Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-09-07
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Col. Smart's Home Invaded.

satisfied that at least, the Colonel is arous-
ed The article bears the impress Of
Smari's sca,hing pen. At any rate, If not
written by him. reflects his sentiments. 1t
is headed among other pung,nt capitals,
"The last raid upon Col. Smart" After
stating that the "Repubican leaders are
drsadIng the consequences Of an overiurn
in the administration Of the State" the
writer breaks out with this fearful phillip
pic
"Who ever before knew such a war Of
pcrsonalties-such tiradrs of low inyectiVe
such indecent and unchristihn abuse
such Misrepresentation and alschoods-
such rnkine up OF private matters, which
msn should and would Dc ashamed % men.
tlon-nglin', any candidate Tor governor a'
tho.s whirh are brought against Col.
SMART"
/ We acknowlcIs, TO sorry irciing a' We
read this searching question to the end. yet
five were pa, upon the stand to answer IN
cour, under oath. We should bo compelled
to answer. that tho Republican party, in
the rrr.on, campaign, had known "'ueh a
war only ten times worse mad. upon the
prominent men ~ their party. The fac, Is
considering the low state OF morals in which
which the Democracy have carried on the
war, the Republicans have been very for.
hearing toward. them; and We hope they
will hc - TO the end. There !. nothing
gained by rendering railing for railing.
but the particular cause for thu. exciting
question soon appears. 1, seems that an
immense Republican meeting wa. held in
Camden on the 9th. The article TINS pro.
ccrds
The eliminating roin, n this personal
warfare Va. reached last THURSDAY. when
tho Hon. John +. Hale. oi New HAMPSHIRE
Hon Iot NJ Morrill,. Hon. Israel Wash
burn. Jr. with recruits lrummcd up from
various plncrs-e,cn from the ci'y Of Ban.
gor-cnicrcd tho quiet town of Camden.
and made an insultin. demonstration
through tho afternoon aud evening"
Al thcrc's the "unnchri.tian abuse -
f5r you. These bad men "cnicred the quic,
town Of Camden 2" Could anything have
been more auiAcious H., tho rccollcc,ei
that Camden /. tho residence Of Col Smart,
aud then answer II such entering was
not most horrible. and not 20 D. borne =
Worse It'll. they bal "rccrui,." from Eva.
rilus rlacrs. even from Bangor lf,hesc
invader. had not come from anyrhr,'. IL
would not have bccn - bad but 10 come
lom various places was shockinc-and
when Bangor added 20 tho li,t OF offenders.
it was a,rocous by what rish, did ci,.
irsn Of Bangor dare show his head in Cam.
den? !. /, not the residence Of the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor DID not
Col Smart recruit hi' enere'c. and sally
forth 70 victory from this ancient town ,
"By St. Paul, this look. rebellion"
Sc further what was done on this mcmo-
rab.e Thur.day. "a deed 30 foul It will
not out" Tho writer tells u, now what he
dee. Ha, caro- for
"wc care not how orderly such an a'.
,cmhlagc NAV have been. or how free from
offensive personal remarks (Which i, was
noil ~ relation 10 Mr.. smart. it, concrp.
tiou was an in.ul. tO him, anl an Outrage
upon CIVILIZATION"
These invader. Of the quic, town Of Cam.
den not only we're "unchri-iian," but they
Outraged civilization" vc,y natural
cOnluc, fJr hca,hsu. No matter how or.
Derby they " their hearers were, they gave
grsa, ofcnci by their presence. The very
conception Of the thought Of going 10 that
quiet town was "an insult" % Smart. IL
cannot be wiped out "till the crack Of
doom, +" and the Colonel wecp' behind hi'
bandana, tha, Camden, that pleasant town,
that scene Of hi. innocent youth. tha, arena
Of hi, triumph and hi. trophies, .hold have
been singled out Tor this outrage upon "eiv-
Illnti5n 80
but the worst has no, yet been told 1t
Is necessary 10 give this narrative by piecc-
meal let tbe noodsa,cs Of his indignation
burst their bounds. "If you have tears to
shed, prepare to shed them " when you
read the following:
"llad not Camden been the home Of Col.
Smart, i, would have witnessed no such
meeting. The demonstration was made on
his account solely The leading men OF the
Republican party went up there TO carry
the war into the very bosom Of the family
Of Col Smart"
These heather men not only "entered' y
the town, hut they "carricd the war into
the very bosom ofSmart's family" Thero's
Tor you-Read, and as you read shudier
f.. on you, John = Hale. and Lot Morrill,
and Israel washburn! Could you not, in
your maaudins expedition, let the "bosom
Of the Colonel's family" alone? For shame!
As we read this scathing article further,
we get climmer Of hope and encourage
ment. Notwithstanding this raid OF these
leading Republicans upon the bal'eywlck oi
Smart, he is masnanimous. Nothing can
drive hlm from that, ani 30 we have a
promise. After storm comes the smiling
sun. How grateful to the heart reads the
following:
"Ii contrast with this rad upon Cam
den, we point with pride to the respectful
manner in which Col. Smart has treated
his opponent, Mr.. washburn. The town
of Orono, where Mr.. Washburn resides,
has never been invaded by Mr.. Smart nor
will it be during the campaign"
washburn. rrjoice Oronites, throw up
your hat. Wives, cheer up. Maiden'.
smile again! 0rono is not to be "invaded
during the present campaign It's smaF''