The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-06-27

the Missouri Compromise was stride Of
despotic power that has poured tide oil
evils on our country which no language can
adequately describe and no human mind
fully comprehend. To break down the wall
of Freedom, which guarded the immense
territories of the Northwest from the direst
of evils, was crime Of far greater magni-
tude than that which brought Charles the
First to the block, or that which caused our
fathers to take up arms against the king and
parliament Of England. The outrages which
have occurred in Kansas since the passage
Of the Nebraska bill, indicate for what pur-
pose that breach of faith was Committed
To invade the territory Of q free people, TO
sack and burn their towns, to commit rob
berries and murders, to destroy free speech
and free press, can only be the deeds Of
despotism. To this work Of evil and yio-
lence, has been eIcrted the force Of the No.
tional Administration. To the approval OF
this violence and wrong has been committed
The Convention which at Cincinnati nomi.
mated James Buchanan to the Presidency OF
the United States, and the full force Of the
dominant party in this State. To the en-.
dorsement of this fraud, outrage and crime,
has been given the influence Of the present
State administration. ........
Not content with endorsing thercpeal Of the
Missouri Compromise, and the violence and
injustice perpetrated in Kansas; not content
with the adoption Of measures prejudicial to
good order and to the moral and material
interests Of the State, the administration Of
Samuel Wells has made war on the Supreme
Court, that venerable citadel Of Justice and
law around which cluster so many associ-
ations and interests, cherished as sacred
against the violence Of yandal hands that
would beat it down for factious and party
purposes. In wantonly and illegally re-
moving an honest and capable judge for an
honest opinion, the last Legislature and the
present Executive of the State inflicted an
irreparable blow on our judicial system, and
caused mischicfs whose consequences will be
of lasting duration. We have that conf
dcnce in the cool judgment and moral sense
Of majority of our fellow-citizens, which
leads US to believe thet they will visit the
authors of this high outrage with their un-
mistakable disapprobation.
To take efficient action against these
State and National abuses and wrongs, the
citizens Of Maine, without distinction Of par
ty, and regardless Of former differences Of
opinion, who are opposed to the repeal OF
the Missouri Compromise, to the anarchical
and dangerous doctrines of the Cincinnati
platform, to the extension Of slavery in the
territories of the United States, in favor OF
frsedomsiu Kansas, Of the preservation OF
the Union, and Of restoring the government
to the principles and policy Of Washington
and jefferson, are requested to meet in Con-
vcntion, Tuesday, July s, in Deering Hall,
Portland, at 10 o'clock A. NJ, to nominate
q candidate for Governor, and two candi.
dates for Electors at large. The Convention
will be composed of delegates according to
the following basis of representation.
Each city, town, and organized planta-
ton will be entitled to one delegate, an ad-
ditional delegate for every fifty votes, accor-
ding to the Republican vote for Governor in
1855. A fraction Of more than twenty-five
votes will be allowed one delegate.