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The Portland daily press., 1866-05-26

subject for consideration, and most effectively
was it discussed-moral suasion and the law
being the recognized instrumentalities, each
indispensable in its place, and both essential
to the achievement Of the grand result.
Among the speakers were several who were
exclusive advocates of moral suasion, but
their estimate of its necessity and power
could not possibly be higher than that of the
warmest advocates of prohibition.
Those who participated in the discussion
were Messrs. j. w. Munger, o. S. Beale, S. L.
Carleton, Andrew J. Chase, Fred E. Shaw, J.
L. Kimball and Fred N. Dow, of this city,
Rev. Mr.. Davis of Massachusetts,, Peter r.
Hall of Windham, E. S. Elder and Mr. Butter
field of Saccarappa, Rev. Mr.. McCollister of
Stevens Plains, Oliver B. Howard of Morrilps
Corner, DR.. Tukesbury of Falmouth, Mr..
Wyman Of Cumberland, Rev. Mr.. Martin of
Scarborough, and others.
The following resolution, accompanied by
appropriate remarks, was unanimously adopt
ed by rising vote:
Whereas, Gen. Neal Dow the author and ablest
expounder Of the Maine Law, has complied with an
invitation to visit Great Britain to assist in advocate
ing the passage OF a similar law for that kingdom
and Whereas, the friends of temperance in this coun
try have undiminshed confidence in his integrity and
ability, it is therefore
Resolved, That this Association cordially and re-
newedly commend Gen. Neal Dow to the friends of
temperance in Great Britain especially to the mem-
bers of the United Kingdom Alliance, in the firm be-
lief that his labors among them will be not less eff
Gent now than heretofore, and in the earnest hope
that Parliament will ere long enact law which shall
completely suppress the infamous traffic in intoxi-
eating drinks-the fruitful source OF unalloyed and
untold misery.
Voted, That q copy of the foregoing resolution,
signed by the officers of this Association be forward
cd to the Secretary Of the United Kingdom Alliance
A warm and affectionate tribute to the
memory of the late DR.. Pease was offered
when the following resolution was unani-
mously adopted:
Whereas, This Association has learned the painful
intelligence OF the recent death of DIR. Nathaniel
Pease Of Bridgton, one of the earliest and most eff
Gent advocates Of temperance and prohibition in this
State, it is therefore - Z
Resolued, That while The Association deplore the
death OF DIR. Pease as serious loss TO the cause of
temperance, they would bow submissvely to the d.
vine will in this affective dspensatioD, and derive
consolation from the cheering fact that our departed
The Portland daily press., 1866-05-26

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The Portland daily press., 1866-05-26

To Advertiser.
Union State Convention.

Advertisements cannot be properly classified, unle
they are sent in before 10 O'clock in the forenoon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-21
PRISONS AND PRISON DISCIPLINE.

One of socety's adjourned but perpetually recurring
questions is that referring to crime and criminals.
Good men live in the hope Of making all men good at
some time or other-of discovering system by which
virtue will become the rule of human conduct Half
of our social problems depend upon this. lfpeople
only knew how good il was be good the work would
be DONE The pleasure of irGnkneSS, OF saying yes
no, being able to look every in the eye of re-
specng the personal relations of labor, is far sweeter
than the most attractive vice. This is commonplace
philosophy, perhaps butsois the constant repetition of
every truth We consider these social questions over
and over again until all argument seems dead and
every illustration becomes as trite a. the warnings
against lying and the incentives to industry that We
once found in our spellingbooks.
Here is the twenty irst annual report ofthe Eyecu
tive Committee of the Prison Association OF New
York 232 pages part first only, and full Of strange
interest. II i, the annual record of the efforts OF
company OF good men, to see that il there is not
some wheat among the tares of society, some hidden
residue of gold in the alloy which law throws from
il erncibe. That justice shall he done to the destl-
tute that discharged prisoners shall receive help
ing hand in their struggles toward honest life: that
evil associations shall be withheld from the punished
the twenty.one years of the Socetys existence, 7256i
persons have been visited in prison; 2l,92c COM
plants have been examined $3.50 complaints have
been abandoned at the instance Of the Soeiety oo9<
prisoners have been discharged from custody through
the nterposition of the Society; li9ei discharged
nrsouers have been aided in various ways; 33U2 dis
charged eonyicts provided with situations. twenty
one years we'll spent, and honest useful work WEI
done
Certain suggestive facts crop ont of this report
which should be well considered in our PHI
losophy. We find that war greatly influences crime
that during war the social bonds seem to loosen,
and the vice Of poor human nature predomnates.
Foreign immigration fosters crime, partly from the
fact that some European nations make America, in
sly way place for criminal transportation, partly
because our foreign born residents are very Ignorant
and irresponsible. Crime nestles in cities, and gen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-21

