The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1855-01-19

is, that this change in the character Of the
members, has shut up liquor selling in the
hotels here. Some Of the hotel keepers
complain Of this state Of things, but their
cases do not excite much administration
Z" Jordan is hard road 10 travel" and It
is very evident that all liquor sellers, either
here or elsewhere, will find it 50, both by
the withdrawal of the demand for their po-
tations, and tho determination &c stop their
traffic.
In relation to the future of the Republic
can party, and the circumstances which
have called it anew into life apd vigor, the
Tri-Weekly Journal Of this morning has
very good article which appears in the shape
of salutatory from the pen Of its new edi-
tor, Mr.. John L. Stevens. We copy On ex-
tract, which, lopg as it is, will be read with
interest. Says Mr.. Stevens - .
"For number Of years, causes have
been operating in the politics Of Maine and
the Union, which have finally ripened into o
revolution. Were it not for the firm convic-
ton that the hand Of Providence in passing
political changes for good, we would not
consent to be a humble agent in the gui.
dance Of political press. II is no longer o
matter for discussion, but has passed into
history, that the two political parties which
divided tho American people from 1923 to
1852, are no more. It is in vain that we
seize the past, and attempt to make il occu-
Ply the living present. Times change, and
it is wisdom in US to grapple the facts around
US, and mould them for the strength and
well-being Of our common country. He is
the useless and pitiful fogy who cleayes to
the dead, doscanting dolorously Of tho good
old times, wrapping himself in the cast OF
garments that well suited o former genera
ton. He is the visionary, unsafe for leader
ship, who igDres present duties and yainly
attempts to read more Of the future scroll
than Providence has unrolled. A new era
| is already dawning on this country, and
blind is he who cannot and will not see it.
Most OF the issues that gave cohesion TO the
parties Of the nation for quarter of GEN.
fury, have bean settled, correctly or incor-
rectly. The sreat question Of American
Slavery is upon us, and we cannot avoid its
most searching consideration. We have
lodged it, compromised with il, closed our
eyes against it, but the moro it will not be
be ignored-the more It presses on us as o
miasma Of death, and the power Of an in
creasing and wide gathering storm. The
hour has arrived thaswe must master IL, or
il will master us. Tho feudal lords Of the
South, on whose soil three millions of col.
ored Amricans are chained down in brutal
ignorance and sensuality, in whose control
is centralized the entire power Of their own
states, at an carly day seized with iron
hands the Wing and Democratic parties, and
used their machinery and force to its own
agrandizement. Though the strong men Of
those parties otherwise designed, there was
an aggressive force ever active in their
midst, against which their most heroic ef-
forts were powerless, All lovers OF freedom
and the Union have been taught, BY bitter
experience Of the past, that division is their
weakness, and Union the strength Of the
forces arrayed against them,
If three hundred and fifty thousand slate-
holders are uni. for the purposes of sec
I'll alism and depotism, shall not twenty
millions Of treemen be unit for the safety
of liberty and the well being Of the nation
The purpose u the Republican party is the
concentration and wise guidance of the for
ces Of freedom. 1t is.not the result Of tao
tics, or Of artificial creation, rs some might
suppose, but is the product of causes be-
yond individual. control. Like all parties
worthy to exist, not indicating decay, but
life, 1t has grotrn. The spiritso of our reyo-
lutionary sires are inspiring IL and giving it
direction. God is watching over It. II is
not party Of Que idea only. 1t draws to-
wards itself all the lawful interests of the
Union. Itregards temperance us one of its
fundamental principles. 1t clearly secs and
recognizes the immense evils Of the Aquor
traffic. II teaches tina, property, innocence,
homes, and life, are entitled to protection
from one Of the most direful scourges that
ever cursed the human race. 1t extends its
fostering care to Education, Agriculture, In
dustry. Trade, Art, and everything that Gun
make the nation wise, healthfal, and strong.
The Republican party, there fore, cannot be
weak in endeayor, nor temporary in dura.
ton. Its principles and purposes are not
inferior n magnitude to those which gave
existence to the parties in the edflier DAYS
Of the republic, in the defence of which Ham.
ilton and Jefferson wiestled with the power
of demi.gods; and superior they are to those
which gave vitality TO the parties of Jackson
and Gay, 1t has been. then, no rash and
puerilo movement which has linked the ma.
jority Of the people Of Maine 10 the great
and rapidly growing Republican party OF the
nation. All tho best spirit and impulses 70.
vealed in American history give it intensity
and power. 10 the principles and advance
ment OF this great party Of Freedom and I'm
provement we give our iull adhesion and
most earnest endeavors. A SON of Maine.
with pride and gratitude do we look on our
present political condition. Born and
schooled in old Kenncbec, our earliest DO.
litical knowledge was drawn from the ably
written pages Of LUTHER SEVERANCE, whose
light still fingers on US like the the rays Of
the sun on the mountains, ere n goes down
in its undimmed and full .orbed radiance.-
With mingled feelings Of reverence and Joy
do We speak through the medium made ven.
cradle, and almost classic, by the name of
him whose labors gave it influence at home
and abroad. Whatever may have beer the
common estimate ofpolitics, We scorn to con.
slider it o pastime or sham. However
puerile and unworthy may have been some
Of the issues and contests Of the past, sure
we are that no child's play is now before
the American people. |.
We can appreciate the force Of Mr.. Ste
ven's conclusions. We have labored long
and earnestly in the direction which Mr.. S.
suggests, and wo hail tho dawning of
better day, with unmingled satisfaction ; and
We, too, can appreciate the feelings which
he expresses when speaking Of the inhu.
ences Of that light, which still fingers on
him, "like the rays Of the sun on the
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