New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-23
MAINE POLITICS
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ten tskes plsce exy IL Sspt6mbe- there s co, m,cs
toe 10 waste ic p.epsrstioS. The Republicans, .. .
eere,s thrg have PCT forth their strongest msr AL
the ,sul can scarcely siini; Of a doubt.
L. the Fus: District, corsis.lns OF lolk asis pSt
of Gun begisrd Counties, lrc,ud9g Portland, tie Rs
publican csr6is,s is Dsrisl T.. Samts o. Bitesfo,d. u
which City lie vas formerly Mayer, AID whess be Is sc
extensive mSrufsc,GreE. Tse Denoe.s.e esrttssss
Ira 7 Drew. gert emsn who oftes upiret s.ses tas
rominetion in esrlier days, when srca tsias wx
equiNaeri 10 al slec.ou and vas as often dssPpont
ed; lie hss mediocre sbl,les, Is something OF Q wire
luer ana L uow rewarded fer his party exsrtioss oy
the empty horor Of having his zane srpeAx IL the
newspaper columns es Candidate.
Mr. Soress nomrator IL & forturs,e thing 70, the
district ara tie party. At the frs. bxo, he hal bat
thee votes, Whis several other aspusnts had from
Thirty 70 forty. lie however rose steadi,v until tbs
nrih bsllct. wien he bad seventy eight out of ou.
hurdrec AID it,y-niEe yotes ard at the uext ballot
wss romnatsd vita scarcely any opposition. Taa
6sti c, hss been represented for two terms BY JoAr
NJ. Ncod II Portland. Mr.. Somes viii more thaa aus
tsn the cbsscter snd credit which WAS reflected upsa
the district by Mr. Woods congressional course Ha
election is certsiu, rctwtbstanding the momentAy
oissfeotiou c; one or two disappointed csaditaes,
each o. whom supposed they had enough delegates
pledged 10 Their cause 10 nslre success.
The llc DsirotH ros ably represented BY Chsr!es
j Gilman. Of Brruswiek. II is rcaee up Of the coun-
ties OF Oxford Far kin, Androscoggip and the bal
sIcs Of Cumber arc. There has always been q sort
of tsei, understanding that each of these COUNTIES
lss; erporticrueLt OX;crd has had q member, sad
NJ. Gilman lives sIu Gun bsrlaLt.
rs q cOubInsop oi ths yarlcu. elements, joan j.
Perry has received TIE romirstlon. General Perry
wsss utmker Ct Copgess dming the Speakersbip Of
NJ Bstks aud wss considered industrious ard con-
pstert lie hss hst suficiert experience TO enable
Dim 20 understand the operations o. Congress, and his
nomination is the rex best thing to that ot NJ, Cd
mar, the present memeer. he WAS selected Tor lccs
re easops srd his election s certain.
The lilo Dis,rc, consists Of Lincoln end Wade
Courues. Ice present member ls Nehemah Aoooss
Of Wsito. Notwithstanding Tie recent prediction Of
your correspondent H., that he would be reIom-
mated the Convention decided upon ETA Is. EIsach
o; Dsmsriscotts, Lincoln County. MIR. French va
cree promrert Democrat IN that county, but has
iemsued tlue to pruciple and is now stsunca Re-
rublcsu. He has been 8 member OF both bIanchW Of
ths Sts.e Legislature, and has had more experience Of
public Life than Mr.. Abbott. The change viii be as
Co.'S Cs,ysrtSp 70 tic u, wa. S. Eesssasen Of RssHlsad
brcttsr OF Senator Fessendeo. There are however.
rore of those difficulties which exist in the lst Da-
iict and NJ. Freroh will be elected by decided na-
joiity.
In the Iyth District Freeman II. Morse, the prsssst
incumbent, is re.romnsted, aud will be reelected
TIE DstIic. embraces the Counties Of Ssgsdshec,
KenIebec and Somerset and WAS for years the fonou
hops Ct the Whg party IN Name, In the pamy days
OF George Evans, who owed his long and dlstn-
guished Congressional career 10 the devotion OF tse
Keruebec Wigs. Strange that n3w, ne shoua 20
foutd dwelling in the tents Of the Democrats while
bic old District is Republican two to one. The Demo
cratic candidate is a Mr. Gle, whom nobody ever
heard Of before, ever will hear OF again Ihe re-
nomination Nj. Morse tiateog TO him ana circuits.
be to the District as the beginning OF the abolition
that foolish or ruirous custom OF taking new cAsd'-
dates for every term. This custom heretofore, hAs
made Mare almost ronentity IN Congress.