vote-and this June 1854 less than two years ago
Congress adjourned amid the confident Doasings OF our
opponents that the places that knew then would AhOw US no
thereafter But with their war cry agalnt US OF
"au Abolition war and their appeals whether Whte men
should be drafted 10 free negroes the loyal people over
wlcmed them NJ the polls turned all their premature roc
ngs into sorrow, and returned 100 molorly 70 e
H)use-the most sweeping victory ever KNOWN IA, our
political history The popular heart Is as SOUND anu a
true 20 the right now 1t was then lie pony!
proposed by Congress cannot be justly regarded as extreme
yndctye by those who having forwOrn their coun
Try enacting that all who would hot surrender their Dn
right should he treated alien enemies raising armies 70 WI"
on the Union and signalling their power by the most IN
famous prosecutions Ourages starvation and murders ever
known in civilized land demand what they claim rs
their rights" in the most arrogant and indgnan terms IL
il criticised the other hand By those who do not think
il goes enough Congress point to the examples OF Ohm
Bright and Stuart Mill in the British Parliament who labor
with zeal not for all that they desire but for what is at
tainabe
rejoice that those in Maryland who sustain its wise and
udciOus registry law aud who believe AT time like this III
language Of CALL that but those who have been
consistently loyal from the beginning should rule IN the coun
ellis of the nation State stand by Congress 80 noby and
as they stand By ii and all the difficulties OF It's position, they
will share with in its final triumph The whole country now
acquesces in the abolition Of Slavery so bitterly fought
through sessions of Congress In all Its preliminary stages
SO Will tie country indose its policy now which IS but mt
ting and necessary sequence and conummaon OF that great
act And after ages will honor the members and the people
stood firmly and faithfully in this hour OF trial ior
Justice for humanity for loyalty and for the ruest interests
of the nation Very truly YOURS SCHUYLER CoLFAA.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-21
,ther speaker with homely force asks: stake away

other speaker with homely force asks; stake away
the Freedmens Bureau and these blessed schools from
our children These things have been our eat and
our drink They have not been edihcalion to those
who opposed U.s. Another says
"When the people of the State Of North Carolina
will give up to allow US justice we can get along
without the Bureaus but unless this is done, we can
not get along in quietness without it," A fourth
speaker SAYS: Remove the Freedmen's Bureau
tomorrow and in less than two weeks you will have TO
allay a riot in Wilmington. 1t would be better
if we had been left in Slavery and never brought out
than to be left in the hands Of our enemies" And
even more strongly, he adds: If the Freedmen's
Bureau was removed coOred man would have bet
ter sense than to speak word in behalf OF the col
ored mans rights for fear Of his life."
1t is understood that Gems. Steadman and Fuller
ton were sent South to make case against the Bu-
reau. They may make twenty reports OF abuses and
Encouragement, but they can say nothing which will
outweigh the effect of such testimony as this TO the
absolute necessity of the Bureau The last speaker
at this meeting summed up the case in sentence:
" If the Bureau goes, go too
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-21

