The Republican journal., 1909-04-08

eat and drink" He was opposed TO pro-
hibition, because it was at war with the
very elements of civil liberty. Granting
licenses in each city, town and planta-
ton in Maine, with restrictions and suit
able penalties, he thought would accom-
plish all that legislation could be expect
ed to do to promote the cause Of temper
ance. But the license law of 1856 did
not work as well as Gov. Wells and its
advocates claimed it would. Under this
law rum shops sprang up all over the
State and intemperance was on the IN
crease; so much so that the people de-
manded it's repeal and the State was
again placed under prohibition. They
claimed that Maine under this license
law was fast reverting into the drunken
conditions of the old rum days of the
thirties, when it was regarded as the
poorest and most drunken State in the
Union. Our people were then spending
annually for liquors SIC. COG, 00O, or $2O for
every man, woman and child. Our peo-
pie found that under the license law Of
1856 intemperance was destroying a
large proportion of their homes, as it had
done in the old, rum days, and in the
State election of 1856 they got after
Governor Wells, who had been re-nomi-
mated by the Democrats, at the ballot
box and speedily let him know whether
they had any right to say "what man
should eat or drink" Whereas one
year before in the State election of
1856, Wells had polled nearly $4,000
votes, he went down to political defeat in
the fall election Of 1856 by vote of a
little over 10000.
| My father, who remembers the cam
paign of 1856 very we'll and who voted
for Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, the Republi-
can candidate for governor, as well as
for Ex-Governor Arson P Morrill, the
year before-he having then just become
a legal voter-tells me that the people
We're very much stirred up and gave
vent to their angry feelings by the fol
lowing slogan: "Down with Gov. Wells
and the political party who have trampled
our temperance laws under their Feet.
Hannibal Hamlin was elected by a
large majority, and in his message to the
legislature he urged the people to wait
patiently until their angry feelings should
have subsidized somewhat and then they
would soon have the legislature carefully
prepare bill to be submitted to the peo-
pie for their approval or rejection of the
license system. In 1857 the Republican
party nominated Hon. Lot M. Morrill, fol-
| governor and took firm stand tor tenn
perance and prohibition, as this party in
Maine always has from its birth, while
the Democratic party was then, as now,
hostile to prohibition legislation, and took
a firm stand for license. Hon. Lot M.
Morrill, was elected governor by large
majority, and in his message to the leg
islature he spoke at length upon the
great issue Of prohibition. AS he was
one of the ablest men our State has ever
reared, and was also one of the strongest
advocates of prohibition we have ever
had l wish to submit to the readers of
The Journal his entire message to the
legislature of 1858 touching upon the
liquor question, and which was without
doubt one Of the most eloquent and able
messages ever delivered to a legislative
assembly in Maine This address Of Gov
ernor Morrill, will appear in my next
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