Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1861-09-06
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FrOn the Bath r,ms..
The Position Of Mr. Dana as Exhibit
ed BY His own Acts and those Of His
Chief SupuorterS.

John ". Dana stands before the people
Of this Sate asa candidate for Governor.
m. election being an utter impOssibility,
The TACT Of his candidacy become. important
only a. connected with the Interpretation
which will be pat upon the vote he may
receive at the pO1.. II he receives ten.
twvn,y or thirty thousand votes, how will
tha, expression be interpreted Will it be
considered a. an expression, to tha, extent.
m frror. OF Gdrsrss 70 sustaining the gov
eminent in its efforts 10 qaell rebellion. TO
UPHOLD the honor and disniiy Of the Has,
AMI 10 enforce the Constitution and laws Of
the land2 The oht.ct Of this article Is TO
answer. Girly and canidly, these questions.
To do this We ursg the following cOn'idsra'
iions
1t. The act. Of Mr.. Dana himself. Thee
are found in the Fryehurg Caucus resolu.
tons, drawn BY Mr.. Dana. own hand.
Thc-c were passed on the l3'h Of July, and
were the ley note to which the whole move
msut Of bis partian friend. has since been
pitched Among Ihoss resolutions We find
tie following
Re,1lrsS. That the expectation that the
Union can be restored by iorce against the
almost united and emhitieryd efforts ui near.
Iy one halt the States. y but n repetition ot
the vain dclus'on. that have produced our
ruin-rhat even II conquered and at our
feet. thcv could not De- held % their ale
cAucc. ior dhy. without fret converting
our Government into an unlimited dcspot'
:sm-Thai while following this ignus a,un'
oi re construction nv foscr. siandin: armies
have been raised without the color Of law or
Constitution the rights OF personal proicc.
ton hy hab'as corpus-ihe right 10 be Sc
cure m our houses. papers and cfscts-ths
richltc petition Cor redress Of grieyancc--all
thee great constitutional rights. which lie
a: the tas. OF freedom. are being violated
and unless timely cheek Is interpcsed,
there will no, remain 20 US a yesiigc Of our
oncc free Government.
Re,oirs}. That the only end that can he
reached hy the present. c0erciys policy - The
entire .pro.tratiln Of all our industrial and
material iutcry-ts-a permanent SEPARATION,
anl an unclnquerAtle bitternes, between
TIE SEPARATED Saie--and, worse than all,
the entire subvcTsion oi our own Govern
meut
4, no, necdful for u. TO show that
man standing honestly by the foregoing res
olu;ions, mus, necessarily - fOr withdraw
Ins our troop At once from the feld' for
dr.bandins the army alleged to be raised
e. without the color of law or Constitution y
and for opposing no force 10 the onward
conqusrins march Of the r'bel hosts. But
f1r that army, and the very acts complained
oi 10 the President. a. .ubyersive OF p0pu.
lar rights. the Gag ot the Couiejerate States
would to-day De dying over the National
Capital, JeG. Davis would occupy the
White uou.c Maryland, Kentucky, and
Missouri would have been compelled to Dir
,he rebel States. aud the Constitutional
President would be a fugitive. Mr. Dana,
then. i, shown by his own act TO be opposed
70 the war. 10 be in favor Of withdrawn:
cur troops. and to be opposed TO the sup
preston Of rebellion.
-. The action Of those who nominated
llm. The above resolutions, from the Frye
burg series. are found incorporated. word
ilr word. into the series adopted BY the
C1uvguti1u from which Mr Dana has De-
rived hi. nomination. lie. In fact, H.ads
ii, ar-g platform and this fact, by the way,
.l5w. the consistency of the Argus in ae-
c,ptlns Mr. Dana a. the eIponen, Of sound
democratic views, while at the same time
utterly repudiAiins aud sp,,ting upon ,he
platform which bis own hand created.
What the Fryeburs resolutions would re-
quiro q a consistent. honest man, IN tie
premises. /. required by the resolutions Of
The Dana branch Of the State Convention.
81. The refusal ant silence OF the State
Convention. The Convention that nomi-
mated Jonn " Dana 'b-olu,sly and per-
enp,orily refused TO approve Of iorcible el-
flrt. to MAINTAIN the Consultation. 20 en-.
force the laws. and To 'upprcssthe rebellion I,
\ proposition 20 th. eject was proposed by
Col. johnson. Of Belfast, aud Indignantly
srurned By the Convention. Mr.. Dana.
therefore, a. the representative and expo
nsut Of that Convention. is pledged TO op
ro.a the SUPPRESSION OF rsbellion, and 10 rc-
move all forcible resistance now offered to
tie march of the rebel army upon the fed
sral capital. or upon the loyal States More
than ibi. Mr. Dana Is pledged. BY that
Conventions silence and rofasals, rather
than 10. positive acts, u faror 'soe'uoH ~
0E The majority resolves condemned in
equal and distinct terms, the extremes Of
a. 1ii.5nisu GHd s,cesa0Hi'm - denounced
them both rs - dangerous political heresi.
twin Tarsni. Of strife and disorder in the
body polite" ye, the Convention refused
10 say this, bat. while eondemoins aboh.
t1nism "a unmcasured terms. preserved a
profound silence in relation to secessioni.m.
Tae Convention !, therefore committed, by
il, refusal and ii. silence. ia farOr Of ias
rigli ofs,r,aoH, and Mr.. Dana, IN stand.
irs upona platform thus erected, Is losi.
el1y committed to the same dangerous
hsre.y."
i,h. The declared position Of Mr.. Dana'-
nos; active supporters. 10 the Convention
which nominated Mr.. Dana, no man was
more active in hi. support, and 10 sustain
ins The maj'riiy action Of the Convention.
than Mr.. bradbury Of York. This Mr..
Bradbury. but a few days previous, in the
FORK County Convention. ofF.,.b A.. ..,;.. n,