Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-04-01

Nye's Party.

to be Captain of thousands and lead
er Of a new political party. We are
not sufficiently acquainted with this
assumed Captain of the Temperance
army of Maine TO understand the mo-
tive power which impels him to put on
a Major General uniform and give the
word of command But certainly he
will not be charged with surfeit Of
modestv, by thinking men. women and
children of Maine of the Temperance
Army. Why is it that this Joshua.
above all others in Maine. has charge
of the Temperance men women and
children Of the State and assumes to
issue circulars TO all such 10 hasten to
form new party: Has he in any way
earned the right to command US +: Pray
what great service has he done, or with
what wisdom endowed, superior TO all
others. that he turns censor and teach
er, and expects to be implicitly OBEY
ed: He may be as good a temperance
man as anybody else, or he may be a
second Elder Weaver, who knows !:
The most we do know. or the thousands
of temperance men women and chllden
of Maine. is that he held Office by viz
tue of the late Constabulary law. and
was for thu time being a man in author
itv. This place he no longer holds.
and this may have irritated him who
knows: At any rate il will be safer
TO have faith in true men like Governor
Chamberlain. men who have been tried
and who have ALWAYS been true. than
10 run after itching men who may be
seeking for little public notoriety. or
power. The same kind of assumption
of superiority. and 1istrust of others.
the same vanity and self-assurance. on
tie part of southern hotspurs,
led to the Southern Rebellion. No
body was perfect unless he lived on
hog and homminv knew the vocabulary
used in cursing negroes and yankees.
and believed in the dead Calhoun
Once under this assumed leader and
We shall have 10 toe the mark or be pre-
scribed
We believe in temperance in the pro-
military liquor law. in executing all
laws. especially the temperance law
chat human agency can do TO stop
the tide Of intemperance, and in keep
ing men, women and children from be-
ing led captive into the sin of intern
perance. but we do not believe in the
perfectibihty, nor skill in generalship.
nor unmixed honesty Of purpose, nor
in the wisdom of Joshua Nye of
Waterville, Maine, as illustrated in a
circular published in the Riverside
Echo, and also sent broadcast over the
State in sheet form. The position oc-
cupied by Mr.. Nye, leads one to think.
that he is seeking more for restoration
of his office, than for the good of the
Temperance cause. He may be the
most honest man iu the wide world but
we have no assurance, or evidence that
he is a whit better, or more honest than
was Elder Weaver" who led the war
in the Temperance movement in 1855,
and in the end was charged with sell.
ing the liquors which he seized. and
pocketing the money.
If we were to advise the Temperance
men women and children of Maine, il
would be to distrust all such assumed
leaders, until they have proved them.
selves pure and undefiled. Joshua
Nye & Co., in our opinion do not care
half as much for temperance as they
do in having their own way and in
leading off in some movement that will
give them prominence. Therefore LEI
temperance men. each and all labor t
take care of the cause in their own home
neighborhood and town and. work e
have town officers elected that will en-
force the temperance law. There i,
law enough to shut up every rum-shoE
in the State, and if the people have not
virtue and good sense enough to put
the law in force, there are not Josh
uas enough i'll Waterville, Maine. to
educate them to do this great duty
nor to close them for them. this yea
nor next.
We did not read the Police bill
but may not the scheming politician
have originated it for the very purpos'
Of getting the Governor into wha
theywould call a''sharp corner, "hopin
thereby to skill him off," that anothe
man more easily managed might b
elected! Who knows? In the mean
time it is safe and good policy t
''stick" to old friends who have bee
true, in every emergency.
Citizens Temperance Meeting.