The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1863-07-27
UNION NOMINATION.
FOR GOVERNOR,
SAMUEL CONY.
A Shot that has taken Eject.

OF Judgment we are leu 10 lie conciuslou uidt
Mr.. +. o. j. s., of the Advertiser, has been
struck in vital part, by shot that was by
no means aimed at random. In an account of
the Westbrook meeting Smith was incident
ally alluded to as one who is 'sprostituting
"aIl his energies to defeat the purposes of the
"Government and to bring about peace by one
"of two methods; either by acknowledging
"the independence of the South, or by allow
sing her to dictate the terms on which she win
: consent to rule over the whole country"
The Advertiser has copied this, and then af4
ter the grossest abuse of such men as Hon
Lynch, Esq.,-gentlemen upon whom Smiths
assaults can have no more effect than the
writings of an ordinary Copperhead upon
sturdy oak-it says:
rive pronounce the above paragraph a wanton.
reckless, wicked hlsehood-untrue In Its words-un-
true In its NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in its design-untrue
In every aspect In which il be read, construed,
or thought of. And we will pay either of the gem
tlenen named ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS for any par
agraph that expresses the shadow of a thought that
Mr. i. o. j. Smith erer, at any time, anywhere,
DER any circumstances or upon any condition. utter
or advocate dissolution Of the Cnion a recogni-
ton Of the Southern Independence
Boldly spoken; but how about the other
branch of the proposition allowing the
South TO dictate the terms on which she will
consent to rule over the whole country?
Havn't you opposed every effectual means
adopted by the Government to put down the
rebellion? Havn't you scorned and secuted
the employment of colored men for military
purposes? Havn't you denied the right of
Government to conscript men? Havn't you,
within one week, said you were heart and soul
opposed to the war? Didn't you take precise
ly this ground in the Westbrook meeting?
Didn't the man who said he would see the
Government id before he would vote a
cent to carry on the war, endorse you? Didn't
you contend for complying with the law in
the only way that would leave the Govern
ment without defense? Are you not using
all your efforts to impose upon the towns of
Maine an aggregate debt of $1,000 ,000-s300
each for 1900 drafted men-without securing
to the Government the aid of single man?
And wouldn't you make Maine in this re-
spect an example br other States?
How can these things be explained except
upon the hypothesis that you are prostituting
all your energies to defeat the purposes of
the Government by one of two methods; eth
er by acknowledging the independence Of
the South, or BY diloicing her to dictats the
terms on uhich she sciu consent TO rule ouer
the ,chote countryf
We insist, If the works and ,cords of the
gentleman do not belle him, he is using all the
powers at his command to defeat the great
purpose Of the Government, which is to put
down the rebellion, TO re-establish the authori-
ty Of the Constitution, and to restore the I'm
ion to the basis on which it was planted by the
fathers Of the republic. The paper over which
he exercises control is conceded to be the
most unprincipled sheet in New England. 1t
aspires to equality with the organs of Fernan-
do Wood and Vallandgham. In inlamy only
its aspiration has been fully realized. If 1t 10
less mischievous than those, 1t is not because
OF any lack OF will, but from sheer lack of op-
portunity. Thanks to the sterling good sense
and patriotic impulses of the people, it gains
admission only to few households. 1t Is quot
ed by no one, respected by no one, believed
the malignant spirit of single deluded indi-
vidual, who thinks with his money to buy up
and corrupt the honest masses of the people
The only evidence he has given Of late Of not
being politically totally depraved, is found in
his wincings at the implied charge of favor
ing disunion.
The defiant, bragadocia style Of the above
paragraph from the Advertiser, will deceive
no one, nor will it change the verdict of a
single mind in relation to the character of the
leading articles which, for more than eight
months, have rendered that sheet as infamous
in the estimation of all loyal men as it has be-
come notorious for its recklessness and dis
honesty. 1t has teemed with articles univer-
sally ascribed to F. o. J. S., and never denied
or disowned by him, tending iegitimateiy, log
scdlty and only to national discord, disintegra-
ton and dsunion; covertly suggesting resist
ance 70 authority, disregard of law, mutiny in
the camp, military usurpation of the reins of
power and the overthrow of the constitution
al government; limiting at and indirectly APP
proving and inviting foreign Intervention to
stop the war and enforce peace, and last and
perhaps least, oracularly laying down rules
for the observance Of city of which their re-
puted author is not citizen, and ominously
suggesting mob as the result of non-comp-
ance.
1t is matter Of congratulation that Port
land is not Five Points, kissing and seething
with brutality and passion, to be evoked at the
bidding of demagogue, else we might have
second edition, upon small scale, of those
scenes which, as the legitimate fruits of kin
dred teaching through the World and News,
and by the mouths Of Wood and Brooks,
have recently deluged New York in blood,
and made her reproach among the cities of
the earth. 1t is fortunate when the power Tor
mischief Is not restrained by the will of him
who attempts its exertion, that it is sometimes
limited by the character of the population
among whom Its exercise is attempted.
Emphatic Voice from Missouri.
The slave states that have remained true to
the Union, and whose Union-loving citizens
a.. Int