Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-11-02
4 Picture for the Anti.Maine Law Men
Of Maine 20 Look az.

Tho criminal record NJ the current wrck
hid. fair % rival thatof the preceding On
Wednesday last. John Slvu. shoemaker.
stabbed his wife with q shur-kuifr. In Eve
plcrs. \ man. uAmvl Archibald Irvine,
died from the effect, ~ wounds, illir'rl on
the previous night rs n youth named barron.
William El-rlc va, committed llr trial on
% charge Of numbering John SI''r1y with %
pistol. m ninth avenue. on Friday night.
John Corrprnn vns convicted ~ mnu-lnugh-
Tor In the fourth degree and policeman
was arni.n~l Un % charge pf mansauEhirr
IN causing he death ~ . prisoner ly Woe
lrnrr. Rather urmillhl" catalogue fur
one day. hut there - moro On add On
TUESDAY. John smith. how of seventeen,
was rllrri no the lar 0u a charge Df murder
and convicted ~ m1nsaurh'rr in the second
degree Yesterday, Patrick Mcmahon, n
lnhorrr. was pat M trial fpr thr mur,lrr of
bic wife John II. Ring. q mrro lad in APP
prlrnncr, va. arranged frr homicide The
valruu us.l in M thr Css have mem
toned. save thru, WIS the dlsnrl'--n
knife. the immediate cause ia each instance
was RUN.
We clip the above from late New York
paper. Il add, to the long li.i n evidences
now before ,hc puhlic, of thc fvr,l, c1usc.
qucncr', that directly result from the unre.
strained sale 1g intoxicating liquors. Crime.
or the awful character detailed ia the above
article. very seldom occur, unlo,. they are
directly produced by rum, aud Il has lr'u
proved over and over again, by evidence
fearful and conclusive, TINT rm~'nh'of az
the crimes committed against DE Laws, rc-
ul, from he 1mr cause.
With those stubborn facts s,arin. them
flll la the face, We dni mon who pretend to
hc rhilnuthropi.ts, patriots. christians, urs.
ing, with q perfect Ana,ncism the repeal Of
tho Maine Law, the braaLin. down Of al
cL'eni, lrsalrotnin,s, upon thi,ai,rDcious
traffic When ;hcy DO this, it iswith foil
kuovlcicr, that II they .uocccj in thoIr
suicidal course ofpolicy-thcy will hiring
woe and suiT ring, aud human wr,,chelnoss
and misery upon hcwholc community; they
know that they lead the way Tor crimo and
pnupcrism, misery and death.
Repeal the Maine Law, and YOU place the
numerous bad, into the hand, Of the as
a.,in-you infuse into the brain Of the mid
night murderer, the dclirium Of mainrs.--
YOU urso on with terrible certainty the fatal
blow that rend, soul and body asundcr-
YOU make men maniacs, mad men and idiot,
you make innocent, dcfcncclcss women
widows, and children orphans--you destroy
domestic peace and turn pleasant, peaceful
homes. into abodcs Of inicscribahlcw rctchcd-
ness and misery, You strip the habliments
OF comfort from childrcns backs and clothe
them in tattercl rars-you Danish quiet
frum our Villages, aud kindle mp the fire, Of
strife and contention-you fll our States
Prisons with inmates, and our pils with
criminals, and our Aims Houses with pau
pers, and yet all this enumeration Of the
fearful evils that will be directly brought
about by removing the legal restraints which
protect society in thi. matter, Is but faint
dclincation Of the curse that Sliows rum
selling. The politicians who have aimed a
murderous blow at the Maine IAw-and the
men who have by their votes aided them In
their attempt at Its overthrow, have far
CiR responsibility resting upon them. It lisa
responsibility they have assumed to advance
their personal interest and the interests Of a
political party. Let them remember there
is moral sentiment in the State, which will
hold them accountable