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The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-10-24
The Result in Pennsylvania.

The result of the recent election in Penn.
sylyania, even admitting the Buchaners
have carried the State by small majority
though this may turn out differently when
the official canvass is made up, affords no
ground for discouragement to the friends OF
freedom in the territories, and to the great
cause which would be advanced by the cleo
ton of Mr.. Fremont. There is not, nor car
there be, any moral strength in victory
obtained by only several thousand votes in
u poll Of Four Hundred thousand, and thi,
majority, slender us it is, only produced by
such fraudulent vote as compels even
men who have no desire to sec Fremont cleo,
ted prclering Fillmore to speak, Us they dc
of the election day in Philadelphia as "rIn
DAY or TIE GREAT FRAUD" There can b.
no question but that some ten or twelve
thousand fraudulent voters were imported
into Philadelphia, and voted in the different
wards of that city, for the Buchanan State
Ticket. There is great lOOsoness in the law,
regulating the exercise of the right of suf-
fage in Pennsylvania, and in consequence
thousands Of Illegal votes were pollcd.-
Steps lave already been taken to cnquir,
into these frauds, aud were 1t not that We
knew that there is always feeling of indif'
ference to political matters, in large cities
and that political frauds are often perpctra.
ted, and their perpetrators suffered to 80 un,
punished, We might hope that the purity o.
the ballot box would be asserted. In thu
present state Of public sentiment we hav,
little hope that this phase of border rufIian
politics will be exposed and punished as
il should be. We have however security
agains, its repetition, at the next election
in the fact that the voting Is to he on III,
same day throughout the United States
The loads Of Irishmen, and other foreigners
from New York, Baltimore, and other pla.
ces, who invaded the polls in PHILADELPHIA
will bs kept at home. These voters will be
wanted in the States where they reside, and
thus their power for mischief will be taken
away.
We have said there is nothing in the re-
suit which should dishearten the Fremon,
men. On the contrary fraud, deceit, and
trcachery, have done their worst, If the
Buccaneers have succeeded at all, it is only
by a majority that will not so beyond six
thousand. Our friends there have fought
well, but there was not an eficient organiza-
ton, rs there should have been. This evil
will DO rcmedicd We trust. Then 1t is stated,
that tho qaakcrs who propose to vote in the
Presidential election, did not 20 to the polls.
They constitute reserved forcc Of some
twenty or thirty thousand, and these alone
would turn tho scale in favor Of Fremont.
Besides those, there is a large body Of Ger
mans who voted agnins. the UsioS tickc. at
the State election on account its conncc-
ton with Native Americans, but who win
vote without fail for the pathfinder" In
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Senator Sumner aud hi, Iibeler1.

Il has boon repeatedly charged by the more
reckless Democratic orators aud journals
that Mr.. Sumner was slammins illness
that he was well soon after receiving th,
beating in the Senate, and was pretending
illness for political cl5ct. This statement Is
having damaging influence in some por-
tons of the West, and to cOuuteract 1t, Sen
ator Wilson has obtained the written teSti'
mony Of DIR. Perry Of Boston, Dr., Lindsey
of Washington, aud DIR. Caspar Wistcr OF
Philadelphia, US to the facts in tho easo.-
DIR. Wstcr, who is political opponent o!
Mr.. Summer. writes, October >, as follows
never saw Mr.. Sumner before the 9th OF
July, when. upon his arrival in Philadelphia
ne came under my professional caro. Since
then, down to the present moment, he has
acted entirely in compliance with my advice,
given a. promote his restorlt on to health
at the earliest period. have insisted an
his seclusion, much in opposition to his own
earnest desires, and the repeated calls Of
some Of his political friends, couvin ed that
his early recovery depended upon his cntirJ
abstraction from all citcinent.
Mr.. Sumner has returusd irom CroSsJu
improved, though still an invalid, and i
now under my constant care. His rcstorl.
ton TO health at an early day depends upon
his complete abstraction, xccptwithin pro
scribcd limits, from mental, or physical ex'
ertion."
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PoLrIcAL CmARr.--"The Rocky Noun
tain Club" Springfield, Ohio, have pub
lishcd political Chart Of tho United States,
containing comparative Statistics ofpopula-
ton, representation, area, value Of lands,
education, distribution Of Slave holders,
electoral vote, &c., compiled from the cen.
sus of 1850, and exhibiting the contrast so
marked, in the practical results Of Stare and
free labor. ..
