Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-22
GQortcster Daily spD,


Letter from Maine.
AUGUSTA, Me-, Aug II, 1860.
The Little Giant, in his search for his
mother, has penetrated even to Maine, and
has already visited Bangor and the capital of
the state. Of course these are not stumping
visits, and the speeches of an hour and half
IN length at his Ovatons on the route are not
stump speeches, merely brief replies to the
words of welcome extended to him. To do
MIR. Douglas justice, though, he disclaimed all
farther expectation of finding his maternal
relative, and frankly acknowledges that he is
stumplng the state of Maine, in response to
an invitation from the democratic state COM
mittee. He justifies himself in this wise : Why
should his lips be sealed because he chances
to be candidate for the presidency? A can
didate for governor, for representative to con.
gress, is allowed TO speak before the people on
the great political questions of the day, but he
must be silent. He ignores all such distnc-
tons
1t is a trick as old as the times of the Ca
sars for those who desire power to affect great
interest in the people, The Illinois senator
understands this, and at every depot, at every
hotel, In every train, he shows himself and
shakes hands with the crowd. The influence
of this is necessarily felt to some ex.
tent, as might be seen from the remarks
that l heard around me as he passed
through the car where l was seated =
That's the way 10 bring EN-" Chats
1t, "He knows how TO do EN-" &C.
Still Douglas can do little in Maine. His ac
ton IN reference TO the fisheries is too well
remembered. His arguments are plausible
Infu
mon power. But after all he is not trusted.
This same people have no confidence in his
professions. He has been welcomed by
crowds both at Bangor and Augusta. But at
Bangor, thousands who were counted as Doug
las men were republicans who had come to at.
tend their own mass meeting which was to be
held the next day. AT Augusta am inform
ed, the concourse was not so great as that
which greeted Burlingame few days since
and yet that half who were present were re-
publicans was evident from the fact that the
meagre appearance was limited to those on or
Immediately about the stand. Douglas stock
is a great ways below par in the Pine Tree
state.
-Four years ago the democrats here accused
the republicans OF entirely ignoring state
questions and of wasting their sympathies on
territorial wrongs hundreds of miles away.
In consistency, therefore, they have this year
imported for the purpose OF assisting Judge
Douglas, Mr. Marshall of Kentucky, Mr.. Spin
ola of New York, Mr.. johnson of Maryland,
MIR. Perrin of Tennessee, and Mr.. Sayles of
Rhode Island, who OF course are expected TO
enlighten the people of Maine on questions
of state polcy-the fisheries, for instance.
The democracy are making frantic eff.
forts to turn the state in the east,
that it may throw some light on the dark
shade in which they are involved. And that
their Boosting may equal their eXcrtions, they
confidently predict that Maine is sure Tor
Douglas. But their whstling cannot keep
their courage up. Maine is good for 10000
majority for honest old Abe, and her fayorite
son, Hannibal Hamlin.
But while the Dougasites were laboring to
get up a little enthusiasm in the heart OF the
state, eastern Maine was witnessing quite a
different scene, In Bangor, 10000 persons
sgere assembled to listen to Gen Nye of New
York, TO Senator Wilson and John A. Andrew
of Massachusetts, and Senator Hale of New
Hampshire With no reduction of fares, ev.
cry species of conveyance was loaded down
with Wide Awake clubs and other republi
cans. The largest and most enthusiastic pc.
litical gathering ever seen east of Portland was
the one in Bangor yesterday, to fatty the
nominations of Lincoln, Hamn, and Wash
burn, However, you have already received
accounts of this opening meeting OF the cam
paign, down east
The republicans have completed their nomi-
nations for congress. The candidates are new
men. In the first district John n Goodwin,
and in the second Chas w. Walton, are the
nominees. In the third district, to carry
which, two years ago. the democrats used so
much fraud and money, but in which Mr..
French was so nobly elected, Mr.. S. G. Fes-
sender is the candidate He is, | believe, Il
brother of VIM. Pitt Fessenden, the excellent
senator from Maine, and, if elected, will show
that Maine has talent in the house as well as
in the senate, which is unsurpassed by that OF
any other state. The democracy will proba-
bly, concentrate all their energies on this dis
trict, with the hope that at this the weakest,
point they may break the splendid front of
republicanism. | have confidence that their
efforts will be of no avail. EX-Goy: Morrill,
takes the place of Mr.. Morse in the fourth dis.
trict Israel Washburn, Jr., the present
member from the fifth district, being about to
be made governor, gives way to John II. Rice
of Foxcrott. Frederick A. Pike, speaker of
the house at Augusta last winter whose wife
is well known as the author of Ida May" and
of caste" is the nominee in the sixth dis.
trict The delegation will be the strongest
that Maine has sent for many years.
The long drouth in this state has been bro
ken, and for week past the earth has been
visited with plenteous showers. The farmers
begin to cheer up, and the prospects OF an
abundant crop are now good HERIoT,