Eastern times., 1855-09-06

We copy from the Argus the protest of
Alonzo Colby Of Bucksport, against the pro
ceedings of the Grand Division of the Sons Of
Temperance, in Maine. whereby it has under
taken to give the votes of the members Of the
order in mass TO Anson p. Morrill,.
Mr.. Colby is thorough going temperance
man, was member OF the Legislature in 1851,
and voted for the Maine law of that year, and
he now holds the Office OF Deputy Grand Pa
triarch Of the order in his county at the present
time.
In reference to the chance of gaining success
by this movement, Mr.. Colby says, a firmly
beieue the democratic party ,oiu be triumphant on
the 10th of September, and all the allied political
po,oers cannot preuent 1t.
There are other questions and causes beside
temperance to produce change in our State
Administration, and if the Sons of Temperance
90 into the contest as directed by the Grand
Division, and get defeated, as 1 haze no doubt
they UiV, our order will cease to be respected. !"
We commend these sound common sense
views to the careful consideration Of all SINH
larIy situated. The following is the protest
in which every sincere and independent minded
member of the order will heartily concur =
To the Sons Of Temperance Of Maine =
Brothers, our noble order is about TO be sac
rifced, to save corrupt political party from
defeat. The order was bargained away at the
las session Of the Grand Division, when only
nine subordinate divisions were represented,
out of one hundred or more. The Sons of
Temperance must be blind TO the true interest
of our order, if they suffer it to be prosttuted
to SO base purpose. AS a member of the or
der, protest against the transfer of the order
10 any political party whatever, much less to
the Republican alias know nothing party,
party which would be disgrace to any nation,
much more TO our country, which should be
the pride and hope OF the world party who
for the year past has been seeking to array one
class of our citizens against the other, solely
on account of their religion and birthplace
party that has caused more mobs, violeace and
bloodshed for the year past, than all other po-
litical parties since the foundation of our gov
ernment. How could they receive Father
Matthew, if he should again visit our country,
to aid us in our glorious work of reform /
The Sons Of Temperance must have forgotten
the ebjects ior which we are associated to-
gether, if they quietly submit to be bartered
away for less than mess of pottage.
What do their papers say now about tenn
perance! Before the session Of the Grand
Division, it was the great and only question
to be decided at the September election but
now what do they say about i'll They have
retreated behind Nebraska, and say that tenn
perance and all other state questions are but
incidental and subordinate to that great nation
al question.
Can we rely upon party that justi6es the
mobng a citizen because he is Catholic, and
then prostitutes our courts of justice TO screen
the guilty1 A party that has abolished courts
in one place, and established them in another,
merely to make places for their hungry parti-
zans party that would squander our public
property upon sectaran institutions, Tor no
other purpose but TO obtain their influence a
party that would rob part of our citizens OF
their dearest rights and privileges. We might
60 on enumerating their acts Of folly and in
Justice, but these will suffice. Their only re-
deeming quality is temperance, and that Is not
deep rooted principle. To save their places
they would abandon 1t as readily as the gentle
man who Secretary of the Republican
Convention last winter, retreated from his vote
upon the Maine law, behind the Ripley petit
tion. They would say now, as they did last
year, " no matter if he be rummy or temper
ance, if he is sound on the Nebraska. | am
not alone in protesting against the action of
the Grand Division. There are others in the
Division to which. belong, and every true
democrat in other Divisions, will scorn the
idea of being sold at so cheap rate.
ALoNZo Colby.