Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1855-02-16
ASTONISHED!

Great was the establishment of Mr.
Copp OF Trenton in this county, on 60.
ing into his store las, Monday morning
TO find that some Spiritually minded
person or persons had broken through
window in the night time and set his
Brandy. Gin and Rum to running
Whether spiritual raps' were heard,
this deponent saith not; but suffice it 10
say; not two gallons from quantity worth
$4,000 was saved.
Mr. c. was our informant, and he feels
confident that the evil disposed persons
who thus wantcnly destroyed his proper.
ty, 1.-THE Maine Law denies that liquor
Is property were bona fde members Of
the Waichmen's Club al Somesvllle.
We know nothing abou, the merits or
dement's Of this case, and wha, is more
ICE don't care i, As the law now stands,
as public opinion now views it, no man
can have valid excuse for keeping al
holic liquorsi for sale. The testimony OF
the most scientific Physicians prove that
even as a beverage, it is deadly poison !
Then why should men persist in keeping
1t for sale! Perhaps some old fogy doc.
tor has advised il, +: but even that is no ex-
cuse.
|, may be questioned whether the per.
sons who set this liquor ITO running
have not also violated the law. Well,
suppose they have; what then! Unless
we are loud in cur RECOMMENDATION against
them, we presume that all the Nebraska.
Rum, Catholic papers will be down upon
US as they were abou, Bapst having been
tarred and feathered. But even this con-
dera.ion shall not in,imidate U.S. and We
learlessly assert that we will not denounce
them.
Our reasons for this obstinacy may be
briefly stated. During the last year, we
mean since the appointment Of the pres
ent Sheriff Of Hancock County, it has
been impossible to have a rrecep, served
in this village, under the provision Of the
Maine Law without first giving the officer
an indemnifying bond. This, no one
felt disposed to do, and the result, has
been that no complaints have been made,
and nearly every shan,y and den OF inta-
my, especially Of the Irish papis,s have
fumed with the meanest Of all kinds Of
mean rum,
Then who will dare deny it, if we as.
sert that as far as Ellsworth has been
concerned, the Maine Law has been only
a farce : 1t has been the law of the
land, vet it has been dead letter. Who
wonders then that jealous temperance
men have lost all patience and determin.
ed 10 take the law into their own hands 7
There is but one more view to take Of
this subject and we are done. The pub
fishing Of this article may cost US one
subscribers. Well what Of it ,
Not one hundred nor FIVE hundred shall
deter US from doing what we believe to
be our duty. But it is nothing new for
US 10 lose subscribers on account of
some article which does not relish well.
For ins,ance-we recently published
relative to the removal
Of the Post Master at Orland. The re.
sui, was that nearly all our papers have
been refused and sent back from there.
But what of ! We still! insist that
The &C, was mean and contemplate in Mr.
Fuller and we would still say this
though we los, every subscriber in Or
Iand.
The truth is we are determined to pub.
lish au independent paper. Neither
hope OF reward, nor fear of punishment
shall cause US to deviate one iota from
what we consider right. @ We de-
lest Romanism, despisc demagoguism,
abhor the liquor traffic and hate
the institution Of slavery..O There
fore let no person suppose that we shall
attempt to excuse or apoligise for any Of
these evils. Upon the subject OF the
Maine Law, and its enforcement. we in
tend saying more in future than we have
during the past.
We deem ii but an act Of justice to