The Portland daily press., 1871-04-28

educated to arrest a little child who takes a
loaf of bread to keep him from starving, and
are we not sufficiently educated to arrest the
man who deals out death and destruction to
his fellows? l believe we are educated to it,
We must take the matter out of the hands of
politicians If this is done every rum shop
will he closed. The best cure for intemperance
is the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ. five
can get people converted they will not 20 home
intoxicated to abuse their families. They saw
we are excited. When Paul was at Athens
his heart was stirred within him. When we
see the sorrow and heart-aches occasioned Inv
lntemperance our heart are stirred within nc
aud we do feel excited upon the subject. And
we want to get this matter out of the hands of
politicians and into the hearts of Christians in
oraer 70 ensure Its success. The speaker re.
ierred TO the cases of several who were but
little while ago thrust into Jail for breaking the
! Jaw against selling liquor 1t has been said
.naG TUG liquor shops are not to be shut up I'M
I'll the ialrer portion of the community are al
lowed to vote. Ii this is so, 1 am in favor of
woman suffrage; anything that will check the
We de ire to present the following statistics:
In Massachusetts, the last year 10000 con-
vets were arrested; 14,000 were drunk when
arrested; 100000 have gone to the drunkard's
grave IN the United States the last year; which
would give Maine about 5000. Every hour six.
teen souls 60 to the drunkard's account.
Rev. Geo. Pratt, of the East Maine Confer
ence, said: II is proper to look at this question
on both sides. Ii there are difficulties we
ought to understand them. There is a very
dark aspect which this question presents
There is no great political party committed up
on this question; and this too after halt CEN
fury OF effort in the State of Maine. We ought
to have gained victory ere this; but we did
not understand the power of our enemy. We
depended too much upon legal power, and this
was our mistake. You cannot legslate the
dAy nj rp,Av
legislate propensity out of the heart. If you
could legslate rum shops out of existence the
evil propensity would remain. The desire for
drink would remain. have wondered some-
times that children were not born drunk; that
they do not stagger before they begin to walk.
man to the old gospel order.
We pity the man who has the appetite for
drink. We forget that the seller has an appe-
tite for money: knew Of man who robbed
put into that of his daughter, aud he made the
same trimming answer five times. Do you
think that man wouldn't sell rum? Appetite
for money is strong, and it is Just as bad as the
proved the juvenile movement, and eloquentIy
and earnestly exhorted the wives and mothers
to enlist in this work and exercise their power
and influence upon this question. A verse of
the hymn "Rock Of Ages" was then sung
kov John Collins was then called upon
pathy with the Good Templars, Sons of Tenn
perance, &c. We confne ourselves too much,
however, to the lodge room. We do not 20
out among the people as we ought. We are
in favor OF taking this matter out of politics
but not out of law. What nice looking ami
NAL our temperance pony was when she was
first brought out; heavy name, flowing tail, &C.;
q beautiful animal. But politicians have driven
her until she is shorn of her strength and pow
er, and spaviped and ringboned she is turned
out to grass. The speech was characteristic of
its author and is thoroughly unreportable.
Exercises to ddy.-Praye meeting from to
8 o'clock. Business session of the Conference
from to II. Missionary Sermon by Rev. w.
S. Jones at 2.30 2. NJ. Women's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society anniversary at 7.30 p. M.