Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-11-15
THE TELEGRAPH.
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THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. Is.
0pHoW 1T WAS DONE4O

NJ HOW 1T WAS DONEIO
OR BEAUTIES OF THE "HEALING ACT. -
Discoursing on the election in this State,
the Anguish holds forth, on this wise. "Di-
rided Counci's-petty teuds'-jf suffered to
eaist, ,couM inevitably hare kept as an The
minority Bur WE DREW THE SPONGE
OVER THEM ALL.
Now this is very significant language,
and unlike most of the Argus remarks, full
of meaning; and we should have been laid
under infinite obligations, had the editor
detailed some of the particulars given us
some information, how the sponge was
drawn over, and over whom it was drawn;
over whom the loco foco junto, or to use
the Argus synonyme, the dirided councaD
promised it should be dra,Un, upon the con-
tlngency. that they gained the control OF
the State and had the privilege of sponging.
Though one might suppose it the easiest
thing in the world, yet, after all, this heal
ing "petly feuds, by application Of the
sponge, was found inconvenient. We
have now room only for one or two. Of the
thousand instances, we might adduce, In
proof. There was the Parks or renomina-
ton feud--the sponge was drawn over
and the Narshall's cockade changed hats:
wbereat new feud arose--they robbed
Smith to pay Parks; recourse was again
had to the sponging process, and the ex-
Marshall was Amounted successor TO the
former 'elfe and soul of the Argus faction =
F, o. j. Smith. From this sprang
divers other petty feuds, too numerous to
mention, of which there was only tes'po-
ram adjustment. There, too, was tho
Clifford feud to be reconciled, for he had
not only, as the former editor OF the Argus
said or wrote, a Scoundrelfy rotten heart, but
leudish dispositions, toward all the petty
factions that united upon Reuel Williams,
and elected him to the station, which
Yours Frank till dcath," had ahmed for,
all the session of 1887. But the feud
which most tormented the ''diridedcounc,l. u
and which was found most difficult OF rec
orc;l;ation. was that which alosc from the
A. having been obliged to pay over to tae
Hon. iona. Cilley, verdict of some SloOo,
for vile ISLANDERS against s(Cilly s)charac-
ter. But Ii ne would fail US to tell OF all
the "petty feuds, that were suffered to eX-
i,t "among the loco foco leaders, over which,
the sponge was drawn, and we torbear Ia
90 farther. We much mistake, however,
if these sponged feuds, are altogether "eN-
Plunged" and if they are not increased All
hundred fold, by irredeemed pledges to
disappointed and Spoaged experIants.
We never doubted that the spolIs, was
the cohesive power, which forced the jar
| ling elements Of the loco foco party lnto
harmony and concert ofaciion-hut we did
not expect, even the ambiguous avowai %
! it.. which we have from their oracle But II
should not excite surprise, since John Z
Calhoun is numbered among the shining
deities of the Argus 1.-The extract above, be-
| ing but a new version of what he once saio
/ in one of his lucid intervals, in the u. )
Senate, to wit: "IMat the Fan Buren, par
ty oas kept together only by the -centripeta
po,oer Of office, and IF pt'mder" sentiment
which we hope the Argus will be SO klnc
as to present that arch disunionist printed
on Satin.