The Portland daily press., 1863-07-02
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DAVIS.
BgowSFIKLD. juno -, 1888.
To "a Edsfer y "a Press
Although Il Is rather early for political par
ties 20 commence active operations for the
fall campaign. the unterrined Democracy Of
this place, on Saturday last. after firing signal
guns, displaying rockets. &c. for a few weeks
past. brought out their big guns. as well as
light artillery. and made quite lively demon
sfrRfion. They chose their position on an EN-
inence In a grove, raised the Slars aud Stripes
over their band. and commenced 10 pour ter
rife fire into the Administration, the Aboli-
t0nists aud all who are In favor OF prosecut-
Ing the war and opposed 20 4 dsgraceful peace
In short. there was grand rally Of the peace
men 10 the astounding number OF two hun
dredi
Hon. s. Littiefeld Of Bridgton was the
frst speaker. Being acquainted with the To-
cality In which he was about 10 speak, know
ing that nothing but the bolde.t Of treason
able sentiments would be acceptable and meet
with applause, and being man of too much
discretion IL he entertained such sentiments,
which we hope he does not, to publicly ex-
press them, he evidently did not feel at home
and was at considerable loss to know what
10 say. So he contented himself with scourg-
ing the Administration for a while, talking
about the enormous debt we had contracted,
the precious lives that had been lost and de-
picting the horrors of war in an exceedingly
touching manner. He told his hearers that Ia
q town adjoining his, a man had TO pay tax
OF sirty-sir cents on every COW he owned
and that we should all go to ruin together, un-
less the Democratic party came to the rescue
and by the peaceful means of the ballot box
elected a Democratic Governor this fall This,
he thought, with the triumphant election of the
noble Vallandgham to the gubernatorial chair
of Ohio, would cause the nation to breathe
easier, and be the means of preserving our
liberties to all coming time.
Having exhausted his ideas somewhat he
made few observations, as he occasionally
does, concerning himself He was candidate
for no Office and had not been for ten years,
but was obliged last spring to accept little
town office, as the Republicans had got the
town affairs into such "snarl," that nobody
but himself could get the town out of it. He
closed BY saying that for the last thirty years
in which he had make addresses to the Jury,
he never made speech but when he sat down
he thought what a fool he had made of him
self by saying what he ought not to have said
and emitting to say what he ought to have
said. On the present occasion we could say
this was the truth "fitly spoken"
The next speaker was Hon. Francis r.
Chase Of Conway, N. H., fresh from the hot
bed OF secession in that State, where it is said
they have arms ammunition and all the mis-
against the conscription. From this gentle
man we expected to hear all the balderdash
which can ever emanate from the head of any
stump speaker thoroughly imbued with the
principles Of Southern rights and Southern in
stitutions, and we were not disappointed. He
first exhausted his enormous vocabulary ofep-
ithets on the "hellhounds" In authority at
Washington; he denounced them aud their
party for bringing this war on the country;
they were the sole and only cause Of II, and
had been planning 1t for years. He said il was
not war 10 put down rebellion, or TO restore
the government. but political war for politi-
crl purposes entirely. He warned every faith
er present,who had sons in the army every sis
ter brother, every lady lover, that they
were fighting for mass OF corrupt men In
power, who did not want the country saved,
but 10 make the "niggerr superior to the white
man. As Mr.. Chase concluded, he said he
supposed he had been talking what the man
who stole into the Presidential chair and his
hirelings call treason; but he bid defiance TO
Federal bayonets aud the guns of Fort War
rem and Preble. Mr.. Chase knows he Is a
small man and can talk big without fearD.
4. j. Littlefeld took the stand and said the
SUBJECT had been exhausted by the previous
speakers, and he did not know what he could
say. He thought. however, of a few Scriptu-
raj names that Mr.. Chase omitted In his
speech, aud applied them TO the Black Repub-
hcans In an ingenious manner He talked
vehemently Tor the space of three minutes and
closed rather unexpectedly,
Mr.. j. r. Chandler of Fryeburg followed
and said that the names of our forefatbers
were present: so he expounded the Constitu-
ton at some length, for the especial edification
OF the souls Of Thomas Jefferson and Daniel
Webster. We learn that Mr. Chandler Il de-
sirous of obtaining a situation In the edjto
rial department of the Saco Democrat. We
assure the proprietors that he is sound on the
"goose."
The last speech was made by A. r. Eaton
OF ths town, who is an avowed and bitter
oecessionist, and has often expressed the wish
that our armies might be cut to pieces in ain
vading' the sacred soil' of Virginia Like
ms predecessors. he belabored Mr.. Lincoln
ana went into ecstasies over the superior in
tellectual and executive abilities OF Jefferson
Davis. As he waxed warm In his praises. one
OF his Fellow Democrats with more true
sincerity than discretion, proposed three cheer,
for jeff Darts! and they were given wi.h !
will by the audience. The speaker smiled an.
provingly mot word OF rebuke from tLe
platform and soon closed his remarks A
procession was then formed and marched com
two miles to the hotel Here the .knowino
ones" held council of war and concluded a.
the cloven foot had been displayed rather tor
consplcuously, that this demonstration Of an
plause must be attributed to the Black Repub
hcansl Accordingly Mr.. Eaton, the most
suitable man, being charged with the delicate
uuM came forward, probably thinking OF the