The Republican Union State Committee Of Illinois
have called State Convention to meet at Springfield
on the 9Th of August The call is addressed to all
voters
who favor keeping traitors ont OF the balls OF Con-
gress aud Of asserting aud maintaining the right OF the Loyal
people through their representatives, IN Congress TO x and
determine conditions which the States lately In Rebel
lion shall be permitted participate in the Government OF the
United States"
Each County is authorized 70 be represented a.
follows:
The ratio delegate tor every 300 votes for LIN
cola in 1854 aud for every fraction OF $50 or over
We hope the time is not distant when this fair,
honest, Republican ratio will be established in oar
State and especially in this City, instead Of the ex-
isting rottenborough system, which enables 2,OM
Republican voters in our lower Wards TO balance
5000 Republican voters in St. Lawrence County.
We have borne this imposition quite too long.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-21

CoLoSEL JACQUES of Illinois has just been tried
on the indictment found against him in Ken
tucky for rape and triumphantly acquitted. None OF
the witnesses summoned on his behalf were examined,
bat the case was submitted the testimony of the
prosecution without word of argument from the
counsel for the defendant The indianapolis Jo"rHat
says:
The wretccs who undertook Col Jacques into the
peneuary succeeded In convincing the jury that tY were
.raccess pack of liars aud completely demolished thea"
selves that no testimony needed behalf OF the accused
He prepared prove by Of the best men an os
that thar state times when some Of the witnesses
testified his presence in Louisville and his paTcp oh III
the alleged AID by others that he was IN this cy on
certain day In which II by prosecuting NH"'ss
be was IN Louisville hut the proof was unnecessary
Perhaps The World and some other Copperhead
journals will remember the vituperation they heaPed
upon Col jacques aud the Republican party when the
accusation was first made against him some months
ago and retraet il. And perhaps they won't
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-21

The old school Presbyterian Assembly, which is
now in session in St. Louis, does not mean Ia repu.
date the deliyence of last year against Slavery. Tie
ousve Presbytery having passed at ts last annual
meeting a resolution to reIudiate that action, the
General Assembly on May II, by The large majority
of POI against so, excluded the Louisville Presbytery
Commissioners. The pro-Slayery party was ofcourse,
greatly ncensed at this act Ex-Gov. WicHlifie, one
of the Lay Commissioners, declared it to be infamous.
DR.. Van Dyke, Of Brooklyn, threatened with the
secession Of all who sympathized with the Louisville
brethren, but the Assembly remained unmoyed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-21
EIEENE LAND.

The ohio state Journal demura TO The TRIDUNE's
advice 10 those who con Go so without running IN
debt to buy and own land. Says The Journal:
Not being philosopher lave never been able to see
low starving artisan Of Newly oTk cry couu af %
thousand miles, buy land clear it, and live on nothing y
mil i, conld he do productive All these things ere proDi
bly enough to tue philOsophc ininI Hy ma
point The settler might live on baekberres ana eIap
apples for one year till crops should groW-but no" cod
be pay for his WEEKLY TRIDUNEF
Notwithstanding that there is " starving ar
tisan in our City, we are not aware that we nave
ever asserted the feasibility of his doing what me
Journal here sets before him. Nor have we urged all
who lack land to travel " some thousand miles III
quest of it, There are cheap lands to-day IN Vermont
in New-Jersey and even in this State-landS that an
honest, worthy, energetic man can buy and work,
though unable to pay for them
Bot let us suppose there is "a starving artisan III
our Cty-a hale, resolute, worthy man, who is nun
cry because he can get no work We say to this man,
Step right off into the country, and ask for work at
every farmhouse till YOU find it, Don't stay here to
take care Of your family for if you can earn nothing
you can do them no good. Work for such wages as
you can get till better offered you and when work
fails push Westward and try again. II you are
half a man, you can earn at least SIOO De-
yond the cost of your subsistence before Winter
and, with 800 once pocketed, well man need never
again be hungry. And, whenever you can DO so,
become owner of a little land. 1t need not be lar
West; it need not even be a farm; for the man who
owns an acre of good land can almost always work
for himself when he get no work from others
And we long to see the day when men who do not
choose to work for the wages offered them may 90
home and work for themselves instead OF hanging
around grogshops.
1t would be easy to prove that a poor man can
never migrate from Europe to America, or from the
banks of the Hudson to those Of the Illinois and Kan
sas. In spite of these demonstrations, however, en-
orgetic poor men constantly doing what is proved
impossible; and they generally mend their oruneSby
SO doing. Probably majority of the pioneers oil TINS
country set out for their new homes worth less than
500 each; yet they bought lands built cabins cleared
of timber fenced and titled fields and left their children
in far better circumstances than fthey had needed such
counsels as those of The Journal. We trust many
more will follow their benefcent example.
AS to paving for THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE, we adj
NIT that "a starving artisan" cannot do it, but there
never yet was pioneer settled his own land that
really wanted The TRIBUNE who did not find the
means Of paying for it, and did not realize that he was
proiited rather than impoverished thereby. so 1t
will be- we doubt not with several hundreds OF thou
sands more of them in the future.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-21
II imports aud increase our eAports.