The most signal proof which the kepuoncans o.
Maine have sveu him of their determination 10 aben-
dor thr course is TO be found in the nomination, tN
tie fouth tue of Israel Washburn. In the Fifth Dis
trict con- poeed Of Penobsoot aud Pscatsqus Cour-
ties. Originally chosen by split between toe WIG
| Cat" sud q Woolly Head wipg, of the Democracy,
he has exhibited such fidelity to his cossttuents, saA
s rstio.ai puestion ard the repeated indotss-
1ert q his party at home He ono Of too broth.
era Washburn, ard the people Of his distrc. viii ro-
turn him te JOIN the remainder Of the family IN tai
| rext Congress.
Ias onIy district at ell doubtful is the With, coz.
s.irg C. Harcook, washirgton and Arooy ytock Coua
tes ard now represented BY Stephen C. Foster. whs
eSrdlose .oT reelection. Each Of these counties
rp 20 1856 strongly Democratic, and to aoninats
aW big TO any Office wss TO send him to Coventry"
| Such a romiration was always deemed one Of taA
| most o,Ue practical Jokes which could be plsyst.
Avcosteok County wa especially stronghold Of tbs
aithful. The sturdy yeomanry" Of that region, as
| their uccel ard leader, Shep. Cary, used " cal
item. never failed to swallow anything that bore tbs
| Maine Law" when, under the guidance Of the
redoub,sble Cary himself, they rebell:a and since
then have been mighty unsartn:" 10 this day tbs
breach has rot been healed, although Cary hss
rttulred to the fold. The Democratic candidate Is
Bior B.sdbury-the most plausible, most popular.
snd cIs Of .h5 sb,est Democrats in the State He
| i1cs the DoUglas ALtLecompton hobby -horss,
| though iIdcrsed ard aided by al the force OF tae
| Acu nis.rstion, which has determined 70 conoen-
tra.e all ts energies upon that District. Ills strong
| Ioint IS his opposition 10 the Ierea OF the fishing
| bounty though how he can claim more support or
ths. scors than Foster, whose isbtrs speeches aaa
votes helped 10 save Il at the last sessop nconpfe-
hersibs to every body but Douglas anti 'Lecompton,
Administration, Pro Slavery, Democrat, from dis
riot 10 which the fisheries are leadDO branch OF in
dsstry mr pradDury eontsnds that IL elected bis op.
positiC 10 this repeal would be efectus because ha
| could secure the confidence Of Southern Democrats,
and dis uacs them from the repeal Translated into
plain English bis argument on this point means that.
Ly going with the South in eli the measures for the
Extension of Slavery, the annexation OF Cubs, and
tie application OF the Dred Scott decision to s the
| States in the Union, he can gain from them the
| boon Of allowing the fishing bounty to stand unrs-
his constituents on every vital principle. hs
thinks lie can secure to those of them who Live
| by fsh!rg, the patty sum paid by the United
States. II is not likely that the people Of toe
district be caught by any such chaf. Mr.. Fostsf
is az able ard experienced strong 10 his
co1yctious and clear in the statement Of his views
He was cue of the leading Democrats Of Washington
| County UP to the Iepes OF the Missouri Compromss.
His election, by nearly one thousand majority 10 1850.
by the Republicans was everywhere nssa - '.s sac
Lad 20 lcrg done the bidding southern IRE sasIs
az Washir gton. His reelection can scarcely Do douot.
ful, though, as have ssid, the Adminntraticn WI
| leave 60 neaLs untried TO compass his deisst.
On the whole, the pre- spects OF the kspuohcsn party
| in Mare we're rever brighter than at this moment
The delegation Congress Ill compare fss orsby with
that Of aIy State The threeabeet in the present
list are csredates for reelection and the places Of the
three others will bs filed by equal 70 the present
rcrmbent. IL political skiD, practical ability and
IL, 80 shar rt-tfs ~ All q