The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-01-27
Maine Temperance snc,atu-
AZ me meeting of the Maine Temperance
Society held at Augusta Q following rasoln

At the meeting of the Maine Temperance
Society held at Augusta following resolu
tions wers adopied:
heSo0ed-fhat that the signs of The times
paoVe, and daily experience shows that intern.
perance soil exists To an alarming extent in
some sections OF the State, owing largely TO the
hon-euforcement of the prohibitory law and il
Is our primary and immediate duty as temper-
aDce workers and lovers of humanity 10 labor
10 awaken and educate such public senti-
ment as shall sop and turn back this tide of
oes ruction which threatens to roll in upon us
Resotoed-That in view of the frequent assrr-
non by enemies of temperance that prohibition
IS failure, we reiterate in the strongest terms
Ihat prohibition is success in Maine
Wherever and whenever the laws for its en-
iorcemeni ara fully and faithfully executed.
ana we prOv6ly point 10 the condition of our
State mora ". financially and materially as An
evidence of the beniticent results OF prou BIZ
tlon aud the restriction OF the liquor traffic
hesoi0ed-That The testimony of the ablest
scientihc aud medical men of the age sustain
ns in believing alcoholic liquors unnecessary
Tor medicinal purposes, unchrstan Tor s4crs-
mental uses, and not Indispensable for mechan-
cs aud arts, and We trust the time will soon
Come when town and city agencies (Which
qulre generally are practically dram shops and
nuisapces) Can be abolished.
ReS0LCed That we respectfully ask the pre-
sent legislature to authorize the people to vate
upon an amendment to the constitution forever
pIVIlDltlng tn6 manufacture ana sale Oh lntOX-
icating liquors in Maine, thus Incorporating
the prohibIory principle into the organic law
OF the State, if adopted, and placing prohibi-
ton beyond repeal by partisan political action
and legislative fluctuations, and where it can
be ahrogated only by the express sovereign
Will of the people who placed it there.
ResolUed-That total abstinence and prohi-
tion are inseparable; no man can be relied up
cd 70 faithfully and impartially enforce prohi-
bitory laws whose personal habits are not in
conformity there Sith, aud voting for men who
are not total abstainers is an Inconsistency of
which no true temperance man will be guilty
ResoiUed-That we notice with much pleas
nre the great advance in temperance seDti-
ment and prehibtory principles made through
out the country during the past year, esDecal-
~ III the western and southern States, and
yhile we feel a just satisfaction in claiming
these results and victories as to some extent
the fruition of seed planted aud scattered by
the true and honored temperance workers of
our State in years gone by, yet we are at the
same time reminded that while lahoring in
Cause OF this kind there is never a time TO rest
on 1aurels earned or battles won, for the enemy
is ever present, bold, powerful and unscrupu-
lous, and that it is only by real earnest ,combin-
ed. aggressive and self-sacrifcing efforts and
labor that be can be held in check, and Maine
continue to be entitled to bear and wear the
motto Il lead" in the great struggle in behalf
OF temperance and humanity.