The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-09-05
Letter from VIM. 7. johnson, Esq,
Late PsAiisher % The sAse."

Il
The N. Y. Evening Post of last wee
contains the subjoiaed letter, which is froc
The pen OF VIZ. 7. Johnson, Eco, Of An
COSTA. Tor hSeire ycar' preceding the pas
The publisher Of the Age, and long kuOwr
a. one Of the mos, sterling members Of ih'
Democracy ofMains. Mr.. JonsslS is nov
q warm and zsalous supporter Of HAMLlN
and FREMONT.
Augusta, August l6, 1856.
The annual election IN this State occur
on the s,h Of September. when, besides
Governor, full Legislature and local OH
GERS, six members Of Congess are TO b,
chosen.
You may see by your files that on IN,
morning OF the last stale election I despatch
ell you letter, predicting with precision
the result, and yet that result surprised
every member OF the defeated early, a,
well, doubtless, a. the larger portion Of the
successiul parties. allude 70 this, in or,
der that you may have little conii.lenc ia
my present statement, when | assure YOU
that Hannibal Hamlin will be elected Gov,
ernor by large majority over the combined
vote OF Wells, the candidate Of the Buchan.
an interest, and Pauen, the candidate o
the wings. which ragged remnant OF once
considerable party. are now maintained in
oryaniz' alton, with the hope Of depriving the
Republicans OF few voters who would pre-
fer Fremont to Buchanan.
Moreover. the sea, in Congress now oc-
cupied by Mr.. Fuller, and TO which many
Of rs were glad TO see him returned aiter
his vote against the repeal Of the Missouri
restriction in 1854, will now be filled by q
Republican, Is il would then have been had
his subsequent opinions been foteknown.-
That the state will 20 for Fremont IN No.
venber, no rational man in Maine doubts.
This opinion, you know, is OF one who
never heretofore tailed TO work and vote on
the Democratic side. IL 10 founded on
what are believed 10 be ample sources Of
information.
Last year the issues in this State were
merely local. The democratic newspapers
carefully aud persisten,ly pressed The local
issues. The matters which are now OF most
concern are those which interest the States
in common, and we shall attend TO them
with an energy and split no, exceeded
Our voters feel that they have grave pub
lie duty to psrform-that the ouirages now
Being perpelraied in Kansas must be stop
oej-tha, the prostitution Of the powers Of
The general government to the uses OF slave
~ mus, be ended. With this view, an or
ganirilion has been constituted, composed
OF u large majority Of the old whig patty,
and the better portion OF the invincible
democratic party OF Maine, and this organ.
nation has adopted the name under which
Jefferson led his disciples to victory, leaving
to the supper, Of Mr.. Buchanan the organi-
ration which still bears The name OF demo-
GRAFT, but which Is no more like The old de-
mocracy than Solomon ''in all his glory"
like Solomon after certain OF his wives, in
his old aye, "iurned away his heart AFTER
other gods.n
As Maine Is about to speak 10 her sister
states, she will say iha, the government, oil
our common coniederacy should contine IT,
sell 10 constitutional objects, and not de-
vote its herculean energies TO the extension
over their virgin territories Of pernicious
Institution; and within the ranks Of the Or
ganizalian thai u,ters this voice for Maine,
exists a large fraction OF the old and invin.
chile democracy, who will say to their anc-
ieni companions in arms, thai II they would
resume again tho conirol Of The state. they
mus, rise from before the dark idol they
now worship, and kneel again at the Oh
shrines.