Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-09-21
Maine.


DEAR SIR-iou and your readers hqve
before this time learned the neral result OF
our Name election, ami have drawn conclu-
sions lherrirom more or less correct II can
not be disguised that the apparent result has
been unfortunate aud Injurious to the great
cause of freedom and right and to the as.
seitiun and maintenance of the Northern
principles touching freedom and free labor,
and the rights Of ireemcn IN the territories.
ID will of course. give great aid aud comfort
TO Douglass and the Pierce Administration,
and they WI take courage IN the course they
b we determined on. and the Strlngellows
and Atchlsons, and their allied buiies will
feel ihclr hearts and hands strengthened IN
their determination to sink, burn and destroy
every remnaut Of free labor, free thought and
free men in Kansas and Nebraska. II will
be. OF course, claimed as 4 defeat Of The
riy that had planted itself in opposition To
the Admnistra ION, and 10 the wrongs and
O TRACES who brgan with the repeal OF
the Missouri Compromise, and have bee
followed by insult. wrong, violence, and eve
cry possible reckless effort to force slavery
into those territories. Il will be claimed thai
Maine has receded from the high ground Ia
ken last year, and has sent IN It's adhesion To-
the doctrines Of the South and Of the Pierce
Democracy, aud has surrendered once more
10 the arrogant demands of the slave power,
and abandoned the great cause Of freedom
All this WI be claimed. aud will be believed
by the South, and it is IN vain for us 10 try
TO remove this impression entirely Explain,
and qualify. and exlenuate as we mav the
moral effect Of this election on the great Is
sue of freedom and slavery will be ujnunus
and disastrous. aud vii be used potculmlly
and etiactndy by the slave fanatics Of the
south and the douehiaces Of the North o.
oxjeuniuate freedom from the r,ofies. and
free principles and earne-, defence of them
from the men of the North.
These Consequences we're forseen by the
Republican parry, aud they have, with faith
iulncss, ability, and honest effort, attempted
10 convince the people Of Name that such
results must follow The defeat OF that party;
that Whatever pretences might be- made be-
fore the election tina, il WAS mere State
election, involving no national issues, when
the triumph was obtained the -hont would
be raised, that Maj had taken ''ihr back
track" and bad enrolled herself as a DESERT
er from the side of freedom. Bat it was in
vain at TIN. mono I 70 attempt 10 bring the
opponents of the Republican party TO Tins ia.
sue. They placed the elccuon entirely on
questions OF local legislation. an! ignored 40
their papers and in their speeches any nation.
al issue. The Democratic State Convention
resolved that they would not rxpuss any o.
plnlun concerning the repeal of The Nissun-
r. Compromise, ana the Straight Why's de-
nounced the repeal. But both these pirties
united in opposition 10 the prohbitWe liquor
law, and insisted that national issues were,
TOR the time, laid aside, and that The only
question pending had reference to tn local
law. They placed themselves on State IS
sues, and made a most desperate and united
onslaught upon the famous Maine Temper
ance Law AMI, IN truth and fact, they did
surcped IN inducing the people to ignore M
uoni ISSUES, aud To follow them 10 their at-
tempt to overthrow this pTohibilnry law This
is fact, and the truth mly as well be admt~
ted rs winked out nf SIGHT. The issue on
a was the ao Ss q9 a teen ee vaTdS has ls
pudlaie the Maine Law, by decisive vote,
an the probable result will be a return To
old happy days of free rum. and free grog
shops, and general license. Probably many
IF the ardent friends Of that law viii very
luwllingly admit This. But ! can give no
other construction 10 the vple Just TAKEN
And yet II Will be difficult fer the fusion par.
iy. winch has ohlained the power on this
sole issue. TO adjust THIS question 20 ge neral
nu'iacllon. he liquor dealers at homeland
in Massachusetts and New York, who have,
it's well understood. taken great interest
ln tins election, and furnished large sums OF
money, IN conjunction with the Cary party of
straight oui. original defenders Of free trade
m rum, will not be satisfied with ANYTHING
which retains, even in form, the prohibliory
principle. Some viii insist upon retaining
that principle, in modified form, with chan
ges OF certain prnvislnns only in the details
and mode OF enforcement and others will
favor the old license system, which expert
encc has shown to be rather an unpopular
monopoly. than an effective agent Of reform
alton. Very possibly the result may be a
prohlbtory law in form nd on the statute
book, but without any eff c,ual mode of en-.
forcement, the present law with its sting
drawn out a law intended to be a dead let.
ter irom The day Of lis enactment. At all
events, the responsibility Of this question will
no longer rest upon the Republican party,
II goes now 10 the other side and they must
ADJUST It as best they can. If it enters into
the next canvass il will not be the acts Of tho
Republican party that will be under discuss
sion. Another year. and there will be clear
heid TOR the trial of the great cause Of free
territory.
The Republican party in Maine is not dis
couIaged or dishcartened. " ih an she SIDE
issues they had TO contend with, and in the
hrst year OF their existence. they have Civ.
en- larger vote for Gov. Morrill, Than has ev-
er before been given for any candidate IN the
State OF Nalnc and tins clean, united vote
OF true, firm and determined men, who will
stand 10 their cause and their party. for it is
The only party that has the element OF prog
ress and the vital principles OF right and
freedom II is the only party that has alone
any power. They have this year been blrne
down BY most remarkable union and fu.i n
of old Democrats and old Wings. On this
occasion Plate and lleroi have been made I
friends TO effect the destruction Of the liounr
law. thousands of Wings. 10 carry out the |
purpose have voted Tor Judge VI eus, me
Democratic candidate, who would sooner cut !
oit iher right hand than vote for Pierce ar
support ms administration. The vote for Mr.. (
"a eed, r'dlculously small comparai vely Ms II /
u.s. must OF course, be reckoned also agalnst
The administration. And even # we take the /
whole OF the vote for Wells as an adminis- /
'rtiion vote, d consider the vote for Govern |
OF Morrill, and the vote Tor Mr.. Reed MS op-
posed = the majority m the State against the |
administration will not be less than IL 600 ]
votes.
But regret to say that there is prolec; /
on foot. and which has been secretly foslereS /
by certain leaders OF the Wing party thro'- /.
out the whole of the recent campaign, to |
ifanslef The sirslgh, out Wings IN body To
The Democratic party, and 10 bring them m
grad ually and insidiously TO the support o.
rierce or some other nominee of the Con I
ventlon. These leaders see and know. as
wen as we do. that the humbug of pretend !
ing that there Is national Wing party must
very soon be evident even to the dullest and
most oostlnlte Wing IN the ranks, aud that
'hey must go somewhere. They began 10 4
take steps towards the ultra Loco Foco cam |
when, abandoning all their pretended horror /
ol fusion aud Their oud-lGoulhed professions
o, such exclusive devotion to pure unrnixed
Nhiggery, that they could unite with no 9th. /
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