Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1860-06-01

rr,a, laboring interests Of the FREQ S,ais-
Had nj, counsel- and the eounssls Of Col
Benton. Sila, wIish, and other grea, lights
in tie party been adhered to, the Mexican
War aud all IT'S evil consequences wOuld
have hc,n avoided.
When tho " Two Million Bill" was bcior'
thu House in 1916 and :. proposing to Pot
into the hands Of the Pre,iden, certain
amount Of money with which 20 negotiate
a trra,v 81 Pcac, With Mexico, Mr.. llamliu
stood Up side BY lille with David wllmot
Preston King and other influential demo
Gratis m defence Of the celebrated q" Preri'
50. /" known s Ito '' wlmot Proviso, pre-
rarrd BY Judge wlmO,, ye, o-iuoly egorra
~ w. Hanhn in the absence Of the author,
For thi, Proyi,o be uniformly voted aud Ia
bored until u passed the House.
In the lloa,s % Representative. in Ne.
y, the session in lSI5-to which he was
elected immediately after bis return from
Consrrss-he introduced resolutions em5o-
diving tue same sentiments. advocated them
in = mastery speech and manly through
81. influence they ra.s,i the House with
ONLY SIX NAYS, and the Ssna,s with only one
dissenting vote.
Following Up bis record uPon this que'.
ton We Gud him voting in The L. : senate
an Is{s. IN favor Of tho Jefferson Proviso
lor ,hc restriction o. Slavery In the bill for
tie ors,niz,,ion 90 territorial government
or Oregon. still later IN lS;0, no voted
70 insert similar restriction in the bills
GYMS territorial governments to Utah and
New Mexico. The Proyisp being debated,
ho voted a.a.n,, the bail, IN strict accord.
ancc With ,bs Instructions Of Denoraiir
legislature in Maine
In a, sane year. 1850. Mr. llaml,n made
the f-,' .rssch m ,hs L :. Senate in favor
Of tie unconditional admission Of Cal,Ior.
MA az a m, State. aud hi. speech was then
considered one Of the most able delivered
upon that subject.
n, ais, during the same session voted
o.av1 tie Fugitive lav and tie liIl giving
ten Million, OF dollar. 10 Texas lor Ibo r.,
linqu.shmsug Of lands 20 which she never
bad ihc sli.hic., title. In 1854, oll1W'n.
o.. ovn conviction. Of du'y. be laborcl aud
voted against the repeal OF the Mi"olrI
ComTromi.,. In strict conformity with th5
resolution. % toe teen Dcms,ra'ic l.cs,sa.
turc Of Maine. and then IN the last Consfss.
drl au in Do. rlwsr o. defeat tic reriii1us
Lsc.mpiou Constitution.
We have thus given Mr. llaml.n's record
upon some % the grc,, leading question.
CONNECTED with ths .utj'c, OF slavery during
the las' fourteen years, showing that up1u
NJ occasion has ho ever acted or voted m
any Wy not perfectly consistent with this
record Jpn other matter. during hi-
l1us Congressional career. Do. ,atss have
been ur.lOumly consistent aud 90 pcrlce;
harmony with tie character OF the man.
Upon a,I natter, OF financial policy. Will,
Do mover b.. ben disposed 10 withhold jus.
t.ee IRON h1rcst ci,a4uts lie las s,eruly
resisted dishonest fraudulent claims. ct up
With au intention % rob the Treasury. In
j.s,.c' 20 Nr. llnmliu ~ should here .ay
th.t r' man 100 Cgrsr,. iur tbs ll,, twenty
years has tssu NOR, Ai,siul. or has labgrcl
more uuiir,nsly 10 AID poor but homes,
claimant. upon the bounty Of the govern.
msui than De. There d. scarcely town in
'ae State OF Maine. whore you will not lind
men Who have been made invalid. IA their
Country ssrvics. widows and orphans, Zoo
az nov living upon the Little bounty ob.
ta.usl iyr their rglisi through b.. promp,
ari effective iualcncs aud labor, 40 hon.
go complainant, however poor or humble.
was ever oddly tlrnci a~ay IRON ih, pres.
sncs 20 senator Ilamli1. scheme, OF pub.
Die plumber which frequently end their way
igio Congress, never obtain favor with him.
Another trait Of character which has a..
vay' given him great popularity with the
people, d, hi. strict hone. 81 and stern moral
integrity. NJ man can Dc found VII, will
rec Up aud say Hannibal lllmIin ever chsa,
81 hin, politically or in any other way.
lis Who'll, l,fe has been marked by .,ric,
attention to ~ ~ public duty incident to
bis o1,ial positions
Asa public .I,aker /, /, supsrfuous f5r
u' % 'rcak Of our distinguished senator.
In this respect the whole Country j. we'll
informed. Few men have a more enyia5.e
reputation a. forensic dsbaior..
Ssuator liaulin'' sympa,hie. have al.
ways teen strongly with the masses. Til,
Perhar' accounts Tor hr. great popularity
with The people. In proof Of this we have
only 10 refer to BIZ. election as Governor Of
Maine in 1856. without solicitation on
BIZ Tar, and against hi. wishe. at the larg.
ct political convention ever holden in thu.
Stat, he was on the frs, balIo, unanimously
selected the standard bearer Of the Repub-
lican' in the the ensuing contest.
The dsmocrats aided by the straight
vhi;. bad carried the State the year hefOrs
by about i've thousand uajoritY, and both
branche. Of the legislature.
Senator liamlin s,umped the State from
one end TO tho other. Nothing but the
great hshi between Douglas aud Lincoln In
Illinois ever exceeded il. IL was a splendid
hard.lought canvass. The democrats had
Judge Wells their standard bearer and all
the distinguished men Of their party in the
field, pittsd ngainst Ilamlin anl his cOad-
jn,Ou. Look a, the result. The republi'
~ 4 .f..sa.f NIntr Nta.