The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-08
MIR. PRINCE UNBosoMs.

MI. L IluCo CdTTlCu Ills pOlitAo6bi S1oos
in silence" says the Portland cores
pendent of the Boston Herald, ''but yes
terday he unbosomed himself to the
Herald correspondent, and frankly stated
his position 1t may be questioned if
the cross Mr.. Prince has been carrying is
a political cross" but that does not
matter. The result of the unbosoming
is what the public want, and here it is:
voted for Mr.. Carr for liquor agent, not be-
cause believed him better man than the Re-
publican candidate for the office, Mr. Douglass,
but because believed l was perpetuating the
welfare Of the Republican party in taking the
step that did. True 1t is that stepped out
side OF party lines, but perhaps it is necessary
sometimes for one to go beyond those ambigl-
GUS bounds to support what he thinks is right
and thereby set his conscience at rest.
My reason for voting as did, IS that felt
could not do otherwise and satisfy my con-
science. They say that by adopting the course
l did did not adhere to the dictates OF my par
~, but suppos!ng you read this abstract from
Mayor Bakers inaugural: eve are no longer
members of opposing political parties, but pub
to serve, and 1 Shall rely upon you and you
shall rely upon me to support all just and wise
measures which may come before US without
regard to political effect"
Mr.. Prince seems to have two bosoms.
Bosom No. 1, which contains his political
sense, when unbosomed, discloses that he
voted for Mr.. Carr because he believed
by so doing he was perpetuating the wei
fare of the Republican party. Bosom
No. 2, which contains his moral
sense, when unbosomed, discloses that
his reason for voting as he did was
because he felt that he could not do 9th
erwise and satisfy his conscience. mas
much as the revelations of his two bos-
oms are quite different, it becomes neces-
sary to consider them separately.
First he voted for Mr.. Carr in order to
perpetuate the welfare of the Republi-
can party. The Republican party had
complained of the illegal and scandalous
manner in which the agency had beer
run during the past year by MI. Carr and
had promised the people if entrusted
with power to endeavor to restrict
its sales to the purposes contemplated by
the laws of the State. But Mr.. Prince
conceived the idea that to respect the
laws and to keep it's promise would be
ruinous to the party and therefore tc
perpetuate its welfare voted in such a
way as to defeat its promise and to con-
tinue the practices it had complained of.
| When the first ballot was taken, appar
emily this brilliant idea had not secured
complete mastery of him, or else he
hadn't fully made up his mind to perpet
uate the party's welfare, for on that bal
lot he voted for Mr.. Douglass. But be-
tween the first and second ballot his
bosom was illuminated. Mr.. Princes
idea of the best way of perpetuating q
| party's welfare is to assist in breaking its
decent promises.
Now glance at the disclosure Of bosom
No. 2. II did as did because felt that
could not do otherwise and satisfy my
conscience" By his conscience Mr..
| Prince of course means his moral sense,
that faculty which "warns against and
condemns what is wrong and approves
and prompts to that which is right" Mr.
Princes moral sense addressed him thus
It will be wrong for you to vote for Mr..
| Douglass because he may con.
| fine the sales to the pur-
poses recognized by the statutes OF
the state, may restrict them to medi.
cinal and mechanical purposes, and thus
bring distress to the large class of people
who have been accustomed to buy liquor
there to revive their dropping spirits-tc
get drunk on; the right thing to do is tc
| vote for Mr.. Carr who experience has
| shown will make no such distinction.
Through one ballot his second bosom
struggled against the promptings of the
''still small voice. just as his first bosom
did against the promptings of partyiwel
fare, but when the second came his moral
| sense had gained the victory.
What glorious triumph Mr. Prince
| had won: His political bosom hao
triumphed over the seductive wiles Of
| the Democrats who wanted him to vote
for Mr.. Douglass; and his moral bosom
had sent Satan to the rear and established
his loyalty to his conscience"
In the light of his explanation Mr.
Prince stands out as both political and
moral martyr. What could be nobler
than the motives that actuated him
party loyalty and loyalty to moral sense.
Let him no longer bear cross, let him
come forward and receive crown.
Let the Idle Sons of Rest float another
| flag, this time in honor of Mr.. Princes
devotion to party and loyalty to con
| science.