Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-09-22
Maine Politics,

The following letter, from OF the most intelli-
gent Free Democrats Of Maine will enable our read
to judge how matters stand, politically, in the
timber State, better than any thing we can furnish
from the papers Of the State.
FRANKFORT, Me-, Sept. 20.
DELR SPY:-Our ''election' has passed, if we
may call it an election, and though week has
elapsed since tLat bure,que was enacted. vet from
the "cOuiuSion conlounded' - in which il was
nvolved,we are almost unable to say holv il has Ter.
minated, except that the forces of rum and bunker.
ism have met with Waterloo defeat. The old
saying, that ''you can't tell who'll be Governor Till
after eIecii1n, implying, that then, the important
question will be satisfactorily determined-still in
our case seems TO lie involved in impenetrabIe mys
terry, though enough has been ascertaned To settle,
beyond doubt, that no person opposed to the
"Maine Law" can administer our State affairs
Mr.. Pillsbury, the regularly nominated rum and
bunker Democratic candidate, received lin round
numbers) $4,000 votes. Mr.. Crosby, The Wing
candidate, "siver gIey,-o opposed to the Claw"
yet without courage to practically manifest it-about
81 900. Mr.. Morrill,, the anti, Psbury candidate,
about 5000, and Mr.. Holmes Free Democrat, 900
(slight gain on the Hale vote of last year) Thus,
you see, We have no choice by the people.
The "House," upon which will devolve the duty
of"electing two Of The four highest candidates. to
send up to the Senate, one Of whom il is to make
than Is Of whom are hunkers,) Sc PiIsbury Demn.
Gratis, (soms Of these doubtlul.) 81 'ou and out''
Morrill, Democrats, 10 "slraighl' Fee Democrats,
and 2 10 hear from. The Senate stands, Z Wings,
Pillsbury Democrats, Morrill, Democrats, 2 Free
Democrats, and IA mo choice %
The Wings, Morrill, Democrats, and Free Demo,
ocrats have AZ majority jpnt ballot, Tin which
manner the vacancies in the Senate be fIIed)
thus securing the election of anti-Psbu. y men,
and placing both BRANCHES in the RICH. position to
control the State
"coalition" is imperatively necessary, and the
probable result will be that Mr.. Morrill, will be made
Governor, and Vim. Pit Fessenden U. S. Senator,
though the hunkers of both parties, in their despera
ton, are striving TO defeat it.
A coalition which shall make Pillsbury Governor.
and Gov. Crosby, (whose influence defeated Fessen.
den for the Senate last year, U. s. SENATOR is on
the taps, and will pr obaby be pushed with vigor,
since conciaIory proposition, which was made
last week by the "Wld CATS (PiIlsbury) to the
'..Wooy Heads" (MorilD TO harmonic by making
Pilshury Governor, and Lot. NJ. Morrill,, brother TO
Arson p, Senator, was so fatty rejected.
OF one thing our friends abroad may be assured,
viz: that the ''Maine Law has been sustained to
the fullest extent, and that coalition which shall
endeavor TO make any other than friend of the
Law Governor, or any other thana 'progressiye''
U. >. Senator cannot make ShoiO of success much
more accompisht.
Nv i'VF D6HlOCldtIC FOt6 uObS MOI snow our Iull
strength, though 1t shows GAIN as strong efforts
were made To induce to vote for Morrill, or Cros
by, "to defeat Pillsbury, and in many sections was
successful
deprecae making The claw an excuse, or its
use as an Argument TO ''hoiI' our organization. It.
has injured us much in this State We are the tenn.
peIance party; let men who in no fanatic zeal uphold
the Law be nominated, and il temperance men in
other parties sincerely desire the success of the Law
they will manifest it by voting with us. If the
Whiss and Democrats have temperance principles
IN her party organizations, they hare no others,
~hih ours not only embraces temperance, but all
sound doclrlnes upon which depends the. democratic
administration al government Let Mahompt come to
to the m anton, MT the mountain go to Mahomet
l"hs, SC, II.
+ ). We expect you to make Wilson Governor
If the old Bay State don't fail 10 do it.