A map Of the States is also given, show
ing by distinct ooloring,, to what extent In
our domain slavery already exists, and those
vast regions Of unappropriatcd territory on
which the Slave power is seeking to hsten
its unyielding grasp. For convenient refe-
renee It should DO possessed by every one.
j. F. Dodge, Nashua, N. H., has it for
sale by quantity.
For sale at retail by E. ]. MARCH & Co.,
Union Block, Saco, one door East Of the
Post Office.
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N Tho N. Y. Tribune Of Tuesday has
the official returns from 81 Counties in Penn.
sylvania. Taking these and its unofficial in
the % remaining counties, it makcs . Blu.
chanan majority Of 1922 only. Letter
writer's from Philadelphia, state that on
Wednesday, no dcmocra. claimed their ma
jority in the City to be over 1900, and the
most careful estimates based on the returns
given by the election officers to tho agents Of
the press, made j. about 900. On Thur
day evening however, the majority suddenly
went up to $500, and what is remarkable
similar phenomena appeared simultaneously
in other places. This was after the counties
that had rolled up their great majoritios for
freedom had beea heard from. These and
other facts arc presumptual evidence that
there was ballot ,tuains as pract'ccd in
California. n-laN g.. % III " lrv T1.'
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swcr for il. Tho money, no said, he
had squandered in worthless speculations,
and no had saved no portion Of Il
worth mentioning. Emanuel Tisandier,
Inspector ofthe Northern Railway offranee'
Is in the city, and visited tho prisoners AZ
the Station-lIouse. Tho fugitiyes will Dc
claimed by the French Government, under
the treaty Of 1913 but unless il is shown
that o accused were Government concern
they will probably no, DO given up. The
parties will to-day be taken before tho Uni
tSl States Court.
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Re-lighs the Camp Fires

1t is now bu; few days more :han sim
Gle week to the day appointed for the prcsi.
Dental election. 1t i. full timo that the
friends Of Fremont in our State, who
have been slumbcring in their arms, resting
on the laur0ls obtained in the glorious Sep
tcmbcr election, should arc use themselves,
and rc-lishting their camp fires, got them
selves in battle array for the fourth of No
ycmber. The triumph achieved by the re-
publicIns Of Maine in September, was tho
natural consequence Of strong. determined
effort, thorough organization, and practical
labor. Impellcdby patriotism, and by love
for cause which centres within it all that
liberty has gained from despotism for many
centuries, the men Of Maine, worked molly
aud achieved victory which thrilled with
Joy, patriotic hearts throughout the Union.
IL was a great, glorious victory. Again
the country calls, and the great struggle be-
tween the friends Of constitutional liberty
and its foes, is soon to be made, and this
now il not % b. hlt,lc between certain
divisions, but the whole line is to b. en-
gagged. Ii is the duty Of the Republicans
Of Maine again to lead the column, to excel,
as they may excel even themselves, in the
coming battle. The watch word should
now be, "Up guards and at them" Maine
gave nearly Twenty thousand majority for
IIamlin. She can and will give, if we
work as We worked then, TWENTY FrE
Tuors,Np for John q. Fremont, and in so
doing show that her sturdy sons have no
sympathy with those who would force on
virgin soil, the incubus and pestilencc of
Slavery.
Some Of our opponents are endeavorins to
intimidatc. by false statements of the con-
dition Of the cause in other states. Some
slight SUCCESSES in other states had given
them faint hopes of reducing the republican
majority in our state. Men of Maine let
us disappoint their hopes. The revolution
of the pcoplo has not turned back. The
word is still, Onrard, ONWARD, ONWARD.
Free principles cannot be crushed out, and
victory is at hand. wcallupou our friends
everywhere to arouse, rO-animatc their or
carnations, and keeping step to tho music
by which they marched on to glorious vic.
tory, with scrried ranks, march ON to anoth-
er and still moro glorious triumph. The
hour to secure the ascsndcncy of such prin-
ciples as win render the union OF these
States enduring. and rcvivify the govern
mont which was established with many tolls
and sacrifices by tho patriOticwis Of our
fathers, is at hand, and lot the animating
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Daniel Webster.

