The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-02-23
Education and Suppression, Not License.

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1t was not my purpose 10 be arsulhentatNe IN
the letter you published. but rather to discuss
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| Rhode Island. Inc com carson between Tort-
| land and Providence, rs regards faulty ell
| f,r.o,,or+ ,t ,roh;bitorv law. ,,r.;,u, lo
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| fa!cd original ihteh''ohs' p'ii haruiy commit
| ted me to advocating high license. 1t must be
| confessed that my yariel utterancp. in yonr
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have seemed to some degree conflicting This
has been cau.ed bv ihc ranid trapsits ne have
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maze from eNnlla.iom . 70 al,lnay. ne >'tna-
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progressed temperance aiTofateS' nay. even si'l
aiieu temperance oihr'','s wy Ilosetu'h'-
nave during thls periou peeh lhvohed 70 speak
lor me purpose ol shapi!is puo!ie opinion ah.'
| remained s'ient. An opportunity was present,
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nearly fifteen wears exercise of a freeman :
right to find ju>tiica ton in legalizine rlm>eil-
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| Die have made in "A higher degree operative.
| That is equivalent to saving Rhode Island
,n,sn' ne i;, pel1ti on 'na' i,ll'ei tI% present
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PREVIOUSLY WIN MN ncense. Nit"'' IL me II.
I'm oi l'>! occurrences !, "ou'u >t.''' u, ~ II
YOU, while the certain ills YOU IL, to are greater
than all the real ones YOU fly from-w.ill You
| risk the commission of 50 fearful, 4 mistake =
had applied to our vote on constitutional pro
hibition, and that we fearessy chose such
! measures as have resulted to our injury.
| The peril of adopting law in advance OF
popular sentiment has been brayeI only to
| suffer inevitable defeat. Before the prepar:-
tory steps had been half taken we iaunche,i
| into current that could he stcmme1 oulN hv
| well-prcparel navigator. That we have >tttig-
ged on to become stranded and heartily dis
couraged is nothing mere than was rrorhc-ied
in advance. Better results could not have
been reasonably anticipated, for the work that
Il more convenient, season. and the bitterness
of diSapnointmcnt crown, the unnatural meth
| od of iegs!atin" a certain standard of morality
and then irving to hoist fra human nature
suddenly to its level. The fiat went forth /;
| some impractical doctrnare> saw their ,!,-
| tempt of law | have reported in former let
! tors. Our bor-tires were burned too soon.
| The shouts of victory were raised 1t the
wrong end Of the battle
MI. Editor, am pleased to know some Of
| the statements in Rev. Mr.. BaNles'> sermon
have been contradicte.G Enough Hn Der
| sladcd from personal observation, remains
| true to condemn the condition Of affairs il!
| Portland. And when Bangor is mentioned
| Well. nothing is gained bv rejecting the pie
| ture. | challenge any man of iudcii! attril-
utes to find its equal in this State 1t is the
! tendency to gloss over existing evils in either
| locality that / resist. Satan'S success in runl-
selling can better he understood from actual
observations than by reading definitions in pre-
hibitory vocahularics.
Your remarks as to Rhode Island corrcSp pol.-
dencc in Boston Herald are founded Oh facts
| DR.. Greer. of Grace Church. is rector Of The
wealthicSt parish in this State In does not
| favor the present law. and in common with
many intelligent ana reputable citizens l,e-
| lieye> il to be unwSe but he does demand that
| while il is constitutional and statutaiv law all
should zoalously labor for lis enforcement
The Episcopal Church of this diocese will en-.
dcavor to promote temperance bv the broad
path Of inducing individual self-re,tlant il
every practical manner
Within a stones throw of Grace Church
stands the MathewSon street NJ. +. Church
This resembles the former in that it has th,
| richest and most influential CONGREGATION of its
denomination in Providence. 4 meeting wa,
recently held there and an organization form.
ed to mould pul,lic sentiment in favor of exc
cutting the law. \ central committee of sever
was selected to conduct mass meetings in diff
ferent parts of the State. The trst is TO h,
| hnll unyt EriI,v in provilon.n nnl motto,