Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1810-03-05
Communications.
THE VOICE OF
Cumberland and Oxford.

Cumberland and Oxford.
At a meeting of Federal Republicans,
holden at era, March /, 1910, for the pur-
pose of selecting candidates for Senators in
Cumberland District, and for taking suita-
bic measures 10 promote the success Of the
Federal Tic, ct for GOVERNOR, LIEUT..
GOVERNOR, and SENATOR'S, at the APP
preaching Election, the following gentle
men attended
Noyth-1nn,ouh-R LorIng, Sam
uel York, Solomon Loring, Capt. Levi Lo-
ring, William Sweetser, Nath'l Merrill,
Deacon Asa Chase, Capt Nathaniel Blanch-
ard, Capt. Beza Blanchard, Capt Jerc.
Blanchard, VIM. Blanchard, Capt. Sylvanus
Blanchard, Capt Tho. Chase, Maj. Samuel
Barker, Samuel Bacon, Moses Stubbs, Ed
ward Russell, Capt. Afford Richardson, DR..
Daniel Clark, Timothy Tabor, Capt. Thad-
deus Robbins, John Thomas, Capt. Nath1
jerks, Capt. Seth Mitchell, Capt. William
Hamilton.
Byunszuick- Coffin, Esq Henry
Putnam, Esq Isaac Gates, Esq. David Dun
lap, ESQ Daniel Coombs, Peter Jordan. jun.
Windham-Col Thomas Chute, Hezeki-
ali Frost, Esq Charles Johnson, Jonathan
Andrew, Samuel Tate.
Gorhan--Thomas MsLellan, Royal Lin
coin, Jonathan Sturgis, DR.. Dudley Folsom,
Joseph Adams, Esq Jacob S. Smith, Esq.
James Sweat, Toppan ROBBIE, Nath'l Phin-
ney, George Files, Warren Gilbert, Capt.
Sewall Lancaster.
New Gloucestsy-Brig. Gen. NathI c. Al
len, Peleg Chandler, jun. Esq. Benja. Ar
mold, Israel Smith, Samuel Fessenden, Esq.
Gyy-Maj. Jedidah Cobb, John Hum
phrey, Stephen Furnish, Anthony knight,
Samuel Nash, Jun. Simon Greenleaf, Esq.
William Libby.
Standish--Wm. Thompson, ESQ Green
Cram.
PO,tland-DanielT Tucker, Esq. ]. d. Hop
kins, Esq. o. Bray, Esq. Mai. VIM. Cod
dard, Abner Bagley, Capt. VIM. Crabtree,
Capt. Tho. Brown, William Smith, Arthur
Shirley, Rufus Emerson.
Eeepor-Captain Daniel Brown, Jacob
Johnson, Nathan Nye, Captain Josiah Reed.
Dwha,n-Isaac Davis.
Otisfeld-Dr. David Ray, Maj Jonathan
Moors, DR.. Silas Blake, Oliver PIERCE.
Harison-Jacob Emerson.
1wney-Csptain Oliver Pollard.
Hebron-Deacon William Barrows.
Buckfeld-John Loring, Esq.
Paris Cyrus Hamlin, Esq Captain Iona
than Bemis, Lieut.. Lemuel Jackson.
Norspay-Luther Farrar, Esq. Joshua
Smith,
Hu1ord-Edward Blake.
POland-3rig. Gen. John X. Smith, John
Cousins.
Daniel fucker, Esq. was chosen Chair
man, Charles Coffin, Esq. Clerk of the
meeting.
A letter directed to the Chairman of the
Meeting, from the Hon. Ammi K. Mitchell,
Esq informing the Convention of his deter
mInation not to consider himself as a candi
date for the office of Senator for Cumber-
land District at the ensuing Election, was
opened and read.
Voted, unanimously, that the thanks of
this Convention be presented to the Hon.
Ammi r. Mitchell, Esq. for his able & faith
ful services, and that Charles Coffin, ESQ. be
Committee to answer the Letter under
consideration, and express our personal res
pect for the Hon. Mr.. Mitchell, & our CRATE
ful sense of the valuable services he has
rendered to his Constituents.
Voted, nnaninsusly, to support his Excel.
leney CHRISTOPHER GORE, ESQ. as
Governor, and his Honor DAVID COBB.
Esq. as Lieut. Governor, at the approaching
Election,
Voted, unanimously, to support the Hon.
L0THROP LEWIS, as a Candidate for
Senator for Cumberland District
A Committee of Seven, from various
parts OF this Election District, was then raj
sed, to select another Candidate for Sena-
TOR, and report at this Meeting.
The Committee report in favor OF Hon.
LUTHER CARY, Esq. which Report was
accepted.
The subjects Of the Meeting were freely
< fully discussed by many gentlemen pres.
ent; and Committee of Five, from yari-
Gus parts of the District, was raised to ex-
press the sense of this Meeting upon the
subjects under consideration, and of the
votes passed on the occasion, and to report
at this Meeting-which Committee made a
Report, which was read and debated arti
Gle by article, and unanimously passed as fol
lows
RESOLVED, as the sense ofthis MEETING.
that the policy of the National Administra-
ton, tor several years last past, has a fatal
and irresistible tendency to DESTROY all ma
tionsl and individual prosperity, to PROSTATE
our national honor, and ieopardize our indie
pendence- And that tie Wild and delusi,e
| system OF Commercial Restrictions, so i'm
provldenily adopted, has neither produced,
nor IS calculated 10 produce, upon Foreign
Nations, any beneficial effect to our wn
country, while our Commerce has not only
suffered very great and incalculAble iniur,
and loss, but the channels of Trade are. a.
ready, SO much diverted from their usual
course, tibet unless different policy be