Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-01-08
EASTERN TIMES.
Bath, Thursday, Jan. s, 1852.
State Convention.


have been held on the subect-onc at Buck
field, in Oxford County. and the other at Mon
roe in Waldo County. These are the only
public demonstrations in favor of such move,
that we have yet seen-but few of the press,
of the party, have fallen in with the idea, and
thus given little more Importance to 1t. The
Lincoln Democrat, Bangor Democrat. and
Frontier Journal are the only papers that have
taken decided ground in favor of the move,
that we know of.
To show the sentiment expressed by the
public meetings, We copy the published account
of the proceedings at the meeting at Buckfeld,
from the Oxford Democrat. The resolutions
passed at the Monroe meeting are of similar
import.
Agreeable to public notice. the Democrat
ic Republicans OF Bucxfield and the neigh
boring towns in Oxford County assembled at
the Depot in Buckfeld, on Saturday, the 29th
ult. The meeting was called to order by
Sullivan c. Andrews, Esq, Chairman of The
Town committee and it's objects explained,
whereupon Hon. Joseph Tobin of Livermore
was chosen President of The Convention. and
VIM. B. Bennett, Esq, Of Mirot was chosen
Secretary.
Alter considerable debate, n motion was
carried, TO raise a committee of fifteen 10 re-
port Resolutions expressing the sentiments
of the meeting.
The committee having attended to the
duties assigned them, reported the following
Resolutions:
Resolved, That the only safe mode of
healing any divisions that may exis. in the
democratic ranks al the next Gubernalorial
election, would be TO give the people an op-
portunlty 10 be heard in making the selec-
lion by State Convention.
ResOlued, That The members of the Dem
ocratic State Convention be requested TO
call State Convention at the earliest practi-
cable day, to nominate a democratic candi-
date for Governor, two electors at large for
President and Vice President, and select TWO
delegates at large, to represent the State in
the next National Convention.
Resotred, That an attempt on the par; of
any portion of the present Legislature 10
nominate Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, would be an assumption of power,
wholly unauthorized by the people, aud
against the wishes of a large portion of the
democratic masses of the STATE.
Resolred That we hail with lively 10y
the adoption of the compromise measures of
the last Congress, by which the reasonable
designs of the abotionists OF the North, and
the secessionists of the South were complete
ly frustrated, and union and strength once
more restored to glorious confederacy.
After an animated discussion, in which
hlessrs. Paris, Tobin, Bennett, Strickland,
Porter, Ludden, and Chase advocated the
passage of the resolutions, and Hon. Noah
Prince opposed, they were, on motion Of
Sampson Reed of Hartford, unanimously
adopted
VOTED, That the proceedings be pub
lished in the Oxford Democrat, Eastern Ar
gus, and other Democratic papers in The
State. Adj.
JOSEPH TOBTN President.
Wm. b. BENNETT, Secretary.
1t is hardly necessary to bestow any COM
ments upon the above proceedings, for they
throw no light, at all upon Convention, as
they adduce no reasons in support of their ex-
pressions. The first resolution of the Buck
field meeting assumes that State Convention
sroud heal any decisions that may erist in the
democratic ranks at the next election Well,
now, this appears to US to be 4 title too much.
The democracy of our State were never better
united than at the present moment, and there
is no better evidence of this than the fact that
interested politicians have succeeded in getting
up but taoo public expressions of anriety on
account of divisions in the party! ....
But the Buckfield meeting declared that s'an
attempt on the part of any portion of the pres
ent Legislature to nominate for Governor,
would be an assumption Of po'oer wholly unau-
thorized by the democratic masses of the
State" We know not by what authority this
tomn meeting speaks for ga large portion of the
democratic masses of the State ~ And this
before any sort of an indication of this nature,
has been made by public expression or through
the press And as to Legislative nominal
ton being assumption Of pOUer, it is singular
that this astute body of men had never found
this out before There is no usage better set
tied in the democratic party than that of Civ
ing Legislative denomination to their Govern
or. This, the present Executive has not had,
and if usage is to be considered, the argument
will be found in favor Of Legislative nomina-
ton.
But the Bangor Democrat afirms that the
democratic rule has been to hoae a State Con-
vcntion every three gears, and quotes from its
files to show this. But thisis no better settled
than the practice of giving an Executive leg
islative denomination. We have been obliged
to conform, in many particulars, to the change
that occurred to our political years by altering
our sessions of Legislature from winter to
summer and back again. This has disturbed
our customary party usages somewhat, but be-
cause little longer time may intervene be-
tween the State Conventions on this account,
there need be no fear apprehended of any usur-
patton of rights that belong to the people, on
the part of the Legislature
Without further comments of our own, at
the present time, we close by giving portion
of the remarks of the Republican Journal, on
the Monroe meeting in their County -
In another part of this paper, we publish
an expression made on the part of portion of
the democracy of this country in favor of hold
ing state convention, for the purposes desig-
halea In the resolutions. There have been in
o,.er quarters similar propositions, though the
ooJec's aimed at were different, and refer more
Particuiarly 10 state, than to national matters.
lhe question III view is really one of the most
important winch can agitate the democraev of
the state, Tor the results which would grow IN,
OF the proposed convention would not he re,l-
lied in full at any period of time bptween nc
and the time of the next presidential elec,on
which will be according to present anna raDo
es the most important ever had in this coun,r,
So far as those who express themselves !, &