Gen. Henry S. Lane, L. s. Senator from Indiana,
has notified bis constituents that he will, because OF
bis years, decline reelection They will hear TINS
with regret Gen Lane entered Congress a. Wing
representative from the Montgomery district Indiana,
in IeiI, having been elected in the Harrison cam
pagn. He was promptly recognized as one Of the
three abest and most brilliant Members who took
seats in the remarkably able XVIII Congress. At
the close of his term, he retired and devoted himself to
bis profession (the law until he had acquired com
petence, when be regntered the political arena, and
was chosen Governor # Indiana in ls6O-his election
being one Of the Fl assurances that Mr.. Lincoln
would be chosen i-c dent. He was, soon after his
Inauguration as Governor elected to the t. s Senate,
where he has served since March g. 1861, with emf
nent integrity, ability and efficiency. Indiana has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-21

WA-HNGToN ttiY, May IT, letU y
CFNrrNrN. Nv heart beats unison with the go nest
Vnou mon who IN assemble tonight IN Baltimore 10 renew
together their pledges OF devotion to the great plncp com
auGcd both by patriotism and duty that loyal men SHOULD
goyern preserved Republic and regret sincerely tuAt the
time prevents my being VIII t"'h'
Congress remains firm united and iuhexiDc IN s adleT.
euce 10 that principle. Not only III the organization last
December but also in the passage OF The act protecting mon
officers from Rebel suits placing the Ciyl kgh Dh Oy
rational Statutes, aud IN thc hd"p-
ZION OF the reversible guarantees proposed by tie Committee
the Union ranks Ia tue mouse nave hcth,
viii scarcely exception unfoken anu the justice OF the
cause viii keep them united To tie END.
is policy needed any vindlcdoh Noul pe ounu 10 the
abuse tie Of the country with which II has leen
honored Every conspicuous 10 the wicked rebellion
which threatened tho nations life denounces H. Every
.t undred upon bis skirts denounees IT. Our embttered
enemies who lung dcserers Southern Cnionlsts captured
feltng under The cid flag, denounce IT, TIE Richmond
Iranissr which prophesed less than week that,
soutIern presses which have nominated the military
leader tie Rebellion for the Presidency Of TIE Union
he drew sword destroy. dnounce H. Tie Southern
bauGueiers WHO honor the lost cause by drinking
to il silent and standing initiating the manner in
which patriots honor tie memory Of the Father
of his Country, denonnee II. Tie men all over the
North who resisted eyeTy policy OF Mr. Lncons Admins
tson and by speech and platform In st declared the
failure and demanded an Immediate cessation OF h0sttles
denouuce H. And echOne The attacks OF those Lately IN
Arms against tie Union The nY0h New The Chicago
Jat The Cincinnati Enquirer Sc, denOunce IT, and urge its
frcble expulsion nom these halls Jeaonsy sthe Rebel
army sought the same object when they beieaguered the
'nB ai 4: these dcnuncan fall pones and harmless, at its
feet them Congress appeals 10 the people aud have
no fear the result When the country couded with the
gloom Of defeat in 1869 political adversares were confident
oil the 10 power but the loyal men SAID No and the
Good trumphed In the darkest hour OF the war When
M the first session of the Thirty Eighth Congress- the
satoaa amel4mcll abollabng Slavery failed Of t@oiards
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-21

