Eastern times., 1854-09-21
eastern Times.
BATH. SEPTEMBER 81, 1864.
How il Hanpened.

presses ascribe our defeat to know-nothing
ism; others to loading down our ticket with
sharp pointed men, and the resentment Of dis
appointed Office seekers and others, with the
fate of Mayall and Farley staring them in the
face, to opposition to the Nebraska bill. The
first named causes were active TO a limited
extent; but if Nebraska had anything to do
with it, we lost more by shirking responsibility
and temporizing with the hue and cry raised
against the bill than by the peoples oPposl-
ton to it, Some of our papers opposed the
bill in the most violent manner, and then
turned round and took a course which their
previous arguments condemned-thus were
obliged to fight against themselves in fighting
against the enemy. The people will stand
most anything better than such doubIe-deal-
ing. If the democratic press of the State had
taken manly ground in favor of the Nebraska
bill, and the State Convention had not been
frightened into "dumb" position on the
question, we could have thrown more votes
than we did, and stood to-day much better of
for future operation.
But after all, we were defeated mainly for
the want of votes, though to considerable
extent TO the tactics of the opposition forces
We get with the Cary vote not far from thir-
~ thousand in the State, and our candidate
last year with the whig and anti-Maine law
strength said TO have gone in for him, had
only about thirty-fve thousand Thus it ap-
pears antl-Nebraska and know-nothingism
have not taken off many of our votes. If Mr..
Pilsbury had an accession to his vote of five
thousand wings last year, we stand just about
as we'll now as we did then. How then comes
such vote for Morrill, They come from
the superior party tactics of that same old coon !,
Twenty thousand wings, realizing that the
whig party was as good as dead, boldly
changed position, and we find them tumbling
in under the MOrrl- -freesoil column. Adding
to these the nine thousand free-soilers in the
State and the eleven thousand Morrill, men of
last year, whose democratic character is ire
coverably gone, and you have Morrill's forty
thousand votes. This change of position Of
the wings was bargained for in the last leg
islature. 1t was pledged, that if the Morrill,
men would go in for FcssenGen for the u S.
Senate, Morrill, should be the next Governor
of Maine. And notwithstanding the wry
faces of straight-out wings, the bargain has
been stuck to in good faith-the whig nom-
nation for Governor turning out, as was in
tended. a farce to gull only ten or twelve
thousand whig voters-and Mr.. Morrill, is 10
be Governor of Maine according TO contract.
Thus, democrats, if there is occasion for she'd
ding tears over the result, we have nothing to
do with it. True, we are defeated, but after
picking up the dead and wounded, we find
that the old war-wOrn columns of the democ-
racy are very little reduced, and only require
going into winter quarters while the whig
party has actually committed suicide, blown
itself up sky-high and come down lovingly
among the free soilers where it always be-
lOnged.
We have lost all the Congressional Dis
tricts. it is said, because the people were OPP
posed TO Nebraska. All Sin your eye.''-
We made a mistake in some of the Districts
in putting our candidates on the stump against
Nebraska, and stealing whig ant-Nebraska
thunder for Congressional Convention resou-
tions. 1t would have been far better to have
gone the whole figure and proclaimed the old
democratic doctrine of popular sovereignty.
Our defeat in the First District was caused by
the united plurality vote of all the combina-
tions opposed to US and free use of money.
In the Second District the same combination
produced the same result. And more. Mr..
Mayal, as strong an anti-Nebraska democrat
as was to be found in the last session Of Con-
gress, was sacrificed in order to reward Gen.
Perry for valuable services for the combina-
tion last winter. In the Fifth District, where
the democrats have courted defeat for years
past, they got it this year, for want Of heart
as usual-and they deserve it. The wings,
however, gave us specimen of their strong
anti-Nebraska feeling, by giving Mr.. Farley
leave to stay at home. The combination for
the sPoils was the great ruling motive here as
elsewhere, and elected Elder Knowl.on. In
the Eastern District, if Mr. Fuller is defeat
ed, it must be that the people are dissatisfied
with that modification he offered to the Ne
braska bill on it final passage in the House,
for which he formerly had so much credit in
the anti-Nebraska papers. They would not
combine against man they thought deserving
Of so much praise. Oh no We hope Mr..
Fuller is elected, evenif we are obliged to
call it an ami Nebraska triumph.
We have given, reader, some of the modes
by which defeat was brought upon US in the
late election. 1t did not happen from anti
Nebraskaism or -nothingism, but from a
deep-laid plan Of combination or coalition to
put down the democratic party. Now let us
take true national ground-throw ou: our ban
ner with the principles Of democracy speaking
out therefrom and no more dumbism-go 10
work vigorously in season and together-and
the downfall of the corrupt party of odds and
ends and isms for the spoils of power and their
division, will come speedily and surely.
Erect and Powerful"
We wish our political principles aud party
had prevailed in the recent contest but we
had rather Oo do,rn tomnorariIu with them