Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-11-15

who sold them tue liquor ought to be i'm
3prisoned. Why imprisoned in that IN
stance rather than in a majority of case
where liquor Is sold? it il greater Grim,
to sell liquor to a boy than to Il man who
under its influence will 20 home TO III
starving family and beat and otherwise
abuse them. Is ii worse to sell liquor tc
boys than to wonieil, tie mothers of fam
lilies: Il it worse than to sell TO little glrl
whose mothers send them out to procure i
for thcm:-, Eastport SeattRel.
The Sentinel is good ut asking questions
We may not do as we'll in answering bu
will briefly indicate our present views
promising that we are open to conviction
We are still of the opinion that the person
who furnished the liquor 10 the children in
portland, deserves imprisonment, and Til,
might occur under iicen>c law. We
We're opposed To last winters legislation
but did lot say much about ii for fear we
might lie in the wrong. but the logic OF
events Impress Us with the belief that we
were right. So far As good policy was
concerned, and So far as the temperance
cause i. in the case We were right. Has any
one formerly 4 drinking man or druaa-
AID, been converted to temperance by the
law: bid not these very children get their
liquor while the intensified law was In on
Grafton, aHl the State cla>sables were as
Thick ia Portland rs flies in August? If
there has bacl les d.i4Aia., which is very
doubtful, there has been an increase of
false swearing anI of Smuggling to obtain
what has been used. Ii Boston liquor
! dealers do not sell 50 much liquor 10 come
to Maine as formerly, s.. John, St. An
tlrewS ana s.. Stephens dealers have in-
creased iheir trade with Maine. and the
Secretary of the Treasury has Increased
the list OF detectives, sending mca from
other states to ferret oat this smuggling,
just as the roaming state constables 70 to
al parts Of The State. doing what should
&c done by the local officers. Bat let Us
examine these questions eriaiim:
Why imprisonment in that instance
rlthe, than in q majority of eases where
/ LOGO is sold:"
Because in majority Of eases OF those
purchasing i would not lead TO intoXica-
ton: and because the statc la, no legal or
moral right, in our opinion, u say what
Shall eat or drink, if | am of sound mind
and Of la,cfa' age. and DO the state nor my
lamily nor myself no harm. If | do
either Of these, punish me.
is ita greater crime to sell liquor to a
boy than to "a man who under its Influence
will 20 home to his starving family aul
beat and otherwise abuse tdem:'
Yes, some greater. The boy may by this
selling become drunhard. the man i one al
ready. But VIC would imprison him who
should sell to either.
"ls ii worse to sell to boys than to wom-
ell, the mothers of ftmiics:"
Yes, again, generally, but If the .S-nti-
mel means to sell to women WHO will @
home and be come drunken, it may bt
questionable. We can conceive of 10 more
horrid sight, thGn a drinking, smoking
and swearing woman.
lis it worse than to sell to little girls
whose mothers send them out to procure
it f)r them:
This depends upon the circumstances Of
!
nor. and the mother may make a good us,
7 of Il. The boys ,-cre Intoxicated, ard ",
p would have the seller Imprisoned, the casC
, named may be all right. This complete,
I the questions; and generally let rs say
that We see many things daily, that W,
wish were changed for the better. We dont
, like to hear people continually swearing
] nor see them using tobacco, nor standing
, idle at the corners OF the streets, bat Tia,
p law docs not cure all this, although in twt
of these particulars it may iu.erposc. Blu
: suppose we change the law in regard t,
+, keeping men temperate, and punish tn,
person who becomes Intoxicated by i'm
- prisonment, and in addition iinprsoa Ia,
man who sells to such? This would tax,
both paIt.ei, and make thea suffer-
, We are not sure after ali, but liccns,
law could be Trained which could be eniorc
, cd and which woull prevent the sale ant
drinking OF As much liquor as.the present
iaw. Tea men keep liquor now in fhci,
houses where one did under the law o
1877, and therefore we conclude that near.
~ as much is drank now as then. there
fore the law has not stopped the drinking
70 any great extent, but has, perhaps
caused a change OF those drinking, aal
yet. we should think by the noise under oui
window on one night last week, made BY
some young men, who evidently were in.
toXica.ed, that some liquor is still sole
here, prom!seicusly.
Let us turn interrogation. Has the cause
of temperance been promoted by the later
and more stringent temperance laws il
Massachusetts,:
F., If temperance legislation takes place il
Maine of so stringent a character, that the
people will not sustain it at the polls, anC
Il party obtains control of the Legislature
thereby. that believes in a free license law.
: will the temperance causc be promoted il
+. this state:
The elections, after all do not Great,
much eommotiol, save afcw plac =, whcr
there was some democratic powder umburnt.
NEW YoHK elected Legislature and Stat,
officers except a governor. Democratic ma
Jority from 30 to 10000, Legislature, small
f Republican majority in the Senate, and a SINAI
Democratic one in the Assembly. This Legis
i. lsture does not elect a L. 5. Senator.
r. MASSACHUSETTS gives Bullock near 30.0ol
majority. The Legislature is largely RcpGb
liean, but in favor of a license law.
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