Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-06-19
Temperance.


joining county, who is by age, expert.
ence, and long devotion TO the cause, en-.
titled to be heard; and whose views arc
we'll matured, and are the result Of much
thought and experience.
The public mind has need of bein :;
stirred up on this subject, it being lament
ably behind what the best interests of
the State and humanity requires. 1t
seems very appropriately the duty of
those who '.have not the smell of fire
upon their garments" and who are warm
ly enlisted for the war, in the cause of
temperance, to re-commence the labor OF
preaching temperance, not among politi-
clans alone, but among the people, in
the school districts ana not as politi-
clans merely, but IS temperance men,-
There are not politicians enough in the
state to prevent stringent prohibitory
law being enacted, wher. the people de
such law would not be sustained if 1t
were upon the statute book. The public
mind is not upto the point tina, it was when
we had Maine Law Men who are nomi-
nally temperance mc1, and those Tho are
strictly, so far as regards drinking them
selves, are willing to go with the party
that uphold drinking and selling while
there is prospect of tina. being the VIC
torious party. When such men see that
the masses axe fora prohioitory law. they
viii be for one. and vice versa. Moral
and humane considerations do not impel
such men to chose their POSITIONS
Nothing SO ETHEREAL and unsubstantial
sways them.
The far seeing and sagacious
men fear that there will b. another
Maine Law before the people are will
ing to sustain those whose duty it is to
see i, enforced; before the majoriiy-a
clear and decided majority of the peo-
pie call for one; before the m tsse: have
discussed. resolved on, and in their mind
have made such law. To secure such
law, we repeat it is necessary to
have the people demand it, defend and
sustain it. While we had the "Maine
Law temperance men acted as If their
game was played out, and there was
nothing farther to be done. Temperance
societies were dsbanded. and like the al
lied armies before Sevastopol, they went
into winter quarters or were on the sick
list. Nothing was done to keep up the
interest Of It's we'll wishets Discussion
of Temperance gave away TO discussion
upon particular provisions Of the law OF
whetha- this Temperance champion was
intallib!e, or that one rogue, The true
work @: the philan'hropist, that of urs-
ing reasons. aud Arguments. aud pe-saa
sion. to save. y form, and eleva'e the un.
fortunate iEo CITRATE, or the careless modsr
a'e drinker wss neglected, and given over
almost entirely. The Thing most,o be ac-
complished now Is 10 make m n total az
s.inencc men When they arrive at this
point, they are already Maine Law men
or three quarters OF them are so. AMI in
due time will demand tina; law shal! be
passed Of prOhibitory character.
tn, question OF STATE Sovereignty,
says the Provideace Journal, is deeply
involved in the unfortunate affair in OHIO.
The direct and immediate question is,
have the officers of the general govern
ment right, in enforcing the laws Of the
general government, to disregard the
State laws, even where there is no con-
hict between them? Is a Deputy United
States Marshal superior to the courts o +
u State: Shall the habeas corpus act be
superseded in favor Of the fugitive slave
acts Shall ali the reserved rights Of the
States, all the protection that is
thrown around the citizens, be disre-
sarded in the pursuit of runaway
negro, or in the punishment, Of men who
have refused to aid in his capture: 1t
promises to be great question. Ga one
sida are the Democratic party and the
administration Of the general govern
ment; on the other, reason and comm On
sense. the rights of humanity. the sover.
elgn,y of the States, the principles of
freedom and justice. We do no, feel
any concern about the final settlement of,
such question; it may be slow, bu, it
will be RICH, in the end.
The 18TH instant was the day set
down as the precise time wh-n the comet
with its big tail was to knock the earth
Into ounce pieces as big as horse" As