1t Is claimed by the sham democracy that
Daniel Webster, If alive, would DO with
them. This hardly corresponds with Web
ster's own declaration at Buffalo in 1851
only year before his death, in ono Of the
very last speeches he ever made, as follows :;
"My opinions remain unchanged, that it
was not within the original scope or design
of tho constitution to admit new states ou'
of foreign territory; and, for one, never
would consent, and never have consented
that there should DO ono foot of slave terri
tory beyond what the old thirteen states had
at the time OF the formation OF tho Union
Never, never. The man cannot show face
to me, and say that lever departed from
that doctrine" O.
In the senate, years before, upon the Orc
gon bill, no declared: .'. .
"And whenever that local lao, Il. o. thu
slavery statute of the southern sidies), doe
no, ertcnd, property in person does not erisi,
Well, sir, what is now the demand OF our
southern friends? They say We will carry
our local laws with us wherever We CO.
This demand, |, for one, resist, and shall
resist.
Then, after stating that, when our gov
ernmcnt was formed, and slavery, as in the
states then existing, was placed out OF the
reach of congress, no further acquisition
was anticipated of tcrritoy that would b
formed into slave statcs-he thus concluded
"Looking to the operation Of these new
acquisitions, which have in this degree hac
the effect of strengthening that interest in
the South by the addition Of these five States
| feel that there is nothing unjust, nothing
of which any honest man can complain, y
he is intelligent, and ] feel that there i
nothing which the civilized world, If they
take notice of 80 humble person rs myself,
will reproach me, when say, as said the
other day, that | have made up my mind,
for one. that under no circumstances will
consent to the extension of the area Of SID
rery in the United States, or to the further
increase of STARE representation in ne Hou''
Of Representatives."
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TIE posrrIoS, PERSONAL AND POLITICAL,
on JouN &. FRKnoSr. We consider that no
candidate for the presidency since the ostab-
lis. ment Of our government has ever Veeu'
pied more remarkable position than John
L. Fremont at the present time. Inc iorh,
tudc and self-cOmmand which he has e'lnced
during the canvass arc almost unexampled
In the history of our great men. Many
whom the nation deli hts TO honor-Cay,
jackson. Scott--under less scyerc preSsurC
than Col. Fremont has had TO sustain, gav'
way, and gave the people practical evidence
that they could not command themselves
Yet how small their proyocation compared
70 Fremonts. Asuredly no man was ever
% much abused in this country as this man.
lie has been called liar, perJnrer' trait
or, a dosaulter, dishonest runaway, a
brawler, a coward. n blunderer; he has
beon attacked in his faith, in his morals, IN
his character. in his past history, in his
present circumstances: even his parents
have been dug out OF their grave to insult
and Willy him through them.
Under this unexlmpled torren! OF provo
cation, Col. Fremont has not once lost his
self command. Not line has he answered
10 the slandcrcrs; no sign have they had
that he know Of their existence; till crca-
lures like the Brookes and the MeAlasters
have gone crazy with raee at not even get
ting Kicked. and foamcd idiotically into let
tiers which Fremont reads with smile.
Such quality is precisely the requisite
for President. IL is the rarest, tho most
valuable. and at the same time the most es-
scutial ofall qualitics.-Nas York Herad.
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THE, UNION AND EASTERN JOURNAL

the city of Pittsburg alone 1t Is said five
hundred Germans will vote the Fremont
ticket voted against the union ticket, and
the German vote Of this character which
win be given to Fremontis placed by good
Judges at some thousands.
1t is also apparent that the union between
the Fremont and Fillmore men was repudi
atcd by large body Of Fillmore men who
bolted at once into the ranks Of the Sham
Democracy. Full ten thousond of them vot-
ed for the Buchanan ticket. Indeed 1t may
safely DO said that the BUCCANEERS in the
contest exhausted themselves and that 1t is
impossible for them to do so well again.
The feeling in favor Of Fremont is be-
yond any that can be obtained on mere.
ly local elections, and with work, and such
work as will be done, Buchanan will be
beaten in his own state in November pro-
portionally as bad as his party is beaten
in this election in tho county where he re-
sides.
The most that can be said Of the election
in Pennsylvania is that 1t is draw game,
leaving the Fremont men in immca-
surably the best position 50 far rs prospects
ahead are concerned. The great battle is
vet to be fought. In 1913, Pennsylvania
elected Democratic Canal Commissioner by
over 1000 majority. Three weeks after,
when there was clear field, the electoral
vote was given to Genl. Taylor by over 1900
majority. We have now state Of things
similar to that which existed in 1910. Thcn
the State was IN doubt up to the time Of vo-
ting for President when the State had been
carried by only 343 majority for Governor.
