgtion would be worse
than it would to leave the whole matter 70
regulate itself
4 third cla,s would have prohilR'v
law, hui would ~ ayrangc the details, that
il would b. vowcrlcs. They would have
On, shadow without ,lo substance, plant
the trcr. and then 50 iop or the branchc.,
as 90 stop is growth, and produce rrcma-
TURF decay, AMI ultimate death, 10 every
par, Of It. They w9,l PAS, law that
would havsa high Sounding rrrs, but in
hst would o. a dad letter upon the statute
book.
But VI the member. s'cr' 90 n, next Lex.
i,lamrc. among a., Wei, AMI Rcel men
We believe hars i.a y.ry respectable party
Who age iu favor u liIuarhw sufficient
~ stringent in e.. principle, aDl details, 20
cHnfuc ,lo aleof Intoxicating liquor % a
proper purpose, % wit for m,l.cinll aud
mechanical purposes. Thcr men would,
IN other words, have stringent, Efficient
hw,-5ue that would puta stop % grog
shop, AMI ,.pplins shop, ana protect the
community against the awsJs Of tho I'M
priaciv'ci rumallgr.
Vow here ar, those four classes Of men,
found among the anti.Ecpubli,an member.
Of the next legislature, and the question re-
turns, what will thcy do2 What oag they
DO? Will they agree among themselves, 50
as To %, able to DO anything. that will dos
troy the crcat vital principle Of the present.
law? These men know that the ,riols re-
,p5aqsi,y has been by .hcir own acts,
changed, and that i: now .rttlcs down upon
their hacks. Gov Morrill, and the Repub-
lican party, have now no lorgcr any rcspon-
.ibilty in the matter They have Tor years
b,cn lighting for a law that would protect
the people against the great evils that L.
ultimately insult from the unrcstnincd sale
Of intoxicating drinks. The Wells and
Reed parties have stepped in, and say, rrr
are the men who can give protection to the
people Of Maine. Well, LET them try their
hand at it. They are not 80 blind, but
wha, they understand that the peopie are on
their track, and that they will holdihai par
| iy responsible, who has the political power
Of the State in their hands. II they dare
repeal the law, let them do it or # they
dare destroy the present law, and enact in
It's stead. one that is powerloss and inopcra-
tive, let them do il. We would have no
trigs thrown in the way Of this "new
I light" temperance party-lCt them act out
just what they please. II they do right,
honest men will sustain their aets---ii
wrong. death stands at their door. Again
we repsst, give them all the rope they want,
and then, If in trying to hang other folks,
they get the moose around their own nccks,
it will only remain for the people Of Maine,
at the next election, 10 knock out the drop,
and lc; them hang until they are dead.
TIM Srnnn Tie rnninns rnins of thl