The northern tribune. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1847-1855, 1847-12-27
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The Democracy of Waldoboro' VS.. Col
lector Wilson and John D. NJ Crate

We have before Informed our readers that
the Democrats of Waldoboro', dissatisfied with
the appointment of Deputy Collector at that
port, had held meeting to express that dis
satisfaction. That meeting was held on the
10th, when committee was appointed to pre-
pare resolutions, which resolutions were re-
ported at an adjourned meeting held on the
evening of the 18th. The resolutions were as
follows
ResoIred, That when the incum bent of any
Office of the government, shall use the power
delegated to him. in an arbitrary and impe-
rlous manner, and contrary to the known and
expressed wishes of his immediate constitu-
ents, it is their privilege to use all fair and
honorable means to effect change in said Of
fee.
Resoloed, That in our opinion, the appoint
ing power of the collector of this District, has
been used contrary TO the advice of large
portion of the Democratic Party, and in oppo-
sition to the wishes of the people of this place.
ResotUed, That the appointment of any one
as Deputy Collector, at any Port in the Dis
trict, who is not citizen Of the District or
town, where such office is located, is an insult
to the Democratic portion of the people of
such District or town.
ResoIoed, That the appointment of Geo. w.
Nichols. as Deputy Collector of this Pert,
while he was not resident of the District or
of the State is not satisfactory to US or to any
portion Of the Party, or people of this town.
ReS0lced, That whenever another Represen-
tative shall be nominated as a member of Con-
gress from this District, that it will be the
duty of the Democrats of this town to require
Tln froD m 10 oh
wishes in relation to the Custom House of
this place, before we can give him our sup
port.
Rssoleed, That these resolutions be signed
by the proper officers of the meeting, and
copies of the same be presented to the Collec-
tor OF this District, to our Representative to
Congress, and TO the Secretary of the Treasu-
ry, and published in the Eastern Times, Bath.
This is family quarrel, and perhaps it may
be said we have no right to interfere. Never
theless we shall venture to make a few re-
marks, suggested by this movement on the
part of the rank and file of the Democracv.-
1t is not strange to us that this movement
should be made, it is Just what we should ex-
pect, if the Democracy of Waldoboro have
any self respect, if they are not SO bound by
the chains Of party despotism, as to be willing
to yield up everything at the command of
their leaders.
That clique of political blood-suckers, who
have shared nearly all the offices in this coun-
ty, usually, and always just before elections
have been loud in their professions of respect
nd fo tho - &c IL,
right that they should be required to put those
professions in practice, by yielding up the Of
fees to those whom the people select. To dc
otherwise, is saying, in effect, that the people
are not capable of deciding who are suitable
to fill the offices, which amounts to the same
thing as declaring them incapable of self gov.
ernment-a sentiment directly opposite to tho
belief of true, and the professed belief of all
Democrats.
The resolutions are severe rebuke to Col
lector Wilson, as we'll as to the clique to which
re belongs. One of them seems intended
especially for the benefit of Mr.. Clark, the
Representative in Congress from this District
and would seem to intimate that he had been
accessory to this appointment. If this is not
the intent of the resolution, we know not
what it could have been introduced for. We
are in hopes that this movement is the precur-
sor of general uprising of the masses against
the rule of the clique, of which we have
spoken; that it is the beginning of rebellion
that will leave them with the support of none
but such men as constitute what our Bristol
friends call Wte meadow hay Democracy"