The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1854-06-23
LIBERAL DEMOCRACY.
MASS STATE CONVENTION.

As part Of the political movements of the
day, we deem !. cur duty to give our readers
some account. abridged though it must b. of
the proceedings Of The Mass State Convcn.
ton Of the Liberal Democrats, held in Pert
land on Thursday Of last week. TIE Con.
vention, though not as large as was antici.
pated by some was pretty well attended,
and those who participated in the the meet.
ing seemed to be in earnest. Tho Conven
ton was held in tho City Hall, Portland,
and was called to order by DIR. Rober, envy
1t Augusta. The Dr., in calling the meet
ing to order, was quite severe upon poliii.
clans aud parties. lie said that TIRE call for
the convention asked for the cooperation Of
aii, all to meet who were in favor Of the
principles embraced in the call, to devise
measures by which the rights Of frccmen
should be maintained. lie welcomed men
10 the movement who were ready to defend
the privileges OF frccmcn. II had been his
lot to DO associated in political conventions
with many politicians. These conventions
had become mere clap traps in which The
rights Of the people had been sacrificed
The DIR. was very energetic in his manner,
frequently notifying the convention that
"ihis is meeting Of tie people," con.
yention in which every man stood upon his
own right, and should speak his own tho'ts
without fear Of diclators behind, or having
party machinery brought to bear upon him.
On motion Of L. ID. Wilkinson commit.
tee Of six was appointed by the chair to nom
mate list Of candidates with view to the
permanent organization Of the convention
MS follows:
l.. ID. Wilkinson OF Saso. Wilkinson Edes
Of Naples, S. c. Gage of Augusta, N Her.
ring Of Houlton, Peter G. Winslow Of Port.
land, John Fitzgerald Of Thomaston.
While this committeeiwere arranging the
permanent officers, Upham I. Cram, Esq,
of Read6eld, addressed the meeting His
remarks were principally directed to the
liquor law, which he said was unconstitu.
iional. lie recapituldted the circumstances
connected with the passage Of the law
lie did not like to see the break in the Dem.
ocratic party made larger, and hoped that II
candidate for Governor would be selected
who would unite all parties. The Democrat
ic papers had been on all sides Of the liquor
question, and he wanted them to be decided
The Morrill, convention having run out the
Temperance question, had gone on to Anti.
Nebraska, all had nominated an Anti,Ne-
braska man for its candidate. lie thought
State politics should bc kept separate from
National questions.
At the close Of his remarks, the Temporal
ry chairman called out for every man who
had voice to speak. 1t was no place for
towards, and he hoped there would be no
towards at The polls. The committee ON or.
ganization then reported the following gen,
tlemen for officers OF the convention, viz:
For President, Hon. Edward Fuller. Of
Readiield. For Vice. Presidents. Thomas
Dyer Sd, Of York County; Geo. Lemont Of
Lincoln County John V. Putnam, of ARGOS.
took County John Dudley, of Washington
County. For Secretaries. David 0'Brien. OF
Thomaston Joseph r. Nichols, OF Augusta.
Committee on Resolutions, l.. ID. Wilkinson,
of York f; +. W. Nichols, OF Cumberland :
Samuel Merry, Of Lincoln ; J. d. Pierce, OF
Kennebec DAVID Dow, of Washington -
VIM. Heating, Of Waldo; Isaac Blethen, OF
Piscataquis Samuel +. Frisbee. Of Aroos-
took Hiram Jenness, Of Penobscot,
This report was accepted, and Hon. Mr..
Fuller took the chair
On motion Of DR.. Cony, committee con.
sisting of two from each county in the State,
were nominated by the respective delega-
tions, to nominate candidate for Governor,
and the nominations Of the delegations were
confirmed by the convention. The commit
tee were notified to meet at the Elm House
for consultation.
Hon. Edward Levenseller, of Thomaston,
was called out, and addressed the conyen.
ton in heightened speech, declaring thai
he had no confidence in caucus nomina ton,
the caucuses were controlled by ofice-hold
crs or ofice.seekers. lie was opposed to tn,
Liquor Law, but was in favor Of Licens,
Law. Aller some further remarks from Mr.
Chase, Of Pennington, in which he said h,
was jackson democrat, and went for Oh.
Constitution Of the United States, and fol
the Constitution Of the State, and express
ing his belief that the Liquor Law was un
constitutional, the convention adjourned t
Q o'clock, p. NJ,
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The nominating committee reported thai
they had unanimously agreed to propose the
name Of the Hon. SnEPnARp Carr, of Houl
ton, rs the candidate of the Liberal Democ
Iacy Of Maine, for Governor.
The report Of the committee was accepted
and on motion Of DR.. Cony, three cheer,
were given for the nomination.
DIR. COny said the name Of Sheppard Ca.
ry had become familiar In every household.
lie had been denounced as radical, but his
record. il examined, would show that he
alone was the one who had been conserya.
tive OF the rights of tho people, no had nev.
or iniringed them. lie would defend the
rights and privileges Of the people as he had
ever done. The Constitution was the plat.
form, and ], was pleasant thought that tha.
would protect US.
Mr.. Wilkinson, Of Saco, from the com.