Daily Kennebec journal., 1877-08-24
Maine State Temperance Camp Meeting.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

Alden Baker Of Gardiner, presided at the after
noon meeting. He belonged to society far
above any other temperance organizaton-thst of
the Juvenile Temple.
Mcdonald of Portland, was introduced. He
had a duty to do. Things are progressing in
Portland but 1t is hard working against public
| opinion. The City Government had barrel of
beer rolled in the other day to drink. lie spoke
a good word for the Temple of Honor.
| Mrs. Fitzgerald of Brunswick, thought that the
order of Good Tempars was q good place for
women TO work. Each order can do It's own
woik-nobody's else. One advantage of the Or
der is in introducing strsngers; she believed IN
saving women as well as men. The speech was a
short one, but very eloquent.
Mr.. Taylor spoke earnestly against what are
called lighter drinks, such a. VINE and cider. lie
was in the habit Of visiting the station houses
and had seen some things Of the workings of
rum
Mrs lloskins of Odtown. sees the evidences of
prayers and tears in secret places in the progress
Of this glorious work Mr.. Trask was happy
he bad good wife, and she Ii sober husband.
Mr. Chase oi Portland, made few remarks.
Neal Dow arrived at o'clock, and made short
speech. Temperance camp meeting, .\meri-
ran Institutions the English people are ioges.
| They believe that drink j. Refreshments; that the
beer and the Bible should 20 together. There
| are Good Templsis, sons Of Temperance Reform
! Clubs, Ladies Union, &c., in Bath. and rum is
sold at the Sagadahoc House yet. What does il
mean lie wanted the same workers to shut il
up-Portland hotels do not sell it. Question:
slow about the barrel of beer for the City Gov
eminent to drink IL that true what the Portland
man said I" mo! it is lie" shouted the Gener-
al. whoever says it lies" Up comes McDon-
aid to defend himself. "He had been called a
liai to day for the first time in all his e and he
was y years old. lie said it WAS fact and it
was So" (Dow.) How do you know, did you
see it :" NO! somebody said So" "Wel,"
said the irrepressbe Dow, "That's good evi
dence. Somebody said So" Nothing further
was needed IN that argument.
Ned Trask would agree to shut up the rum
holes in three days if he could et elected consts
BILE. Gen. Dow spoke with his usual good humor.
"Whosoever VIII, sung by the congregation.
closed the exercises.
Mr.. q. B. Chadbourne of Saco had charge of
the evening exercises. Neal Dow was introduced.
lie SAID the great object in view is the
emanc patton of our State from the curse of liquor
ln earlier times efforts have been made to make
men more temperate. We have q different object
IN view, to put it away entirely. This is a won
dcrful movement. The Washingtonian was a
grand movement. The great uprising of the Irish
people under the leadership OF Father Matthew
when sometimes 10000 people were assembled to
hear temperance; when the roofs OF the distillc,
les and breweIys rotted and fell in, being aban-
doned, those were great times but like all other
great eNcItements they passed away, and again
he bIewe1ys were opened and are now in full
blast. Fa her Matthew always amented that
something IN the way oil legislation mad not been
done 10 keep them where they were. Public
opinion has changed. Now how shall We use 1t
Let Us demand a final measure at the Legislature
next winter. Moral and legal suason are one
and the same thing. Urge men TO stop drinking
and take the drink away. None of Us have spy
idea of the benefit to this land when this comes to
pass. Our drink bill is 500 900 900 per year In
ten wears this would amount TO S., 600 900 600; 10
twenty years TO more than So j,OO0,O00,0O0. Can
we wonder at hard times when our valuation i.
hII "a mo a..
magnitude OF this than of infinite space. This
movement contemplates sa, ing this amount
TO the people,. The tramps say the world owes
them living, and the world they speak of is none
other than the industrious and hard working
n en- of the country. Without grog shops there
Can be no rot. We are every one OF US in a meas
ute fespon,Ioe tor this; responsible Just far as
our votes goes. Reform clubs say, there shall
not be grog shop in Maine next year, and it
shall be done. 1t is question of fact not of
opinion, that liquor is bad. No man ever
saw evil effect OF teotalsm. Few people act from
their own good sense; they lean upon the opin-
ions OF others to great extent. DO not set such
an example that, If followed, any can come to
harm.
The traffic is forbidden, but in some of the lar
ger places rum is still slyly sold. man who
Will sell rum would if the penalty were the same
steal, rob or murder. Public opinion is being ed
ucAted, that IN the wordsiof our honored states
man, the Hon. Lot NJ. Morrill,, in Congress, "it ia
the gigantic crime of crimes. Crime is ito in
teliere with the welfare and happiness of the peo-
pie" Does petty larceny, grand larceny ,or even
murder interfere more with the happiness of the
people than this traffic No Senator Morrill, was
right. 1t is more than all crimes, because it in
ilcts more misery. We have the republican and
democratic parties in favor of prohibition. Mr..
Dow read petition to be presented to the next
Legislature, reciting that the traffic is the "gigan
TIC crime OF crimes !; that Notwithstanding the Sc.
we're penalties imposed by law, there are few
bad men an worse women engaged in the traffic;
and that the II ahc should be declared by law to be
felony. The petition was unanimously adopted.
and the President was directed to sign it on be-
half of the meeting and forward it to the lesisla-
tuie of Maine.
Mr.. Osgood characterized the Murphy move
ment as milk and water thing. The reports
about 1t are false.
THURSDAY, FOURTH DAY.