Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-08-17

Of the whole slave system. And in this 1t win be
seen We have not been disappointed
Al this union meeting at the Temple, We met some
Of the nobest Of the past as well a. the present.
heartily uniting with rs, who had never been Known
q such p5 msn Of ,ns p1 Ase Henrv
Wilson. Robert Rantoul, Jrs Charles Francs ADAMS
Edward Reyes, and many others, who Afterwards
formed the party which finally resulted In the cleo
tion of Abraham Lincoln as President Of the United
States, and the freedom Of every slave in the land
II we had kept up fac.ous opposition to the Free
Soil Party because they did not go with US In every
respect on the abolition que siou, we should prob
ably never have n Charles Sumner or Henry WI
In the United States Senate nor Charies Alen
Robert Rantoui. Jr, nor any OF the strong men VINO
ACCOMPLISHED the great work in Congress- 1t Is re-
rarkable fact that all our great men IN tnaf Dody
not aoolutionists at the time OF their
All great political movements commence with an
honest compromise. The agitators. those VINO are
the means Of waking up correct public sentment'
are hardly ever actors in accomplishing the work.
II fortunate that Leither Garrison nor Phillips
ever wished for any public ONCE.
have never known any good accomplished by
mho you'd % nith Us O and elect men who are in
sympathy with the rum interests. 1 went with tns
prohibitory party two or three years. out
found / had made great mi take anu
| accomplished no good to any one
Another note of warning is found in the
following extracts from letter by Rev.
DR.. Bigelow. Buffalo clergyman. in
reply to a circular of inquiry sent out by
Gen. Conway of Brooklyn to the clergy
men of New York State:
L reply willingly your circular letter. asking my
"views" touching the question Of The present "drnt
Of the so-cae1 prohibtionsts." BY these you mean,
Of course that small number Of prohibitionists who
fayoiing what you call a party ganiza'ion,
whose battle cry IL prohibition
consider the course of those who are diverting 90
much temperance strength into the channel OF q
Prohibition party organization unwise, and believe
II TO be suicidal towards the of temperance BY
hopelessly dividing temperance workers: Never uii
extremists have settled back into good degree OF
regard for. II you please. the "weaker at any rate
the slower, "brethren" has any, even the bestcause
succeeded. Thus. 1t the "anti-sav party
that stood sponsor for Emancipation. but the con
serva'ive, yet progressive republican party, with
nothing In Its name relating TO slavery. And even
that did not "aboiish" slavery; the people all
parties-did II, after conservative President had
felt obliged to proclaim emancipation fet slavery
was finally abolished, not on account OF Itself. as
moral wrong, but on account OF specific charge
against 1t, supporter of armed rebellion A
"third party" with an organization and name Tor
the specific end of abolishing slavery, would have
ruined the nation In the hnal fight with The spirit OF
dissension though slavery the backbone of that
"secession' movement.
For myself, do not choose to cast vote with q
third party which lin the nature Of the case Is MOI
strong enough elect separate canddates sets them
up and for them In open and declared hostility
to, and with damaging effect against. that portion
OF the people who nearest to It's own sentiments
a position; yes, party which is In actual tnougn
not acknowledged, CO operation Win lnat VI
the people whose record Is VIGOROUSLY in favor OF
the liquor interest.
In this state, my opinion IL, the duty aud tae
privilege of every true teap rance man las the mat
ter has now come to stand through the forcing &C.
tion Of prohibitionists Is to do all he can to
prevent the oherwise inevitable denorazing anti
temperance efforts of the party-Prohibitionis di-
verion 70 do this the only feasible way Is to vote
the republican ticket, In spite Of imperfections In
here and there individual candidates.
There is general awakening to the
injury which the third party is threatening
the temperance cause. Many are speak
ing and writing of the danger, and many
more who have been inclining to support
the third party on the score oftemperance
will turn back and avoid the fatal step
they were about to take. The democratic
party has two great objects to accomplish
through its alliance with the St. John
men First. the overthrow of the republi.
can party and the political control
which would follow; Second, the defeat
of temperance and the prohibtory laws.
The man who supports the third party
aids the democratic party to accomplish
both these ends, and is therefore deadly
Zoe to temperance, the cause which he
processes to regard as of more conse.
quencc than all political parties or politi.
cal issues.