q The " Y Times had recently oracullr lealeroa
Mexico, which lis Mexican correspondent SAYS caused
much annoyance to the Liberals, while La S9cead an
Imperial organ, reprinted it, and gloriied il in au
article whereof The Timsss correspondent Aforesaid
translates portion e. follows:
The importance Of this article of Te r@es is high I'M
uoant; but conclude taat the mica
on the Of tie Washington Cabinet inasmueh
as we perfectly well Times is Mr.. Stewards
official organ further believe that the article quesiloR
the ideas OF the French Government aud It's not far
OF the Mexican question with the United
States"
In Sociedad will excuse us. The importance" Of
The T,mes's manifesto is quite uaimportant-n fact.
could hardly be more so. And The Times is not Mr..
Stewards official organ" though the Editor is in
friendly personal relations with the Premier. La
Sociedad has been hoaxed or is trying to hoax the
MexicauS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-21

The recent meeting in st. Louis, called in commem-
Grafton of the capture Of Camp Jackson, resolved it.
self into Reconstruction Committee, and listened to
speeches from Gov Ogesby of Illinois, Gov. Fletcher
of Missouri the Hon. Chas. S. Drake, and other emf
nent gentlemen Afterward it unanimously adopted,
among Others, the following resolutions:
R,olvsd first That the question Of reconstruction Of rebel
lou belonging the people through their Senators
aud Representatives in Congress- and not TO the Executive
i've and recognize the existence Of State Governments 10 those
States without the consent OF Congress.
Second While opposed to the adoption by the Gene
Government policy OF revenge in its dealings with
those recently engaged in rebellion we highly reproOae ns
policy Of placing the government Of the States to Dc recon
stuced in the hands OF those who have participated IN re-
belon against the Federal Government
Third We unalterab fixed in opposition to the adj
mission to seats in the National Legislature o. persons who
have actively participated in the rebellion until all questions
growing out Of 1t are settled
Four That the wisdom and rnuess Of the Senators and
Representatives IN Congress displayed IN the passage OF me
Civ Rights bill the OF the President merits tho
approval Of all true friends OF freedom and hheFa gov
eminent
F We regard II as the only true policy not admit any
Of the late Rebel States into the National LIE
gss,ure until they have given ample guarantees Tor truly
republican form of government In future aud We are entirely
opposed the repeal notifications OF the socaed Con
gress civil test OATH
And they conclude with this practical suggestion
That hold be the duty of Congress not 10 adjourn
the March 1867 unless the reconstruction OF the
Union has been settled before that time in the sense OF the
principle, laid down in the Declaration OF Independence
Virginia, in her Convention of last week, answers
back TO Missouri aud even more explicitly places her
self on the platform of Impartial Suffrage. With two
Southern States only just Free proolaiming their
readiness to enanchse the negro, can any State Of
the Free North refuse to stand on the platform OF
Equal Rights for all.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-05-21

We ask attention TO the report elsewhere printed.
of al interview between the Freedmen Of Wilmington
and Gen. Steadman now officiating as Inspector
General Of the Freedmen's Bureau Without under
taking to say that the management of the Bureau is
perfect we may safely refer to the testimony of the
freedmen themselves as showing that II is an
efficient protection to them. If it were not.
they would be the first to feel its lack Of
honesty or of strength. and the first to proclaim
their need Of q better organization. But they speak
in quite other terms. They say the colored race
looks up TO it for protection Remove this refuge and
you will see that we have lost our protection" An