Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-08-25
Richmond Camp Meeting.

form Clubs, Good Tcmplars and other kindred
organizations. but we should learn that our
final success does not depend altogether upon
organizations, but upon individual effort
His theme was responsibility. The mod
crate drinkcr is more largely responsible for
the evil of intemperance than the inveterate
drunkard.
The man who drinks at all is responsible
for the disease which his child inherits.
Another clsss are esponsible-the farmers
they are rcponsible for the products God has
given them. many of their apples are unfit for
keeping or eating. and they think they mnst
make them into cider, which will not readily
sell until il becomes old. Is this respectable
class aware of their responsibility?
There is political responsibility resting
upon the voters of this State. A man to be
consistent must vote as he talks.
Politics is the science of governments we
elect some men to make laws and elect 9TH
ers to enforce these laws at home, and we
ought to examine the temperance record of
every candidate The issue must be made on
prohibition.
Ex-Gov. Dingley of Lewiston having ar
rived on the train, was then introduced and
spoke for a short time on the relation of the
milder intoxicants to the temperance cause.
A movement is being made to amend our
law so as to allow the sale and use of fer
mented liquors. Thinking first. that they
will take the place of alcoholic liquors and
second, that the appetite for intoyicants is
natural and must be supplied not by mil
der drinks. by the stronger alcoholic drinks.
The speaker took issue with these two prop
ositions. and went on to show that il was not
true in foreign countries, where the milder
drinks were used. as in the German Empire.
No comparison can be made between the Ger
man and Anglo Saxon races, differing in tenn
permanent and under different climates What
beer has done for the British race was fully
set forth. Under the Wellington Beer Act.
so called, intemperance has alarming incrcas
ed. the drinking OF beer having produced more
than every other cause combined. 1t has be-
come vice of such magnitude that the lead
ing men of Great Britain are turning their at
tcntion to it.
The speaker then went on tn prove that the
craving for liquor was not natural. God
never implanted such an appetite. if He had
He would have provided alcohol in living ma.
ture. This appetite is acquired.
Evenirg.--A large audience gathered in
the tabernacle. The meeting was led by
President Osgood. Rev &. II. Nibbert of
Boston was then introduced and spoke quite
at length, presenting the temperance ques-
ton in a new light. illustrating the PROPOSE
ton that when tn one idea of the temper
ance question is settled all other moral ques-
tons will be in fair way to be settled. He
said that the drinking habits of men interfere
with all manufacturing establishments. If
YOU close up the liquor shops, less time
will be lost by the working
men, and consequently. more work will be
done. He made several strong points, and we
wish the entire address could be given in your
paper. But for want of space we can only
give an outline. The losses to industry caus-
ed by drunkenness have to be repared where
part of the working men are drunk. the
whole must suffer. and this is the reason why
manufacturers can pay no higher wages than
they do. The market is affected by il: where
money is not spent for drink there will be
more for the necessares and Injuries of life
If the money paid for liquor alone could be
paid for industries there would not be an idle
spindle, a still wheel, or an unemployed man
or woman in New England.
Now, what are the conditions to relieve the
hard times! !. More industry 2. Wiser
economy; and 3. more judicious expenditures
of money. Our police expenses are a humid
red times more than they would be without
rum. The criminal expenses. the pauper bills
were done away. Ninety per cent. of our
criminals are made so by the grogshOps; 20
per cent. of the idiots, GO per cent. of the in
sane in our asyluns, and 20 TO 30 per cent. of
all our taxes is caused by the grogshops. Tax
PAYERS of Maine, the rumseller has his hands
in YOUR pocket.
If the money that is employed in making
liquor were employed in industries it would
be sufficient to run every mandatory in the
country.
Worst of all, spiritual life is at a low ebb
where there are grogshops. This is the rea-
son why Moody was so disappointed in the
results of his reformation in Boston.
We must fight for our homes as did our
soldiers in the war, and preach, pray and vote
for temperance.
Saturday at . o'clock. a meeting was held
in the tabernacle. led by J. II. Drummsnd of
Watervile. PRAYER was offered by Rev. A.
J. Clifford of Boothbay
Rev G.. II. Vbbert OF Boston. made anoth-
er of his telling speeches. talking until the
departure of the train for Old Orchard. His
topic was "What are the inhucrces that help
to make drunkards?
|, Alcohol is no respecter of persons. II
touches every one, from the clergyman to the
lowest drunkard. Men of genius have fallen.
2 The example of the moderate drinker
helps to make drunkards. No young man
looks at the drunkard for an example.
3, The temptation of the respectable grog-
shop helps to make drunkards. These re-
spectacle grogshOps lead more men astray
than the low dens of infamy. The speaker
concluded by answering another question {:
"What shall be done to remove these helps
out of the wav?" Get everybody to sign the
pledge. go after every one who falls. Talk,
pray and vote temperance, and enforce the
law to the letter.
Rev. 4. J. Clifford of Boothbav. was the
next speaker who spoke of some of the duties
of the workers in the temperance cause.
The day is very pleasant. and the audience
growing quite large and attentive.
Afternoon-The meeting is in progress in
the tabernacle led by II. W. Dunn of Water
vile. PRAYER was offered by Rev. Mr.. Pres
colt of Dresden.
Remarks were made by Brother r. W.
Dunn. who compared this evil to whirlpool,
drawing men in by the social glass and the
milder intoxicants.
A. +. Burt Of Skowhegan said that we
need.c more law. that is, we need to execute
the law against the drunkard maker as re-
sponsble for the crimes committed under its
influence.
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