Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-01-21
LOCAL AGENTS.
Election anl Reelection OF Hon. WA
Pitt FeSstnden

wv EcestuutA
nsvj,h iuailaut feeling. that Ne hail
d., prompt action Of the Maine Legislature
in r,.sle.,ius III, Hon. wv Pm Fp,Nprv
T. the high r,.,vh,,h be poW occupies with
NJ much credit and ability, no, only TO him.
.rll but 60 DO, State and Ibowlo'e country.
Newell remember hi. Gr,; election in lNji.
our reader, cannot lave forgotten the fact
that tbc I..s..laturc OF that year wa' mad
ur OF NJ lr.s than four distinct political
ra-,i-,.-,hy u .mocrats, Wbig., fr',,'ilsrs
AMI b. Morrill, Democratic TIE wings AMI
f,,,5i..r, combine! were in aminnr.iy, AMI
N, " Morrill, d,r-ocrlt, held the balance
of r.ver between thsm and The rillsbury
democracy. Nv combination between the
.,rai, wings and Pill.hury democrats, the
Hon. \. =. Mosr,ll was defeated, and that
.aa.o1. silver srsy Ar.,,1cui, Wm. g.
Crosby elected Governor The ir,r-ds OF
VI. Morrill, al, over the State were highly
irr,u.rI at o.. defeat. Those among their
naulervho d.d not understand the peculiar
state orar.ir, then existing between roli'i.
cal rlrti,.. larkrl upon tie matter a.
,r.ach Of god faith, on iac part 81 the
vti-.. and that Mr. F,,.eudsu, then a
member of ,hc LEGISLATURE, wa, implicated.
T..y could not then $50 how ,he ti,ic hand
Of Morrill, democrat, ia the legislature who
bad -.,u their chief cut down by wings,
could turn round AMI cl,c, Mr f,,.,ulsn.
Whose political relation. had up % thattimc
h..n exclusively with that party The r..
zeal % tic Missouri Compr,mls, was then
rsrl,p. iu Congress. in tie s.ale ct The
Kansas. Nehra.h h.I. What was 10 b,
druer Thc morrill, democracy in the L.
i.aur, met ana bad lou: private confer.
enc. ur.n the subject Some division n
sentiment existed auar- them, as 90 What
should 'e done Athletics meeting moth.
iu. va, decided uTa1. TIE SANE u.rn again
mt lar thr consolidation Of ,bc same sub.
iret. on a., morniu: OF o., day Gzcl by
L.,i branches Or thc settlement of the
question T., ground was again travelled
over aud discussed boz 40 10, hyari1s'. Thu.
l;,ls body % patriotic men who hai irom
rr.r,.r', cut ihsm,.',e. '1g,, from ,h,iro.i
party a..,-ni.or.. and ah, were mos, ys-
l.mer,'y abused hy ,ho.e with whom they
hid been previously associated, f,lt the
great responsibility resting upon them
They h.ll a., election 10 Mr. Fe-,snleu IN
their baui. Long and earnest were their
DELIBERATIONS hcilro they SEPARATED. some
Of their number from %, beginning, rising
aboy, al party considerations, thought they
saw through the mis-, that concealed the
then future. They were willing 70 take the
responsibility. aud most Icallusly urged The
election % Mr.. Fc,..pl.u. Other, doubted
a., policy. The crigi. came. The bold aud
determined fr4r'..,u,,, 81 a Few seemed a.
o. infused into the heads and hearts 81 AL
present.. TIs thin. r1, or'A The Ru.
bicon was Ia..-l" Leaving tie room at
t's Augusta llouse, which alone had b'cn
viu,.. O, their deliberations, the " immor-
tai thirteen, 4" each man keeping hi own
counsel. wendell their way to lhe C'pItol,
where the legislature was already in Sos
son. BIT ai,rr ~, % insure success, the
most sk,llul political engineering w. re-
guirrd and We here record fact then well
known % a few, which we d. not reco.lec,
cv,r slyiu. -cyn in the public print. !
portion % the wings. then under the inlu.
encs ofCrosby AMI other "s;rait.Outs, who
have since gone clean over to the black de-
mocraey. n.miually vent ilI Fy,.rnlen, but
o-r'y desired his defeat. These men
agreed % vote for F,ss,nlen on one ballot,
and ,urro.ins the Morrill, democrats would
vo,, au independent ticket, calculated OF
c1ur,s there would D. no choice, aud Their
they would bolt and d.frat the man they
rro',sssd TO support. But,he Morrill, dcm.
ocra,. took the bull by the horns and turn
al the chicauery Ut the " strait.outs " to a
good account Great anxiety was mani'cst.
ed by all parties to learn the re'ulf Of tie
morrill, caucus" Upon thi, question,
er,ry mon # fbair Hun5,r kPi most pro-
found alsae, up to the time Of voting only
explained by this fact tina, every member OF
the Morrill, delegation was busily engaged
in arudaiiag roi,s for an iad'peHdeHi oaHdi-
dcic Of iAsir orH. The bait took. The
s,raIt-outs thought there could be no
danger in voting for fessenden once. The
ballots were thrown. and the trcacherous
vhis. caught in their own trap. Upon
routing the votes, TO the utter eonsterna-
ton aud dismay Of the Pillsbury democracy
and ,trait-out wings, It was found that the
Hon. WIN. Pitt fcs-cndcn was elected.
Those who witnessed the scene will never