Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1854-06-15
The Morrill, Convention.


AS was expected, Arson p Morrill, of
Readfield, was nominated for Governor at the
"new light " convention in Portland on
Wednesday of last week. This convention
was composed principally of old Office rats,
disappointed office-seekers, and renegade dem
ocrats. The attendance was quite large, as
everybody knows there is large number of
such used up politicians: and odds and ends, in
the state. The speeches and resolutions
smack of free-soil whiggery, and it is said the
free-soilers are to nominate Morrill, and to
ratify the Morrill, free-soil convention at the
Wiley free-soil convention to come off next
month at Lewiston. This Morrill, movement
is free-soilism in its essence, and will slide
into that party without oiling.
John J. Perry was one Of the lions. He
made a speech particularly hard on Office
seeking Another lion of the day was DR..
Nourse of this city. He made speech and
reported the resolutions. OF course the DIR.
entered into the feelings of General Perry on
holding office, having had much experience
in that line-say twenty years in the Hallow-
ell post Office, besides the Bath Custom House
once obtained and once not obtained.
Quite large number Of the participators in
this grand moral political crusade, are disap-
pointed ofIice-seekers. Some of them tried il
How many took tea with the President, we
are not informed but. with our friend, the DR..
the taking tea - did not seem to " take"
We have right to be little particular in
our remarks, because Bath has the distin-
guished honor of furnishing a Vice President
of the convention, speech and reporter of
the resolutions. Perhaps we may claim ]. s.
Swift, ESQ.,, who is on the committee TO pre-
pare an address, as one of our citizens. All
any rate, he gave the people of this city q
sparkling daily once, and doubtless will get
some electricity into the address. But we
will not press this claim to the damage o
Pennington. The Vice President, the speech
and the resolutions are not so easily got riC
Of
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favor Of the " Maine law" This was wei
enough, as the people of the state are gene
rally satisfied to let the liquor law remain a.
it is. But it has been limited that one, at least
of the gentlemen who had a part to perform il
the convention, proposed year ago, more O
less, to stump the state against the Main'
law We cannot reconcile these inconsisten
cies.
Mr. Morrill, made a speech. lie always talks
glibly-right on-has good fund Of good sto
ries and tells them we'll But the idea of hi:
setting up for a moral political pattern is non
sense He went to Bangor to vote for Alber
Pilsbury-caught an inspiration that made
him think the path of the hero open to the
land agent, and then the story of his instinc
tive horror of the decanter put him on the
course. 1t was not until temperance wa;
made political engine that he felt any spec.
ial interest in the cause and it was not until
Gov. Hubbard called him from the retirement
Of quiet life to the land Office, the duties O.
which Office he performed we'll, that he be-
came deluded with the idea Of becoming q
great man. He has run the race of distinction
too fast, and in laying hold of all the isms Of
the day to keep him on, has run off the track
The Morrill, party now is the free-soi par
ty. A portion will return to the democratic
fold the balance will become incorporated
with the freesoil and whig parties. This con-
vention puts them where they belong. 1t is
the last great act of traitorism, and fixes them
beyond the pale of sympathy or regard OF the
democracy Of the state and the nation.