The Buchanan men have labored hard to
save the state, and it is possible that the Of
fetal count which alone can determine the
question may show that they have done Sc
with success, but be this as it may, the real
battle between Freedoms hosts and the sup
porters of slavery extension in that state, il
the election still to come, and on tho first
Tuesday of November. We say then to
the Fremont men let our opponents buster
let them claim the victory in that state, but
let us take courage. There is nothing in the
result to justify feelings of dependency, or
the contrary, the state of things in Penn
sylvania affords ample grounds for en-
couraging hope. Our friends in Pennsyl
vania will now 50 into tho contest freed
from the embarrassments which surrounded
them in the State contest, and we feel that
our cause, just and righteous as VIC know it
to be, will not only prevail there, but else
where, and that in tho election of John q
Fremont, that union which our fathers
fought for, and which they established, vii
DO strengthened and prolonged.
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STATE OF MAINE.
sr rur GOVERNOR
"A APPROXIMATION
FOR A DAY or
Public Praise and Thanksgiving.

In accordance with yeneratsd usage, o.
tablishcd in the first settlement Of the coun-
try, by our virtuous and pious ancestors,
aud subsequently, continued by their descen-
dants, l do, with the advice and consent Of
the Council, appoint fHuKspAr Ie t,seniidh
day Of Nsrenber neTf, as day OF Thanks.
giving and Praise, and recommend 70 the
people OF the State TO assemble on that day
IN their usual places Of public worship, and
return their sincere and unfeigned thanks 10
Almighty God for the innumerabls kyon
and blessings which Lilo has bestowed upon
them not only during the past year, bus
for the whole period OF their existence.
Let US thank Him Cor LIS constant benev.
olcnce, and loving kindness; for q bounte.
Gus harvest and rich increase Of focks and
herds, making glad the hnrt Of she labor
VI and husbandman /; that no fatal pestilence
or wasting disease in sny unusual degree
has deprived us Of our friends and relatives,
but pure and invigoating atmosphere has
brought to US health and strength that no
has fostersd the various pursuits Of industry,
and that the earth, the mir and the sa have
yielded to man tho tribute which lie has
imposed upon them. '} s'-
Lot us thank Him That our national Con-
stitution the foundations OF our FREQ institu-
tions, and the rich legacy Of our fathers,
has thus Gar been preserved To us: that tho
American people have been endowed with
practical ability, which has enabled them to
found . great and powerful republic, hold
ing high rank among the nations Of tho
earth, and that although Mt times our polit-
ical fabric has experienced the rude and yio-
lent shocks Of conflicting opinions, reason
has mover failed To resume It's sway over fol.
ly and prejudice, and peace and quiet have
uniformly followed the greatest excitement.
Let us praise the Lord, because he "is
merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and
plenteous in mercy" and because his good.
moss to us Ia unreasonable, and boundle~.
lie II truly our Maker and Father, and we,
the work Of His hands, and His dependent
children are bound to yield TO Him ready
and willing obedience, u warm and hlial af-
fiction, that We may promote our own hap
pincss, and fulfil the purposes Of our crca-
ton.
Let us praise Him for redemption from
sin, and that ho has opened o way by which
every creature may enjoy happy and glor-
ious Immortality IN an eternal world, where
virtue and goodness will DO protected, and
wickcdness deprived Of It's power.
And while We offer ~ Him the homage Of
grateful hearts for tho abundandanoo lie
has given to us, may We not DO unmindful
that every man is our brother, and has o
claim upon our sympathics, and that wo
should be active u relieve the wants Of tho
poor, and the sufrerinss Of tho afflicted.
Given ut the Council Chamber, in Angus.
Ia, this second day Of October. in tho
| year Of our Lord one thousand eight
! hundred and tfty-six, and the lndepend-
ence Of the United States Of America
the eighty.Grst.
| SAMUEL WELLS.
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TIE WORDS OF A VETERAN, WILLIAx j

TIE WORDS OF A VETERAN, WILLIAx j.
DuANE.-At large and enthusiastic meet.
ing of Democrats, in Philadelphia, in favor
of tho election of Fremont, Hon. William j.
