Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1850-08-22
"At their Old Tricks"

Orr wing fri ,nds, after a considerable
amount of "conferoncng" have finally succeed
ed in bringing abouI show of harmony in re-
ation to their Congressional differences in Il is
district. The Lincoln poltin OF the district,
It their Convention at Topsham, nominated
Isaac Recd-and knowing that the Oxtoid por
ion claimed the nomination. committee OF
conference was raised to attend the Oxford
Convention, to harmonize the differences. But
the efforts of this committee were unavaiing-
the Oxford wings were not to be coerced or
coaxed into any amicable arrange mcnt incon-
sistent with their rights. They were clearly
ntitled to the nomination, and Mr.. Goode-
Convention was dissolved.
What was to be dones The Lincoln wings
could not submit to this-neither could they
bear to lose their chances for success. At this
iuncture of affairs. the old but very obnoxious
policy of the party, to wit: of resorting, at
whatever sacrifice, to that course most likely to
be successful, by taking the man thought to be
most popular-bowing to the shrine of araiia-
bilify-was adopted, and the result has been
that the Oxford wings have cared in and
Isaac Reed has been reluctantly agreed upon,
as the wing candidate for the fourth Congress
sional district.
We are not disappointed at this result. The
cohesive power of public plumber" has a won
derful power of uniting our whig friends
This is precisely what our Tribune friend
"souinted at in his scurrilous attack, few
weeks since, upon the electors of Oxford, in
charging them with knowing as little about
s.the wants of Lincoln, as does an inhabitant
of Asia Minor" If we mistake not the aid of
some of these ignorant voters" of Oxford,
will be required to place Mr.. Reed in Congress.
What is to be gained by this operation >
True. Mr.. Goodenow's chances for re-elec-
ton had been growing beautifully less" for
the last years-but is the name of Isaac Reed a
host of strength" TO elevate poor cause into
power: Let us see. Mr.. Reed may not be
unknown to our readers. To say that he is an
inoffens;ve, good he arted, and clever man, is
but an act of justicc-he has had some ex-
perience in State legislation, and being very
respectable man, has always sustained very
good reputation-but one would suppose that
lis modest, unobtrusive, and mild habits as
lily adapted him to the halls of Congress, as
did the warlike achievements of one Zachary
Taylor qualify him for the high and exalted
station of the Chief Magistracy of the Ameri-
can Union.
Now the objections to Mr.. Reed are not the
above characteristics-fo for they all go to make
up good CT izen-we object not to what he
possesses, but to what he lacks-and that he
lacks the essential elements requisite to the i'm
portant station to which he is nominated, to
wit: energy, and the ability to use the talents
with which he is endowed, to the best advan-
tage-his best friends must acknowledge.
We live in exciting times-Strong men are
required in the councils of the nation-men
capable of making their mark upon the age in
which they live. Such man is not Isaac
Reed, the whig nominee-but such a man is
CHARLES ANDREWS, the popular nominee ofthe
democratic party! From his earliest youth,
has Mr.. Andrews been characterized for his
fearless advocacy of the peoples rights. He
has attained high position in our State coun-
ellis, and the electors of the 4th Congressional
district are looking forward with impotence to
the day when they shall have the privilege of
elevating him to a station which his brilliant
talents so eminently qualify him to fill.