Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1862-09-19
The las, State Election.

The last STATE E4tcllou'
Return. enough have come 70 hand TO
show that the State has gone R'ru'li'
can by a handsome mair,iy. There are
several thine- CONTESTED with the canvass
and the r,,ul,- srcvin: out OF IL worthy
Of notice. 1t, The war and - Incl
dent. have enrro.se,i 80 large a sharr Of the
public notice tiat in many places, ba, little
attention wa. bestowed IN the election. No
public meetings were had. excepting var
NEE, nss and ihese not q political charic'
1r,-abothsr thing. the raising OF the two
quota. OF az hundred thousand lew troops
aided largely in diver,i': public attention
for the time tsius away from other matters
With the exception u certain localities
where there were closely contested questions
between particular candidates, - lar a. The
republican party was concerned. tie c''c
ton bad &, take care Of i'.eIf =. There
wasmuch greater activity among democratic
polititan.. than in The rank. Of ileir opp''
non,s In many places, The democrats dad
every thias they coull. secretly and there
i. no doubt they hai a secret league or or
ranira,,on. which acted as a powerful asen'
CIV. IN producing certain very unexpected
results. By IT. AL Trey carried the County
Of York-,ery nearly prevailed in Cumher'
l.nd and elected their candidate IN the 1T
Congressional District. 81. The rerubl'-
can. were altogether too inactive 10 expect
favorable results. Many towns wen, against
them by sheer neglect and the party actually
boaien by d,lauli
18th. The cry about "uuion with union
dsmocrai," which last year PREVAILED 10 a
certain extent in the republican rarity has
eliminated in IL. legitimate results. The
naenanimity Of the republicans. IN eleei'nc
Id. NJ. Swea, to the SsnA,@ las, year
elected him TO Congrr-. thu. year and de-
fsated Mr.. Goodwin. The r,publieans o.
Cumberland have teen dearly Tnii, Tor gen.
.rou.ly throWin. away one OF thcir own men
to run after political opponent.
5,h. The self .iylri dsmocraey have con-
ue,e,! ,hem,elye, Of hypocrisy. ~ abandon.
IN. the gallant Jamc.'n and gong over
nearly IN a boly ter Bon Br-dbury. by
Ali, act they show they have no heart IN
sustaining the national Administration and
the war. The secession Troc',,i;ies u many
Of their number ar to- prlmiuen; 20 leave
,uy doub; a. To their real position. Ih,ir
,ymra,hir- and feeling. are with The rsbels
They would eompromIse in a moment with
JED Dayi. and be,ray their country INTO the
traitors hands. IL i, would bat Tcstyrc 70
them The loavc' and fishes.
9th. Tho election has settled another
question: show. that the democracy
OF Maine wall hereafter run bat one ma
chine" The loyal portion Of the jameson
wing will be compelled 20 20 'qnarvFy over
70 the republicans and the remainder wall
s., into the same bed with the Bradbury
ties. The whole party will then wheel
squarsly or the reasonable platform OF the
Saeo D-mocrat and come out lat footed
sgsiu., tie war and in :avor Of some d.
xraesful eouprjmise with treason. We
make ,hi. prediction. and II any douh, 10
fulflmeut, ';et them watch the curreu, d
events and y It !. no; iulhlled 10 tie letter
Get a. down a false prophet.
Lastly. rhi. election las taught US an
other lesson thu, men can be safely judged
not 50 much by their present. professions as
by their an,ecelents. Men who have for
merry symTa,hiEed and acted roliucll!
with the SJath. are generally - sympathy
with southern treason nov. They may pro
fs-s loyalty, bu, underneath Turks the ven
ON Of secession. ca the other hand thos,
who have in years past stool Up boldly n
defense % northern right. aud northern in
s,tution. are the men to b trusted now
thc men on whom we must mainly rely q
bring u. safely Gu, Of OFT present d'Geul'is'
and peril'.