The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1861-09-20

N ioW oays poioto inc eiectiou cohou ~
the ofice to got my mail matter, and found
q candidate for ofhco busily employed In dis
tributing q handful, headed "Taxes, Taxes. 4"
| I took the bill and read It, and returned
home. The author pretended to DO we'll
versed In 6gurcs-hs bad assigned to this
town sirtytOo dollars and Jfiy-t'ro cents for
each working day, being about twenty thou.
sand dollars year as our part Of the war
debt.
The supporters Of the Administration be-
gan to talk over the mattcr-some said we
ought to stir about and counteract this move
ment. My advice was exactly the reverse-
] said we need not do work that our oppo-
nents were doing for US. The document was
too ridiculous to criticise. and would have
no ether effect than to break down ITS author
and turn the counsels Of its promoters into
foolishness.
Our business required that VIC should DO
at the polls on the morning Of the election.
Ny residence Is nearly FIVE miles from the
town house but made my way there early
Monday morning-I found the politicians
there before me. There was plenty Of
tickets headed by both Dana, and jameson
but they both bore the names Of the secession
candidates for county officers The county
ticket seemed to be the great object with the
leaders. They, as understand. had pledged
twenty-five majority for the secession ticket
in this town.
They had visited the cranberry beds in
the vicinity Of North Shapleigh Post Office
They had gone in squads to Balch pond fish,
ing prior to tho election, and thus far oil
went on smoothly. Before the polls were
opened they labored worthy Of better cause.
Dana had agents fully supplied with tickets
with Dana at the head covering the whole
Democratic or secession county ticket. -
Jameson also had advocates with Jameson
at the head and tho same Democratic seccs.
sion county ticket.
The whole scene was amusing to SEQ Union
Democrats busily employed in urging candi-
dates upon the people who are avowed advo-
Gates for breaking up the government and
reconstructing It to suit the wish Of South.
ern slave holders.
Some tender footed Republicans had eI-
pressed wish that the Republican county
ticket should be headed by Jameson. About
noon most of the farmers had come in when
dialogue was had between proiessed Union
Democrat with the secession county ticket in
his hands and one Of our substantial farmers.
The Union Democrat offered and attempted
to urge one Of his tickets on to the old man.
His argument was that Washburn and Dana
were both in favor Of destroying the Govern.
ment and that Jameson was for sustaining 1t.
Tho old man then enquired IL oil this county
ticket sympathizcd with Jameson or Dana.
The Union man was brought to stand
there was a crowd around hearing oil that
was said. The old man said that this at.
tempt for one man to ride two horses was all
folly, and called for Washburn ticket.
The call was echoed oil around.
The washburn tickets then passed of
readily and you will see by the returns that
the people of this town are not easily frighten-
ed about figures, although one Of their num-
Der may have supposed himself well versed in
the science. At any rate ] think that when
another campaign is about to come OF we
should do well to employ the secession lead.
srs to do the work for us, for they can blast
their own cause more eiIectually than we
can.
Our people are busily employed in taking
carcof their crops, and preparing for winter,
and confidently believe that they will DO as
ready to pay their war taxes as those who
hang about the Post Office are to pay theirs
assessed by the town during the Buchanan
Administration.
It is true and we'll known to every pcron
of reflection that war Of any kind carries
with 1t all the evils that are known in human
lie-and is also well known that when n
Government loses its power there is no safety
to the people.
We known that bloodshcd and taxes await
us-we know also that the superflaeties in
years Como by have been greater than the
expenses of the war and equally dcmoraliz-
ing in effect, and our true policy will be to
sustain the Government which descended to
us from our Fathers and let the world know
that we are not to be frightened by taxes
when the question is Government or anarchy.
G. Z. SMITH.