Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-08-17
"TEnTIHG ON The OLD CAMP
GROUND"
The Temperance Campmeetinq.-
Full Report from Our Special
Correspondent.

Although the crowds which filled the grove
Sunday have departed. yet goodly com
pany remain to the last day of the Temperance
meeting and for the following Evangelical
| meetings of the week But few Of the
campers have gone to their homes and there
| is every indication that there will be fnlI
attendance various estimates are made of
the numbers upon the grounds Sunday. some
| as high as 10000, but 5000 or GOOO is more
correct estimate. Excellent order was pre-
| served by the efficient police.
ATT clock there was a rousing old fashioned
temperance meeting, conducted by Mr.. r.
w. Dunn. Stirring speeches were made by
David Potter, c. C. Page, Rev NJ. G. Pres
| colt, and others, and the meeting closed with
| song by Rev. Mr.. Wentw Orth of Boothbay.
Outside the meetings in the groups
| of temperance men discussing the sit
| uation, considerable politics mingle in
the conversation. One or two of the more
radical, prominent among whom is A. j.
Chase, advocate a third candidate for Gov
| ernor; but the majority of prominent temper
ance workers do not believe in breaking away
from the political parties organized.
The 10 o'clock bell called the people to
the tabernacle, where they listened to an adj
dress full of feeling and pathos by Rev. j.
of the address was Gods tear bottle: '.Put
| those my tears into thy bottle" My mission
at this hour is to dimly outline the black
shadow of human woe and direct your atten-
ton to sins most successful agent for its
production. l am not here to arragn intem-
perancc as the source of crime, the parent of
pauperism, the source of corruption in poll
tics or of dry rot in religion. but to arraign
it as the ruthless devil that breaks up the
fountains of sorrow and deluges the world in
tears. As the rum bottle is empted, Gods
bottle is filled with tears. There is not
soul here who has not some time or other,
directly or indirectly, experienced pang be-
cause of this evil. The speaker mentioned
touching instances, bringing tears to the
eyes of his hearers, where intemperance had
ruined the lives of those young and fair. He
powerfully contrasted the grief, mingled with
Joy, experienced over the graves of those
who had nobly died in battle, with the
misery and shame caused by drunkards'
graves The horrHs of the picture of a
tenderly-nurtured woman chained to
misunderstanding man. tomorrow a
brute; tomorrow wild beast, a devil
was portrayed in strong colors. 1t is not to
their own sufferings that the attention of the
drunkard should be directed, but to the
anguish of the wives and children who
writhe and moan in the cruel grasp of brutal
husbands and pitiless fathers. The indiffer-
ence of those who are not effected by the
curse vanishes when the iron enters the soul
"a son or a brother fallen victim-then
they become terribly in earnest. The speaker
closed by summing up the assurances that
temperance would finally prevail. Gods
righteous anger will be stirred and the dread
thunderbolts of his wrath will avenge the
signs and tears of the innocent.
After the address, Rev. David Boyd made
few telling remarks, and the meeting closed
bv a song sung by Mr.. Hamilton. entitled.
Goods tear bottle" and composed by the
singer.
At a business meeting of the Campmeeting
Temperance Association, the following Of
ficers were elected
Prcsident-R. w. Dunn.
Vice Presidents-David Potter, B. F. Gas
lin. S. r. G. Trycross.
Secretary-C. II. Berry.
Treasurer-D. w. LeLacheur.
Executive Committee-Benjamin Wing, )
X. Osrood, Z. r. Drummond, James Rob
inson, NJ. G. Prescott, Joshua Nye, NJ.
Preble
Nv the treasurer's report it seems that $50
remain in his hands for the expenses of next
years meeting.
MONDAY AFTERNOON.
In the afternoon Hon. Nelson Dingley gave
a clear exposition of the causes of intemper-
ance. and the remedies for the gigantic evil.
Mr. Dingley specified FIVE causes -
lst, The desire of every human being for
whatever promises to give present benefit and
| Measure. or to ward off and drown present
discomfort or sorrow.
ID. The prevalent erroneous popular ideas
concerning the nature and effect OF alcoholic
| liouors used as beverage, as well as
medicine.
RAJ The peculiar physical effect of the use
of alcohol. in rapidly strengthening the
| annette for them, and at the same time
weakening the power of resistance. 3,
ltb The influence of drinking, SOCIAL
| customs, and drinking examples;
9Th. The temptations OF the dram shop'
Mr. Diuglev spoke at length on these
sorsr,l canses. and strongly urged the i'm
nortance of educational work with the
| vounr; Sabbath school and secuia,
| school instruction and all Tue mo- al
agencies which are calculated TO strehg'hen
temperauce principles. To these are 10 De
added legal agencies for suppresslng the
foundations of the dram shop. Our chief re-
lance must be on the former, and legal
a1enc;os come in as an aid to moral means
hv renewing often temptations. when the
low does this it accomplisbes all that can DC
axnected. for secret. surreptitious sales can
not be prevented by law any more than law
can absolutely prevent secret robbery OF
| theft. .nn.al tn
The speaker closed with a strong appear s;a ~
temperance men to cor lnue the wof aa ~c.
has heen made in the State so TAR IN aa'a NC
n s,.tor states of similar population. Mr..
m;uCIex,s clear and logical address is IN ac-
a n,ns with his temperance principles and his
III eEia advocacy of the temperance cause SINCE
rising to prominence in the State
| MONDAY EVENING.
,;rc there was lively temper
IN .ne a,;na in which many ringing speeches
This meeting closed the temperance ca.np
,rh;ch has been a success IN ever.
mar,;nulsr and has done much to ADVANCE
tha ,emnerance cause in Maine. :.