Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1860-03-02
The Chicago Convention.

The Chicago Convention.
The Calais .4drertiser has an article on
the selection Of Delegates to thi, Genven-
ton, which had it appeared week ear
lier We should have transferred to our
columns entire. Bat the time selected
for the Republican members Of the Leg
stature to make choice of the four dele
gates at large. will have passed before our
paper goes to press. and therefore a por-
ton Of the article would be day behind
the fair. We are pleased to learn, how
ever. that the good sense Of the Republi-
cans has marked out the only safe course
to pursue, that i. to have as good man
as can be obtained. men whom the office
shall seek rather than those who seek the
office. men whose impulses shall he guided
by patriotism rather than By favoritism,
unless We much mistake the temper Of the
Legislature. they will select no man who
believes that there is but one person il
the great Republican party, who can lead
It's host. to victory next year. They will
have nothing to do with any delegate,
who i a one candidate man. They want
and mean to have gentlemen to represent
the Pine Tree STATE who have minds Of
their own. who have character and brains,
and honesty, and not mere Politicians,
who want the position for the purpose Of
furthering their own views, and their
friends expectations with regard to Office,
under the incoming Republican govern
ment
This writer al,o invite, the Republican
press to the consideration of selecting del
egates By counties rather than by districts.
50 far as thi- latter question is TO be con-
sidered. it Is one purely Of dollars and
cents. that Is of expending two or three
hundred dollars to attend o7le Convention
at a distance, or Of having in lieu thereof,
two or three near at home. at much less
cost of time and money, and still be full
Ter a. to numbers. We 20 in for the lat
ter. that is if delegate at Large is taken
in Washington, and If we are allowed a
delegate each for the counties of Hancock
and Aroostook Il i presumed that if
the delegate at Large is taken from Wash
ington, that they would not. ike our Dem
ocratic friends, ignore Aroostook and
claim the district delegate also. This
seems to be unfair, at any rate illiberal,
to the growing county Of Aroostook.
One word to our Hancock readers on
this subject of delegate while We are con-
sidering the general question. Since the
matter, unfortunately as we think, has
thus carly been agitated in this communi-
ty as to who shall go to Chicago, as the
representative Of the party in this county
and as some feeling has arisen, purely per
sonal, and for that the more vexatious and
irritating, and as this feeling does moi
seem to abate, nor promise to do so fol-
the future,-we think the best interests o.
the party, and of all concerned, call fol
an early Convention to settle the matter
! We have labored to no effect TO keep Thu
question in allegiance and now, from th'
same motive, that Of harmonizing all con
hicting interests and opinions as much a
possible, we advocate the speedy settle
ment of all such matters a. soon a. the,
have been sufficiently discussed for an in
tellisent opinion TO be formed upon them
While we have thought the latter part o
May wa, early enough, and do now, if tn
question Of candidate had not been pre-
cipitated upon the party, we now thin
the sooner the question of candidate
settled the better. If any Repubhea
. thinks differently, We invite him to Civ
his opinion to the public through tn
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