Eastern times., 1854-08-31
The AutOcrat has Spoken !---How he
manages the Whig PARTY.

The editor of the Portland State of Maine
having charged that the defeat of Mr.. Gilman
as the whg candidate for Congress in the I'd
District, and Mr.. Farley in the Sd, was caused
by the interference Of Rev. Austin Wiley in
the Congressional Districts, Mr.. Wiley ad-
dresses q letter 10 the State of Maine, which
reveals the astonishing fact that he is the self
constituted Autocrat of the whig masses, that
he planned the Congressional campaign and
the wing party is bound 10 submit 10 his die
tation. Hear him:
" Most earnestly did / desire, in common
,cith all good men. that such arrangements
might be adopted as that the voice of Maine
In the next Congress might be unbrOkea against
the NcbraSkG outrage, and the tyranny of the
slave power. The clam Of The Morrill, demo-
Gratis to the second district, | regarded as rea-
sonablc and just, and accordingly supported it,
The tChigS also olced IL 10 them for their aid 50
unanimously giren last gear 1t was also MY
OPINION, that the free soil party should have
one candidate, the wings The remaining four
This would be generous TO them, and satistac-
tory 10 all concerned Without the aid Of
other parties they could carry but single
necessarily unsatisfactory and unfair Thus l
have sought to unite the people against the
slave power, and lis present government
agents. III this be treason, make the most
of it, F"
What a bitter pill TO our whig friends
But it is sugar coated. "Most earnestly did
/ desire, in common with all GOOD men"
&c. That means, We suppose. the leaders of
the free soil party-Elder Peck, Woodbury.
Davis, Seth May and others. 1t cannot mean
the whig party, for according to Willeys pa
per for five years past there have been no good
men in it. The probable signifcaton of the
expression is, that Wiley, knowing his own
instincts to be, in the view of the wings, evil
only evil and that continually, thought TO gain
character and influence BY associating himself
with "good" men.
g Most earnestly did I dlsirc" What e.
"That the voice of Maine might be unbroken
against the NEBRASKA outrage" Now, in the
face of this hypocritical plea, look at the Sd
District Mr.. Farley had spoken and voted
In Congress against The Nebraska bill, and
his influence, in consequence Of his superior
talents, was acknowledged TO be as important
as that Of any man from Maine. He was en-
titled to another nomination, md the wings Of
his district preferred him to any other man.
But Austin Wiley knew him 10 be man too
much attached to his political principles, TO
suit his purposes and so he turned him out
of the tail end Of the cart and took the rene
gade democrat Knowlton, who was disguised
with and quit politics some time ago, 10 force
down the throats Of the sovereign whig cleo
tors Of Old Lincoln No wonder you vince,
you old soldiers of the whig party who have
fought us long and wcll-it is hard to swal-
low down such dose Of abomnation. Do
try TO keep it down.
In the I'd District, the Autocrat acknowl-
edges Mr. Gilman was thrown overheard, and
another renegade democrat, Perry, whose
rankness smells above the clouds, substituted
as the result Of a bargain made last ,0inter !,
Mr.. Gilman was sacrificed very tenderly,
though They did not mean to handle him
roughly SO they neatly bound him up with
the sliken cords Of three committees, and after
much coaxing and squeezing, they patted him
on the head, tied milestone TO his neck and
put him Into the sea. Tears were shed in
profuslon on the sacrifice, but the bargain, had
been made, and It's demands were inexorable
Wiley was determined the wings should poy
their debt, and Mey paid IL.
Thus it is that the management of the wbiq
party has passed into the hands of the prime
leader Of the free soil party for the past ten
years, and the very man from whom their can
didates for Office and their principles have re-
ceived vituperation and abuse without stint.
But they had warning of this result, not only
with political antecedents Of the man, but in
an open threat made by Mr.. Wiley, in June
last, when he said in his paper that if the
wings expected the Free Democratic party,
or the Morrill, democrats, ''to become the bob