Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-07-09
Republican Nomination,
FOR COytENOE,
LOT NJ. MORRILL,,
or AUGUSTA.
The Hessians Council


on "wednesday last. the 'Ilessian" corrs
Of the black democracy Of Maine held a
grand demonstration at Augusta, At which
one Manassah II. Smith was rc-nominated
irr Governor, 10 be again run down IN Sep
iembsr next. Tb,. Convention was respect.
able IN ruin, o. numbers, bot sadly wanting
iu almost every other respect. About six
hundred delegates were present, a, leas, Eve
hundred Of whom il i. estimated. were the
PAID &c ialiso-i," Of the most corrupt ma
uonal administration that ever tissraccd a
civilized !eoplc
l,was ,mThaiically gathering Of oiEcc.
holdcr., a gathering Of the cmis.arie, OF
jaime. Bushlntu's dynasty gathering Of
llrssln aI,cntur,r,, who serve their party
iur ,ae sake ui the plumber Il was made
uIut Ca.tnm-Iiou-e othcsrs. rus, Masters,
tli- walters. and others. who 1--we by keep
pol. 4. s.r frs -, ,n the National Treasury,
end their u,-e, in the public crab. There
va. .re Moe, Mcdonald. who, after III.
vote 'ur the Nebraska swiudle, was, rs a
matter % policy, kept "a the public stage
sumc way gr two, Until thc party VAS ~ Tar
H.s u-.a l.. .r.a.d as - be IN no danger OF
farther lpm.s., Lc o. lst out and permitted
&, run 40 lar-'. and Rob Burns Of the Eat.
port Cus,Dm-lIou.e, and " bud " Leayiii.
ct Bangor. and John n Kennedy. Of Wal
iob,rp', pr Brldgham, 90 C,stine. and
Treat. 90 Waldo. aud a host of Others, who
live by hanging round our Custom Houses.
uctir- &c alIs o. the revenue % So Then,
trr, was Sherlsy, the District Attorney.
and H.miaII. the Marshall, and Wyman 4.
: Moor. ot CFr1tr. with Boo. pockets lined
with '' consular fees, " ana Virgil n. Far.
~. ol New Hampshire, the msu who watch
g. over tho ,lumbrriuc deposits Of tar.
pitch aud turVeutine, At Portsmouth, and
B.u. Wissln, who only few short weeks
as1 hucisd hs had caught "trAa's," but
upon drawing IN hi. line, found only a
"safcl6g" To these should he aided a
horde 70 Post Masters. all on hand. anxious
60 satisfy tleir Ovgr-cgrs at Washington.
that they are A." sound sn the goose" Such
o. group l Ill s,ipenlnrir. never before
assembled .u Main, Their patriotism was
jus; as deep as iae.r -'ri', and their love
Cd. -'-u.1o, black democracy, Commensurate
witI che amount OF Tluater within reach
30 o., vubh, crib.
To-. va most emrhsucally meeting OF
trs be- Peter Funk " lsmocrlcy--a gathering
q, the bard shells, and hunkgr., ;rimmsrs
and dluslacs-, all drawn together by the
Establishments Of ofcc, and an iuoriina,s
love of f.shy lucrc-uot earned BY the sweat
u che brow. but Glcbei from Uncle Sans
s4l.Tre,.urics.
The llss,ian democracy met Tor a fourioll
r1rPose. 1t, To put thensclye, night upon
the r,cori "a, To crush out the herfiics
IN their own party. 81, To place the whole
party upon d rum cask. ith, To "oSI e"
The black Republicans generally, and We
might add, 5th, 20 set up Manassah for a
figure hcad" to swear by in the coming
contest. Thl, seemed % be their Object
and now we will see how well they accom-
plisayI their hercuiean task First, in order
O preserve caste. hold their oGces, and
please their oyerseers at headquarters,
they knew they mus, swallow Lecomp,on,
horns, tail, aud hoot,. and make no ghastly
f,cc. doing It. They wen, through this in
tere,iing performance with erSat .olemni,y,
each lIoSsian moistenins bis throat in order
that it might be enlarged to It's creates, eI.
tent, 90 avoid the dangers Of choking"
under the somewhat painful operation.
Rsi,'rsf, That the FINAL adjustment Of the
dIa rcnrcs OF opinion among the Democrat
g. members ot Congre.s, IN relation O. the
admission % Kansas into the Union, was Il
VtgiicatiJu in which there was known no
North. 100 South. no East. no West, but
happy aer,sm,nt upon differences 81 opin.
iJn IN tie -p,rit OF brotherhood and patriot
ism.
Here - an uuqualihed eHa0r'tfafHi OF the
LecomP,on swi1dle, accompanied BY spec
ial laudatiou Of the "E1s ;ish juegle." We
fancy tat the naturally smiling face Of our
quandon friend Pie, Of the Ago must have
been drawn into hidsJ.s coutOrtions when
swallowing the nauseous dOse. and that 9TH
CT. Of the " fOrlOrn hope Of Anti-Lecomp-
tonism. mus, have looked equally pitirul.
wealways believed that Dan and his few
faithful Adhercnts who have followed the
Lecompton car ''afar n. " would aave eth
er get down on their knee. and place their
rcbsllious nocks under the pondcrOus wheels
OF this modern JuggernAut OF b. driven cut
Of the camp. And 50 !; has turned out.
The Hsssians have got them BY the throat,