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dust, and filth of political popularity and infidel scorn and reproach, as the creature of enthusiastical fanaticism, crippled, and bound hand and foot, with thongs of ridicule, and cooped up in a cage for the show and amusement of the multitude of dandies at their drunken festivals. And thus the license law has since remained in full force and virtue as usual in previous years; resulting in no small degree of darkness over the temperance hemisphere of earth, and much exulting throughout the ranks of all antitemperance hosts, whose watchword virtually has been, "Give us the license law, and we will all become lecturers on moral suasion for the downfall of temperance fanaticism, and for free toleration to make, vend, and consume any productions of earth, into whatever is most palatable for human pleasurable consumption, without fears of future accountability!"

But let not the friends of temperance be dismayed. The cause of God and humanity is engraven on all the banners of the Temperance Reformation. All who conscientiously sign the temperance total abstinence pledge, and inviolably adhere to its principles in all companies and places, under all the varied circumstances in life, and identify themselves, practically, with the temperance advocates of progressive reform, may be assured, that the cause they have espoused will be divinely protected, and be providentially brought to a triumphant consummation.

The conscientious friends of temperance have more to fear from disunion among themselves, than from all the combined hosts of opposition. The prosperity of every

enterprise depends much on the union of its advocates. "A house divided against itself can not stand." Union is strength, and strength is power. Time was, when a country district school-house in Moreau would contain all the pledged members of the temperance organization, known then to exist in Christendom or the world. They belonged to but one order. They were agreed in the promotion of one object. This was a conscientious adherence to the constitution and by-laws of their organization. The temperance cause, then, was like a little child of Divine formation. The temperance cause, now, in manhood, is the very same that it was then, namely, a providential method of defeating a subtle device of Satan for the destruction of human souls by intoxicating liquors. That enemy has come into the earth like a flood, to destroy the priceless souls of mankind. The Lord has lifted up a standard against the enemy. The Temperance Reformation is the Lord's standard. Every true-hearted temperance man or woman who has subscribed the total abstinence temperance pledge, is identified, professionally, with the Lord's temperance standard-bearers.

How important, then, is it, that they should be all united! Now, among the millions of male and female members of total abstinence temperance societies, there are numerous orders, departments, and banners, and still all belong to one great temperance family. The old members still surviving, the Sons, Daughters, Rechabites, Cadets, and what not, with all their various-worded pledges, banners, badges, and significant designations of order, comprising millions in number, are nevertheless branches of one connected

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temperance household, and sacredly pledged to maintain. the unity, peace, and prosperity of the great temperance union. God is the great Father of temperance, and all members of temperance societies ought to be true Christians.

CHAPTER III.

Fifth Epoch-Origin and cause of Appeals for Legislative Aid in favor of the Liquor Craft, to fortify the legal bulwark against encroachments, by the progress of the Temperance Reformation-The example of Appeals is followed by Petitions for legal aid to favor the cause of Temperance-Cause for such Appeals Origin and character of the Liquor Law of the State of Maine-The general Community electrified by the promulgation of the Law of Maine, for and against it-Hundreds of thousands Petition for the Maine Law Statute in the State of New York-Thousands remonstrate against it, in New York City, for Twelve specific Reasons-Three of the Remonstrative Reasons analyzed and answered.

INTEMPERANCE is one of the most consummate works of Satan for human destruction. The destruction of this evil requires that alcoholic liquor, which produces the mischief, should, itself, be legally destroyed, as a deadly poison-a venomous serpent—a rabid mad dog, spreading hydrophobia, distraction, and death—or a wild bull among children, raving for their destruction! In such frightful invasions of human life, who would not rush to the encounter, and, with any efficient weapon of death, aim the direful blow, and kill the serpent, the dog, the bull, as animals under sentence of death by the common law of every community of human beings! Not less dangerous to human life is the poison of intoxicating liquors in daily use to drunkenness; and no less under the condemnation of destruction by the sentence of the common law of all lands on this globe of earth, is the portion of intoxicating

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poisonous beverages of daily use, which makes drunkards, and destroys them body and soul. All intoxicating liquors, the destroyers of mankind, must be destroyed, except for the necessary use of medicine and mechanical purposes.

This, evidently, is the doctrine and whole amount of the celebrated LIQUOR Law of the State of Maine. A full conviction of the deficiency of the best concerted measures, the most pungent doctrines, forcible appeals, and alarming facts that could be presented by all the combined eloquence and powers of the practical science of moral suasion, to move liquor makers and traffickers to abandon their lucrative business of human destruction for the sake of GAIN; yes, a full conviction of all this, and much more, induced the Hon. Neal Dow, mayor of the city of Portland, in the State of Maine, to devise a statute law for the effectual arrest, seizure, and DESTRUCTION of all existing alcoholic liquors within the State of Maine (with legal exceptions for specified, necessary uses), under special fines and imprisonments, to be secured by bonds of indemnity for the faithful discharge of all legal requirements and prohibitions, by officers legally appointed to execute the law of exceptions, and total abolition of all intoxicating liquors not excepted, but kept for use in the said State of Maine.

The legal practicability of this stringent law of Maine, since its legislative enactment, A. D. 1851, during the past year (to the composition of these historical reminiscences in February, 1852), as has been authentically certified, has been thoroughly tested; yes, the law of Maine