Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1856-10-10
How II was Done.

should any Of our friends in Other States
le.lre 20 be informed how it happened that
Maine went for Frcciom, and against Slav.
crv extension, at the late election, We an
swer. worE did the business. Tho people
Of Maine are an intelligent, reading and
thinking people. They not only read but
investigate matters for themselves; and
since the repeal Of the Missouri Compromise
, great majority Of them have, with COM
mcudablc independence, gone to work to
obtain such facts as have bearing upon the
political questions ofthc day,
Early In the season, before men were COM
mi,tci to parties or candidates, the Rcpnb'
lican delegation in Congress, from this
state. circulated a large amount Of reading
matter In their several districts, containing
such facts. statistics and records Of the past
and rrcscn, position Of parties, as would en-
able the masses to look the live issues OF the
dav fairly in the face. These documents
and speeches were as extensively read. Men
read. considered, and then acted rs duty and
patriotism dictated. The acccssion' TO the
Republican party, within thcla'iycar, wcr'
mad, up from the w,ll.informcd, con'c'cn-
,iou,. patriotic portion Of the community.
They len thc,r Old and lons-cherishcd party
organization because they became fairly
convinced by honest Investigation, they could
not longer 20 with It without doing violence
10 their convictions Of right
Thi, lar-c class Of men were doubtless led
into thee Investigations by tho facts spread
before them In the manner above indicated.
But circulating documents was not the
only work done In Maine. Public meeting.
wgr, hrll in every part Of the state, where
the Affairs Of the country were fully and
freely discussed. Stump 'pcakiuc" was
mo, confined 90 central points, containing o
drns, population, but the Republicans tray
cllcl into the .rar.ely settled regions, into
school districts, into the plantations and in
terror settlement, Of the state, aud there
publicly dispensed the truth.
By these means the honrst-hcartcd farmers
and mechanics. in the ,hinly populated
regions, had an opportunity to hear for
themselves. and many o. their number,
through the, iu.trum,ntalitic', pinned the
great army orTrr,i5m, and arr now r'al-
ouly alorin- 20 promote Ito So, rrinci.
Pc. transmitted 10 Us by our revolutionary
Fathers.
rcrhar, nothing told with greater cf,ct
than ID, work performed in ofcctins a com-
rls,, AMI sys,,ma;i, organization Of the
Republican party in every portion Of the
STATE. Til. matter wa. thoroughly attend.
"a 20, and bad q rov,rfula-nncy inrroiuc.
iu- o., astonishing result witnessed on the
DAY or,lct,ian
SIN another means used with potent in.
Gurncc. was irfrt@ual rrr-n11. This pro-
dac,d wonderful results. No fi.ui Of
human rights can tell how much he can
accomplish in mi. way, until be ;rio. the
experiment. Hut the Republican press in
Maine. should not hc overlooked in this
enumeration. Thi, all.rowerlul engine of
truth conducted the campaign with much
wisdom, energy ana ,is1r. I, should ever
De- borne IN mind thatall those agencies wcrc
kept in active operation only by hard work,
aud un'irins labor.
our friends, everywhere, should know
that ihc recent brilliant Republican victory
ia Maine, was not the INSULT of chance. II
was no accident, but the legitimate fruits
ola hard fought campaign, which will ever
rylrc, tie highest honor upon the men en-
gagged in il,