The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-08-15
Blaine as a PhibitiOnist.
A Record from viii There is no Es-
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The Republicans wd be glad to hide
Mr.. Blaine's pronoun, prohibition rec
ord if they could. ey realize keenly
that it will cost him tlarge and extreme
ly important German V, and are now fu.
tllely endeayoring to sthe over the OBJ
Jectlonable actions amtterances which
have gained the opposih Of the Germans.
There can be no questias to Mr.. Blalne's
petition on the question sumptuary leg
islation. Aside from ! significant fact
that the ardent and radl Neal Dow, CT
Maine, has unqualifev endorsed Mr..
Blaine's nomination al guarantees his
soundness on the probition question,
there are convincing proc in the articles
written by Mr.. Blaine VIE editor Of the
Kennebec Journal. A feextracts will be
sufficient to locate Mr. Blne on the pro-
hibltion question. In ,e editorial he
said:
"ln June, 1851, the Legature of Maine
enacted law for the suppssion of intern
perance which took the wld by surprise.
1t was deemed by many tho were we'll
wlshers as so extreme in sne of its pro-
visions and so far beyond az previous leg
islation on the subject IS endanger the
whole cause Of reform by thgiolent action
it would provoke. But mewho so reck-
oned were in the wrong; tn law was &C
quiesced in and ratified by ie people and
now in the fourth year of existence is
stronger than it ever was, nd every day
that passes only adds testimny to the wis
dom Of its provisions"
There is nothing uncerta about that
no equivocstion, evasion orircumlocution,
but very plain and positie avowal and
advocacy Of the "Maine Law with all its
severe methods and penaltie
At another time he placed the cause oil
temperance above even the kpublicsn par
ty, as shown IN this extract fom one of hii
editorials;
For the State to put forth lis legal arm
to stop the traffic in alcohol liquors, ex
cept for mechanical purposes is but an ap
pllcatiOn of the old doctrine 4 self-detense
against what is as dangerou to itself q
furious beasts and savage ma to society il
olden times. The temperance re
form, standing on ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, i
stronger than political party, and need
no political alliance unless forced 10 the pc
slton by political enemies"
During the same year, 1856, there was
State Prohibition convention held at Au
gusta, and among the resolutions adopte
and afterward published in Mr.. Blaine
paper, with hearty editorial endorsement
was the following;
That we recognize it as the imperativ
duty Of every temperance man TO vote onl
for such men as are we'll known to be in Fl
.....s VI i prUhlOItory law and OF It's proml
-4' 3cACAS
In 1853 Mr.. Blaine was editor of I'll
Portland Advertiser, and in an editorit
discussing the Legislative act which put tn
question Of license or prohibitory law be
fore the people to decide, he said: "The OF
portunity is now given to the friends Q
prohibition to make it fnslity in the law
of the State. The two systems of licens
and prohibition are brought into direct an
palpable competition, and the friends
each have the unrestricted privilege Of eS
pressing their preference. We have tn
fullest faith that the people Of this Stat
are by considerable majority in favor
prohibition, and an opportunity is now a
forded them to say so under more favor'
BILE circumstances than will again be otfe
ed, perhaps, in this generation
We trust that all due efforts will be mad
to get out large vote, and that being don
we have no fear of the result. But if a
good temperance men will earnestly Ell
gage in the contest, and, waving diffe
ences of opinion on minor points, susta
the law as whole, the result will be II
umph for prohibition and final settlemeI
of the whole matter"
Gould further proofs be askedl