Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-07-08

had fair play been practised he would have
received the nomination. The strategy OF
the federal Oficeholders cheated him out OF
the nomination. Bion Bradbury worked
the card. Iie pretended to be for Smart
but from all that we can gather. he was the
Brutus who inflicted the fatal stab The
thing was done in this wise. The wash
ing,on County delegation Profe'scd to be
for Smart. and had they all gone for him on
the 6rs, ballot IL would have undoubtedly
.,,.r,d nj. nomination. The frs, vote stood
Smith 500, Smart 81, J. o. McIntire %.
J. A. Lowell ~. and ali Others So. Had
the votes which were thrown for Lowell
been cast Tor Smart, il would have carried
him ahead OF Smith and secured his success.
The, however, il not certain. for IL is quite
s,iden, the votes for Meln,ire and Angus
tine Haines cosy were thrown scattering
with the same ohjcct Of defeating Smart in
the end. Their, was no such thing as hor-
uony in the convention from it, beginning
TO its close. The two wings had regular
quarrel about the organization, which was
settled a, Jas, by adopting motion Of Gus.
tim House Mcdonald to make the Temporal
~ ofbccr- permanent. Then another Sight
came 81 in choosing the Committee on Res
olutions. bach County delegation elected
its own committee man. Thus was claimed
Smar triumph. The oficeholders did not
care - much about the platform A. they did
the candidate. Hence the resolutions have
a strong smell of squatter sovereignty about
them. and the National Administration is
endorsed only upon few specific points.
But TO return to the nomination. Colonel
smart. (as his friends say,) lost the nomi-
nation hy downright, knaSery and cheating
on the par, Of his opPo-cr.. lie was III their
opinion completely sold out. Men hwned
around him to fool him, and succeeded in
their purposes. lie had traitors in his
camp. and they barierc,i him ofT for less than
a mess o, pottaee We have no pity for
Smart. n men think they can 20 into the
camp % the slave democracy Of Maine. end
not get coni,updeily cheated, they will End
themselves mistaken. The two wings in
tie party have BEEN Sighting Tor years and
since - many Of the honest men have len
the party and gone into the Republican
ranks, no man Of sound political principles
stands any chance at all The doinss Of the
convention i proof positive Of the worse
kind OF fraud Men in tina, convention
.icod up openly and accused each other Of
voting half dozen times over. on one hal.
lot. And the result shows these accusations
true. In elec,ing delegates TO the Charles
ton Convention. the committee who count.
ei the ballots on the last delegate elected.
throw cut and did not coun, orcr nI AsH-
6rsi roi,s. in order 10 bring down the AZ.
crc.ate % the number who had right to
act in the convention. Farley and wig.in
were the candidates The committee count
81 out vote frr Farley and then one for
wi:rln,--rairing the rejected votes in this
kind Of way until they got them down to
the probable number Of ballots which the
convention had right 10 throw. This
convention did not leave anything Tor infer
snce, but proved It's own members rascals,
and scot the evidence Of the fact out 10 the
country. Here they were piii7g N ne rois,
~ hardfglls, and doirg il with the same
spirit that possessed the Kilkenny cats in
their celebrated tight Bion Bradbury, A..
VI Roberts. George F. Shepley and E. W.
Farley we're elected delegates 10 the Charles
TN Convention. AZ AuHl,rs Of ne rora
strip. Judgv Rice and + Il wicgin were
run upon the Smart ticket and defeated.
a. to the character of this convention. il
was throughout htilc better than an Irish
riot. Gen. wbiiden Of Calais. an old grey
beaded veteran. declared the convention the
mos, disorderly and dissrac,ful Of any he
ever attended. Az one time fifteen or TWEEN.
" men would all At the same time be upon
their feet yelling and bawllng like - many
.amgrs. Al attempts Of the chairman to
keep anything like order were frui,lc...
Confusion worse coniounded prevailed from
the commencement 10 the close Of the pro.
eeejines. Mcmh-r, were all the time walk.
ing about the ball, collecting in little cliqucs
and squads, ge.iicula,ing, shaking their
fists, swearing, cheering and Kissing. jus, as
the spirit within them prompted. In a
word IL was modern democratic couyen-
ton. Nanasseh II. Smith was declared as
the nominee Tor Governor. II il i,a cum-
pl'ment TO receive a nomination in the way
and manner he received il, then be should
have the credit. One thing j. certain, a
defeat, an overwhelming defeat is before
him. II il Is any real satisfaction TO Mr..
Smith 20 he the standard bearer of yueh a
party As he represents, then let him enjoy
the cum for, to bis hearts content II 1t
affords hun pleasure to be run and r,m do,cn
year after year by the people OF Name, let
hin take the honor.
ENrEEFRIsE. IL isa fact indicating the
extraordinary energy and enterprise Of the
n. Nil. l.....t a.. -. -