Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-07-04
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Exciting and Spicy Speeches


" irrrprc..ible conflict " on thu, occasion.
and saw in advance The "impepdins crisis"
and no, only saw !, impending" bot re-
oieinsly welcomed that peculiar stage OF
political gangrrne, when-re'srsing The or
binary law Of disease and rceuperaiion -
the live and sound ae-h .looehcd "a from
the corrupt and mor,iiying body. and com
menecd a new organization upon loyal
and patriotic basis.
II would seem from the 'pcechs. made q,
Bangor. that portion Of the Con1en,'on
wer- IN favor Of rssnIon ~ith the old, aban.
doued. stF,te body. while the majority, re-
meiubsrips the cause Of their separation.
resisted all such tendencies. and renewed
their oath to make the separation fnali,y.
The following rich repOr, We clip from the
Bangor Wing:
John 4. Peters. Esq, Of Bangor. re.
marked that a. IL was about time 10 pro-
coed 20 nominate a candidate for Governor.
be would sugsest the name OF CHARiIs ID.
JANEsON, for rrnominatiOn. y reason 'or
throwing him overheard has been given
that q man should be nominited by Thu.
Convention whom the Dana Convention
could aIop, as their nominee. Why shOul!
we do this! Who are the men that We
should seek IN this way 20 conciliatc' The
very men who hi,ssd me and Others GU, OF
Winthrop Hall las, year know u; and
YOU know 10. said Mr.. II, turning TO Mr.
Jswe,,. Of Belfast.
zee. said Jcvett, loud enough TO % heard
,hrous chou, the ball. and III see them in
hell before IN act with them again.
This va. received with great applause.
Mr.. kimball, Of Portland. said he regret.
ted opposing the Jas, gentleman, but Il was
evident that the ecnileman's course was ac-
,uaied BY prejudice. The key note Of his
opposition y, that he was hisscd out OF u
Democratic Convention /: IL Is evident be -
setting from prejudice aud DO, principle.
Let US nominate a man here. free from en-
tanelement. upon whom all Democrats can
unite /, j. not policy nor good judgment
in as to DO anything to keep the Dana men
out.
Mr.. Jeve,t Of Belfast SAID he regretted
,hi. discussion. but since 10 had arisen, no
had ,omethin. 90 say. lie would now dis.
close g. the public what be had hitherto
only told in private. and give hi- reasons
why he would no, act again With the lead.
in: traitors FROM whom be bad separated
la; year. told them then that we were
A. Ear apar, as treason aud loyalty, and
never again, while had breath IN my body,
A n - s. a
traitor. went to Portland last year 10
meet the State Committee, 10 consult rcla-
tive 10 call Tor convention. and inc,
John W. Dana with that committee, and
what did he adyisc1 Why. SIR. that the
deI ocraiic party Of Maine adopt the policy
OF peace. and that the Union army be with
drawn from beyond the Potomac, and that
the government cease cOerclyc measures and
appolnt commissioners 10 reconstruct tac
Union. !, was after our dag had been des.
ecratci ne Sumter. and they cepsurct the
President for sending supplies 10 the fort.
I found leading democrats there coun.elin.
thl-. and one man from Louisiana, who wa.
acting on the State Committee. and thi.
man was called upon 20 give his opinion as
20 whether Maine could get admission into
JED. Dayls's Contcderacy, in case OF recon
.truetiOn. and he thought she could. but
only on terms that she should have no voice
in 10. listened 90 them all. and then
denounced them. | told them that JeiT.
Davis was n traitor that my bushes. here.
after should be 10 DO all | could TO have
him hung, and his Supporters they might
announce their pace policy and their al
dress, and would meet them Throughout,
the State. told them tha, thought. ir.
stead Of being in Portland. was m Ala
bama. IN the capital u JEFF. Davls's Con
iederaey, and that was ashamed Of them,
and blushed for my race. The next heard
Of them was in Augusta. After calling
their Peace Convention. they bad stolen In
to ours and got control Vt 10; and what
did they do!
|, came ny turn 10 speak about .iI o'clock
in the evening They said shouldu speak.
and then should only have Eve MINUTES.
and told them would speak AMI free my
mind. and did. told them had a. lief
fight treason IN Maine a. elsewhere They
voted down n resolution % support the
Government in sustaining tie Constitution
aud the laws, aud then we separated aud
nominated Gen. jameson because be repre-
seniei the idea we were eOn,en5ing Tor.
Mr. Kimhall vas with NE then. be lsii
them-he knew they we're traitors. II these
men have rcpented, cd irrsiye them bot
| want more evidence Of IL than have seen.
4 want John ". Dana, M0.s Mcdonald.
John BabsOn. and Kennedy VI Lincoln. and
the Others, TO give mo their written pledge
that they repent in sackelolh and aches. be-
fore 1 will act with them. never 20 "a
bel with a man that's got the Itch, and
when is all about. don't Ga 20 red with
man oil know he hasn't cot tie itch.
tLaugh,,r) vote ior no man that MosS
Mcdonald and tie 'raiiorous crew will vote
for; Do You understand that saii the speak
er. Besides. who sO?pOses we are going 70
elect. with AL their traitorous aid. We
shall lack many thousands, and how many
loyal men will desert you when you intro
duce such men intp the camp. Gentlemen,
know there was concerted movement In
the New England States. las, year. TO aid
Jen. Davis, aud some concerned in /, go,
their money for IL too. I have nothing
against these men bu, their political posi-.
ton. And how is 70 In Waldo County !
We have one OF them there who has done
all he could agains, enlistipg men for our
army. and who deserves place in Fort
Lafayette more than Bob Elliot ever did.
Mr.. Jewet, spoke with great power and
eloquenee. and closed amidst much ap
plause.