Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1858-05-28
C0NuUNCATE0Ns.
Woman and the T temperance
Question.


On the tn day Of june next. the men of
this STATE will have the privilege of casting
their votes in favor or against prohihitory
liquor law The party that denounces pro-
bibi,,on as a Republican measure, will,
IF eours2. - hear: ana s,ul agains; the Jaw;
81 viii the ram>slie1s with their satellites
and followers. Ther, there arr many Whose
anxiety for their party welfare far teausc.nls
their 6 = fv-- ten ySr7sn1e. and WIN are fear
fgl if the law is sanctioned II viii material
~ efset their party int.ros-s-iazy u, will
- against i ar remain silent thereon. On
the other hand, there are III 50 VII ar n NJ
est aud c,a> i.uti9us enough N their yisws
On the merits Of prohibition, = stop the tide
Of intemperance, and xha value temperance
more than arty; fisg viii = with all their
might in favor Of the law. Which Of these
will prove strongest time mus: tell. Now
each and all Of these class : have q right TO
vote is they plsAsa, but there is another ele-
ment, strong and mighty, which is for eed to
remain silent Where are the women of
Maine on this question? 1t their petit ions
on the subject tell. What class is 50 little
addicted to the use of intoxicating drinks as
a beverage, ami still suffers SO keenly the
les5lating effects of an unres trictcd sale Of
liquor? Woman deep feeling has MANIFEST
ed itself in her petitions on the subject-she
has called loudly and earnestly FOR a prohib-
ltory law It matters not whether her Pc
siti3n is a sound one. or whether If woman
could have lust such a law as she wants it
would relieve her suffering from intemper-
ance. or not " hat | want to know IS, By
what right is this great clement in favor q
prohibition to BE- wholly ignored at the vote
to take place one week from next Moulay
Where i the right in permitting the drunk
ard, intoxicated ana erazed with liquor, to
- to the polls and vote mo" on this qucs-
ton. when the heart and soul Of his suffer
in wife at home, cries out with all its pow
er "y.z? And yet when the vote is declared
it VIII be called tn Voice of the people,, in
the very face Of women whose prayers and
aaFes are centerad On pr5hibitory law
+ f. b. sure woman Is most earn silly exhort-
j - use her influence On man Gen Riley,
a Noted temperance lecturer. in recent he
tlre. cxhor,ed the women Of Maine to stan ]
al tie ballot box On that day with votes in
their hands, ana endeavor to persuade the
men to vote in favor Of the law Women d
Maine Do YOU hear? You are exhortel 10
stand at the ballot box, a place "too filthy
and dirty for woman, and there POLITICAL
I demara gue-like, to wheelle and coax the
men into voting as you think right. What
power has 50 suddenly purified the ballot
box that it will be fit for woman on that
day? Will these temperance orators who
rrate so much of s'woman's influence,
help tac cause Of female suffrage, and thus
put this strong prohibition element where it
can be Of use-where it can help sustain any
party that claims temperance Tor one Of il
leading principles, and thus counteract the
party that wallows in the mud Of rumselinc
Tor rum votes? Thank God, woman begins
to see that she has some interest in politics,
and that she wants to y5te a-ainst licensing
men to sell hell-fre and periitiJn to her hGs-
band, father. brothers and friends More
than one woman Will ask AZ dill one recently
in a ladys temperance meeting; why can I
women help make the laws, q question
that might well be asked, whom the statute
law Of the State licenses men to sell liquor
and thersby kills body and sonl-a law in
which, God be praisd, no w9man's ygice
Was ever heard, Or w5mlns vote east in its
favor
Let aar Temperance women ponder well
their position on this question. Let them
70 t. the ballot box AMI use all their powers
! of persuasion. with their most ntle words
and winning smiles, tie power of which we
hear 50 much, Let them wielI these weapons
which custom allows them, aHd then see ii
they could not effect more with one piece o!
paper and only one word thereon written,
if they but had the right II put it into the
ballot box, than with all their angelic
influence, about which ministers, editors,
and gallant men generally discourse 50
learnedly and eloquently.
May it learn those women who are SO anx-
i2us for a pr)hihitory law, bat yet "don I
want the right to ote''-who profess 10 be
perfectly satisfied to have the men make
the law, that no class cln legisla5s justly
for anoth r unr presented el,ss; aud that il
7 they would have their influence tell on this
temperance question, and effect the laws
thereon, they must first obtain the right Of
Suffrage right that is theirs by virtue Of
their citizenship, and which is guaranteed
them by the principles Of the Declaration Of
Independence, which declares truth that
ought to be written in letters Of gold, and il
letter and spirit carried out By Practice
IAN governments derive their just powers
from the consent Of the governed"
HrMASITY.
Painful Accident.
4 very proluiSinp son If DR. Samua, Grail