ven ile ▁off enders ▁were ▁treated ▁in ▁the ▁adult ▁pr isons , ▁H acker ▁was ▁influ ential ▁in ▁building ▁public ▁support ▁for ▁a ▁Maine ▁reform ▁school ▁which ▁became ▁the ▁third ▁in ▁the ▁country , ▁after ▁Philadelphia ▁and ▁Boston . ▁Because ▁of ▁the ▁culture ▁of ▁reform ▁that ▁existed ▁in ▁ 1 9 th - century ▁New ▁England , ▁The ▁Ple asure ▁Bo at ▁enjoyed ▁wide ▁circul ation ▁until ▁the ▁approach ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War . ▁On ▁the ▁br ink ▁of ▁a ▁war ▁that ▁many ▁fellow ▁reform ers ▁thought ▁was ▁un av oid able ▁and ▁mor ally ▁just ifiable , ▁H acker ▁advoc ated ▁pac if ism , ▁and ▁lost ▁so ▁many ▁readers ▁his ▁newspaper ▁found ered . ▁By ▁ 1 8 6 4 ▁he ▁started ▁another ▁newspaper ▁entitled ▁The ▁Ch ari ot ▁of ▁Wis dom ▁and ▁Love . ▁ ▁Death ▁After ▁the ▁Great ▁Fire ▁of ▁ 1 8 6 6 , ▁H acker ▁left ▁Port land ▁and ▁retired ▁to ▁a ▁life ▁of ▁far ming ▁in ▁Vin eland , ▁New ▁Jersey . ▁He ▁continued ▁to ▁write , ▁sending ▁letters ▁and ▁po ems ▁in ▁to ▁An arch ist ▁and ▁Free ▁thought ▁newsp apers ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 5 . ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁Category : 1 8 0 1 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 8 9 5 ▁death s ▁Category : J ournal ists ▁from ▁Maine ▁Category : Pe ople ▁of ▁Maine ▁in ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Vin eland , ▁New ▁Jersey ▁Category : W rit ers