The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-05-15

Mrs. MCLAIAaILIN'S I.ECrl RI MR. Nclau@i-
lin, of Boston. gave temperance lecture lit tde
Belfast Opera House on friday evenings OF last
week, umer the auspices OF the Woman Christian
Temperance Uuip}l TAo hail was we'll dIle.l. hut
more ought TO have been present and they w0uid
have been well repaii, for the lecture WIS able.
TRUTHFUL aud well delivered. More of orr business
men should have aitje the cause ny tneir presence
The exercises began with singing, followed by
prayer bv the Rev. MI Williams. Thn speaker
was introduced by Mrs, William II. Huwii. Mrs
Mclaughlin IL I'm earnest woman and perfectly It
home before an audience. She begun ly giving an
account Of many great questions, such Is freedom
of religion, the causes III the revolution, tine civil
war and the abolition of slavery, which were the
result first of much agitation. The temperance
question is the important one and its advocates
Will win through God and earnest agitation. The
sad'lest iay for temperance was at the close of
the war. Everything remained dormant during the
rebellion but since that day the warfare has been
going on. Our people gladly gave up their hus
bands sons and brothers that the Uuon might he
saved, but We 10 not propose to see them ruined In
the saloon Tho next great question to settle is the
liquor question. 1t has come to stay. The rtau-
tics Of Massachusetts Show that 81 per OF the
crime in that State is caused Ny strong drink, ana
the compiler said he owed it to the young men to
make the statement. Ram is causing the death OF
a victim every eight minutes and 10000 oil drunk
ards grave every year she said that prohibition
does prohibit, although she knew liquor selling in
Maine was not entirely suppressed. This is not the
fault of the law The law is all right tits righteous
and constitutional. The trouble Is that the law is
not enforced. 1t wants public sentiment behind it.
~, IL, 0f
chusetts, which in itself is prohibitory, The abut
ter's law was a great help to them II man APP
plies fora license in Massachusetts it is refused if
the person whose land adjoins objects A saloon
must be so many feet from school house. When
saloons got too plentiful school house could be
erected and they would have to dispense A saloon
always fees before the school house. A gentleman
at Old Orchard told her that the greatest evil we
have overcome i'll Maine is the socalled fashion
able drinkers. The people who keep wine celers.
The speaker pleaded for the amendment and said
the entire country watching Maine We have
had prohibition for thirty wears and if after this
long experience, the amendment is defeated it will
dishearten the workers in other States. Maine is at
the front and should lead In this as in other things
1t was II Maine man Senator Frye who prohibited
the sale of liquor IN the nations capitol The
speaker compared the sale of liquor In Maine be-
fore and since the enactment Of the prohibitory
law In olden time the amount Of liquor drank in
Maine, per capita, was $50, while now it is but So.
Mrs Mclaughlin held the closest attention of the
audience for nearly an hour and half making her
points clearly and forcibly. it is to be hoped she
will again address our people this question be
fore the close of the campaign, and that much
larger audience will be In attendance.