Duane madc an effective and impressive
speech, which was heard with brcathlcss
anxiety by the large audience, I
"Ilo stated, that about sixty years ago he
stood in the same room in which the meet
Ing was now held, ard saw General Wash
ipston delivering the seals Of his Office to his
successor. He spoke Of the Republican and
Democratic school, in which he had been
brought up. Ile was educated as q printer
and the FIRST article he set up was Washing
toms Farewell Address. From that moment
he learned the principles which ever after
governed his life. lie had been twenty.
three years out Of public life, but strong
sense of duty seemed to call him again to
the post he had maintained in his youth
IIe had not attended political meeting for
nearly q quarter Of q century, and perhaps
Il was this which made him feel 50 deeply
impressed Mt the present time. Mr.. ID.
spoke ut some length. and was enthusiastic
c.lly applauded. Tho room was dcnsely
crowded, and many were unable to obtain
admission. NORTH American. ''
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indelsblc lines between tbsni. Among the
evils which he says slavery bring. upon the
whites IL to make them tyranical and idlc.
with the morals OF the people their indus
try also IL destroyed. For in o warn cli-
mate no man will labor for himself who can
make another labor for him. This is 80
true that OF the proprietors Of slaves very
small proportion indeed arc ever seen to Ia
bor.' What was true in JelIerson's time is
true now. might 90 on and give Alum.
nus every week from now till the election,
column of good 'black republican docu.
ments, all written by the most eminent
Southern Statesmen, beginning with Wash.
incton, and including nearly all Of eminencc
for ability, virtue and patriotism, and com.
\ ing down TO our own tims. No longer age
than 1850, Henry Clay declared in the
Senate-'I never can, and never will vote,
and no earthly power ever will make me
vote 10 spread slavery over territory where
1t does not exist At tho same time that
Clay was opposed to slavery. no was, like
Fremont, opposed to the least interference
by the general government with slavery in
the States where it exists. Should there b,
any interference with subjects belonging to
State policy, either by other States or BY thu
federal government, no ono will be more
ready than myself to defend the good old
North, my native State. But, with Wash
ington, Jefferson. Franklin, Henry, Ran
dolph, Clay and Webster for political teach
ers, cannot believe that slavery Is prefcra
bic to freedom, or that slavery extension il
one of the constitutional rights OF the South
If 'Alumnus' thinks that Calhoun, or anJ
other, was wiser statesman or better
Southerner than either Washington or JET.
ferson, he is welcome to his opinion. !
shall not attempt to abridge his liberty ir
the least"
We are glad to hear these opinions Iron
Professor Hedrick. He Is not alone In then
ut the South. Thousands Of Others, WHIT
want the courage, do not lack the common
sense to perceive the Justice and the right o
these sentiments. And they should TAX
the opportunity to show ut the polls tina
they are of the same opinion with tho libe
raj Professor.
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Rev. E. NurR.-Thc Rev. Ephraim Mute,
whose arrest and maltreatmcnt in Kansas
excited much interest in this community,
transmits to tho Transcript connected his
tory Of his wrongs. He announces that 1t
is not his intention to leave Kansas for the
East, and gives the following description OF
the dungeon in which he was immured for
several days:
Just after this We were seized, and with
out word of explanation, were locked up
with thirteen Others in foul dungeons
place which deserves commemoration with
the Bastile and the Black Hole OF Calcutta.
For the credit Of the community by whom
II was built, IL should have faithful dcs-
cription. Its walls arc Of stone, two feet
thick, inclosing space ten feet by fifteen,
about ten feet high. Tho door is of solid
iron. The light and ventilation furnished
by four apertures near tho top, five inches
by eighteen, in which are set iron bars 50 as
to Gil up about thrce-quarters of tho space.
The stone floor was covered with rubbish
and ofI.ll of the iilthicst kind. Tho foulness
of the air in such place during ono OF the
most sultry Of dog-days may DO conceived OF
without further description. .ar-
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HEALTH AND LrIuar CoxnrSEp.-All
who value health and comfort. should In.
dulse in the luxury Of a bath-once week
or oftener. For the benefit OF .hose Who do
not know where this luxury can be obtained,
we would inform them that our friend, S.
7. TErrBir, Washington Block, has recent.
y fitted up, lin connection with his Barber,
Saloon,) Bathing Saloon Of the ilrt order
where warm or cold Baths can DO had at oil
hours, day and cvsnins. We bspcak fol
this establishment liberal patronage.