Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1869-03-11

lut CiliZctiS vi T1liSWoEtH asstnDieu
at Writings Hall on Monday evening,
TO continue the discussion Of the great
question of temperance. A large and
respectable audience was present. l..
A. Emery, Esq, called the meeting to
order. n. A. joy, Esq, was chosen
chairman, A. f. Burnham. Secretary.
Rev. Mr.. Savary was the first speaker,
and in his usual earnest and happy
way addressed the audience. making
apologies for having occupied so mnch
of the time in former meetings, and re-
marking that there were a goodly num-
Der present. eminently able to discuss
the question. who had either not adj
dressed the meeting at all. or not more
than once, and from such lie would be
glad to hear. That in community
like ours there was too much inactivity
and lnke-warnncss among citizens, on
this momentous question and that as
we had recently taken on city airs, we
might become better. and be more
earnest in carrying out the laws Of the
State. That our State Legislature had
been flooded with petitions asking for
State Police. that orr laws may be
more eifectually executed in their true
spirit and import that this section as a
whole wished to see the illegal sale of
intoxicating liquors suppressed; that
IN hlsjudgement under existing state
of things. it would be well To license
some trustworthy person 70 make law
nj sales, and have all other shops
barred by the strong arm Of the law.
He spoke of seizures having been
made. and the results were good that
our meetings have been productive of
aging.
Rev. Mr.. Lakewood was called upon
to address the meeting, and took strong
grounds for prohibition believed the
present law adequate To close all rum
| shops. if properly executed: that in
his judgement the law had not been
properly tested, that too frequent
| changes in the law served rather TO in
crease than abate the traffic that he
was utterly opposed to licensing, did
not believe it was necessary that in
ms opinion the time was approaching
when we must make great national
question IN our politics on the question
~ a'c now agitating.
Mr.. Nayary fearing he might have
beer misapprehcndcd in his views OF
| licensing, hy the gentleman who had
| just preceded him. arose to make ex-
| PLANTATION and define his position, claim
in to be as radical as any person pres
cnt
Rev. Mr.. Cole was called for, and
remarked that he used To- bc so called
but thought that the prefix hal been
dropped that he was truly surprised
to find Mr.. Navary so changed in his
views from those he advocated when
the temperance meetings were first
| opened, then il was prohibition 10 an
I
| Initiation, now he had taken the ground
| of Licensing should not now be sur
prised to see him kicking the beam.
Did not believe in the moral ability of
any man to sell liquors without bccom-
| ing dcmoraliZcd and cater To the love
| Of gain, no more than ne believed that
the Arch Angel Gabriel hal power to
come to earth and act out satan. or
that unless he had the power OF the
three worthless to go through the fiery
furnace and coming out not having SO
much as the smell of fire upon his gar
ment. He related some stories, how
happy it made some people to be balmy
and TO take on little of the ifl Up,
as ne termed it, and how they would
put on wings and fly upwards on their
Heup, and be Oh, SO happy, so good
so religious He made other remarks
upon which am unable now to touch.
The next meeting will be on Monday
evening, March 22nd, at Writings
Hall, when it will be expected to have
a speaker from abroad.
Adjourned.
A. +. BuRNnAM, Secretary.