The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-01-09

similar institutions, show that Il few hours
| labor each day. aids rather than T2ar,s the de
| velopmept of the intellectual powers and that it
| is not inconsistent with the highest scholastic
| attainmcntS.
| am glad to notice that women are being al
mited to all the rights and privileges OF this and
| other colleges in the State. h is Il step in the
| right direction, and one in which am proud To
| see the State of Maine take leading part. The
| moral standard of these colleges will he elevated
| by the change, and other interests will not sui
| fer Not only the rights of women but the
| most vital interests of the future, demand that
she shall have opportunities for the cultivation
| of her intellectual faculties. equal to those en-
ioyed by men. The avenues of literary and
| scientific atainments sho@ld he open alike to
| all our people, male and female
| MILITARY.
The last legislature elected Joshua L. Cham
berlain, Major General of Militia, to whose
| command the military companies of the state
have been assigned
| In the report of the Adiutant General which
| includes the report of the Major General and
| Inspector General, some important suggestions
| and recommendations are made IN regard to our
4 military organizations, to which invite the at
| tenhon of the Legislature. An expensive mill
| tary organization in this State is not deemed
| necessary. We do need however, an effect
\ i've force which can be relied upon to meet such
! emergencies as are liable to arise. You Will be
| called upon to consider whether the necessary
| interest and efficiency can be sustained by the
| militia of the State without Offering some OPP
portunity for battalion or regimental inspection
| and drill
| STATE PENSIONS.
| Eight hundred and thirteen applications for
| state pensions have been received during the
| year. Of these six hundred have been allowed
| and two hundred and nine rejected.
| Whole amount allowed for pensions S22 3JS
| 2G n decrease Of S4.4S2.92 since last year.
! The distribution OF this fund is Il great bless
I,,NT Il, #, a Il
| pendentS of those who lost their lives in tie
| service are unable, by reason of special mis-
fortunes, to avoid dcStitution without the aid of
| charity.
| Fortunately their number is gradually de
creasins, but while they are with rs the State
| will honor itself by providing for their nece,-
| stiles.
| ENFORCEMENT OF T fE PRoHIRfFoRT LAWS.
| All agree that intemperance is one OF the
| greatest evils that atilict the people How to
eradicate 1t, is question that addresses itself to
| all lovers of snbrletv and good order; aud m
1 wolves the highest interests of the State. The
| legislator who IL compelled to aid in teVyln9
| taxes upon his constituents for the support OF
criminal courts, Jalls, prisons, poor-houSeS ana
| reformatory institutions, two-lhirlS Of which
are made necessary by the liquor traffic. cannot
ignore the duty of removing, rs far Is possible,
| tine cause that imposes these heavy burdens
| Oar State suffers greatly by this evil and still
| no one can 90 out Of the state in any direction
| without noticing a contrast i'll This regard, high
| ly commendable To our people. 1t is probable
that less intoxicating liquors are drank IN Maine
| than in any other place of equal population IN
| the country, perhaps in the civilized world.
| This enViable position has been reached through
| many wears of individual aud organized effort
| supplemented by efficient prohibitory laws
| neither means could have been equally successful
| alone. Oher States have temperance men and
| women as devoted and efficient a9 ours. but
| having no laws to aid them, or lacking the pub
| lie sentiment necessary to sustain and enforce
| them, the success they deserve is not achieved.
| While some doubt the wisdom of prohibition,
| it has been SO often and SO emphatcllly ap
| proved by the people that 1t NAV hr regarded -
| part OF the settled policy of the State. The
| law of the last Legislature making it the duty Of
Sherl1S and their deputies to institute legal pro
| reedingS against violations OF the laws prohlbt-
ing The sar of Intoxicating liquors, has secured
| more effective enforcement of thesn law.
| Ihc effects are perceptibie in the decrease Of
| drunkenness, and consequently hi les arrests
| on that account; in the reduction of criminal
| business generally, an in thousands vi com
| forts and blessings brought to homes where
! poverty and miselV reiguea before. II il be
| said that it has destroyed an important business
| and lett the vendors OF liquor without employ
| ment, and their shops unOccupcd, it l. an
| SWcred tIlat the money formerly paid to support
| their business has been TUNED into other ana
| more useful channels of trade. ar into the fam
! lilies of those whose hard earned money Sup
| ported the traffic.
The law prohibiting he sale of cider the same
| rs other Intoxicating drinks, except when sold
| by The manufacturer has, ii is believed. failed
| TO meet the expectations of it, friends. 1t hat
| however, demonstrated the fact (if any demon
| >traton was necessary that cider shny of H.
| forms, is no less injurious when sold hy the
| manufacturer or his agent than when sold hr
| any other man. The difficulty nv discriminating
| between cider in its harmless and hurltul con
| ,lition is such HAT the most Of the temperance
| organizations. after much experience aud care
| tul consideration, have found il necessary to in
| clndc cider with other intOVicantS IN thtlr
| pledges. 1t must be remembered. hoWtN er.
| that Il majority ut our people do not view the
subject from this stand point, and have NOT rolto-
| to regard the sale of cider a. IN evil equal tu
| the sale Of other drinks that are hcd Ia be-. ilt
| toNcatlng by the law. 1t u.uS also be rruenl-
| bered, that any law TO he effective ;hd pyllI.t-
| nent, must express, not simply what it, friends
| deem 10 be wise, but what the aggregate mora
| sense of the people regard as right. 1t Wi.l not
| be denied that many shops where, prut-,~rdly,
| nothing stronger than cider is >nAi, either ~
| consequence of the age of thc cider Of Of IT.
| beng mixed with stronger liquors. are among
| the worst drinking places in the STATE This Is
| especially observable at the present time, il,
| places where the enforcement Of the law lnake~
| 1t dilhcult TO obtain other liquors.
| Many Young men suppoSin% the beverage ~oid
| to he harmless take their first departure lev
| wards 4 lite OF shame and disgrace. IN thtst
| places. Against the sale of elder when it j.
| simply Il harmless beverage, there is presume,
/ no destre to interfere but when by agr or adult
b'raton il becomes Intoxicating, and l. rctailrj
| and drank for its intoyiclting on1lilir.. and
tends 10 educate the appetite for stronger uuor,
| the sale becomes a positive evil
Conscious of the ,litIiruItirS atl4uIiug Ieui- -l.
| ton upon Tins Suhirrt | submit ,he~p s,,.,r. .
| tions for your considerations i'm the hnnr mn i'm
| yonr wisdom Won may be allie io ,uboJy th,.
| prlnrpIeS upon which they are h,,srI in I'M.
| form of law that would he practicable IN it,
| oppratiou. and rommend it>rl; 10 he frd,r,n4I,
| of the uporlr.
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| 'NNlN''H hANNN'
| The present number of Savings Banks .tong
business IN The state is iiity-iour; i've haylns
! organized during the year.
! Whole amount Of deposits T2G,l 1853 0@; be-
| lhg an increase nt Si,366,13o.jN since lhp lust
| report.
| The Bank Examiner states thai the totq
| amount Of deposits in the Savings iluhs of th-
State exceeds the total of the capital, rirruIJot
/ aud deposits OF all the National htlk, IN lln
| State by nearly two million dollars.
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